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1.
Great exhibition now open, come early [graphic].

Creator:
Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895, artist
Published / Created:
[1851]
Call Number:
851.00.00.14+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from signboard in image., Artist from original drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Design consists of six horizontal rows of small figures, five of the rows having titles etched within them: [The arts and manufactures of] Switzerland; The arts and manufactures of Italy; The arts and manufactures of Germany; The arts and manufactures of China; The arts and manufactures of Scotland., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image or text on right and left sides.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Great Exhibition
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Great exhibition now open, come early [graphic].

2.
[The arts and manufactures of France, Turkey, China] [graphic].

Creator:
Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895, artist
Published / Created:
[1851]
Call Number:
851.00.00.13+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from original drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Design consists of large upper image and four rows of small figures below, three of the rows having titles etched within them: The arts and manufactures of France; The arts and manufactures of Turkey; [The arts and manufactures of] China., Text below large upper image begins: In consequence of the diversity of opinion manifested as to the most eligible site for the Great Exhibition ..., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image or text on three sides.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Great Exhibition
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The arts and manufactures of France, Turkey, China] [graphic].

3.
The loaf lecture [graphic]

Creator:
Johnston, J., printmaker
Published / Created:
[1851?]
Call Number:
851.00.00.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: "A fair day's wages for a fair day's labour" is a very good maxim, and a very favourite one ..., and No. V in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The loaf lecture [graphic]

4.
Home in shadow [graphic]

Creator:
Johnston, J., engraver, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1851?]
Call Number:
851.00.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: Home! Can it be possible that our beautiful English word "home" applies to such a scene as this? ..., and No. IV in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Home in shadow [graphic]

5.
Pale ale [graphic]

Creator:
Johnston, J., engraver, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1851?]
Call Number:
851.00.00.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: Intemperance is a wily destroyer; never satisfied with the ruin it has wrought, it is ever seeking ..., and No. III in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Pale ale [graphic]

6.
A thing! that drinks and smokes. A man! who thinks and acts [graphic]

Creator:
Johnston, J. (Engraver), printmaker
Published / Created:
[1851?]
Call Number:
851.00.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Man! who thinks and acts
Description:
Title from letterpress captions below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: Beer drinkers! Here is one of the victims of the great public house delusion ..., and No. I in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A thing! that drinks and smokes. A man! who thinks and acts [graphic]

7.
"Bitter" beer [graphic]

Creator:
Harrison, W. C., printmaker
Published / Created:
[1851?]
Call Number:
851.00.00.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: There has been a great outcry lately about the "beer grievance," and public attention has been specially invited ..., No. II in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet., and Temporary local subject headings: Beer -- Spousal abuse -- Wives -- Husbands -- Children -- Poverty.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Bitter" beer [graphic]

8.
A corner near the bank, or, An example for fathers [graphic] Js. Gy. desn. et fect

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 September 1797] and [printed 1851]
Call Number:
797.09.26.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly man, bent to deformity, thin and shambling, in profile to the left, follows two flamboyant prostitutes who walk arm-in-arm, looking behind them. He supports himself on a walking-stick; from his pocket protrudes a book: 'Modest Prints'. The women's dresses trail on the pavement, but one lifts her skirt to display her legs. The background is formed of the massive stones at the corner of a high building."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Example for fathers
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "428" in upper right corner., Printed on verso: Gillray, James. Georgey a'cock-horse. London: Pubd. Novr. 23d 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street., and Bohn's "Supressed plates"; restrike of no. 9083 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Older people, Prostitutes, Syphilis, Sidewalks, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A corner near the bank, or, An example for fathers [graphic] Js. Gy. desn. et fect

9.
Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 November 1796], ([printed 1851])
Call Number:
797.09.26.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George Hanger rides in profile to the left on a pony with a heavy body and short legs; his right foot thrust forward, the end of his bludgeon resting on the right toe. He wears a round hat tilted over the right eye, a striped neck-cloth, and prominent shirt-frill. Behind is the corner of (lower) 'Grosvenor Street', showing the door and a window of the famous coffee-house, 'The Mount', the name inscribed over the door."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '426' in upper right corner., Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates." Cf. No. 8889 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7., and Printed on verso of: Gillray, James. A corner near the Bank, or, an example for fathers. Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 23rd 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses and Horses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].

10.
A prospective perspective view Gentlemen visitors over-refreshed / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1851]
Call Number:
851.00.00.07+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four designs arranged in three horizontal rows, each row having a title and descriptive text; the center row consists of two collectively titled panels
Description:
Title from letterpress captions below images., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., and Temporary local subject terms: Drinking -- Barrels -- Crystal Place -- Fighting -- Barrels -- Corkscrews.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A prospective perspective view Gentlemen visitors over-refreshed / [graphic]