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71.
'Wall-cresses an' purpey' this woman doth sing, the first of good sallads that bloom in the spring

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 10v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A street vendor in a hat and cloak stands on a city street holding a basket of watercress, a street lamp above her on the right
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Vegetables, Baskets, and Street lamps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'Wall-cresses an' purpey' this woman doth sing, the first of good sallads that bloom in the spring [graphic].

72.
A general on the staff An inspecting general / [graphic]

Published / Created:
[23 February 1795]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 89. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two designs on one plate: [1] A short, corpulent, and gouty officer with closed eyes hobbles (left to right) on crutches. Behind him (left) a taller and younger officer stands in back view. [2] An elderly officer, wearing spectacles, looks admiringly...
Description:
Titles from text below images.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. Dickinson &c. Feby. 23d, 1795, No. 53 next York House, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Military officers, Crutches, and Baskets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A general on the staff An inspecting general / [graphic]

73.
Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, The gambols of the American buffalo, in St. James's

Published / Created:
[1 May 1783]
Call Number:
783.05.01.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In front of St. James's Palace and with the King watching from a window, the members of the newly elected ministry eagerly pick up loaves of bread and fishes spilled on the ground by a fish-wife frightened by American buffalo in the lower right corner...
Alternative Title:
Gambols of the American buffalo in St. James's Street and Amusement for John Bull and his cousin Paddy
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 1st. May 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater-noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Fishmongers, Bison, Baskets, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, The gambols of the American buffalo, in St. James's Street [graphic].

74.
Astronomy, new system signs of the zodiac. [graphic]

Published / Created:
1827.
Call Number:
827.00.00.63
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A ring of satirical representations of the twelve zodiac signs surround a basket in which the traditional signs have been thrown. On the basket is a sign 'Old Signs to be sold cheap'.
Alternative Title:
Signs of the zodiac
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Zodiac, and Baskets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Astronomy, new system signs of the zodiac. [graphic]

75.
Choice fruit sir [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 14 Feb. 1792.
Call Number:
792.02.14.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman shown half-length to right with her back to the viewer, wearing a spotted neckerchief and a straw hat over her cap, looking over her shoulder towards the viewer, holding a basket over her arm and holding up three fruits; in an oval."--B...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Baskets, Fruit, Peddlers, and Food vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Choice fruit sir [graphic].

76.
Favourite chickens going to market [graphic].

Published / Created:
[26 July 1792]
Call Number:
792.07.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman carries a basket of chickens in one hand and a brace of fowl in her other hand as she sets out to the market. She looks out at the viewer as she is watched by a woman in the doorway of a cottage on the right. She is accompanied by a litl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published July 26, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Dwellings, Girls, Poultry, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Favourite chickens going to market [graphic].

77.
Fish [graphic]

Published / Created:
1830.
Call Number:
830.00.00.166
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length depiction of a female fishmonger composed of fish: her hat is a lobster, her dress a large fillet of a angel (?) fish, her arms composed of various other fish, whole or parts. Behind her a barrel of oysters on a wooden stool
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by C. Tilt, Fleet Street and Printed by G.E. Madeley, Wellington St., Strand
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Fishmongers, Fish, Oysters, and Baskets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fish [graphic]

79.
Guerre aux ultras [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1815 and 1830]
Call Number:
815.00.00.16
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A line of seven figures all caricatured with animalistic features, marching right to left, shown full-length. The first character blows a horn, carries a violin and bow in his hands and on a string around his waist another horn with smoke coming out ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Royalists, History, Animals in human situations, Baskets, Cannons, Hand tools, Musical instruments, Soldiers, and French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Guerre aux ultras [graphic].

80.
Here Madge doth trudge thro' wet and dry, what'll buy salt, is Madge's cry [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 20r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene on a city street: in the foreground an old woman, hunched over and leaning on a cane, carries a basket on her back. On the left in the mid-field another woman kneels in the street using a sieve(?). In the far distance left, a woman carries a y...
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Older people, Baskets, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Here Madge doth trudge thro' wet and dry, what'll buy salt, is Madge's cry [graphic].

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