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1. Fox's cotillon in St. James's Market [graphic]
- Creator:
- Carey, William Paulet, 1759-1839, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Fox's cotillion in St. James's Market
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed "M." in the lower right corner of design., Publication date partly trimmed; verified in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 26 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. as the act directs by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Butchers, Butcher shops, Dance, Dogs, Musicians, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fox's cotillon in St. James's Market [graphic]
2. The Frenchman at the market intended as a companion to the Frenchman in London, by Collett / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, Adam, active 1760-approximately 1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.00.00.65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A street scene in London near a butcher's shop with the portly owner assaults a gaunt Frenchman. A small chimney sweep drops a mouse into the Frenchman's wig as a dog fouls the Frenchman's legs. A woman with a tobacco pipe in her mouth trudges in the background balancing a basket of vegetables (or apples?) on her head. A lean Scotchman steals from the distracted butcher's stall
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Text above image: Engraved for the Oxford magazine., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum. London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), page 216., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Street life, City & town life, Butchers, Butcher shops, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Occupations, Ethnic stereotypes, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Frenchman at the market intended as a companion to the Frenchman in London, by Collett / [graphic]
3. The five strange wonders of the world
- Published / Created:
- [between 1736 and 1763?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ..., In three columns with the title and four woodcuts above all columns; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the third column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had, the greatest choice of histories, old and new ballads, patters, &c. better printed than at any other place., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Bow-Church-Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Maxims, Horseback riding, Tobacco pipes, Dogs, Butcher shops, and Fans (Accessories)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The five strange wonders of the world