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2.
A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1741? and 1748]
Call Number:
741.00.00.19
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife f...
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].

3.
A tartan belle of 1792 [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 June 1792]
Call Number:
792.06.21.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman walks mincingly (left to right), her left hand extended, in her right is a large closed fan. Check or tartan ribbons form the crown of her hat and the bows with which it is trimmed. A similar tartan is worn as a pelerine, crossed at the...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. June 21, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Costumes and Scottish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A tartan belle of 1792 [graphic].

4.
A visit to the farm-house [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1791]
Call Number:
791.10.01.03.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Between the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York trips the tiny Duchess of York, holding a hand of each, her arms raised in order to do so. Behind the three stands a colossal man in Highland dress wearing a plaid, sporran (with the Prince of Wales fe...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and McDonald, Samuel, 1762-1802
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Scottish, Cows, Farms, Giants (Persons), and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to the farm-house [graphic]

5.
An opera girl of Paris in the character of Diana [graphic]

Creator:
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
1st Decr. 1771.
Call Number:
771.12.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl dancing holding in one hand a bow, the other stretched forward. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a trail of vine leaves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Dancers, and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An opera girl of Paris in the character of Diana [graphic]

6.
An opera girl of Paris in the character of Flora [graphic]

Creator:
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
1st Decr. 1771.
Call Number:
771.12.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl dancing holding out in both hands a garland of roses. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a piece of striped drapery which is worn over one shoulder, tied with tassels at the waist and falli...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside as [the] act directs
Subject (Topic):
Costumes and Singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An opera girl of Paris in the character of Flora [graphic]

7.
Banditti [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Dec. 22, 1783.
Call Number:
783.12.22.03.2+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]

8.
Banditti [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Dec. 22, 1783. and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 24. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]

9.
Banditti [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Dec. 22, 1783.
Call Number:
783.12.22.03.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]

10.
Banditti [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 December 1783?]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Hedges?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Banditti [graphic]

11.
Book of drawings and prints [graphic].

Creator:
Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Published / Created:
[183-?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B45 830
Image Count:
47
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of prints and drawings probably assembled in the late 1830s or early 1840s, although the drawings may have been executed earlier. The wash drawings by Agnes Berry are of mostly Italian sites in Genoa, Florence, Naples, Rome, and Nice wit...
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Actresses, Carriages & coaches, and Costumes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Book of drawings and prints [graphic].

12.
Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 March 1784]
Call Number:
784.03.24.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee...
Alternative Title:
Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "e" inserted with a caret in the word "Dethron'd"
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 24th, 1784, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].

13.
Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 March 1784]
Call Number:
784.03.24.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee...
Alternative Title:
Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 24th 1784 by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].

14.
Charles reveling at a masquerade [art original]

Creator:
Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:
Drawings D639 no. 8 Box D117
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The eighth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortun...
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Ballrooms, Costumes, Masquerades, and Parables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Charles reveling at a masquerade [art original]

15.
Dramatic action illustrated, or, Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1811?]
Call Number:
811.00.00.16+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A actor in a costume that includes a large bow at his waist, a cape, and a hat with large plumes demonstrates six positions to convey dramatic emotion, each of the six appear in separate boxes with captions
Alternative Title:
Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Coates, Robert, 1772-1848
Subject (Topic):
Movement (Acting), Study and teaching, and Costumes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dramatic action illustrated, or, Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action [graphic].

16.
Dramatic action illustrated, or, Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1811?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A actor in a costume that includes a large bow at his waist, a cape, and a hat with large plumes demonstrates six positions to convey dramatic emotion, each of the six appear in separate boxes with captions
Alternative Title:
Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Coates, Robert, 1772-1848
Subject (Topic):
Movement (Acting), Study and teaching, and Costumes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dramatic action illustrated, or, Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action [graphic].

17.
Grimaldi & the nondescript in The red dwarf the clown kills the pantaloon and afterwards dresses

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1812] and [not before 1815]
Call Number:
812.00.00.94+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Grimaldi and the nondescript in The red dwarf
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837,
Subject (Topic):
Clowns, Costumes, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Grimaldi & the nondescript in The red dwarf the clown kills the pantaloon and afterwards dresses him in the skin of a lion, the head of an ass, eagles wings, cats feet & a fishes tail / [graphic]

18.
Hei! Degeror O! I am undone [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1724 and 1727]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on John Heidegger and the taste for the masquerades which he promoted. A London street scene in the foreground of which Heidegger sprawls on the ground, his watch and coins falling from his pocket, as he begs mercy of Hercules. Hercules, clad ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748. and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hei! Degeror O! I am undone [graphic].

19.
How to rehearse [art original].

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 1 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A richly dressed man stirkes a very dramatic theatical pose with one arm raised to full extension and his second arm crossed diagonally across his torso. Observers include a nearby onlooker with sword in hand and a full complement of lightly-armored s...
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in ink below image in the artist's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Rehearsals, Soldiers, and Costumes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > How to rehearse [art original].

20.
Leonora [graphic]

Published / Created:
[5 December 1801]
Call Number:
801.12.05.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman, elderly, short, and broad, with swarthy Jewish features, stands, her head turned in profile to the right, holding a goose perched on her forefinger. In her right hand is the end of a ribbon attached to its leg. She says: "Say little foolish ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr 5th, 1801 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Ethnic stereotypes, Geese, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Leonora [graphic]

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