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31.
[Before] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1736]
Call Number:
Sotheby 26++ Box 305
Collection Title:
Plate 26. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In her bedroom, a young woman seems to resist the advances of an eager-looking young man sitting on her canopied bed. He pulls her towards him as she pulls away. On the wall to the left is a picture which shows Cupid lighting a firework; it is titled ...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Canopy beds, Chamber pots, Couples, Cupids, Dogs, Fireworks, Seduction, Sex, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Before] [graphic]

32.
[Before] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1736]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 23K(a) Box 210
Collection Title:
Leaf 26. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In her bedroom, a young woman seems to resist the advances of an eager-looking young man sitting on her canopied bed. He pulls her towards him as she pulls away. On the wall to the left is a picture which shows Cupid lighting a firework; it is titled ...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Canopy beds, Chamber pots, Couples, Cupids, Dogs, Fireworks, Seduction, Sex, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Before] [graphic]

33.
The wedding day [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Published / Created:
published June 28, 1827.
Call Number:
827.06.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The fat, moustached, Duchess of St. Albans and the slim Duke dance with vigour and agility, each poised on the left toe, arms interlaced, and hands meeting above their heads. From the Duchess's small coronet rise giant ostrich feathers which curve ab...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837 and St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849
Subject (Topic):
Bagpipes, Coins, Couples, Cupids, Dance, Melons, Musicians, Violins, Weddings, and Wedding clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wedding day [graphic]

34.
Frontispiece to the Perspective of architecture [graphic]

Creator:
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
published March 1798.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy of the frontispiece to Joshua Kirby's 'Perspective of Architecture' (1761); landscape, with river, domed temple and city, in foreground the upper part of a column, its capital bearing emblems of the Prince of Wales, a cupid with a book, a paper w...
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture
Description:
Paulson's title for the print on which this is based: Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Architecture and Cupids
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to the Perspective of architecture [graphic]

35.
A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 April 1793]
Call Number:
793.04.29.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design resembling a high-relief depicts three amoretti attend the toilet of an old hag. The cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one of the attendants ties round the old woman's waist as another attendant holds up a mirror. A third cupid ties the gir...
Alternative Title:
Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Cupids and Grooming
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of antiquity / [graphic]

36.
A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 April 1793]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design resembling a high-relief depicts three amoretti attend the toilet of an old hag. The cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one of the attendants ties round the old woman's waist as another attendant holds up a mirror. A third cupid ties the gir...
Alternative Title:
Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Cupids and Grooming
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of antiquity / [graphic]

37.
A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 April 1793]
Call Number:
793.04.29.01.2+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design resembling a high-relief depicts three amoretti attending the toilet of an old hag. The cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one of the attendants ties round the old woman's waist as another attendant holds up a mirror. A third cupid ties the ...
Alternative Title:
Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):
Cupids and Grooming
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of antiquity. [graphic]

38.
A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 April 1793]
Call Number:
793.04.29.01.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design resembling a high-relief depicts three amoretti attending the toilet of an old hag. The cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one of the attendants ties round the old woman's waist as another attendant holds up a mirror. A third cupid ties the ...
Alternative Title:
Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):
Cupids and Grooming
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of antiquity. [graphic]

39.
An emblem of a modern marriage [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament June 15, 1775.
Call Number:
775.06.15.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple stand side by side before a rectangular tomb. The male figure is a skeleton wearing a feathered hat, a coat, and a sword; the lady wears a cloak. The tomb is decorated with the skull and crossbones and inscribed with the words "Requiescas in ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cupids, Marriage, Skeletons, Skull & crossbones, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An emblem of a modern marriage [graphic]

40.
Matrimonial-harmonics [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 October 1805]
Call Number:
805.10.25.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The couple torment each other in the breakfast-room. A round table is drawn close to a blazing fire. The lady has left her seat to thump on the piano (left), singing loudly, with her back to her husband, but turning her eyes towards him. He sits in t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Nannies (Children's nurses), Fireplaces, Pianos, Sofa, Toys, Umbrellas, Thermometers, Cupids, and Birdcages
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Matrimonial-harmonics [graphic]

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