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1.
Love, or, An exquisite at his devotions [graphic].

Creator:
Crowquill, Alfred, printmaker
Published / Created:
Sepr. 1825.
Call Number:
825.09.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An effeminate dandy, elongated and with very thin arms and legs, leans back in a chair, one thin arm drooping to the ground, the other curving over his head, his fingers caressing a curl on his forehead. He gazes sideways with a languishing smile at his reflection in the toilet-table glass. He has a thread-like moustache, blue tail-coat with high collar and sleeves, a rose in the button-hole, a white collar and cravat, white waistcoat with a long gold watch-chain round the neck, long light pantaloons, tight from the knee, full at the waist; low pumps with very-pointed toes. On the dressing-table are brush and comb, stoppered bottle, &c, and long tube-like bottle (of Eau de Cologne). Behind (right) on a similar chair a monkey squats admiring its face in a hand-glass. The room is bare, but carpeted to the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Exquisite at his devotions
Description:
Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Crowquill from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on upper edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. King 23 Chancery Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, Dressing tables, Mirrors, Monkeys, and Rugs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Love, or, An exquisite at his devotions [graphic].

2.
The hero's return [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
Feby. 22d, 1813.
Call Number:
813.02.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in the Empress's dressing-room. Marie Louise is horror-struck at the appearance of Napoleon who advances towards her in profile astride the back of a crawling Mameluke; he is held up by two other Mamelukes who support his arms and shoulders. He is terribly emaciated and appears moribund. He wears uniform; his legs, feet, and hands are swathed in bandages, his (former) ear and nose covered with black patches. The crawling Mameluke, presumably Roustan, holds out a bottle containing a pointed nose, and labelled 'Le Nez de l'Empereur'. Immediately behind Napoleon and his three supporters are two kneeling Mamelukes, each reverently holding a tasselled cushion supporting a bottle; one being labelled 'Les Doights [sic] de l'Empereur Napole . . .', the other, 'Les Oreilles de l'Empereur Napoleon'. Behind them (left) another Mameluke advances with a bottle labelled 'Les Doights du pied de l Empereur Bon . . .' The Mamelukes wear Turkish dress with turbans. Napoleon looks in tragic silence at his wife, who is seated in regal state but turns aside weeping with violent gestures of despair. A small terrestrial globe decorates her chair; her foot rests on a stool in the form of a flattened polar hemisphere on which the word 'Brit[ain]' is visible. Over her low-cut dress is an ermine-bordered robe clasped with a fleur-de-lis. She is supported by an emaciated court-lady, with a patched face, proffering a smelling-bottle, whose profile and a small crown show that she is one of Napoleon's sisters; two other ladies, wearing crowns, stand behind the Empress, registering consternation. A less conspicuous lady weeps. On the Empress's right kneels the Governess of the King of Rome, Mme de Montesquiou, holding the screaming child, and weeping noisily. He registers angry terror at the sight of his father; his little crown has fallen off. His features, though fore-shortened and distorted, resemble those of his father, cf. British Museum satires no. 11719. He wears an ermine-trimmed robe over his childish tunic and breeches. Behind the Governess is a draped dressing-table, the drapery decorated by a large fleur-de-lis, and the toilet boxes ornamented with crowns. A terrified monkey climbs up the mirror, clutching at the crown which surmounts it, and looking over its shoulder at the shocking spectacle presented by the Emperor. On the extreme right a lap-dog stands on a cushion barking furiously at Napoleon. On the ground on the extreme left are two large round coffers, one inscribed 'Coffre Pour la Bijoutère [sic] Russe', the other expectantly open. Voluminous draperies on the left and right, supported on the right by a pillar add to the regal character of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Four lines of verse below title: Dishonest with lopp'd arms the man appears, spoil'd of his nose, and shorten'd of his ears. She scarcely knew him, striving to disown, his blotted form, and blushing to be known. Dryden's Virgil, Book Six.
Publisher:
Pubd. by H. Humphrey, St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
Russia. and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, Piombino, Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, principessa di, 1777-1820, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, Caroline Bonaparte, consort of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1782-1839, and Roustam, 1782?-1845
Subject (Topic):
Campaigns of 1813-1814, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Crowns, Dogs, Dismemberment, Dressing tables, Empresses, Ethnic stereotypes, Loss of consciousness, and Monkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The hero's return [graphic]

3.
A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 September 1796]
Call Number:
796.09.15.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
Publisher:
Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Older people, Women, Headdresses, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, Dressing tables, Umbrellas, and Women domestics
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].

4.
The finishing touch [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[13 October 1794]
Call Number:
794.10.13.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A pretty young woman leans back in an arm-chair while a hairdresser applies paint to her face from a small box. She wears a morning-gown which leaves her breast much exposed. A woman (left) stands full-face behind her chair pouring out a glass of 'Hollands'. On the right is a dressing-table. L. & W., No. 127 (where the title continues, 'of an Impure's Face')."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue; original drawing is in the Huntington Library., No. 127 in Laurie & Whittle Drolls series., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdressers -- Female costume: morning dress -- Furniture -- Domestic service: woman-servant -- Beverages., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend, top of sheet.
Publisher:
Published 13th Octr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Women domestics, and Wine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The finishing touch [graphic].

5.
Tight lacing, or, Hold fast behind [graphic] / MD [monogram].

Creator:
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1, 1777.
Call Number:
777.03.01.04+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A small-waisted lady with towering coiffure topped by a beribboned hat stands in her boudoir holding onto post of canopy bed, as her footman, bracing his foot on her rump, tightens her stays. A decorative carpet is visible underfoot, and her dressing table may be seen to the left
Alternative Title:
Hold fast behind
Description:
Title from item., MD of publisher's name form a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 29, V. 2.
Publisher:
Pub. by M Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Corsets, Fashion, Hairstyles, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Beds, Bedrooms, and Dressing tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tight lacing, or, Hold fast behind [graphic] / MD [monogram].

6.
A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world [graphic]

Creator:
Darly, Mattina, active 1764-1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1777]
Call Number:
777.05.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the right, a lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile and wearing a morning gown, sits at a dressing-table; she is dipping a brush into a pot marked 'Rouge', other toilet implements and a looking-glass on the table. Her hair is in a grotesquely caricatured erection, with side curls, intended to ridicule the fashions of the day; on the top of it is a hearse drawn by six horses, decorated with enormous ostrich-feathers. Similar feathers adorn the heads of the horses. On the left behind the lady, a skeleton stands at a rectangular table grasping with both hands an hour-glass whose sands have run into the lower glass out the bottom onto the table. On the table there is also a knife. The base of the skeleton's spine is transfixed by a large arrow. On the wall behind the lady's dressing-table is a portrait bust of a clergyman, in profile to the right (Dr. Wilson).
Alternative Title:
Speedy and effectual preparation for the next world
Description:
Title from item., MD of publisher's name forms a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 3, v.2.
Publisher:
Pub May 1, 1777 by MDarly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Death, Hairstyles, Hearses, Skeletons, Hourglasses, Dressing tables, Clothing & dress, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world [graphic]

7.
The macaroni a real character at the late masquerade / [graphic]

Creator:
Dawe, Philip, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs July 3d 1773.
Call Number:
773.07.03.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A macaroni dressed in a grotesque exaggeration of the prevailing fashion. His hair is in a high pyramid with side curls, an enormous club hangs down his back. A small three-cornered hat is perched on the top of his hair. He wears a large nosegay. He stands in a mincing attitude by a toilet-table, draped with muslin on which are boxes and toilet jars, the latter inscribed "essence" and "Rose". The wall is panelled and ornamented with mouldings; the floor is carpeted and there are two cane-seated chairs of an unusual pattern [This probably represents the dress of 'Lord P-----' as a macaroni buck at the Pantheon masquerade of 12 May 1773. See 'Oxford Magazine', x. p. 179, where his dress is described]."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title from item., State with letters, as described in the British Museum catalogue from a print not in the British Museum collection. For a proof state before letters, see No. 5221 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male fashion, 1773 -- Macaronies -- Dressing room -- Furniture -- Carpet.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, and Dressing tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni a real character at the late masquerade / [graphic]

8.
The finishing touch [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 September 1791]
Call Number:
791.09.29.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Archer sits in profile to the right before her dressing-table, applying rouge to her cheek with a brush. Her notoriously painted cheek is blotched with drink. She is dressed for driving, wearing a coat of masculine cut, and a skirt which is short enough to show stockings above laced half-boots. A high-crowned hat trimmed with feathers is poised on her hair; on her vulture-like nose glasses are perched, her profile being reflected in the draped mirror. Through an open window (left) appears her high phaeton."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 37 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 29th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Carriages & coaches, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Eyeglasses, Mirrors, Reflections, Riding habits, Sash windows, and Sconces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The finishing touch [graphic].

9.
The finishing touch [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 September 1791]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Archer sits in profile to the right before her dressing-table, applying rouge to her cheek with a brush. Her notoriously painted cheek is blotched with drink. She is dressed for driving, wearing a coat of masculine cut, and a skirt which is short enough to show stockings above laced half-boots. A high-crowned hat trimmed with feathers is poised on her hair; on her vulture-like nose glasses are perched, her profile being reflected in the draped mirror. Through an open window (left) appears her high phaeton."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.4 x 17.6 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 20.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 29th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Carriages & coaches, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Eyeglasses, Mirrors, Reflections, Riding habits, Sash windows, and Sconces
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The finishing touch [graphic].

10.
A Roland for an Oliver! [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 May 1824]
Call Number:
824.05.27.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady sits at a small dressing-table (left) doing her hair. She turns to answer an elderly servant in livery who proffers a large bone, saying (words under the title): My Lord has sent your Ladyship a Bone to Pick! She answers: Tell him my Eldest Son is none of his, and there's a Bone for his Lordship to Pick!"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Two lines of dialogue below title: My lord has sent your Ladyship a bone to pick! ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. May 27 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Dressing tables, Hairdressing, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Roland for an Oliver! [graphic]

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