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1.
A challenge [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
Nov. 26, 1796.
Call Number:
796.11.26.02 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A challenge [graphic]

2.
A hint to duellists [graphic]

Creator:
Doyle, John, 1797-1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 13th, 1830.
Call Number:
830.04.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A court scene. The judge, Bayley (right), addresses the apprehensive prisoner at the bar, Wellington (left): '"If a party, wilfully & intentionally does an act likely in its results to produce death, & death actually ensues, the act so done by him is...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Bayley, John, 1763-1841
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, Courtrooms, Judges, Juries, and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A hint to duellists [graphic]

3.
A parliamentary debate in Pipes's Ground [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1743]
Call Number:
743.03.14.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the duel between Horatio Walpole and William Richard Chetwynd showing the point where they are separated by a clerk. Walpole, on the right, accuses his opponent, "Would you not have hang'd my Brother at ye door of ye House", to which Chetwy...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768
Subject (Topic):
Butchers and Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A parliamentary debate in Pipes's Ground [graphic].

4.
A parliamentary debate in Pipes's Ground [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1743]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the duel between Horatio Walpole and William Richard Chetwynd showing the point where they are separated by a clerk. Walpole, on the right, accuses his opponent, "Would you not have hang'd my Brother at ye door of ye House", to which Chetwy...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768
Subject (Topic):
Butchers and Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A parliamentary debate in Pipes's Ground [graphic].

6.
A scene in Islington Fields [graphic].

Published / Created:
[March 1773]
Call Number:
773.03.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"It illustrates 'A Duelling scene in Islington Fields by Two Macaronies', between 'a young woollen-draper' and 'a military gentleman', the theme being the citizen's reluctance to fight. The duellists in macaroni dress face each other. Their seconds ar...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, and Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in Islington Fields [graphic].

7.
An account of the fatal duel which took place between Mr. John Scott, the editor of Baldwin's

Published / Created:
[1821]
Call Number:
Osborn pd270
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN Osborn pd270: Imperfect: boards wanting. Inscription: Archibald Macwhirter, Ardgaith, Dysart, November, 1954. Ghosted impression of compiler's ex libris, J. Young[?]. Ms. introduction on [18] p. preceding first title, dated "15th January 1821." N...
Publisher:
Webster, printer, 20, Lothian Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Christie, Jonathan Henry. and Scott, John, 1784-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Dueling
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An account of the fatal duel which took place between Mr. John Scott, the editor of Baldwin's Magazine, and Mr. Christie, the friend of John Gibson Lockhart, esq., on Friday the 16th current, between Chalk Farm Tavern and Primrose Hill ...

8.
An excellent ballad of the Lord Mohun and Duke Hamilton. With an exact account of their melancholy

Published / Created:
[1712?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
The duel between Mohun and Hamilton took place 15 November 1712.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, James Douglas, Duke of, 1658-1712 and Mohun, Charles Mohun, Baron, 1675?-1712
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Dueling, Dueling grounds, Daggers & swords, and Wounds & injuries
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An excellent ballad of the Lord Mohun and Duke Hamilton. With an exact account of their melancholy deaths

9.
Election hints. [graphic]. Plate 2

Published / Created:
[1830?]
Call Number:
830.00.00.13+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sheet of satirical vignettes; at centre, 'Going to the Pole-Booth-ia', a man in furs confronted by a polar bear. Around the central design: 'First reading', a woman instructing a child in its ABC; 'Home department', a guard in bearskin; 'Usher of the...
Description:
Title from text above images.
Publisher:
Pub. by G.S. Tregear at his sporting & comic print warehouse, 96 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, Handguns, Cannons, Honor guards, Polar bears, Lanterns, and Carriages & coaches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Election hints. [graphic]. Plate 2

10.
Essay on duelling Anglicè doing = Him!. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[10 July 1789]
Call Number:
789.07.10.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A burlesqued view of the duel between Lennox and the Duke of York, includes the Prince of Wales, Hanger, and Prince William
Alternative Title:
Essay on dueling
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published July 10 1789 by W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subject (Topic):
Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Essay on duelling Anglicè doing = Him!. [graphic]

11.
Modern honour [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 February 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 4. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two men face each other with pistols, their seconds stand behind them. The duellist on the left kneels on one knee, his right arm outstretched, his pistol in his left hand, the barrel pointing upwards as if to ward off his opponent's shot; his left e...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1, 1777, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Handguns, and Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Modern honour [graphic].

12.
Petticoat duellists [graphic].

Published / Created:
Augt. 1, 1792.
Call Number:
792.08.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Petticoat duelists
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. & J. Stratfords, No. 112 Holborn Hill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Dueling, Handguns, Lingerie, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Petticoat duellists [graphic].

13.
Preparations for a duel [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1824?]
Call Number:
824.00.00.18
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire; at right, a thin man and his caped friend, guns in their hands, facing a robust military gentleman standing at centre, with four guns in his belt and a blunderbuss to hand; the three are much concerned at the appearance at left of a doctor wi...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Preparations for a duel [graphic]

14.
Richard II suspending the duel between Hereford & Norfolk [graphic]

Creator:
Delattre, Jean Marie, 1745 or 1746-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
1 Septr. 1805.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [55] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Richard II standing and raising his hand to arrest a duel between the Dukes of Hereford and Norfollk, who charge at each other on horseback in full armour with plumed helmets, with nobles sitting watching to either side of the king and two men on foo...
Alternative Title:
Richard the Second suspending the duel between Hereford and Norfolk
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400,, Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413,, and Norfolk, Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of, 1366-1399,
Subject (Topic):
Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Richard II suspending the duel between Hereford & Norfolk [graphic]

15.
Scotch wedding [graphic].

Published / Created:
Sepr. 23, 1789.
Call Number:
789.09.23.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Charlotte Gordon and Col. Lennox leap over a broom which lies on the floor; she holds him by the left wrist and points towards a nuptial bed decorated with a coat of arms (that of the Duke of Gordon, freely sketched) and ducal coronet. The Duche...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819, Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842, and Gordon, Jane Maxwell Gordon, Duchess of, d. 1812
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, Bagpipes, Bed, Bedrooms, Brooms, Glassware, Handguns, Military uniforms, British, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scotch wedding [graphic].

16.
Slugs in a saw-pit hell to pay, or, The direful courage of Dolla Lolla [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1810]
Call Number:
810.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two timorous duellists face each other at close quarters in a saw-pit, trembling and dropping their weapons, namely pistol and blunderbuss; each has a heap of weapons at his feet: sabres, rapier, pistol, more blunderbusses. The hair of both rises on ...
Alternative Title:
Direful courage of Dolla Lolla
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1810 by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Dueling, Fear, Guns, Military uniforms, British, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Slugs in a saw-pit hell to pay, or, The direful courage of Dolla Lolla [graphic].

17.
The Bagshot frolick, or, The pot-lid & inkhorn [graphic].

Creator:
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1764]
Call Number:
762.10.03.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An etching, showing Earl Talbot, who was Lord Steward of the Household, standing behind a "Fire Screen", on the floor near which are two saucepans ... duel ... Bagshot Heath"-- British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pot-lid & inkhorn
Pot-lid and inkhorn
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons and Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Bagshot frolick, or, The pot-lid & inkhorn [graphic].

18.
The assaut, or, Fencing match which took place at Carlton House, on the 9th of April 1787 between

Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
787.00.00.15+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A 1787 fencing match between a man and a woman in the elegant rooms of Carlton House, London. In the audience stands the Prince of Wales who had arranged this fencing demonstration between Mademoiselle d'Eon (right), and Monsieur de Saint George (left...
Alternative Title:
Assault
Fencing match
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published by Corbeau at Paris and by Robinde at London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810., and Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799.
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, Fencing, and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The assaut, or, Fencing match which took place at Carlton House, on the 9th of April 1787 between Mademoiselle La Chevaliere d'Eon de Beaumont and Monsieur de Saint George. In the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, several of the nobility & many eminent fencing masters of London. [graphic]

19.
The double discovery [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1771?]
Call Number:
771.05.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A flying demon holds the level beam of a pair of scales, on which stand Wilkes (left) and Parson Horne (right). Each stands in the attitude of a fencer, thrusting at the other with an outstretched goose-quill; neither has the advantage. Wilkes wears ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Demons, Dueling, Pens, Scales, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The double discovery [graphic].

20.
The duel , or, Sir Dicky Dab thro' and thro' the Captain [graphic].

Published / Created:
[20 January 1787]
Call Number:
787.01.20.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd , by S.W. Fores Jany. the 20, 1787 at the Caricature Ware-house, No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Dueling and Medical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The duel , or, Sir Dicky Dab thro' and thro' the Captain [graphic].

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