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1.
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.
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

4.
The six ologies : viz. entomology, anthology, demonology, ornithology, craniology, apology

Creator:
Stanley, Edward, 1779-1849, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1825]
Call Number:
Folio 75 St787 825
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from printed label on portfolior cover.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Science, Demons, Dueling, Insects, Owls, and Quacks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The six ologies : viz. entomology, anthology, demonology, ornithology, craniology, apology

5.
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]

6.
The vision of Dr. Morris, or, The spectral warning : being a particular account of the apparition

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 > The vision of Dr. Morris, or, The spectral warning : being a particular account of the apparition which appeared to Dr. Morris, on ... 27th day of February, 1821, extracted from "Tales of terror," a periodical work now in the press ...

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.
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].

9.
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]

10.
The duel Oh! what a pity twas that he did not hit his waistcoat / [graphic]

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 18, 1798.
Call Number:
798.05.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Pitt and Tierney, 27 May 1798 -- Weapons: pistols -- Gibbets -- Allusion to the execution of the highwayman Abershaw -- Putney Heath
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by R. Newton, No. 13 Brydges St., Covent Garden
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Tierney, George, 1761-1830
Subject (Topic):
Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The duel Oh! what a pity twas that he did not hit his waistcoat / [graphic]

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