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1.
Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic]

Creator:
Adams, F. E., printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 October 1779]
Call Number:
779.10.11.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In avenue of trees beside a rail-fence, an old farmer's wife (right), wearing spectales and dressed in black silk hat and mantle and muslin apron, starts back in astonishment at seeing her daughter (left) dressed in the extreme fashion of 1765-1775, w...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs, 11th October 1779 by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Daughters, Dogs, Hairstyles, Servants, and Mothers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic]

2.
Miss Berry [graphic]

Creator:
Adlard, Henry, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1839]
Call Number:
Quarto 486 21
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Longman & Co.
Subject (Name):
Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Berry [graphic]

3.
Letter, 1560 September 10, Schleswig-Holstein, to Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Creator:
Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586
Published / Created:
1560 September 10.
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 128
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Letter, signed, thanking Queen Elizabeth for conferring the Order of the Garter on him. The Duke apologizes in advance for his absence from the ceremony, owing to his war with the Swedes, and requests that he be represented by Walter Devereux, Earl of...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., England, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), and England.
Subject (Name):
Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586., Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., Essex, Walter Devereux, Earl of, 1541-1576., and Order of the Garter.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Renaissance, Orders of knighthood and chivalry, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter, 1560 September 10, Schleswig-Holstein, to Elizabeth I, Queen of England

4.
[Membership card for a trade union] [graphic]

Creator:
Adolph, active 1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
1798.
Call Number:
File 66 798 Ad23
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A membership card for a trade union with a female figure with an anchor on her left and a shield with three calibers on the right, standing under a broken pediment supported by two Corinthian columns and surmounted by a pineapple
Alternative Title:
Be permanent to protect & not combin'd to injure and Be permanent to protect and not combined to injure
Description:
Title from dealer's description; alternative title from motto etched within image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Labor unions and Membership
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Membership card for a trade union] [graphic]

6.
George the Third [graphic]

Creator:
Agar, John Samuel, approximately 1770-approximately 1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1816]
Call Number:
Portraits G347 no. 13
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of King George III in profile, facing left, in square frame drapped with cloth surmounted with a crown above and decorated with allegorical figures of Great Britain and coat of arms below
Alternative Title:
George III
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Published June 4, 1816, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Art, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > George the Third [graphic]

7.
The Right Hon. William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville from an original picture by W. Owen, Esq

Creator:
Agar, John Samuel, approximately 1770-approximately 1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1815]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, half-length, standing slightly to right, with head turned to look to left; wearing ornate gown of Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and lace cravat; curtain behind at left."--British Museu...
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1815, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Hon. William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville from an original picture by W. Owen, Esq. R.A. / [graphic]

8.
Afternoons amusement [graphic]

Creator:
Albanesi, Angelo, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd. according to act of Parliament the 30 Octobr. 1777.
Call Number:
777.10.30.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A print showing the front elevation of a brothel, with a sign over the door "Young Ladies Educated & Board." At the threshold of the establishment, the brothel keeper (possibly Charlotte Hayes) stands at the front door talking with a young man who hol...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Hayes, Charlotte, 1725-1813, and O’Kelly, Dennis, 1725-1787,
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Humor, Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, Clergy, Dogs, Doors & doorways, Dwarfs, Windows, Signs (Notices), and Peddlers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Afternoons amusement [graphic]

9.
De laude virginitatis

Creator:
Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
Published / Created:
[between 800 and 815]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 401A
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment bifolium. Conjugate leaves originally from the same manuscript as Beinecke MS 401. Stitching holes in center of bifolium; outer margins trimmed with some loss of text
Description:
In Latin and Anglo-Saxon.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)., English literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De laude virginitatis

10.
De laude virginitatis

Creator:
Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
Published / Created:
[between 800 and 815]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 401
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
32
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of portions of Saint Aldhelm, De laude virginitatis, copied probably in Canterbury or Worcester. With glosses in Anglo-Saxon added between 950 and 1000, which may be of Kentish origin
Description:
In Latin and Anglo-Saxon.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)., English literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De laude virginitatis

11.
Perfect felicity [graphic].

Creator:
Alexander, David, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1824]
Call Number:
824.00.00.22+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Drawn on stone and published by D. Alexander, 10 Belgrade Place, East Lane, Walworth Rd.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Perfect felicity [graphic].

12.
Catherine, Countess of Desmond [graphic]

Creator:
Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1769 and 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of an unidentified woman, previously known as the Countess of Desmond; an elderly woman shown bust-length directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a heavy, dark veil like that of a nun, a dark cloak tied with lacing at the thr...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Desmond, Katherine (Fitzgerald) Fitzgerald, countess of, d.1604?
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Catherine, Countess of Desmond [graphic]

13.
Mrs. Pritchard in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale / [graphic]

Creator:
Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1765]
Call Number:
Portraits P961 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The actress in character standing in an archway, wearing a shawl over her head and a crucifix attached to a string of pearls around her neck, her right hand raised and a large urn beside her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to Act of Parlt., 1765, by R.E. Pine in St. Martin's Lane, London
Subject (Name):
Pritchard, Hannah, 1711-1768,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Pritchard in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale / [graphic]

14.
Richard Oliver, Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:
Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, April 20, 1771.
Call Number:
771.04.20.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Oval bust portrait of Richard Oliver, with an engraved broadside below, both enclosed in ornamental scrolls
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Richard Oliver, Esqr. [graphic]

17.
A forcible effect [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1824.
Call Number:
824.00.00.46 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A forcible effect [graphic]

22.
A sudden effect [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1824.
Call Number:
824.00.00.47 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sudden effect [graphic]

25.
A very warm effect [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1824.
Call Number:
824.00.00.49 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple stand in their nightclothes in horror as they look on their bed which is in flames. An overturned table with a lit candle appears to be the cause of the fire, the other contents, a book, a rosary, a watch and chain, and spectacles are also on...
Description:
Title and series title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Couples, Fires, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A very warm effect [graphic]

29.
An upset, blowing from the west [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.14
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An accident between a carriage and gentleman's cart on a city street
Description:
Title from heading above image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Couples, Carriages & coaches, Carts, and City & town life
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An upset, blowing from the west [graphic]

32.
Give me another horse bind up my wounds the lights turn blue vy, that ere's the moon, mix'd with

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1823.
Call Number:
823.00.00.19
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Vy, that ere's the mood, mix'd with gash-light
Description:
Title from text within image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Give me another horse bind up my wounds the lights turn blue vy, that ere's the moon, mix'd with gash-light / [graphic]

44.
Notions [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
[1839?]
Call Number:
839.00.00.16
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
I have a notion that the brute is going to make the best of his way out and leave me to shift for myself
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Notions [graphic]

45.
Notions my dear fellows I have a notion that I am committing some sort of trespass here

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
[1839?]
Call Number:
839.00.00.15
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
My dear fellows I have a notion that I am committing some sort of trespass here
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Notions my dear fellows I have a notion that I am committing some sort of trespass here ... / [graphic]

46.
Songs 'tis he my William come from sea the soldiers gratitude ... / [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1822.
Call Number:
822.00.00.37
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print presents multiple images, each titled separately with a phrase relating to the "Songs" heading
Description:
Title from heading and text within image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Songs 'tis he my William come from sea the soldiers gratitude ... / [graphic]

47.
Songs I am the boy for bewitching them united in a noble cause ... / [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1822.
Call Number:
822.00.00.35
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print presents multiple images, each titled separately with a phrase relating to the "Songs" heading
Description:
Title from heading and text within image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Songs I am the boy for bewitching them united in a noble cause ... / [graphic]

48.
Songs Mary dear Mary list awake and like the moon thy slumbers break ... / [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1822.
Call Number:
822.00.00.49
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print presents multiple scenes, each titled separately
Description:
Title from heading and text from first distinct scene.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Black people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Songs Mary dear Mary list awake and like the moon thy slumbers break ... / [graphic]

49.
Songs a fig for the cares of this whirligig world shall still be my maxim where ever I'm twirld

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
Published / Created:
1822.
Call Number:
822.00.00.32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from heading and text within image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Songs a fig for the cares of this whirligig world shall still be my maxim where ever I'm twirld ... / [graphic]

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