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1.
Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]

Published / Created:
[10 April 1769]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 150. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room of an employment agency, prospective employers interview their potential hires. At the extreme right is a desk with the manager of the agency sitting behind it . On the desk is large open volume entitled "Order from Covent Garden for t...
Alternative Title:
Modern Register Office
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by the inventor M. Darly accordg. to act of Parliament, April 10, 1769, at No. 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Employment agencies, Interiors, Interviews, Desks, Benches, Servants, Dandies, British, Women domestics, and Coach drivers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]

2.
High life at five in the morning [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May 1st, 1769.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 64. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. (as shown on the longcase clock beside the door) accompanied by two attendants and watchman only to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Rake's progress, Adultery, Nobility, Intoxication, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Monkeys, Daggers & swords, Books, Longcase clocks, Draperies, Mirrors, and Poisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life at five in the morning [graphic].

3.
High life at noon [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Furniture, Mirrors, Longcase clocks, Women domestics, Clergy, Books, Servants, Parrots, Birdcages, Squirrels, and Monkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life at noon [graphic].

4.
High life in the evening, or, Quality dinner hour [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 1st 1769.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire, with references to the Duke of Grafton and Nancy Parsons and Lord Bute and Princess Augusta."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quality dinner hour
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Maynard, Annabella Parsons, Viscountess, d. 1814 or 15
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Entrance halls, Kitchens, Stairways, Columns, Clocks & watches, Food, Dogs, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life in the evening, or, Quality dinner hour [graphic].

5.
High life at five in the morning [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May 1st, 1769.
Call Number:
769.05.01.01+
Collection Title:
Page 64. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. (as shown on the longcase clock beside the door) accompanied by two attendants and watchman only to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Rake's progress, Adultery, Nobility, Intoxication, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Monkeys, Daggers & swords, Books, Longcase clocks, Draperies, Mirrors, and Poisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life at five in the morning [graphic].

7.
The times taken from an original character which appear'd at the masquerade at Lincoln, Decr. 21st

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.12.21.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by J. Marks on the pav'd stones of St. Martins Lane
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The times taken from an original character which appear'd at the masquerade at Lincoln, Decr. 21st 1769 [graphic].

8.
The sleepy shepherd [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.12.00.04 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sleepy shepherd [graphic]

9.
The screech-owl [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.12.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Musgrave, Samuel, 1732-1780
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The screech-owl [graphic]

10.
The pageant exhibiting the characters of the despotism marching in procession to the cock pit

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.12.00.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, Blackstone, William, 1723-1780, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The pageant exhibiting the characters of the despotism marching in procession to the cock pit [graphic]

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