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1.
Bentley from a picture by Hudson in Trinity College, Cambridge, under the supervision of the

Creator:
Posselwhite, J. (James), 1798-1884, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1826 and 1873]
Call Number:
Portraits B47 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Richard Bentley, half-length, slightly turned to the left, holding a book in one hand, dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and with a periwig on his head, after Hudson"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Date of publication based on active dates of publisher in association with Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowlege.
Publisher:
Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street & Pall Mall East
Subject (Name):
Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742,
Subject (Topic):
Critics and Scholars
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bentley from a picture by Hudson in Trinity College, Cambridge, under the supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowlege / [graphic]

2.
Exhibition extraordinary in the horticultural room [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1829]
Call Number:
826.01.01.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An exhibition in the 'Great Room' of the Horticultural Society, containing portraits of officials and caricatures of spectators; the exhibits embody political and other allusions. The three officials command the room from seats at a raised table, each with a sloping desk. The chairman, hammer in hand, sits between the Secretary and Assistant Secretary. His desk is inscribed: A most respectable Cauliflower always in order -. He is John Elliot, F.R.S. (1764-1829, Treasurer, and one of four Vice-Presidents; he often presided). On his right Joseph Sabine (1770-1837, Hon. Sec. of the Society 1816-30); on his desk: The friend of Maecenas--"arvum cælumq Sabinum non cessat laudare"--Hor. Epist. On Elliot's left, John Turner, Assistant Secretary, wearing spectacles: on his desk: An highly cultivated specimen requires Glass. The exhibits are on an oblong counter against and below that of the officials, and also on a slightly lower annexe to it, having a curved front which corresponds to the horse-shoe benches facing it. Immediately below the officials are four exhibits: [1] a miniature rocky mountain or crag on a dish, with mining apparatus projecting from its summit and having berried sprigs attached to it, labelled Vapor Vincit Omnia et Omnium. Round the rock is a scroll: Comparative Declension -- Mine -- Miner -- Minus -- New Lat Gr. The berries are placarded: The New Golden Drop or Marvel of Peru--a native of No-Mans land To be bought in the City -- only -- £500 pr leaf! Cheap as dirt & production beyond beleif. [2] A few ears of corn labelled Matchless Specimen stand in a blacking-bottle inscribed Rye Coffee By Act of Parliament -- Almighty Roasters!! - H H [Henry Hunt] Radical Corn Doctor--& General Polisher of Mankind. [3] A cannon-like brass cylinder projects horizontally from the back of a kettle, its muzzle being filled with a bunch of grapes; it is fixed to a stand inscribed Perkins's New Grape House Forced by Steam NB -- Warrented [sic] not to end in Smoke. Beside it is a second bunch of grapes; a poker leans against the kettle. [4] Two small squared pieces of wood ticketed: Specimens of American Acasia NB these Trees must not be too much exposed they require warmth & thrive best in a Register. The exhibits on the projecting table are of naturalistic fruit, with one exception: a basket inscribed Keen's Seedling A Hot Bed Plant contains a plump manikin (Kean), naked except for buskins and a head-dress like a strawberry, with a spray of leaves attached to it. He holds up a grinning mask decorated with antlers. This is ticketed NB Does not thrive in America. A bunch of grapes has the inscription: a bunch of Grapes from Lady Bacchus which upon Dissection will on a Moderate Computation afford 1/2 a grape & one stone to each man of taste -- NB Beware of Drunkenness & appoplexey. Two huge pears, placed like the Green Bags of BM Satires 13735, are in a dish inscribed Sure such a Pear -- was never seen. A giant apple: "A most Prodigious Pippin" -- Byron. Two plates of apples: Sundry Specimens of forbidden Fruit NB le Meilleur de son Espéce [sic]. The spectators [Footnote: Identifications by Reid are doubtful, and it is not always clear to whom they refer: they are here given in quotation marks.] are in the foreground, some standing over the exhibits, others on or beside the green-covered benches. Each has a punning caption in the lower margin. A dandy, 'Mr. West', stands on the extreme left, holding the head of a slim cane to his mouth; he is The Pink of Fashion or Dandy-Lion [cf. BM Satires 13029]. Next him sits Alderman Cox with antlers sprouting from his bald head; he clutches an umbrella and stares through an opera-glass at 'Keen's Seedling'. He is A variety of Horn-beam -- a double bearer (an allusion to his wife's two lovers). A gouty old man, frenzied with pain and rage, shouts at a dandified supercilious-looking fellow who plants the heel of his Hessian boot on his swollen toe; they are 'Mr Rogers' and 'Mr Wilbraham': A Passionflower in full bloom and A Species of Misletoe. Seated on the front bench in back view is a vast, shapeless, and plainly dressed woman, with a child, a small replica of herself, seated beside her; each has placed next her on the seat a flat broad-brimmed straw hat. They are A Bulb from Holland with Offset. A stout man fingers fruit, furtively stuffing a capacious pocket; he is A Monstrous Medler in full bearing ('Mr Richard Salisbury'). A dandy, out at elbows and with patched trousers, stands aggressively in back view: A Sprig of Nobility running to seed -mem-while in this state not to be trusted out of doors-if kept under lock & key it will receive the benefit of the Act [for the relief of debtors] ('Mr. Motheaux', i.e. John Motteux, d. 1843, a Vice-President of the Society, and very rich). On the seat behind him are two open books: Hortl Transtns Letters from Corresponding Mr-Mustard & Cress how to choose the seed-Essay on a Radish with highly finished Engravings. Another volume of the same: . . . On the Best mode of planting a-Pip &c. A grotesquely tall cavalry officer stands in profile to the left: A Scarlet Runner ('Captain Maxwell'), (? identification intended for the naval officer), more convincingly identified by E. Hawkins as Captain Scarlett (1799-1871). An ugly scowling fellow stands in profile to the left, with folded arms, grasping a stick with a knob carved in a portrait-head of himself: An English Crab-a Native of this Country. He is 'Dr Henderson', i.e. Alexander Henderson, M.D., 1780-1863, a Vice-President of the Society. Behind him stands a naval officer with an empty right sleeve, a patch of sticking-plaster on his forehead, and a fixed smile: Heart of Oak-with its timber lopp'd-little cultivated at present the old plants vegetate in the background. Identified by E. Hawkins as Murray Maxwell (see BM Satires 12999) whom he resembles apart from the sleeve; by Reid (improbably) as 'Lord Verulam'. He may stand for the brave but neglected naval officer, with attributes both of Nelson and Maxwell. On the extreme right a brandy-faced undergraduate with a gold-tasselled cap bestrides a bench as if on a horse, hands placed as if holding whip and reins: Hortus Cantab- propagated at Newmarket ('Mr Labouchere'; ? Henry Labouchere, 1798-1869, an Oxonian). On the pilastered wall are three pictures and a portrait bust: [1] A large picture of a burly man wearing a loin-cloth only, linked to three naked children by a root which they all gnaw. This is An Irish Potatoe Plant with young ones dressed in their Jackets after the fashion of the Country. [2] The portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, still belonging to the Society, realistically copied, with the title Hortus Siccus-The Flower of the Flock. [3] A bust of George IV as a Roman Emperor, resembling the Coriolanus of BM Satires 13677: Penny Royal- used for various purposes raised by slips-offsets &c-vide Dictiony. (This bust of the then Regent (as patron of the Society) was commissioned from Goblet for £12). [4] A portrait of a pregnant woman (Lady Ann Monson) standing in a garden, inscribed, Arethusa Bulbosa-a Species of Egg Plant-hatches once a Year & bears fruit in all Climates--Introduced by Dr Fothergill A. 1778, as appears from Miss Lee -- daughter of a nursery-man -- it grows wild occasionally -- reports speak of a specimen presented to Society Anno 1 & cultivated for amusement, by one Adam. Perhaps a portrait belonging to the Society is burlesqued."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from mss. note. See Lewis Walpole Library 826.01.01.01.2+., Later state as described in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: National stereotypes -- Irish -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Plants -- Dandies.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Horticultural Society of London.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Exhibition extraordinary in the horticultural room [graphic]

3.
City panorama a birds eye view of London and surrounding country, taken from the Monument, is open

Published / Created:
[not before 1826]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Etched advertisement for a panoramic view of London that could be viewed (for an admission fee) at 61 Wood Street. Wrapping around the text at center is a circular depiction of that bird's-eye panorama of the city
Alternative Title:
Birds eye view of London and surrounding country, taken from the Monument, is open for the inspection of the public and City panorama, 61 Wood Street, Cheapside
Description:
Title from text at center of image., Later state, with changes to the text at center; the word "is" has replaced the word "will" in the phrase "will open to the public," and the admission price has replaced the original opening date of "Septr. 1st, 1826." The burnished remnants of the former text can be faintly seen in both places. For the earlier state before these changes, see impression from the Peter Jackson London Collection that is digitally reproduced on the Look and Learn website (www.lookandlearn.com; accessed 5 August 2024)., Date inferred from opening date listed on the earlier state., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Folded to 23.3 x 18 cm; mounted to 27.2 x 21.4 cm., and Mounted before page 5 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > City panorama a birds eye view of London and surrounding country, taken from the Monument, is open for the inspection of the public. Admittance 1 shilling. 61 Wood Street, Cheapside. [graphic]

4.
The morning herald [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A nightwatchman in a coat with a cape calls out as he walks down a city street with a lantern and club in his hands; a lamppost is lit on the corner
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Daily paper"--Upper right corner., "Pt. 6"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Royle, King Street, Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen and Lampposts
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The morning herald [graphic]

5.
The observer [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man jumps from behind a screen as a woman runs towards the door
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from other prints in this series., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Sunday paper"--Upper right corner., "Plate 3"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by J. Royle, 27, King Street, Holborn, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Hiding, and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The observer [graphic]

6.
The examiner [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A courtroom scene in which the lawyer in wig and robes points to a piece of paper as he questions the man in the dock
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from other prints in this series., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Sunday paper"--Upper right corner., "Pt. 7"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub'd by Royle, King Street, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Courtrooms, and Questioning
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The examiner [graphic]

7.
The dispatch [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man with a look of surprise on his face sits at a table, fork and knife in hand as a coachman arrives at the door. A coach can be seen in the large windown behind him
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from other prints in this series., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Sundy [sic] paper"--Upper right corner., "Pt. 9"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub'd by J. Royle, King Street, Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Coach drivers, Eating & drinking, and Newspapers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The dispatch [graphic]

8.
The old times [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Outside a rustic building with a sign "Old Farmer [...]ck House", a farmer with a large belly, smoking a pipe, leans against a table loaded with bags with '500' written on them. Above the table on the fence is a sign "Quarter Day".
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from other prints in this series., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Daily paper"--Upper right corner., "Plate 1"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by J. Royle, 27, King Street, Holborn, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Landlord and tenants, Landlord & tenant relations, and Newspapers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The old times [graphic]

9.
The advertiser [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in a top hat paints the words "Huntsm[...] [...]la ..." on wall that surrounds an estate
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Daily paper"--Upper right corner., "Pt. 4"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1826 by J. Royle, 27, King Street, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Newspapers and Advertising
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The advertiser [graphic]

10.
[John Cartwright] [graphic].

Creator:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Major John Cartwright; aged 81, three-quarter length, seated in armchair, legs crossed, looking at viewer, his left arm resting on armchair, holding a closed scroll."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different print of the same composition
Description:
Title from facsimile signature beneath image on later state., Printmaker from statement of responsibility on later state: Drawn & engraved by H. Meyer., Proof before letters. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published Feb. 21, 1826, for the proprietor Miss Cartwright by Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street," see National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D13772)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Early state of a plate from: The life and correspondence of Major Cartwright / edited by his niece, F.D. Cartwright. London : H. Colburn, 1826., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 220 (leaf numbered '43' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Sitter identified as "Major Cartwright (aged 81)" in ink on mounting sheet, in a later hand.
Publisher:
Henry Colburn
Subject (Name):
Cartwright, John, 1740-1824,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [John Cartwright] [graphic].

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