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1.
Packing up!!! [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1830]
Call Number:
830.07.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham (left), in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest, saying, 'There is no such thing as getting those Devilish Locks of Bramahs open'. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of the giraffe (see British Museum Satires No. 16108). A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Quoted text below image: "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack - of Troy, brought thee his pedler's pack - vide Cleaveland., and Offset of another impression on verso.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1st, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and Athlumney, Harriet Maria Somerville, Lady, -1843
Subject (Topic):
Giraffes, Skeletons, Luggage, Clothes chests, and Cupboards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Packing up!!! [graphic]

2.
E [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
1820.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 9. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Rectangular bundles of documents, supported on human legs, march towards a writing-table (left) where two men await them eagerly, one being evidently Lord Stewart. These bundles recede in perspective from right to left. The two largest are inscribed: 'From Switzerland Via Colombier the Capital of Europe' and 'From Milan by the Brown road'. The others are: 'From Trieste'; 'From Carlsruhe'; 'Como'; 'Italy'; 'Devil'; 'Moloch'; 'Lucifer'. A bird flies towards the table with a paper inscribed 'Private'. Forked lightning darts towards the table, beside which trunks, boxes, and papers are piled, with a paper headed '... [Maj]ochys deposition'. Towards the table from the left advances (from an ornate Gothic building) a procession of lawyers, carrying books. P. 6: E, for the Embassy, kept on full pay, Collecting of slander and filth on the way ; ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
E, for the embassy, kept on full pay, collecting of slander and filth on the way ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Documents, Tables, Birds, Lightning, Luggage, Boxes, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > E [graphic].

3.
[The arrival of tourists] [art original].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings R79 no. 2 Box D145
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Tourists, Luggage, Umbrellas, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The arrival of tourists] [art original].

4.
Nautical politeness, or, British sailors perusing the dispatches from Cadiz [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1818]
Call Number:
808.07.00.01.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three sailors sitting on trunks on board a ship, grimacing as they read papers. At centre one points to his paper, saying, 'Did you ever hear such palaver Jack - Just before an Action'; his paper is inscribed, 'nothing opposes the individual esteem entertaind for your excellency by your faithfull servant / J Moore / Cadiz'. At left, a sailor reads a paper inscribed, 'I am your Excellrncys most Humble Servant / Rossily'; his trunk is lettered 'Will bo[...]'. At right the third says, 'Be quiet you lubbers, you dont know how to be polite - one of the Mounseers has ax'd me a little time, before I blow him up, and see what a civil letter I have sent him.'; his trunk is lettered 'Junk' and his paper, 'Mounseer / I had the honor of your this morning, and if you don't surrender by six in the evening, I'll be d-d if I dont blow you up / yours / to command / Jack Junk'. On the floor in the foreground, a tankard of 'Grog', a pipe and broadsides, one of which is headed 'True courage'; a cannon behind at left. Reissue by Fores of a print originally published c. July 1808."--British Museum online catalogue and "In May-July 1808, at the beginning of the Peninsular war, the British fleet helped to defend the Spanish in Cádiz from the French fleet led by Rosily; the British officer John Moore left England for Portugal in July 1808. The imprint indicates a reissue, giving the address line used by Fores in 1818-19."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
British sailors perusing the dispatches from Cadiz
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Rowlandson in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.697., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Moore, John, Sir, 1761-1809. and Rosily-Mesros, François de, 1748-1832.
Subject (Topic):
Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Sailors, British, Decks (Ships), Luggage, Newspapers, Cannons, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Nautical politeness, or, British sailors perusing the dispatches from Cadiz [graphic].

5.
Almost! VD [graphic]

Creator:
Schiffers, Franz O., 1902-1976, designer
Published / Created:
[1946]
Call Number:
Poster0002
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publisher derived from information about artist., Date supplied by curator., Poster published just after World War II to warn returning soldiers of the dangers of venereal disease., Numbered: AGPS 5.46.70000.3896., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Office of Military Government
Subject (Topic):
World War, 1939-1945, Health aspects, Sexually transmitted diseases, Military hygiene, Medicine, Military, Soldiers, Ships, and Luggage
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Almost! VD [graphic]

6.
A Flemish diligence [graphic]

Published / Created:
Sep. 8, 1794.
Call Number:
Drawer 794.09.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A coach filled with passengers is driven by a coachman (smoking a pipe) and pulled by two teams of horses. The roof of the carriage is loaded with bags and a cage filled with poultry; the one bag is labeled 'Brussels'. Another cage of birds swings off the bottom of the carriage in the back, the top of which is covered in a tarp. The driver whips the lead team. A coat of arms decorates the door to the carriage
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd for J.K. Ansell at No. 9, Clements Inn
Subject (Geographic):
Brussels (Belgium)
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Chickens, Coach drivers, Cobblestone streets, Luggage, Monks, and Nuns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Flemish diligence [graphic]

7.
A journey to London [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 January 1774]
Call Number:
774.01.11.01
Collection Title:
Leaf 53. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A middle-aged lady (caricatured) riding (left to right) preceded by her servant who carries two trunks behind him on his saddle. She wears the riding-habit of the period and a round hat with a feather. She rides with a single rein in her right hand, in her left is a whip. The horses are ambling very slowly, both riders are using their whips. Similar in character to British Museum Satires No. 5266."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1774 -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Trunks., and Watermark (partially cut off): Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Riding habits, Servants, Luggage, and Whips
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A journey to London [graphic].

8.
A journey to London [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 January 1774]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 53. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A middle-aged lady (caricatured) riding (left to right) preceded by her servant who carries two trunks behind him on his saddle. She wears the riding-habit of the period and a round hat with a feather. She rides with a single rein in her right hand, in her left is a whip. The horses are ambling very slowly, both riders are using their whips. Similar in character to British Museum Satires No. 5266."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1774 -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Trunks., First of two plates on leaf 53., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Riding habits, Servants, Luggage, and Whips
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A journey to London [graphic].

9.
Reise nach der Ewigkeit. Voyage pour l'Eternité Hier ist die letzte Station. C'est ici le dernier

Published / Created:
[ca. 1829]
Call Number:
Print01385
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
bei G.N. Renner u. Co.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Mortality, Stagecoaches, Coach drivers, Taverns (Inns)., Smoking, Luggage, Dogs, and Skeletons
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Reise nach der Ewigkeit. Voyage pour l'Eternité Hier ist die letzte Station. C'est ici le dernier relais. [graphic]