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1.
Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1815] and [printed mid-20th century]
Call Number:
Paulson 815.00.00.22
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A house is attacked while a lady and a young girl sleep on a couch at center. Three bandits wield weapons, and one takes hold of the necklace of the lady. Another group of armed gentleman approach from the stairs at right."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1612., Engraved after the painting "1er Scène de voleurs" by Louis Léopold Boilly, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille., Restrike of the latest state of the plate, which has a border and stippling added in addition to the title. The titled state is given an original issue date of circa 1815 date in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., In the opinion of Nicholas J.S. Knowles, the coloring on this impression suggests it was printed in England in the mid-20th century by the successor Leadenhall Press., and Plate originally issued without title; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 810.00.00.59. This untitled state might be the plate described under the name "Banditti" in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 297.
Publisher:
publisher not identified and Leadenhall Press
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Robberies, Firearms, Sofas, and Necklaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].

2.
Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 70. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A house is attacked while a lady and a young girl sleep on a couch at center. Three bandits wield weapons, and one takes hold of the necklace of the lady. Another group of armed gentleman approach from the stairs at right."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Engraved after the painting "1er Scène de voleurs" by Louis Léopold Boilly, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille., Restrike. For an earlier issue of the plate, published ca. 1815, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1612., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally issued without title; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 810.00.00.59. This untitled state might be the plate described under the name "Banditti" in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 297., and On leaf 70 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Robberies, Firearms, Sofas, and Necklaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].

3.
Rumping an illustrious personage!!, or, A courtly specimen of good manners vide 'The Times

Published / Created:
[February 1821]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The King turns his back on Prince Leopold, who departs, making an indignant speech. He bends graciously to a deputation from the Corporation of Dublin; the Lord Mayor [King, see British Museum Satires No. 14525] presents the 'Snug Ultra Loyal Address [see British Museum Satires No. 14105] of the City of Dub--.' See British Museum Satires No. 14114. 'The Times,' 29 Jan.: "At the private levée on Friday [26 Jan.] it was confidently said that an illustrious Prince was 'rumped' by an exalted personage." The Deputation from Dublin were received with affability; the Address was presented to the King on the throne on the 27th."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Courtly specimen of good manners
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 56 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Londonderry," and "Prince Leopold" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "Feb. 1821 [altered to '1827' in pencil]" written in ink beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published February 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Ireland, and Dublin.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, King, Abraham Bradley,, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Mayors, Robes, Scepters, Keys (Hardware), Necklaces, Ethnic stereotypes, and Kneeling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Rumping an illustrious personage!!, or, A courtly specimen of good manners vide 'The Times,' January 29th, 1821. [graphic]

4.
The expostulation [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 15, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly suitor in old-fashioned dress (right) and a youngish fashionably dressed woman (left) sit on upright chairs, the only furniture visible in an elegant room. He looks towards her with a gesture of deprecating reproach; she bends towards him, holding at arm's length to the left a cross and chain taken from an open jewel-box which she holds. A French window is behind her, through which appear the tops of hollyhocks. A descending staircase is seen through an open door on the extreme right. On the wall are whole length portraits of elderly husbands in well-known plays: Sir Peter Teazle ['Sch. for Scandal']; Lord Ogleby [Colman and Garrick, 'Clandestine Marriage']; [Da]vid Dawe [Cumberland, 'Wheel of Fortune']."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When late I attempted your pity to move, why seemed you so deaf to my prayers, perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; but why did you kick me down stairs., Mounted on page 49 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.3 x 34.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, Draperies, Necklaces, Jewelry boxes, Windows, Hollyhocks, and Stairways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The expostulation [graphic].

5.
The expostulation [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 15, 1821.
Call Number:
821.01.15.02+
Collection Title:
Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly suitor in old-fashioned dress (right) and a youngish fashionably dressed woman (left) sit on upright chairs, the only furniture visible in an elegant room. He looks towards her with a gesture of deprecating reproach; she bends towards him, holding at arm's length to the left a cross and chain taken from an open jewel-box which she holds. A French window is behind her, through which appear the tops of hollyhocks. A descending staircase is seen through an open door on the extreme right. On the wall are whole length portraits of elderly husbands in well-known plays: Sir Peter Teazle ['Sch. for Scandal']; Lord Ogleby [Colman and Garrick, 'Clandestine Marriage']; [Da]vid Dawe [Cumberland, 'Wheel of Fortune']."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., and Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When late I attempted your pity to move, why seemed you so deaf to my prayers, perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; but why did you kick me down stairs.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, Draperies, Necklaces, Jewelry boxes, Windows, Hollyhocks, and Stairways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The expostulation [graphic].

6.
Scorn [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1800]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two profile heads in proximity. A poor woman wearing a plain straw hat (right) looks with anxious supplication at the hideous face of a woman wearing vulgar finery and jewelry, her hands in a muff. The latter scowls contemptuously, with closed eyes. Beneath the design: 'This Passion is frequently brought forward when a rich old Dowager meets a poor relation.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and plate number etched above image., "No. 15.", Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Two lines of text below image: This passion is frequently brought forward when a rich old dowager meets a poor relation., With publisher's stamp: RA., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Earrings, Muffs, Necklaces, Pleading (Begging), and Widows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scorn [graphic]

7.
Scorn [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1800]
Call Number:
800.01.21.14
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two profile heads in proximity. A poor woman wearing a plain straw hat (right) looks with anxious supplication at the hideous face of a woman wearing vulgar finery and jewelry, her hands in a muff. The latter scowls contemptuously, with closed eyes. Beneath the design: 'This Passion is frequently brought forward when a rich old Dowager meets a poor relation.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and plate number etched above image., "No. 15.", Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Two lines of text below image: This passion is frequently brought forward when a rich old dowager meets a poor relation., State without plate number., and 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.8 x 22.2 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Earrings, Muffs, Necklaces, Pleading (Begging), and Widows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scorn [graphic]

8.
Ladies ears bored gratis [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 October 1793]
Call Number:
793.10.24.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The interior of a jeweller's shop, indicated only by three necklaces festooned on the wall and by a door giving on to the street. A lady sits between two men; one (left) points insinuatingly to a box of ear-rings which he holds, the other applies a boring instrument to her left ear. To her left, a dog barks as he looks up at her startled face. Behind, a weeping schoolboy with a bag of books is being birched by a young woman. Through the door are seen a Highlander blowing bagpipes and a milkmaid screaming for custom
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and One of a series of 'Drolls.'
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Octr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bagpipes, Dairy workers, Earrings, Jewelers, Jewelry stores, Necklaces, School children, Women, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ladies ears bored gratis [graphic].

9.
The Venetian dress of the Sindall engraved from a painting of Mr. Peters in the collection of John

Creator:
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 July 1776]
Call Number:
776.07.30.02
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Half-length portrait in an oval frame, a young woman turned slightly left, facing front, wears a black veil over head and shoulders. She wears a pearl earring and necklace of several strands of beads (pearls?).
Alternative Title:
Venetian lady in the Sindall dress
Description:
Title from item. and Scratched-letter state of: A Venetian lady in the Sindall dress.
Publisher:
Publish'd 30 of July 1776, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
Italy and Venice
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Veils, Necklaces, and Jewelry
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Venetian dress of the Sindall engraved from a painting of Mr. Peters in the collection of John Taylor Esqur. / [graphic]

10.
A Cremonese lady [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 July 1776]
Call Number:
776.07.30.01
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In an oval frame, a young woman facing left, wears a wide-brimmed hat trimmed with flowers, a necklace of several strands of beads, and a scarf loosely draped around her shoulder
Description:
Title from item. and Scratch-letter state before inscription.
Publisher:
Published 30 of July 1776, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
Italy and Cremona
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hats, and Necklaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Cremonese lady [graphic]