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1.
Thomas Tickell from an original picture in the Hall of Queens College, Oxford / [graphic]

Creator:
Clamp, R., active 1788-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1796]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Thomas Tickell; half length, to the right, head turned and looking to the left; wearing open jacket, cravat, and periwig; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1 Nov. 1796 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Tickell, Thomas, 1685-1740,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Tickell from an original picture in the Hall of Queens College, Oxford / [graphic]

2.
[The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:
Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818
Published / Created:
[1 October 1797]
Call Number:
Hogarth 797.10.01.02++ Box 310
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An untidy garret with a man in a dressing-gown working on a poem entitled 'Poverty' while his wife is confronted by a milkmaid with a lengthy tally who demands payment; a baby in bed is crying; a dog eats meat from a plate on a chair; behind the poet...
Alternative Title:
Studious he sate, with all his books around
Description:
Title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1797 by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]

3.
[Copy of Hogarth's The distresst poet] [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an attic, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes. He is seated on a chair; behind him his bed is folded up in his sparsely furnished garret. Beside him is a ink well and a candle in a bottle. He rests his left elbow on a pile of b...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Poverty
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Copy of Hogarth's The distresst poet] [graphic]

4.
Mr. Abraham Cowley [graphic]

Creator:
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1668]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Abraham Cowley, bust length in an octagonal frame, long hair, wearing gown; frontispiece to his 'Works' (1668)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Henry Herringman
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Abraham Cowley [graphic]

5.
John Armstrong M.D. [graphic]

Creator:
Fisher, Edward, 1722-approximately 1782, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1760 and 1789?]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait seen almost half-length to right, head in three-quarter profile to right, wearing wig and partially open coat; after Reynolds (Mannings 73); lettered state after quotation re-arranged on two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Armstrong, John, 1709-1779,
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, British, and Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Armstrong M.D. [graphic]

6.
Mr. Thomas Gray [art original].

Creator:
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Thomas Gray, who holds in his right hand a sheet of paper with writing
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections and Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Thomas Gray [art original].

7.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 28K Box 210
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

8.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Sotheby 29++ Box 305
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

9.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Hogarth 740.12.15.01++ Box 300
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

10.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

11.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

12.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

13.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

14.
[The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 March 1736]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 27K Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and ...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]

15.
[The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 March 1736]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and ...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]

16.
Ben: Johnson [graphic]

Creator:
Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
1738.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in low...
Alternative Title:
Ben Jonson
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Subject (Topic):
Art collections and Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ben: Johnson [graphic]

17.
Geoffrey Chaucer [graphic]

Creator:
Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
1742.
Call Number:
Portraits C496 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, half-length directed to right, wearing a capuchon and a pen case hanging from a ribbon around his neck; in ornamental oval frame on a bracket; a lyre and scrolls below; before publisher's address"--British Museu...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Geoffrey Chaucer [graphic]

18.
John Dryden [graphic]

Creator:
Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
1743.
Call Number:
Portraits D799 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of John Dryden, bust in profile to right but looking at the viewer; in an ornamental oval; theatrical attributes below; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Dryden, John, 1631-1700,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and Dramatists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Dryden [graphic]

19.
[William Hayley] [graphic]

Creator:
Jacobé, Johann, 1733-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1779]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Hayley; half-length leaning against a book; state after 'London 1779' added."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hayley, William, 1745-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Poets, Authors, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [William Hayley] [graphic]

20.
[Poets] [graphic]

Creator:
Landseer, John, 1769-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 November 1796]
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [183] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; vignette with eight portrait medallions of poets on a stone standing in water with lyre in centre, weeping willow overhanging and temple of muses behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue.
Publisher:
Published Nov. 2, 1796, by R. Bowyer
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718,, Dryden, John, 1631-1700,, Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719,, Wycherley, William, 1640-1716,, and Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Poets] [graphic]

21.
George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron [graphic]

Creator:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 January 1816]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Head-and-shoulders portrait of English poet Lord Byron, in left profile
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 30, 1816, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, and Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron [graphic]

22.
Samuel Rogers, Esqr [graphic]

Creator:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 August 1822]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Samuel Rogers after a drawing by Lawrence (Garlick 1964, p.241.1); seated almost three-quarter length to right, looking to front and with his head resting on his right hand, his arm leaning on the chair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Augt. 16, 1822, by T. Cadell, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Samuel Rogers, Esqr [graphic]

23.
[Thomas Gray] [graphic]

Creator:
Miller, John, 1715-1790?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1753]
Call Number:
Portraits G778 no. 1 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A portrait of Thomas Gray standing, nearly three-quarter length, facing the viewer. He holds a letter in his right hand, which rests on his left wrist, the whole framed in masonry, arched at the top
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Thomas Gray] [graphic]

24.
Mr. William Congreve [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1710]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of William Congreve, standing half length to the right, face turned forward, wearing wig, open collar, and coat; trees in background
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
J. Smith
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729, and Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Subject (Topic):
Poets and Dramatists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. William Congreve [graphic]

25.
Abrahamus Cowleius Anglorum Pindarus flaccus maro deliciae decus desiderium aevi sui / [graphic]

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1730?]
Call Number:
Portraits C875 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Title from caption below image
Alternative Title:
Abrahamvs Cowleius
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and English
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Abrahamus Cowleius Anglorum Pindarus flaccus maro deliciae decus desiderium aevi sui / [graphic]

26.
Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series scripts, circa 1965

Creator:
Voice of America (Organization)
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 375
Image Count:
12
Abstract:
Script numbers 1-19 from the Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series. Each script contains a lecture written by a different poet. Poets represented are: Conrad Aiken, Ben Bellitt, John Berryman, John Brinnin, Gregory Corso, J.V. Cunn...
Description:
The Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series was broadcast internationally by the Voice of America radio program, which covered topics in the arts and sciences in mid-twentieth century America.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973., Bellitt, Ben., Berryman, John, 1914-1972., Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998., Corso, Gregory., Cunningham, J. V. 1911-1985. (James Vincent),, Dickey, James., Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988., Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005., Gilbert, Jack, 1925-2012., Howes, Barbara., Miller, Vassar., Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972., Nemerov, Howard., Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015., Swenson, May., Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1916-2003., Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012., Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017., and Voice of America (Organization)
Subject (Topic):
American poetry, Poets, and International broadcasting
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series scripts, circa 1965

27.
Thomas Moore Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:
Watt, W. H. (William Henry), 1804-1845, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[June 1828]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait; short half-length standing facing front, looking away to left, arms slightly extended, wearing a dark double-breasted coat with a high collar, dark cravat tied in a bow around a wing collar and a monocle on a ribbon around his neck; in an o...
Description:
Title in open letters below image.
Publisher:
Published June 1828 by W.H. Watt and Printed by McQueen
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland.
Subject (Name):
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Moore Esqr. [graphic]

28.
[Portrait of Thomas Gray] [art original].

Creator:
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1788]
Call Number:
LWL Ptg. 123 Framed, UFS Rack 3C
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Thomas Gray in profile. Gray wears a powdered wig and dark coat and vest. He gazes through a window at a landscape. Visible in the distance is St. Giles’s church at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England. The church is the sett...
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Thomas Gray] [art original].

29.
New cloathed poets!! [art original].

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1792?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 17 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two fashionably dressed poets sit at a table ladling a drink into small glasses. Twelve lines of verse below design: No more shall we sneak, or fearfully speak, lest coffee house critics should snap off each nose, for all shall be witty, ingenious and...
Alternative Title:
New clothed poets!!
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Coffeehouses, Eating & drinking, and Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > New cloathed poets!! [art original].

30.
A French poet [graphic].

Published / Created:
[28 May 1772]
Call Number:
772.05.28.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An impoverished-looking man, with a sword, out-at-elbows, and a hole in the bag of his wig, is walking away from the viewer looking backwards at him. He holds a 'Map of Peru' in his right hand and a book, his tricorne and an umbrella under his left ar...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 28, 1772, by Picot, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Topic):
Poets and Maps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A French poet [graphic].

31.
John Milton [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 3 Folder 19 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Oval portrait of John Milton as a young man, bust in frontal view, wearing a ruff and buttoned jacket
Description:
Title devised by curator, based on published print after this drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Milton [art original].

32.
Lewis Theobald [graphic]

Published / Created:
[20 January 1794]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 20th 1794 by Wm. Richardson, Castle St., Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Theobald, Mr. 1688-1744 (Lewis),
Subject (Topic):
Writing, Poets, and Great Britain
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lewis Theobald [graphic]

33.
Lewis Theobald [graphic]

Published / Created:
[20 January 1794]
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.01.20.05 Impression 1 Box 135
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 20th 1794 by Wm. Richardson, Castle St., Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Theobald, Mr. 1688-1744 (Lewis),
Subject (Topic):
Writing, Poets, and Great Britain
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lewis Theobald [graphic]

34.
Lewis Theobald [graphic]

Published / Created:
[20 January 1794]
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.01.20.05 Impression 2 Box 135
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 20th 1794 by Wm. Richardson, Castle St., Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Theobald, Mr. 1688-1744 (Lewis),
Subject (Topic):
Writing, Poets, and Great Britain
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lewis Theobald [graphic]

35.
Mr. Alexander Pope [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1766 and 1774]
Call Number:
49 3349
Collection Title:
Opposite page 11. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Medley print with a portrait of and verses by Alexander Pope. In the centre, a portrait of Pope in informal dress, presented as if lying above other prints, anti-clockwise from right: a coin of Quenn Anne; an extract from "The Rape of the Lock" with ...
Alternative Title:
Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems / by his Grace [the] late Duke of Buckingham
Description:
Title from engraved text beneath portrait at center of design.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, British, Poets, Coins, Gardens, May poles, and Dance
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Alexander Pope [graphic].

36.
Mr. Woodhouse, the poetical cobler [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1765]
Call Number:
765.02.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of James Woodhouse; a cobbler seated in his shop, on a table, one leg in a brace, the other on a stone, supporting a piece of parchment on which he writes with a quill; shoes on back wall, tools on table to the left; a window on the right; i...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
J. Payne
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Woodhouse, James, 1735-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and Shoemakers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Woodhouse, the poetical cobler [graphic]

37.
The Earl of Surrey, ae. 22 [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1750]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 13 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, an English nobleman, was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul K...
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing.
Subject (Name):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and England
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Earl of Surrey, ae. 22 [art original].

38.
The Reverend Thomas Parnell, D.D Archdeacon of Clogher. [graphic]

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parlimt. March 17th, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait bust in a partial oval frame, turned slightly to the right, lower part of frame only visible, and looking towards the viewer; wearing a dark robe, bands and shoulder-length powdered wig
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Davies?
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718, and Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718.
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Reverend Thomas Parnell, D.D Archdeacon of Clogher. [graphic]

39.
The distresst poet [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1794]
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.00.00.172 Box 125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an attic, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes. He is seated on a chair; behind him his bed is folded up in his sparsely furnished garret. Beside him is a ink well and a candle in a bottle. He rests his left elbow on a pile of b...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wonderful magazine?
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Poverty
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distresst poet [graphic].

40.
The distrest poet [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1812 and 1817]
Call Number:
812.00.00.92 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A poet sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture of a Greek...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic].

41.
The distrest poet [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1812 and 1817]
Call Number:
812.00.00.92 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A poet sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture of a Greek...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic].

42.
[Portrait of William Mason] [art original].

Published / Created:
[18th century]
Call Number:
LWL Ptg. 124 Framed, UFS Rack 3C
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A half-length portrait of Mason in profile facing left. The esteemed poet is portrayed holding a manuscript of his epitaph for his wife’s grave in Bristol Cathedral
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Mason, William, 1724-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of William Mason] [art original].

43.
[Sr. Philip Sidney] [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 15 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and armour
Alternative Title:
Sir Philip Sidney
Description:
Title devised by curator, based on published print after this drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and Philosophers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Sr. Philip Sidney] [art original].

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