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1.
An elegy, on the death of Mrs. Mayhew, wife of Mr. Isaac Mayhew, who departed this life. Dec 31

Creator:
Shakeshaft, John, active 1815-1818
Published / Created:
[1815]
Call Number:
File 763 815 Sh525
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., In verse., In two columns, with three woodcuts, two skulls and crossbones and one urn, above the title and with printer's ornaments around and between columns on three sides., "Price one penny."--Following title., First line: Ah! Mary dear! how soon thy days are fled., and Mounted on recent card sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, 14 Great St Andrew Street, Seven Dials
Subject (Name):
Mayhew, Mary, 1789-1814
Subject (Topic):
Skull & crossbones and Urns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An elegy, on the death of Mrs. Mayhew, wife of Mr. Isaac Mayhew, who departed this life. Dec 31. 1814 in the twenty fifth year of her age and was interred at Croydon, in Surrey, Jan 8th 1815

2.
An apparition [graphic].

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1, 1790.
Call Number:
790.05.01.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a churchyard, a resurrection man holding a lantern, his hat and shovel at his feet, is surprised by ghost, rising from grave. In the background is a church and in the foreground, a skull and bone
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Newton in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2001,0520.7., 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:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Churches, Ghosts, Gravedigging, Lanterns, Occupations, Skull & crossbones, Spades, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An apparition [graphic].

3.
An apparition [graphic].

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1, 1790.
Call Number:
790.05.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a churchyard, a resurrection man holding a lantern, his hat and shovel at his feet, is surprised by ghost, rising from grave. In the background is a church and in the foreground, a skull and bone
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Newton in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2001,0520.7., 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:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Churches, Ghosts, Gravedigging, Lanterns, Occupations, Skull & crossbones, Spades, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An apparition [graphic].

4.
Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1788]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 90K(a) Box 130
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a graveyard with tombstones and sarcophagi, a headless ghost in a monk's robes (crucifix and rosary hanging round his neck) carries his head in his left arm as he walks left toward a sarcophagus inscribed "This monument was erected by Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat &c. &c."
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Lettered below the title, six lines of verse in three sections: "Disguis'd thro' Life, a Layman at [the] Block, My headless Trunk resumes [the] Monkish Frock Doom'd for my Crimes in Pilgrimage to roam. With weary steps I seek my Native Home, Where Vanity inscribes my Father's Tomb, But Justice now denies my Carcase Room.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st 1788, by Malton & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic):
Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Monks, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Sarcophagi, and Skull & crossbones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

5.
Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 15th 1747 [i.e. not before 1794?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a graveyard with tombstones and sarcophagi, a headless ghost in a monk's robes (crucifix and rosary hanging round his neck) carries his head in his left arm as he walks left toward a sarcophagus inscribed "This monument was erected by Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat &c. &c."; the lefy side is also inscribed "To the memory ofThomas Lord Fraser of Lovat."
Description:
Title etched below image., Re-issue after plate cut down, removing Molteno's publication address?, Lettered below the title, six lines of verse in three sections: Disguis'd thro' life, a layman at [the] block, My headless trunk resumes [the] monkish frock. Doom'd for my crimes in pilgrimage to roam. With weary steps I seek my native home, Where vanity inscribes my Father's tomb, But Justice now denies my carcase room., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed), p. 306., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 147., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Spurious. Not in Mr. Nichols's book., and On page 179 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 23.6 x 33.6 cm.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton?
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic):
Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Monks, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Sarcophagi, and Skull & crossbones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

6.
Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 15th 1747 [i.e. not before 1794?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.00.00.187 Box 130
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a graveyard with tombstones and sarcophagi, a headless ghost in a monk's robes (crucifix and rosary hanging round his neck) carries his head in his left arm as he walks left toward a sarcophagus inscribed "This monument was erected by Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat &c. &c."; the lefy side is also inscribed "To the memory ofThomas Lord Fraser of Lovat."
Description:
Title etched below image., Re-issue after plate cut down, removing Molteno's publication address?, Lettered below the title, six lines of verse in three sections: Disguis'd thro' life, a layman at [the] block, My headless trunk resumes [the] monkish frock. Doom'd for my crimes in pilgrimage to roam. With weary steps I seek my native home, Where vanity inscribes my Father's tomb, But Justice now denies my carcase room., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed), p. 306., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 147.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton?
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic):
Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Monks, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Sarcophagi, and Skull & crossbones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

7.
"Patience on a monument" engrav'd from a modern antique in the possession of the General. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[19 September 1791]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The design simulates a pyramidal monument in bas relief against a stone wall, supported on short Corinthian pilasters between which is an inscription. On the face of the pyramid Lady Cecilia Johnston, is seated in profile to the right on a round close-stool. She is thin and witch-like, her chin is support by her left hand, the elbow resting on her knee. In her right hand is a torn paper inscribed 'Tranquility'. Behind the stool stands a little cupid holding his nose; in his left hand is a torch, reversed. On the ground (right) are bones and two skulls which gaze at Lady Cecilia. Beneath is the inscription: "By Patience, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low; Patience the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm: Patience can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please, This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Husbands ears, confind the sound." Vide St Cecilias Day."--British Museum online catalogue and The allusions are to St. Cecilia (died 177) and to Cecilla's husband General James Johnston. Also allusion to Shakespeare's Othello, iv.2.61-3 and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, ii.4.111
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.8 x 20.8 cm, on sheet 32.6 x 22.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 19th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Johnston, James Lesslie, 1697 or 1698-1789.
Subject (Topic):
Defecation, Monuments & memorials, Putti, and Skull & crossbones
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Patience on a monument" engrav'd from a modern antique in the possession of the General. [graphic]

8.
"Patience on a monument" engrav'd from a modern antique in the possession of the General. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[19 September 1791]
Call Number:
791.09.19.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The design simulates a pyramidal monument in bas relief against a stone wall, supported on short Corinthian pilasters between which is an inscription. On the face of the pyramid Lady Cecilia Johnston, is seated in profile to the right on a round close-stool. She is thin and witch-like, her chin is support by her left hand, the elbow resting on her knee. In her right hand is a torn paper inscribed 'Tranquility'. Behind the stool stands a little cupid holding his nose; in his left hand is a torch, reversed. On the ground (right) are bones and two skulls which gaze at Lady Cecilia. Beneath is the inscription: "By Patience, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low; Patience the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm: Patience can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please, This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Husbands ears, confind the sound." Vide St Cecilias Day."--British Museum online catalogue and The allusions are to St. Cecilia (died 177) and to Cecilla's husband General James Johnston. Also allusion to Shakespeare's Othello, iv.2.61-3 and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, ii.4.111
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 34 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 19th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Johnston, James Lesslie, 1697 or 1698-1789.
Subject (Topic):
Defecation, Monuments & memorials, Putti, and Skull & crossbones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Patience on a monument" engrav'd from a modern antique in the possession of the General. [graphic]

9.
An emblem of a modern marriage [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament June 15, 1775.
Call Number:
775.06.15.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple stand side by side before a rectangular tomb. The male figure is a skeleton wearing a feathered hat, a coat, and a sword; the lady wears a cloak. The tomb is decorated with the skull and crossbones and inscribed with the words "Requiescas in pace'. They stand on a road which leads to a Palladian portico, decorated with a baron's coronet. Above the couple a cupid hides his face in his hands as he turns away
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Gillray in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Also attributed to "Miss Hartley, daughter of Dr. Hartley" by Horace Walpole in his Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., Inscribed below image in two rows, a quote from Lord Hervey's Reply to Hammond's Verses to Miss Dashwood: ... no smiles for us the God head wears! His torch inverted & his face in tears!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 1 print : etching with stipple, on laid paper ; sheet 234 x 204 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cupids, Marriage, Skeletons, Skull & crossbones, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An emblem of a modern marriage [graphic]

10.
The introduction [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 November 1791]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of York leads his bride to the King and Queen, who are seated side by side on the throne (right), much caricatured, making gestures of eager greed. The King looks through a glass, the Queen holds out her apron to catch the coins which the Duchess holds in her apron. Behind the pair on the extreme left walks a gigantic Prussian soldier with extravagantly long moustaches, carrying a large money-bag under each arm, inscribed '£100000' and '£100 ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.2 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 39.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Coins, Dowry, Military uniforms, Prussian, Reception rooms, Royal weddings, Skull & crossbones, Telescopes, and Thrones
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The introduction [graphic].

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