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2.
Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet high [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
Print00384
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of an exceedingly tall man wearing a striped waistcoat and tailcoat, resting his right elbow on an open door while a tailor stands on a chair on the right, measuring his other arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cotter, Patrick, 1759 or 1760-1806
Subject (Topic):
Giants (Persons), Human curiosities, and Tailoring
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet high [graphic]

3.
The stay-maker from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland

Creator:
Haynes, Joseph, 1760-1829, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1782]
Call Number:
Hogarth 782.02.01.02.4+ Impression 2 Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
After 'The Staymaker' by Hogarth: A man standing on the left, fitting a bodice for a young woman who stands holding the stays together and looking back over her shoulder at a mirror held by a maid who stands behind her; on the right, the husband kiss ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782 at No. 3 Clements Inn
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Governesses, Interiors, Kissing, Servants, and Tailoring
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stay-maker from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland / [graphic]

4.
The stay-maker from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland

Creator:
Haynes, Joseph, 1760-1829, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1782]
Call Number:
Hogarth 782.02.01.02.4+ Impression 1 Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
After 'The Staymaker' by Hogarth: A man standing on the left, fitting a bodice for a young woman who stands holding the stays together and looking back over her shoulder at a mirror held by a maid who stands behind her; on the right, the husband kiss ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782 at No. 3 Clements Inn
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Governesses, Interiors, Kissing, Servants, and Tailoring
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stay-maker from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland / [graphic]

5.
The stay-maker from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland

Creator:
Haynes, Joseph, 1760-1829, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1782]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
After 'The Staymaker' by Hogarth: A man standing on the left, fitting a bodice for a young woman who stands holding the stays together and looking back over her shoulder at a mirror held by a maid who stands behind her; on the right, the husband kiss ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782 at No. 3 Clements Inn
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Governesses, Interiors, Kissing, Servants, and Tailoring
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stay-maker from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland / [graphic]

6.
"The rights of man, or, Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1791]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A grotesquely caricatured, thin and ragged Tom Paine, dressed as a tailor with huge scissors hanging from his pants, kneels before a gigantic crown; he uses a tape measure to determine its dimensions. He wears a French-style hat with a cockade inscri...
Alternative Title:
Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23th [sic], 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Symbols, Tailors, and Tailoring
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "The rights of man, or, Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches [graphic].

7.
"The rights of man, or, Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1791]
Call Number:
791.05.23.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A grotesquely caricatured, thin and ragged Tom Paine, dressed as a tailor with huge scissors hanging from his pants, kneels before a gigantic crown; he uses a tape measure to determine its dimensions. He wears a French-style hat with a cockade inscri...
Alternative Title:
Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23th [sic], 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Symbols, Tailors, and Tailoring
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "The rights of man, or, Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches [graphic].

8.
Black-Dick turn'd taylor [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 February 1788]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lord Howe (left) sits cross-legged on a tailor's shop-board working at a naval coat which lies across his knees. He holds up a threaded needle in his right hand; in his left are shears with which he is about to cut the thread. He says, "I have now fi...
Alternative Title:
Black-Dick turned taylor and Black-Dick turned tailor
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1788, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 and Great Britain. Royal Navy
Subject (Topic):
Promotions, Demons, Tailor shops, and Tailoring
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Black-Dick turn'd taylor [graphic].

9.
Black-Dick turn'd taylor [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 February 1788]
Call Number:
788.02.04.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lord Howe (left) sits cross-legged on a tailor's shop-board working at a naval coat which lies across his knees. He holds up a threaded needle in his right hand; in his left are shears with which he is about to cut the thread. He says, "I have now fi...
Alternative Title:
Black-Dick turned taylor and Black-Dick turned tailor
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1788, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 and Great Britain. Royal Navy
Subject (Topic):
Promotions, Demons, Tailor shops, and Tailoring
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Black-Dick turn'd taylor [graphic].

10.
Nine tailors making a man!, or, Foreign habits for a native prince! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately May] 1819.
Call Number:
819.05.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Regent, with one gouty foot, postures before a pier-glass which reflects his tight waist and spherical posteriors. His wig and whiskers are much exaggerated. All round him nine grotesque German tailors are at work or register admiration of the Pr...
Alternative Title:
Foreign habits for a native prince!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Sidebethem [sic], 287 Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Mirrors, Buttocks, Tailoring, and Irons (Pressing)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Nine tailors making a man!, or, Foreign habits for a native prince! [graphic]