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2.
West India luxury!! [graphic]

Published / Created:
[April 1803]
Call Number:
803.04.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five designs arranged as in No. 11131, the place of the sixth being filled by the inscription below 2. [1] A West India Nabob. He sprawls on a sofa wearing a wide-brimmed hat and with his feet supported on two small chairs. Round him stand nine young...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Published April, 1803 by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
West Indias.
Subject (Topic):
West Indians and Black people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > West India luxury!! [graphic]

3.
A masquerade [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 April 1795]
Call Number:
795.04.04.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 4th April 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Punch and Judy, Falstaff, John, Turks, Devil, and Masquerades
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A masquerade [graphic].

4.
The advantage of a wooden leg Living on wooden legs ; The advantage of putting the best leg

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 May 1828]
Call Number:
828.05.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below center image.
Publisher:
George Cruikshank
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Black people, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Peg legs, Stilts, and Street entertainers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The advantage of a wooden leg Living on wooden legs ; The advantage of putting the best leg foremost! ; A gentlemans rest broken in consequence of going to bed with his leg on ; "Sing Old Rose & burn the bellows" ; A jury mast ; A trifling accident / [graphic]

5.
Interrogatories, or, An examination before the commissioners [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 August 1795]
Call Number:
795.08.20.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Examination before the commissioners
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. August 20, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Pregnant women, and Prostitutes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Interrogatories, or, An examination before the commissioners [graphic]

6.
The interior of a midshipman's birth [graphic]

Published / Created:
Aug. 1st, 1835.
Call Number:
835.08.01.20+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Midshipmen at table in a confined space, with a low roof, lit by a candle stuck in a bottle, which casts heavy shadows. They drink grog from tea-cups with a blue interior rim. Eight midshipmen sit at the table, bare except for a jug and bottle; of th...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Sailors, British, Interiors, Intoxication, Ships, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The interior of a midshipman's birth [graphic]

7.
Caricature shop [graphic].

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[September 1801]
Call Number:
801.09.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the shop of P. Roberts, publisher, from the street with a crowd on the sidewalk and street looking at the display of prints in the window. An elegant figure Roberts (?) stands in the doorway with a tool of his trade (a burin?) in hand; a cus...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd. Sepr. 1801 by P. Roberts, Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, City & town life, Crowds, Dogs, Merchandise displays, Prints, Stores & shops, Window displays, Printing industry, and People with disabilities
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caricature shop [graphic].

8.
A meeting of creditors [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 April 1795]
Call Number:
795.04.03.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 3, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Black people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meeting of creditors [graphic].

9.
Love [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 June 1810]
Call Number:
810.06.04.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old man with tears streaming down his face, his hat clutched in his hands, pleads with a fresh-faced country girl in a straw hat, a staff resting across her left shoulder. A well-dressed black man rests his hands on the older man's back as he watc...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. June 4, 1810, by Edwd. Orme, London
Subject (Topic):
Black people and Love
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Love [graphic].

10.
Triumphs of temper!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1796]
Call Number:
796.03.01.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A series of eight violent quarrels arranged in two rows, the words (not transcribed in full) etched above the heads of the speakers. [1] An old parson threatens his footman: "If you ever dare to say I am in a passion again I'll break every bone in yo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackvill [sic] Street
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Anger, Aggression, Animal welfare, Marriage, Spouses, Fighting, Quarreling, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), Clergy, Servants, Tea services, and Boys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Triumphs of temper!! [graphic]

11.
A meeting of creditors [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 April 1795]
Call Number:
795.04.03.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 3, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Black people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meeting of creditors [graphic].

12.
"It was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back" [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1827]
Call Number:
827.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Waterton (right) sits erect and composed astride a Cayman (South American alligator) holdings its forelegs twisted backwards as a bridle. He is barefooted, wearing white shirt and trousers, with a knife in his belt. Four Indians and three black enslav...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1827 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
South America,
Subject (Name):
Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865, and Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865.
Subject (Topic):
Indians, Enslaved persons, Black people, and Alligators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "It was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back" [graphic]

13.
The sailor's fleet wedding entertainment [graphic].

Published / Created:
[10 November 1747]
Call Number:
747.11.10.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
Subject (Topic):
Amputees, Bailiffs, Black people, Bowls (Tableware), Candlesticks, Clergy, Dance, Military uniforms, British, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Pipes (Smoking), Portratis, Prostitutes, Sconces, Servants, Tables, Violins, and Weddings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor's fleet wedding entertainment [graphic].

14.
This plate (representing a negroes dance in the island of Dominica) is humbly dedicated to the

Creator:
Brunias, Agostino, 1730-1796, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[15 February 1779]
Call Number:
779.02.15.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple dance together under a lush tree with large fruit hanging from its branches. They are accompanied by two men playing instruments, a drum and tambourine as one woman claps along to the music. Others, including a small girl, stand and converse
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published 15 Feby. 1779 by the proprietor N [...] Broad Street
Subject (Geographic):
Dominica.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Dance, Indigenous peoples, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This plate (representing a negroes dance in the island of Dominica) is humbly dedicated to the Honble. Charles O'Hara, Brigadier General of His Majesty's Army in America .... by his most obedt. & devoted servt. A. Brunias [graphic]

15.
Johnny New-come in the island of Jamaica [graphic]

Published / Created:
Octr. 1, 1800.
Call Number:
803.10.01.02++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consists of twenty-one individually-captioned panels arranged in three horizonal rows illustrating Johnny's arrival in Jamaica, his contracting Yellow Fever, his illness and temporary recovery, his brief participation in Jamaican society, his r...
Alternative Title:
Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubbished [sic] by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Jamaica
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Black people, Pulse, Mosquitoes as carriers of disease, Diseases, Relapse, Medicines, Bedrooms, Cemeteries, Clergy, Servants, Lawyers, Coffins, Couples, Death, Interiors, Physicians, Vomiting, Yellow fever, and Hunting
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Johnny New-come in the island of Jamaica [graphic]

17.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Hogarth 758.01.01.01.3++ Box 305
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

18.
Toby [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 March 1821]
Call Number:
821.03.01.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Toby, a black man feigning infirmity and begging in a street, in profile to right leaning almost bent double on crutches, holding out a hat, with a scarf around his head and eyes and tattered coat; with figures in the background, includin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1821, by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Black people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Toby [graphic].

19.
A Negro market in the West Indies [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1831]
Call Number:
831.00.00.51+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene of a busy market in the West Indies with enslaved, free Africans, and white mingling amongst the vendors: The Black vendors are seated on the ground with their wares displayed around them, including produce (mellons, pineapples, bananas, etc.)...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed by Motte, 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Antigua.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Animals, Farm produce, Markets, Poultry, and Slave trade
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Negro market in the West Indies [graphic].

20.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Sotheby 42++ Box 310
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

21.
A morning surprise [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
807.00.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Below the title: '"Why who the Devil have we got here!! - It is only me Massa.' A man starts up in bed clutching the bed-curtain, staring round in horror at a black woman beside him, who grins at him, her right. hand on his right. shoulder. Her appea...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Beds, and Demons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A morning surprise [graphic]

22.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 42K Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

23.
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1788]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 89K(b) Box 130
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four gentlemen beside a curtained bed in which a black woman reclines; she reaches out to touch the chin of one of the men who has evidently just pulled back the curtain."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st May 1788, by Molton & Co., 132 Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Canopy beds, and Seduction
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic]

24.
Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1779]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In avenue of trees, an old farmer's wife (right), dressed in black silk hat and mantle and muslin apron, starts back in astonishment at seeing her daughter (left) dressed in the extreme fashion of 1765-1775, with high hair and hat perching on top; to ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Daughters, Dogs, Hairstyles, Servants, and Mothers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic].

25.
Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
Nr. 22 November 1802.
Call Number:
812.11.22.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in six compartments arranged in two rows, each with a title. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a negro fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only whit...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Ts. Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Celebrations, Courtship, Dance, Intoxication, Marriage, and Musicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

26.
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1743]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].

27.
Sancho at the magnificent feast prepar'd for him at his government of Barataria, is starved in the

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1726 and 1734?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sancho sits beside his physician Pedro Rezzio who stays his hand that is posed with a fork full of meat. Two platters have already been placed on the table, and two more (one with a rabbit and the other with clams) are brought to the table by two youn...
Alternative Title:
Sancho at the magnificent feast prepared for him at his government of Barataria and Sancho's feast
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for H. Overton & J. Hoole at the White Horse without Newgate
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Black people and Eating & drinking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sancho at the magnificent feast prepar'd for him at his government of Barataria, is starved in the midst of plenty ... [graphic]

28.
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].

Creator:
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1743 and 1799]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A tracing by George Steevens of a print by William Hogarth: A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man while another p...
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].

29.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

30.
L'enfant trouvé; a sample of Roman charity!, or, The misfortune of not being born with marks of

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[19 May 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 6
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Members of the Grenville family surround a table on which a black footman places a basket containing an attractive baby. The child kicks and crows as the man lifts up the wrapping which had covered her. A blue ribbon with a seal or jewel hangs from t...
Alternative Title:
Misfortune of not being born with marks of "the talents"!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 19th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, and Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Infants, Baskets, Servants, Religious articles, Robes, Tables, Altars, Chandeliers, and Doors & doorways
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > L'enfant trouvé; a sample of Roman charity!, or, The misfortune of not being born with marks of "the talents"! [graphic]

32.
A search for truth, or an inquiry for the origin of the African nation : an address, delivered at

Creator:
Oson, Jacob, 1765 or 1766-1828
Published / Created:
1817.
Call Number:
Slavery Pamphlets 61
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Search for truth and Inquiry for the origin of the African nation
Description:
BEIN Slavery Pamphlets 61: No. 7 of 16 titles bound together.
Publisher:
Printed for the Proprietor
Subject (Topic):
Black people, History, African Americans, Race identity, and Social conditions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A search for truth, or an inquiry for the origin of the African nation : an address, delivered at New-Haven in March, and at New-York in April, 1817

33.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

34.
Les dames Anglaises après-diné [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1814]
Call Number:
814.00.00.43
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady, stout and plain, her knees awkwardly apart, sits behind a small round tea-table filling a cup from a large urn. Seven other ladies sit on her right and left, in a semicircle, on upright chairs, in silent boredom. A child sits by its ugly midd...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue de Coq St. Honoré
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Children, Eating & drinking, Servants, Tea services, Tea tables (Tables), and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Les dames Anglaises après-diné [graphic].

35.
L'enfant trouvé; a sample of Roman charity!, or, The misfortune of not being born with marks of

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[19 May 1808]
Call Number:
808.05.19.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Members of the Grenville family surround a table on which a black footman places a basket containing an attractive baby. The child kicks and crows as the man lifts up the wrapping which had covered her. A blue ribbon with a seal or jewel hangs from t...
Alternative Title:
Misfortune of not being born with marks of "the talents"!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 19th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, and Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Infants, Baskets, Servants, Religious articles, Robes, Tables, Altars, Chandeliers, and Doors & doorways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > L'enfant trouvé; a sample of Roman charity!, or, The misfortune of not being born with marks of "the talents"! [graphic]

37.
The D------ of [...]-- playing at foils with her favorite lap dog Mungo after expending near £10000

Creator:
Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
pubd. as the act directs May 1st 1773.
Call Number:
773.05.01.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fencing match between a negro (left) and a lady (right) whose face is concealed by a fencing mask. The button of his foil touches her breast and he says: "Mungo here Mungo dere, Mungo Ev'ry where, above, & below Hah! Vat your Gracy tink of me Now"....
Alternative Title:
Duchess of [Queensberry] playing at foils with her favorite lap dog Mungo ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Queensberry, Catherine Hyde Douglas, duchess of, 1701-1777 and Soubise, Julius, 1754-1798
Subject (Topic):
Black people and Fencing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The D------ of [...]-- playing at foils with her favorite lap dog Mungo after expending near £10000 to make him a----------* [graphic].

38.
A humourous engraving from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens representing the stealing of a

Published / Created:
[[approximately 1750]
Call Number:
750.00.00.10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young man sleeps reclining on a chaise-longue, his wig removed and placed on a chair to the left. A richly dressed young woman standing behind the chair leans forward looking at him with a sceptical expression on her face. On the other side, another...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in the Golden Buck in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Couches, Servants, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A humourous engraving from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens representing the stealing of a kiss [graphic].

39.
Bob Blunt in amaze, or, Female fashionable follies [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [1776]
Call Number:
776.00.00.13+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the "macaroni' hairstyles for women: a man seated on a bench (left) in a park stares at two women with fashionable macaroni hair pieces as they walk past him, left to right. The two women are accompanied by a lap-dog and a black page boy
Alternative Title:
Female fashionable follies
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Benches, Boys, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bob Blunt in amaze, or, Female fashionable follies [graphic].

40.
One of the tribe of Levi, going to brakefast w[i]th a young Christian [graphic].

Published / Created:
as the Act directs, 27 May 1778.
Call Number:
778.05.27.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depicts a well-dressed lady approaching a table where a striped chair is being held for her by a young black serving boy. At the table are seated a bald and bearded man, and on his left, seated on a sofa, a lady wearing an ermine trimmed robe. The tab...
Alternative Title:
One of the tribe of Levi, going to breakfast with a young Christian
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Judaism, Relations, Christianity, Sofas, Furniture, Sconces, Paintings, Tableware, Black people, Servants, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > One of the tribe of Levi, going to brakefast w[i]th a young Christian [graphic].

41.
A Mungo macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
Septr. 10, 1772.
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.4 plate 14
Collection Title:
Leaf 83. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A black man, dressed as a macaroni except for his tightly curled natural wool, walks in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left is on the hilt of a short curved sword or sabre with an ornamental hilt affected by macaronis."--Briti...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Politicians, Staffs (Sticks), and Daggers & swords
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Mungo macaroni [graphic].

42.
Autumn [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [1779]
Call Number:
779.01.01.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Black people and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Autumn [graphic]

43.
A macaroni dressing room [graphic]

Creator:
W., I., fl. 1772, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 June 1772]
Call Number:
772.06.25.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. according to act June 26th 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Boudoirs, Cockatoos, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Vanity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A macaroni dressing room [graphic]

44.
The fortunate transport [graphic].

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1741?]
Call Number:
741.00.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire based on a novel of the same title on the cruel and hypocritical behaviour of a female former convict with four scenes enclosed within rococo scrolls. The scene on the left shows Polly Haycock, visibly pregnant, standing on a quay chained with...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Branch, Elizabeth and Haycock, Mary, active 1741
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Carriages & coaches, Criminals, Dogs, Horses, Masks, Prison laborers, Servants, Enslaved people, and Whips
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fortunate transport [graphic].

45.
The chevaliers market, or, Highland fair [graphic].

Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament 1745.
Call Number:
745.11.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the Jacobite rebellion, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, and the pro-French and Catholic measures he was expected to introduce. The Prince walks through a market place wearing a tartan kilt and a coat covered in fleur-de-l...
Alternative Title:
Highland fair
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, Covent Garden ...
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Dogs, Donkeys, Petitions, Frogs, Street vendors, Markets, Sweeping & dusting, Chapels, Skulls, Bones (Anatomy), and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The chevaliers market, or, Highland fair [graphic].

46.
Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1796]
Call Number:
796.06.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In seven scenes in a design of two tiers, citizens dispute the oppressive fees imposed by a zealous tax collector who taxes bugs, pets, a bulbous nose and a runny nose, corns on a foot, and a man's skin. In the scene on the upper right, the tax colle...
Alternative Title:
Taxes as they will be!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Black people, Birds, Birdcages, Cats, Defecation, Dogs, Servants, Single women, and Tax payers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]

47.
The library [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1813]
Call Number:
813.00.00.24
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a b...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann
Subject (Geographic):
Scarborough (England) and Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Interiors, Libraries, Books, Bookcases, Window displays, Light fixtures, Dogs, and Stores & shops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The library [graphic]

48.
A harlot's progress. In high keeping by a Jew = Un juif l'entretien somptueusement / [graphic

Published / Created:
[not before 25 March 1768]
Call Number:
Hogarth 768.03.25.10+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 2 of A harlot's progress: Mary Hackabout (left), now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lov...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2, In high keeping by a Jew, and Juif l'entretien somptueusement
Description:
Title in English and French engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Jews, Boudoirs, Biblical events, Masks, Monkeys, Clegy, Horses, Lust, Rake's progress, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. In high keeping by a Jew = Un juif l'entretien somptueusement / [graphic] : Plate II

49.
The town tooth drawer [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1812 and 1817]
Call Number:
812.00.00.100
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The interior of a well-furnished room. The dentist stands in front of a middle-aged woman seated in a chair (right); he holds her forehead with one hand, with the other he applies a small instrument to her mouth. She grasps a shawl in her left hand. A...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Teeth, Extraction, Black people, Birdcages, Cats, City and town life, Drawing rooms, Servants, and Women domestics
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The town tooth drawer [graphic].

50.
Black-George [graphic]

Creator:
Chapman, J. (John), active 1792-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[5 January 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 73. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of a man wearing large-brimmed and feathered hat and carrying a rifle over his shoulder, his catch attached to his belt, which two of the six dogs grouped around him look at with interest at left; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd January 5th, 1791, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Hunters, Rifles, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Black-George [graphic]

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