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1. A mid- on half pay Tower Hill. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hunt, Charles, active 1825-1857, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1827. and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 66. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A midshipman, no longer young, in shirtsleeves, sits on a padlocked chest blacking a boot. He looks straight before him with a tragic expression. He wears his regulation top-hat, blue trousers, neatly patched, and waistcoat over a white shirt, and sits on the midshipman's coat which he has taken off. On the ground at his feet are a tray for blacking-brushes, a pot labelled Warrens Blacking 30 Strand, a broken dirk, top-boots, and shoes. Behind are houses on Tower Hill, with the moat. Behind (left) is an alehouse, with a pair of trousers hanging as a sign from a projecting flagstaff. Inset in the title is a group of sextant, telescope, a book: . . . ton More, &c, below the pawnbroker's sign of three balls."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Midshipman on half pay
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from text on earlier state: Engd. & pubd. ... by C. Hunt ..., Restrike, bearing the imprint of the 1827 reissue by Thomas McLean. For original issue of the plate, published 1 June 1825 by Charles Hunt, see no. 14921 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 66 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Tower Hill (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, Sailors, British, Military officers, Boots, Brooms & brushes, Shoe shining, and Shoe polishes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mid- on half pay Tower Hill. [graphic]
2. A mid- on half pay Tower Hill. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hunt, Charles, active 1825-1857, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1827.
- Call Number:
- 827.00.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A midshipman, no longer young, in shirtsleeves, sits on a padlocked chest blacking a boot. He looks straight before him with a tragic expression. He wears his regulation top-hat, blue trousers, neatly patched, and waistcoat over a white shirt, and sits on the midshipman's coat which he has taken off. On the ground at his feet are a tray for blacking-brushes, a pot labelled Warrens Blacking 30 Strand, a broken dirk, top-boots, and shoes. Behind are houses on Tower Hill, with the moat. Behind (left) is an alehouse, with a pair of trousers hanging as a sign from a projecting flagstaff. Inset in the title is a group of sextant, telescope, a book: . . . ton More, &c, below the pawnbroker's sign of three balls."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Alternative Title:
- Midshipman on half pay
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from text on earlier state: Engd. & pubd. ... by C. Hunt ..., Reissue, with new imprint statement, of a print published 1 June 1825 by Charles Hunt. Cf. No. 14921 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Tower Hill (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, Sailors, British, Military officers, Boots, Brooms & brushes, Shoe shining, and Shoe polishes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mid- on half pay Tower Hill. [graphic]
3. A perspective view of [the] parade in St. James's Park the Treasury, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, and His Majesty going to the House of Lords = Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Maurer, John, active 1720-1742, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 181. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View in the park with spectators watching the parade, as George II makes his way to the House of Lords, showing the Horse Guards and the Treasury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs
- Description:
- Titles engraved below image, in English and French., "An earlier state of this print was first listed in John Bowles's catalogue for 1753, in the series 'Perspective Views in and about London', p.44, number 19"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,9.27., Plate from: A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London : Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Plate numbered "5" beneath lower right corner of image., Folded to 25.5 x 24.5 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 181 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- W. Innys and J. Richardson, etc.
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760,, Horse Guards (London, England : Building),, and Great Britain. Treasury
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, Parks, Government facilities, Soldiers, Parades & processions, Spectators, and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of [the] parade in St. James's Park the Treasury, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, and His Majesty going to the House of Lords = Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs / [graphic]
4. A perspective view of the Admiralty Office, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, Whitehall, &c. Vüe perspective de l'Admirauté, du nouveau batiment pour les Gardes á Cheval, Whitehall, &c. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1751]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 31. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View in Whitehall with the Admiralty with arched entrance and screen wall to the right, the Horse Guards further down the street and the Banqueting House on the left; a sedan chair and a coach on the street."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe perspective de l'Admirauté, du nouveau batiment pour les Gardes á Cheval, Whitehall, &c.
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering. For a state with "No. 12" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2776., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 86-87, no. 8., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., and Leaf 31 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England) and Whitehall (London, England),
- Subject (Name):
- Whitehall Palace (London, England),, Horse Guards (London, England : Building),, and Great Britain. Admiralty
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, Government facilities, Carriages & coaches, and Sedan chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of the Admiralty Office, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, Whitehall, &c. Vüe perspective de l'Admirauté, du nouveau batiment pour les Gardes á Cheval, Whitehall, &c. [graphic] =
5. A second view of the temporary sale room [art original]
- Creator:
- Bell, E., artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1842]
- Call Number:
- 485 842 C76 V Copy 7
- Collection Title:
- Page 73. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
- Description:
- Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 73 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings and Auctions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A second view of the temporary sale room [art original]
6. A view of Ironmongers Hall in Fenchurch Street Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [between 1764 and 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 25. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View looking down Fenchurch Street; the hall on the right with pediment at top above four Ionic pillasters, shop signs jutting out from buildings on the left, carts and carriages in street."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering format. For a state with "No. 6" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 11875,0710.4909., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., "The design copied from a print published at mid-century by John Bowles"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 25 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Worshipful Company of Ironmongers (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Streets, Buildings, Stores & shops, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Ironmongers Hall in Fenchurch Street Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street. [graphic] =
7. A view of London from the Thames taken opposite the Adelphi / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the Thames, with the Adelphi at far left on opposite shore, St Paul's in mid-distance, Blackfriars Bridge to its right and the steam engine at the York Buildings waterworks on the far right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 89., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 279.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Novr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Blackfriars Bridge (London, England), Thames River (England), London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England), and York-Buildings Company,
- Subject (Topic):
- Waterfronts, Buildings, Bridges, Rivers, Sailboats, and Rowboats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of London from the Thames taken opposite the Adelphi / [graphic]
8. A view of the parade in St. James's Park Vü̈e de la parade dans le Parc de St. Jacques. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [between 1750 and 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 15. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View in the park looking towards the Horse Guards, with the Admiralty Office on the left and the Treasury on the right; a carriage following a line of soldiers approaching the arched gateway of the Horse Guards."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vü̈e de la parade dans le Parc de St. Jacques
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2309., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number mostly erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Mounted to 23 x 38 cm., and Leaf 15 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Horse Guards (London, England : Building),, Great Britain. Treasury, and Great Britain. Admiralty
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, Parks, Government facilities, Parades & processions, Soldiers, and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the parade in St. James's Park Vü̈e de la parade dans le Parc de St. Jacques. [graphic] =
9. A. Scruton His Book
- Creator:
- Scruton, A.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A number of pictures, including a microscope, foils, velocipede, house, easel, , an organ, and a skull atop a pile of books. From the top to the bottom there is text which reads He that borrows without return/shall in a warmer climate burn/Much study is a weariness of the flesh/And of making many books there is no end.
- Subject (Name):
- Scruton, A.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bicycle, Books, Buildings, Microscopes, Shield, and Skull
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A. Scruton His Book