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1. A glee Une allegresse. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, [1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.00.00.104+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6912; a similar group of men in a similar room stand or sit at a rectangular table singing from a large music-book held open on the table. Punch-bowl, wine-bottle, glasses, pipes, a tumbler are on the table which is covered by a heavy cloth. Their expressions are more serious than those of the catch-singers. Two men in the background are smoking, one of whom is lighting his pipe. A dog sits in the foreground looking up at the singers. The words of the glee are engraved beneath the print, beginning: 'Which is the properest Day to drink, Saturday, Sunday, Monday,'; republished state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Allegresse
- Description:
- Title from item., Artist from description in Sotheby's catalog., Publication date assigned by the repository based on the series number., Twelve lines of verse below image., Numbered '567' in series., and Temporary local subject terms: Glee Club -- Punch bowls -- Wine bottles -- Glass: wine glasses -- Tablecloths -- Interiors: Robert Smith's house in St. Paul's Church Yard -- Carpets.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Singing, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Wine, Drinking vessels, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A glee Une allegresse. [graphic]
2. A smoking club [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1792]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 81. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four men smoking long pipes sit stiffly in upright wooden chairs. One (left) in profile to the right, very obese, is an old military officer with a wooden leg; next is a lean man in back view, next a stout man sits full face, and on the right is a thin man in profile to the left seated beside a rectangular table on which is a glass and a large jug. All have expressions of solemn vacuity. They emit clouds of smoke from mouth or pipe which fill the upper part of the bare room. On the wall (right) is a print of Fox, whole length, declaiming with right arm raised."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 81 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, engraver, No. 24 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clubs, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Amputees, Peg legs, Chairs, Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A smoking club [graphic]
3. A smoking club [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [15 Mar. 1794]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 794.03.15.02++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four men smoking long pipes sit stiffly in upright wooden chairs. One (left) in profile to the right, very obese, is an old military officer with a wooden leg; next is a lean man in back view, next a stout man sits full face, and on the right is a thin man in profile to the left seated beside a rectangular table on which is a glass and a large jug. All have expressions of solemn vacuity. They emit clouds of smoke from mouth or pipe which fill the upper part of the bare room. On the wall (right) is a print of Fox, whole length, declaiming with right arm raised."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 1 May 1792 by W. Dickinson. Cf. No. 8205 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Imprint continues: ... where may be had all Mr. Bunbury & Rowlandsons works., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Smoking clubs -- Military officer -- Wooden legs -- Male costume, 1792 -- Large jugs -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Reference to Charles James Fox, 1749-1806., and Publisher's stamp (partially trimmmed) in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.[F.].
- Publisher:
- Publishd. March 15th, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clubs, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Amputees, Peg legs, Chairs, Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A smoking club [graphic]
4. A song in praise of the leather bottle
- Published / Created:
- [between 1754 and 1783?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- "God above that made all things,". - In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third, below a single rule; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Mounted on leaf 46. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Drinking of alchoholic beverages, Tobacco pipes, Drinking vessels, Wine, Bottles, and Smoking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A song in praise of the leather bottle
5. Nobody scents it [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.00.00.28
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Place and date of publication extrapolated from that of book; see British Museum catalogue., One of 14 plates from: Something concerning nobody / edited by Somebody. London : R. Scholey, 1814., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered "5".
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Pipes (Smoking), Smoking, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Nobody scents it [graphic].
6. Old oak & saplin a sketch from nature. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [24 October 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.10.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Old oak and sapling
- Description:
- Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of text below image: Why damme! Messmate you're done up ..., Plate numbered '173' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Beer barrels -- Dishes: tankards -- Drunkenness.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th Octr., 1796, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Sailors, British, Military uniforms, Barrels, Beer, Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), Smoking, and Intoxication
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Old oak & saplin a sketch from nature. [graphic]
7. Smoking club [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 77. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike, with title and border added. For an earlier state lacking title, perhaps published ca. 1800, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 792.05.01.03., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 8205 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and On leaf 77 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clubs, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Amputees, Peg legs, Chairs, Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Smoking club [graphic]
8. The smokers. ease at Gliddon's. [graphic] : No. 3
- Published / Created:
- [1845?]
- Call Number:
- 845.00.00.64
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A gentleman shown three-quarters length sitting in an armchair smoking
- Alternative Title:
- Ease at Gliddon's
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Two lines of verse below title: In airy folds away the vapour winds, the gentle stimulant of friendly minds., and Description based on imperfect impression; imprint erased from sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified and J.R. Jobbins, lith., 3 Warwick Ct.
- Subject (Topic):
- Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The smokers. ease at Gliddon's. [graphic] : No. 3
9. The smokers. ne plus ultra. [graphic] : No. 4
- Published / Created:
- [1845?]
- Call Number:
- 845.00.00.63
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Ne plus ultra
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Two lines of verse below title: Tis luxury's last effort, my spirit flies, upon thy wreaths, sweet weed, to distant skies., and Description based on imperfect impression; imprint erased from sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified and J.R. Jobbins, lith., 3 Warwick Ct.
- Subject (Topic):
- Smoking, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The smokers. ne plus ultra. [graphic] : No. 4