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1.
[Eyeglasses and case].

Creator:
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
Published / Created:
undated
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 3
Collection Title:
Richard Wright papers
Container / Volume:
Box 128 | Folder 1974
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Eyeglasses with star decorations at the corners. Broken lenses.
Alternative Title:
City life
Description:
Removed from collection.
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Eyeglasses and case].

2.
A travelling tutor and a monkey child modernized from Cav. Ghezzi and Hogarth / [graphic]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 14, 1797.
Call Number:
797.07.14.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An older gentleman in spectacles and holding a walking stick holds the hand of a monkey, dressed as a young man with wig, breeches, jacket, shirt with a bow at the neck, a hat, and a riding crop under his arm, as the walk to the right
Description:
Title etched below image., Three lines of text below title: A monkey child led by a travelling tutor gives the painters opinion of those young gentlemen who visited Rome for improvement in connoisseurship. It is copied from a burlesque by Cav. Ghazzi [sic], etched by Mr. Pond. [From] Irelands Hogarth illustrated. Vol. 1 Article Hogarth, page lxx., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755 and Pond, Arthur, 1701-1758
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Eyeglasses, Monkeys, and Teachers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A travelling tutor and a monkey child modernized from Cav. Ghezzi and Hogarth / [graphic]

3.
The dutiful grandson [graphic]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1792]
Call Number:
792.03.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design in a circle: An old woman and a little boy sit facing each other in a bare and dilapidated room. She sits in profile to the left, in an upholstered armchair, threading a needle to mend clothes; a shirt lies on her patched apron. He sits with hands folded on a ladderback chair. Between and behind them sits a cat
Description:
Title from time., Sheet trimmed on sides within plate mark., and Two lines of text below image: I wish from my heart - one of us three was hang'd - I don't mean you poor Puss - nor I don't mean myself.'
Publisher:
Published March 1st 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Cats, Chairs, Dwellings, Eyeglasses, Grandparents, Interiors, Poverty, and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The dutiful grandson [graphic]

4.
Imponit multis ars alcumistica fallax ... [graphic].

Creator:
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1559]
Call Number:
Print00922
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text in lower margin., From: Francisci Petrarche, des hochweisen fürtrefflichen Poeten und Oratorn, zwei Trostbücher, Von Artznei und Rath beyde im guten und widerwertigen Glück, Frankfurt am Main: Egenolff, 1559., Image is from Cap. CXI, page XCVII verso., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Egenolff
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Metallurgy, Smelting, Bellows, Furnaces, Anvils, Metalworking, Metalworkers, Scientific equipment, Eyeglasses, and Retorts
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Imponit multis ars alcumistica fallax ... [graphic].

5.
A recruit for Opposition from the temple of British worthies [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
14th April 1795.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 69. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Marquis of Buckingham, tall and bulky, stands against a measuring-post (left); Lord Derby, standing on a table, adjusts the horizontal bar to his head. Buckingham, wearing dark spectacles, stands without his shoes (which lie beside him), and holding his hat; he faces Fox, who is seated on a drum (right), and says: "To Pitt I made my Proposition But he rejected the Condition So I enlist with Opposition". He holds out to Fox a paper: 'Condition to be first Lord of the Admiralty'. Fox, taking the paper, scrutinizes it through a glass with a pleased smile. His drum is inscribed 'C F' and beside him is a spear from whose tasselled head hangs a placard: 'Watch Word Peace'. From the top of the measuring-post flies a flag of three horizontal stripes inscribed 'The Standard of Opposition.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sixth of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "6" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8641 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- House of Commons: Recruits for the Opposition -- Slogans: "Watch word peace" -- Measuring posts -- Spectacles., Mounted on leaf 69 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1805.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Measuring, Eyeglasses, Drums, Spears, and Flags
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A recruit for Opposition from the temple of British worthies [graphic]

6.
Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 76. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nicholls stands directed to the left, almost in profile; his left eye is closed, but he gazes through a pair of double glasses held in his right hand, his face wrinkled in a sour grimace. Rays of light stream outward from the glasses. He wears a round hat with up-curved brim, half-boots, and holds a long cane in his left hand. Beneath the design: '"get thee glass Eyes And like a scurvy Politician, seem To see the things thou dost not" - Shakespeare'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to citizen John Nicholls's parliamentary and unparliamentary letters, speeches and visions
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Looking glasses -- Male dress, 1797 -- Literature: Quote from Shakespeare's King Lear, IV.5., and Mounted on page 96.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15th Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]

7.
Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1797]
Call Number:
797.12.15.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 76. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nicholls stands directed to the left, almost in profile; his left eye is closed, but he gazes through a pair of double glasses held in his right hand, his face wrinkled in a sour grimace. Rays of light stream outward from the glasses. He wears a round hat with up-curved brim, half-boots, and holds a long cane in his left hand. Beneath the design: '"get thee glass Eyes And like a scurvy Politician, seem To see the things thou dost not" - Shakespeare'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to citizen John Nicholls's parliamentary and unparliamentary letters, speeches and visions
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Looking glasses -- Male dress, 1797 -- Literature: Quote from Shakespeare's King Lear, IV.5., and Mounted to 47 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15th Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]

8.
Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 76. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nicholls stands directed to the left, almost in profile; his left eye is closed, but he gazes through a pair of double glasses held in his right hand, his face wrinkled in a sour grimace. Rays of light stream outward from the glasses. He wears a round hat with up-curved brim, half-boots, and holds a long cane in his left hand. Beneath the design: '"get thee glass Eyes And like a scurvy Politician, seem To see the things thou dost not" - Shakespeare'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to citizen John Nicholls's parliamentary and unparliamentary letters, speeches and visions
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Looking glasses -- Male dress, 1797 -- Literature: Quote from Shakespeare's King Lear, IV.5., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 30 x 19.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on verso of leaf 76 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15th Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]

9.
Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
12th May 1791.
Call Number:
791.05.12.02+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

10.
Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
12th May 1791.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 26.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

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