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1.
[Two figures, one with a fan, the other with a muff] [art original].

Creator:
Walpole, Thomas, 1755-1840, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
Collection Title:
Page 163. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Fans (Accessories), Muffs, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Two figures, one with a fan, the other with a muff] [art original].

3.
[Shop card for Gordon's Old Fan Ware-House] [graphic]

Creator:
Sympson, Joseph, active 1710-1750, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1725]
Call Number:
Quarto 66 726 T675
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
Image of a fan surrounded by angels and women, with a crown above
Alternative Title:
Shop card for Gordon's Old Fan Warehouse
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Gordon's Old Fan Ware-House
Subject (Topic):
Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Shop card for Gordon's Old Fan Ware-House] [graphic]

4.
[Old woman holding a fan] [art original].

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790?]
Call Number:
Drawings B87 no. 15 Box D110
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A caricature of an elderly woman, shown full-length, walking in profile to the left and holding a folded fan in her hand. A tiny dog (sheep?) follows behind her
Description:
Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by curator.
Subject (Topic):
Fans (Accessories), Pets, Women, and Caricatures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Old woman holding a fan] [art original].

5.
[Labour in vain, or, Fatty in distress] [graphic].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
Published / Created:
[published as the act directs, 9 November 1784]
Call Number:
784.11.09.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Fatty in distress
Description:
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dogs, Fans (Accessories), Hats, Health resorts, Obesity, and Shawls
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Labour in vain, or, Fatty in distress] [graphic].

6.
[Evening] [graphic].

Creator:
Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1738]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The third print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is set at Sadler's Wells. "A dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the New River; the wife holds a fan with a design of Aphrodite and Adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat...
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, imprint, and series from Paulson and finished states. Third print in a series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Myddelton, Hugh, Sir, 1560?-1631., Adonis (Greek deity), and Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Children, City & town life, Crying, Dogs, Fans (Accessories), Milkmen & milkwomen, Signs (Notices), Spouses, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Evening] [graphic].

7.
Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 December 1800]
Call Number:
Print00809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, h...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Venus (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Vanity and pride, Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Drinking vessels, Chamber pots, and Combs
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

8.
Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 December 1800]
Call Number:
800.12.08.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, h...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Venus (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Vanity and pride, Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Drinking vessels, Chamber pots, and Combs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

9.
Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 December 1800]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, h...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Venus (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Vanity and pride, Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Drinking vessels, Chamber pots, and Combs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

10.
To be, or, Not to be! [graphic]

Creator:
Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Published / Created:
[July 1821?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen (left) and King sit side by side on a double throne, almost back to back, while turning their eyes warily towards each other. They wear royal robes, the King is caricatured; at his knee is a rosette in the centre of which a bottle is depict...
Alternative Title:
Not to be!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Kings, Queens, Robes, Thrones, Crowns, Bishops, Scepters, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > To be, or, Not to be! [graphic]

11.
The vis a vis bisected, or, The ladies coop [graphic].

Published / Created:
[25 May 1776]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 6. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a closed carriage made visible by being bisected longitudinally. In it two young ladies of pleasing appearance sit face to face in profile, apparently on the floor, or on very low seats, to make room for their monstrous mounds of hair...
Alternative Title:
Vis-à-vis bisected, or, The ladies coop and Ladies coop
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, May 25, 1776, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Carriages & coaches, Fans (Accessories), and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The vis a vis bisected, or, The ladies coop [graphic].

12.
The shelter for the destitute, remov'd to Cunning M Lodge [graphic].

Creator:
Vowles, S., active 1820-1825, attributed name
Published / Created:
[13 September 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Conyngham sits on a chair under which crouches the King; his head, larger than life, draped by her skirts, and hands project (left). She holds a fan, on which is depicted the 'Regent's Bomb', see British Museum Satires No. 12799, with (?) the Ki...
Alternative Title:
Shelter for the destitute, removed to Cunningham Lodge
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 13 Septr. 1820 by S. Vowles, 31 St. Johns Square
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Chairs, Fans (Accessories), Tulips, Jewelry, Feathers, and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The shelter for the destitute, remov'd to Cunning M Lodge [graphic].

13.
The judgment of Paris [graphic]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[...] 1st, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 83. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hi...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by [...]
Subject (Name):
Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The judgment of Paris [graphic]

14.
The judgment of Paris [graphic]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[...] 1st, 1771.
Call Number:
Bunbury 771.00.00.14 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 83. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hi...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by [...]
Subject (Name):
Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The judgment of Paris [graphic]

15.
The humours of an Irish-wake, as celebrated at St. Giles's, London [graphic]

Creator:
Thornton, T., active 1780-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1794]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 244. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Johnson
Subject (Geographic):
St. Giles in the Fields (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Wake services, Dead persons, Ethnic stereotypes, Alcoholic beverages, Intoxication, Drinking vessels, Vomiting, Clergy, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The humours of an Irish-wake, as celebrated at St. Giles's, London [graphic]

16.
The five strange wonders of the world

Published / Created:
[between 1736 and 1763?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ...
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Bow-Church-Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Maxims, Horseback riding, Tobacco pipes, Dogs, Butcher shops, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The five strange wonders of the world

17.
The absent man [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1o January 1792]
Call Number:
792.01.10.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Printmaker identified from the original drawing for this print in the Huntington Library collection.
Publisher:
Publish'd 10th Jany. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Fans (Accessories), Poultry, Umbrellas, and Walking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The absent man [graphic].

18.
The Pantheon macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1772]
Call Number:
772.00.00.55
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of three half length figures. Two ladies of meretricious appearance seated at a tea-table, a man with a large Macaroni club of hair is handing one of them a cup of tea. One holds a fan and looks coyly towards the man, the other leans over her...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Tea, Tea services, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Pantheon macaroni [graphic].

19.
The Newmarket macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs [...?] [1772?]
Call Number:
42 W67 852B
Collection Title:
Volume 2, after page 270. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in riding dress stands on the right, bending forward to take the hand of a young woman on the left, who leans away from him. He wears spurred top-boots and holds a whip in his left hand; a long queue protrudes from under his hat. The woman has a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Dandies, British, Riding habits, Whips, Boots, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Newmarket macaroni [graphic].

20.
The Kentish garland

Published / Created:
[between 1775 and 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse begins: "Good people now I pray give ear,".
Publisher:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Courtship, Lifestyle, Seduction, Man-woman relationships, Elopement, Pregnancy, Betrayal, Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Couples, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Kentish garland

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