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21.
Rules for a warm weather ball, or, Salutary conduct for corpulent dancers [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1806?]
Call Number:
811.00.00.42+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in an assembly room. A mountainously fat woman stands fanning herself, as she talks to a stout man in old-fashioned dress. She says: "Dear me it is perdigus Hot! which would you advise me to do take a Rubber or Dance." He answers: "Dance first!...
Alternative Title:
Salutary conduct for corpulent dancers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Fans (Accessories), Dance, and Chandeliers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Rules for a warm weather ball, or, Salutary conduct for corpulent dancers [graphic]

22.
A scene on board a Margate Hoy as described by Dibdin. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[2 January 1804]
Call Number:
804.01.02.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Characters on board
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 2, 1804 by John Fairburn, 146 Minories
Subject (Topic):
Decks (Ships), Sailors, Vomiting, Eating & drinking, Bottles, Drinking vessels, Dogs, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene on board a Margate Hoy as described by Dibdin. [graphic]

23.
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]

24.
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]

25.
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]

26.
Opposite motives [art original].

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 36 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young male suitor kneels to offer a marriage proposal to an old maid sitting in a chair cooling herself with a fan
Description:
Title from contemporary pen and ink inscription on verso.
Subject (Topic):
Marriage proposals, Dandies, Single women, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Opposite motives [art original].

28.
Billing and cooing at the jelly shop [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 June 1798]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 3. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and woman sit facing each other beside the counter, which stretches across the design; he holds a jelly-glass and puts a spoonful to her mouth; she sits with open mouth and folded arms, a closed fan in one hand. A third customer leans on the co...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 4th June 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Stores & shops, Interiors, Counters, Preserves, Spoons, Couples, Eating & drinking, Fans (Accessories), Mirrors, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Billing and cooing at the jelly shop [graphic].

29.
[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].

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