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31.
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, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'Set thy thoughts on things above'. Said to be a satire on 'some vulgar fashionable'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1800 -- Female fashion -- Pincushions -- Tankards -- Garters -- Hair-tongs.
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]

32.
[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., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered '541' in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher information and series number from British Museum catalogue., Artist from Sotheby's catalog., Publication date assigned by the cataloging agency based on the series number., Temporary local subject terms: Spas: St. George's spa -- Quizzing glasses -- Wickets -- Trades: porters -- Walking staves., and Mounted to 36 x 26 cm.
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].

33.
Grown ladies taught to dance [graphic]

Creator:
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1768]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 79. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on pretensions to elegance showing a fine room in which a thin elderly dancing master teaches a stout young woman to dance, while an older woman sitting behind watches them. A man sits strumming a guitar to the left, books and sheets of music lie on the floor; a monkey plays with a fan; a little dog capers on its hind legs behind the dancing pair. On the wall behind are two pictures in ornate frames, one of a dancing couple and the other of a bear dancing with its keeper."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and publisher identified as Matthias Darly in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,5.80., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement and plate number. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "66" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Dancing lessons -- Music-books -- Bear-leaders -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Female costume -- Male costume -- Dancers., and Bound in opposite page 79 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:
Pub. by MDarly, Jan. 1, 1768, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Dance, Teachers, Musicians, Musical instruments, Guitars, Monkeys, Dogs, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Grown ladies taught to dance [graphic]

34.
A dandy fainting, or, An exquisite in fits scene a private box opera / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
Augt. 1st, 1835.
Call Number:
835.08.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Exquisite in fits
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reissue of no. 13069 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9; originally published Dec. 11, 1818, by G. Humphrey., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 38.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, English, Fans (Accessories), Loss of consciousness, and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A dandy fainting, or, An exquisite in fits scene a private box opera / [graphic]

35.
Drink to me only with thine eyes [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 January 1799]
Call Number:
799.01.04.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved above image., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '224' in lower left corner., Two columns of the first stanza of the song printed below title: Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ..., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., and Temporary local subject terms: Glass: decanters -- Female dress: fans -- Pictures amplifying subject: Cupid -- Furniture: slip-covered chairs -- Furnishings: carpet -- Literature: To Celia, by Ben Johnson (1572-1637).
Publisher:
Published 4th Jany. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Drink to me only with thine eyes [graphic].

36.
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. and Temporary local subject terms: Absentmindedness: walking into a pond -- Bridges: stiles.
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].

37.
Evening [graphic]

Creator:
Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1797]
Call Number:
Hogarth 797.12.01.01++ Box 310
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 older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of Sir Hugh Middleton's Head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Signed bottom left hand corner: Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Signed bottom right hand corner: Engraved by T. Cook., After Hogarth. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 148., Plate also issued in a collection entitled Hogarth restored, first published by G.G. & J. Robinson in 1802., and Watermark: 1794 J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Published December the 1st, 1797, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, London
Subject (Name):
Myddelton, Hugh, Sir, 1560?-1631., Adonis (Greek deity), Aphrodite (Greek deity), and Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England)
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]

38.
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 hideous hag, strides towards them, brandishing a bottle. Minerva (?) in a soldier's coat and grenadier's cap, inscribed "J.R." [?Juno Regina], walks away to the right. looking over her shoulder; one fist is clenched, she carries a bottle and is smoking a pipe. One sheep (left) stands behind Paris who is holding a crook. A basket and his hat are on the ground. In the foreground his dog chases the peacock and the owl. Two doves fly over the head of Venus. Two broadsides are pasted on the cottage wall: one headed "Gods . . ." the other, "Thos the Wood Lous" (?). Mountains are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher's name and month of publication in imprint have been mostly burnished from plate., Text in upper left margin, preceding title: Jun: But to bestow it on that trapes it mads me. Min: Hang him jackanapes., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Venus., Mounted on page 83 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17.9 x 20.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
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]

39.
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 hideous hag, strides towards them, brandishing a bottle. Minerva (?) in a soldier's coat and grenadier's cap, inscribed "J.R." [?Juno Regina], walks away to the right. looking over her shoulder; one fist is clenched, she carries a bottle and is smoking a pipe. One sheep (left) stands behind Paris who is holding a crook. A basket and his hat are on the ground. In the foreground his dog chases the peacock and the owl. Two doves fly over the head of Venus. Two broadsides are pasted on the cottage wall: one headed "Gods . . ." the other, "Thos the Wood Lous" (?). Mountains are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher's name and month of publication in imprint have been mostly burnished from plate., Text in upper left margin, preceding title: Jun: But to bestow it on that trapes it mads me. Min: Hang him jackanapes., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Venus., and Watermark, trimmed.
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]

40.
French peasant [graphic]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[1 April 1770]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.1 plate 8
Collection Title:
Leaf 59. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing woman facing left with giant sabots holding a fan."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4677 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: French peasants -- Female costume -- French costume -- Clocks on stockings of French peasant -- Pompons on sabots of French peasant -- Shoes: Sabots.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. April 1st, 1770, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Peasants, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > French peasant [graphic]

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