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1.
Punch's puppet shew [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 September 1795]
Call Number:
795.09.12.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Street scene. The showman (right) stands in profile to the right looking up at Punch and Judy who perform on their tiny stage, the supports of which are covered by a checked material. A monkey wearing a cocked hat and coat stands on his shoulder and takes an apple from the basket on the head of an apple-woman. A man plays a hurdy-gurdy in the foreground on the extreme right. The spectators gaze up intensely amused: A milkman (left), his yoke on his shoulder, has put down his pail, from which a second monkey dressed as a woman is drinking. A young woman holds out a hat for coins, while she picks the pocket of a spectator. A third monkey crouches on the ground. Beneath the title: 'Now 's the Time for Mirth & Glee, - Sing & Laugh & Dance with me.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Punch's puppet show
Description:
Title below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse below title: Now's the time for mirth & glee ..., Plate numbered '161' in lower left corner., and One of a series of Drolls.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Criminals, Crowds, Dogs, Milkmen, Monkeys, Organ grinders, Peddlers, Puppet shows, Spectators, and Street vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Punch's puppet shew [graphic].

2.
Punch's puppet shew [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 September 1795]
Call Number:
795.09.12.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Street scene. The showman (right) stands in profile to the right looking up at Punch and Judy who perform on their tiny stage, the supports of which are covered by a checked material. A monkey wearing a cocked hat and coat stands on his shoulder and takes an apple from the basket on the head of an apple-woman. A man plays a hurdy-gurdy in the foreground on the extreme right. The spectators gaze up intensely amused: A milkman (left), his yoke on his shoulder, has put down his pail, from which a second monkey dressed as a woman is drinking. A young woman holds out a hat for coins, while she picks the pocket of a spectator. A third monkey crouches on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Punch's puppet show
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse below title: Now's the time for mirth & glee, sing & laugh & dance with me., One of a series of Drolls., Plate numbered '161' in lower left corner., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 20.2 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 23.2 x 27.7 cm., and Printed on laid paper with watermark (trimmed).
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Criminals, Crowds, Dogs, Milkmen, Monkeys, Organ grinders, Peddlers, Puppet shows, Spectators, and Street vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Punch's puppet shew [graphic].

3.
[Traffic] [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1791 or 1794]
Call Number:
791.00.00.41+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two Jewish clothesmen outside a respectable mansion at right, buying clothes from an unimpressed housemaid standing in the doorway with a bundle under her arm and a clothes-pail on the step, one man standing with one foot on the doorstep and one on the street, holding up a pair of breeches, the other putting his hand through a hole in the seat; behind at left, a milkman settling his account with a housemaid in another doorway, two maids leaning out of windows on the first floor above and conversing."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from lettered state., Printmaker signature "Rowlandson fect." etched in lower left corner of design; additional signature "PM: A:Ja. [?] fct. [or fet.]" very faintly lettered in aquatint on doorstep in lower right portion of image., Artist attribution to Henry Wigstead from Nicholas J.S. Knowles., Perhaps an early state (lacking title) of a plate first published by S.W. Fores in 1791, and then republished by him on 16 December 1794; see Grego. See also British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.647., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
S.W. Fores
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Peddlers, Clothing & dress, Women domestics, Pails, and Milkmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Traffic] [graphic]

4.
'Sour milk' good Gilbert bauls aloud, and frankly sells it to the crowd [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 18r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man holds a whip in one hand and a tankard the other as he stands beside his horse on a city street; a large barrel is strapped on the horse's side
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Milkmen, Horses, Barrels, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'Sour milk' good Gilbert bauls aloud, and frankly sells it to the crowd [graphic].

5.
Canadian farmers be proud of the milk which you produce [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1925-1935]
Call Number:
Poster0067
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Text from poster: This poster is dedicated to the milk producers by the Mayor, the Chairman and the members of the Executive Committee, and the members of the City Council. It is part of the campaign carried on by the Department of Health for the purpose of reducing the rate of infantile mortality ..., Date derived from style of milk truck depicted., All text given in English and French. There is no mention of pasteurization., At bottom center is the seal of the city of Montréal., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Montreal Department of Health
Subject (Topic):
Dairy farming, Milk hygiene, Milk, Pasteurization, Food, Safety measures, Dairy workers, Milking, Dairy cattle, Dairy farms, Icehouses, and Milkmen
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Canadian farmers be proud of the milk which you produce [graphic].