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1.
Nemausus arbis conditor Kunegerha. [art original]

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
SH Contents W218 no. 4 Box 120
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two sketches of soldiers wearing helmets, one drawing on each side of a single sheet with the titles written below, one in Latin and the other in Greek
Alternative Title:
Kunegerha, Profile of a Roman soldier, and Profile of a Greek soldier
Description:
Title from item., "Kunegerha" appears in Greek letters., Possibly a juvenile work by Horace Walpole, with the title in Latin., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Greek, and Roman
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Nemausus arbis conditor Kunegerha. [art original]

2.
The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being

Creator:
Vandrülle, I. B., printmaker
Published / Created:
according to act of Parliament, 17 Novr. 1741.
Call Number:
741.11.17.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., "Price 1s"--Lower right corner., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., and Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, and Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
Subject (Topic):
National emblems, British, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Prussian, Roman, Russian, Swiss, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being an explanation of those three curious emblematick capital paintings of Sr. R--t W--l's at his house in Chelsea / [graphic]

3.
The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being

Creator:
Vandrülle, I. B., printmaker
Published / Created:
according to act of Parliament, 17 Novr. 1741.
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., "Price 1s"--Lower right corner., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?, and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, and Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
Subject (Topic):
National emblems, British, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Prussian, Roman, Russian, Swiss, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being an explanation of those three curious emblematick capital paintings of Sr. R--t W--l's at his house in Chelsea / [graphic]

4.
[Hanging by the thumbs] [graphic]

Creator:
Sympson, Joseph, -1736, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1725?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and printmaker from Paulson., Print created for a sequel to John Beaver's Roman military punishments, a work that was never written., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.2 x 7.9 cm., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above this print and the one following: Two of Modern Military Punishments, designed for an unpublished continuation of the same work., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand below at bottom of mount: 2 of these are supposed to be spurious. Only 13 of them are known to have sold for £10.10.0.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Punishment devices, Soldiers, and Roman
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Hanging by the thumbs] [graphic]

5.
The charmers of the age [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 May 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 50.
Publisher:
Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 and Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Roman, and Singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The charmers of the age [graphic]

6.
The charmers of the age [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 May 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 21.4 cm, on sheet 27.8 x 23.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 34 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 and Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Roman, and Singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The charmers of the age [graphic]

7.
The charmers of the age [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 May 1786]
Call Number:
786.05.30.07
Collection Title:
Leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted to 33 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 and Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Roman, and Singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The charmers of the age [graphic]

8.
The landing of Julius Caesar an. ant. Chr. 55 Rom. 699 = Le débarquement de Jules César / [graphic]

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1751]
Call Number:
751.00.00.52++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caesar right at prow as Roman galleys approach shore beneath hail of arrows and rocks; hand-to-hand conflict in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Débarquement de Jules César
Description:
Title from text below image., Probably a later state, with additional French title added and with year removed from end of imprint statement. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration number: 1952,0211.36., Date of publication inferred from that of probable earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered in lower right corner: No. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark., and Embossed stamp in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd for J. & P. Knapton & R. Dodsley, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
Caesar, Julius.
Subject (Topic):
Campaigns & battles, Landing craft, Soldiers, and Roman
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The landing of Julius Caesar an. ant. Chr. 55 Rom. 699 = Le débarquement de Jules César / [graphic]

9.
Roman [images of coins] [graphic]

Creator:
Newton, James, 1748-approximately 1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
Feby. 20, 1794.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [8] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; diagram showing the recto and verso of thirteen Roman coins, with portrait medallion of Caesar in centre, in frame with plaque showing Romulus and Remus at top, surmounted by armour and weapons."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Roman coins
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [8] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Topic):
Coins and Roman
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Roman [images of coins] [graphic]

10.
N.E. view, Suffolk the ancient garianonum of the Romans / [graphic]

Creator:
Lambert, Joseph, active 1821-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
75 L222 822
Collection Title:
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of embankment surrounding Gariannonum, in Norfolk, England also associated with Burgh Castle. Two men stand at the base
Alternative Title:
Northest view of Burgh Castle, Suffolk
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Joseph Lambert's Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs. Yarmouth : Printed and sold by W. Meggy, [1822?].
Publisher:
Printed and sold by W. Meggy
Subject (Geographic):
Burgh Castle (England), and Suffolk (England)
Subject (Topic):
Forts & fortifications and Roman
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > N.E. view, Suffolk the ancient garianonum of the Romans / [graphic]

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