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1.
A bagnio scene with a white-leggd chicken coaxking [sic] an old dotard. [graphic]

Published / Created:
as the act directs, 2nd March, 1778.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two men in a brothel, one sitting on the right uncorking a bottle, the other putting his arm around the shoulder of a prostitute, leering as she adjusts his cravat, urged by the Madam who rises from a sofa in front of a round table with punch-bowl an...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Furnishings, Interiors, Paintings, Prostitutes, and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bagnio scene with a white-leggd chicken coaxking [sic] an old dotard. [graphic]

2.
Building houses with cards [graphic] : from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens

Published / Created:
[approximately 1750]
Call Number:
750.00.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a room, a group watching as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at right, the man and a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay; in the right foreground two young ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Children, Dogs, Drawing rooms, Furniture, Interiors, Playing cards, Screens, Tables, and Toys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Building houses with cards [graphic] : from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens

3.
Building houses with cards engraved after the original painting in Vaux Hall Garden / [graphic]

Creator:
Truchy, L., 1731-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1764]
Call Number:
764.00.00.35+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a room, a small group of women and children watch as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at the right; a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay. On a chair on the ...
Description:
Publication date from Carington Bowles's entry in Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Cards, Chairs, Children, Dolls, Furnishings, Games, Interiors, Screens, Tables, and Upholstery
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Building houses with cards engraved after the original painting in Vaux Hall Garden / [graphic]

4.
Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
757.03.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the affair of Admiral Byng, showing his ghost appearing to Newcastle, Anson and Hardwicke who are seen through a transparent screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Subject (Topic):
Ghosts, Chandeliers, Screens, and Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].

5.
Corporal Trim reading the sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop [graphic].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
3 Jan. 1785.
Call Number:
785.01.03.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Crutches, Screens, Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Stools, Interiors, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Smoking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Corporal Trim reading the sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop [graphic].

6.
Don't have a pretty servant, if you can avoid it ... [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1845?]
Call Number:
845.00.00.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pretty, young servant girl serves an older couple tea on a tray. The man wears a monocle to eye the servant with pleasure as his wife looks on in horror. Behind them is a folding screen and on the wall a framed picture
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
W. Follit, Publisher City Repository of Arts, 63 Fleet St. and Printed by W. Kohler
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Lust, Monocles, Screens, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Don't have a pretty servant, if you can avoid it ... [graphic]

7.
Ecce signum, or, Non mi Recordo's visit to the fat good looking gentleman in Pall Mall & their

Published / Created:
[10 October 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of Bergami [Majocchi?] presenting a Milan Catechism to George IV seated in a chair with Lady Conyngham looking our behind a screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Non mi Recordo's visit to the fat good looking gentleman in Pall Mall & their conversation by signs and Non mi Ricordo's visit to the fat good looking gentleman in Pall Mall & their conversation by signs
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 10, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Witnesses, Screens, and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ecce signum, or, Non mi Recordo's visit to the fat good looking gentleman in Pall Mall & their conversation by signs on the very day the present King's father was buried [graphic].

8.
How d'ye do? [graphic]

Published / Created:
[20 October 1786]
Call Number:
Print00205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly invalid sits in an armchair, his gouty legs swathed, a shawl over his head, a pair of bands shows that he is a parson. He turns to his visitor, an elderly lady seated next him in a similar armchair, wearing a hooded cloak over her cap, and...
Alternative Title:
Comfort & relief often found in relating one's complaints and Comfort and relief often found in relating one's complaints
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20 Octr. 1786 by E. Jackson, Mary-le bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Visiting the sick, Muffs, Older people, Clergy, Sick persons, Visiting, Complaining, Servants, Interiors, Screens, and Mirrors
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > How d'ye do? [graphic]

9.
Military man-trap [graphic].

Published / Created:
as the Act directs 25 Sepr. 1780.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A well-dressed prostitute lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right h...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Rugs, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Military man-trap [graphic].

10.
Military man-trap [graphic].

Published / Created:
1. Octr. 1788.
Call Number:
788.10.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A well-dressed woman lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right hand a...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Military man-trap [graphic].

11.
Morning, or, The man of taste [graphic]

Published / Created:
[10 October 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 55. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Design in a circle. A man and wife seated at a circular breakfast-table. The man, who is obese and a gourmand, sits in profile to the right. holding a bowl with a spoon in it in one hand, a bill of fare in the other inscribed "Soup . . . Turbot. Duck...
Alternative Title:
Man of taste
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. the 10th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Etiquette, Table settings & decorations, Eating & drinking, Food, Tea, Obesity, Servants, Cooks, Dogs, and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning, or, The man of taste [graphic]

12.
Mr. King, Mrs. Abington, Mr. Smith and Mr. Palmer in the characters of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle

Creator:
Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[12 May 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title:
Volume 1, opposite page 180. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole lengths, standing in a library, King on left, his hands clasped, before him a fallen screen, behind which, her back to a window, stands Mrs. Abington, elegantly dressed, holding fan before her face, Palmer points towards her with right hand whi...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 12th May 1778, by John Harris, map & printseller, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., King, Thomas, 1730-1805,, Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),, Palmer, John, 1742?-1798,, and Smith, William, 1730-1819,
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Actresses, Theatrical productions, Sets (Architectural elements), Interiors, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), Bookcases, Screens, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. King, Mrs. Abington, Mr. Smith and Mr. Palmer in the characters of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle, Joseph and Charles Surface, in the comedy of the School for scandal / [graphic]

13.
Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberryhill [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1758 or 1759?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 55r Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of a design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex. With additions in pencil above and below. One of three designs for the screen included in Walpole's album of Bentley drawin...
Alternative Title:
Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink at bottom of sheet.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberryhill [art original].

14.
The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 91. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her right hand while in her left she holds a candle over the cradle where the swaddled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d February 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, Servants, and Women domestics
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

15.
The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1817?]
Call Number:
Print00523
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her lefthand while in her right she holds a candle over the cradle where the swandled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious f...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, and Servants
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

16.
The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1817?]
Call Number:
Bunbury 803.00.00.45+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her lefthand while in her right she holds a candle over the cradle where the swandled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious f...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

17.
The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.03.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her right hand while in her left she holds a candle over the cradle where the swaddled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d February 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]

18.
The coffee-house patriots, or, News from St. Eustatia [graphic]

Published / Created:
[15 October 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 65. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a coffee-house, the customers, with one exception, deeply interested and dismayed at the news in a 'Gazette Extraordinary', which the title shows is that on the capture of the island of St. Eustatius by Rodney, see British Museum Sati...
Alternative Title:
News from St. Eustatia and St. Eustatia
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15, 1781, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Newspapers, Eating & drinking, Dogs, Birdcages, Birds, Clocks & watches, and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The coffee-house patriots, or, News from St. Eustatia [graphic]

19.
The damnation of Obediah [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 79. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Damnation of Obadiah
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, Maps, Servants, Brooms & brushes, Dogs, Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The damnation of Obediah [graphic]

20.
The laughing audience Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith ; An emblematic print on the South Sea

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
August 1st 180[...]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 806
Collection Title:
Hogarth restored
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A single plate with Laughing audience in the upper left, Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith in the upper right, and An emblematic print on the South Sea below
Alternative Title:
Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith and Emblematic print on the South Sea
Description:
Titles engraved below images.
Publisher:
Published by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797., South Sea Company., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, Theaters, Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The laughing audience Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith ; An emblematic print on the South Sea / [graphic]

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