A tailor in a high wind

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“A burlesqued tailor with a huge paunch and small legs stands in profile to the left, facing a gale and rain, encumbered with a little girl clinging to his neck, and by large roll of cloth under the right arm; he tries to open his umbrella, having placed his cane between his legs; tied to the handle in a handkerchief are books of patterns, which are blowing away, like his wig, hat, and the child’s bonnet; his coat, with tape-measure, streams behind him…”

  • Printmaker: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
  • Title: A tailor in a high wind, or, L’embarras des richesses / [anchor symbol] ; etchd. by G. Cruikshank.
  • Published: [London] : Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James’s Street, March 31st, 1819.

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Acquired October 2011.

At Windsor the petty cannons houses in the form of a fetterlock one of King Edwd…

At Windsor the petty cannons houses in the form of a fetterlock one of King Edwd...

Plate appears in: A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, … / selected, drawn, and engraved from the original paintings by George Vertue.

  • Author: Vertue George, 1684-1756.
  • Title: At Windsor the petty cannons houses in the form of a fetterlock one of King Edwd. [the] IVth’s Royal Badges [graphic].
  • Published: [London : Society of Antiquaries, 1776?].
  • Description: Engraving on laid paper.

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Acquired July, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.

A collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth’s novel Windsor Castle

[Cover] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle

[Selection 1] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle

[Selection 2] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle

Collection of proofs for fourteen illustrations for William Harrison Ainsworth’s novel Windsor Castle, all but the first trimmed and laid into larger sheets; all are double-ruled in blue and red ink. The first plate “Plan of Windsor Castle 1843” has been mounted on the sheet and ruled in red and blue ink and serves as a title page: “Windsor Castle. A Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth.”. The leaves are numbered in blue ink beginning with 56 and ending with 69. Each leave is titled at the head “Windsor Castle” and eleven of the prints are captioned below. One caption has been erased, and the other two are blank.
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  • Author: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
  • Title: [A collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth’s novel Windsor Castle], [ca. 1843].
  • Published: [England, 1843]

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Acquired July, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.