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The distrest poet

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The distrest poet

A man sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture. The only other furnishings in the room are a broken chair, a bed tilted up against the wall, and a chamber pot.

  • Author: Davison, William, 1780-1858.
  • Title: The distrest poet.
  • Published: Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison, [between 1812 and 1817].

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Acquired January, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.

 

A new topographical, historical, and commercial survey…

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Cover: A new topographical, historical, and commercial survey

 

Title Page: A new topographical, historical, and commercial survey

Inscribed on front flyleaf: The gift of The Revd. Mr Onely to Joseph Langley 1780; with a ms. page laid in listing 44 varieties of flowers.

  • Author: Seymour, Charles.
  • Title: A new topographical, historical, and commercial survey of the cities, towns, and villages of the county of Kent : arranged in alphabetical order … / by Charles Seymour, teacher of the classics, &c. at Canterbury.
  • Published: [Canterbury] : Printed for the author, and to be had of Mr. Flacton, bookseller, at Canterbury; Silver, and Crow, Margate; Smith, Tunbridge-Wells; Stephen Doorne, Feversham; and at the apartments o[f] the author, at Mr. James Abbot’s, baker, Canterbury, MDCCLXXVI [1776].

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Acquired January, 2010 by the Lewis Walpole Library.

The old maids petition

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The old maids petition

An old maid with a large chin and lump in her neck kneels in prayer before a simple table as a man looks down at her from a gap in the rafters. On the wall hang two notices entitled “Cupid’s revenge” and “Love in a village”.

  • Author: Davison, William, 17802-1858.
  • Title: The old maids petition.
  • Published: Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison, [between 1812 and 1817].

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Acquired January, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.

Spaniard lousing

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Spaniard lousing

A dejected-looking man stands barefoot, his shirt open, next to a stump of a tree, pulling a louse from his chest. In the distance is a walled city with two church spires.

  • Author: Davison, William, 1780-1858.
  • Title: Spaniard lousing.
  • Published: Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Duvison [i.e. Davison], [between 1812 and 1817].

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Acquired January, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.

A correct front view of a lady’s dickey!!

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A correct front view of a lady's dickey!!

As she looks directly at the viewer, a short, plump woman dressed in a short dickey bears her breasts as she stands, legs apart, between a dresser and an armchair. A cat with a shocked expression looks up under her short chemise.

  • Author: Williams, Charles, 1796-1866, printmaker.
  • Title: A correct front view of a lady’s dickey!! : recommended to the fair sex in general but particularly to those maiden ladies who are subject to belly-ache and pains in the limbs.
  • Published: [London : S.W. Fores., 2 Dec. 1801?]

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Acquired January, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.