A view of a cave, the entrance to which is decorated with a pediment and frieze.
829.00.00.119
Acquired June 2023
View of the remains of the Roman Temple of Serapis, also known as The Serapeum, just north of Pozzuoli, Italy.
826.00.00.92
Acquired June 2023
A young woman presumably a prostitute, bare breasted and with a dejected look on her face, is being led up the steps of a building by a beadle or constable, her head bowed in shame. Her infant has been left in the arms of an older woman, stands at the base of the stairs on the right. Another, older child, seated on a lower step in the foreground, looks up at the scene. The building has barred windows.
Drawings R79 no. 23 Box D207
Acquired June 2023
Each card shows music and lyrics from John Gay’s Beggar’s opera and a small standard playing card inset in the upper left corner; red suits with stencil colored pips; no tax stamp; maker’s details on king of clubs, 10 of spades and ace of hearts.
File 55 G25 S770++
Acquired June 2023
View of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.
828.00.00.116
Acquired June 2023
An old officer in uniform with a wrinkled face and carbuncles looks lustfully at a pretty young woman as they walk together on a path, his hand grasping hers.
Drawings R79 no. 24 Box D146
Acquired June 2023
A single-horse carriage is stopped in front of a rustic inn or roadhouse, with two caricatured Frenchmen (one a postillion wearing enormous boots) engaged in changing out the horse. An occupant of the carriage hands money out the window to a peasant woman holding an infant and accompanied by a young boy; two other shabbily dressed figures are nearby next to a tree, one of them playing a makeshift drum. In the doorway of the building stands a young woman, and to the left a man under an archway stands with arms crossed; both watch the scene unfold. In the background a postilion rides away on horseback, whip extended into the air.
Drawer Drawings B995 no. 1
Acquired June 2023
View of the hilltop town, Castelsardo in Sardinia, Italy.
828.00.00.107
Acquired June 2023
49 1833
Acquired June 2023