Catalog Record & Digital Collection
835.08.01.50+
Acquired April 2013
A scene in a tavern cellar, with a young woman, gaily dressed, dancing a jig with a man wearing an apron; at left, a sailor playing the violin, at right, a sailor sitting on steps and leaning forward, smoking, resting his arms on a barrel, another beside him holding a bowl, a young woman standing behind them with a hand on the shoulder of each; behind, three amorous couples, including a sailor sitting on another barrel.
Catalog record & Digital collection
818.01.20.01+
Acquired November 2012
“A drunken party; four men drinking heavily in a tavern, one with a cloth over his head, the others gathered round him, a fifth laid out asleep on a table at left; on a barrel at right a statue group of Charity, echoing the poses of the main figures; numerous empty bottles in the foreground; after the painting by Hogarth”–British Museum online catalogue.
Catalog record & Digital collection
793.10.01.03++
Acquired November 2012
An account book in a variety of hands that records the purchase price of food that was later sold to customers at the Coach and Horses Inn on Conduit Street, London, between 1756 and 1758. A popular stop for grooms and coachmen, it was located near the Limmer’s Hotel, a haunt for the upper echelons of the mid-Georgian sporting world. The accounts include the prices paid for meat, game, fish, and vegetables as well as details about the kind of fare offered at this time in central London. Other expenses are recorded include payments to maids, valets, housekeeping. Payments are signed and dated. “To Thomas Wilson at Mrs. Graham’s at the Coach and Horses in Conduit Street, London” on back pastedown. Some personal notes unrelated to accounts hint at the lives of the staff: “Miss Mary Ann Lane is [the] best young lady in ale [the] world.”
LWL Mss Vol. 206
Acquired October 2012
Printed bills annotated with fees and dates and some names added in contempory hands, listing charges for food, drinks ,and lodging.
Acquired May 2012