http://www.metafilter.com/tags/LewisWalpoleLibrary Posts tagged with 'LewisWalpoleLibrary' at MetaFilter. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 02:04:53 -0800 Sat, 31 Jul 2004 02:04:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34683/The%2Dart%2Dof%2Dcaricature <a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/digital_collection.html">The Lewis Walpole Library</a> has digitized 10,000 images from its superb collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century satirical prints -- not the only collection of its kind on the Internet, but certainly one of the largest and best. Search under "Gillray", "Rowlandson" or "Cruikshank" and browse a selection of images from the golden age of English caricature. Everyone will have their own favourites, but here are a few of mine: Rowlandson's <a href="http://lwlimages.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneITEM.asp?pid=lwlpr09007&iid=lwlpr09007">Author and Bookseller</a>, Cruikshank's <a href="http://lwlimages.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneITEM.asp?pid=lwlpr12053&iid=lwlpr12053">The Headache</a> and Gillray's <a href="http://lwlimages.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneITEM.asp?pid=lwlpr10252&iid=lwlpr10252">Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34683 Sat, 31 Jul 2004 02:04:53 -0800 archive art caricatures history LewisWalpoleLibrary satire verstegan