"Five elderly women of fashion attend an altar of Love in a temple whose walls are wreathed with roses. The fat Mrs. Hobart, in profile to the right, pours incense on the flames of the altar; in her right hand is an open book, 'Ninon'. Behind her (lef...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1787, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807, and Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):
Graces, The, Apollo, Altars, Interiors, Temples, Books, Roses, and Lyres
"Five elderly women of fashion attend an altar of Love in a temple whose walls are wreathed with roses. The fat Mrs. Hobart, in profile to the right, pours incense on the flames of the altar; in her right hand is an open book, 'Ninon'. Behind her (lef...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1787, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807, and Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):
Graces, The, Apollo, Altars, Interiors, Temples, Books, Roses, and Lyres
"Lady Perceval sits at an ornate writing-table, pen in hand. A serpent issues from her breast, coils round her arm, and darts its fang at the tip of her pen. She frowns meditatively, saying, "Now then for something strong but not libellous, I hate hal...
Alternative Title:
Lady Paragraph championizing
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 4th, 1814, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Library of the University of California Los Angeles
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A red circular emblem with an open book in the middle, and the initials "AC" and "AD" over the pages. Surrounding this are the words "Understanding", "Information", "Progress", and "Medicina". Beneath is a dedication, which reads "From the collections...
Subject (Name):
Allen, Bennet, b. 1736 or 7, Krichesky, Boris, Library of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, and University of California, Los Angeles. Library
Circular bookplate, with a leafed tree at the in the center, and the sun with numerous rays behind it. An open book is to the left, and a snake coiled around an hourglass is to the right. A phrase above the tree reads Esse Quam Videri.
Subject (Name):
Mailhouse, Max, 1857-1941 and Yale School of Medicine
