For the trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Peter Burrell Dy. Great Chamberlain. Ninth day. [graphic]

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Title: For the trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Peter Burrell Dy. Great Chamberlain. Ninth day. [graphic]
Published / Created: [approximately February 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Ticket for the ninth day of the trial of Warren Hastings; coat of arms at center, with the motto "sub libertate quietem" beneath
Description: Title etched within banner above coat of arms; remainder of title etched below coat of arms, with "Ninth day" etched at bottom of plate.
Date based on that of the trial, which began in February 1788.
With wax seal and contemporary inscription "Tuesday Feb. twenty sixth 1788, James Ely" in brown ink at bottom of sheet. Later pencil annotation on verso identifies the writing as that of James Yorke, Bishop of Ely.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 364 (leaf numbered '183' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.1 x 10.7 cm, on sheet 20.5 x 16.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title: Volume 2, opposite page 364. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Collection / Other Creator: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Collection Date: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.

Genre: Etchings England London 1788
Tickets
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Seals (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper sepia ink.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Gwydir, Peter Burrell, Baron, 1754-1820.
Subject (Topic): Impeachment
Coats of arms
Subjects: Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 > Impeachment
Gwydir, Peter Burrell, Baron, 1754-1820
Coats of arms
England > London > 1788
18th century
Yorke, James, 1730-1808 > Ms. notes
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership