[Frontispiece to Jonas Hanway's Three letters on the subject of the Marine Society] [graphic]

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Title: [Frontispiece to Jonas Hanway's Three letters on the subject of the Marine Society] [graphic]
Alternative Title: J.B. Cipriani delineavit piaeque institutioni dicavit
Creator: Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785, printmaker
Published / Created: [1758]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Room with the board of the Marine Society turn beggars into apprentice seamen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Frontispiece to: Hanway, J. Three letters on the subject of the Marine Society. London : Printed in the year 1758.
"See Sheila O'Connell, 'London 1753', BM 2003, cat.3.26. The charitable Marine Society was founded in 1756 by Jonas Hanway, and this served as frontispiece to a pamphlet seeking support for it"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1872,1012.5145.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 27.1 x 20.4 cm.
Mounted after page 474 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Provenance: Engraved bookplate of Charles E.H. Chadwick Healey in each volume; sold at his sale, Hodgson Rooms, 1942. Also with the bookplate: Harry Lawrence Bradfer Lawrence F.S.A. in volume 2. Marlborough Rare Books; May 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21 x 16.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English