Invitation to a Court of Assistants' meeting of the Company of Brewers, at Brewer Hall in London
Alternative Title:
Sir, you are desired to be at a Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Brewers, at Brewers Hall
Description:
Title from item., Date supplied by cataloger., Letterpress text, with a woodcut illustration of the arms of the Company of Brewers above., Text in lower left: Brewers Hall, [blank]., Text at bottom: The Chair will be taken at [blank] precisely., Pasted at bottom, beneath the text, is a small (sheet 46 x 46 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Brewers., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.6 cm., and Mounted opposite page 140 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"Interior view of the Royal Exchange, showing three sides, a tower rising in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate, within a banner held by a putto in the sky., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 20.7 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted after page 436 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"View within the cloisters, a man standing on central path."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Bound in after page 572 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Saint Katharine by the Tower (Church : London, England)
"Portrait of John Charles Brooke, half-length standing directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding a rolled document in right hand at waist level, wearing ceremonial robes decorated in fleur-de-lis and lions, chain of office and powdered wig with a queue; after Maynard; state before plate reduced and Wilkinson added to publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Charles Brooke Esqr. F.S.A.
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1850,1014.282., and Bound in opposite page 470 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Publish'd Mar. 20, 1794, by G. Nayler, Coll. Arm. London
Caption title., First lines: The Court of Examiners chosen and appointed by the Masters, Wardens and Assistants of the Society of Apothecaries, of the City of London, in pursuance of a certain Act of Parliament, "For better Regulating the Practice of Apothecaries throughout England and Wales," passed in the 55th year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, have determined ..., Signed "John Watson, Secretary" and dated "London, November, 1816.", Folded to 23 x 14 cm; mounted to 27.1 x 20.7 cm. Mounted on the preceding leaf is a contemporary printing of: Extracts from the Act "For better Regulating the Practice of Apothecaries throughout England and Wales.", and Mounted after page 384 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Invitation to a dinner at Goldsmiths' Hall, London
Description:
Title from item., Mostly engraved; illustrated with the arms of the Company of Goldsmiths at head of sheet., Beneath the final engraved line "By the express order of the Wardens" are four lines of letterpress text with the rules for the event, beginning "no liveryman can be admitted without producing his summons ...", Form completed in manuscript with the details of the dinner, which was to occur on Monday the 30th of May, 1825; signed by the Beadle at bottom., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm; mounted above is a small (sheet 40 x 48 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Goldsmiths., and Mounted opposite page 410 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Invitation to a Court of Assistants' meeting of the Irish Society, to take place at the Irish Chamber in London
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text, with a woodcut illustration of the arms of the Irish Society above., Form completed in manuscript, with the date of the meeting specified as "Wednesday the 14th day of Febry. 1827 [the printed "6" altered to "7"]" and the topic of the meeting noted as "General Business.", Mounted to 27.1 x 21.1 cm., and Mounted opposite page 53 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Invitation to a meeting of the Company of Tallow Chandlers, London
Alternative Title:
Sir you are desired by the Master and Wardens to appear
Description:
Title from item., Entirely engraved; illustrated with an ornate border that includes the arms of the Company of Tallow Chandlers at top., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.6 cm., and Mounted after page 358 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Notice from the Company of Tallow Chandlers of the price of candles, as fixed on a particular day
Alternative Title:
Price of candles was this day fixed as below
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text, with an engraved depiction of the arms of the Company of Tallow Chandlers printed above., Form completed in manuscript, with the price of candles on 12 March 1821 set at 11/6 per dozen moulds, 10/- per dozen dips., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm; mounted above is a small (sheet 40 x 47 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Tallow Chandlers., and Mounted opposite page 358 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"Trade card of Samuel Knights, printseller and frame maker, at 6 Change Alley, opposite Garraways Coffee House; view of the shop from the street, with many prints on the window and inside the shop, open door to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
City of London
Description:
Title from item., Approximate date from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.46., Text at bottom: N.B. Frontage 11 feet - depth - 8 feet., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm., and Mounted before page 437 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
