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Published / Created:: [21 October 1776]
Call Number:: 799.10.21.07
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A rhymed rebus purporting to be a reply to a sailor's letter from his girl, describing her fears for him upon hearing of a storm at sea, her joy at getting his letter, and her promise to remain true to him despite having other suitors
Description:: Title from item., A letter in the form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'to' by a toe, 'sailor' by a figure of a sailor, 'letter' by an envelope., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits, i.e., '76,' supplied in contemporary manuscript., and Watermark: 1814.
Publisher:: Printed 21st October 17[...], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Hieroglyphics, Love letters, and Military uniforms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An hieroglyphic answer [to] the [sailor]'s [letter] [graphic].

Creator:: Leech, John, 1817-1864, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1840]
Call Number:: 841.00.00.25
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: First in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's military envelope, Fores's hunting envelope, Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's dancing envelope, etc
Description:: Title from text above image., "No. 1.", and Sheet trimmed to design.
Publisher:: Published by Messrs. Fores at their Sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactory, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):: Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):: Couples, Courtship, Cupids, Love letters, and Postal stationery
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Fores's courting envelope [graphic].

Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: 794.05.12.33
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Plate numbered '218' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Publish'd 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Courtship, Draperies, Living rooms, Love letters, Sofas, Wallpapers, Women, Writing materials, and Young adults
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > On the wings of love [graphic].

Published / Created:: [approximately 1809]
Call Number:: 809.00.00.65+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, is dressed in an officer's uniform and seated at a writing desk next to a window. He turns to gaze at a portrait of his mistress, Mary Anne Clark, on the wall behind him, which hangs next to another painting of Cupid with his bow and arrow. Printed below the illustration are a love poem and a quoted extract from a love letter, taken from the work 'The Authentic and Impartial Life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke' that was published after the Duke severed ties with her in 1809
Description:: Title printed in letterpress below image., Date of publication inferred from the inclusion of extracts from The authentic and impartial life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, published in 1809., Letterpress text beneath title begins: Pretty! Pretty! Mistress Clarke, None than I can love thee better; ... ., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark.
Publisher:: Published by M.C. Springsguth
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):: Military officers, British, Writing materials, Mistresses, Love letters, and Portraits
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Royal love letters [graphic].