Manuscript in Richard Bull's hand that gives biographical details about Queen Caroline of Ansbach and extols her "extraordinary virtues and abilities."
Description:
In English., Title written at top of p. [1]., Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death., Formerly laid in at page 184 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737.
Manuscript in Richard Bull's hand that gives biographical details about Queen Caroline of Ansbach and extols her "extraordinary virtues and abilities."
Description:
In English., Title written at top of p. [1]., Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death., Formerly laid in at page 184 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737.
Manuscript in Richard Bull's hand that gives biographical details about Queen Caroline of Ansbach and extols her "extraordinary virtues and abilities."
Description:
In English., Title written at top of p. [1]., Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death., Formerly laid in at page 184 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737.
Manuscript in Richard Bull's hand that gives biographical details about Queen Caroline of Ansbach and extols her "extraordinary virtues and abilities."
Description:
In English., Title written at top of p. [1]., Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death., Formerly laid in at page 184 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737.
Manuscript in Richard Bull's hand of the verses that were inscribed in the mausoleum to the memory of his daughter Catherine, who died in 1795. The mausoleum, now lost, was erected ca. 1800 by Bull in The Dell at Northcourt, in the Isle of Wight. The verses begin: "Oft in this once belovd retreat, A father and a sister meet ..."
Alternative Title:
Lines in mausoleum at Northcourt
Description:
In English., Title written in ink and pencil in a contemporary hand on verso., Statement of responsibility written in pencil in a contemporary hand on verso., Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death., Pencil annotation in a later hand on verso: V[...?] extracts[?] Mrs. B., Watermark: Joseph Coles 1805., Formerly laid in at page 209 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Manuscript in Richard Bull's hand of the verses that were inscribed in the mausoleum to the memory of his daughter Catherine, who died in 1795. The mausoleum, now lost, was erected ca. 1800 by Bull in The Dell at Northcourt, in the Isle of Wight. The verses begin: "Oft in this once belovd retreat, A father and a sister meet ..."
Alternative Title:
Lines in mausoleum at Northcourt
Description:
In English., Title written in ink and pencil in a contemporary hand on verso., Statement of responsibility written in pencil in a contemporary hand on verso., Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death., Pencil annotation in a later hand on verso: V[...?] extracts[?] Mrs. B., Watermark: Joseph Coles 1805., Formerly laid in at page 209 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Manuscript note in Richard Bull's hand that relates how a collection of Maria Sibylla Merian's drawings came into his possession. Merian's place and year of birth are also noted, as is her great ability for drawing insects, reptiles, and other natural objects
Description:
In English., Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death., Formerly page 4 of an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Album of ca. 22 watercolors by Maria Sybilla Merian, of insects, reptiles, and fish probably done on the European continent (Germany or Netherlands), along with a collection of other watercolors by several artists, signed and unsigned, including a portrait of Dr. Mead and Dr. Misaubin surgeon, drawn by William Hogarth and a drawing by George Perfect Harding. Also included: Palace of the Rajah of Tassisudon / copied by M. Griffiths Junr. 1798; Back of Gibraltar Hills / W. Booth delin, ALS from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull dated 1784 July 14, thanking him for the loan of some books including this collection of drawings by Maria Merian which he describes as "very fine"., and Also laid in are various verses in Richard Bull's hand including a poem in memory of Catherine Bull and a narrative on Queen Caroline; a poem in French, "Address by the Queen of Holland to Buonaparte" [later published as Les Adieux by S̀̀ègur].
Alternative Title:
Bull's album of drawings
Description:
Title devised by curator., Album contains 402 pages, alternating white and blue sheets. Nothing laid in after p. 211., Ms. notes in Richard Bull's hand., Binding: Red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings.", Disassembled, some items matted and stored in 5 solander boxes. Original binding shelved separately., and When the album was digitized, blank pages were not scanned; original page location, however, is recorded which explains the gaps in the paginatioin in the virtual browse view. For further information, consult library staff.
