Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms; below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. The lower scene shows Coram carrying the Royal Charter, granted in 1739, under his arm. Hogarth made the original drawing to head the subscription roll of the hospital
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 152., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., and Two images on one plate. Top image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from ca. 1747; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 230. Bottom image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from the 1740s; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 225.
Manuscript on vellum prepared by Sir Gilbert Dethicke for Queen Elizabeth I includes colorful drawings of the arms of all the knights elected or installed during the reigns of Richard III and Henry VII
Description:
Sir Gilbert Dethick (1499/1500-1584), herald and diplomat. Dethick became Garter king of arms on 20 April 1550 and was knighted on 14 April 1551. He was genealogist and heraldist, and a member of the original Society of Antiquaries., In English, with one French phrase., Bound in red velvet, the arms are beautifully balzoned in color., and Bound in red velvet. Bookplate 2 early state. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Volume 2, page 382.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of six cognizances arranged in two columns, each associated with a name of an English king below
Description:
Title written in ink above image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 382.1 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
"A session of the Court of Chivalry, held in the College of Arms."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 43., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 125.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Novr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
College of Arms (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Interiors, Judicial proceedings, and Heraldry
Volume 2, page 382.2. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of thirteen heraldic devices, each identified with the associated family or person. In the first row are four knots, below which are three rows of cognizances and badges
Description:
Title written in ink above image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., "Plate II"--Written in upper left corner or sheet., and Mounted on page 382.2 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Volume 2, page 382.3. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of four rectangular heraldic flags and two cognizances, each labeled below with the name of an English king. The four standards belong to Henry IV, Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III; the two cognizances belong to Henry VII
Description:
Title written in ink above image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 382.3 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
514 colored drawings of the arms of English barons, including the kings and queens of England from William the Conqueror to James I.
Alternative Title:
Baronage of England
Description:
Title from Hazen., Title from 1842 Strawberry Hill sales catalog listing: Baronage of England., Date conjectured from active collecting years., In English., Bound in contemporary calf with the arms of Horace Walpole stamped on front and back covers; also with his bookplate on front flyleaf., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
A heraldic fan leaf, a quick ready reference designed to interpret the status of British royalty and nobility with reasonable accuracy. Presumably the fan was intended as an accessory at the theatre, pleasure gardens and and other social events. The outer row contain heraldic charges beneath which are the crowns the Prince of Wales and various lesser crowned nobility; next are 'Distinction of Houses' and examples of 'Knight of the Garter' and 'Commoner & his Lady'; next are 'Points of Escutcheon', 'Metals & Colours', 'Furrs' interspersed with how to distinguish a Bishop from and a Baronet and lastly there is a row of division of the field, very helpfully distinguishing between those men who have had 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 wives and and an heiress and possibly the future number 8.
Description:
Title from dealer's description., "Enter'd at Stationers Hall"--Below imprint statement., Accompanied by a blank sheet of laid paper, cut to same size., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For variant states "Sold by by Wm. Cock, Fan Maker to the Dutchess of York at No. 50 Pall Mall and 55 St. Pauls Church Yard", see nos. 198 and 199 in the British Museum's Shreiber Collection of Fans and Fan-Leaves.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs Feby. 11, 1792, by F. Martin & Co. and Sold by Sarah Ashton, Fan Maker, No. 28 Little Britain
