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10. [Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1743]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 66. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The subscription ticket for "Marriage A-la-Mode". A group of heads drawn in a naturalistic style seen in profile; below, five compartments with heads after Raphael's Vatican tapestry cartoons (i.e."characters") and caricatures after Ghezzi, Raphael Urbin, Annibale Carracci, and Leonardo da Vinci
- Alternative Title:
- 3 characters. 4 caricaturas, Three characters. Four caricaturas, and Characters and caricaturas
- Description:
- Title from Paulson: Characters and caricaturas., Title etched below image: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas : for a farthar explanation of the difference betwixt character & caricatura see [the] preface to Joh. Andrews., Third state, with bottom of printing plate cut off to remove receipt. See Paulson., Date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides, leaving thread margins., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to left of print: See Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 262., and On page 108 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 23.3 x 20.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Art, Caricatures, and Heads (Anatomy)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]
11. [Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1743]
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 61 Box 100
- Collection Title:
- Plate 66. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The subscription ticket for "Marriage A-la-Mode". A group of heads drawn in a naturalistic style seen in profile; below, five compartments with heads after Raphael's Vatican tapestry cartoons (i.e."characters") and caricatures after Ghezzi, Raphael Urbin, Annibale Carracci, and Leonardo da Vinci
- Alternative Title:
- 3 characters. 4 caricaturas, Three characters. Four caricaturas, and Characters and caricaturas
- Description:
- Title from Paulson: Characters and caricaturas., Title etched below image: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas : for a farthar explanation of the difference betwixt character & caricatura see [the] preface to Joh. Andrews., Third state, with bottom of printing plate cut off to remove receipt. See Paulson., Date from Paulson., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides, leaving thread margins.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Art, Caricatures, and Heads (Anatomy)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]
12. [Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ramsey, Thomas, (Engraver), printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [after 1757]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A certificate of attendance for the practice of surgery as a pupil at the London Hospital, and for attendance on courses on anatomy and attendance to the institutes and operations of surgery; the headpiece, after Hogarth, shows Christ seated at left in the company of his disciples, gesturing to a hospital in the distance, two figures being carried towards the door on stretchers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- London Hospital
- Description:
- Title, state, and date from Paulson., Title from first lines of text: The London Hospital for charitably relieving sick & wounded manufacturers and seamen in Merchants Service their wives & children ..., Caption title in image: In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethern, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. XXV. v: 40., State with the arms of Charles Duke of Richmond Lenox & Aubigny removed from top and image of modern hospital replacing image of older building., The certificate, with spaces left blank to be filled in., and On page 104 in volume 2.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Biblical events, Coats of arms, and Hospitals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic]
13. [Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ramsey, Thomas, (Engraver), printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1741 and 1750]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A certificate of attendance for the practice of surgery as a pupil at the London Infirmary, and for attendance on courses on anatomy and attendance to the institutes and operations of surgery; the headpiece, after Hogarth, shows Christ seated at left in the company of his disciples, gesturing to a hospital in the distance, two figures being carried towards the door on stretchers; at top centre, the arms of Charles, Duke of Richmond."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- London Infirmary
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., Title from first lines of text: The London Infirmary for charitably relieving sick & diseas'd manufacturers and seamen in Merchants Service, their wives & children ..., Caption title in image: In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethern, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. XXV. v: 40., The date can be narrowed down from the dedication to 'Charles Duke of Richmond Lenox & Aubigny President.': he became President of the London Hospital in November 1741 and died in 1750., The certificate, with spaces left blank to be filled in., and On page 104 in volume 2.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- London Infirmary (Whitechapel, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Biblical events, Coats of arms, and Hospitals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic]
14. To the natives of the parish of St Giles's Cripplegate, London ... [graphic]
- Creator:
- Saint Giles without Cripplegate Parish Church (London, England)
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1756]
- Call Number:
- File 646 17-- D952+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An invitation to the ancient ceremony of beating the bounds, with a large view of St. Giles's from the south (figures include a strolling couple, a playing boy, and a cripple with his dog) and a vignette of the church. The form has blanks left for the signatures of the stewards as well as the date (day, month, and the two numbers for the decade) and place of dining to be written in by hand
- Alternative Title:
- Sir, you are desired to meet the rest of your parishioners on [blank] the [blank] of [blank] at [blank]
- Description:
- Title from first lines of text etched below image., Date of publication based on the manuscript signatures of the churchwardens and overseers, which are dated 1756-1757., Text below title begins: Sir, you are desired to meet the rest of your parishioners on [blank] the [blank] of [blank] at [blank] ..., At top of plate, the arms of Sir Benjamin Maddow and the text: Ex dono Benj. Maddox Barrti. June 1709., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three edges.
- Publisher:
- The Church stewards
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Saint Giles without Cripplegate Parish Church (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Social life and customs and Rites and ceremonies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To the natives of the parish of St Giles's Cripplegate, London ... [graphic]
15. This certifies that [blank] entitled to [blank] shares of the capital stock of the Starr-Grove Mining Company ...
- Creator:
- Starr-Grove Silver Mining Company
- Published / Created:
- [188-?]
- Call Number:
- BrSide4o Zc69 880st
- Image Count:
- 1
- Publisher:
- American Bank Note Company
- Subject (Name):
- Starr-Grove Silver Mining Company --Finance
- Subject (Topic):
- Stock certificates --Nevada --Lander County
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > This certifies that [blank] entitled to [blank] shares of the capital stock of the Starr-Grove Mining Company ...
16. [Collection of broadsides issued by the Tottenham Park Association].
- Creator:
- Tottenham Park Association
- Published / Created:
- 1819-1835.
- Call Number:
- File 64 M347 819++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A collection of seventeen broadsides and one document "Rule and Regulations" that trace the proposal, founding, and business of the Tottenham Park Association. Most of the notices offer rewards for the recovery of stolen property, such as livestock, a set of curtains, a gate and a fence, apprehending offenders and removing "gipsies or other vagrants from the parishes." The other broadsides relate to the governance of the association
- Description:
- The Tottenham Park Association for the Protection of Persons and Property, and for the Prosecution of Felons and other Offenders, was one of several private associations, formed between 1780-1850, "made up of local property-owners, who came together to form an organization and raise a fund in order to find, arrest, and prosecute, at common expense, offenders against themselves and their property" (Philips). These associations went into decline beginning with the establishment of the Metropolitan Police in 1829, the passing of the 1839 Rural Police Act, and finally the County and Borough Police Act of 1856, which made it compulsory for all counties to have a police force. (Philips in Hay and Snyder, eds., Policing and Prosecution in Britain 1750-1850 118.), In English., Title devised by cataloger., Broadsides printed by Harold and Emberlin, Marlborough, England., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Marlborough (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Romanies, Crime, Criminals, and Police, Private
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Collection of broadsides issued by the Tottenham Park Association].
17. [Certificate of friendship and alliance for issue to chiefs of Indian tribes]
- Creator:
- United States
- Published / Created:
- [180-?]
- Call Number:
- BrSide4o Zc10 814Ley
- Image Count:
- 2
- Subject (Name):
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Certificate of friendship and alliance for issue to chiefs of Indian tribes]
18. Lease to William Williams, comedian : Weymouth, 1768 September 7 and 1771 March 20.
- Creator:
- Waltham, Drigue Billers Olmius, Baron, 1746-1787
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss File 119+++
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Lease with engraved heading written for Dirgue Billers Olmius, 2nd Baron Waltham, to William Williams, comedian, for a period of 99 years at the rent of 5 shillings on condition that within a year Williams erects upon it a theatre for comedians. The theatre at Weymouth became one of the venues frequented by companies of strolling players. On the verso are 18th century endorsements including the surrender of the lease to Robert Lumley Kingston 20 March 1771
- Description:
- In English., Written on vellum with red wax seal and blue embossed stamp affixed., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Williams, William (Comedian) and Kingston, Robert Lumley.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lease to William Williams, comedian : Weymouth, 1768 September 7 and 1771 March 20.
