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1. Gay's Fables [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, Novr. 17th, 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.11.17.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An engraved writing sheet illustrated with seven scenes from Gay’s Fables, each titled above and with rhyming couplet below. At head, and the largest scene, is ‘The Shepherd and the Philosopher’; six smaller scenes form the right and left borders below. A garlanded oval, designed to carry a hand-inserted date-line, is engraved at the foot above the imprint
- Description:
- Title engraved at top of plate, on either side of the image of "The shepherd and the philosopher.", Watermark: [...]anshaw., and Sheet annotated in ink with the name 'Thomas Harbidge' and the date 'Decr. 19. 1787' in the blank oval at foot. Written in manuscript in black ink at the center of the sheet are three passages, beginning with 'Education either makes or mars us, and governments as well as private families, are concerned in it’s [sic] consequences, abcde’, and concluding with 'Good books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age, they support us under solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves'.
- Publisher:
- Published by Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gay's Fables [graphic].
2. Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.03.25.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A writing sheet illustrated with scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Boxing Day 1806 and a few months before this sheet was issued. There were at least twelve different scenes in Dibdin’s work, from which nine were chosen to illustrate the borders of the sheet. Another illustration at the foot of the sheet shows a carriage and a wagon followed by soldiers on horseback on a bridge over a river
- Alternative Title:
- Golden egg
- Description:
- Title etched at top of plate. and Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Mother Goose, Actors, Fairy tales, Fools & jesters, Pantomimes, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].
3. Views of London [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 April 1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.04.04.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A writing sheet, illustrated with ten views of London that border a central blank area
- Description:
- Title from text at top of plate, etched within banner above largest image. and Each of the ten images has a caption etched below or above.
- Publisher:
- Published April 4, 1814, by R. Harrild, 20 Great Eastcheap
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), London Bridge (London, England),, Blackfriars Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Tower of London (London, England),, Mansion House (London, England),, Bank of England,, St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, and Guildhall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Monument, The (London, England), Bridges, Monuments & memorials, Rowing races, and Sailboat racing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Views of London [graphic].
4. [Evangelical writing sheet] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.00.00.72+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- A writing sheet engraved with vignettes and the large interior space left blank. At the top is a scene with a throne on a platform in the center at the top of a pie-shaped set of stairs with angels standing along the edges on both the right and the left. Behind the line of angels are crowds of people, with the group from the left seemingly walking towards the right. Along the base of the design is a banner held at either end by cherubs blowing horns, inscribed are the words "Come unto me; ye blessed!" Many of the figures in the crowds wear crowns, one holds a harp and another a censer on a chain. The back of the throne is decorated with three connected triangles, points down and with a crown above the oval head rest, rays of light emanating from all sides. On the left margin are vignettes entitled "The birth" and "The wedding" and on the right "The christening" and "The burial". At the foot of the plate is an image of a dragon-like beast from whose mouth streams a banner bearing the engraved text: “There shall be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth". A large oval shape on the dragon's body is left blank
- Alternative Title:
- Come unto me, ye blessed!
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of publication based on manuscript note at foot of sheet., Lewis Walpole Library impression: Center blank space is filled in with three manuscript poems in black ink entitled 'On resurrection', 'On mortality', and 'On death'. The document is signed in the blank oval on the side of the dragon, "William Lea Yoxall's Christmas piece, December 16th, 1798, Chester"., With three poems entitled “On the Resurrection", "On mortality", and "On death” written in ink at center of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Death, Mortality, Resurrection, Angels, Baptisms, Births, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Harps, Putti, Religion, Thrones, and Weddings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Evangelical writing sheet] [graphic].
