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1.
The New Way of Whirry Whigs awa'

Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1800?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
No title page; title from caption., Date of publication from ESTC., First lines of introductory verse (with single rule above and below): To all and sundry be in known, The lines that are hereafter shown; ..., First lines of main verse: Where are the days that we have seen, When Phoebus shone fu' bright, man; ..., Detached from volume, laid in front cover., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Verse satire, English
Subject (Topic):
Political poetry, English, Political aspects, and English poetry
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The New Way of Whirry Whigs awa'

2.
The Northamptonshire tragedy

Published / Created:
[1760?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse - "Young lovers lend an ear, I'm sure you'll shed a tear,"., In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules. The title is in one line and ends with a full stop., Mounted on leaf 57. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Northamptonshire, and Northamptonshire (England)
Subject (Topic):
English poetry
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Northamptonshire tragedy

3.
Walpole's notes and drawings, [1700s].

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 170
Image Count:
58
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in Walpole's and others' hands, of a collection of several dozen scraps of notes, verse fragments, sketches, and drawings, collected from Walpole's papers. The notes are primarily epigrammatic or anecdotal, on such topics as printing books; British monarchs; Waldegrave's time as ambassador at Paris; Lady Mary Coke's affectations; and Sir W. Draper's gambling. The collection also includes several riddles and verses. Some of the notes have been transcribed, on the same page, by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and The manuscript also contains 29 drawings, including pencil sketches of Strawberry Hill some done by Walpole and others possibly by John Chute; a pen-and-wash drawing of a scene from The Castle of Otranto accompanied by a note of thanks from Mrs Susanna (Highmore) Duncombe; a pen drawing of the actor William Kemp copied from the frontispiece of a book; numerous busts; a detailed pastoral landscape scene in pencil, possibly by Agnes Berry; pencil sketches of a pig, cow, and dog; pen sketches by Sir John Fenn; and a woodcut title page to a book of John Skelton's works, dated 1523
Alternative Title:
Walpoliana mss and drawings
Description:
In English., Laid in: scrap of paper with faded ink writing, possibly Walpole's., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full calf; gilt decoration. In gilt on spine: Walpoliana mss and drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852., Coke, Mary, Lady, 1726-1811., Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787., Duncombe, Susanna Highmore, 1730?-1812., Fenn, John, 1739-1794., Kemp, William, fl. 1600., Skelton, John, 1460?-1529., Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1684-1741., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Anecdotes, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Social life and customs, Riddles, Kings and rulers, Humor, and Sketches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Walpole's notes and drawings, [1700s].