An explanatory design of the telegraph, built for the transmission of messages, over the Admiralty, Whitehall; the main image shows the telegraph on top of the Officer's Cabin with all the shutters closed; engraved lettering below, and around the edge, lettered from A to R, are further smaller telegraphs with shutters open in various different positions according to the specific letter signalled. Inscribed with letters above and within images, and with five short paragraphs of lettering below main image, three with the heading: "Explanation of the Telegraph / The Alphabet explained / Sentences explained".
Description:
Title from text engraved along the top of the image., All engraved., "Price 1 shilling.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pud. March 26, 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Eight lines of verse in two columns below title: To lead poor travellers astray ..., Plate numbered '177' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Will o' the wisps -- Swamps -- Travellers -- Signposts -- Dark lanterns.
Publisher:
Published 12th Decr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Plate [132] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; an angel with torch grabbing the arm of a veiled figure who creeps towards a pile with crown, staff, sword, scroll and book in the right foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [132] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, after Reynolds; standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table with books, quill and print showing his Roman eagle, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; in an oval, with Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill below and Walpole coat of arms
Description:
Title, printmaker, and artist from later state in the British Museum. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,1109.129. and Approximate date from imprint on a later proof state with lettering: Published June [...]th, 1796, by J. Barlow, No. 5 St. George's Place, Black-friars Road, Surry. See Lewis Walpole Library: Portraits W218 no. 6.
Publisher:
I. Barlow
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,
Plate [183] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; vignette with eight portrait medallions of poets on a stone standing in water with lyre in centre, weeping willow overhanging and temple of muses behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [183] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Plate [57] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; an obelisk with nine portrait medallions including King Edward, John of Gaunt, North, Bedford, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Sidney, Warwick and Essex, standing before ruined arch."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from local catalog card record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [57] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published 1 Mar. 1796, by R. Bowyer
Subject (Name):
John, of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 1340-1399,, Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601,, Warwick, Ambrose Dudley, Earl of, approximately 1530-1590,, and Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586,
Plate [124] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; bearded figure sat at foot of monument with six portrait medallions including Shaftesbury, Ormond and Vane."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [124] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683,, Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688,, and Vane, Henry, Sir, 1613-1662,
Plate [90] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of the wives of Henry VIII on ribbons held by an angel in clouds at top, another behind holding crown aloft."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wives of Henry VIII
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [90] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Jane Seymour, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509?-1537,, Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557,, and Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548,
