Genre: Floor plans England London - Yale University Library Search Results

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A design for building a commodious prison for the reception of debtors & felons, in the room of the

Creator:: Dance, George, the Elder, approximately 1694-1768
Published / Created:: [1755]
Call Number:: Topos L847 no. 61+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from text above images., Date of publication from citation in: Imagining the penitentiary : fiction and the architecture of mind in eighteenth-century England / John Bender. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987., Design consists of three individually-titled images on one plate., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 37 x 48 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Topic):: Prisons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A design for building a commodious prison for the reception of debtors & felons, in the room of the present goal [sic] of Newgate [graphic]

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A plan and elevation of the Royal Fire-Works to be performed in St. James's Park, April the 27th

Creator:: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: [5 April 1749]
Call Number:: Topos L847 no. 138++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A neo-classical façade with the royal arms at the top, three openings, the centre one arched, with a statue of Peace, Neptune and Mars below it, a double staircase leading up to it and a balustraded arcade extending to either side, ending in small lodges with triangular pediments; showing the disposition of the fireworks, rows of roman candles and catherine wheels, with a large catherine wheel above the arms, in which the words 'Vivat Rex' appear; with a plan below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text above image., Publisher from British Museum online catalogue., Text below title begins: The height of the machine 114 ft. to the top of His Majesty's arms ..., Text at bottom of plate begins: By order of His Grace the Duke of Montagu, Master General, and The Right Honble. the Lt. General and the rest of the principal officers ..., "'The Machine invented and design'd by the Chevr. Servandoni"--Lower left corner of design., "The Fireworks principally perform'd by the Signr. Gaetano, Ruggieri, and Giuseppe Sarti of Bolognia"--Lower right corner of design., "Price 1 shilling.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Acquired in honor of Joan Hall Sussler on the occasion of her retirement from The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, 31 July 2002.
Publisher:: G. Vertue
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Topic):: Fireworks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A plan and elevation of the Royal Fire-Works to be performed in St. James's Park, April the 27th, 1949, on account of the general peace signed at Aix la Chapelle, Octr. 7, MDCCXLVIII [graphic]