San Francisco Bay Exposition Company White, Ruth Taylor
Published / Created:
c1939
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 939wh
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
An aerial panorama of the exposition grounds, with a portion of San Francisco in the foreground and whimsical sea monsters, whales, and boats in the water around the island.
Alternative Title:
Golden Gate International Exposition
Publisher:
San Francisco Bay Exposition
Subject (Geographic):
Oakland (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
A collection of 69 prints, mostly mezzotints issued Carington Bowles and those reissued by Bowles and Carver, as well as some prints issued by Robert Sayers. Also tipped in are a collection of the illustrations from the 4th edition of Thomas Bridges' A burlesque translation of Homer (London, 1797).
Alternative Title:
Facetious
Description:
Title from title page in mss., Bound in red morocco with marble boards with spine title: Facetious., Title page handwritten in mss with collection spelled "colletion"., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately.
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.