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1.
A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

Published / Created:
[approximately 1790-1820]
Call Number:
66 790 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A collection of six gaming counters or monetary tokens from the gambling houses and clubs of Georgian London. Four were made by John Milton (signed "J. Milton f." or "J.M" on the smaller pieces) with an ace of spades encircled with the quote "Honi soi...
Description:
For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Roulette, and Clubs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

2.
A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

Published / Created:
[between 1762 and 1820?]
Call Number:
66 762 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince's Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small li...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

3.
BPS. New Theatre Covent Garden 1809 [realia].

Published / Created:
[1809]
Call Number:
809.09.00.06++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
Obverse: In the center, letter B above PS below (Box Princes Side); "New Theatre Covent Garden 1809" stamped around the perimeter. Reverse is blank
Description:
Title from text on obverse side of token.
Publisher:
New Theatre Covent Garden
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > BPS. New Theatre Covent Garden 1809 [realia].

4.
Halfpenny of Lackington Allen & Co. cheapest booksellers in the world. [realia]

Creator:
Lackington, Allen and Co.
Published / Created:
1794. and [1794]
Call Number:
LWL Min. 147 Object Room in Box 4
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
"A trade token issued by the famed bookseller James Lackington (1746-1815), the same year he opened the Temple of the Muses, 'one of the wonders of London' (Oxford DNB); with reputedly a million books on display, it was at the time the biggest booksho...
Description:
Title from text on reverse side of item, which surrounds image of an angel blowing a trumpet.
Publisher:
Lackington, Allen and Co and Lutwyche
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Lackington, James, 1746-1815, and Lackington, Allen and Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bookstores, Angels, and Trumpets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Halfpenny of Lackington Allen & Co. cheapest booksellers in the world. [realia]

5.
Mrs. Newsham the white negress : to be had at the Curiosity House, City Road, near Finsbury Square

Published / Created:
[1795]
Call Number:
LWL Min. 150 Object Room in Box 4
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A copper token or pass with a full length image of Mrs. Newsham on the obverse and the address and date on the reverse. Mrs. Newsham was an African albino who apparently appeared in Thomas Hall's shows. Hall was a taxidermist and proprieter of the Fin...
Alternative Title:
To be had at the Curiosity House, City Road, near Finsbury Square, London 1795
Description:
Title from text on obverse side of item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Hall, Thomas, active 1779-1795. and Newsham, Mrs.,
Subject (Topic):
People with albinism and Human curiosities
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Newsham the white negress : to be had at the Curiosity House, City Road, near Finsbury Square, London 1795

6.
Sir Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat [realia].

Published / Created:
[1795]
Call Number:
LWL Min. 151 Object Room in Box 4
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
Obverse: In center, full-length portrait of Jeffery Dunstan facing right; legend inscription with Dunstan's name and title as Mayor of Garrat. Reverse: In center, six lines of inscription with T. Hall's address and date, the penulitimate line is much ...
Alternative Title:
T. Hall, Citty Road near Finsbury Square, London, 1795
Description:
Title from text on obverse side of token.
Publisher:
Thomas Hall
Subject (Name):
Hall, Thomas (Taxidermist), Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Human curiosities
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat [realia].