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English miscellany on travels, foreign countries, Catholicism and politics

Published / Created:
[between 1550 and 1625]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 621
Image Count:
178
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Anthony Jenkinson (1529-1610/11), Relation of a travel to Russia and Persia. 2) Anonymous sonnet in praise of Queen Elizabeth I. Probably an autograph. 3) Anonymous treatise in four parts attacking the apology which Cardinal William Allen (1532-1594) published in 1587 for Sir William Stanley's action in the Netherlands in the preceding year. 4) Accounts regarding tenements; one is headed "Lambeth". 5) Account of a journey through the Middle East, made in 1578 and attributed by another hand to an unrecorded Sir Anthony Standen. 6) Definition of terms related to the Turkish empire encountered in art. 5. 7) Description of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Francesco Maria de' Medici (1541-1587). 8) Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (1508-1582), Proposal addressed to King Philip II of Spain regarding the conquest of Portugal, made 25 May 1579, in English translation. 9) Description of the Benedictine convent of Camaldoli near Arezzo. 10) Short description of England and Scotland. 11) Accounts signed William Garnett; the last one is dated from the 33d year of Queen Elizabeth (1591/1592). The upper outer corner of the page is missing, with loss of text. 12) Collection of state letters. 13) Estate accounts partly dating from 1586/1587 and addressed to unknown person
Description:
In English., Script: Part I (between 1550 and 1600): Art. 1, 3 and the group 5-10 are each written by a different scribe, all writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary). The quotations and headings in art. 3 are in Humanistica Cursiva. Art. 2 is also written in Humanistica Cursiva. Art. 4 is in Gothica Cursiva Currens (Secretary)., Script: Part II (between 1600 and 1625): Written by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Currens (Secretary), some quotations and headings in Humanistica Cursiva., Script: Part III (between 1575 and 1600): Written by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Formata (Secretary)., and Binding: Seventeenth century (?). Brown (?) sheepskin over pasteboard, rebacked. On the spine the gold-tooled titles (s. XIX-XX) "JENKINSON RELATION 1561" and "STATE PAPERS?? MS.".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., England, Middle East, Russia, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Allen, William, 1532-1594., Jenkinson, Anthony., and Standen, Anthony, Sir.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, History, and Politics and government
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > English miscellany on travels, foreign countries, Catholicism and politics

3.
George Macartney papers, 1764-1792 (bulk 1764-1767).

Creator:
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806
Call Number:
OSB MSS 181
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
60
Abstract:
The papers are almost entirely concerned with Macartney's embassy to Russia in 1764-1767, and include notes, memoranda, drafts of the trade treaty he negotiated, and a final copy; accounts of travel in Russia and general descriptions of the country, including a treatise on the natural history of Siberia and fossils found there; descriptions of principal figures of the Russian Court and of court protocol; and copies of correspondence and The collection also contains a printed copy of a 1762 decree by Catherine II concerning Alexis Bestoucheff-Rumin; and a dispatch sent by Russia to China in 1792 during Macartney's mission in Peking. Accompanied by a microfilm of the Macartney Papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Description:
George Macartney was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College. In 1764, Lord Holland proposed him as envoy extraordinary to Saint Petersburg for the negotiation of a trade treaty. Knighted before departing England, Macartney returned in 1767 after concluding the treaty and receiving the Polish Order of the White Eagle. He spent much of the remainder of his career in colonial governorships, including that of Madras, and took his seat in the Irish Parliament in 1788. In 1792 he was sent as plenipotentiary on a mission to Peking, and upon his return from China undertook negotiations with the exiled Louis XVIII in Verona. Macartney thereafter retired from public life due to ill health. and In French and English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Russia., Russia, and Siberia (Russia)
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. and Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Diplomatic and consular service, British, Diplomatic and consular service, Russian, Diplomats, Commerce, Foreign relations, Politics and government, Court and courtiers, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George Macartney papers, 1764-1792 (bulk 1764-1767).

4.
Of the Russe Commonwealth

Creator:
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611
Published / Created:
1966.
Call Number:
Meriden Gravure 837
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN Meriden Gravure 837: Dust jacket. Bookplate of the Meriden Gravure Company. From the collection of the Meriden-Stinehour Press., Facsim. of the copy in the Library of Cambridge University (Queens College MS. 25), collated with the variations found in several other MSS. of the author's book., Original t.p. reads: Of the Rvsse Common Wealth; or, maner of gouernement by the Russe Emperour ... London, Printed by T.D. for Thomas Charde, 1591., and Bibliography: p. 65-68.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Subject (Geographic):
Russia
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Social life and customs, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Of the Russe Commonwealth

5.
Olympic games, or, John Bull introducing his new ambassador to the Grand Consul [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 16, 1803.
Call Number:
803.06.16.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon (right) stands between two Russians; one (left) he strikes on the chin with his fist, saying, "There Sir take that, and tel your Master, I'll thras every one who dares to speak to me I'll thrash all the World D -me I'll, I'll I,'ll be King of the Universe." The injured Russian stares, saying, "Why this is club Law; this is the Argument of force indeed the little Gentleman is Dêrangé." Behind Napoleon (right) an officer in fur cloak and hussar's cap watches with indignation, saying, "The Monarch I represent, will return this insult with becoming dignity." On the left John Bull, jovial and grossly fat, and wearing top-boots, puts his arm across the shoulders of a pugilist, and points to Napoleon, saying, "There my Boy is an Ambassador who will treat with you in your own way, but I say be as gentle with him as you can." The good-looking brawny pugilist, who is stripped to the waist, clenches his fists, saying, "what! is it that little Whipper snapper I am to set too with why I think the first round will settle his hash." [An early use of this phrase which disproves Partridge, 'Slang Dict., tracing it in England to 1825, and in U.S.A. to 1807, suggesting that the English may have learnt it in the war of 1812. It was clearly current in England by 1803] Bonaparte is small and youthful, caricatured chiefly by the disproportionate size of cocked hat and sabre."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull introducing his new ambassador to the Grand Consul
Description:
Title etched below image. and Laid down on modern paper backing and matted to 36 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
France, Russia., Russia, and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, and Markov, Arkady Ivanovich, 1747-1827
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, John Bull (Symbolic character), Boxers (Sports), and Insults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Olympic games, or, John Bull introducing his new ambassador to the Grand Consul [graphic]

6.
Quite unbearable [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
1831.
Call Number:
831.02.00.11+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mustached Polish soldier dressed in a green military uniform drops his unsheathed saber and struggles under the weight of a massive grizzly bear (Russia) that straddles his back. Fallen on the floor are the soldier's hat and a staff of liberty inscribed 'Poland & Liberty'. A satirical treatment of the Polish-Russian War, 1830-1831 or the 'November Uprising'.
Description:
Title from caption below image. The word "bear" in unbearable is underscored., Imprint mostly burnished from plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand, Fed
Subject (Geographic):
Poland, Poland., Russia., and Russia
Subject (Topic):
History, Grizzly bears, Soldiers, Foreign relations, and Daggers & swords
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Quite unbearable [graphic]

7.
Royal recreation [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 January 1795]
Call Number:
795.01.07.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Catherine II, seated on the throne, eagerly receives the heads of Poles offered to her by a ferocious-looking officer. Three attendants advance behind him with baskets filled with heads of young women and children; the foremost kneels, holding out his basket, the next carries a basket on his shoulders; above it flies a demon. On the extreme right, on a pedestal, is the bust of Fox by Nollekens (see BMSat 7902), looking wryly over his right shoulder at the Empress. The officer, Suvóroff, holds out by the hair to the Empress three heads, one of which she touches with a finger. His sleeves are rolled up; in his left hand is a bunch of heads, under his left arm a long bloody sword and a document: 'Articles of Capitulation Warsaw'. On his short top-boots are enormous spurs. He says: "Thus my Royal Mistress have I fulfilled in the fullest extent your Tender Affectionate & Maternal Commission to those Deluded People of Poland, & have brought you the Pickings of Ten Thousand Heads tenderly detached from their deluded bodies the Day after Capitulation." The Empress answers: "My Dear General you have well Executed your Commission; but could not you prevail on any of the Polish Women to Poison their Husbands?" (An allusion to the murder of Peter III, cf. BMSat 8072.) To the demon she says: "Go my little Ariel & prepare our Altars for these pretty Sacrifices, we must have te Deum on the Occasion." The demon, a nude bat-winged creature, says: "Bravo this outdoes the Poison Scene." The Empress wears ermine-trimmed robes and holds a sceptre, but does not (as usual) wear a crown. Beside her (left) lies a bear, only the head and forepaws being visible."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Earlier state before addition of letter 's' in 'heads' in Suvorov's speech balloon., Earlier state. Cf. No. 8607 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Battle of Warsaw, November 1794.
Publisher:
Pub. January 7, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Praga (Warsaw, Poland) and Russia
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
History and Massacres
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Royal recreation [graphic].

8.
Royal recreation [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 January 1795]
Call Number:
795.01.07.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Catherine II, seated on the throne, eagerly receives the heads of Poles offered to her by a ferocious-looking officer. Three attendants advance behind him with baskets filled with heads of young women and children; the foremost kneels, holding out his basket, the next carries a basket on his shoulders; above it flies a demon. On the extreme right, on a pedestal, is the bust of Fox by Nollekens (see BMSat 7902), looking wryly over his right shoulder at the Empress. The officer, Suvóroff, holds out by the hair to the Empress three heads, one of which she touches with a finger. His sleeves are rolled up; in his left hand is a bunch of heads, under his left arm a long bloody sword and a document: 'Articles of Capitulation Warsaw'. On his short top-boots are enormous spurs. He says: "Thus my Royal Mistress have I fulfilled in the fullest extent your Tender Affectionate & Maternal Commission to those Deluded People of Poland, & have brought you the Pickings of Ten Thousand Heads tenderly detached from their deluded bodies the Day after Capitulation." The Empress answers: "My Dear General you have well Executed your Commission; but could not you prevail on any of the Polish Women to Poison their Husbands?" (An allusion to the murder of Peter III, cf. BMSat 8072.) To the demon she says: "Go my little Ariel & prepare our Altars for these pretty Sacrifices, we must have te Deum on the Occasion." The demon, a nude bat-winged creature, says: "Bravo this outdoes the Poison Scene." The Empress wears ermine-trimmed robes and holds a sceptre, but does not (as usual) wear a crown. Beside her (left) lies a bear, only the head and forepaws being visible."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Later state with addition of letter 's' in 'heads' in Suvorov's speech balloon., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Battle of Warsaw, November 1794., Matted to 47 x 63 cm.; printmaker's and subjects' names printed on mat below image., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. January 7, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Praga (Warsaw, Poland) and Russia
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
History and Massacres
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Royal recreation [graphic].

9.
Russian condescension, or, The blessings of universal peace [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 July 1814]
Call Number:
814.07.11.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Tsar and his sister walking arm-in-arm are stopped by a coarse-looking woman (right) who flings her arms round his neck and kisses him avidly, while a yokel (left) takes the hand of the Grand Duchess. The woman exclaims to a fat friend (right), who watches with a broad grin: "There Sal, I can boast of what none of the Bitches of Billinsgate can, having kissed the Kings Emperor of all the Russian Bears, & he is the sweetest modestest mildest Gentleman I ever Kissed in all my life." The countryman wears a short smock with breeches and wrinkled gaiters, and has the coarse carbuncled features of a John Bull in these prints. He says, grinning: "Dang it when I goes back & tells The folks in our Village of this, Law how they will envy I, ha ha!" The Tsar and his sister smile amiably. Behind (left), another woman runs after a bearded Cossack eager to kiss him. There is a landscape background, probably indicating Hyde Park, cf. British Museum Satires No. 12285."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Blessings of universal peace
Description:
Title etched below image. and With S.W. Fores blind stamp: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 11th, 1814, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Russia and England.
Subject (Name):
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 and Katharina, Queen, consort of William I, King of Württemberg, 1788-1819
Subject (Topic):
Relations and Kissing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Russian condescension, or, The blessings of universal peace [graphic]

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