Title from item., Engraved, with letterpress imprint and ornamental border and with a vignette above showing a street scene at night, with one man vomitting as he is supported by two companions. Across the street under a street light, a prostitute waves at the men., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Davison, printer, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Temperance, Intoxication, Prostitutes, and Street lights
Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, containing primarily the beginnings and endings of various sections of the memoirs of political characters and events during the reign of King George II. The focus of the collection, however, is on the drawings and engraved headpieces and tailpieces which appear on these pages. These include a pen drawing by Richard Bentley of Walpole presenting the work to Democritus, with his villa at Strawberry Hill behind him; the head of George II by Johann Muntz, set in a headpiece designed by Bentley; and engravings of William Murray; Henry Pelham; Thomas Pelham-Holles; and Archibald Campbell, many also set in pieces drawn by Bentley. The collection also contains a pencil drawing of Henry Lord Holland, with the annotation, "Sr H. Reynolds pinxt"; an appendix explaining the engravings; and a newspaper notice of the death of William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington
Alternative Title:
Memoirs of King George II.
Description:
In English., Available on microfilm, and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bentley, R. 1708-1782. (Richard),, Campbell, Archibald, 1691-1756., George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, approximately 1690-1756., Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798., Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768., Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
A "severely satirical work ... intended to be comprised in 6 volumes. Only one, however, was printed, which was suppressed on the day of publication."--Cf. Lowndes. Bib. manual. and "Ex mvsaeo Hvthii."
Contemporary scribal copy in several hands of this travel account. Tommaso del Bene left Florence with his suite on 21 July 1695 and returned on 7 April 1696. On both the outward and return journies he travelled by way of the Brenner, Germany and the Low Countries. He landed in England on 20 October 1695 and remained there until 6 January 1696. Dal Pino's account of the stay in England covers 100 pages. It includes notes of the envoy's diplomatic and social activity, a long description of a Lord Mayor's show (p. 143-49), descriptions of visits to Windsor and Hampton Court, with comments on the works of art, and reports of proceedings in Parliament. The narrative is followed by a list of the stages of the journeys and an index of places
Description:
Another MS of this work is in the Archivio di Stato, Florence.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723., Del Bene, Tommaso., and Lord Mayor's Show
Merlinus verax and Almanack for the year of our Lord, 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 3 of 12 titles bound together., A lover of loyalty = John Gadbury., A different work from the "Merlinus verax" of Robert Neve., and Signatures: A-B⁸ ²B⁸ D⁸ E⁴.
Publisher:
Printed for the Company of Stationers
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Almanacs, English, Ephemerides, Astrology, History, and Chronology
Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Originally published in 1780. Reissue of no. 5632 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 9th 1782 & sold at No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Privies, and Clothing & dress
Manuscript in a single hand, written on vellum, describes in minute detail Waldegrave's negotiations with the Bey and Vizar in Bardo over the exchange of Corsican prisoners held in Tunis after the capture of the Maria Rosa as well as other diplomatic issues arising between Tunis, Algiers, Corsica and Great Britain from the period 22 February 1796 to 19 August 1796. Waldegrave records almost verbatim the negotiations between the Bey and Vizar as well as conversations with the Consul and other British officials and naval officers. Copies of correspondence between Waldegrave, John Jervis, John Sutton, and Gilbert Elliot as well as officers serving on the Barfleur and the French counsel are transcribed at the end of the account which includes details of naval skirmishes fought during this period
Description:
William Waldegrave, first Baron Radstock (1753-1825), naval officer, born on 9 July 1753 in Kensington, London, second son of John Waldegrave, third Earl Waldegrave (1718-1784) and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (1724-1784), daughter of the first Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepoint., In English; some French., Spine label: 11790., Written on vellum and bound in blue morocco, gold tooling, with silver clasps., and Blue morocco, with silver clasps. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Geographic):
Corsica (France), Tunisia, Great Britain., Great Britain, and Tunisia.
Subject (Name):
Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 1751-1814., Radstock, William Waldegrave, Baron, 1753-1825., Rance, James P., Captain., St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823., and Maria Rosa (Ship)
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George II, King of Great Britain, 1710-1786
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 14
Image Count:
81
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 125 primarily lighthearted and satirical poems and songs. Most of the entries are on the subject of love, drinking, gossip, and the disappointments of marriage; many include pastoral scenes; and most of the songs make reference to the name of the tune to which they are to be sung. The volume contains: The vicar of Bray, a poem satirizing religious and political events from Charles II to George I; another poem "to the tune of King John" satirizing George I and such political figures as Charles Spencer, Earl Sunderland and James, Lord Stanhope; as well as several satirical songs on the Italian singers Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, including one sung "to the tune of 'Oh London is a fine town." Other entries include: The bush aboon Tranquair by Robert Crawford; Sung by a fop just come from France; and The Sussex toast, a song
Description:
Incomplete manuscript, pagination begins with p. 9., On penultimate leaf: 1744., On last page, in same hand: Princess Amelia's book., Index at end of manuscript., Pencilled note inside front cover: Not in Prs. Amelia's hand., Binding: full calf; blind-tooled decoration., Princess Amelia (1711-1786), daughter of Georg August (1683-1760), electoral prince of Hanover (after 1727 elector of Hanover and King George II of Great Britain), and his wife, Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683-1737). Her full names were Amelia Sophia Eleonora., and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George II, King of Great Britain, 1710-1786., Bordoni, Faustina, 1700-1781., Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778., Stanhope, James Stanhope, Earl, 1673-1721, Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, 1674-1722, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Actors include Mr Knight, Mr Williams, Mr Wood, Mr Carletom, Mr Melvin, Mr Bennett, Mr Carr, Miss Smith, Miss Mills, Mrs Jarman, Miss De Camp, Mrs Williams, Master Elliott, Mrs Elliott., Playbill for a performance in York Theatre Royal on Thursday Evening August 1st, 1805., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from theatres in York, England]. [England], [1789-1805].
Publisher:
W. Blanchard, printer, York
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and York.
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834.
