The collection primarily contains letters received by Carel Mondriaan and his wife Mary Mondriaan, including one autograph letter and twelve postcards, signed, from Piet Mondrian writing from Paris (1937-1938), London (1938-1939), and New York (1941)....
Description:
Carel Mondriaan was born on June 1, 1880, and died on July 28, 1956. The younger brother of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Mondriaan had a career as an insurance broker.
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Name):
Holtzman, Harry., Mondriaan, Carel, 1880-1956., Mondriaan, Louis Cornelis, 1877-1943., Mondriaan, Willem Frederik, 1874-1944., Mondriaan-van den Berg, Mary., Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944., Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944, Seuphor, Michel, 1901-1999., and Kunstkreis AG.
"George III (left), seated in a chair, is being shown by the ghost of Chatham a procession of figures walking towards a pit (right) inscribed "Chaos". Chatham wears pseudo-classical draperies, a tie-wig crowned with a laurel wreath, and is surrounded ...
Alternative Title:
Peep into futurity
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs May 16, 1780, by W. Wells, No. 132 opposite Salisbury Court Fleet Street London
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788., and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
Printed bond, completed in manuscript in an unidentified hand, issued by the Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie. The bond is signed by Dominicus Van Heemskerk on verso
Description:
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, known as the Dutch East India Company, specialized in trade in Asia and was the first joint-stock company in the world.
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands., Netherlands, and Middelburg (Netherlands)
Subject (Name):
Van Heemskerk, Dominicus, active 1622-1623. and Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
Subject (Topic):
Bonds, Finance, Stock companies, and Economic conditions
Two groups of men, an English group on the left (including George III, North, and Shelburne) and a Dutch group (including a sailor and clergyman) stand on the seashore, with the lone figure of Lord George Gordon on the right and allegorical figures ov...
Alternative Title:
That and this side of the water, Dutch & English politicks, and Dutch and English politicks
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs Septr. 29th, 1780 by Wm. Richardson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Netherlands., Netherlands, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Gordon Riots, 1780, Commerce, and Clothing & dress
A Dutchman in a tricorne hat stands facing the viewer with his breeches pockets bulging with coins. He smiles, gesturing with his right hand, his left in a coat pocket
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Jany. 11, 1778 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Netherlands, Great Britain, and Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, Dutch, Public opinion, Foreign public opinion, British, Foreign relations, Clothing & dress, and Coins
A fox (representing Charles James Fox) holding a quill pen in the right paw, approaches a platform on the left, upon which is seated a pug dog with a tobacco pipe (representing Holland). Beneath the pug's paw is a document (representing Fox's spurned ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow, July [the] 25, 1782. No. 11 St. Bride Passage Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Netherlands., Netherlands, Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
