Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, tracing the geneology of the rulers of Wales and Great Britain, from Cadwalader ap Cadwallon (called Cadwalader Fendigaid, d. 664/682), king of Gwynedd to King George II and Robert Lord Walpole, later the 2nd Earl of Orford to the year 1723. Includes references to nobility and rulers of Europe. Philipps includes brief biographies of some of the more notable descendants
Alternative Title:
Genealogical table of all the kings and princes of Wales from Cadwaladr last King of Britain to Llywelyn last Prince of Wales of the British blood
Description:
A roll (now flattened) made from two sheets laid end to end and mounted on paper adhered to cloth; original sheets rubbed and torn with loss of text at the top and illegible words interspersed throughout., With dedication: To the Right Honourable Robert Lord Walpole this draught is humbly dedicated by My lord, your lordship's most obedient humble servant and kinsman, John Philipps., In English., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Geographic):
Nobility, Great Britain, and Wales
Subject (Name):
Cadwaladr, Vendigaid, -664?, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, -1282., and Walpole family.
"Elevation and view of the chain bridge looking towards Bangor"--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 702589
Alternative Title:
Plan and view of a chain bridge
Description:
Title engraved below image., Image includes dimensions of bridge., and With the name "R.I. Gore Esqr." written in ink on verso, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Published by J. Taylor, Architectural Library, High Holborn
"Horsley, stout and prelatical, in apron, gaiters, and buckled shoes, walks in profile to the right, holding cane and tricorne hat in gloved hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Late Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
Description:
Title etched below image., "A reissue, with altered title, of a plate published in 1802, 'A trip from Rochester to St. Asaph', the final figure of the date being altered and '4 Spring Gardens' inserted with a caret"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 32.2 x 25.1 cm., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 560 (leaf numbered '154' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Wales
Subject (Name):
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806 and Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806.
"Horsley, stout and prelatical, in apron, gaiters, and buckled shoes, walks in profile to the right, holding cane and tricorne hat in gloved hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Late Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
Description:
Title etched below image., "A reissue, with altered title, of a plate published in 1802, 'A trip from Rochester to St. Asaph', the final figure of the date being altered and '4 Spring Gardens' inserted with a caret"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., and Leaf 38 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Wales
Subject (Name):
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806 and Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806.
A series of eight, small watercolor drawings depicting castles and country houses in England and Wales. The views show: Brancepeth Castle near Durham; Enville Hall in Staffordshire; New Weir on the river Wye, Herefordshire; Hagley Hall, Worcestershire; Hereford Cathedral from across the river Wye; St Paul’s Walden Bury, Hertfordshire; Lumley Castle near Durham; and Chirk Castle near Wrexham, north Wales
Alternative Title:
Drawings by De Wint
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Attributed to Peter DeWint., Date based on DeWint's visits to Wales between 1829 and 1835. See Oxford dictionary of national biography., Drawings are mounted an album of thirty-four unnumbered blank leaves; each drawing is captioned by the artist below in ink, some are numbered in pencil. Bound in nineteenth-century half black roan over marbled boards with the spine lettered in gilt ‘Drawings by De Wint’; marbled endpapers and edges; old bookseller’s description pasted at foot of first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Wales
Subject (Topic):
Cathedrals, Dwellings, Estates, and Castles & palaces
Graham, Elizabeth Susanna Davenport, 1762 or 1763-1844, artist
Published / Created:
August & Septr. 1790.
Call Number:
75 G739 790
Image Count:
44
Abstract:
An album containing drawings of castles, ruins, abbeys, landscapes, roads, and bridges drawn by the artist while on tour in northern Wales in August and September 1790, the year before her marriage. Most of the drawings are titled with names of places visited and are listed on the front flyleaf. On the verso of the fifth drawing, sometime after 1826, the artist has written a short piece entitled "Recollections" in which she compares travelling in Wales in 1790 to the last trip she took in 1826
Description:
Elizabeth Susanna Davenport (1764-1844) was a writer known for her books written for children. She married lawyer Thomas Graham (1751-1814)., Binding: Marble boards, half-leather, with wax seal and stamped with the initiials ESD [i.e. Elizabeth Susanna Davenport]., In the artist's hand on front pastedown: "This is for THF" [i.e. her son Thomas Henry Graham]., and For further information, consult library staff.
