"View of the large column and Carlton House Terrace, in Piccadilly, from St James's Park; a number of figures in park including three children in central foreground, two sitting, the third standing looking up at the column."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: Stationers' almanack, for 1833., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, resulting in partial loss of text from bottom edge., Folded to 27.1 x 21 cm., and Bound in after page 270 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Monuments & memorials, Parks, and Columns
"Trade card of Samuel Knights, printseller and frame maker, at 6 Change Alley, opposite Garraways Coffee House; view of the shop from the street, with many prints on the window and inside the shop, open door to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
City of London
Description:
Title from item., Approximate date from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.46., Text at bottom: N.B. Frontage 11 feet - depth - 8 feet., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm., and Mounted before page 437 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"Interior of the grand hall; six Ionic columns supporting room, presumably two further columns behond viewer; a small fireplace at far end with two armchairs; a slim red carpet crosses hall, a man leads two military men across carpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 15., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 107., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"View inside the grand conservatory; plants growing to either side of a central paved walkway, pillars supporting roof, a fountain at far end by entrance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: La Belle assemblée, new series v. 4 (August 1811)., Text preceding imprint: Engraved exclusively for La Belle assemblee., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Folded to 25.8 x 16 cm; mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm., and Mounted opposite page 268 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Published by John Bell, Southampton Str. Strand, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Greenhouses, Plants, Fountains, Ceilings, Columns, and Windows
"James II and Mary of Modena enthroned in Westminster Abbey during the king's coronation."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8), this state published later. The print in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'W Sherwin sculp'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Enthronization of Their Majesties
Description:
Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Publisher from imprint statements on the first and fourth plates of the series. Date of publication based on "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., and Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
T. Bowles and John Bowles & Son
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718,, and Westminster Abbey,
"Interior of the choir of St Paul's; large arches on either side; a pulpit and lecturn in centre; a few elegantly dressed figures wandering around church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Vüe occidentale du choeur de la Cathédrale de St. Paul
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalouge, registration no.: 1935,0522.2.167.b., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum., Second plate in a series of "Twelve Views of Cathedrals, Churches &c in England"; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Bound in opposite page 111 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Churchyard, London
This ticket entitles the bearer to be admitted to the ball at Cordwainers Hall
Description:
Title from item., Entirely engraved; illustrated with the arms of the Company of Cordwainers at top, the image and text enclosed within a decorative border., Printed in blue ink., Text at bottom: NB. You are paricularly requested to order your carriage to enter Distaff Lane from the Old Change., Form completed in manuscript, with the date and time of the ball specified as 18 October 1827 at 9 o'clock; signed at bottom by the Master "Josh. Newson.", Mounted to 27.2 x 21 cm; mounted above is a small (sheet 42 x 46 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Cordwainers., and Mounted opposite page 532 in volume 4 part 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Cordwainers of the City of London.
"Ticket for the trial of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, with coat-of-arms, held by a monk and a naked man, wearing wreaths on his head and around his waist, on ribbon with motto "Animus Non Deficit Æquus"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within banner above coat of arms; remainder of title etched below coat of arms, with "Tenth day" etched at bottom of plate., Date based on that of the trial, which took place in 1806., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Signed "John Ossory" in lower left corner., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm., and Mounted before page 183 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 and Gwydir, Peter Burrell, Baron, 1754-1820.
Depiction of the interior of the House of Lords during the trial of Queen Caroline, consort of George IV, for adultery
Description:
Title etched below image., Date inferred from that of the depicted event; the Queen Caroline "trial" occurred from August to November 1820., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 20.6 x 27.2 cm., and Bound in after page 182 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Subject (Topic):
Scandals, Trials (Adultery), Government officials, Judicial proceedings, Queens, and British
