Autograph letter, signed, from Edward Otho Cresap Ord to Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War of the United States. Ord describes the reaction in California and Mexico to the Gadsden Purchase, including American filibusters in Mexican territory and the negative perception of the sale by Mexican citizens, particularly clergy, who were concerned that their land would be taken and distributed to American settlers. Ord also describes a topographical survey of the newly acquired territory and the possibility of constructing a railroad in the new territory
Description:
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) was an engineer and officer in the United States Army stationed in California and New Mexico Territory, circa 1839-1854. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico., Arizona., New Mexico., Mexico, United States., and United States
Subject (Name):
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. and Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Filibusters, Gadsden Purchase, Land grants, Railroads, Surveying, and Foreign relations
Print shows Joseph and Hyrum in paired full-length portraits, facing each other, wearing formal clothes, dark cut-away morning coats, light trousers, heeled boots, high shirt collars; light cravats; each holds a walking stick; Joseph has two hands on his cane and his coat is buttoned up; Hyrum has one hand on his hip, his coat open to reveal his vest
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +149: Imperfect: Imprint and date bled., Title from caption below image., Reproduction based on a painting by David Rogers made in 1842 later copied in a drawing by Sutcliffe Maudsley., and Printed area measures 38.4 x 23.7 cm.
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Poachers -- Pick axes -- Proclamations: allusion to piety on Sunday, June 1, 1787 -- Innkeepers -- Skittles -- Expressions: 'Grubbing up" -- Chequers.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Dickie, No. Strand, E. Macklew No. 9 Haymarket and W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street
A clergyman baptizes a child who is submerged in a punch bowl, as his parents and another couple look on. Also on the table are two full glasses of punch
Description:
Title engraved on banner in the image., Twelve verses engraved in two columns below image, beginning: Come listen awhile, I will make you to smile, With a story that's certainly true ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Numbered in ms. top left: 16.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 16, 1787 by C. Sheppard, No. 19 Lambeth Hill, Doctors Commons
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Reissue? Cf. No. 8196 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Reissue of Grego, J. Rowlandson, v.i, p. 313-4., Temporary local subject terms: Skates -- Marquees., Watermark: J Whatman 1815., Printmaker's name and date partially erased from this copy., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
A jolly fat parson,with an egg basket over his right arm and chicken, pigs, and geese bursting from his pockets and the tops of his boot, rides a horse to the right towards a sign that reads "120 Miles to London." On the extreme left a pig walks from a thatched cottage, following the parson who has apparently taken one of her young
Alternative Title:
Country parsons return from tithing
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd & sold by W. Humphrey, No. 3 Lancaster Street
"A cart has been upset into the river close to Putney Bridge. The head and shoulders of a stout man, one hand raised sanctimoniously, emerge from the water; his fat wife falls head-foremost on his back, her legs much displayed; she clutches the queue of his wig. The horse (left) stands quietly in the water behind the cart (right) which is tilted into the water at a steep angle. In the background is Putney Bridge (left) and the tower of Fulham or Putney church (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Symptoms of ducking
Description:
Title etched below image., Tentatively attributed to Edy by British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Putney Bridge., and Partial watermark: Top center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores October 20, 1786 at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title from caption above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 'Price 6d.'--Below verse., Twenty lines of verse in two columns below image: When bold rebellion armd by Spain & France, does thro' the land with hasty strides advance ..., Temporary local subject terms: Bishop's mitre -- Reference to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-46., and Mounted to 32 x 25 cm.
Caption title below image, above verses., All engraved., Originally published by Darly in 1762. See Stephens., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered '30' in upper left corner., Later state, with plate number added. Cf. No. 3994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: countermark W.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. by M. Darly, facing New Round Court, the Strand
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1759, Beggars, Clergy, Military uniforms, Pluralism (Social sciences), and Veterans
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Priests.
