Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Three lines of text below image: Mortimer / Is a great lord of late, and a new thing: a prince, an earl, and cousin to the King. Ben Johnson [sic]., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p. 274., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: allusion to The fall of Mortimer, by Ben Jonson, 1573?-1637., 1 print : ethcing ; plate mark 19.1 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 22 x 14 cm mounted to 31 x 37 cm., and With Bowditch's annotations on mount.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377, Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358, and Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330
Manuscript, on vellum, in multiple hands, containing the text of the "Old" Natura Brevium; the text of The Old Tenures; and a register of writs from the reign of King Edward III. These texts are followed by a copy of part of a testament by "John Norton of Wadyngham."
Description:
In Latin and Law French. A copy of part of a testament in Middle English on p. 420., Part of the Anthony Taussig Collection of English Legal Manuscripts (OSB MSS 184). Taussig catalog number: MS 86.6.25 (number 69 in main catalog numbering)., A fuller description of the contents is found in Baker and Taussig, Catalogue (London: 2007), pp. 33-34., Script: English book hands., Decoration: initials have red and blue flourishing; many paragraph marks in red or blue., and Binding: late eighteenth-century? full brown morocco, gilt. Title on spine: Fitzherbert Natura Brevium. Codex MSS in membranis.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377. and Taussig, Anthony.
Plate [50] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Chapter title-page for chapter XV and XVI, for Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; with a headpiece showing Edward III standing by his throne on the left, bending to fasten a lady's garter around his leg, to the surprise of the assembled company; plaque below with chapter reference and contents' list."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [50] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Parchment scroll of a process brought before Parliament in a property dispute between Queen Isabella de France and the Priory of Coventry
Description:
In Latin and Law French.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Coventry.
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358., England and Wales. Parliament., and Coventry Priory
Volume 2, page 398.2. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of six seals bearing images of clergy and armorial shields. The name of the English king who used each seal and the date it was used are written below each seal; depicted are seals used by Edward III, Edward IV, and Richard II.
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 398.2 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483., and Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- The White Horse of Hanover -- British territorial concessions: Cape Breton to France.
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377, Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776, Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Devil, Hostages, Military uniforms, British, National emblems, and Hanoverian
Plate [33] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III and Richard II on a decorative plaque in shape of shield."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [33] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189,, Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199,, John, King of England, 1167-1216,, Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307,, Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327,, Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377,, and Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400,
Following imprint: Price six pence., Letterpress broadside poem with an etching at top of sheet (plate mark 11.7 x 17.7 cm.)., Ten stanzas of a song printed in two columns separated with a decorative border: Ye patriots of Albion, vouchsafe your attention, to a wonderful tale I shall presently mention ..., A song - "Ye patriots of Albion, vouchsafe your attention"., On J. Stuart 3d Earl of Bute's investiture with the Order of the Garter., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Windsor, Chapter House -- Orders: Order of the Garter -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Pictures amplifying subject., and Watermark: Vryheyt.
Publisher:
Sold by the printsellers of London and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Plate [53] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; the burghers of Calais kneeling at left, offering themselves for sacrifice to Edward III who turns from them at right with the keys to the town at his feet, while his Queen kneels at left, begging for mercy on their behalf (and ultimately prevailing)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [53] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377, and Philippa, Queen, consort of Edward III, King of England, -1369,
Volume 1, page 9. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 9 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.