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1. Documents
- Published / Created:
- 1473-1890.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 340
- Image Count:
- 349
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- A collection of documents bearing the signatures of rulers or important personages of France; most are preceded or followed by an engraving of the person. Mounted so that both sides of the document are visible
- Description:
- In French, English, Italian, Latin and Spanish., Collected, mounted and bound in one volume during the 19th century., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Dark blue goatskin, gilt, by Riviere and Son.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and France
- Subject (Name):
- Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666., Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589, Charles VIII, King of France, 1470-1498, Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574, Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836, Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578-1637, Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547, Francis II, King of France, 1544-1560, Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559, Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589, Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610, Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483, Louis XII, King of France, 1462-1515, Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850, Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531, Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768, Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642, Marie-Thérèse, Queen, consort of Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1683, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents
2. The armour worn by Francis I of France [art original] : drawn from the original at Strawberry-Hill
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the ornate steel gilt armor of Francis I, King of France, that was kept by Horace Walpole in a niche on the staircase at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title inscribed in ink on two narrow strips of paper mounted below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 93 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Armor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The armour worn by Francis I of France [art original] : drawn from the original at Strawberry-Hill
