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1. A view of Frost Fair, held on the Thames the beginning of February, 1814 [graphic].

Published / Created:: [February 1814]
Call Number:: 814.02.00.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "View on the Thames during the 1814 Frost Fair; tents erected on the ice; people making merry in tents around fire or on the ice outside; street traders selling goods at fair; a man playing skittle in foreground, figures slipping or falling through cracks in ice behind; Blackfriars Bridge in background, with St Paul's to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text above image., Numbered "(66" in upper right corner., Woodcut with letterpress text., and For an impression lacking publication line below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,0911.1008.
Publisher:: Published by T. Batchelar, 115 Long Alley, Moorfields, London
Subject (Geographic):: London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):: Social life and customs, Fairs, Cityscapes, Tents, Street vendors, and Winter
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Frost Fair, held on the Thames the beginning of February, 1814 [graphic].

2. Fribourg & Treyer daybook : manuscript

Creator:: Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Published / Created:: 1798 June 1-1803 June 27.
Call Number:: Osborn fc215
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 995
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Manuscript daybook in unidentified hands, recording daily sales of snuff, cigars, and other products by Fribourg & Treyer. Entries list customer names and addresses; varieties and prices of snuff and cigars, with amounts purchased by weight or container; destinations and transportation costs for orders sent by coach or river boat; and notes indicating payments received or entry into accounts. Notes on preliminary pages include names and accounts relating to suppliers and employees. Over 10,000 sales are listed, including entries for Queen Charlotte, George IV, as Prince of Wales, Beau Brummell, Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, and others in their social circle
Description:: Fribourg & Treyer, 34 Haymarket, London, manufactured and sold snuff, cigars, and other tobacco products, 1720-1981. From 1780 to 1803, Fribourg & Treyer was owned by G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus) Treyer and Martha Evans Treyer., In English., and Binding: full sheep, with blind-tooled border; spine broken.
Subject (Geographic):: England, London., London, and London (England)
Subject (Name):: Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851., Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus), Treyer, Martha Evans., and Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Subject (Topic):: Cigar industry, Snuff, Tobacco industry, Tobacco use, Tobacco workers, Upper class, Social life and customs, and Economic conditions
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fribourg & Treyer daybook : manuscript

3. Frost Fair on the River Thames as it appeared in the hard frost, Feby. 4, 1814, between London and Blackfriars Bridges when the river was one sheet of ice and snow, and on which several trades and pastimes were carried on, the above view was taken on the spot at Bankside Feby. 4. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [14 February 1814]
Call Number:: 814.02.14.02++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "In the foreground is the riverside in Southwark, with spectators, and a vendor of 'A hot Mutton Pie or an Apple Pie'; a gangway placarded 'The New City Road' leads from the pavement to ice. In the background is a detailed view of riverside buildings, the north ends of Blackfriars Bridge (left) and London Bridge (right), St. Paul's, many spires, and the Monument (right). Letters on the print refer to a key in the lower margin. Tents are dotted over the ice, with a group of three in the centre of the design: 'The City of Moscow' has two other placards, 'Barclays Intire' and 'Good Gin Rum &c.' It flies a Russian flag and on its summit is the effigy of a man. Behind this is the 'Lord Wellington for Ever', with a Union flag, and on the left the 'Orange Boven' [see No. 12102] with 'Good Ale Porter & Gin'; it flies the striped flag of the Stadtholder. In front of this people are dancing while a fiddler plays ('H, Dancing and Fidling'). Behind these tents there is a curving line of spectators and pedestrians along the stream of the river, inscribed 'I, The main walk'. At intervals along it are various attractions: 'B, Copperplate Printing' (the press is being worked), 'The Wiskey Shop' (a small booth), a printing-press with a placard 'Frost Fair Printing Office' ('A, Letterpress Printing'), and, farther on, another press: 'Thames Printing Office' (also marked 'A'). Other incidents are skittles (two games, 'F, playing at Skittles'); 'G, Throwing at Gingerbread', with sticks, the slabs being placed on upright sticks. Two boat-shaped swings, one placarded 'High Flyer' ('E, Swinging'); two 'Ballad Singers' ('D'), a man and woman; the carcase of a sheep, hanging from a gibbet-like erection ('C, A Sheep to be roasted'). In the distance a barber shaves a man who is seated in the open ('K, Shaveall at work')."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., "Printed on the River Thames February 4th, in the 54 year of the reign of King George the 3d, Anno Domini 1814."--Below image., Text below image, in lower left corner: Copy of a verse printed on the Thames - Amidst the arts which on the Thames appear, to tell the wonders of this icy year, printing claims prior place which at one view, erects a monument of that and you., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Published Feby. 14, 1814, by G. Thompson, No. 43 Long Lane, West Smithfield
Subject (Geographic):: London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):: Social life and customs, Fairs, Cityscapes, Tents, Street vendors, and Winter
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Frost Fair on the River Thames as it appeared in the hard frost, Feby. 4, 1814, between London and Blackfriars Bridges when the river was one sheet of ice and snow, and on which several trades and pastimes were carried on, the above view was taken on the spot at Bankside Feby. 4. [graphic]

4. Parish characters in ten plates

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795-1840
Published / Created:: July 1, 1829.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H438 829
Image Count:: 26
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from letterpress text on front wrapper., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath., "N.B. None of Paul Pry's caricatures none are genuine without the name and address of T. M'Lean, 26, Haymarket."-- Following imprint., Contents also cataloged individually., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):: London (England), Social life and customs, and Occupations
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Parish characters in ten plates

5. The man of pleasure's pocket-book, or, The bon vivant's vede mecum, for the year 1780 ... containing fifty-two double ruled pages ... and ... original articles, viz. I. An account of all public diversions ... VIII. A dictionary for the polite world ...

Published / Created:: [1779]
Call Number:: 145 M266 1779
Image Count:: 96
Resource Type:: text
Description:: "(To be continued annually)"--Following imprint., With an engraved frontispiece showing two fashionably dressed couples walking in a park: The most elegant desses upon the Ton / Dighton del. ; Cook sculp., and With the original blind-ruled limp sheep. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Printed for S. Bladon, No. 13, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):: London (England), England, London., and London
Subject (Topic):: Men, Recreation, Sexual behavior, and Social life and customs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The man of pleasure's pocket-book, or, The bon vivant's vede mecum, for the year 1780 ... containing fifty-two double ruled pages ... and ... original articles, viz. I. An account of all public diversions ... VIII. A dictionary for the polite world ...