Album containing a collection of early 18th century manuscript verse, mainly on contemporary political topics. There are several poems on the Nonjuring controversy; on events during the reign of Queen Anne; and against Louis XIV and on the Triple Alli...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Abney, Thomas, Sir, 1640-1722., Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714., Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Scott, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1594., and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Controversial literature, Parties and movements, English poetry, Nonjurors, Political satire, English, Triple Alliance, 1717, Verse satire, English, and Politics and government
Album containing a collection of manuscript verse that belonged to James Butler, Duke of Ormonde (1610-88). The volume includes English and Latin panegyrics of Ormonde and on his role as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; epigrams and elegies; Royalist polit...
Description:
Some poems docketed by Ormonde; others by his private secretary, Sir George Lane.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Cobbes, Thomas., Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669., Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638-1696., Lane, George, Sir., Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688., and Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Political satire, English, Verse satire, English, Politics and government, and History
Manuscript on paper containing twenty-seven poems, mostly Court satires, including works by Andrew Marvell; John Wilmot, earl of Rochester; Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset; and Sir Carr Scroope. With other unattributed texts including "Peyton's Fat...
Description:
Bookplate: The Rt. Hon.ble John L.d Brownlowe, Baron Charleville. & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. and Belton House (Lincolnshire, England)
Subject (Topic):
Political poetry, English, Political satire, English, and History
A collection of James Sayers' prints, mostly political satires and caricatures, mounted on blue paper and assembled by an unknown collector; topics include, in addition to general political topics of the late 18th century, the Warren Hastings trial, t...
Description:
Title from spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Political satire, English, Politics and government, and History
A racist and complex print purports to show a dinner held at the African Institution, becoming increasingly drunken and debauched as the evening progresses. Cruikshank employs many common 19th-century racist stereotypes of black people - drunkenness, ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pud. July 19th 1819 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Baartman, Sarah., Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, 1767-1820, Lyon, G. F. 1795-1832. (George Francis),, Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838, Marryat, Joseph, 1757-1824., Smith, William, 1756-1835., Stoddart, John, 1773-1856., Stephen, James, 1758-1832., Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825., Wedderburn, R. (Robert), Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Anti-slavery Society (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Antislavery movements, Political satire, English, Politics and government, Caricature, Clubs, Ethnic stereotypes, Intoxication, and Racism
BEIN Osborn pd330: 22 cm. Armorial bookplate: Richard Strachey, Ashwick Grove. No. 14 of 14 works bound together with binder's title: Ilchester Gaol tracts etc.
Publisher:
Printed by and for Joseph Grove
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hone, William, 1780-1842. and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Political satire, English, and Politics and government
"Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. The King, a bloated and whiskered infant, sleeps in a cradle, rocked by Sidmouth (right), a lean old woman wearing a cap and bag-wig, who sits in a rocking-chair, his clyster-pipe (cf. British Museum Sat...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political satire, English, Cradles, Rocking chairs, Toys, and Fireplaces
