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2.
- Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Published / Created:
- 1600. [recte, 1619]
- Call Number:
- Eliz 184
- Image Count:
- 38
- Alternative Title:
- Midsummer night's dream
- Description:
- Eliz 184: Bound by Rivière in dark green goatskin, gilt edges. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911., The second edition (first, 1600)., and This is one of ten plays reprinted by William Jaggard in 1619, possibly as part of a collection for which a general title page was never printed.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Iames Roberts
- Found in:
- Elizabethan Club > A midsommer nights dreame. As it hath beene sundry times publickely acted, by the right honourable, the lord chamberlaine his seruants
3.
- Creator:
- Dance, George, 1741-1825, architect
- Published / Created:
- 1802.
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Abstract:
- This plan shows the intention to remove Bethlem ('Bedlam") Hospital and replace it with the 'London Amphitheatre' which would comprise at least 60 houses with gardens, stables and coach-houses suitable for 'Opulent Citizens'. This complex will be linked directly to the Royal Exchange via a 80-ft wide new street
- Description:
- Colored for reference with an explanation note at upper left. Following imprint beneath map: Price one shilling., Shows George Dance's scheme for the reconstruction of streets from the Bank north to Finsbury Square. The designs were only partly carried out. The 'London Amphitheatre' on the site of Bethlehem Hospital was built as Finsbury Circus in about 1812., Sheet trimmed to 37 x 30.8 cm, resulting in partial loss of imprint and price statement beneath map., and Tipped in opposite page 396 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- Engrav'd & publish'd by John Luffman, No. 28, Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London, City of London (England), London (England), City of London., and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- City planning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A plan of proposed improvements between the Royal Exchange and Finsbury Square : in the wards of Coleman Street & Broad Street in the city of London. To carry which into effect application will be made to Parliament, by the Corporation of London, in the ensuing session. Laid down from the city plan
4.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist, publisher, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1747]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Alternative Title:
- Survey and ground plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall
- Description:
- Map of the Palace of Whitehall, showing the various rooms, courts, gardens, wharves, barracks and the park beyond, the river to the south. An elegant border formed of pillars with scrolling capitals and two keys to the map. Inset maps to the upper left and right of Charing Cross and Whitehall respectively. A further key below and a descriptive text on a book to the upper left., The title on a banner above between three armorials., A scale on the pillar to the left., Imperfect; only lower right quadrant is present (sheet 22.5 x 34.2 cm), with the rest of the map trimmed away., Folded to 22.5 x 17.4 cm; mounted to 27.1 x 21.3 cm., and Mounted after page 278 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- G. Vertue
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Pictorial works
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A survey & ground plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall with the lodgings & apartments belonging to their Majesties. ; Palatium Henrici VIII. D.G. Angli. Fran. et Hib. Reg. Eccl. Angl. et Hib. Supreme Capitis MDXXX. ; To His Grace William Duke of Portland Knt. of the most Nob. Order of the Garter. Inscrib'd by his most humble & most obedient servant G. Vertue
5.
- Creator:
- Basire, James, 1730-1802, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1778]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.4 pt.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, with Benjamin Wilson standing at left holding a torch at the end of a long conducting device, two assistants at different points in the apparatus at right."--British Museum online catalogue and "The scene probably depicts Wilson's demonstration for the King in 1777 to demonstrate his theories about lightning conductors (see G. L'E. Turner 'A Portrait of James Short, F.R.S., Attributable to Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S' Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 22, No. 1/2 (Sep., 1967), pp. 105-112, p.106)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Frontispiece to: Wilson, B. An account of experiments made at the Pantheon on the nature and use of conductors. London : Printed for J. Nourse ..., 1778., and Bound in before page 339 in volume 4 part 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- J. Nourse
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, London., London, and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788,
- Subject (Topic):
- Electricity, electricity, Experiments, Scientific equipment, and Electrical apparatus
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the apparatus and part of the great cylinder in the Pantheon [graphic] / M.A. Rooker del. ; engrav'd by J. Basire
6.
- Creator:
- Prattent, Thomas, active 1780-1796, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Trial scene; Court of Peers in Westminster Hall, galleries packed with spectators."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The lady's magazine, or, Entertaining companion for the fair sex ..., v. 19 (April 1788)., A key to the image, labeled A-Q, is etched on either side of title., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of periodical name from upper margin. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression., "Ladys magazine"--Above image., Mounted to 27.1 x 17.9 cm., and Mounted after page 182 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1st, 1788, according to act of Parliament by G. Robinson & Co., Pater Noster Row
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Government officials, Judicial proceedings, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the court sitting on the trial of Warren Hastings Esqr. in Westminster Hall [graphic]
7.
- Creator:
- Patrons of the Anniversary of the Charity-Schools (Society)
- Published / Created:
- [1827]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- An engraved admission ticket with the St. Paul's Cathedral in a rondel in the center flanked on the left with an figure of a boy in a niche with the words "Naked & ye clothed us" below and on the right a girl, also in a niche, with the words "Ignorance & ye instructed us" below. Above the rondel is engraved in frame: Date et dabitur vobis
- Description:
- Title from text surrounding central image of St. Paul's Cathedral., "Designed, drawn & presented to the Society of Patrons by James Elmes, architect in College Hill, London. Steward in 1807.", Engraved text above images: 1827 West door., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., First line of text: Admit one person at the West Door of the Cathedral, on Thursday the 14th of June 1827 when a sermon will be preached by the Right Revd. Father in God Charles James, Lord Bishop of Chester, before His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, President ... [list of vice presidents and stewards]., With the engraved signatures of Chas. Stable and Wm. Child above imprint statement., Ticket numbered "3512" in ink within circle between the engraved signatures above imprint., Mounted to 27.1 x 21 cm., and Mounted before page 127 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- Society of Patrons and Norris & Son, sc. Moorfields
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Charities and Charity-schools
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anniversary meeting of the Charity Children in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London [graphic].
8.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View inside the institution; paintings hang from walls, artists set up around sides with canvases supported by easels copying the displayed work; a table in centre of room with paints and brushes; an arch leads on to the next room with a similar set up."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 13., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 98.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 1st April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- British Institution.
- Subject (Topic):
- Galleries & museums, Interiors, Painting, and Art education
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > British Institution, (Pall Mall) [graphic]
9.
- Published / Created:
- [1820s?]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Invitation to a Court of Assistants' meeting of the Company of Brewers, at Brewer Hall in London
- Alternative Title:
- Sir, you are desired to be at a Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Brewers, at Brewers Hall
- Description:
- Title from item., Date supplied by cataloger., Letterpress text, with a woodcut illustration of the arms of the Company of Brewers above., Text in lower left: Brewers Hall, [blank]., Text at bottom: The Chair will be taken at [blank] precisely., Pasted at bottom, beneath the text, is a small (sheet 46 x 46 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Brewers., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.6 cm., and Mounted opposite page 140 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Worshipful Company of Brewers.
- Subject (Topic):
- Coats of arms and Guilds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By the Masters and Wardens. Sir, you are desired to be at a Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Brewers, at Brewers Hall, Addle Street, Aldermanbury, on [blank] next, the [blank] day of [blank] at [blank] o'clock in the [blank] noon; and you are desired not to fail. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, William Vines, Clerk
10.
- Creator:
- Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800?]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view of the Royal Exchange, showing three sides, a tower rising in background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at top of plate, within a banner held by a putto in the sky., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 20.7 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted after page 436 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Royal Exchange (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Stock exchanges and Putti
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Byrsa Londinensis vulgo the Royal Exchange [graphic]
