Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy of the diary of Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick, between 1666 and 1672. The manuscript intersperses records of Lady Warwick's daily social activities with her religious meditations. In October 1667, for example...
Description:
Available on microfilm
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691., Ranelagh, Katherine Jones, Lady, 1615-1691., Warwick, Charles Rich, Earl of, 1616-1673., and Warwick, Mary Rich, Countess of, 1625-1678.
Subject (Topic):
Husband and wife, Meditations (Religious)., Nobility, Women, Conduct of life, Court and courtiers, Religious life and customs, and Social life and customs
Manuscript of a brief introduction to the Linnean system of botanical classification. Opening with a defense of botany against those who think it "a trifling insipid amusement and almost childish," Boutell argues that botanists seek to understand "the...
Description:
Possibly by the Rev. Charles Boutell (b. 1772), later rector of Litcham in Norfolk and father of the author of Boutell's Heraldry.
Subject (Name):
Boutell, Charles, b. 1772., Hayward, Matilda., and Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Botany, Study and teaching, Education, Women, and Intellectual life
A single head in oval, shown full-face that when viewed one way depicts an old woman, and when viewed upside down, is the head a judge, with the woman's cap forming the judge's wig. The closed eyelids of one form the eyebrows of the other
Alternative Title:
Judge
Description:
Title below each image.
Publisher:
Pub'd March 30, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
A middle-aged woman in a cap, and wearing earrings, a bracelet and necklace, raises her fist in anger at a young servant girl. The girl also in a cap, looks back over her shoulder at her mistress in surprise and fear
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
A middle-aged woman in a cap, and wearing earrings, a bracelet and necklace, raises her fist in anger at a young servant girl. The girl also in a cap, looks back over her shoulder at her mistress in surprise and fear
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
"Three-quarter length, directed towards the right, and looking thoughtfully to the front, sitting at a table with an open notebook and an inkstand, right hand holding a quill, left hand touching the side of her face; written in the notebook are four l...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 16th, 1787, by Sarah Shiells, Lambeth Terrace; Mr. Dickinson, Bond Street; & Mr. Boydell, Cheapside
Approximately 12 letters from Anne Forster Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1770-1771 and undated, concerning their mutual interest in mystical Christian doctrine and spirituality. Letters include and are accompanied by excerpts, copies and transl...
Description:
Anne Forster married Church of Ireland clergyman George Berkeley in 1728. The couple spent the early years of their marriage in Middletown, Rhode Island before returning to Ireland, where Berkeley was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1734. Four of their...
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Anne Forster, 1700-1786., Berkeley, George, 1685-1753., Berkeley, George, 1733-1795., Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- 1651-1715., Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717., Hooke, N. 1690?-1763. (Nathaniel),, Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772., and Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Devotional literature, English, Devotional literature, French, Faith and reason, Meditations, Mysticism, Sprituality, Theology, Doctrinal, Women, and Religion
