A coat of arms divided into portions and including several items such as scallop shells, garbs, twelve doves, and several crosses. Above is a goose's head and neck protruding from a crown. Below the crest is the motto Suivez Raison.
Subject (Name):
Brown, Blakely
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Birds, Physicians, Shells, Shields, and Snakes
A coat of arms divided into quarters. Two quarters feature five ermine spots each; the other two six alternating stripes apiece. The shield is surrounded by design, with a larger floral vine surrounding this. A rooster is at the crest.
Album of watercolor drawings depicting exotic animals, copied by the artist Ann Rich from the first few parts of the Naturalist’s Pocket Magazine (London, 1798-1802).
Description:
Title from manuscript text on first leaf., Each drawing executed on its own sheet, with a caption written in ink above; bound in contemporary plain paper wrappers., and For further information, consult library staff.
A thin man in a cap pulled down on his head feeds a morsel of food to an obese woman who combs a wig in her hand as they sit on a sofa before a table laid with lunch. They are in a well-appointed sitting room decorated with a mirror above a fireplace with a mantel on which sits a clock, a sheet of music entitled 'Romance', and under a glass vitrine, a statuette of man holding a bird on his finger. The fire screen is decorated with an image of two love birds. On the left edge is only a portion of painting, but it shows a bird perched on the finger of the sitter's hand. The man's discarded hat and walking stick rest of a sofa to the left
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed by the printmaker on a slip of paper tucked into the left edge of the mirror., Series title and number from caption above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on blue laid paper to: 36 x 30 cm.
"Rectangular bundles of documents, supported on human legs, march towards a writing-table (left) where two men await them eagerly, one being evidently Lord Stewart. These bundles recede in perspective from right to left. The two largest are inscribed: 'From Switzerland Via Colombier the Capital of Europe' and 'From Milan by the Brown road'. The others are: 'From Trieste'; 'From Carlsruhe'; 'Como'; 'Italy'; 'Devil'; 'Moloch'; 'Lucifer'. A bird flies towards the table with a paper inscribed 'Private'. Forked lightning darts towards the table, beside which trunks, boxes, and papers are piled, with a paper headed '... [Maj]ochys deposition'. Towards the table from the left advances (from an ornate Gothic building) a procession of lawyers, carrying books. P. 6: E, for the Embassy, kept on full pay, Collecting of slander and filth on the way ; ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
E, for the embassy, kept on full pay, collecting of slander and filth on the way ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Documents, Tables, Birds, Lightning, Luggage, Boxes, and Lawyers
A coat of arms divided by a bend, with a dolphin on either side. At the helm is a knight's helmet; at the crest is a dove upon a torse. Mantling surrounds the helmet, and engulfs the rest of the shield. In the lower corners are spaces that indicate a book number, as well as a place in which to inscribe such number.
A coat of arms with a gauntlet at center. The shield is edged with leafing, and flanked by flowers and leaves. At the helm, atop a torse, a rooster stands—he balances a second gauntlet under his right root. Above the image is the motto Game.
Subject (Name):
Laycock, Edmumd
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms, divided into two by a chevron, and featuring three animal heads. The coat of arms is surrounded by very elaborate mantling, flanked by a cornucopia on either side, and with a knight's helmet at the helm. At the crest is eagle. Above the image is the motto Suum Cuique.
Subject (Name):
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms with a speckled field and a canton featuring an eagle. At center is a smaller shield with a lion surrounded by several crosslet-styled crosses. At the helm of the larger shield is a lion presenting a crosslet fitchee. The image is surrounded by leafing, and flanked by two large, leafy plants.
Subject (Name):
Jacob, Edward
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Lion, Shield, and Surgeons
A coat of arms divided into fours, with varying object found within. Above, to the left, is the head of a stag; to the right, is a dog flanked by laurel branches; and above this is a bat with a very large wingspan. Beneath the shield is the motto Fide et Opera.
Subject (Name):
Bogg, Edmund B.
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Animals, Birds, Crown, Heraldic bookplates, Physicians, and Shield
