Manuscript, on parchment, in a single secretary hand, of a copy of the will of Sir John Fitzjames. The will opens with an appeal to "the most blessed Mother and virgyn Marie St. Anthony and St. Chr[ist]ofer" for their intercession for his soul; arrang...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Draycott, Eleanor., Fitzjames, John, Sir, 1470?-1542?., and Fitzjames family.
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Decedents' estates, Inheritance and succession, Manors, Material culture, Prayers for the dead, Saints, Cult, and Wills
Autograph document on parchment containing a very detailed household inventory of the contents of the 94 rooms of Ingatestone Hall. Compiled after the death of Robert, third Lord Petre, the inventory includes the contents of the servants' quarters ...
Description:
Signed by: Richard Chendry, Thomas Wright and John Barker.
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Essex (England)
Subject (Name):
Petre family. and Petre, Robert Petre, Baron, 1599-1638.
Subject (Topic):
Ingatestone Hall, Catholics, Material culture, and Historic buildings
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of political material, the bulk of which consists of petitions and Parliamentary speeches made in 1640 and 1641. The grievances cited in a petition by "the Citizens of London" at York include "im...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Netherlands, and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Arundel and Surrey, Thomas Howard, second earl of, 1585-1646., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641., and Great Britain. Parliament, 1640-1641.
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Episcopacy, Satire, Sermons, Ship money, History, Politics and government, Religious life and customs, and Description and travel
Wellington drives a large new coach pulled by three horses with human heads. He is dressed in a a triple-caped greatcoat and broad brimmed hat and flicks the long whip with skill on the backs of the horses depicted with the heads of John Bull and on ...
Alternative Title:
Omnibus
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 15th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Catholic emancipation, Debts, public, John Bull (Symbolic character), Economic conditions, Buses, and British
Edmund Burke kneels holding a crucifix and rosary as protection from the two ghosts of Mirabeau and Price who stand before him drapped in sheets surrounded by clouds. They hold out to him copies of his Reflections on the French Revolution, damning him...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 17, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Public opinion, Anti-Catholicism, Aspergillums, Chamber pots, and Ghosts
A collection of 65 letters written on paper during the last two of Sidney's three years on the Continent and the first year after his return to England (June 1573-June 1576), plus another dated 10 October 1581. Authors include Johannes Lobbetius (19 l...
Description:
In Latin, French, and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Poland, France, and Italy
Subject (Name):
Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586., Languet, Hubert, 1518-1581., Lobbetius, Johannes., Zündelin, Wolfgang., Paullus, Andreas., Vulcob, Jean de, -1607., Wacker, Matthew, active 16th century., Perrot, Francis., Banosius, Theophilus., Ursinus, Zacharias, 1534-1583., Solms, Otto, Graf zu., Dohna, Fabian, Burggraf und Graf zu, 1550-1621., Peurbach, Georg von, 1423-1461., Slavata, Vilém, hrabě, 1572-1652., and Bizzarri, Pietro, 1525?-1586?
Subject (Topic):
Monarchy, Protestantism, History, Protestants, Catholics, Kings and rulers, Church history, and Foreign relations
Manuscript on paper in a neat bookhand of 57 devotional poems written in celebration of the feasts of the Roman Catholic Church from Trinity Sunday to the close of the Time after Pentecost. The volume opens with a 13 stanza poem, "For Trinitie Sunday,...
Fourth page of a monthly magazine that consisted of four pages; included on this page are five individually-titled images
Description:
Titles from text below images.
Publisher:
T. Mclean
Subject (Geographic):
Antwerp (Belgium) and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Maria II, Queen of Portugal, 1819-1853, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, Anglesey, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855, Newcastle, Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Duke of, 1785-1851, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Maltby, Edward, 1770-1859, Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Karl II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, 1804-1873, Knight, Charles, 1791-1873, Quentin, George Augustus, 1760-1851., and Georg V, King of Hannover, 1819-1878
Subject (Topic):
Siege, 1832, Catholics, Public opinion, Monkeys, and Arcimboldesque figures
"The irradiated head of George IV in profile to the left, is almost covered by the darkly shaded head of Wellington, which is almost full-face, but glaring to the right with fierce yet apprehensive melancholy. From this darkened mask slants down and t...
Alternative Title:
Eclipse lately discovered in the Georgium Sidus, and quite unexpected by any of the astronomers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
