Manuscript signed by the Prime Minister, Robert Walpole ordering George Earl of Halifax to arrange payment to the merchant Jonathan Forward, for transporting 66 convicts from Newgate Jail to His Majesties plantations in America aboard the ship Anne, Captain Thomas Wrangham, Commander. The transportation of British convicts to the colonies in America and the West Indies first began in 1617, having been authorised by James I in 1615, but ceased to function by the end of the 17th century due to objections by the colonies themselves and the plantation owners. Consequently, an Act of Parliament was passed in 1718 'for the more effectual transportation of felons'. In accordance with the Transportation Act 1717, Forward was contracted to transport felons from Newgate Prison and from numerous home counties. The ship Anne which was used for the transportation described in this document had originally been a slaver. Also signed by Charles Turney and R. Edgcumbe, this document orders the payment of 264 pounds to Forward, 'For the Allowance of Four Pounds per head for and upon sixty six Malefactors who were lately lying in Newgate in the City of London under Sentence of Transportation."
Description:
In English., In brown ink on cream laid paper., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, approximately 1684-1739. and Forward, Jonathan, 1680-1760.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Penal transportation, and Law and legislation
"A fight between two robbers, one of them a woman, and three armed runners on the road by a milestone marked as 11 miles from St Giles's Pound."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., One line of text directly below title: A burlesque parody on that tender song call'd Love & Glory. Written & sung by Gaby Grim., Twelve lines of verse arranged in three columns above imprint statement: Young Bobby was as blythe a youth, As ever grac'd an attic story ..., Plate numbered '449' in the lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 12, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Street scene. The showman (right) stands in profile to the right looking up at Punch and Judy who perform on their tiny stage, the supports of which are covered by a checked material. A monkey wearing a cocked hat and coat stands on his shoulder and takes an apple from the basket on the head of an apple-woman. A man plays a hurdy-gurdy in the foreground on the extreme right. The spectators gaze up intensely amused: A milkman (left), his yoke on his shoulder, has put down his pail, from which a second monkey dressed as a woman is drinking. A young woman holds out a hat for coins, while she picks the pocket of a spectator. A third monkey crouches on the ground. Beneath the title: 'Now 's the Time for Mirth & Glee, - Sing & Laugh & Dance with me.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Punch's puppet show
Description:
Title below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse below title: Now's the time for mirth & glee ..., Plate numbered '161' in lower left corner., and One of a series of Drolls.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Criminals, Crowds, Dogs, Milkmen, Monkeys, Organ grinders, Peddlers, Puppet shows, Spectators, and Street vendors
Copy (not reversed) of the first state of Plate 6th of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 137): Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a collar "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Ruined at a gaming table, Rake's progress. Plate 6, and If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 6"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the sixth of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image on left and text on right.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Sarah Malcolm, three-quarter length, turned to right but looking to left, her hands resting on a simple wooden table
Description:
Title etched below image., Pirated by an unknown printmaker; possibly the first state without the price added above image. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., See note in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 129., Mounted on page 72 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Sarah Malcolm, three-quarter length, turned to right but looking to left, her hands resting on a simple wooden table
Description:
Title etched below image., Pirated by an unknown printmaker; second state with price added above image. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Etched above image: Price 6d., and See note in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd edition), numbers 129.
Sarah Malcolm, three-quarter length, turned to right but looking to left, her hands resting on a simple wooden table
Description:
Title etched below image., Pirated by an unknown printmaker; second state with price added above image. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Etched above image: Price 6d., See note in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd edition), numbers 129., and On page 53 in volume 1. Plate mark 200 x 177 mm.
A reversed copy of a Hogarth print. Portrait of Sarah Malcolm, shown three-quarter length and seated as she leans with her hands on a table to left, looking back over her left shoulder. She wears a white apron and a white shawl over her head
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on publication of Hogarth's version., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., See note in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 129., and On page 53 in volume 1.
A reversed copy of a Hogarth print. Portrait of Sarah Malcolm, shown three-quarter length and seated as she leans with her hands on a table to left, looking back over her left shoulder. She wears a white apron and a white shawl over her head
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on publication of Hogarth's version., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., See note in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 129., Mounted on page 59 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : mezzotint on wove paper ; sheet 19.1 x 17.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge.
Sarah Malcolm, three-quarter length, turned to right but looking to left, her hands resting on a simple wooden table
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Etched above image: Price 6d., and On page 53 in volume 1. A pencilled note in Steeven's hand below print: In 1799, this print was sold by auction for seven guineas.
