Date from manuscript annotation on Lewis Walpole Library copy., Printed bill from William Grundy for instruction at his Parr Hall boarding academy for young ladies near St. Helens in what was then Lancashire, with itemized list subjects, lessons, goods and services offered., and Completed in manuscript and addressed to "Mrs. Gordon," the bill is dated "Dec. 18th, 1821" and covers "6 months' board and education of Miss Gordon ..." It was receipted and signed by "Wm. Grundy" on 8 January 1822, with a footnote that the school "will re-open on Jany. 22nd." For further information, consult library staff.
A group of three students wearing mortar caps sit in the center of a classroom as their examiners on either side pose questions in Latin. The large student in the middle rubs his chin, a worried look on his face. In the foreground on the right, a dog urinates on an open volume of Aristotle
Alternative Title:
Examination in the public schoots at Ox-d for a degree and Examination in the public schools at Oxford for a degree
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably by James Hook., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Britannia with olive branch on oval shield with crown above.
Publisher:
Pub. June 20, 1789, by I. Bradshaw, Coventry St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
Students, Education, Dogs, Classrooms, Examinations, Teachers, and Urination
Autograph manuscript arithmetic notebook by Sarah North Pike, 1686, annotated with Pike family records, 1695-1771; and 18 birth certificates for members of the Pike family, printed forms completed in manuscript, dated at Cork, 1724-1776. Arithmetic notes include instructions and practice examples for addition, subtraction, multiplication, reduction, weights and measures, the golden ratio, and barter; calligraphic writing and drawings in colored inks; and brief references to the Sarah North Pike, her teacher Elizabeth Beane, and the North family. Birth certificates and family records document births, marriages, and deaths of children born to Sarah North Pike, 1695-1707, Agnes Riggs Pike, 1721-1723, Mary Randall Pike, 1723-1744, Anne Clibbon Pike, 1766-1771, and Katherine Hutchinson Pike, 1776. Birth certificates are signed by midwives, including male midwives, 1768-1776
Description:
Sarah North Pike (1666-1716) was a daughter of Mary North and Thomas North, of Lewin’s Mead, in Bristol, England. Sarah North married Thomas Pope in 1687; in 1693 she married Ebenezer Pike (1662-1724), of Cork, Ireland, a son of Elizabeth Jackson Pike (1636-1688) and Richard Pike (1627-1688). In 1720, Ebenezer Pike married Agnes Riggs Pike (circa 1690-1723). Children of Sarah North Pike and Ebenezer Pike included Richard Pike (1696-1763), who married Mary Randall Pike (1699-1775) in 1722; their children included Ebenezer Pike (1724-1785), who married Anne Clibbon Pike (1730-1801) in 1765, and Samuel Pike (1726-1796), who married Katherine Hutchinson Pike (1744-1813) in 1769. Members of the Pike family were Quakers and were active as merchants and bankers in Cork, where members of the family founded Pike’s Bank and the Cork Steamship Company., In English., Title page of arithmetic notebook: Sarah North her book, scholler to Eliz Beane, Mrs in the art of writing and arithmetic, anno 1686., and Binding of arithmetic notebook: full calf with gold-tooled covers and spine, page edges gilt, and marbled end papers.
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland, Cork, and Cork (Ireland)
Subject (Name):
Beane, Elizabeth., Pike, Agnes Riggs, approximately 1690-1723., Pike, Anne Clibbon, 1730-1801., Pike, Ebenezer, 1662-1724., Pike, Ebenezer, 1724-1785., Pike, Katherine Hutchinson, 1744-1813., Pike, Mary Randall, 1699-1775., Pike, Richard, 1696-1763., Pike, Samuel, 1726-1796., Pike, Sarah North, 1666-1716., and Pike family.
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic, Study and teaching, Calligraphy, Midwifery, Midwives, Penmanship, English, Quakers, Women, Education, Women midwives, Weights and measures, Intellectual life, and Social life and customs
Imprints lack dates; publication dates from dates of issue., Individual issues have designations: v. 1: Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1802)-vol. 1, no. 8 (December 1802); v. 2: Vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1803)-vol. 2, no. 16 (August 1803); v. 3: Vol. 3, no. 17 (January 1804)-vol. 3, no. 20 (October 1804); v. 4: Vol. 4, no. 21 (January 1805)-vol. 4, no. 24 (September 1805); v. 5: Vol. 5, no. 25 (December 1805)-vol. 5, no. 28 (September 1806)., Description based on: Vol. I (from May to December inclusive, 1802); title from title page., and Latest issue consulted: Vol. V (for 1806).
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Published by J. Hatchard ..., J. Brettell, printer ...)., Published by J. Hatchard ..., and Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington ... and J. Hatchard ... J. Brettell, printer ...).
Imprints lack dates; publication dates from dates of issue., Individual issues have designations: v. 1: Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1802)-vol. 1, no. 8 (December 1802); v. 2: Vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1803)-vol. 2, no. 16 (August 1803); v. 3: Vol. 3, no. 17 (January 1804)-vol. 3, no. 20 (October 1804); v. 4: Vol. 4, no. 21 (January 1805)-vol. 4, no. 24 (September 1805); v. 5: Vol. 5, no. 25 (December 1805)-vol. 5, no. 28 (September 1806)., Description based on: Vol. I (from May to December inclusive, 1802); title from title page., and Latest issue consulted: Vol. V (for 1806).
Publisher:
Published by J. Hatchard ..., J. Brettell, printer ...)., Published by J. Hatchard ..., and Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington ... and J. Hatchard ... J. Brettell, printer ...).
Imprints lack dates; publication dates from dates of issue., Individual issues have designations: v. 1: Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1802)-vol. 1, no. 8 (December 1802); v. 2: Vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1803)-vol. 2, no. 16 (August 1803); v. 3: Vol. 3, no. 17 (January 1804)-vol. 3, no. 20 (October 1804); v. 4: Vol. 4, no. 21 (January 1805)-vol. 4, no. 24 (September 1805); v. 5: Vol. 5, no. 25 (December 1805)-vol. 5, no. 28 (September 1806)., Description based on: Vol. I (from May to December inclusive, 1802); title from title page., and Latest issue consulted: Vol. V (for 1806).
Publisher:
Published by J. Hatchard ..., J. Brettell, printer ...)., Published by J. Hatchard ..., and Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington ... and J. Hatchard ... J. Brettell, printer ...).
Imprints lack dates; publication dates from dates of issue., Individual issues have designations: v. 1: Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1802)-vol. 1, no. 8 (December 1802); v. 2: Vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1803)-vol. 2, no. 16 (August 1803); v. 3: Vol. 3, no. 17 (January 1804)-vol. 3, no. 20 (October 1804); v. 4: Vol. 4, no. 21 (January 1805)-vol. 4, no. 24 (September 1805); v. 5: Vol. 5, no. 25 (December 1805)-vol. 5, no. 28 (September 1806)., Description based on: Vol. I (from May to December inclusive, 1802); title from title page., and Latest issue consulted: Vol. V (for 1806).
Publisher:
Published by J. Hatchard ..., J. Brettell, printer ...)., Published by J. Hatchard ..., and Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington ... and J. Hatchard ... J. Brettell, printer ...).
Imprints lack dates; publication dates from dates of issue., Individual issues have designations: v. 1: Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1802)-vol. 1, no. 8 (December 1802); v. 2: Vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1803)-vol. 2, no. 16 (August 1803); v. 3: Vol. 3, no. 17 (January 1804)-vol. 3, no. 20 (October 1804); v. 4: Vol. 4, no. 21 (January 1805)-vol. 4, no. 24 (September 1805); v. 5: Vol. 5, no. 25 (December 1805)-vol. 5, no. 28 (September 1806)., Description based on: Vol. I (from May to December inclusive, 1802); title from title page., and Latest issue consulted: Vol. V (for 1806).
Publisher:
Published by J. Hatchard ..., J. Brettell, printer ...)., Published by J. Hatchard ..., and Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington ... and J. Hatchard ... J. Brettell, printer ...).
