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1.
An hieroglyphic answer [to] the [sailor]'s [letter] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[21 October 1776]
Call Number:
799.10.21.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A rhymed rebus purporting to be a reply to a sailor's letter from his girl, describing her fears for him upon hearing of a storm at sea, her joy at getting his letter, and her promise to remain true to him despite having other suitors
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 17[...], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Hieroglyphics, Love letters, and Military uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An hieroglyphic answer [to] the [sailor]'s [letter] [graphic].

2.
Fores's courting envelope [graphic].

Creator:
Leech, John, 1817-1864, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1840]
Call Number:
841.00.00.25
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's military envelope, Fores's huntin...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Fores at their Sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactory, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Courtship, Cupids, Love letters, and Postal stationery
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fores's courting envelope [graphic].

3.
On the wings of love [graphic].

Published / Created:
[12 May 1794]
Call Number:
794.05.12.33
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Courtship, Draperies, Living rooms, Love letters, Sofas, Wallpapers, Women, Writing materials, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On the wings of love [graphic].

4.
Royal love letters [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1809]
Call Number:
809.00.00.65+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, is dressed in an officer's uniform and seated at a writing desk next to a window. He turns to gaze at a portrait of his mistress, Mary Anne Clark, on the wall be...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Published by M.C. Springsguth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Writing materials, Mistresses, Love letters, and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Royal love letters [graphic].