Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized / Repository: Lewis Walpole Library / Subject (Topic): Description and travel

Published / Created:: Novr 6th, 1821.
Call Number:: 821.11.06.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The crowded cabin tilts to the right, to the dismay of a family party dining at a table in the foreground. There is a second table in the background with a meal in progress. The cabin is bordered on left and right by two tiers of berths, apparently f...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str., London
Subject (Geographic):: England, Margate (England), England., and Margate.
Subject (Topic):: Packets, Motion sickness, Ocean travel, Description and travel, Travel, and Vomiting
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Margate packet the effects of a squall, or a sudden shift of ballast / [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1815]
Call Number:: File 64 Sa141 815+++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Abstract:: A description of the island of Saint Helena, with twelve numbered points of interest keyed to the letterpress text below that appears on either side of the caption title. Below the title are two columns of text with detailed description of the topogra...
Description:: Caption title.
Publisher:: Printed for J. and E. Wallis, 42, Skinner-Street, Snow-Hill; and J. Wallis, Jun., Marine Library, Sidmouth
Subject (Geographic):: Saint Helena
Subject (Topic):: Description and travel and Economic conditions
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A descriptive sketch of the island of St. Helena : including its extent, climate, productions, population, government, means of defence, &c. &c.

Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 48
Image Count:: 93
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impre...
Description:: Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman.
Subject (Geographic):: England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
Subject (Topic):: English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A journey through England, 1752 May 8.

Creator:: Deeker, James
Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 50
Image Count:: 168
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a description of the author's tour through France and Italy in 1770, traveling with his master Robert Fellowes and Thomas Durrant, and recording his interactions with the inhabitants, curious sights, local hygienic pra...
Description:: James Deeker was one of the first aeronauts in England. His hot-air balloon ascent in Norwich in June, 1785, was witnessed by Horace's nephew, George, the 3rd Earl of Orford.
Subject (Geographic):: Europe., Europe, France, Italy, and Vesuvius (Italy)
Subject (Name):: Deeker, James.
Subject (Topic):: Grand tours (Education), Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Ruins, Social life and customs, and Description and travel
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Journal, 1770

Creator:: Ainslie, John (Surveyor)
Published / Created:: [1800]
Call Number:: Folio 15 800Ai
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: cartographic image
Alternative Title:: Scotland drawn and engraved from a series of angles and astronomical observations
Description:: Title from cartouche.
Publisher:: Printed and sold by the proprietor Thomas Brown, North Bridge Street, Edinburgh and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament with improvements till 1800 by Thomas Brown ... Edinburgh and William Faden ... London
Subject (Geographic):: Scotland, Orkney (Scotland), Shetland (Scotland), Scotland., Orkney., and Shetland.
Subject (Topic):: Description and travel and Travel
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Scotland : drawn and engrav'd from a series of angles and astronomical observations

Creator:: Young, Arthur, 1741-1820
Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 52
Image Count:: 208
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of descriptions of residences of English nobility. The author focuses on descriptions of the views from each seat and the landscape in which the house is situated; occasionally he also describes the archi...
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: England., England, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
Subject (Topic):: Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Homes and haunts, Nobility, Social life and customs, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Young's descriptions of noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, prospects, &c, in different parts of England, [ca. 1790].

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