Anniversary meeting of the Guardians of the Asylum : at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on [blank] May 19th, 179 [blank]. Dinner ticket, price 10s. 6d.
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Description
- Title
- Anniversary meeting of the Guardians of the Asylum : at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on [blank] May 19th, 179 [blank]. Dinner ticket, price 10s. 6d.
- Creator
- Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
- Contributor
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Ryley, Charles Reuben, 1752?-1798, artist.
Skelton, William, 1763-1848, printmaker. - Published / Created
- [179-]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans. At top is a scene of a woman leading three orphan children away to the left, while the bodies of soldiers are taken away to the right; text with the details of the meeting engraved below. The whole is enclosed within a border of leaves
- Description
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Caption title.
All engraved.
Illustration is signed: C.R. Ryley delin.; W. Skelton sculp.
Beneath title are the names of six "Stewards", engraved on either side of a small image of a woman with the caption "When my father and my mother foresake me, the Lord taketh me up".
"Dinner to be on table at half past four o'clock precisely. No collection after dinner."--Bottom of sheet.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Maggs Bros.; November 2022.
- Extent
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : 26.1 x 21 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- File 66 79- As861
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Invitations
Engravings England London 1790 - Material
- 1 illustration ;
- Resource Type
- text and still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
- Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
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Orphanages
Charities
Charity
Orphans
Soldiers
British - Subjects
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Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
Orphanages > England > London
Charities > England > London
Charity
Orphans
Soldiers > British
England > London > 1790
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16473488
- Object ID (OID)
- 33114404