Caption title., Date based on publisher J. Jennings's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 107., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: A down a dark alley I courted a maid ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London
Caption title., First line: We have the painful task ..., Mostly printed in two columns, with short section at the bottom in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution., The men, referred to in the text as ‘proper subjects for capital punishment’, were executed 29 November 1826 for the following crimes: Hayes was convicted of breaking into the dwelling-house of his employer; Boyce was part of a gang convicted for assault; King and Robinson were members of the Bethnal Green gang who committed ‘assault on the highway’; and Nicholls and Goulby were convicted of robbing a ‘poor old man ... attended with the most cruel and brutal violence’., and Contemporary ink annotation on verso noting the date of the execution. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Birt, 10, Great St. Andrews Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Assault and battery), Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
"Trade card of Peter Griffin, printseller, at Dial and Three Crowns, Next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street, from the late Overtons; text on sheet at the centre with clock face and three crowns above; with various prints overlapping behind it, including maps, portraits, satires, and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.32., Imprint engraved at top of plate; date of publication below image, lower right., Engraved above the image is a detailed list of wares for sale: All sorts of maps both foreign & English, fine French, Italian, Dutch, and English Prints; metzo-tinto heads, & historys black, or painted on glass; fitteth up Gent. halls, or large rooms [with] maps or prints on rolers, neatly puts into frames & glasses any of [the] above goods. NB. Where merchants, or sea commanders, country or town chapmen may be supplied wth. quanteties [sic] of the above goods, at the most reasonable rates, for exportation &c., and Date "1747" added in ink in lower right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by Peter Griffin, map & printseller at the Three Crowns & Dial, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street
Title from item., Handbill, on card stock., Verso blank., Printed card advertising a Regency private theatrical performance. A location of London is suggested by the identity of one of the performers. "Mrs. Weippart," Penelope Weippert, née Blane (-1846), wife of John Michael Weippart (1775-1831), harpist, was a professional actress connected with the Theatre Royal on the Strand., Signed at the end: Stage carpenter, Mr. Riordan., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Colman, George, 1762-1836.
National Repository for the Exhibition of Specimens of New and Improved Productions of the Artisans and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Description:
Title from item., "Patron, the King"--Above title., Imprint statement from text in decorative border beginning at the top, left margin, right margin, and bottom., "National Repository for the Exhibition of Specimens of New and Improved Productions of the Artisans and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom"--Verso., Printed in black, sanguine, silver, and gold inks., and Mounted to 20 x 13 cm; with a clipping below describing the Howlett printing firm and their invention of printing in gold (Cf. Page 174 of: Cardwell, J. Two centuries of Soho. London : Truslove and Hanson, 1898). For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Howlett and Brimmer, printers in gold to the Society of Arts, Frith Street, Soho
Caption title., A report on a speech of Lord Brougham, who led Queen Caroline’s defence during her trial at the House of Lords between August and November 1820., First line: This day her Majesty did not arrive in St. James's-square till twelve o-clock ..., and Partially edge-mounted. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
H. Ruff, printer
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
Caption title., Date based on publisher J. Jennings's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 107., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: I sigh and lament me in vain ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Jennings, No. 15, Water Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament for an act for the discharge of insolvent debtors
Description:
Caption title., Docket title: Reasons humbly offer'd to both houses of Parliament for an act for the discharge of insolvent debtors. From the prison of Ludgate., The specific reference to Prison of Ludgate suggests a date of 1715; reforms were put before the House of Commons in a Bill in May/June 1715., Not in ESTC., and With stitching holes to gutter margin. For further information, consult library staff.
A layout using letterpress showing the interior of Westminster Hall, layed out for the trial of William Lord Byron for killing William Chaworth in a duel; trial was held in April 1765
Description:
Caption title. and Publication date based on date of the trial.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England). and Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798
Title from top line of text., A letter addressed to 'Madam' describing the copy and the quality of its work with attestations from the Royal family., and With three blind offical stamps on lower edge.