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- Call Number:
- Ayd19 C16 F8
- Image Count:
- 26
- Alternative Title:
- Almanack and prognostication ...
- Description:
- BEIN Ayd19 C16 F8 1590: MS notes in contemporary hand.
- Subject (Topic):
- Almanacs, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Frende. An almanack and prognostication ... Framed according to lawful art, and referred specially to the meridian and pole artick of the citie of Canterbury but may serue generally without any great errour for all England
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1656]
- Call Number:
- 656.12.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The punishment of James Nayler; two scenes in Wesminster; on the left, Nayler tied to the back of a cart and whipped; on the right, Nayler standing at the pillory, his tongue being bored through. See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- James Nailor Quaker
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Caption continues: ... Som dayes after, Stood too howers more on the Pillory at the Exchange, and there had his Tongue Bored throug with a hot Iron, & Stigmatized in the Forehead with the Letter: B: Decem: 17 anno Dom: 1656.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.
- Subject (Topic):
- Quakers, Persecutions, Branding (Punishment), Pillories, Punishment devices, and Stocks (Punishment)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Iames Nailor Quaker set 2 howers on the pillory at Westminster, whiped by the hangman to the old Exchange, London ... [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1695]
- Call Number:
- 695.00.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Cupid mourning, standing in front of the tomb of Queen Mary, hands crossed over his breast, looking down to left at a banderolle inscribed 'Pastora is no more' lying on the edge of the dais on which the casket stands, wearing an empty quiver and cloak, his broken bow and arrows cast on the ground nearby; the tomb decorated with swag and the Garter star; mountains in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image. and Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- John Smith
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694 and Cupid (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > In obitum serenissimae Mariae Reginae Angliae &c. [graphic]
5.
- Published / Created:
- [1663]
- Call Number:
- 663.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Jack Adams, known as "the cunning man of Clerkenwell Green", an astrologer, at a table casting a horoscope, a tobacco pipe tucked into his belt. A woman wearing a torn cap and collar, and over whose head is written "the queene of slutes", stands behind him touching his shoulder asking him to tell her fortune. In the lower right corner, the head and shoulders of a man appear; he holds out his hat with his left hand and with the right offers coins to the astrologer, asking "Is she a princess". On the table, as well as the horoscope on which Adams writes, is an inkwell with another quill, an almanack lettered "Poor Robin's Path to Knowledge" and a horn-book; on the wall behind hangs a medal with the head of a man in a turban; two shelves are partly concealed by a curtain, the top shelf has books and a fool's wand with a horse's head and the shelf below has children's toys, a drum and spinning tops with whips."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., According to the British Museum catalogue: According to Stephens the subject is John Carleton who married the notorious imposter Mary Carleton, "the German princess", in 1663., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Adams, Jack, active 1664, and Carleton, John, 1645-
- Subject (Topic):
- Astrologers, Couples, and Toys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Magnifico smokentissimo custardissimo astrologissimo cunningmanissimo rabbinissimo viro Iacko Adams de Clarkenwell Greeno hanc lovelissiman sui pictura [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1680]
- Call Number:
- 676.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Scene [9] in a broadside on the Popish Plot, 1678., From: A true narrative of the horrid hellish popish plot ... The second part., One of twelve images from No. 1093 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and Mounted to 11 x 11 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Oates, Titus, 1649-1705
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Since naught but blowes is to be got wise Oates discovers Iesuits plot [graphic].
- Creator:
- Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1695]
- Call Number:
- Portraits D718a no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Double portrait as children, seen whole-length to front, with tame young doe; Lord Lionel holding garland of flowers and standing beside and looking towards his sister, seated on wall, holding small spaniel on her lap; park behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Lord Buckhurst and Lady Mary Sackvil his sister
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Place and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4434., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Dorset, Lionel Cranfield Sackville, Duke of, 1688-1765,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Lord Buckhurst & Lady Mary Sackvil his sister [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kip, Johannes, 1653-1722, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1699?]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 131++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bird's eye view of the Duke of Beaufort's house at Chelsea, surrounded by formal gardens, with the river in the foreground and Holland House, Camden House and Kensington House in the background"--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
- Alternative Title:
- House at Chelsea in the county of Middlesex ...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Variant (earlier?) state of a plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., and Plate numbered "13" in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Houses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The house att Chelsey in the county of Middlesex, one of the seats of The Most Noble & Potent Prince Henry Duke of Beaufort, Marquesse & Earle of Worcester, Baron Herbert of Chepstow, Raglan & Gower and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1699 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1696?]
- Call Number:
- 696.00.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left, a tall woman in a long night dress, camisole and a lace and ribbon head covering is seated in a late 17th-century chair, looking to her right. One of her feet, in a pointed fabric slipper of the late 17th century, is in the stocks that stand in front of her. Behind on her right is a small table covered with cloth. A plate with a wedge of cheese on it and a knife are on top, with an inscription above: Pray tast [sic] if you please. On the right side of image, a small woman in a similar costume stands in front of the stocks. The scene is out of doors in a lovely landscape of hills and trees. Above the horizon line between the two women appear four lines of dialog: Little miss, what say you? Madam, my night raile gives no heat. You say yours does 'its but a cheat. Therefore, pray Madam, keep your seat
- Alternative Title:
- Night rail
- Description:
- Title from the first line of verse., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: The night raile 'tis a cunning subtile thing In summer 'its coole in winter heat doth bring ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: night-gown -- Night rails -- Stocks -- Furniture., and Probably a late 18th century restrike.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The night raile [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1670 and 1700?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication from English short title catalogue., Verse begins: "If Rosamond, that was so fair,"., In six columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 59. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Name):
- Shore, Jane, d. 1527?
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitutes, Kings and rulers, Mythology, Religious aspects, and Portrait prints
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The woeful lamentation of Jane Shore