"Satire on the election for County Durham, 14 April 1784: Sir Thomas Clavering and Sir John Upton, one headless, holding a caption labelled 'The Irish Faction for ever' and carrying the other, who has no feet, on his back, who says 'I serv'd you as long as I could stand' and carries captions lavelled 'Coal owners Bill' and 'A command in India'; both seated on an ass facing left, which brays 'Thus I go to Parliament and am not the first Ass that has farted for preferment, but this is dirty work and hard Labour' and which has a collar labelled 'I speak for my Master / Populus me sibilat at plaudo ipse domi' and strips at the saddle labelled 'Curse all Pitts / But a Coal-Pitt'; with the ass' droppings falling on a crest with the motto 'Diem Perdidi'; a mitre, crozier and sword and label 'At rest' on the ground in the centre, playing cards and papers labelled 'Turnpike Speech / Election Speech' to left; a milestone to right labelled 'From Durham / T: C / J: E / 14 April 1784'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Northern ass
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to W. Hutchinson from annotation on verso of British Museum impression. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1014.456., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark in the center of sheet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Clavering, Thomas, Sir, 1719-1794, Eden, John, Sir, 1740-1812, and Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Donkeys, Defecation, Traffic signs & signals, Miters, Crosiers, Daggers & swords, and Playing cards
Title from text below image., Date of publication suggested in dealer's description., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
A broadside illustrated with engraved head-and-shoulders portraits of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold at top of sheet followed by 29 lines of letterpress text mourning the death of the Charlotte on November 6th, 1817
Description:
Title from beginning of letterpress text., Portraits at top have the engraved captions "Princess Charlotte" and "Prince Leopold.", Biographical details immediately above lower border., "Price one shilling."--Below lower border., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
published not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, and Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,
"Portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe, full-length, in profile to the left, seated on a stool with his legs crossed at the sale of Dr. Johnson's books, with a walking stick in his hand, reading a book, with a tricorne over his long curling wig, dressed in an elegant frockcoat and breeches, a sword at his waist."--British Museum online catalogue and Full-length portrait of James Oglethorpe, English general and philanthropist, seated, in left profile
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "Publishd. Septr. 9, 1785, by I. Cary, No. 188, Strand", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1887,0406.58., Date of publication inferred from 1823 watermark., Picture caption, printed under image: Died 30th June 1785 Aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe - Sketch'd from life at the sale of Dr. Johnsons books Feby. 18, 1785 where the Genl. was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles - In 1706 he had an Ensigns commission in the Guards & remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 368., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 16.5, on sheet 27 x 20.8 cm., Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm., and Bound in as page 42 in volume 4 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785,
Subject (Topic):
Stools, Staffs (Sticks), Books, Reading, and Daggers & swords
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.
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.
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.
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Published / Created:
[after 1827]
Call Number:
File 652 F852 827
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Speech of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York in the House of Lords, April 25th, 1825
Description:
Caption title., Handbill with ornamental border, printed in gold., Possibly issued by the Protestant Union as they had a copy printed in gold on vellum for presentation to the Duke., The Duke of York declared his opposition to any Catholic concession with a speech in the House of Lords was greeted by anti-Emancipationists as the charter of their cause. Following the Duke’s intervention, emancipation for Catholics had to wait for the Catholic Relief Act passed in 1829., and For further information, consult library staff.