Caption title., Two columns of text within mourning border., A broadside recording the death of Queen Caroline in August 1821. "The struggle is over! Hope, fear, anxiety, are now alike at a end! Caroline Queen of England is no more! Her Majesty departed this life at 25 minutes past ten on Tuesday night, the 7th of August, 1821 ... The tragedy of the persecution and death of a Queen is at length brought to a close ...", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Marshall, printer, Newcastle
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
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,
Caption title., "London, Tuesday evening, half-past ten o'clock.", First line: The struggle is over! Hope, fear, anxiety, are now alike at an end! ..., Printer identified from entry in British Book Trade Index., and Laid on to blue paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Plant, printer, Derby
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Minerva Press broadside detailing the unfortunate end of Louis XVI on the guillotine, January 21, 1793 in Paris. The broadside includes a woodcut illustration of a man lying face down waiting for the blade of the guillotine to drop; the decree of the French National Convention authorizing the execution of "Louis Capet;" descriptions of his execution and of the guillotine--"the modern beheading machine"--and a few anecdotes indicating "that for some time [the king] had been expecting his fate."
Description:
One of several variants; in this edition, the text of the second column begins with the words: "middle of the square, directly facing the gate of the garden of the Tuileries..." See also English short title catalogue, nos. T194096 and T039027., Caption title., Text printed in two columns; text and illustration within double-ruled black border., "Price three-pence.", "Where may be had an exact and authenticated copy of his will, price one-penny"--Lower margin., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed at the Minerva Office, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, and sold wholesale at one guinea per hundred and And retail by every bookseller, stationer, &c. in England, Scotland and Ireland
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Politics and government, Foreign public opinion, British, and Public opinion
Caption title., With a woodcut portrait of Queen Caroline above two columns of text, within a mourning border., First line: In what rapid succession has death been making its inroads upon the Royal Family of England! ..., and Laid on to cream card. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by P. White, 25, New-street, Bishopsgate, for the Religious Tract Society, and sold by J. Davis, at their Depository, 56, Paternoster-row; and J. Nisbet, 15, Castle-street, Oxford-street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
An illustrated broadside with text describing in detail the ceremonies and events around the funeral and burial of Queen Caroline from Monday 13th August as her body lay in state at Brandenburgh House, through the early afternoon interment in Brunswick on 25th August. The broadside records the argument between Sir George Naylor and Mr. Bailey who had assigned responsibility for the events by the George IV and the Caroline's executor Dr. Lushington. The official route attempted to negate the threat of violence from a mob by steering it away from the city center. However, a mob blocked the cortege's path forcing it to re-route through the city. Chaos erupted and soldiers opened fire killing two men and other injuries. The internment was precided over by J.W. Wolff who said a prayer in German, a translation of which is included in the text of the broadside
Description:
Caption title. and Text in four columns; illustrated with a portrait of Queen Caroline at top, a large woodcut (11 x 20 cm) of the funeral procession below, and a small woodcut of the coffin in the bottom left corner.
Publisher:
Carrall, printer, near Foss Bridge, York
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Funeral processions, and Coffins
Caption title., Broadside, with three paragraphs of text within thick mourning border and initialed ‘J.W.L.’ at the end. ‘From the Morning Post of Nov. 11th’ printed in lower left. Beneath the title are three lines quoted from Lord Lyttleton's 'To the memory of the same lady, a monody. A.D. 1747.', First line: Even thus in the flower of youth - in the bloom of loveliness - ..., and Laid on to a slightly larger modern sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817