Caption title., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards, bills, &c. cheap and neatly printed., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Ye wives of Britain's Isle resent the suff'rings of our Queen ..., Printed on same sheet with another slip song: A new song. Royal Caroline. Tune, -- Soldiers gratitude., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Court
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., A broadside recording the details of a murder of Ann Clark, committed by the accused Thomas Smith her lodger in Dorchester and the subsequent arrest and trial of Smith for the crime. Clark hanged himself the night before his planned execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Caption title., In two columns., An account of Queen Caroline's triumphant and provocative procession to St. Paul's on November 29th following the withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill which signified victory over her husband, George IV, at her trial in the House of Lords. Her triumph was celebrated jubilantly by the general public who lined the streets to see her proceed from Brandenburgh House to St. Paul's. "The houses were absolutely roofed with people, and the fronts of them almost invisible from the crowds that filled the windows, &c. The flags were so numerous and varied that they resembled a bed of beautiful tulips.", First line: At an early hour this morning the streets of the metropolis ..., and Laid on to sugar paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Muir, printer
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Spilsbury, Jonathan, approximately 1737-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 17, 1766.
Call Number:
Topos N878 no. 2++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
A view of Dilston Hall with its grounds, gardens, and river in foreground. On the far end of the bridge over the river on the right sits a woman with her back to the viewer; a man with a cane walks past her. Other figures in the foreground include a fisherman with a dog addressing a man with a raised cane and a dog at his heels; a woman with a hat appears to have a kerchief to her eye as she views the two men. In the right foreground a woman sits on the grass with child standing in front of her. In the left foreground another two men with walking sticks converse, one has a dog. A poem engraved in three columns below the image laments the death of the Earl
Description:
Title engraved above image., Plate signed below image., and Verses below image begin: How mournful feeble nature's tone, when Dilston-Hall appears ...
Publisher:
Drawn on the spot by Thos. Oliver of Hexham in Northumberland, & published according to act of Parliament
Subject (Geographic):
England, Northumberland., and England.
Subject (Name):
Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, Earl of, 1689-1716 and Dilston Castle (Dilston, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Castles & palaces, Jacobites, and Estates
Plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke
Description:
BEIN Osborn fpa22: Illustrated title page hand-colored in green, red and tan. Autograph: Thos. Martin. Contemporary manuscript notes and markings. Armorial bookplate of John Whipple Frothingham (1878-1935), nephew and heir of William August White (1843-1927)., Title within illustrated border., Leaf [par.]4r has third and fourth bar of music in red and black; verso of 2nd leaf and recto of 3rd leaf of final gathering in red and black., Signatures: [A]² B-2A⁴ 2B⁶ [par.]⁴ *⁴ [three dots in a pyramid]⁴., Entered to P. Short and W. Hoskins 9 October 1596., and Errata on second leaf of final gathering.
Publisher:
By Peter Short dwelling on Breedstreet hill at the signe of the Starre
An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whipped by presumably enslaved "black men" described in detail in the verses below
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns., Partially in verse; the short description of Wall's execution is followed by a six stanza poem, with the heading "A copy of verses on the melancholy occasion.", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: - Where may be had, price 6d. the Trial of Governor Wall, including a biographical account of his life, and the whole particulars of his execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people
Search for truth and Inquiry for the origin of the African nation
Description:
BEIN Slavery Pamphlets 61: No. 7 of 16 titles bound together., Cover title., and "Published for, and by the request of, Christopher Rush, a descendant of Africa"--Cover.
Publisher:
Printed for the Proprietor
Subject (Topic):
Black people, History, African Americans, Race identity, and Social conditions
Caption title., In two columns., A mock prayer sheet in support of Queen Caroline. ‘Almighty and everlasting God ... we humbly beseech thee to grant thine especial favour to our lawful, gracious, and well beloved Caroline, Queen of these dominions ... we beseech thee to inspire thy people universally to join in unfeigned prayer and supplication, that thou will protect and preserve our Gracious Queen, in tis her time of trial, against the machinations of all her enemies, both foreign and domestic; against all spies and base insinuators, so that their endeavours be brought to nought ...’, and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate-hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Surprising negro from the Gold Coast and To the virtuosi in anatomy and to all lovers of natural curiosities
Description:
At head of title: To the virtuosi in anatomy and to all lovers of natural curiosities. There is now to be seen at Mr. Symes's Peruke-maker, opposite the Mews Wall, Charing-Cross., Caption title., and Date of publication based on the advertisement's reference to the 4 December 1751 meeting of the Royal Society.