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
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: A sweet country life is both pleasant and charming ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14 Great St. Street, Andrew Seven Dials
"A broadside on Matthew Skeggs, a publican who became famous for miming music-making with a broomstick while making matching vocal sounds; with a round mezzotint after a painting by Thomas King, showing Skeggs facing towards the right, next to the portrait an etched broomstick surmounted by a dancing hog, and a suspended horn; with engraved title and verses of one poem and of one song text by Henry Howard in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello
Description:
Engraved broadside, in verse in two columns., Printmaker identified as Richard Houston in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum., At head of title: Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello. The famous Skegginallo that grunts so pretty upon his broomsticado. Such music he has made, O. Twill spoil the fiddling trade, O. And that's a pity. ..., and Mezzotint portrait at head signed, with fictitious signature: "G Pigganinne Fecit". After a portrait by Thomas King.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head, in Fleet Street
Tragical ballad, of the unfortunate love of Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor
Description:
In three columns with the title above the first two; a woodcut is in middle of the second column; imprint is below the third column; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Verse begins: "Lord Thomas he was a bold forester,"., Mounted on leaf 72. 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:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Man-woman relationships, Murder, Suicide, Courtship, Betrayal, Decapitations, Dead persons, and Daggers & swords
Silvester, Richard William, 1769 or 1770-1842, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1800 and 1820]
Call Number:
800.00.00.106+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Trade card with all engraved text and with large (64 x 166 mm) engraved illustration at top showing aviaries and menagerie surrmounted by a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
James Pilton's manufactory, King's Road, Chelsea, Middx. ...
Description:
Title engraved above image., Text below image continues: ... establish'd under the distinguished patronage of their Majesties & Royal Family. Pleasure ground fences on an improv'd principle, ... wrought iron gates, ..., libraries ..., hot houses, conservatories, & all kinds of horticultural buildings ..., menageries, ... as also stock’d with all kinds of pheasants, poultry & water fowl ..., awnings, varandahs, alcoves & summer retreats, aviaries, pheasantries & dove cotes, ... The warehouse No. 204, Piccadilly, London, near St. James's Church ..., Date from the years that James Pilton was active: ca. 1800-1820. See British Musem online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a variant trade card of James Pilton, using the same illustration but varying in text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,85.238., and Window mounted to 44 x 33 cm. For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 98 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Title continues: Sells Hollands, Irish & Scotch linnens, muslins, callicoes, dowlas, Silesias, long strip'd & flower'd lawns, printed & strip'd cottons & linnens, Manchester & London made checks, with all other sorts of linnen drapery., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 40 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Caption title., Printed on silk, within decorative borders. Engraved portrait of "Caroline Queen of England" beneath title., Broadside addressed from the Brass Founders and Braziers in support of Queen Caroline in October 1820, a month before the withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill which aimed to annul Caroline’s marriage to George IV. Beneath the address is a response from Queen Caroline together with an ‘Order of the Procession’ in support of the queen., First lines: May it please Your Most Excellent Majesty. We, the operative Workers of Brass ... do most humbly and dutifully approach your Most Gracious Majesty, to offer our congratulations on your Majesty’s return ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Cowie, 58 Shoe Lane, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Brass Founders and Braziers.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box., and With contemporary annotation "Pictures April 17 & 18" completing the blank space, in brown ink.