Caption title., First line: William Newitt aged ..., A crudely printed broadside with numerous typographical errors, the text in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution: a crowd watching four men hang from the gallows., Includes a report on the executions of William Newitt (for stealing 30 sheep), Thomas Maynard (for forging a payment of £1,900), Stephen Sandford and Will Lesslie (for an extensive burglary); the men were hanged on 31 December 1829. The final paragraph reports the extraordinary story of a failed plot (led by Sandford) to blow up Newgate prison and effect an escape., and Laid down; dated "Thursday Dec. 31st 1829" in contemporary manuscript. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Bishop, printer, 14 Shorts Gardens, Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Thieves, Forgery, Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Caption title., The formation of the University of Rational Amusement was announced in the London Courant on March 16, 1780., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Debates and debating, Societies, etc, Conduct of life, and Marriage
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: Ask you who is singing here ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by J. Pitts, 14, Great Saint Andrew Street, Seven Dials and Jennings, Upper Marylebone Street
Caption titles., Two poems to Queen Caroline, each in a separate column with a caption title and woodcut above., Imprint follows title in the first column and includes a second small woodcut below the text., The imprint appears below the text in the second column., In verse., First line of "Verses on the death of Her Majesty Queen Caroline": Hark! the doleful knell is tolling ..., First line of "A tribute to the memory of Queen Caroline": God save Queen Caroline ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Batchelar typ., Long Alley
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.
Engraved broadside poem published shortly after the death of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, father of the future Queen Victoria. The verses also commemorate Princess Charlotte, three years after her untimely death in 1817. With six vignette illustrations: at the top are images of the Duke of Kent, Kensington Palace, and the Duchess of Kent; and at the foot are images of Prince Leopold, Claremont House, and Princess Charlotte
Alternative Title:
Tear of respect to the memory of a generous & patriotic prince
Description:
Title from item., All engraved., The text, in two columns, begins: Hark, hark! what deep knell is now striking my ear ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Engraved & published 23rd March 1820 by Jas. Debaufer, 11 Creed Lane, Ludgate Street
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861,, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,, Claremont House (Surrey, England),, and Kensington Palace (London, England),
Caption title below woodcut., In verse., Text in two columns. First line: About five hundred years ago, there lived (at least folks tell us so) one Wanki Fongo ..., A comic folk song about the wedding of Wanki Fongo Chi Chou Chu, Chief of the Yankee Doodles., Imperfect; printing flaw with loss of bottom two lines of text in left-hand column and most of imprint., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by T. Birt, wholesale and retail, 10, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials, London
On Tuesday next a grand spectacle will be exhibited by the managers ...
Description:
Caption title., Dated in lower left: Oct. 26, 1812., A mock theater advertisement satirizing the controversial election in Weymouth when Prince Ernest Augustus was accused of influencing the election result in favour of the Tories., First lines: In the course of this farce, will be presented to the public, a splended [sic] procession in the order following: Britannia veiled, mourning her lost freedom ..., and With contemporary manuscript notes on the blank verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
G. Kay, printer, adjoining the Guildhall, St. Edmund-Street, Weymouth