"Funeral ticket, with a scene of a funeral procession arrived at a church, the pall being drawn back, the parish clerk on the steps at left, a clergyman reading the exordium of the burial service at the head of the procession; the mourners following the coffin, a crowd of onlookers behind, one man clinging to a pillar to see above the others"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson., Receipt text below image: You are desired to accompany [the] corps of [blank] from h[his/her] late dwelling in [blank] to [blank] on [blank] next at [blank] of the clock in the evening. Perform'd by Humphrey Drew, undertaker, in King-Street, Westminster., This impression has been cut, with loss of receipt area., Ms. note in Steevens's hand on page above print: Original. Note on mount below print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. P. 419 / Sold at Mr. Gulston's auction for £5.7.6., and On page 46 in volume 1. Plate mounted on sheet: 15.3 x 20.5 cm.
Publisher:
Humphrey Drew
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Topic):
Funerals, Undertakers and undertaking, Crowds, and Funeral processions
Watercolor drawing depicting a large ungulate, probably a wildebeest (gnu). Drawing could have been made from a captive or preserved specimen
Description:
Title from local catalog card; title based on descriptive note in Richard Bull's hand on a separate sheet (7.8 x 18.7 cm) that accompanies the drawing: This animal, very rarely to be met with, was taken in the year 1774 in land in Africa, latitude 25 or 26 degrees. It was about the size of a large bullock., Unsigned; artist not identified., Place of production based on the country of residence of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Date of production based on the year mentioned in the descriptive note for the animal's capture or killing., Formerly laid in at page 59 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Watermark: J. Whatman., Matted with manuscript note to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a large ungulate, probably a wildebeest (gnu). Drawing could have been made from a captive or preserved specimen
Description:
Title from local catalog card; title based on descriptive note in Richard Bull's hand on a separate sheet (7.8 x 18.7 cm) that accompanies the drawing: This animal, very rarely to be met with, was taken in the year 1774 in land in Africa, latitude 25 or 26 degrees. It was about the size of a large bullock., Unsigned; artist not identified., Place of production based on the country of residence of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Date of production based on the year mentioned in the descriptive note for the animal's capture or killing., Formerly laid in at page 59 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Watermark: J. Whatman., Matted with manuscript note to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a phyllosoma larva of a slipper lobster, attached to a fishing line
Description:
Title from local catalog card; title based on descriptive note in the artist's hand on a separate sheet (3 x 20 cm) that was formerly attached to verso of drawing and is now mounted below it: This insect was taken by Capn. Sands in his voyage from the East-Indias, as he was fishing, some h[u]ndred leagues from land, it stuck to the angleing [sic] line., Artist from signature at end of descriptive note that was attached to verso: T. Robins 17[...?]., Date at end of artist's signature partially trimmed away; date of production from unverified data in local catalog card record., Place of production based on the country of residence of artist and the collector., Formerly laid in at page 57 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted with manuscript note to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
BEIN Globe 41: From the library of Stephen F. Gates. Accompanied by display plate., Title devised by cataloger., In a spherical case with a celestial planisphere on the interior., and The globe shows the tracks of the circumnavigations of Sir Francis Drake 1577-80, and Thomas Cavendish 1586-88.
Publisher:
Sumptibus J. Moxon
Subject (Geographic):
Earth (Planet)
Subject (Name):
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 and Cavendish, Thomas, 1555?-1592
Title devised by cataloger., "Vinc[enti]us demetrei Volcius Rachuseus. Fecit interra Liiburni die 24 Maius 1601.", With blue cloth tie at left edge., Color: red, blue, and some gold., With four compass roses., and Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
Two watercolor drawings, one depicting two spiders and the other depicting three insects (one mayfly and two beetles).
Alternative Title:
Three insects
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 5 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Two watercolor drawings, one depicting a skate and the other depicting a hermit crab in a shell
Alternative Title:
Crab
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials; top drawing is mounted upside down, causing the initials to appear inverted in upper right., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly on page 29 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
"Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image., Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483., Watermarked paper: LV., and With contemporary ink signatures of "Arnold" (for Samuel Arnold) and "Sandwich" (for the Earl of Sandwich, as Society committee members) to blank lower margin; verso with contemporary ink note "No. 158. Richard Sulivan Esq. Subscriber." For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Charity, Musical instruments, Families, and Dwellings