Depiction of the dream of Horace Walpole that inspired him to write The castle of Otranto. The fantastic scene involves a large armored hand perched atop an enormous staircase ascending four levels within a Gothic castle. Two suits of armor stand guard at the junctions of the staircase with each level, and two more are present in the foreground, suggesting that the staircase continues downward. Arched windows and a painting of a mounted knight are seen on the wall to the left of the staircase; a bat is seen flying above
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 93., and Bound as page 195 in volume 4 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Watercolor drawing of the fictional archbishop in Lesage's novel Gil Blas; bust length, turned slightly right; overweight, with white hair and bushy white eyebrows; wearing a mitre, pectoral cross, and chasuble
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 210., and Bound in as page 80 in volume 9 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
African Americans in popular culture, African Americans in the mass media, American wit and humor --Periodicals, Satire --Periodicals
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The American military pocket atlas : being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
The Seat of war, in the northern colonies, containing the province of Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, &ca
Description:
14th August 1776. and Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett, Map and Sea Chartsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
New England --Maps --Early works to 1800, North America --Maps --Early works to 1800, and United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Maps
Collection Created:
London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]
The American military pocket atlas : being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
The Seat of war, in the southern British colonies, comprehending North and South Carolina, Georgia, east and west Florida, &ca
Description:
15th Oct. 1776., Inset: Plan of Charlestown and plan of St. Augustine., and Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart and Printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
North America --Maps --Early works to 1800, Southern States --Maps --Early works to 1800, and United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Maps
Collection Created:
London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]