Four engraved admission cards for Elijah W. carpenter of Vermont to attend the first set of lectures given at the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1813. The cards are signed by Nathan Smith, Eli Ives, Jonathan Knight, and Benjamin Silliman. Carpenter attended the medical school for one year and did not receive an M.D. (which was not required to practice medicine). The card are part of the Elijah W. Carpenter papers.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Carpenter, Elijah W., 1778-1855, Ives, Eli, 1779-1861, Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1789-1864, Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864, Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829, and Yale University. School of Medicine
Engraved admission ticket for Edward Leffingwell to attend Smith's lectures at the University of Vermont. Smith lectured at the University of Vermont while on the faculty of the Medical Institution of Yale College.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Leffingwell, Edward, 1803-1888, Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829, University of Vermont. College of Medicine., Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution., and Yale University. School of Medicine
"An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-hot poker falling from the grate (left). She, a stiff military officer, and a young woman sit at a round tea-table. The man sits paralysed, alarmed and helpless, spilling his tea; the girl has added to the calamity by knocking over the tea-table so that urn and tea-pot spill their scalding contents, and crockery slides towards the floor. A loutish footman enters (right) but has stopped dead, dropping a dish of muffins. A frightened cat scampers from the hearth-rug. Over the chimney-piece is a picture of Vesuvius in eruption. The woman is a monstrous creature with bare arms and elaborately dressed hair (or wig), a patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Text following title: Dedicated to the serious attention of the fashionable ladies of Great Britain. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Cats., Clothing & dress--England--1800-1810., Parlors., Tea tables (Tables), and Tea.
"Lunardi, slim and handsome, walks diagonally towards the spectator from the right, supported on a staff, his left hand held out as if begging. On his back is his collapsed balloon, a large bundle from which project a net and two oars or propellers. His dress is fashionable but ragged. In the background are trees and a church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state of similar composition.
Alternative Title:
Itinerant aeronaut
Description:
Eight lines of verse below title: Behold an hero comely tall and fair! His only food phlogisticated air! ..., Later state, with plate shortened on bottom edge resulting in loss of imprint. Cf. No. 6858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Printmaker and date from earlier state in British Museum catalogue., and Title from caption below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Lunardi, Vincent,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
"The King in profile to the right, with the Queen holding his right arm, leans towards a startled yokel who clutches his hat and a bucket. Behind the yokel (right) are pigs sniffing at the bucket and the gable end of buildings. All are caricatured. The King wears riding-dress, with a broad-brimmed hat and a spencer (see BMSat 8192) over his coat. He stands as if knock-kneed, his legs awkwardly splayed out. The Queen is dwarfish, wearing a hood over her hat and a shapeless cloak. In her right hand is a snuff-box. The yokel, wearing smock and gaiters, has the staring eyes, lantern jaws, and gaping mouth characteristic of Gillray's sansculottes. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
One line of text below title: Well, friend, where a'you going, hay? What's your name, hay? Where d'ye live, hay? Hay? and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Charlotte,--consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Bookplate: Ex libris La Rocefoucauld, duc de Bisaccia. No. 5 of 8 titles in v. with ms. table of contents and spine title: Mélanges historiques. Marine et colonies.
Publisher:
De L'imprimerie de Crapelet,
Subject (Name):
La Rochefoucauld,--duc de Bisaccia--Bookplate. and Vigilante (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Euro tracts--1823., Slave trade--Africa--History--Sources., Slave trade--France--Nantes--History--Sources., Slave traders--France--Nantes--History--Sources., Slavery--History., and Trials--France--History.