An autograph letter signed from an itinerant actress Eleonora Garrell in a travelling theatre troupe, dated 13 December 1764 from the White Lion Inn in Halifax. An affectionate, teasing letter in which the writer reports on her employment with the "Scotch Company" and their meeting with a rival company "Mr. Whitley" in Leeds where they are both banned. She reports that she will be joining another company "Mr. Woodcock's" and reports about her ill-health
Description:
Surname may be Garrell?, In English., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Farrell, Eleonora. and Whitley, James Augustus, ca. 1724-1781.
ALS from Francis Blandy to William Toovey relating to legal instructions and referring to a certain person who "has been getting at [the] knowledge of the affair in order to lessen your allowance." Also with an 18th century newspaper clipping advertising a publication about Mary Blandy's affair with Mr. Cranstaun, her crime, and execution, dated 1752
Description:
In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
Autographed letter signed from Joseph Farington to John Boydell written from Houghton Hall the seat of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford where he spent three years making drawings of the paintings for Boydell's Collection of prints after the most capital paintings in England (2 vols., 1782). He reports on the progress of his work in general and in particular his work with "the Paul Brills".
Description:
In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Boydell, John, 1720-1804., Houghton Hall (England), and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Autograph letter in the third person from Edward Edwards to Richard Bull. Edwards "begs [Bull's] acceptance of the inclosed portrait", presumably the etched portrait of Thomas Kirgate that is mounted beside this letter
Description:
In English., Tipped in at page 240 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
An autographed letter signed (partially rubbed off) discussing family matters and financial concerns to his relative the Hon. Thomas Symonds at his seat at Pengethly in Herefordshire. Written on the verso of Vertue's engraving of "The west prospect of St. Martin's Church in the Fields, Westminster." Formerly folded to letter size, with address and wax seal back, opposite text. With the engraved dedication erased and replaced in ink with a personalized note to "Dr. Thomas Symonds"; with other alterations to engraved text and replaced with ms. notes
Description:
In English., Written on the back of the print is an autographed letter signed by George Vertue to the Hon. Thomas Symonds, at his seat at Pengethly, near Ross in Herefordshire, and dated 15 September 1744., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Vertue, George, 1684-1756. and Symonds, Thomas, Dr.
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 50 Box 5
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Copy in a single hand of a letter from Caroline of Brunswick to her husband George IV when he was Prince of Wales
Description:
In French., Signed "C" and dated "6 Mai 1796" on p. [3]., Trimmed annotation in English on p. [4]: Queen Caroline letter to [the] [...?]., Watermark, partially trimmed: C. Wil[...?] 180[...?]., Formerly laid in at page 173 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]., Transcription and translation of letter printed in: Huish, R. Memoirs of Her late Majesty Caroline, queen of Great Britain ... London, Printed for T. Kelly, 1821, v. 1, pages 78-9., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 50 Box 5
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Copy in a single hand of a letter from Caroline of Brunswick to her husband George IV when he was Prince of Wales
Description:
In French., Signed "C" and dated "6 Mai 1796" on p. [3]., Trimmed annotation in English on p. [4]: Queen Caroline letter to [the] [...?]., Watermark, partially trimmed: C. Wil[...?] 180[...?]., Formerly laid in at page 173 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]., Transcription and translation of letter printed in: Huish, R. Memoirs of Her late Majesty Caroline, queen of Great Britain ... London, Printed for T. Kelly, 1821, v. 1, pages 78-9., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 50 Box 5
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Copy in a single hand of a letter from Caroline of Brunswick to her husband George IV when he was Prince of Wales
Description:
In French., Signed "C" and dated "6 Mai 1796" on p. [3]., Trimmed annotation in English on p. [4]: Queen Caroline letter to [the] [...?]., Watermark, partially trimmed: C. Wil[...?] 180[...?]., Formerly laid in at page 173 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]., Transcription and translation of letter printed in: Huish, R. Memoirs of Her late Majesty Caroline, queen of Great Britain ... London, Printed for T. Kelly, 1821, v. 1, pages 78-9., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 50 Box 5
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Copy in a single hand of a letter from Caroline of Brunswick to her husband George IV when he was Prince of Wales
Description:
In French., Signed "C" and dated "6 Mai 1796" on p. [3]., Trimmed annotation in English on p. [4]: Queen Caroline letter to [the] [...?]., Watermark, partially trimmed: C. Wil[...?] 180[...?]., Formerly laid in at page 173 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]., Transcription and translation of letter printed in: Huish, R. Memoirs of Her late Majesty Caroline, queen of Great Britain ... London, Printed for T. Kelly, 1821, v. 1, pages 78-9., Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.