On an engraved billhead illustrated with a medallion of St. Luke mixing paint on a palette, Joseph Bell's itemized invoice to Charles Wren dated 20 July 1782. Motto at the head of the sheet: "Pictures carefully cleaned, lined & repaired, & funeral achievements accurately painted, and picture frames neatly executed in oil, or burnished in gold."
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In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
A manuscript invoice issued by Robert Sayer, a successful London print, map, and chart publisher, on 15 August 1772. The purchaser is one "Mr. Gordon" of "9 Bury Court, St. Mary Ave". The list is grouped by type, "10 historical prints", "72 prints of ladies, eminent men, humourous, etc.", "8 large landskips", and "12 views of Havannah", with details concerning framing, glass, cases, and shipping charges. On the verso, a docket title indicating a discount persumably because of the size of the order
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Title supplied by cataloger., In English., and For further information, consult library staff.
Engraved billhead completed in a single hand for the sale of "1 fine" cheese and signed by the clerk. The billhead is decorated at the top with an engraving of a black boy
Billhead from M. & J. Callendar nursery and seedsmen with itemized merchandise sold to Thomas Adams of Alnwick for his estate at Eshott in Northumberland. The vignette and engraved capitals are from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Docketed and dated 1779 -1780 by Adams on verso. Signed and dated by Callendar Sept. 2 1780
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In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
Billhead from M. & J. Callendar nursery and seedsmen with itemized merchandise sold to Thomas Adams of Alnwick for his estate at Eshott in Northumberland. The vignette and engraved capitals are from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Docketed and dated 1779 -1780 by Adams on verso. Signed and dated by Callendar Sept. 2 1780
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In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
On engraved letterhead decorated with a vignette of a sailing ship, a paid receipt for the sale of painting supplies to Mr. George Shaerstadt (or Cheenestadt), possibly for work done for the Prince of Wales
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In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
A manuscript invoice with fifty-four entries listing Hogarth prints and bound volumes sold to Mrs. Hogarth, William Hogarth's widow, by John Boydell between 28 November 1782 and 15 November 1784. The list includes many of his most important works, with prices charged, including "Hogarth moraliz'd", "Garrick", "March to Finley", "Marriage a la mode", "Strolling actresses dressing in a barn", "Wilkes", "Rake's progress", "Four stages of cruelty", etc. Two entries are added at the end by Boydell with a note: "My Bill del'd. Jan. 3. 1784 [i.e., 1785?]."
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In English., Title devised by cataloger. Text at top of sheet: "1782 Mr. Boydell dr. to Mrs. Hogarth.", List in an unidentified hand except the last few lines which have been indentified as that of Boydell., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Hogarth, Jane, 1711?-1789.
Holograph of a diary kept by 14-year-old Dorothy Walpole, who records primarily routine social activities, both her own and those of family members, especially her mother, father, sister Rachel, and brother Horace, such as visits to and from friends; trips every Monday and Friday to the dancing academy; visits by the music master; and breakfasts, teas, and dinners with acquaintances; attendance at balls. She visits with Jane, Charlotte, and Fanny Pepys in London; on another occasion, she accompanies her mother to the Pantheon where she buys worsteds and patterns. She records the gifts she receives for Christmas; and, at the end of the volume, her travels through Italy, where she describes the quality of her lodgings in various towns; views paintings and churches; and declares Parma "the most horrible place I ever was in." Elsewhere, she records several verses, including an epitaph and a poem on mortality called The common lot; as well as a prose narrative of the life of St. Dorothy
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Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (née Walpole) (1826-1913), hostess, horticulturist, and writer, was the youngest daughter of Horatio Walpole, third earl of Orford, and his wife, Mary, daughter of William Augustus Fawkener. In 1847, she married her cousin Reginald Henry Nevill (1807-1878); their 23-acre garden at Dangstein, in west Sussex, soon became well-known in horticultural circles, particularly for its collection of exotic plants and silkworms. She was the author of five books: Mannington and the Walpoles, Earls of Orford (1894), a book on silkworms, and three autobiographical volumes: The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill (1906), Leaves from the Notebooks of Lady Dorothy Nevill (1907), and Under Five Reigns (1910)., In English., On title page: Journal begun May 1st 1840 Friday., On verso of title page: My Journal book. Dorothy Fanny Walpole. May 1st 1840 Friday., Pasted inside front cover: advertisement for W. Creswick, Paper Maker, 5 John Street, Oxford Street., and Binding: green half calf over marbled boards.
Lease with engraved heading written for Dirgue Billers Olmius, 2nd Baron Waltham, to William Williams, comedian, for a period of 99 years at the rent of 5 shillings on condition that within a year Williams erects upon it a theatre for comedians. The theatre at Weymouth became one of the venues frequented by companies of strolling players. On the verso are 18th century endorsements including the surrender of the lease to Robert Lumley Kingston 20 March 1771
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In English., Written on vellum with red wax seal and blue embossed stamp affixed., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Williams, William (Comedian) and Kingston, Robert Lumley.