Illustrated memorial published after the death of Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, who died after giving birth to a stillborn child in 1817. One of many similar memorials using the same illustration (an urn beneath a weeping willow) but with different verses
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text with engraved illustration above; within a mourning border., First line of verse beneath title: Trembling I touch the plaintive chord, to speak our England’s grief ..., and "Maria" written in a contemporary hand in lower right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by the authoress, and sold by T. Gardiner and Son, 20, Princes-street, Cavendish-square; and at No. 209, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Caption title., In verse., Text within ornamental border., An ode to Queen Caroline, who died soon after the Coronation of her husband George IV, an event to which she was refused entry., First line: The fairest of flowers must shed all its blossom ..., "Price one penny."--Following imprint., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed & published by B. Johnson, Hudson's-Court, 482, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
File 56 C47 822C
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., Broadside publication of a letter in the Royal Collection, from Princess Charlotte to her mother, the Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline in which she discusses her thoughts and feelings of her impending motherhood just a month before her death following the birth of a stillborn son., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Oakley, printer, Blandford
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Manuscript sheet, in unidentified hand, on parchment, containing an anatomical drawing of a seated woman. Text includes descriptions of the different parts of the body
Alternative Title:
Anatomie pour congnoistre les parties interieures : [a large anatomical drawing in color, surrounded by explanatory text]
Description:
In Middle French., Title from heading., Script: humanist hand., Layout: anatomical drawing in center, double columns of 80 lines surrounding and underneath drawing., No text on verso. Used as binding waste., Included in a portfolio (66 x 51 cm.) with eight 58 x 38 cm. color photoreproductions., and Dr. Peter Jones, May, 2003, states that this single sheet most likely is a manuscript copy of the Jean Ruelle fugitive sheet (female figure only) Paris, 1540. cf. Carlino, A. Paper bodies ... London, 1999, page 171.
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Human anatomy, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval
BEIN FRA158: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from slip case., Latin/Italian suit system., Type: Marseille tarot., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., CourtCards: Courts: B. P. GRIMAUD. PARIS., Pip cards: 2 of Diamonds: 1748 / B. P. GRIMAUD / 1930., Trumps: Single figure trumps: B. P. GRIMAUD. PARIS., Color lithography, surface polished., and Slip case, brown: [label] B. P. GRIMAUD / ANCIEN TAROT / DE MARSEILLE / PARIS.
Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans. At top is a scene of a woman leading three orphan children away to the left, while the bodies of soldiers are taken away to the right; text with the details of the meeting engraved below. The whole is enclosed within a border of leaves
Description:
Caption title., All engraved., Illustration is signed: C.R. Ryley delin.; W. Skelton sculp., Beneath title are the names of six "Stewards", engraved on either side of a small image of a woman with the caption "When my father and my mother foresake me, the Lord taketh me up"., "Dinner to be on table at half past four o'clock precisely. No collection after dinner."--Bottom of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Orphanages, Charities, Charity, Orphans, Soldiers, and British
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, from an antiphonal, containing parts of the offices for the first Tuesday and the second Sunday in Lent
Description:
In Latin., Script: late caroline minuscule with protogothic features., Decoration: rubricated. Large initials in red., and Musical notation (neumes) above the lines of text; no staves.