Caption title., A handbill issued by the churchwardens of St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, forbidding businesses to operate on Sundays, "Except works of necessity" and also mandating the hours that households must show lights on the exteriors., Signed by the churchwardens: Thomas Kynaston and Richard Smith., Not in ESTC., and Mounted on thin card. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England)
Caption title., Form completed in manuscript on 3 February 1809 to the officers of Baltonsborough in Somerset County, as a summons for Stephen Higgens to appear before A. Moody at the New Inn in Somerton at ten in the morning on 8 February 1809 to "give such evidence as he knoweth against James Haynes, yeoman, for assaulting John Thyer.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified and Barrett, typ. Somerton
Subject (Geographic):
England and Somerset.
Subject (Topic):
Constables, Law and legislation, and Peace officers
Title from caption above poem., Engraved card printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of a mourning Britannia and British Lion in front of Princess Charlotte's tomb, which is located under a weeping willow and is adorned with her portrait and topped with an urn. Sixteen lines of verse are engraved at the bottom, signed "J. Thompson"., All engraved., First line of verse beneath title: Cease, ye minstrels! all be mute ..., Possibly Samuel Rothwell, but this address not listed in British Book Trade Index?, and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by S. Rothwell, 3 Hatfield St., Blackfriars Road
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Grief
Caption title., Broadside, with three paragraphs of text within thick mourning border and initialed ‘J.W.L.’ at the end. ‘From the Morning Post of Nov. 11th’ printed in lower left. Beneath the title are three lines quoted from Lord Lyttleton's 'To the memory of the same lady, a monody. A.D. 1747.', First line: Even thus in the flower of youth - in the bloom of loveliness - ..., and Laid on to a slightly larger modern sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Title from first lines of text., A settlement certificate signed, and with seals, by the church wardens, overseers of the poor, and witnesses, for a husband, wife, and their two children in the Parish pf Tamworth in the county of Warwick., "(No. 18)"--Upper left, above coat of arms., Certificate completed in manuscript to establish the right of William Bissell and his family to relief in Tamworth; signed and sealed by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor. Imprint trimmed. For further information, consult library staff., and Annotated in blank ink on verso: No. 153, Wm. Bissells certificate from Tamworth.
Engraved trade card advertising the services of the Ipswich architect and surveyor William Brown (1778-1851). A classical ruined building with Doric columns, similar to the Temple of Poseidon at Paestum, is depicted; Brown's credentials are inscribed on a chunk of masonry in the foreground
Alternative Title:
W. Brown, architect and surveyor, Ipswich
Description:
Title engraved within lower left portion of image. and Date of publication from dealer's description.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Ipswich.
Subject (Name):
Brown, William, 1778-1851.
Subject (Topic):
Architects, Surveyors, Architecture, Ruins, and Columns
William Clement, bookseller and stationer, No. 201 Strand, (opposite St. Clements Church)
Description:
Title from item., Date inferred from bookseller's listed street address. See British Book Trade Index online., Engraved trade card, illustrated with books and quills and ornamental garland., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title devised by cataloger., Text within decorative border of repeated typographic ornaments., An information card detailing distance in miles from the stages on the route (Grantham to London) and the time taken to reach each stage., "N.B. The passengers are desired to acquaint the proprietors of each stage if the posillions take up any out-passengers upon the road, as they apprehend the robberies of the machines have been owing to that practice.", and For further information, consult library staff.
"Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image., Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483., Watermarked paper: LV., and With contemporary ink signatures of "Arnold" (for Samuel Arnold) and "Sandwich" (for the Earl of Sandwich, as Society committee members) to blank lower margin; verso with contemporary ink note "No. 158. Richard Sulivan Esq. Subscriber." For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Charity, Musical instruments, Families, and Dwellings