Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizzes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:
Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Paer, Ferdinando, 1771-1839, creator Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736
Published / Created:
n.d
Call Number:
Osborn Music MS 518
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Alternative Title:
[Fragment: Stabat mater]
Description:
Accompanied by a 4-page fragment of a copyists MS of two 4-voice and one 5-voice chorus from the Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736). and Copyists MS.
Subject (Topic):
Choruses, Sacred vocal music --Scores, Songs (High voice) with guitar, and Stabat Mater dolorosa (Music)
Manuscript on paper, of about 58 verse and prose pieces. Most of the poems concern love, including An Amorous Catch; Solicitation to a Married Woman; and Ben Jonson's In Defence of Women's Inconstancy. Other verses include The Tragedy of Mr. Christopher Love, rendered in five acts; and Roger L'Estrange's Loyalty Confined. The volume also contains several instructional prose texts, including Directions for Right Writing; Directions for Making Latine More Elegant or Pure; and An Introduction to Philosophy; as well as epigrammatic notes "collected out of Mr. James Howell's letters"; a letter titled "News out of Scotland by way of Letter the Author unknowne;" and "An imitation of Mr. Cleveland's letter of thanks sent to my Lord Westmorland who was pleased to send him an elegant paper in commendation of his poetry."
Description:
31 pages at the beginning and end of the volume contain various accounts of payments received and made for various goods and services, including medicines, physicians' visits, hats, wool, and paper. This section also includes a list of names and birthdates for the writer's 9 children, and the date of the death of his wife, "7th of Nov. 1725.", Binding: full sheep., and On spine: "John Hale."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Scotland--Description and travel
Correspondence, autograph manuscripts, and one printed broadside song documenting aspects of the social and creative life of the poet John Hall-Stevenson. Contents include manuscripts of verses by John Hall-Stevenson and Robert Lascelles; letters by members of his club and social circle, including a lengthy letter by Jean-Baptiste Tollot discussing Laurence Sterne's character and good nature (1762 April 4) and another describing events in Geneva immediately after the expulsion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1764 January 8); and related correspondence, including a letter of advice from Hall-Stevenson to his grandson John Wharton and several business letters received by Wharton. The printed broadside song, "Trout Hall," is extensively annotated in Hall-Stevenson's hand.
Description:
Formerly owned by William Durrant Cooper. Purchased from Paul Grinke on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1972., John Hall-Stevenson (1718-1785), was a poet, a country gentleman, and a close friend of Laurence Sterne, whom he met at Cambridge and who based the character of Eugenius in Tristram Shandy on him. Hall-Stevenson founded a club of "Demoniacks," which met at "Crazy Castle," his country seat, and was loosely modeled on Sir Francis Dashwood's Monks of Medmenham. His published works included Crazy Tales and Fables for Grown Gentlemen, both of which were reprinted several times during his lifetime. He died at home in March, 1785., and The collection also contains a photocopy of W. Durrant Cooper's "Seven Letters Written by Sterne and His Friends;" a copy of the bookseller's catalogue; and a handwritten finding aid for the collection.
The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
Alternative Title:
Receipts domestic and useful and Receipts medical
Description:
In two sections according to orientation of text; each section paginated separately by the cataloger. and Volume contains blank pages (not digitized) as well as text written in both directions.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century