Title from item., Full caption: Court Physician and Apothecary. Pages. The Closet Keeper. Private Secretaries to the Queen and Albert., Date of production supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters; Politics, British; Apothecaries.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. and Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861.
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Physicians, Pharmacists, Writing materials, Mortars & pestles, Toilets, and Politics and government
An illustrated manuscript leaf in an 18th-century hand. In the upper portion of the recto side is a large vignette of a man in traditional Jewish garb, seated at a table, weighing coins as they spill from two cornucopias, one to each side and held by a cherub whose faces are turned away; the table is covered with coins. The prose text below is captioned "Covetousness" and consists of seven lines beginning: "Every step that a man makes beyond a moderate & reasonable Provision, is taking so much from the worthiness of his own spirit. ..." This quote is taken from an popular 18th-century British courtesy book that appeared in many editions but was first published in 1715.: The Gentleman's Library, containing rules for conduct in all parts of life. The scribe writes using Gothic lettering in pen and brown ink and decorates the perimeter of the text and image with billowing flourishes. Printed above in a ribbon banner is a saying from Horace, "certum voto pete finem"--"set a definite limit to your desire." On the verso written in pencil by a contemporary hand : Mind the noblest, he the law of Kings The noble mind distinguishes perfection It aids & strengthens virtue where it meets her 'Tis not to be sported with
Description:
In English., Title from item., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Avarice in literature, Antisemitism, Avarice, and Ethnic stereotypes
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Abraham Cowley; bust length, facing left; with long hair and an open shirt collar; in a circle
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably drawn after the miniature by Zincke, which in turn was painted after Sir Peter Lely's portrait, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 147 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
Description:
Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso., Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching after this drawing., The signpost depicted in the drawing reads 'Rumford' while the Bretherton etching changes the text to 'Coxheath', and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, Militias, and Dogs
Title above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Craniology, Phrenology, Scientists, Baldness, and Wigs
Giller, W. (William), approximately 1805-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1868]
Call Number:
Print01174
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Date derived from printmaker's active dates., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Vide Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Lovesickness, Mental illness, Mentally ill persons, and Night
Page 746. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 746 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
George Aust papers concerning the Secret Service, 1794-1800
Container / Volume:
Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
This collection, with its painstaking accounts and administrative receipts, shows the daily complexities of managing a secret service.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History --George III, 1760-1820
Subject (Name):
Aust, George, 1749-1829, Great Britain. Foreign Office --Officials and employees, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Thomas Coutts & Co, and Wickham, William, 1761-1840
Subject (Topic):
Ciphers, Cryptography --Great Britain, and Intelligence service --Great Britain
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: Cuckoos. Vehicles, not allowed to enter Paris, but plying in the immediate environs ..., and Second sheet attached to print 8 x 17 cm.