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1. A tragi-comical dialogue between my Lord Skaggs and his broomstick
- Creator:
- Howard, H. (Henry), author
- Published / Created:
- [1752]
- Call Number:
- File 763 752 H83+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- "A broadside on Matthew Skeggs, a publican who became famous for miming music-making with a broomstick while making matching vocal sounds; with a round mezzotint after a painting by Thomas King, showing Skeggs facing towards the right, next to the portrait an etched broomstick surmounted by a dancing hog, and a suspended horn; with engraved title and verses of one poem and of one song text by Henry Howard in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello
- Description:
- Engraved broadside, in verse in two columns., Printmaker identified as Richard Houston in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum., At head of title: Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello. The famous Skegginallo that grunts so pretty upon his broomsticado. Such music he has made, O. Twill spoil the fiddling trade, O. And that's a pity. ..., and Mezzotint portrait at head signed, with fictitious signature: "G Pigganinne Fecit". After a portrait by Thomas King.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Skeggs, Matthew, -1773
- Subject (Topic):
- Verse satire
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tragi-comical dialogue between my Lord Skaggs and his broomstick
2. An attempt to exhibit the leading events of the Queen's life in cuts and verse
- Published / Created:
- [December 1821]
- Call Number:
- File 53 C292 821At++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- "Broadside; the text in five columns: small cuts I-X on the left and right, each with an eight-line verse below it; cuts XI and XII above and below the three centre columns. Cut I. The Queen's arrival in England, and Marriage. The Prince leads her ashore from a small boat. Cut II. Taking farewell of Charlotte [1814]. Mother and daughter weep, turning from each other; the Princess approaches a ship's boat, Cut III. Her Return--Landing at Dover [June 1820]. She is rowed to shore by two sailors. Cut IV. Her Trial in the House of Lords. A simplified but recognizable view. Cut V. Her Acquittal. She drives in an open carriage past Carlton House. Cut VI. Procession to St. Paul's. A similar carriage scene with St. Paul's in the background. Cut VII. The Highlanders' Address. Highlanders in a carriage with banners (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13934). Cut VIII. Refused Admittance into the Abbey. She gestures at the partly closed door between a sentry and the rejecting doorkeeper. Cut IX. Death-Bed of the Queen. The bed surrounded by weeping mourners. Cut X. Embarkation of Her Body at Harwich. The coffin is swung by tackle into a ship's boat. Cut XI. The Queen's Funeral Procession at Brunswick. The coffin, with crown and royal arms, is borne towards a church door (right) where girls scatter flowers. Cut XII. Queen Caroline's Tomb. Britannia weeps, and her Lion registers anger, beside the tomb of Caroline The Injured Queen of England, topped by a large urn on which is her bust portrait. The text includes the funeral prayer, 'A Dirge' and 'An Elegy . . .' (28 11.): 11. 7-10: 'A seperation hardly to be borne, Her only Daughter from her arms was torn! And next discarded--driven from her home, An unprotected Wanderer to roam!' The verses below Cut XII end: 'For the King shall be Judg'd with the poor of the earth, And, perhaps the poor man will be greater than he. Until that great day we leave Caroline's wrongs, Meantime, may, "Repentance" her foes o'ertake; O grant it kind POWER, to whom alone it belongs' AMEN. Here an end of this Hist'ry we make."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Caption title., "Quod Jas. C-tn--h, Dec. 10th, 1821."--Bottom of sheet., Woodcuts with accompanying letterpress text, mostly in verse., "Entered at Stationer's Hall."--Below imprint in square brackets., "Price 2d."--Upper right., and For the first edition, see No. 14255 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold wholesale and retail by J. Catnatch, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Arrivals & departures, Carriages & coaches, Parades & processions, Deathbeds, Funeral processions, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An attempt to exhibit the leading events of the Queen's life in cuts and verse
3. An elegy, addressed to His Serene Highness Prince Leopold, on the death of our much beloved and lamented Princess, Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and Saxe Cobourg, who departed this life November 6, 1817
- Published / Created:
- [1817]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 817El
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Subject (Topic):
- Urns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An elegy, addressed to His Serene Highness Prince Leopold, on the death of our much beloved and lamented Princess, Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and Saxe Cobourg, who departed this life November 6, 1817
4. Claremont
- Published / Created:
- [1817]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 817C
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- All-engraved card printed with a black mourning board, with an image of her home Claremont below the title and below, nine lines that provide biographical details and an anecdote a snuff box that she had commissioned before her death, a gift for her husband Prince Leopold. A poem of nine lines, intended to be inscribed on the lid of the snuff box, is engraved below
- Alternative Title:
- Late residence of our much beloved and truly lamented Lady, the Princess Charlotte of Wales ...
- Description:
- Title from texted engraved above image., First line of verse: To Claremonts terrac'd heights, and Esher's Groves ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865., and Claremont House (Surrey, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Official residences
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Claremont
5. On the funeral of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales : who died Novr. 6th and was interred at Windsor, aged 21 3/4 yrs
- Creator:
- Crabb, T. (Thomas), active 1811-1815, author, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1817?]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 817Cr
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Engraved card printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of a mourning Britannia with Claremont, Charlotte’s home, and her funeral cortege, in the background. Twenty lines of verse are engraved at the bottom, signed "Crabb".
- Description:
- Title from item., All engraved., First line of verse beneath title: Hark, the herald's solemn sound ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Published by T. Crabb, 1 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Grief
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > On the funeral of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales : who died Novr. 6th and was interred at Windsor, aged 21 3/4 yrs
6. Sam Syntax's description of the Cries of London : as they are daily exhibited in the streets ; with appropriate engravings
- Published / Created:
- 1835.
- Call Number:
- 646 835 Sy992
- Image Count:
- 13
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- A chapbook of Cries, with hand-colored illustrations: The frontispiece shows a street scene in front of John Harris's shop with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background where a fashionable lady and a boy talk to a street-vendor selling goods from his basket. The shop window shows Harris sold medicines as well being a lending library and bookseller. The chapbook includes images and cries of a Georgian street vendors --- chimney sweeps, milkmaids, fish-women, watercress sellers, men making and selling mats and brooms or repairing chairs, sellers of cat and dog meat, swords and standards, nosegays and florists, sellers of live geese and chickens, foods like Banbury cakes or hot gingerbread, potatoes, strawberries, fresh fish, eels, lobsters and flounder, rabbits, matches, and a newspapers, and ending with two watchmen in front of the Watch-House. On the back wrapper is an advertisement for seven other works, "new editions of the following celebrated little works" each priced 1s, 6d.
- Alternative Title:
- Cries of London and Description of the cries of London
- Description:
- Title from printed title page., Published with yellow wrappers, the upper cover printed with the title and imprint surrounded by a single fillet border. On the verso: publisher's list of new editions., and With an inscription on flyleaf. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- John Harris, St. Paul's Church-Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and London
- Subject (Topic):
- Cries, Cities and towns, Occupations, Peddlers, Children's poetry, Picture books for children, and Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sam Syntax's description of the Cries of London : as they are daily exhibited in the streets ; with appropriate engravings
7. The princess's tomb : a dialogue for the nursery
- Published / Created:
- [1817]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 817P
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Caption title., A poem, printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of an urn mounted on a plinth, her life dates engraved on the plinth; behind a weeping willow. Five stanzas of verse in letterpress at the bottom., Illlustration signed: Snowdon, Wigmore Street., First lines of verse: O! look, my sister, yonder our princess lay; How fragrant is her tomb, her very clay! ..., and 'Maria' written in black ink above imprint statement. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Published for the Authoress, and sold by T. Gardiner and Son, 20, Princes-Street, Cavendish-Square; N. Hailes, London Museum, Piccadilly; and T. Sizuer, Juvenile Library, 259, Oxford-Street, and 209, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The princess's tomb : a dialogue for the nursery
8. To the memory of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales & Saxe-Cobourg : who died Novr. 6th, 1817
- Creator:
- Thompson, J., author
- Published / Created:
- [1817]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 817T
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To the memory of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales & Saxe-Cobourg : who died Novr. 6th, 1817
9. Virtuous royalty. : A tear of respect to the memory of a generous & patriotic prince, and to a beloved but not forgotten princess, and of sympathy to the bereaved royal survivors
- Published / Created:
- [23 March 1820]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 820V+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Engraved broadside poem published shortly after the death of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, father of the future Queen Victoria. The verses also commemorate Princess Charlotte, three years after her untimely death in 1817. With six vignette illustrations: at the top are images of the Duke of Kent, Kensington Palace, and the Duchess of Kent; and at the foot are images of Prince Leopold, Claremont House, and Princess Charlotte
- Alternative Title:
- Tear of respect to the memory of a generous & patriotic prince
- Description:
- Title from item., All engraved., The text, in two columns, begins: Hark, hark! what deep knell is now striking my ear ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Engraved & published 23rd March 1820 by Jas. Debaufer, 11 Creed Lane, Ludgate Street
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861,, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,, Claremont House (Surrey, England),, and Kensington Palace (London, England),
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Virtuous royalty. : A tear of respect to the memory of a generous & patriotic prince, and to a beloved but not forgotten princess, and of sympathy to the bereaved royal survivors