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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. Meditations among the tombs : in a letter to a lady
- Creator:
- Hervey, James, 1714-1758, author
- Published / Created:
- MDCCXLVI [1746]
- Call Number:
- 53 H446 746
- Image Count:
- 144
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Alternative Title:
- Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady
- Description:
- In two parts, with separate titlepages, pagination and register., The second part is entitled 'Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady'., Each part has a final leaf of errata., Tipped in: Two small engravings of Hervey from Cooke's Classics., Tipped in: Two drawings. A wash drawing with pen and ink of a memorial to Anne Stonhouse; a pen and ink frontispiece with caption title: "He gave himself a ransom for all"., and With clipping (19th century) and unidentified ms. notes.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. Leake, at Bath
- Subject (Topic):
- Death, Spiritual life, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Meditations among the tombs : in a letter to a lady