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1. A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days : the said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711-1774, auctioneer, publisher
Published / Created:: [1755]
Call Number:: 125 L278 755 3/11
Image Count:: 172
Resource Type:: text
Description:: Priced., Signatures: A-B⁴., The seller was the physician and antiquarian Dr. Richard Mead, 1673-1754. This sale appears to be the English version of the second part of an earlier sale of the Museum Meadianum, which was printed in Latin.--Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques., MED,HSL 17th cent: Bound with the author's A catalogue of pictures, London, 1755., BAC: British Art Center copy annotated in pen and ink with prices for all lots. Armorial bookplate: Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Bound in contemporary smooth calf. Bound with Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive, Catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. London, 1754., and With extensive ms. notes recording prices paid throughout. Title pages are ruled in red.
Publisher:: Abraham Langford
Subject (Geographic):: England, London, Great Britain, and England.
Subject (Name):: Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Subject (Topic):: Art collections, Art auctions, Art, Private collections, Decorative arts, Prices, Private libraries, and House furnishings
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days : the said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid

2. A congress for peace [graphic]

Creator:: Brooke, William Henry, 1772-1860, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [1 September 1813]
Call Number:: 813.09.01.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Plate from the 'Satirist', xiii. 193. In the text the title continues '. . ., "alias" War'. A satire on the Congress of Prague. Four sovereigns, completely unlike the men in question, in conference. The Tsar sits behind a small rectangular table on which are displayed implements of war in miniature: cannon, pyramids of cannon-balls, muskets, swords, drums, &c., and flags on one of which are fleurs-de-lis. On the left stand the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria, on the right is Napoleon. Alexander extends his hands rhetorically, turning to the left, with a puckered scowl, to say to the two Germans: "Come Gentlemen see first if you can agree--if not we'll all fight!" He has quasi-Kalmuck features, and wears an odd-shaped crown, an ermine-bordered robe, with a jewelled necklace and a Greek cross. Frederick William III, on the extreme left, clutches the hilt of his sword and puts his left hand to his cocked hat as if ready to doff it, he turns to Francis I, towards whom a label issues from his mouth: "I am ready to treat or to fight"; a second label floats to the left, inscribed 'Infernal Scoundrel'. Francis I, looking distracted, stands directed to the right, legs apart, and in his left hand is his sabre, the blade of which curves over the Tsar's head, but both hands touch his crown, and he says: "I will wear an independant Crown." He wears hussar uniform, cloak, sash, and elaborately embroidered tunic and pantaloons. Napoleon, tall and burly, with heavy whisker and aquiline profile, wears a plumed bicorne with tricolour cockade and very tattered uniform leaving his legs almost bare, with one dilapidated jack-boot and one damaged stocking; he has a long sword. He stands aggressively with arms dramatically extended, saying, "My Friends! all we wish is Peace." A chain is attached to each great toe, which is fastened to the necks of two miserable princes, tiny figures standing between his outstretched legs. One (left), Charles IV of Spain, wearing a crown and robe, grotesquely knock-kneed and despairing, stands full-face. The other, wearing a crown with uniform and sword, stoops in profile, looking up abjectly at Napoleon's legs. On the extreme right, in the middle distance, is a tall Spanish don, much emaciated, wrapped in a cloak. He looks down with folded arms at a fat British officer beside him, who says: "I ll countenance Austria into our interests." The Spaniard: "I'll be damned if I go to meet a Frenchman in Prague, while there is a Frenchman to meet in Spain!!!" Behind them in the background a tiny Napoleon, wearing a grotesque crown and holding a sword, marches downhill at the head of his soldiers carrying flags; he has a melancholy expression and approaches the edge of a precipitous descent."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Satirist 1st September 1813
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication from text above image: Satirist 1st September 1813., and Plate from: The satirist, or, Monthly meteor, v. 13, page 193.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):: Heads of state, Summit meetings, Cannons, Flags, Military uniforms, Daggers & swords, Crowns, and Chains
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A congress for peace [graphic]

3. A treatise on the principles of hair-dressing : in which the deformities of modern hair-dressing are pointed out, and an elegant and natural plan recommended, upon Hogarth's immortal system of beauty ...

Creator:: Barker, William
Published / Created:: [1785?]
Call Number:: 657 785B
Image Count:: 39
Alternative Title:: Treatise on the principles of hairdressing
Description:: Price from imprint: 1s 6d. and Dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire.
Publisher:: Printed by J. Rozea, and sold by J. Bew [etc.]
Subject (Topic):: Hairdressing, Hairstyles, and Haircutting
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A treatise on the principles of hair-dressing : in which the deformities of modern hair-dressing are pointed out, and an elegant and natural plan recommended, upon Hogarth's immortal system of beauty ...

4. Ben: Johnson [graphic]

Creator:: Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:: 1738.
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in lower right; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Ben Jonson
Description:: Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Dr. Mead"--Below image. The note refers to the miniature by Oliver from which this engraving was made., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 28 (leaf numbered '86' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Subject (Topic):: Art collections and Poets
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Ben: Johnson [graphic]

5. Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

Creator:: Ludlow, William Andrew, 1803-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [1835?]
Call Number:: Folio 81 835 L945
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Bengal troops on the march
Description:: 'Captain Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835.' -Christie's catalog 2019., Plate titles derive from descriptive text printed along foot of plates., Also published as a panorama roll., BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Also contains signed letter and note from Dudley Colman to J. R. Abbey, 1934., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Subject (Geographic):: Bengal (India), Bengale (Inde), India, and Bengal
Subject (Name):: East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):: History, Military, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, Hindu temples, Fakirs, Histoire militaire, and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

6. Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

Creator:: Ludlow, William Andrew, 1803-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [1835?]
Call Number:: Folio 81 835 L945
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Bengal troops on the march
Description:: 'Captain Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835.' -Christie's catalog 2019., Plate titles derive from descriptive text printed along foot of plates., Also published as a panorama roll., BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Also contains signed letter and note from Dudley Colman to J. R. Abbey, 1934., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Subject (Geographic):: Bengal (India), Bengale (Inde), India, and Bengal
Subject (Name):: East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):: History, Military, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, Hindu temples, Fakirs, Histoire militaire, and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

7. Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

Creator:: Ludlow, William Andrew, 1803-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [1835?]
Call Number:: Folio 81 835 L945
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Bengal troops on the march
Description:: 'Captain Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835.' -Christie's catalog 2019., Plate titles derive from descriptive text printed along foot of plates., Also published as a panorama roll., BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Also contains signed letter and note from Dudley Colman to J. R. Abbey, 1934., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Subject (Geographic):: Bengal (India), Bengale (Inde), India, and Bengal
Subject (Name):: East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):: History, Military, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, Hindu temples, Fakirs, Histoire militaire, and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

8. Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

Creator:: Ludlow, William Andrew, 1803-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [1835?]
Call Number:: Folio 81 835 L945
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Bengal troops on the march
Description:: 'Captain Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835.' -Christie's catalog 2019., Plate titles derive from descriptive text printed along foot of plates., Also published as a panorama roll., BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Also contains signed letter and note from Dudley Colman to J. R. Abbey, 1934., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Subject (Geographic):: Bengal (India), Bengale (Inde), India, and Bengal
Subject (Name):: East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):: History, Military, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, Hindu temples, Fakirs, Histoire militaire, and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

9. Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

Creator:: Ludlow, William Andrew, 1803-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [1835?]
Call Number:: Folio 81 835 L945
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Bengal troops on the march
Description:: 'Captain Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835.' -Christie's catalog 2019., Plate titles derive from descriptive text printed along foot of plates., Also published as a panorama roll., BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Also contains signed letter and note from Dudley Colman to J. R. Abbey, 1934., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Subject (Geographic):: Bengal (India), Bengale (Inde), India, and Bengal
Subject (Name):: East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):: History, Military, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, Hindu temples, Fakirs, Histoire militaire, and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch