BEIN Pequot T34: Imperfect: title-border repaired., BEIN Pequot Z96: Imperfect: some head-lines bled; title-page and following leaf scorched, but without loss of text. Number 2 of 6 titles bound together in brown, blind tooled leather binding with manuscript call number label on spine., and Signatures: A-D⁴.
Publisher:
Printed by John Foster
Subject (Topic):
Fast-day sermons, Congregational churches, Sermons, American, and Sermons pour les jours de jeûne
Caption title., Partly in verse., First line: This unfortunate young woman lived servant with Mrs. Harrison of Mansfield ..., A broadside, with narrative and verse relating the tragic story of Mary Irven. Seduced by a "man of fortune", she became pregnant and concealed her state from those around her before killing the baby and disposing of its remains. She was discovered by her mistress, Mrs. Harrison, in whose house she was a servant, and confessed to the crime., and For further information, consult library staff.
Full, true and correct statement of the grand proceedings ...
Description:
Caption title., First line: "Your Majesty having been pleased to refer to your Privy Council the Queen's memorial ..., A broadside that lays out Queen Caroline's appeal to be rightfully crowned Queen alongside her estranged husband George IV. Despite the withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill following Caroline's trial in the House of Lords, the King continued to shun his wife, culminating in his refusal to allow her entry into the coronation which took place at Westminster Abbey on July 19th, 1821., Ornamental border around imprint., "(Price one penny.)"--Lower right below imprint., and Laid down on modern paper backing. Date of George IV's coronation ("July 19, 1821") added in ink in a contemporary hand. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Henry Baird, printer, No. 21, Paul-Street, Cork
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 133: Title label on case shaved with place of publication wanting. Formerly owned by Julia Parker Wightman. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from slipcase., and Date inferred from reference to the re-establishment of a "legitimate monarchy" in France.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Asia, Europe, Africa, and America
Subject (Topic):
Playing Cards, Manners and customs, Costume, and Description and travel
Caption title., Single column of text, dated August 8th, 1821 at bottom, within mourning border., In verse., First line: What means this inward, universal moan ..., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Imperfect, sheet trimmed to 37 x 13 cm with loss of imprint statement., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by Dean & Munday, Thread-needle-street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., Date based on publisher J. Jennings's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 107., In one column., A slip song., In verse., First line: Well met, friend, on the highway ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London
Caption title., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards, bills, &c. cheap and neatly printed., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Ye wives of Britain's Isle resent the suff'rings of our Queen ..., Printed on same sheet with another slip song: A new song. Royal Caroline. Tune, -- Soldiers gratitude., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Court
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., A broadside recording the details of a murder of Ann Clark, committed by the accused Thomas Smith her lodger in Dorchester and the subsequent arrest and trial of Smith for the crime. Clark hanged himself the night before his planned execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Caption title., In two columns., An account of Queen Caroline's triumphant and provocative procession to St. Paul's on November 29th following the withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill which signified victory over her husband, George IV, at her trial in the House of Lords. Her triumph was celebrated jubilantly by the general public who lined the streets to see her proceed from Brandenburgh House to St. Paul's. "The houses were absolutely roofed with people, and the fronts of them almost invisible from the crowds that filled the windows, &c. The flags were so numerous and varied that they resembled a bed of beautiful tulips.", First line: At an early hour this morning the streets of the metropolis ..., and Laid on to sugar paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Muir, printer
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whipped by presumably enslaved "black men" described in detail in the verses below
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns., Partially in verse; the short description of Wall's execution is followed by a six stanza poem, with the heading "A copy of verses on the melancholy occasion.", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: - Where may be had, price 6d. the Trial of Governor Wall, including a biographical account of his life, and the whole particulars of his execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people