Invitation to a dinner with officers of the Charity Schools of Christ Church, scheduled for 5 June 1828 at Highbury Tavern
Alternative Title:
Christ Church Spitalfields, Charity Schools and Sir, the favor of your company is requested to dine with the Treasurer & Trustees of the Charity Schools of Christ Church
Description:
Title from item., Text continues with the engraved name of "Edwd. Meyrick, Esqr. Treasurer," beneath which the names of twelve "Stewards" are listed in two columns., Entirely engraved; illustrated with a view of the facade of the school at head of sheet, and a smaller depiction at bottom of a breastfeeding woman with a boy and a girl at her sides, all standing on a pedestal upon which "No. [blank]" is engraved., "Dinner at 1/2 past 3 for 4 o'clock precisely"--Lower left corner., "Tickets 12 s."--Lower right corner., Blank space following the engraved text "No." at bottom has been filled in with the manuscript number "85.", Mounted to 27.1 x 21.1 cm., and Mounted opposite page 386 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Advertisement for a girls' school in south London. An engraved vignette at the head of the sheet displays girls listening to a reading, while a vignette at the foot depicts a white and a black child embracing, presumably an indication of the proprietors' abolitionist sympathies
Description:
Title from item., Approximate date based on style of dress., Handbill with engraved text and engraved vignettes., Sheet trimmed, leaving thread margins., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Topic):
Hotels, Schools, Girls, Education, School children, Race relations, and Reading
Print shows a building at Harrow with four figures in the foreground and five in the distance
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The history of the colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster. London : Printed for and published by R. Ackermann ..., MDCCCXVI [1816]., Joseph Constantine Stadler was a German painter and engraver who worked in London., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., Mounted opposite page 3 (leaf numbered '31' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Imperfect; imprint statement partially worn away from sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1, 1816, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Harrow School
"View in an oval frame, showing different parts of the school and hospital on Newgate Street, London; an arcade at the back lines one side of the courtyard, pupils and school masters in yard; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington
Description:
Title etched within lower border of oval image., Heading to six lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.5 x 17.5 cm), printed beneath plate with image: A view of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington., Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London 3d edition., Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800]., and Bound in opposite page 205 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1793, by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
"View in an oval frame, showing the school building, part of Christ's Hospital on Newgate Street, London; a school master with a group of boys in coats in foreground, a church steeple in the background; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Clayton, Knt. Alderman of London
Description:
Title etched within lower border of oval image., Heading to nine lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.4 x 17.4 cm), printed beneath plate with image: Sir Robert Clayton, Knt. Alderman of London., Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London, 3 edition., Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800]., and Bound in opposite page 206 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1 - 1793 by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
