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1. Africa. America [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 August 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.08.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left, standing in front of a thatched hut. "Africa" wears a plumed headdress and animal pelt and holds a spear in his left hand; in his right hand he holds a document inscribed "Slave Trade abolish'd 1806." On the right, "America" is Lady Liberty, wearing plumed headdress and cloak; she holds a standard with the Stars and Stripes, and gestures at a pedestal with portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. A snake curls around the pedestal. Between the two figures is a landscape with hills on either side of a river, and waterfall; a crocodile emerges from behind the figure of Africa
- Alternative Title:
- America
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Description based on an imperfect impression; imprint statement mostly erased from sheet.
- Publisher:
- Published Augt. 20, 1807 [by W.B. Walker ...?]
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799, and Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790,
- Subject (Topic):
- Indigenous peoples, Huts, Headdresses, Hides & skins, Spears, Slavery, Flags, Portraits, Waterfalls, Snakes, and Crocodiles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Africa. America [graphic].
2. Edwd. Orme, removed from Conduit Stt. to 59 New Bond Street, corner of Brook Street [graphic].
- Creator:
- Orme, Edward, 1775-1848
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1801]
- Call Number:
- File 66 801 Ed25
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- A trade card issued by Edward Orme announcing a change of address for his printselling, framing and stationery business from Conduit Stree to New Bond Street. The image show a cherub emerging from a break in a thick bank of clouds, as he holds a caducesus. On the right a bearded man in a cap and in a fur trimmed cloak reaches toward the cherub; the man has a snake at his feet. High in the center a bat flies toward the scene
- Alternative Title:
- Edward Orme, removed from Conduit Street to 59 New Bond Street ...
- Description:
- Title from text in center of image., Date of publication from dealer's description., Text below image: Where are sold all his new invented transparent prints and every other publication. Merchants & dealers supplied on the most liberal terms. Pictures, prints & drawings framed. Drawing books, fancy prints & drawing materials., "Printseller to the King.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark on all but lower edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Edwd. Orme
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Booksellers and bookselling, Cherubs, and Snakes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Edwd. Orme, removed from Conduit Stt. to 59 New Bond Street, corner of Brook Street [graphic].
3. L'amour du temps present [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1807?]
- Call Number:
- 807.00.00.89
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Allegorical caricature: Two couples approach a Cupid-like statue of a man with wings that has come alive; he wears a wig and carries a bow and a torch (extinguishing as he holds in downwards); he stands on a plinth hung with bags of money, an open chest with coins at its base and to the side sits a cat. On the tree behind (right) a sign reading "Coeur a vendreau, a louer au plus offrant &c dernier encherisseur" hangs from a heart pinned to the trunk on which a snake is curled hissing at the animated statue. The two couples are mismatched in age, in the center a handsome young officer stands with a withered old woman and on the left, a young woman with a fat, old man who holds a bag of coins. On the far left a turkey follows the procession
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., "Déposé à la Bibliolthêque."--Following imprint., Date from citation in: Journal général de la littérautre de France, 12è année, p. 58., and Mounted on secondary support. With mirror image ms. notes on verso, illegible.
- Publisher:
- Chez Noel Fréres rue des Prétres, St. Germain l'Auxerois, no. 22. Rue St. Jacques no. 16
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Cat, Couples, and Snakes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > L'amour du temps present [graphic].
