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11.
Londinum feracissimi Angliae Regni metropolis

Creator:
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590, engraver
Published / Created:
[1574]
Call Number:
32 L84 1572
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN 32 L84 1572: Manuscript annotations on verso in pencil and ink offering and justifying potential dates of 1561 and 1572.
Publisher:
Braun and Hogenberg
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Maps and Early works to 1800
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Londinum feracissimi Angliae Regni metropolis

12.
Lumps of pudding [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 August 1811]
Call Number:
811.08.15.01++
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A country dance; eighteen couples in a strip design in the manner of the 'Long Minuet' (No. 7229), dance with awkward vigour; one of the most active ladies has a wooden leg. The first couple (left) face each other, the lady squinting violently. On th...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image on third sheet.
Publisher:
Published Aug. 15, 1811, by Robinson, 5 Margaret Street, Cavindish Square & Calnaghi, Cockspur Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Social aspects, English wit and humor, Pictorial, Social life and customs, and Dance
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lumps of pudding [graphic]

13.
Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew, in Surry

Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796, author, publisher
Published / Created:
MDCCLXIII [1763]
Call Number:
2000 Folio 127
Image Count:
43
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Engravings by Edward Rooker, Charles Grignion, Tobias Müller, James Basire, W. Wollett, Paul Sandby, F. Patton and J. Major; after William Kent, William Chambers, Smeaton, John Joshua Kirby, William Marlow and Thomas Sandby.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Haberkorn in Grafton Street, St. Anne's Soho : Published for the author, and to be had at his house in Poland Street ; likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand : of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall : R. Sayer, in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn : J. Walter at Charing Cross : and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Sreet, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
England and Kew
Subject (Name):
Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew)
Subject (Topic):
Architecture and Gardens
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew, in Surry : the seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales

14.
Studies of cottages and rural scenery : drawn and etched in imitation of chalk

Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
Published / Created:
1816.
Call Number:
Folio 75 P95 816
Image Count:
8
Description:
Cover title. Number of part printed above title.
Publisher:
Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand; and may be had of all the book and printsellers in the United Kingdom. [J. Diggens, Printer, St. Ann's Lane, London.]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Domestic, Cottages, and Landscape drawing, English
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Studies of cottages and rural scenery : drawn and etched in imitation of chalk

15.
The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies

Creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625, author
Published / Created:
MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
Call Number:
Z6 22g 1
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. Selections. English
Description:
Volumes 1 and 2 dated 1725; volumes 3-6 dated 1726.
Publisher:
Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-Noster-Row
Subject (Geographic):
Latin America, America, and Latin American
Subject (Topic):
History, Discovery and exploration, Spanish, and Slavery
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities

16.
The rose, shamrock, & thistle

Published / Created:
[1815]
Call Number:
815.00.00.19
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
A picture puzzle engraving of a patriotic posy, the leaves of which frame voids in the shape of the profiles of eight British and European leaders in coalition against Napoleon. It may have been produced as a response to the Bonapartist "Corporal Viol...
Alternative Title:
Rose, shamrock, and thistle
Description:
"To general union, this plate containing profiles of eight illustrious personages is most humbly inscribed, by a friend of liberty."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Europe. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825., Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819., Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835., Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleon, Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Signs and symbols, Political aspects, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The rose, shamrock, & thistle

18.
Tom Raw, the Griffin : a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated by twenty-five engravings

Creator:
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781-1845
Published / Created:
1828.
Call Number:
Z78 55
Image Count:
25
Alternative Title:
Griffin
Description:
Spine title, on publisher's printed label: The Griffin: a burlesque poem: with twenty five engravings. Price 1L. 1 s.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Ackermann
Subject (Geographic):
India
Subject (Name):
East India Company and East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs and British
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tom Raw, the Griffin : a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India Company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India

20.
Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections

Creator:
Campbell, Colen, 1676-1729, author, illustrator
Published / Created:
MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771].
Call Number:
JJr25 31 1
Container / Volume:
v. 1
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
Vitruvius Britannicus, ou l'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des bâtimens reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne
Description:
The title pages are engraved in volumes 1-2, 4-5.
Publisher:
Sold by the author over against Douglas-Coffee house in St. Martins-Lane : John Nicholson in Little Britain : Andrew Bell at the Cross-Keys in Cornhil : W. Taylor in Pater-Noster -Row : Henry Clements in St. Pauls Church-yard : and Jos. Smith in Exeter Change
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Architecture, Domestic, and Gardens
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects

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