Title from caption above poem., Engraved card printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of a mourning Britannia and British Lion in front of Princess Charlotte's tomb, which is located under a weeping willow and is adorned with her portrait and topped with an urn. Sixteen lines of verse are engraved at the bottom, signed "J. Thompson"., All engraved., First line of verse beneath title: Cease, ye minstrels! all be mute ..., Possibly Samuel Rothwell, but this address not listed in British Book Trade Index?, and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by S. Rothwell, 3 Hatfield St., Blackfriars Road
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Grief
A copy of a shop bill for John Barker Goldsmith, at the Morocco Ambassadsor's Head in Lombard Street
Description:
Title from Paulson., Formerly erroneously attributed to Hogarth., Engraved for: Nichols, J. B. Genuine works of William Hogarth, following p. 102, v. 3, no. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy after: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 275., and On page 3 in volume 1.
"Portrait, three-quarter length seated directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding an open book, wearing a plain suit, with a curtain and bookshelves behind, books labelled 'Addison & Watts' 'Kempis & Fenelon' 'Milton & Cowley' etc., in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and artist from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,0313.184. and Text inscribed at top of image: "When the eye saw him it blessed him."
