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1. Anniversary meeting of the Guardians of the Asylum : at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on [blank] May 19th, 179 [blank]. Dinner ticket, price 10s. 6d.
- Creator:
- Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
- Published / Created:
- [179-]
- Call Number:
- File 66 79- As861
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans. At top is a scene of a woman leading three orphan children away to the left, while the bodies of soldiers are taken away to the right; text with the details of the meeting engraved below. The whole is enclosed within a border of leaves
- Description:
- Caption title., All engraved., Illustration is signed: C.R. Ryley delin.; W. Skelton sculp., Beneath title are the names of six "Stewards", engraved on either side of a small image of a woman with the caption "When my father and my mother foresake me, the Lord taketh me up"., "Dinner to be on table at half past four o'clock precisely. No collection after dinner."--Bottom of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Orphanages, Charities, Charity, Orphans, Soldiers, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anniversary meeting of the Guardians of the Asylum : at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on [blank] May 19th, 179 [blank]. Dinner ticket, price 10s. 6d.
2. Eighteenth century tickets [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1799]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B28 799
- Image Count:
- 38
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in multiple impressions and states, one in proof, mostly black and white, with one in sepia ink, mostly engraved by Bartolozzi or his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, E.F. Burney, B. West, L. Legoux, R.H. Cromek, H. Bunbury, Walker, Cook, Tresham, and Fittler. Most engravings are undated though some tickets are dated between 1778-1797; a few name printers and publisher: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell
- Description:
- Title from printed t.p. with unsigned, undated engraving, mounted.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eighteenth century tickets [graphic]
3. Private view : Monday, June 23d, 1828
- Creator:
- National Repository (London, England)
- Published / Created:
- [1828]
- Call Number:
- File 66 828 N277
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- National Repository for the Exhibition of Specimens of New and Improved Productions of the Artisans and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom
- Description:
- Title from item., "Patron, the King"--Above title., Imprint statement from text in decorative border beginning at the top, left margin, right margin, and bottom., "National Repository for the Exhibition of Specimens of New and Improved Productions of the Artisans and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom"--Verso., Printed in black, sanguine, silver, and gold inks., and Mounted to 20 x 13 cm; with a clipping below describing the Howlett printing firm and their invention of printing in gold (Cf. Page 174 of: Cardwell, J. Two centuries of Soho. London : Truslove and Hanson, 1898). For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Howlett and Brimmer, printers in gold to the Society of Arts, Frith Street, Soho
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Private view : Monday, June 23d, 1828
4. Scrapbook, 1696-1808
- Creator:
- Scafe, Anne
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 190
- Image Count:
- 324
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Scrapbook kept by Anne Scafe, containing clippings from London newspapers and magazines, with some clippings from regional and Scottish publications as well as manuscripts and letters from the Spencer and Devonshire family members, including a letter from Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; from Lady Sarah Lyttelton announcing her marriage; a manuscript poem written by "Caroline Lamb's page" with a watercolor portrait, dated 1807 at Holywell House; a letter recounting the visit of the Grand Duke Nicholas to Chatsworth in December 1816; an account of the death of Lady Charlotte Finch. Many of the clippings center around the announcements of births, marriages, deaths, and the settlement of the estates of these two families and their circle as well as announcements of their social engagements, political activities, scandals, etc. The clippings include references to Horace Walpole; the theatrical world; new inventions; style; foreign travel; domestic and foreign politics, especially the revolution in France and reports on the French royal family and later the Bonaparte family. Also included are autographs of prominent British nobility, including the King, and foreign dignitaries and royalty, In addition to the clippings, the scrapbook includes a variety of ephermal items given to Scafe by members of the extended family such as as well as ephemeral items from their travels, political, and social activities; calling cards and letters of introduction given to Sir William Ponsonby by members of the Russian aristocracy in 1805 and similar items from his trip to Spain in 1809; autographs of foreign royalty; invitations to the funeral of William Pitt a memorial to Lord Nelson, and the trial of Lord Viscount Melville (1805)., Scafe also includes clippings and ephemera of a more general nature: humorous anecdotes, reports on curious events, jokes, odd behaviors; epitaphs, poems, epigrams; advertisements for employment as well advertisements by tradespeople; announcements and broadsides of events such as lottery drawings; several promissary notes; and etchings, Scafe includes two lengthy test: one from The Morning Post's account of the writing of "Modern characters by Shakespear" (published later the same year); and, a transcription of "The butterfy's ball and The grasshopper's feast"., and An engraving entitled "Sunday's amusement" is mounted on a leaf tipped in opposite the front paste-down, a note in pencil indicating that it was formerly pasted over the material on the lining of the front cover (but moved by bookbinder G. Bissell in 1966). Depicted in this satirical print is a family (man, woman, and boy) riding to the left in a carriage in the countryside, a mile marker seen in the lower right; verses are etched on either side of title, beginning "The wealthy cit grown rich by trade ...". Pasted on the following leaf, which is tipped in before the front free endpaper, are trimmed portions of various plates, including plate III (page 805) from Gentleman's magazine, v. 59 (September 1789), which depicts coins and other antiquarian items. Several additional prints are pasted on the verso of the front free endpaper, including four plates (plates 1, 3, 6, and 16) from "The talking bird: or, Dame Trudge and her parrot" which show an old woman's pet parrot being mischievous in various situations; the first plate has the title "The talking bird" at top and the imprint "Publish'd August 20, 1806, by J. Harris, corner of St. Pauls Church Yard, London" at bottom
- Description:
- Anne Scafe, maidservant of Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806)., Signed by "A. Scafe" on last leaf with a note stating that the volume had been given to her by "the Marquis of Hartingdon", i.e., William George Spencer Cavendish (1790-1858), 6th duke of Devonshire, who also signed and dated the first leaf: "Hartington 1803.", and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and France
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821., Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828., Finch, Charlotte, Lady, 1725-1813., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., Devonshire, Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Duchess of, 1736-1814., Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858., Lyttelton, William Henry Lyttelton, Baron, 1782-1837., Lyttelton, Sarah Spencer, Lady, 1787-1870., Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Ponsonby, Frederick Cavendish, 1783-1838., Ponsonby, William, Sir, 1772-1815., Scafe, Anne., Bonaparte family., and Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.
- Subject (Topic):
- Nobility, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scrapbook, 1696-1808
5. [Bartolozzi and his pupils] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1804]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B28 804
- Image Count:
- 67
- Abstract:
- An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in mulitple impressions and states, mostly black and white, with some in sepia ink and colored inks. Mostly by Bartolozzi and his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, Edward Burney, E. Edwards, Smirk, L. Legoux, H. Bunbury, W. Hamilton, Robert Cooper, Topham, Angelica Kaufman, Anthony Pasquin [pseudo. of John Williams], M. Vdr. Gucht, A. Van Assen. Most engravings are untitled and undated; the dated tickets fall between 1776-1796 A few plates with printers and publishers named: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell. Occasional contemporary annotations, including the stamped initials "M. R."
- Description:
- Title assigned by collector.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Bartolozzi and his pupils] [graphic].
6. [Invitation to a dinner with the governors of the Magdalen Hospital].
- Creator:
- Magdalen Hospital (London, England)
- Published / Created:
- [1775]
- Call Number:
- File 66 775 L984+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Invitation to dine with the governors of the Whitechapel Magdalen Hospital at Merchant Taylors' Hall, following a sermon in the chapel of the hospital
- Alternative Title:
- Sir, your company is desired to dine with the Right Honourable the Earl of Hertford, President; the Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and the rest of the governors of the Magdalen Hospital, at Merchant Taylors-Hall, Treadneedle-Street, on Thursday the 4th of May, 1775
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., With an engraved vignette, presumably depicting a Magdalen sister, at top; a quote from Psalm 51:3 is engraved within a ribbon at the bottom of the vignette: "I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me." The details of the event are printed in letterpress within the open space beneath the vignette., Additional information printed at the bottom, including the names of six "Stewards"; the stipulation "N.B. No servants, but those of the President ... will be admitted ..."; and the notice that "This ticket will admit to the Chapel and Hall.", and Mounted on recent card sheet; sealing wax to upper right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Magdalen Hospital (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Charity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Invitation to a dinner with the governors of the Magdalen Hospital].