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2.
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, Novr. 17th, 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.11.17.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An engraved writing sheet illustrated with seven scenes from Gay’s Fables, each titled above and with rhyming couplet below. At head, and the largest scene, is ‘The Shepherd and the Philosopher’; six smaller scenes form the right and left borders below. A garlanded oval, designed to carry a hand-inserted date-line, is engraved at the foot above the imprint
- Description:
- Title engraved at top of plate, on either side of the image of "The shepherd and the philosopher.", Watermark: [...]anshaw., and Sheet annotated in ink with the name 'Thomas Harbidge' and the date 'Decr. 19. 1787' in the blank oval at foot. Written in manuscript in black ink at the center of the sheet are three passages, beginning with 'Education either makes or mars us, and governments as well as private families, are concerned in it’s [sic] consequences, abcde’, and concluding with 'Good books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age, they support us under solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves'.
- Publisher:
- Published by Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gay's Fables [graphic].
3.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.00.00.72+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- A writing sheet engraved with vignettes and the large interior space left blank. At the top is a scene with a throne on a platform in the center at the top of a pie-shaped set of stairs with angels standing along the edges on both the right and the left. Behind the line of angels are crowds of people, with the group from the left seemingly walking towards the right. Along the base of the design is a banner held at either end by cherubs blowing horns, inscribed are the words "Come unto me; ye blessed!" Many of the figures in the crowds wear crowns, one holds a harp and another a censer on a chain. The back of the throne is decorated with three connected triangles, points down and with a crown above the oval head rest, rays of light emanating from all sides. On the left margin are vignettes entitled "The birth" and "The wedding" and on the right "The christening" and "The burial". At the foot of the plate is an image of a dragon-like beast from whose mouth streams a banner bearing the engraved text: “There shall be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth". A large oval shape on the dragon's body is left blank
- Alternative Title:
- Come unto me, ye blessed!
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of publication based on manuscript note at foot of sheet., Lewis Walpole Library impression: Center blank space is filled in with three manuscript poems in black ink entitled 'On resurrection', 'On mortality', and 'On death'. The document is signed in the blank oval on the side of the dragon, "William Lea Yoxall's Christmas piece, December 16th, 1798, Chester"., With three poems entitled “On the Resurrection", "On mortality", and "On death” written in ink at center of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Death, Mortality, Resurrection, Angels, Baptisms, Births, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Harps, Putti, Religion, Thrones, and Weddings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Evangelical writing sheet] [graphic].
4.
- Published / Created:
- [18 November 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.11.18.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Ten hand-colored engravings, depicting scenes from the Battle of Seringapatnam, form the border of a writing sheet, one each along the upper and lower edges and four on either side. Illustrations include, at the top, a battle scene; portraits of the British generals, Harris and Stuart; Tippoo Saib discovered among the slain, Tippoo's sons surrender; A sepoy upon a charge, An Indian soldier; Tippoo Sultan, Tippoo Sultan's wife; a design with flags, drums, cannons, swords and bugles. The battle scene and the image with the two sons include images of elephants
- Alternative Title:
- Conquest of Seringapatnam
- Description:
- Title from head of sheet., Numbered '65.' in lower right corner., With blank center of sheet filled in manuscript in black ink with an adage and a poem and signed: John Halton June 12th, Prescot School, 1801., and With watermark and countermark.
- Publisher:
- Published 18th Novr. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- India, India., Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa., and Indian
- Subject (Name):
- Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799, and Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799
- Subject (Topic):
- Family, History, Campaigns & battles, Elephants, Generals, British, Soldiers, Sons, Indian, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Peace in India, or, The conquest of Seringapatnam [graphic].
5.
- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.03.25.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A writing sheet illustrated with scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Boxing Day 1806 and a few months before this sheet was issued. There were at least twelve different scenes in Dibdin’s work, from which nine were chosen to illustrate the borders of the sheet. Another illustration at the foot of the sheet shows a carriage and a wagon followed by soldiers on horseback on a bridge over a river
- Alternative Title:
- Golden egg
- Description:
- Title etched at top of plate. and Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Mother Goose, Actors, Fairy tales, Fools & jesters, Pantomimes, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].
6.
- Published / Created:
- [4 April 1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.04.04.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A writing sheet, illustrated with ten views of London that border a central blank area
- Description:
- Title from text at top of plate, etched within banner above largest image. and Each of the ten images has a caption etched below or above.
- Publisher:
- Published April 4, 1814, by R. Harrild, 20 Great Eastcheap
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), London Bridge (London, England),, Blackfriars Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Tower of London (London, England),, Mansion House (London, England),, Bank of England,, St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, and Guildhall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Monument, The (London, England), Bridges, Monuments & memorials, Rowing races, and Sailboat racing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Views of London [graphic].
7.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 426
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 426: On sheet: 27 x 21 cm., Relief shown pictorially., and Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
- Publisher:
- publisher nor identified and eng'd by Capewell & Kimmel
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > San Francisco, Cal
8.
- Creator:
- Moody, Edwin, 1814-1896, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1850?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 418
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 418: Autograph letter dated December 21st, 1850. On sheet: 27 x 21 cm, Relief shown pictorially., and Coordinates not present and are approximated.
- Publisher:
- Cooke & LeCount and Lith. of Peirce & Pollard
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > View of San Francisco from Telegraph Hill
9.
- Creator:
- Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Published / Created:
- [August, 1851]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 386
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Pictorial lettersheet view of crowd watching hangings carried out by the first (San Francisco) vigilance committee of 1851
- Alternative Title:
- Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities
- Description:
- Title from text printed below image. and Spelling of "Furniture" on sign in this image differentiates it from a variant in the Robert B. Honeyman collection (BANC PIC 1963.002:151) with spelling "Fourniture."
- Publisher:
- Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hanging, Lynching, Vigilance committees, Hangings (Executions), and Lynchings
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tremendous excitement! : Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities and hung by the vigilance committee on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o'clock p.m. in the presence of fifteen thousand people
10.
- Creator:
- Whitford, John (Artist)
- Published / Created:
- 1851.
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 390
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Alternative Title:
- Placerville (Hangtown)
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 390: Some tears and stains. On sheet 22 x 27 cm., Coordinates not present and are approximated., and Relief shown pictorially.
- Publisher:
- Albert W. Bee and Lith. Justh & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Placerville (Calif.) and California
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Placerville (Hanctown) El Dorado Cot. Cal
