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1.
Colonel F. Grant's scrapbook, 1795-1898

Call Number:
Folio LWL Mss Vol. 182
Image Count:
49
Abstract:
Clippings relating to the French Revolution and Louis XVI; playbills, School for Scandal, New-England weekly journal (numbr. LV. Monday April 8, 1728). With later additions of ephemera, circa 1896-1898. With additions of ephemera related to Fred A. Eaton
Description:
Colonel F. Grant, book collector and author.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Eaton, Fred. A. (Frederick Alexis).
Subject (Topic):
Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Colonel F. Grant's scrapbook, 1795-1898

2.
Collection of 20 British inn bills, [circa 1780]-1841

Call Number:
LWL Mss File 147
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A collection of twenty engraved and letterpress British inn bills completed in manuscript in various hands from regions throughout England and Wales, dating between circa 1780 and 1841. Many are printed with menus listing food and drinks as well as services, providing insight into what travellers at the end of the Georgian era were offered in any given region in this period; they are also early examples of the growing tourism trade. Beside tea, coffee, milk, soda water, lemonade, cider (cyder), and a wide range of spirits, other options for speciality drinks include: negus, punch, Geneva, perry, and malt liquors. Many of the various services relate to the care and maintenance of horses and carriages; besides blacksmithing, farrier and saddling services, many of the inns offered hay and corn, rush lights, etc. Also on offer were "servant's eating and ale", beds with extra charges for "fires in a bed chamber", and washing; other services listed included "Chaise hire", servants, providers were sometimes available. Other common services and goods included writing materials, postage, tobacco, and, of course, meals with various foods like fruit listed separately. The printed invoices and menus include some with engraved designs or woodcuts that incorporate a representation of a local attraction or motifs indicative of the trade. Several of the bills also include the imprint of the provincial printer. The majority have manuscript annotations and Two invoices from Welsh business are produced by "Watton, Printer, Shrewsbury Chronicle" for Bedd Gelert Hotel, Carnarvonshire A. Prichard and Harod Arms Hotel, Devil's Bridge, a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, both of which are illustrated on the fronts and backs, with the same image on the back: The Iron Suspension Bridge, completed and opened on Monday, Januaray 30th, 1826, over the Menai Strait from Carnarvonshire into Anglesey. The fronts include the advertisements for the individual business but also include other natural wonders of the area: Cataracts and Aber Glaslyb Bridge, the Salmon Leap and the Pass in Snowden
Description:
Title from dealer's catalog., In English., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Taverns (Inns), Travel, and Suspension bridges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Collection of 20 British inn bills, [circa 1780]-1841

3.
Receipt from Boston Paper Staining and Manufactory 1800 : Boston, 1820 June 1.

Call Number:
LWL Mss File 53
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
A receipt on engraved letterhead with a vignette demonstrating the creation of wallpaper and with the name and address of the merchant (Grant); receipt made out to Mr. Bowen (Bowers?), dated 1 June 1820, and signed by Chs. Grant. Also engraved in vignette is the name of the merchant and a patriotic appeal: "Grant, paper-stainer, near the Old Market, Boston ... Americans encourage the manufactories of your country if you wish for its prosperity."
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts and Boston.
Subject (Name):
Boston Paper Staining and Manufactory.
Subject (Topic):
Merchants and Wallpaper
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Receipt from Boston Paper Staining and Manufactory 1800 : Boston, 1820 June 1.

4.
4 logger heads, or B-e triumphant [graphic]

Creator:
White, William Johnstone, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
April 1, 1818.
Call Number:
818.04.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Receipt for White's "Sketches of Characters ... illustrative of the counties of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Middlesex", showing three figures carrying a fourth on their backs, lettered below with '4 Logger heads or / B - e Triumphant'.
Alternative Title:
Four logger heads, or B-e triumphant
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W.J. White
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 4 logger heads, or B-e triumphant [graphic]

5.
[Window tax receipt].

Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
File 66 80- W765
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Duties on windows
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Imprint at foot of sheet on page [2]., Form completed in ink, manuscript docket title on verso; receipt made out to "James Messer", dated 1800, and records payment of a bill for £6 7s. 2d. Blind stamped in the center., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Smeeton, printer, St. Martin's Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Window taxes and Taxation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Window tax receipt].

6.
[Window tax receipt].

Published / Created:
[1803?]
Call Number:
File 66 803 W765
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Duties on windows
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Imprint at foot of sheet on page [2]., Form completed in ink, manuscript docket title on verso; receipt made out to "James Messer", dated 1803, and records payment of a bill for £8 17s. 2d. Blind stamped in the center., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Smeeton, printer, 148, St. Martin's Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Window taxes and Taxation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Window tax receipt].

7.
[Window tax receipt].

Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
File 66 799 W765
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Duties on windows
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Imprint at foot of sheet on page [2]., Form completed in ink, manuscript docket title on verso; receipt made out to "J. Messer", dated 1799, and records payment of a bill for £6 7s. 2d. Blind stamped in the center., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Smeeton, 148, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Window taxes and Taxation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Window tax receipt].

8.
[Receipt for goods bought at Vale's, in Tavistock Street] : Covent Garden, 16 July 1767

Call Number:
LWL Mss File 82
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Receipt for teas and spices sold to the Rt. Honble. the Countess of Winterton on 16 July 1767 with a note that it was paid on 1 July 1767
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Merchants and Tea trade
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Receipt for goods bought at Vale's, in Tavistock Street] : Covent Garden, 16 July 1767

9.
Paul before Felix [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament May 1st, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 47. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At his trial before Felix the Roman Governor of Judea, a very short St. Paul stands on a stool so as to be seen. The stool is steadied by a fat angel who is fast asleep and so unaware of the angry looking dog who wears a collar etched with the name 'Felix'. He stands addressing a gallery filled with people in Dutch dress. On the left behind a curtain the orator Tertullus tears up his speech; at his feet a demon pieces the fragments together. On the right Justice is shown as a fat woman who is not blind, one eye is not covered by the blindfold, in her left hand are the scales and in her left a butcher's knife. All the faces are caricatured; many of the audience hold their noses. In the distance can be seen boats on a river and a windmill
Alternative Title:
Paul before Felix burlesqued
Description:
Title etched above image., State and publisher from Paulson., First state, with receipt printed along left margin. Later states lack the receipt, the plate cut down to remove it. See Paulson., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge with loss of receipt. Plate dimensions and text of receipt from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1857,0613.13., The receipt is engraved sideways in left margin: Recd. [blank] of [blank] 5s. being the first payment for two prints, one Moses brought to Pharoahs Daughter, the other Paul before Felix which I promise to deliver when finish'd on the payment of 5 shillings more. N.B. Each print will be 7s. 6d. after the subscription is over., Sheet 27.6 x 36.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Courtrooms, Demons, Dogs, Judicial proceedings, Justice, and Rulers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Paul before Felix [graphic]

10.
Paul before Felix [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament May 1st, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 47. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At his trial before Felix the Roman Governor of Judea, a very short St. Paul stands on a stool so as to be seen. The stool is steadied by a fat angel who is fast asleep and so unaware of the angry looking dog who wears a collar etched with the name 'Felix'. He stands addressing a gallery filled with people in Dutch dress. On the left behind a curtain the orator Tertullus tears up his speech; at his feet a demon pieces the fragments together. On the right Justice is shown as a fat woman who is not blind, one eye is not covered by the blindfold, in her left hand are the scales and in her left a butcher's knife. All the faces are caricatured; many of the audience hold their noses. In the distance can be seen boats on a river and a windmill
Alternative Title:
Paul before Felix burlesqued
Description:
Title etched above image., State and publisher from Paulson., First state, with receipt printed along left margin. Later states lack the receipt, the plate cut down to remove it. See Paulson., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge with loss of receipt. Plate dimensions and text of receipt from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1857,0613.13., The receipt is engraved sideways in left margin: Recd. [blank] of [blank] 5s. being the first payment for two prints, one Moses brought to Pharoahs Daughter, the other Paul before Felix which I promise to deliver when finish'd on the payment of 5 shillings more. N.B. Each print will be 7s. 6d. after the subscription is over., Counterproof on laid paper; sheet 26.4 x 41 cm., and On page 159 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Courtrooms, Demons, Dogs, Judicial proceedings, Justice, and Rulers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Paul before Felix [graphic]