Two works in two separate hands, recording the orders and rules of a fictitious noble order created for ladies' amusement, presumably by someone well acquainted with the customs and using her knowledge to arrange a masque for the amusement of her circle of friends in the months leading to the coronation of George III, possibily at her home in Yorkshire. The first work entitled "The Order for the installation of one of the Ladies of the most noble Order of the Needle instituted in 1761" (pages 2-4) is followed by "The Rules of the most Noble Order of the Needle Instituted on July 25th 1761" (pages 4-8), both written in black ink
Description:
right corner, suggests the author of the
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
Coronation, Amateur theater, Masques, and Satire, English
Capt. Cooke's second voyage to the Southern Hemisphere
Description:
Anonymous. By John Marra., This edition was apparently intended to form volume 5 of 'A historial account of all the voyages around the world, performed by English navigators', volumes 1-4, by David Henry, were published in 1773-1774.-- See English short title catalogue., Edited by David Henry., Errata on verso of preliminary p. xiii., Signatures: a-b⁴ (-b4) B-D⁴ (±D2) E-2T⁴ (a1 verso blank)., and The "Resolution" commanded by Capt. Cook; the "Adventure," by Capt. Furneaux.
Publisher:
Printed for F. Newberry, at the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Oceania
Subject (Name):
Cook, James, 1728-1779., Resolution (Ship), and Adventure (Sloop : 1773-1776)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages around the world and Discovery and exploration
"Satire on Lord Bute in the form of a reply to Henry Howard's bawdy ballad, "The Queen's Ass" (BM Satires 3870): the zebra kicks Howard, who has fallen to the ground, behind him a group of men comprising John Fielding, the three Cherokee chiefs who visited London in 1762, and another who may be identified as the man referred to in the verse below as "M-re [who] sally'd forth the fair Sex to relieve"; on the right, Bute, dressed in tartan and wearing a boot, riding a tamed British Lion; a Jewish stockbroker in the stocks; and George Whitfield looking into a mirror which reflects the image of an ass. In the background Charles Churchill, wielding a stick, chases off Bute's supporters, the journalists Arthur Murphy and Tobias Smollett, who raise their hands in surprise. Engraved inscriptions, title and verses in two columns by "Fartinando", to be sung to the tune of "The Ass in the Chaplet"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Answer to Harry Howard's ass
Description:
Caption title below etching., Engraved broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet (late mark 30.1 x 20 cm). Etching signed: J. Jones delin et sculpt., Harry H----d's = Henry Howard., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., The lion bears some resemblance to those designed by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale for the Ladies Amusement (first published by Sayer in 1760), especially plate 108, and was perhaps copied from his work. Cf. British Museum online catalogue., Ten stanzas of verse below title: Permit me good people (a whimsical bard) and snarl not [the] critical class ..., and Mounted to 35 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Jews, Clergy, England, National emblems, British, Stocks (Punishment), and Zebras
BEIN Ci67b G87: No. 6 of 6 titles bound together with binder's title "New Haven burial ground.", Caption title., and Detached from The Knickerbocker, or New York monthly magazine (September 1833).
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 broadside with seven verses in letterpress below an engraving, representing three Red Indian Chiefs in their national costumes -- "The Stalking Turkey", "The Pouting Pidgeon", "The Man killer". This satire written on the occasion of the arrival in London of three chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, on an embassy to the Court of George III, and the impression these envoys produced on the English
Description:
Caption title., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Bowditch's annotations on mounting sheet., Annotated in an unknown hand below verse., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm; some damage to edges and lower corners.
Log of the whaling ship Acushnet : Captain William B. Rogers out New Bedford two years voyage 1845 and Rowlett interest tables
Description:
The Acushnet is the same whaling ship Herman Melville joined in 1840; his experiences helped shape Moby-Dick., Title from title page., Written on single sheets of paper adhered to a printed copy of Rowlett's Tables of Discount. Page 1A/1B is laid in. Resolvid W. Bowles' name and occupation (cooper) are written on the title page and he is listed among the ship's crew, but it is unclear whether the manuscript is in his hand or was copied by someone else at a later date., Endpapers include manuscript notes, figures, and J.D. Sturtevant's autograph. The number "4050" is written on a sticker adhered to the title page., and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii and Lima (Peru)
Subject (Name):
Acushnet (Whaler)
Subject (Topic):
Whaling, Whaling ships, and Description and travel