One hundred fifty claimants to the throne of Great Britain
Description:
Caption title., Letterpress text discussing the line of succession above an etched geneological chart (plate mark 27.9 x 26.5 cm) which illustrates the line of succession, following the reign of George IV, probably published in response to the death of Princess Charlotte in 1817 and before the birth of Victoria in 1819. However, the text also references "the present Princess of Wales", but further evidence that this was issued in response to her death is the dark black border around her name., and Imprint etched at top of chart. Date from letterpress: "The following is a brief sketch. A.D. 1818."
Publisher:
Printed & publish'd by W. Finch, No. 5 Charlotte Place, New Cut, Lower Marsh, Lambeth
Five guineas bounty. Wanted, a few notorious Jacobin scoundrels and Wanted, a few notorious Jacobin scoundrels
Description:
Title from item., Text continues: The advantages in this corps are expected to be very great, as they will have the exquisite pleasure of each others company, in the delightful Island of Elba, in the Botanybay of Tuscany., A handbill presumably issued shortly after Napoleon's abdication and exile to St. Helena in April 1814., With a woodcut illustration of a winged devil at head., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from text in letterpress., Text consists of verses in praise of Canning for his loyalty to the Queen., "The following address was composed by a nobleman who resides near Guildford, Surrey--not the noble lord, who declared the bill of pains and penalties ought to have been thrown out, but had not the courage to vote against it. The noble author of the address was one who was unable to take his seat, from indisposition.", The illustration, with the etched title "A Canning address" (with the "u" of "Cunning" scored through and an "a" etched above), is an unsigned etching of George Canning speaking a eulogy of and bowing to Queen Caroline., "Price one shilling.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark: Fellows 1817., Mounted on leaf 93 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Canning" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image. Blanks within the printed verses have been completed in ink, spelling out all of the censored names and words; the note "Canning resigd. Dec. 1820" has been written beside the first occurrence of his name in the first column.
Publisher:
Printed and published by S.W. Fores, 41, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Canning, George, 1770-1827., and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Political satire, English, Politics and government, Queens, Politicians, and Bowing
Caption title., Publication information from a similar broadside with identical text but different edition with different border and imprint below border: Printed and sold by James Waston, Tenterdon. Imprint trimmed from this edition?, Includes a woodcut illustration at head of text depicting the conjoined twins, with text "Elisa and Mary Chulkhurst" above and "Biddenden" below; ornamental border., Acquired with an example of a Biddenden Maids biscuit, boxed and shelved separately in Object Room C:A., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
James Weston?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Biddenden (England)
Subject (Topic):
Conjoined twins, Curiosities and wonders, Charities, and History
With contemporaneous engraving "The Good Samaritan" (R.T. Bone del. ; W. Bond sculp.) pasted in as a frontispiece. Bound in contemporary green morocco, boards ruled in gilt with blind-stamped Greek key roll, flat spine titled and tooled in gilt with flower tool, gilt dentelles, green silk bookmark. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for the Society by W. Marchant, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress
Subject (Topic):
Officials and employees, Accounting, Noncitizens, Immigrants, and Charities
Title from text within woodcut illustration; remainder of title from letterpress text beneath illustration., Woodcut illustration of a hot air ballloon with two flag-waving gentlemen seated in the basket. The flag to the left reads "No blanks"; the flag to the right, "All money.", Printed in red and blue ink., and Mounted to: 25 x 18 cm. With a sticker in upper left corner with blue crayon annotation "11-". For further information, consult library staff.
Drop-head title., An account of the foundation meeting of the Hull Armed Association, set up by the 'Merchants, Ship-Owners, and other Inhabitants' in February 1798 to 'assist the Magistrates in support of Civil Society, and for the Defence of the Town, in case the Military should be ordered away, to oppose the landing or resist the progess of the Enemy'., Not in English short title catalogue., and Dated "1798" in ink at head of title. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Hull (England)
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Civil defense, and Militia
June [blank] 1757. As the Act of Parliament for an additional duty on news-papers will take place the 5th of next month ...
Description:
Title transcribed from item., Text at bottom: I am, [blank], your most obliged, humble servant, [blank]., and Form completed in ink on 25 June 1757, with a 10/- per quarter cost for the Evening Post and 5/- for the Weekly Journal noted in lower left; annotated "Rec'd for June 27 -1757" in upper left; signed "Jos. Baker" in lower right. For further information, consult library staff.
Caption title., Verso blank., Place of publication follows printer's name., Those present at meeting listed, together with a resolution concerning measures to be taken if invaded, including the provision of wagons, rockets, pikes and horses, escape routes, and a plan to flood the region; signed: John Lockwood, clerk of the general meetings., Date of imprint taken from date of meeting referred to in title., Printer M. Turner is probably Matthew Turner, bookseller, stationer, binder, printer, and circulatory library, Market Place, Beverley., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
M. Turner, printer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., East Riding of Yorkshire (England), Hull (England), England, East Riding of Yorkshire., and Hull.
Subject (Topic):
Civil defense, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Politics and government, and History
Coat-of-arms with a naked child, a lamb holding a sprig of thyme as the crest, figures of maternal nature and Britannia as supporters, and the motto "Help"; a landscape beyond, and a rococco frame; below, a ticket for a performance of "a sacred oratorio" composed by George Frederick Handel Esqr. to be performed at the Foundling Hospital. Blank spaces left for the date, month, year, and time of the performance
Alternative Title:
Arms of the Foundling Hospital
Description:
Title from first line of text, below image., Title from Paulson: Arms of the Foundling Hospital., and State and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Foundling Hospital (London, England) and Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Subject (Topic):
Charities, Britannia (Symbolic character), and Coats of arms
