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1. A Temple macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:: Feby. 14th, 1772.
Call Number:: Folio 72 771 D37 v.2 plate 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Full-face portrait of a man walking to right. and looking to his right. His right hand is in his coat pocket, his left thrust in his waistcoat. He wears a looped hat, his hair or wig is in a long queue bound with black ribbon. He wears a sword, laced coat, ruffled shirt and cravat, low buckled shoes. A dog of greyhound type walks in front. He resembles portraits of Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple (1711-79)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., For a later state, see no. 4994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner.
Publisher:: Pub. by MDarly accorg. to act
Subject (Geographic):: England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Dogs, and Nobility
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Temple macaroni [graphic].

2. Collection of pedigrees

Creator:: Dale, Robert, -1722
Published / Created:: [circa 1700-1715]
Call Number:: Takamiya MS 49
Image Count:: 128
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Autograph manuscript of a collection of pedigrees and genealogical charts, accompanied by many small illustrations of "arms in trick." Some of the pedigrees are taken from the Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire visitations of the early 1680s. An alphabetical index of the coats of arms represented preceeds the pedigrees
Description:: In English., Attributed to Robert Dale by Sir Thomas Phillipps in a pencil note on recto of front flyleaf. Several additional pages at the end of the Dale collection are attributed by Phillipps to Samuel Stebbing., Spine title: Stemmata. List of Crests., Bound with: An Alphabetical List of Crest's copied from a list in the handwriting of Mr. Ra: Thoresby, late of Leeds, Antiquarian, which Manuscript was bought at the sale of his Library in London on 7th May 1763. Manuscript on paper in copperplate script, corrections in a different hand in red ink, 36 p., undated. Phillipps MS 13396., and Binding: nineteenth-century quarter calf over marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Dale, Robert, -1722. and Thoresby, Ralph, 1658-1725.
Subject (Topic):: Antiquarians, Gentry, Heraldry, and Nobility
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of pedigrees

3. Commonplace book of political and military material, circa 1629-1632

Creator:: Holles, John, Earl of Clare, ca. 1565-1637
Call Number:: Osborn b32
Image Count:: 357
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 85 copies of primarily political documents pertaining to events between 1592 and 1632. The volume includes speeches and letters relating to the murder of Thomas Overbury and the trial of Walter Raleigh; a description of voyage to France to aid the Huguenot cause in 1626-7 and seige of La Rochelle; a factual account, with figures, of fighting in Thirty Years' War; "The examinations of the counterfett ghost that came into St James on fryday night the 13 of 9br 1612, beeing that day sennight after Prince Harries death," whose testimony was taken by Sir Thomas Chaloner and Sir John Holles; and the confession of Anne Lady Ross to the Star Chamber declaring that she had perjured herself by "accusing the said Right Honorable Countess of Exeter with an intent & purpose to poison" her. The volume also contains a copy of the will of Holles' father, Thomas Holles of Haughton, dated 17 March 1592 and "written in his owne hand"; and "A prayer wch my deere sister Wentworth did use, coppied from her owne hand, wch I had of my mother 24th Jan. 1631."
Description:: In English, French, and Italian., Arms of the 4th Duke of Newcastle stamped in gold on front cover., and Binding: full parchment. Printed on spine: "Copies of State Papers Etc. 1592 - 1632.
Subject (Geographic):: England., France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):: Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661., Holles, John, Earl of Clare, ca. 1565-1637., Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613., and Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Subject (Topic):: Huguenots, History, Nobility, Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, Treason, Trials, Wills, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book of political and military material, circa 1629-1632

4. De officio militari : and other works

Creator:: Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457
Published / Created:: [ca. 1500]
Call Number:: Takamiya MS 86
Image Count:: 252
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
Alternative Title:: De studio militari
Description:: De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English., Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591.", Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown., Script: each work in a different professional book hand., Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors., and Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457.
Subject (Topic):: Chivalry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De officio militari : and other works

5. English coronet auction by K-, P- & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse [graphic]

Creator:: Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, attributed name
Published / Created:: July 8, 1790.
Call Number:: 790.07.08.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a large room French aristocrats crowd across a table from Pitt who is taking money while handing a pen to the man opposite who holds a crown in his left arm as he throws coins toward Pitt's grasping hand. Above Pitt stands George III behind podium, gavel in one hand and another crown extended toward one of the many bidders shouting comments and prices. The King calls out, "This is a lot, gentlemen, of superior brilliancy to the last. This, this raises you above your fellows in a very high degree indeed. I pity your distresses from my soul, what, what, what was that you were saying about jewels, Madames, too high. You may ride over the necks of half the nation with this upon your coach. You may get in debt as fast as you please and never pay. Mind that gentlemen, never pay." The Queen walks up a ladder behind the King to retrieve more crowns from the shelves behind the King's podium, turning her head to say, "Pay some attention to that Lady's jewels, my love."
Alternative Title:: English coronet auction by King, Pitt & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse and Comfort for the late French noblesse
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Frederick George Byron by Andrew Edmunds., Publisher's advertisement below imprint: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admtce. 1 shillg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Irregular sheet, trimmed at an angel in lower left. Backed with blue paper.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain., France, and France.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Refugees, History, Avarice, Auctions, Corruption, Crowds, Crowns, and Nobility
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > English coronet auction by K-, P- & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse [graphic]

6. Heraldic manuscript of the English kings and peers

Published / Created:: [circa 1620]
Call Number:: Takamiya MS 13
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 250
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a genealogy of the rulers of England from Brutus and Julius Caesar to James I, containing short biographies of each individual and illustrated with their emblazoned coats of arms
Description:: In English., Spine title: Arms of the Nobility of England. MS. 1042-1619., Script: English secretary hand., Decoration: more than 600 emblazoned coats of arms, in full color., and Binding: nineteenth-century full polished calf, by Clarke & Bedford.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Heraldry, Kings and rulers, Biography, Genealogy, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Heraldic manuscript of the English kings and peers

7. Hints towards a change of ministry respectfully submitted to the consideration of the ladies of Great Britain. [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 February 1797]
Call Number:: 797.02.01.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Ten ladies, arranged in two rows, with numbers referring to notes etched beneath the design, their proposed offices etched above their heads. ... '(1) First Lady of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.' The 'Duc - ss of Gor-n' (Pitt's friend), wearing a tartan drapery, sits at a writing-table. Facing her, with outstretched right arm, is '(2) President of the Council and Duc-ss of Ric-nd.' '(3) Lady High Chancellor is the Coun-ss of Buc-s-e', very short and fat, in wig and gown and holding the purse of the Great Seal. Facing her is '(4) Chamberlain', who is 'Margr-ne of Ans-h', wearing a coronet and feathers, and holding a long wand of office. '(5) Mistress of the Horse' holding a whip is 'Lady Arc-r.' '(6) First Lady of the Admiralty' is 'Mrs Jo-n', with her arms folded, in profile to the right, as if playing the part of Priscilla Hoyden in 'The Romp', see British Museum Satires No. 6875, but wearing a naval cocked hat, emblem of her liaison with the Duke of Clarence, see British Museum Satires No. 9009. Facing her is '(7) Secretary of War & Capn of the Guards, La-y Wa-ce' (sister of No. 1); she wears a military cocked hat and coat with epaulettes, her hands placed truculently on her hips. (Her friendship with Dumouriez is perhaps hinted at.) '(8) Mistress of the Buck Hounds', is 'March-ss of Sa-ry', thin and weatherbeaten, holding two hounds on a leash, '(9) Ranger of Hyde Park', is 'La-y La-e' (wife of Sir John Lade) wearing a riding-habit and holding a riding-switch. '(10) Post Mistress General and Inspector of Mis-sent Letters' is 'La-y Je-y'. She sits at a round table on which are many letters and appliances for opening and re-sealing them, including a spirit-lamp inscribed 'Hot water'. She holds a lighted candle and peers through spectacles at a sealed letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and With illegible monogram, perhaps a collector's mark, written in brown ink in lower margin.
Publisher:: Pubd. Febry. 1st, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St. ...
Subject (Geographic):: England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Richmond, Mary, Duchess of, 1740-1796, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Lady Wallace, -1803, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Lade, Letitia, Lady, -1825, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Nobility, and Women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Hints towards a change of ministry respectfully submitted to the consideration of the ladies of Great Britain. [graphic]

8. Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809 Nov

Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 25
Image Count:: 119
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of an inventory of the furniture belonging to Lord Montgomerie in November 1809. The items are arranged by floor and room-by-room, including all living areas, bedrooms, dressing rooms, servants rooms, sundries, attics, kitchen, pastry, scullery, bake house, salt beef cellar, larder, laundry, garden, and stables; and include such items as all types of furniture, grates, cupboards, feather beds and "hair" beds, often with descriptions of the style or materials used
Description:: Hugh Montgomerie, twelfth earl of Eglinton (1739-1819), politician and army officer, was the son of Alexander Montgomerie (d. 1783) of Coilsfield, Ayrshire, the "Castle of Montgomerie" celebrated by Robert Burns., In English., Bookseller's label on inside front cover: Myers & Co. 80 New Bond Street, London W1., and Binding: half calf over marbled boards. On front cover: "General Inventory" printed in gilt on red morocco label.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Coilsfield House (Ayrshire, Scotland), Eglinton, Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of, 1739-1819., and Montgomery family.
Subject (Topic):: Households, House furnishings, Nobility, and Inventories
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809 Nov

9. Letters describing life in England, 1790

Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 115
Image Count:: 270
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a collection of 15 letters describing life in England, translated into French, possibly from German. The letters discuss English lotteries; the proliferation of newspapers; the constitution and the difficulty of reconciling ideology with practice; Parliamentary elections; literary societies; and the nobility. One letter describes and deplores the cruelty of amusements such as hunting, cock-fighting, and "combats des gladiateurs"; another letter mocks an English law against the illegal wearing of buttons. A letter dated December 14, 1790 discusses the possibility of the abolition of the slave trade; the author declares it is the most talked-of subject of conversation and expresses his astonishment that the trade still exists and The letters are followed by a lengthy essay explaining the Women's March on Versailles on October 5-6, 1789. The volume is prefaced by a note by the translator, who criticizes the motives of many travel writers; says that he was drawn to this letter-writer for his curiosity and interest in humanity; and explains that the writer published two volumes, the first of letters written in Paris and Versailles during the revolution in 1789, and the second of letters in England
Description:: In French., Binding: full calf., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, Great Britain., England, France, and Versailles (France)
Subject (Name):: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804.
Subject (Topic):: Cockfighting, Elections, Hunting, Lotteries, Slave trade, Newspapers, Nobility, Travelers' writings, French, Description and travel, History, Women, Intellectual life, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Letters describing life in England, 1790