This plan shows the intention to remove Bethlem ('Bedlam") Hospital and replace it with the 'London Amphitheatre' which would comprise at least 60 houses with gardens, stables and coach-houses suitable for 'Opulent Citizens'. This complex will be link...
Description:
Colored for reference with an explanation note at upper left. Following imprint beneath map: Price one shilling.
Publisher:
Engrav'd & publish'd by John Luffman, No. 28, Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, City of London (England), London (England), City of London., and London.
Survey and ground plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall
Description:
Map of the Palace of Whitehall, showing the various rooms, courts, gardens, wharves, barracks and the park beyond, the river to the south. An elegant border formed of pillars with scrolling capitals and two keys to the map. Inset maps to the upper lef...
"Interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, with Benjamin Wilson standing at left holding a torch at the end of a long conducting device, two assistants at different points in the apparatus at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
J. Nourse
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., London, and England.
Subject (Name):
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788,
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, electricity, Experiments, Scientific equipment, and Electrical apparatus
Patrons of the Anniversary of the Charity-Schools (Society)
Published / Created:
[1827]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
An engraved admission ticket with the St. Paul's Cathedral in a rondel in the center flanked on the left with an figure of a boy in a niche with the words "Naked & ye clothed us" below and on the right a girl, also in a niche, with the words "Ignoranc...
Description:
Title from text surrounding central image of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Publisher:
Society of Patrons and Norris & Son, sc. Moorfields
"View inside the institution; paintings hang from walls, artists set up around sides with canvases supported by easels copying the displayed work; a table in centre of room with paints and brushes; an arch leads on to the next room with a similar set ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
British Institution.
Subject (Topic):
Galleries & museums, Interiors, Painting, and Art education
Invitation to a dinner with officers of the Charity Schools of Christ Church, scheduled for 5 June 1828 at Highbury Tavern
Alternative Title:
Christ Church Spitalfields, Charity Schools and Sir, the favor of your company is requested to dine with the Treasurer & Trustees of the Charity Schools of Christ Church
"Scene in an auction room, a sale in progress; paintings hang from walls and are displayed from an easel, a crowd gathers in room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Christie, Manson & Woods.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Crowds, Events, Interiors, and Art auctions
"Scene in an auction room, a sale in progress; paintings hang from walls and are displayed from an easel, a crowd gathers in room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Christie, Manson & Woods.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Crowds, Events, Interiors, and Art auctions
Etched advertisement for a panoramic view of London that could be viewed (for an admission fee) at 61 Wood Street. Wrapping around the text at center is a circular depiction of that bird's-eye panorama of the city
Alternative Title:
Birds eye view of London and surrounding country, taken from the Monument, is open for the inspection of the public and City panorama, 61 Wood Street, Cheapside
"Westminster from the river; view of Westminster abbey taken from mid-stream, with the Parliament on the left the Hall and Westminster stairs in the centre; boats in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), and London (England)
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey,, Westminster Hall (London, England),, and Westminster Palace (London, England),
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 coatarmo...
Alternative Title:
De studio militari
Description:
De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English.
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
Manuscript on paper in a single hand containing two sets of lecture notes on logic by a student of the University of Louvain. The first set of lectures was given by Guillielmo Philippi; the second by the Cartesian philosopher Arnold Geulincx. The manu...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Name):
Eversdijck, Marcellus van., Geulincx, Arnold, 1624-1669., Philipps, William., and Université de Louvain (1425-1797)
Subject (Topic):
Logic, Study and teaching, Logic, Modern, and Philosophy, Modern
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing Middle English versions of several works by Rolle, including Emendatio vitae; Ego dormio; The Commandment; and Form of Living. Also contains a Middle English version of Walter Hilton's Mixed Life
Description:
In Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, Alchemy, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Romney, R., active approximately 1795-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1795]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a square, horses in the foreground pulling the conspirators to a raised platform in the left middle ground for the execution, a number of spectators watching the event."--British Museum online catalogue
Manuscript volume, in a single hand, containing the text of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, followed by the text of the Historia brittoum of Nennius; a brief biography of Merlin; and Sybilline prophecies
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Great Britain, Church history, and History
"Portrait of John Charles Brooke, half-length standing directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding a rolled document in right hand at waist level, wearing ceremonial robes decorated in fleur-de-lis and lions, chain of office and powdered wi...
Alternative Title:
John Charles Brooke Esqr. F.S.A.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Mar. 20, 1794, by G. Nayler, Coll. Arm. London
"View of a fairly large house in Green Park, surrounded by trees and shrubbery, three figures on pathway in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lord William Gordon's lodge, in the Green Park
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Green Park (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, William, 1744-1823
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Parks, and Dwellings
"View of buildings of Whitehall Palace from the river, from an inlet of the Thames in Lambeth Marsh; boats in the foreground, Banqueting House in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
"Cross section of the cross showing the route up to the observatory, supported by scaffolding, erected for the purpose of creating a panorama of London."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hornor, Thomas, 1785-1844. and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Invitation to an event hosted by the Company of Stationers, which was to include a procession by barge to Westminster, followed by a dinner back at Stationers' Hall
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (London, England)
Invitation to a dinner at Barbers' Hall with the Master and Governors of the Worshipful Company of Barbers, London, on 9 November 1826. Printed at bottom is a reminder that the Arrears of Quarterage must be paid up in order to attend
Invitation to a Lord Mayor's Day event hosted by the Company of Merchant Tailors, which was to include a procession by barge to Westminster, followed by a dinner back at Merchant Tailors' Hall
View of the exterior of the Skinners' Hall, Dowgate Hill, London; Ionic pillasters across front with central pediment above, coat of arms in center of pediment; wrought iron fence at street level, with gates and lamp posts in front of the two visible ...
Manuscript, on vellum, in several hands, containing several Middle English devotional texts. The Abbey of the Holy Ghost is followed by The Meditation of St. Anselm; The Five Sorrows of the Virgin; and an explanation of how to say the Psalter of the V...
Description:
In Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483 and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Allegory, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Women, and Conduct of life
"View of the large column and Carlton House Terrace, in Piccadilly, from St James's Park; a number of figures in park including three children in central foreground, two sitting, the third standing looking up at the column."--British Museum online cat...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Monuments & memorials, Parks, and Columns
"Trade card of Samuel Knights, printseller and frame maker, at 6 Change Alley, opposite Garraways Coffee House; view of the shop from the street, with many prints on the window and inside the shop, open door to the left."--British Museum online catalo...
"Interior of the grand hall; six Ionic columns supporting room, presumably two further columns behond viewer; a small fireplace at far end with two armchairs; a slim red carpet crosses hall, a man leads two military men across carpet."--British Museum...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"View inside the grand conservatory; plants growing to either side of a central paved walkway, pillars supporting roof, a fountain at far end by entrance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by John Bell, Southampton Str. Strand, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Greenhouses, Plants, Fountains, Ceilings, Columns, and Windows
"Interior of the choir of St Paul's; large arches on either side; a pulpit and lecturn in centre; a few elegantly dressed figures wandering around church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Vüe occidentale du choeur de la Cathédrale de St. Paul
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Churchyard, London
"Ticket for the trial of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, with coat-of-arms, held by a monk and a naked man, wearing wreaths on his head and around his waist, on ribbon with motto "Animus Non Deficit Æquus"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within banner above coat of arms; remainder of title etched below coat of arms, with "Tenth day" etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 and Gwydir, Peter Burrell, Baron, 1754-1820.
"A section of the hustings extends across the design, bisected by one of the vertical posts supporting the (invisible) roof. On this are two placards: 'Loyal Parishes of St Paul's and St Giles's' and 'State of the Poll - . Paul - Hood - Sheridan'. The...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 15th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, J. Budd, Pall-Mall, and & R. Bagshaw, Brydges Street
Subject (Name):
Hood, Samuel, Sir, 1762-1814, Paull, James, 1770-1808, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, and Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817
"A section of the hustings extends across the design, bisected by one of the vertical posts supporting the (invisible) roof. On this are two placards: 'Loyal Parishes of St Paul's and St Giles's' and 'State of the Poll - . Paul - Hood - Sheridan'. The...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 15th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, J. Budd, Pall-Mall, and & R. Bagshaw, Brydges Street
Subject (Name):
Hood, Samuel, Sir, 1762-1814, Paull, James, 1770-1808, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, and Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817
"View from the Water Engine Court in the prison, with two culprits at hard labour turning a wheel on the left; to the right a wardon directs two new inmates to relieve them; part of the chapel visible below the arch above court."--British Museum onlin...
Alternative Title:
Water engine, Coldbath Fields Prison
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Admission ticket to the coronation of King George IV, Westminster Hall, Pass Ticket, 19 July 1821; decorative roundel within wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks; embossed above and below, with blindstamp of Lord Great Chamberlain's Office."--Brit...
Depiction of the arms of the Company of Grocers, with chevron and nine cloves on the shield, a camel on the crest, and griffins as supporters; motto "God grant grace" within banner at bottom
Alternative Title:
To the tenants of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, or [...?]
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; alternative title from letterpress text beneath image.
Baker, B. (Benjamin), active 1766-1824, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18--?]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.4 pt.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Ticket to the Stationers Company; their coat of arms shown as armorial shield held by two trumpeting angels, and motto "verbum domini manet in eternum"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (London, England)
Depiction of the arms of the Society of Apothecaries, with Apollo on the shield, his head radiant, overcoming pestilence which is represented by a wyvern; the supporters are golden unicorns, the crest is a rhinoceros; motto "Opiferque Per Orbem Dicor"...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. and Apollo (Deity),
Christ is shown with his disciples, gestering toward the sick in the distance who are beign carriet to an antique building in the left background, presumably a hospital
Alternative Title:
In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these...
