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1.
Part of Christs Hospital taken from the Stewards Office 1765 [graphic]

Creator:
Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 793 P37 Copy 1
Collection Title:
Opposite page 205. Some account of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in an oval frame, showing different parts of the school and hospital on Newgate Street, London; an arcade at the back lines one side of the courtyard, pupils and school masters in yard; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington
Description:
Title etched within lower border of oval image., Heading to six lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.5 x 17.5 cm), printed beneath plate with image: A view of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington., Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London 3d edition., Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800]., and Bound in opposite page 205 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1793, by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Christ's Hospital (London, England),, Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798., Whittington, Richard, -1423., and Christ's Hospital (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Schools, Hospitals, Libraries, Courtyards, Students, and Teachers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Part of Christs Hospital taken from the Stewards Office 1765 [graphic]

2.
Merchants [graphic]

Creator:
Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
1 Jany. 1806.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [127] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Sutton, Clough, Blackwell, Myddleton, Whitington and Cresham on a monument beside which Mercury leans, an anchor in the foreground; the Royal Exchange in the background at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [127] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Mercury (Roman deity),, Whittington, Richard, -1423,, Gresham, Thomas, 1519?-1579,, Clough, Richard, -1570,, and Royal Exchange (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Monuments & memorials and Anchors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Merchants [graphic]

3.
An old ballad of Whittington and his cat

Published / Created:
[between 1754 and 1783?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse - "Here I must tell the praise of worthy Whit-"., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., In this edition, the text is in four columns, with the title above the first two columns. There are four woodcuts. The first and second woodcuts are above their respective columns. The third woodcut is located in the middle of the third column. The fourth woodcut is located near the top of the fourth column., Mounted on leaf 65. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, London
Subject (Name):
Whittington, Richard, -1423
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Ballads, English, Merchants, Cats, Rats, Eating & drinking, Horseback riding, and Scepters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An old ballad of Whittington and his cat