A double portrait of King Charles I on horseback riding through an arch with the Duke of Espernon on foot at his right side, looking up at the King. On the left is a shield with a coat of arms leaning against the column; a curtain frames the scene on the right and left
Alternative Title:
Charles the First, King of England &c. and the Duke d'Espernon and Charles the First, King of England &c. and the Duke d'Epernon
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top edge., and In contemporary manuscript note on verso: Amann
Publisher:
Published by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, and Epernon, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d', 1554-1642,
"North and Fox as supporters of the Coalition Arms (cf. BMSat 6369 (5)), which rest on the prostrate body of the king, on whom North rests his left foot and Fox his right. North stands (left) dexter, holding in his right hand a flag on which are two demons and the word 'Coalition'; the staff is surmounted with a skull; in his left is a small flag with thirteen oblique stripes, an allusion to the loss of the Colonies, which forms part of the first quarter of the arms. Fox holds a ragged cap of Liberty on its staff; his right hand, resting on the escutcheon, holds a small axe which forms part of the second quarter of the arms. The crest is formed of the heads of North and Fox back to back, in profile, right; from their mouths comes a ribbon with the word 'Faction'. The motto which supports the figures of Fox, North, and I the king, is 'Neck or Nothing'. Beneath the plate is a printed explanation of the Coalition Arms: 'Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two Illustrious Persons for their numerous and distinguished Virtus "Go and do thou likewise". They are thus emblazoned: First Quarter. A Standard with the Thirteen Stripes of the American States; Base, Edmund St Omer's [Burke], like a skilful Dentist, drawing the Teeth of a Lion. Second. Quarterly, First and Fourth, Implements of Gambling; Sinister Chief, a declining Axe; Dexter base, the head of Charles, Martyr; Fesse Point Arms of H--ll--d [Holland, the arms of Fox, cf. BMSat 6423]. Third. A Gallows, Two Halters charged Proper. Fourth. Britannia Renversed. Crest. Janus, with the motto Faction. Supporters. Dexter, the Promoter of Independence with the Flag of Coalition. Sinister; the Man of the People, with a Liberty Cap worn Threadbare; both Supporters trampling on an injured------[King] who is extricating Himself from their Oppression.' The arms are as described: Burke (half length) applies a pair of forceps to the teeth of a lion, seated passively. Above them is a paper inscribed 'Reform Bill' (cf. BMSat 5645, &c). The implements of gambling are dice-box, dice, and cards. From the gallows hang a fox (left) and North (right). Britannia, seated head downwards, holds out an olive-branch, emblematical of the peace and the loss of America."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Original issue of no. 6441 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; with the printmaker's initials and date intact., The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Key to the coalition arms," and ends with: "These arms were given from the Herald's Office to the two men, for their many and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'", and Mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
The shield of the Coalition Arms rests on the prostrate figure of the King who tries to free himself from his burden. His efforts are resisted by two supporters of the shield, Lord North (dexter) and Charles Fox (sinister) who each press him down with a foot. North holds a flag with two dancing devils and sign "Coalition," and a small flag with thirteen stripes. Fox holds a stick with a tattered liberty cap on its top. The shield is divided into four quarters. In the first one, Burke, standing under the sign, "Reform bill," pulls a lion's teeth. In the second, the "implements of gambling" are combined with an axe and the head of "Charles Martyr" [i.e., Charles I]. In the third, Fox, shown as a fox, and North, hang from a gallows. In the fourth, a seated figure of Britannia with an olive branch is drawn upside down. The whole is supported by a motto, "Neck or nothing."
Description:
The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two illustrious persons for their numerous and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'" and "Price one shilling."
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
A collection of four engraved admission tickets to the trial of Warren Hastings for the 75th, 116th, 136th, and 141st days in Westminster Hall, each signed by (presumably) the chamberlain for the day -- Chedworth, Somerset, Darlington, Dorchester. Two are printed in black ink, another in blue, and the fourth in green ink; they all carry seals. Three contain comments in a contemporary hand about the day's proceedings praising Sir Robert Dallas's defense, commenting on the fact of Mr. Pitt's reply, and evaluating Edmund Burke's remarks on his second day of speeches. The ticket for the 116th day contains extensive notes on the verso. The ticket of 136th mentions Mr. Fox's reply to Hasting's counsel. Three of the tickets have been torn in the corner, possibly when the bearer entered the hall?
Description:
Warren Hastings (1732-1818) was the first governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1785. He joined the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk. In 1757 he was made the British Resident of Murshidabad; appointed to the Calcutta council in 1761; a member of the Madras council in 1769; made governor of Bengal in 1772; and appointed the first Governor-General of India in 1773. However, Hastings resigned in 1784, and, returning to England, was charged with high crimes and misdemeanors by Edmund Burke. He was impeached for corruption in 1787 but was acquitted in 1795., In English., Engraved admission tickets with mss. notations., With Hasting's coat of arms in the center with text around image: For the trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Peter Burrell Dy. Great Chamberlain., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Chedworth, John Howe, Baron, 1754-1804., Dallas, Robert, Sir, 1756-1824., Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Somerset, Charles Henry, Lord, 1767-1831.
Invitation to a dinner with the governors of the Worshipful Company of Curriers
Alternative Title:
Sir, the pleasure of your company is requested to dine with the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of The Worshipful Company of Curriers
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text, with a woodcut illustration of the arms of the Company of Curriers printed above., Form completed in manuscript on 8 March 1839, specifying a dinner on 30 March at the "London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill.", Mounted to 27.2 x 20.8 cm., and Mounted opposite page 40 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Volume 1, page 14.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Banner on a pole with the arms of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley: a chevron between ten crosses pattée, six in chief and four in base argent. Below the banner are six lines of verse in French with the attribution "Roll of Karlaveroc, St. 22".
Alternative Title:
Square banner of Sir Maurice Berkeley
Description:
Title written in ink above image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 14.1 in volume 1 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Invitation for an election of governors of the Worshipful Company of Dyers, to take place at Dyers Hall on 10 October 1827
Alternative Title:
Sir, you are hereby summoned to appear at Dyers Hall, Elbow Lane, Dowgate Hill, on Wednesday the 10th day of October 1827
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text, with an engraved illustration (signed "Engraved by W. Turner, 69 Cheapside") of the arms of the Company of Dyers printed above., Mounted to 27.2 x 20.9 cm; mounted above is small (sheet 36 x 46 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Dyers., and Mounted opposite page 49 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Depicts a furious man (William Austin) on a sidewalk, shouting "Damn your foollish [sic] caricatures" as he attacks the windows of Matthias Darly's London printshop with his walking-stick. On his left arm he carries a portfolio as a shield (emblazoned with a broken anchor). From it fall papers and drawings, including a prescription (suggestive of madness) from Dr. Monrow (i.e. John Monro, physician of Bethlehem Hospital). One print in the shop window echoes the present image, while Austin's "Proposals for opening a museum of drawings" is trodden underfoot by a dog in the foreground
Description:
Title etched below text., Text beneath image: "Be it known to all men that I -- upon just cause before God and men do declare & pronounce war with and against all and every printshop and printseller within and without the city of London....", Text on shield is a quote from John Gay's My own epitaph: Life's a jest and all things show it. I thought it once, but now I know it., At bottom of plate: B--b--y., Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi. See British Museum catalogue., and Cropped within plate mark. Numbered in ink by an unidentified hand: 46.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Danl. Demoniae
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Austin, William, 1721-1820., Darly, Matthias., and Monro, John, 1715-1791.
Subject (Topic):
Mental illness, Shields, Dogs, Coats of arms, Prints, Stores & shops, and Window displays
Plate [73] 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'; diagram showing the rectos and versos of nine coins from the reigns of Edward IV to Richard III, on a plaque surmounted by a grieving figure, royal coat of arms below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Edward the Fourth to Richard the Third and Coins of Edward the Fourth to Richard the Third
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [73] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Novr. 1796, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Title from letterpress text below image, in Spanish. and Date of publication inferred from variant edition with letterpress text in English, published by J.B.G. Vogel and dated to 1808 in the British Museum catalogue. Cf. No. 11057 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
Publisher:
Printed by Harding and Wright ...
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Enghien, Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, duc d', 1772-1804, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Wright, John Wesley, 1769-1805, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Devil, Pitchforks, Flags, French, Globes, Daggers & swords, Liberty cap, Roosters, Crucifixes, and Hourglasses
