"A cow representing the commerce of Great Britain stands passively on the sea-shore while an American with a feathered cap saws off her horns; one horn lies on the ground. A Dutchman milks the cow ... France, a foppishly-dressed Frenchman, and Spain, ...
Description:
Title and date from British Museum catalogue no. 5472.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, and America.
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799. and Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, Commerce, Colonies, National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, National characteristics, Dutch, Milking, Cows, Lions, and Sleeping
Multi-title collection including Substance of the speech of Jacob Bosanquet, Esq. at the Royal
Image Count:
38
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A bound volume of 32 Napoleonic broadsides, all good impressions, suggesting they were ordered directly from a publisher, possibly from James Asperne who is well represented in the collection and who perhaps made a trade in offering collections of the...
Alternative Title:
Patriotic handbills
Description:
In English.
Publisher:
multiple publishers
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, and History
Album containing a collection of manuscript verse that belonged to James Butler, Duke of Ormonde (1610-88). The volume includes English and Latin panegyrics of Ormonde and on his role as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; epigrams and elegies; Royalist polit...
Description:
Some poems docketed by Ormonde; others by his private secretary, Sir George Lane.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Cobbes, Thomas., Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669., Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638-1696., Lane, George, Sir., Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688., and Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Political satire, English, Verse satire, English, Politics and government, and History
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing about 50 notes and extracts from various works on ancient and contemporary English history; character sketches of classical personages in the manner of Plutarch; and epigrammatic verses in Latin and En...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., Romulus, King of Rome., Solon, approximately 630 B.C.-approximately 560 B.C., William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087., and Theseus, King of Athens.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, English poetry, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Latin poetry, Names, Personal, History, Kings and rulers, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper of documents on the history of Hampshire, copied by Samuel Woodford, Canon of Winchester, from various sources, many in the possession of the Bishop of Winchester. Copies of Anglo-Saxon documents are done in imitation of the origin...
Description:
Flyleaf contains notes of ownership and attribution in Latin by Samuel Woodford and his son, Samuel Woodford of Westcourt, Benstead.
Manuscript, in a single hand, consisting primarily of scientific and travel notes. The manuscript begins with Blagden's notes during his service as a surgeon in the army during the American Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1780. Stationed in the C...
Description:
Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1820), was a physician and secretary of the Royal Society. In 1772, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1776 he became a surgeon in the army and served on a hospital ship during the American Revolutionary War....
Subject (Geographic):
United States., France, Great Britain, England, and United States
Subject (Name):
Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Science, History, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Intellectual life, Social life and customs, and Personal narratives, British
A series of moralistic plates referencing the turmoil in Europe caused by the French Revolutionary Wars. The series describes and illustrates the violent disruption of the quiet country life of an elderly shepherd and his young grandson. In the first ...
Description:
Title from publisher's catalogue entry.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1818, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Switzerland
Subject (Topic):
History, Shepherds, Military occupations, and Moral aspects of war
The collection includes photographs, clippings, and copies of drawings primarily of well-known Black artists, writers, activists, political figures, singers, actors, musicians, scholars, and other figures throughout history. Most of the images depict ...
Description:
Josephine DeWitt Rhodehamel (1901-2000) was a librarian in California and co-authored Ina Coolbrith: Librarian and Laureate of California (1973).
Subject (Name):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967., Rhodehamel, Josephine DeWitt, 1901-2000., and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American athletes, African American authors, African American celebrities, African American musicians, African American singers, African Americans, and History
