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2.
- Creator:
- Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1885]
- Call Number:
- Folio 225 884S Copy 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Composite image, set against a gray background pattern with images of leaves, flowers, and birds, including ten small rectangular views of English scenery, some drawn to overlap and partially obscure others. The scenes include: a view of a bridge and cathedral and several views of the English countryside, with fields, trees, roads, small houses, and rivers with the occasional figures, including a man on horseback, a man lying on a hill, and people riding in a carriage
- Description:
- Title written at bottom of image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 262., and Bound in as page 180 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
- Subject (Topic):
- Nature, Plants, Bodies of water, Cities & towns, and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "The modest charms of English scenery" [art original]
3.
- Creator:
- Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1885]
- Call Number:
- Folio 225 884S Copy 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A pastoral view of a lush riverbank covered in trees, shrubs, and flowers, and other greenery. A man sits on a rock near the shore and looks to the right out over the water. A house on the opposite bank can be seen in the distance on the right; gray clouds fill the sky above
- Description:
- Title written below image. A quotation from Horace Walpole's letter 16 October 1769 to Madame du Deffand: I feel myself here like a swan, that, after living six weeks in a nasty pool upon a common, is got back into its own Thames. I do nothing but plume and clean myself, and enjoy the verdure and silent waves., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 109., and Bound in as page 65 in volume 5 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
- Subject (Topic):
- Rivers and Nature
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Enjoying the verdure and silent waves" [art original]
4.
- Call Number:
- Osborn c135
- Image Count:
- 24
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm of thunder and lightning; and To a lady with some of the author's verses. The collection also contains sonnets on ambition and on the death of a child; and, pasted in, a poem in Latin titled On Holbein's picture of Lord Cromwell
- Description:
- In English and Latin., Inside front cover: bookplate of Philip Yorke, 2nd earl of Hardwick., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Friendship, Nature, Occasional verse, English, Sonnets, English, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1756
5.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A shield, party per pale, with three spears against an argent field; three gauntlets with mascles argent against an azure field. At the helm, atop a torse, is a clothed right-handed fist grasping a fourth spear. The shield is edged with leafing and further flanked by additional flora. Below, a long narrow banner presents the motto Dolore Lenio Dolorem.
- Subject (Name):
- Palmer, Charles
- Subject (Topic):
- A Right Hand, Armorial bookplates, Flower, Hand, Nature, Physicians, Shields, and Surgeons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Charles Palmer
6.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A shield edged in leafing and engulfed with additional flora, with a vert bordure engrailed with three pelicans, two above one below, against an argent field. At the helm, upon a torse, is an anchor. Further above, upon a long flowing banner is the motto Felicior quo Certior.
- Subject (Name):
- Ormston, William
- Subject (Topic):
- Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Nature, Physicians, and Shields
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > William Ormston, Esq.
7.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A shield with an argent field divided by two barrulets sargent with three sargent hearts. At the helm, atop a torse, is a snake with a leafed branch within its mouth. The shield is edged with leafing and flanked by additional flora.
- Subject (Name):
- Okes, T.
- Subject (Topic):
- Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Heart, Nature, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Snake
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > T. Okes, M.D., Bedford
8.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A shield with an azure field and a large garbe of wheat at center. At the crest, atop a torse, is a dog passant. Surrounding the shield are two long flowery stems; at the base of the shield, atop both the stems, is a long, striped banner.
- Subject (Name):
- Grosvenor, John
- Subject (Topic):
- Armorial, Dogs, Nature, Shield, Shields, and Surgeons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > John Grosvenor, Surgeon
9.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- Surrounding the title text are a series of pictures—starting from the top left are the tablets featuring the ten commandments; then a large scallop shell alongside a few other snail shells on a beach; followed by a caduceus in the upper right-hand corner. Below is a drawing depicting Moses amongst the bulrushes.
- Subject (Name):
- Moses, D. A. H.
- Subject (Topic):
- Children, Nature, Physicians, and Snakes
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Ex Libris, D. A. H. Moses, M.D.
10.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A scene with a frame of leaves and design. Against an azure background a serpent wraps itself around a rosebush. There are other flowers and grasses around it, as well as a bird in the lower right-hand corner. At the center is a small shield with a design.
- Subject (Name):
- Morris, H. C. L.
- Subject (Topic):
- Birds, Nature, Physicians, and Snake
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Ex Libris, H. C. L. Morris, M.D.
