- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.06.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A crowd, gathered in the courtyard under the sign of The George Inn on the route to Brighton, examine a horse seemingly under auction; a man in the doorway holds up a hammer. People look out at the scene from the windows of the inn. Two men converse with a woman to the left as her dog looks at the scene; a traveler with a pack and walking stick sits on a stoop to adjust his shoe
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Third of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and aquatint in sepia on laid paper ; sheet 26.7 x 33.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
- Subject (Topic):
- Animal auctions, Audiences, Travelers, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Crawley [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- 1843 or 1844
- Call Number:
- Osborn d388
- Collection Title:
- Manuscript journal from September 1843 to April 1844, 1843-1844
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Image depicts the twenty-two states of the Swiss Confederation of 1843 or 1844, the different types of dress found among the people of these regions, and the traveling distances between those regions.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland --Description and travel --1800-1850, Switzerland --Ethnic relations, Switzerland --History --1830-1848, Switzerland --History --19th century, and Switzerland --Politics and government --19th century
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism, Travelers, and Travelers writings
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le Grand sceau de la confederation suisse et le costume des huissiers des XXII cantons
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 September 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.09.01.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stage-coachman (left) holds open the door of his coach, showing that it is overcrowded with five fat passengers. He speaks to a fat woman who stands in profile to the right, holding a fan, a dog tucked under her left arm. A flagged pavement and cobbled roadway show that they are in a London street. Beneath the title is engraved: '"Just room for one Madam," - "Vell I wow I have run all the way like a Lamp-lighter, till I am all over in such a Heat you can't think."'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '198' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and One line of text below title: Just room for one Madam, -- vel [sic] I vow I have run all theway like a lamp-lighter ...
- Publisher:
- Published 1st September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Obesity, Streets, Travelers, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Light summer travelling, only six inside. Children half price [graphic].
- Creator:
- Trollope, Charles
- Published / Created:
- 1843 or 1844
- Call Number:
- Osborn d388
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Autograph diary of a tour through Germany and Italy, with a return voyage by way of Malta, Algiers and Gibraltar, taken by Trollope between September 1843 and April 1844 in the company of his friend Edward Davies. Trollope describes travel arrangements; monuments, works of art, and various tourist sights, particularly in Rome; church services attended and sermons heard; flowers and trees; shipboard activities; the quarantine of his steamer at Ryde; and the weather. He concludes his account by noting that ""I have seen quite enough to be able to value and prize the Institutions of our own country more than those I have left behind.""
- Description:
- 40 etched, lithographed and aquatinted prints (3 hand-colored) of various subjects, including 5 of Malta. Several bills, tickets, passes and newspaper clippings pasted in, including an article on ""The Ghetto at Rome"" from Jewish Records), September 1857 (
- Subject (Geographic):
- Coblentz (Germany) and Ehrenbreitstein (Germany)
- Subject (Topic):
- Boats and boating, Coast defenses, Fortification, Tourism, Travelers, and Travelers writings, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Manuscript journal from September 1843 to April 1844, 1843-1844
- Creator:
- Bewicke, Margaret
- Call Number:
- Osborn d354
- Image Count:
- 295
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of a detailed diary describing travel experiences, scenery, tours of libraries and galleries, and Italian acquaintances
- Description:
- Flyleaf note: "Close House, Wylam-on-Tyne, Northumberland" and genealogical information on Margaret (Spearman) Bewicke.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe and Italy
- Subject (Topic):
- Travelers' writings, English, Travelers, Travel journals, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tour in France, Switzerland & Italy made in the years 1824 & 1825, 1824-1825
- Call Number:
- Osborn d347
- Image Count:
- 66
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of a diary by an unidentified Englishman documenting his trip from Liverpool to the major cities of Italy. Subjects include his opinions of many works of Italian Renaissance art (carefully identified by title and artist), his traveling companions, local customs and religious practices, and scenery
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary leather ("blank book").
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe and Italy
- Subject (Topic):
- Renaissance art, Italian, Travelers, Travel journals, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Travel diary, [1869?].
- Published / Created:
- February 1, 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.02.01.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Probably an illustration to Sterne's Sentimental Journey. A corpulent gentleman with an equally rotund lady on his arm waits in a line of passengers to board a ship. An invalid is carried up the gangpank in a chair, while a servant carries a side of beef on a platter together with a basket of wine-bottles. Another gentleman descends from a coach. Masts of sailing vessels occupy the background
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published as the Act directs, by A. Hamilton ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Dover (England), England, and Dover
- Subject (Topic):
- Travelers, Passengers, Sailing ships, Carriages & coaches, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Yorick at Dover going to embark for Calais [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [185-?]
- Call Number:
- Osborn fd40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Contains very full details of the authors experiences on his journey from Strasbourg, down the Rhine, and later to England.
- Description:
- Anonymous MS.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rhine River
- Subject (Topic):
- Travelers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diary], [mid 19th century]