A rose with the head of Princess Charlotte as the center, the stigma.
817.12.16.01+ Impression 2
Acquired July 2023
View of Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, from the north west; the Norman Gate in the background on the left; trees below the tower in the foreground.
Topos B513 no. 1+
Acquired August 2022
“Portrait, three-quarter length standing directed to left, head in profile, leaning chin on right hand, the elbow resting on a pedestal in front of her, draped with her cloak, left arm at her side, hair up, wearing a loose gown with billowing sleeves to the elbow, hitched slightly above with a jewel, land an oriental sash, landscape in the background; after Cotes.”–British Museum online catalogue.
770.00.00.136
Acquired July 2021
A collection of 24 proof sheets, mostly eight images per sheet, surrounded by typographic border. The images range from individual animals, such as sloth, sheep dog, ass, lion and tiger, to small country scenes by Bewick or in his style, to battledowrs and chapbook illustrations from Robin Hood to Blue Beard. Also included are satirical prints such as Bewick’s ‘Clown’s Visit to the Moon’, or Davison’s publication on local history.
75 D285 820
Acquired July 2020
A collection of 20 proof states of the 27 prints after George Cruickshank used as illustrations for The Universal songster; or, Museum of mirth. Most are signed with Marshall’s initials ‘JRM’, with two signed ‘J.R. Marshall’ and most identify the artist as ‘G.C.’ (i.e. George Cruikshank) or G. Cruikshank’. One print based on William Hogarth’s “O the roast beef of Old England, &c.” includes the attribution “From Hogarth by G.C.”
75 C889 825
Acquired November 2019
With illustrations (some in color), aquatints, engravings and wood engraving of a geological map, a tea plant, genealogy table (folded) and many estates, manors, castles and churches in England.
61 L862
Acquired May 2019
“Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail.”–British Museum online catalogue.
Folio 49 3636 no. 8++ (Oversize)
Acquired November 2017
An album compiled by Thomas Coates, solicitor and sometime secretary to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, containing 340 proofs of wood engravings mounted on 68 leaves, with section titles and descriptions: Illustrations of the Hindoos / drawn on the blocks by Wm. Westall, A.R.A. 1835 (ca. [32] p.); British Canada 1835 ([8] p.); British costume ([3] p.); Old English sports ([8] p.); a group of 10 pages (some blank) with Roman ruins and other historic sites in Spain and Portugal; Illustrations of the Modern Egyptians / drawn on the blocks by the Author, Edwd. Wm. Lane Esq. 1836 (24 p.). Many of the ilustrations are captioned in blank ink by the same hand; others prints with pencil notations.
Quarto 724 834C
Acquired February 2016
![[Cover] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle](http://lewiswalpole.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/lwlpr21858.jpg "[Cover] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle")
![[Selection 1] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle](http://lewiswalpole.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/lwlpr21859.jpg "[Selection 1] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle")
![[Selection 2] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle](http://lewiswalpole.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/lwlpr21860.jpg "[Selection 2] collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Windsor Castle")
Collection of proofs for fourteen illustrations for William Harrison Ainsworth’s novel Windsor Castle, all but the first trimmed and laid into larger sheets; all are double-ruled in blue and red ink. The first plate “Plan of Windsor Castle 1843” has been mounted on the sheet and ruled in red and blue ink and serves as a title page: “Windsor Castle. A Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth.”. The leaves are numbered in blue ink beginning with 56 and ending with 69. Each leave is titled at the head “Windsor Castle” and eleven of the prints are captioned below. One caption has been erased, and the other two are blank.Space
- Author: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
- Title: [A collection of proofs for William Harrison Ainsworth’s novel Windsor Castle], [ca. 1843].
- Published: [England, 1843]
