Category Archives: Ephemera

To the memory of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte

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Engraved card printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of a mourning Britannia and British Lion in front of Princess Charlotte‘s tomb, which is located under a weeping willow and is adorned with her portrait and topped with an urn. Sixteen lines of verse are engraved at the bottom, signed “J. Thompson”.

  • Author: Thompson, J., author.
  • Title: To the memory of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales & Saxe-Cobourg : who died Novr. 6th, 1817 / J. Thompson.
  • Publication: London : Published by S. Rothwell, 3 Hatfield St., Blackfriars Road, [1817]

Catalog Record

File 56 C47 817T

Acquired July 2023

A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

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small copper coin

A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince’s Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small linked circles around the perimeter. The 1788 token for a box at Covent Garden is the only token with a hole in the center.

  • Title: A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters.
  • Production: [England], [between 1762 and 1820?]

Catalog Record

66 762 C697

Acquired November 2023

Facing Allmack’s. EO table, No. 81 Pall Mall, for gold and silver

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Printed trade card advertising gambling at an EO table.

  • Title: Facing Allmack’s. EO table, No. 81 Pall Mall, for gold and silver.
  • Publication: [London] : [publisher not identified], [1780s?]

Catalog Record

File 66 780 Al444

Acquired November 2023

Thomas Haines Jun. fly waggons to London

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An illustrated advertising handbill for Thomas Haines’s fly waggons and fly vans, running from the Blossoms Inn in the City of London to the Royal Hotel Yard, Cheltenham. Illustrated with a vignette at head of a covered fly waggon driven by two men; and a vignette at foot of a fly van with driver at front and armed coachman at rear.

  • Author: Thomas Haines Jun. (Firm)
  • Title: Thomas Haines Jun. fly waggons to London … [graphic].
  • Publication: [Cheltenham] : S.Y. Griffith & Co., copper plate printers, [182-?]
  • Manufacture: [1824?]

Catalog Record

File 66 824 T457+

Acquired August 2023

W. Brown, architect & surveyor, Ipswich

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A classical ruined building with Doric columns, similar to the Temple of Poseidon at Paestum, is depicted; Brown’s credentials are inscribed on a chunk of masonry in the foreground.

  • Printmaker: Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, printmaker.
  • Title: W. Brown, architect & surveyor, Ipswich [graphic] / W. Brown inv. et delin. ; J. Robinson sculp.
  • Publication: [England] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1825]

Catalog Record

File 66 825 R662

Acquired October 2023

The popular Sunday newspaper, Bell’s weekly messenger

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Advertising sheet, printed on both sides. The recto promotes two of John Bell’s newspapers; the verso contains an advertisement for Price & Gosnell, Perfumers to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

  • Title: The popular Sunday newspaper, Bell’s weekly messenger, will be conducted with becoming spirit and attention … : Another edition of the same paper, viz. – The Monday edition of Bell’s weekly messenger, is published every Monday …
  • Publication: [London] : Printed by J. Bell, No. 104 Drury-Lane, [between 1817 and 1820]

Catalog Record

File 66 817 P831

Acquired November 2023

A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs…

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small, round coin

A collection of six gaming counters or monetary tokens from the gambling houses and clubs of Georgian London. Four were made by John Milton (signed “J. Milton f.” or “J.M” on the smaller pieces) with an ace of spades encircled with the quote “Honi soit qui mal y pense”, wreathed and crowned. The two others by Milton have on the obverse the initials “S.F.” (S. Fiuri, in Bury Street St. Mary Axe) and the date “1 May 1792” and a value of “XII” or “VI”. The two other Milton counters are marked “S&L” indicating Smith & Lockwood and the other “JL” for John Lister in Haymarket. Another small token in white metal issued by the “Cocoa Tree” with the value on the obverse “One guinea”. The last counter in gilt-brass issued by “Free Mason Tavern” and marked “462′ in the center and on the obverse “M. Richold Guina.” with laurels above and below.

  • Title: A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses.
  • Production: [England], [approximately 1790-1820]

Catalog Record

66 790 C697

Acquired November 2023

 

The late and much lamented Princess Charlotte

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side profile of woman from the waist up, wearing a floral crown

  • Title: The late and much lamented Princess Charlotte of Saxe Coburg [graphic] : who departed this life Novr. 6th, 1817.
  • Publication: London : Published Novr. 20th, 1817, by R. Miller, Old Fish Stt, [20 November 1817]

Catalog Record

File 56 C47 817L

Acquired July 2023

Beggar’s opera playing cards

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cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic, each board 40 x 54.5 cm

Each card shows music and lyrics from John Gay’s Beggar’s opera and a small standard playing card inset in the upper left corner; red suits with stencil colored pips; no tax stamp; maker’s details on king of clubs, 10 of spades and ace of hearts.

  • Printmaker: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, printmaker.
  • Title: [Beggar’s opera playing cards].
  • Publication: [London] : Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, [approximately 1770]

Catalog Record

File 55 G25 S770++

Acquired June 2023