Tag Archives: Art objects

New bauble’s for the Chinese temple we are but children of a larger growth

Posted on by
Reply
description below

Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign’s orb

  • Title: New bauble’s for the Chinese temple we are but children of a larger growth.
  • Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840
  • Published: London, 30 March 1820

Catalog Record

820.03.30.07+

Acquired July 2024

A companion to the London Museum and Pantherion

Posted on by
Reply

title page

  • Author: Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849, author.
  • Title: A companion to the London Museum and Pantherion : containing a brief description of upwards of fifteen thousand natural and foreign curiosities, antiquities, and productions of the fine arts; now open for public inspection in the Egyptian Temple, Picadilly, London / by Wm. Bullock.
  • Edition: The thirteenth edition.
  • Publication: London : Printed for the proprietor, by William and Samuel Graves, 66 Cheapside, 1812.
  • Manufacture: London : W. and S. Graves, printers, 66, Cheapside.

Catalog Record

646 812 B938

Acquired September 2020

A companion to the London museum…

Posted on by
Reply

Cover: A companion to the London museum...Bullock, W. (William), fl. 1808-1828

A companion to the London museum, containing a brief description of several thousand natural and foreign curiosities, and productions of the fine arts … in the Egyptian temple, Piccadilly, London, by William Bullock …

15th edition.

Published: London, Printed for the proprietor by Whittingham and Rowland, 1813

715 L845 813

With contemporary mottled boards.

Title page: A companion to the London museum...Subjects (Library of Congress): Art objects–Catalogs; Natural history–Catalogs.

Lewis Walpole Library new acquisition: July, 2010