63 750 Sa135
Acquired September 2023
A political satire of Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), navy officer and politician, and his unfortunate campaign for the seat of Surrey in 1780. The broadside is augmented by the engraved illustration featuring Keppel, his ship HMS Formidable ablaze, and fourteen other figures, all in service of “Merit protected. Persecution repelled. Undue Influence defeated.” The lengthy satirical poem was prompted by the 1780 election for the commons in Surrey. It references his previous courts-martial for his conduct during the Battle of Ushant, and comments on the state of the nation, war, and the economy.
780.11.00.03+
Acquired July 2023
Engraved card printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of Prince Leopold leaning mournfully over his wife Princess Charlotte’s tomb, which is adorned with her portrait and topped with an urn. Sixteen lines of verse are engraved at the bottom.
File 56 C47 817On No.2
Acquired November 2022
Proposal for rules and regulations for a yearly subscription, at the cost of two shillings and sixpence, for the tenants of Sir George Pauncefote-Bromley, 2nd Baronet, to the ‘Association for the Prosecution of Felons, & &’, by which the subscribers ‘shall keep an accurate account of the Ages, Colours, and Marks of Cattle, the particulars of his Stock, and other Goods … Any person guilty of committing Felony upon the property of any Servants of the Subscriber, shall be prosecuted at the expense of the Society.’
File 64 N849 803
Acquired May 2023
File 652 C334 774
Acquired December 2022
Broadside advertising an ascent by Sieur Krous involving balloons in the form of Henry IV of France and “a number of wild animals”, which would perform an “aerial chace, or hunt in the air”.
File 53 K93 815
Acquired January 2023
“Conditions: I. That this Work shall consist of 250 Copper Plates of the same Size as these Proposals, and be Printed on the same Paper. II. That five half sheets shall be Published once a Fortnight… III. That the Subscribers names and their respective Titles shall be Alphabetically Digested… IV. That those who please to favour us with their Names and Places of Abode… V. That the First Number will be delivered on Saturday the Second Day of December next. Subscriptions are taken in by George Bickham… There will be some Books printed on Large Paper, and those who may have them, at Nine-pence a Number.”
File 66 749 P965
Acquired May 2023
496 B85 785
Acquired May 2023
A prospectus of a print which was publishd by John Ireland on November 12th, 1795
75 H67 S795Ir
Acquired September 2022
74 804 So722
Acquired July 2022