The art of correspondence

book, printed text

  • Title: The art of correspondence, consisting of letters on various subjects, selected chiefly from the works of eminent authors. In French and English : To which are added, letters, notes, &c. on domestic concerns, and addairs of business.
  • Publication: London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, 18, Strand, 1817.
  • Manufacture: [London] : Imprimé par Schulze et Dean, No. 13, rue de Poland, à Londres.

Catalog Record

659 817 Ar784

Acquired April 2021

Miss Hargraves as Amy

description below

This collage shows full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Hargraves. Her head and neck, arms, and feet have been cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and its trimming are cut from satin cloth. On each side are small images also cut from prints: on the right a house with a second story wrap-around porch and on the right a covered structure ladened with refreshments.
On the back of this collage are mounted three small engravings of women in fashionable dress; with notes in red ink “Presented by Sarah, Apl. 8 1830” written twice in the upper left and right and below also on the right and left “The author returns thanks”. In the same hand the middle print has been annotated “Kemble” which is also engraved in the plate with the author and printmaker statements “R. Cruikshank delt. J. Rogers sc.”

  • Creator: Hume, Sarah, artist.
  • Title: Miss Hargraves as Amy [art original] / made and presented by Miss Hume.
  • Production: [England], [1830]

Catalog Record

Drawings C697 no. 2 Box D115

Acquired April 2021

 

The curiosities of London

book, printed text

  • Title: The curiosities of London : containing a descriptive and entertaining sketch of the British metropolis : for the amusement of youth / ornamented with numerous superb engravings.
  • Publication: London : Printed for T. Tegg, No. 11, Cheapside ; Edinburgh : J. Dick ; Dublin : J. Cumming, [approximately 1820]

Catalog Record

646 820 C975

Acquired April 2021

A fragment of the history of John Bull

book, printed text

  • Author: Ettrick, William, 1756 or 1757-1847.
  • Title: A fragment of the history of John Bull : with the birth, parentage, education, and humours of Jack Radical : with incidental remards upon ancient and modern radicalism / by Horace Hombergh, Esq. of the Middle Temple, London [i.e. William Ettrick].
  • Publication: London : Printed for Thomas Wilkie, 57, Paternoster-Row; and sold by Akenhead, Charnley, and Finlay, Newcastle upon Tyne; Renney, Sunderland; and Andrews, Durham, 1820.
  • Manufacture: London : T. Davison, Lombard Street, Whitefriars, [1820]

Catalog Record

63 820 Et85

Acquired April 2021

Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro

description below

In this collage a full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Bartolozzi, with her head and neck, hands, and boots cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming. On the verso in two columns written in red ink and ruled in red ink: On the left the title of a poem only “Lines on my garden”. On the right: Song, “My own Blue Bell”.

  • Creator: Butcher, Master, artist.
  • Title: Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro [art original] / made & given by Master Butcher.
  • Production: [England], [ca. 1828]

Catalog Record

Drawings C697 no. 4 Box D115

Acquired April 2021

Album of watercolors of the countryside around Weston Sands House

description below

An album of watercolors assembled by the gentleman farmer and amateur artist John Tomes showing views of his manor house Weston Sands House and the surrounding countryside. Tomes recorded his estate from many angles and in all seasons as well as picturesque spots in the neighbouring countryside, including several views of the River Avon which bordered his estate. Also included are a series of watercolors taken on a trip to the Isle of Wight. There is also a view of Windsor Castle (?) across the Thames and many watercolors of medieval ruins, abbeys, and castles. Tomes also copied a number of Turner prints from the ‘Liber Studiorum’ (published 1807-1819) and his ‘Picturesque views on the Southern Coast’ (published 1814-1826).

  • Artist: Tomes, John, 1791-1863, artist.
  • Title: [Album of watercolors of the countryside around Weston Sands House] [art original].
  • Production: [Warwickshire, England], [ca. 1818-1850]

Catalog Record

Folio 75 T656 818

Acquired April 2021

The female instructor; or, Young woman’s companion

book, printed text

  • Title: The female instructor; or, Young woman’s companion: being a guide to all the accomplishments which adorn the female character … With many pleasing examples of illustrious females. To which are added, useful medicinal receipts, and a concise system of cookery …
  • Publication: Liverpool : Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, Duke Street, [1812?]

Catalog Record

659 811F

Acquired April 2021