- Title: The cries of London : for the instruction and amusement of good children.
- Published: York : Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [182-?]
646 820 C928
Acquired July 2020
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Tag Archives: Lewis Walpole Library July 2020
The castle of Otranto : a Gothic story
Extra-illustrated with the seven plates color-printed à la poupée for the Edward Jeffery edition of 1796
- Author: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, author.
- Title: The castle of Otranto : a Gothic story / translated by William Marshal, gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto.
- Edition: The sixth edition.
- Publication: Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, bookseller of London, MDCCXCI [1791]
24 17 791 Copy 16
Acquired July 2020
Poems on various subjects
- Author: Reeves, Eliza.
- Title: Poems on various subjects / by Eliza Reeves.
- Published: London : Printed for the author: and sold by C. Dilley, in the Poultry, MDCCLXXX [1780]
53 R332 780
Acquired July 2020
At a meeting of the committee for promoting the election…
- Title: At a meeting of the committee for promoting the election of John Horne Tooke Esq. in the parish of St. James’s Westminster …
- Publication: [London] : [publisher not identified], [1796]
File 646 796 At861+
Acquired July 2020
Monastery of St. Trone
A watercolor sketch of two rotund monks in front of a entrance to monastery in a lane within gate and wall surround. One attends closely to a young lady with two baskets on her arms; the other reads, lounging on a bench with his one foot raised.
- Artist: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
- Title: Monastery of St. Trone [art original].
- Production: [England], [early 19th century]
Drawings R79 no. 15 Box D145
Acquired July 2020
Mr. John Bull in a quandary
An unfinished sketch for the engraving which appeared in the November 1845 issue of “George Cruikshank’s Table-book,” illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical’s editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. John Bull is beset by lilliputian tormentors who are removing all his cash, clothing, and possessions, beneath clouds of steam and a clanging bell.
- Artist: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist.
- Title: Mr. John Bull in a quandary, or, The anticipated effects of the railway calls [art original].
- Production: [England], [ca. 1845]
Drawings C889 no. 8 Box D115
Acquired July 2020
A view of St. Martin’s Court
Watercolor drawing that provides a view from the back window of a house on the west side of St Martin’s Lane and shows the buildings running behind St Martin’s Lane. Identifiable on the right of the image is the building occupied by the bookseller John Noble, as Sandby has included his shop sign, a bust of Dryden, placed over his door and a trade sign advertising his circulating library. In the projecting bay-window to the right of the composition, a man can be seen at work.
- Artist: Sandby, Thomas, 1723-1798, artist.
- Title: [A view of St. Martin’s Court] [art original].
- Production: [England], [ca. 1765]
Drawings Sa51 no. 1 Box D150
Acquired July 2020