Latin verses written by Horace Walpole probably while a student at Eton. With a plain paper wrapper (19th century paper) embossed with the seal of one of the earls of Derby, probably the 14th or 15th earl, both Knights of the Garter.
Purchased June, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
First line reads: Come neighbours, no longer be patient and quiet.
Acquired June, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Following imprint: “Great Allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers.”
Acquired June, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Verse begins: A Miller there was, and he liv’d at his Mill …
Acquired June, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Acquired June, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Acquired June, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Print satirizing William Wilberforce and the British abolitionist movement.
Acquired June 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Receipt for teas and spices sold to Samuel Fayster, Esqr. Billhead: Bot. Saml. Yockney, tea dealer at the Golden Canister, Bedford Street, corner of Chandos Street, Covent Garden.
Acquired June 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
First trade card of Thomas Bakewell.
Acquired June 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Scrapbook of Watkin Wingfield including 130 drawings (most in color) executed by him between the ages of 8 and 12; clippings from newspapers (including the St. James’s Chronicle and London Evening Post) on current political and social topics, poems, epigrams, advertisements, reports on fashionable society, and news from China and India. Napoleon Bonaparte, however, is the figure most frequently represented in the clippings. Also of interest were the royal visit of Louis XVIII and the death of Queen Charlotte. Laid in are three portrait engravings published by Colnaghi: Frederick William, III, King of Prussia, Field Marshall von Blucher, and the Duke of Saxony. His interest in fashion and dress is evidenced by his many drawings of the ethnic costumes of Europe and the inclusion of many French fashion plates. Also included is a later clipping (ca. 1833?) announcing the marriage of his brother Walter Clopton Wingfield (1800-1846) to Jane Eliza, daughter of General Sir John Michell.
Acquired June, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.