Horace Walpole’s copy with his armorial bookplate.
49 860
Acquired August 2004
A lady walking along a high orchard wall has her enormous headdress, trimmed with lace and ribbons, pulled from her head by a monkey perched atop the wall. She clasps her hand to her bare head, a look of surprise on her face. A man perched on a ladder picking apples in the orchard looks over the wall in amusement at the scene. A butcher’s boy with a large tray stands in the street equally amused by the scene.
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
776.10.25.01+
Acquired April 2003
Printed handbill with ornamental border soliciting funds and warning against persons who “go about with intent to defraud us and impose upon you … “
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
File 63 823 H317
Acquired December 2007
George IV, looking into a full length mirror, is startled by the sight of the likeness of his estranged wife, Caroline looking back at him over the shoulder of his reflection in the mirror. He wears a crown, his coronet and feathers discarded on the floor beside him. The carpet, chair, and table-cloth are decorated with the Royal Arms.
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
820.02.11.01
Acquired July 2007
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
812.05.30.01 Impression 2
Acquired 2005
A letterpress indenture printed on vellum with blanks for names, dates, and signatures.
- Author: Theatre Royal (Drury Lane, London, England)
- Title: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, rent charge of two shillings and sixpence for every night of performance …
- Created: [London : s.n., 1793]
Drawer 769 793 D84
Acquired July 2012
First line of text: Sir, your company is desired to dine with the president, vice presidents & governors of the Lying in Charity for married women at their own habitations on Wednesday the 29th of April …
Dated upper right: “London 11th April 1778.”
File 66 778 L984
Acquired July 2012