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- Title
- A plan & elevation of a new bridge to be built at Black Fryars
- Description
- Plate signed: Dowbiggin invt 1756., At head of plate: Drawn and engraved for the London magazine 1756., Lancelot Dowbiggin's design for the Blackfriars Bridge was rejected in favor of a design by Robert Mylne, but the plate was published in the London magazine in April 1756., Printed area measures 16.5 x 32.3 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739).
- Creator
- Dowbiggin, Lancelot, 1685-1759
- Date
- [1756]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.2
- Title
- A Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames, from London to Southwark, 'till the late conflagration of the temporary bridge, the 11th of April, 1758
- Description
- Caption title., At head of text is an engraved illustration with the title: An exact view of London Bridge since the conflagration., Printed area measures 40.3 x 37.0 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in, at p. 32, to Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); trimmed at foot, removing printseller's name; imprint from ESTC
- Date
- [1758]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.7
- Title
- A View of the ruins of St. Peters Church, the corner of Leadenhall Street
- Description
- At head of engraving: Gent. Mag. Feb. 1766., This is not the Church of St. Peter upon Cornhill on Grace Church Street just off Leadenhall Street. The ruins here depicted were found under Mr. Hardy's house at the corner of Leadenhall and Bishopsgate Streets after the Bishopsgate fire of Nov. 1765., Plate mark measures 18.5 x 27.4 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in, at p. 445, to Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); with his MS. note.
- Date
- [1766]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.10
- Title
- Philadelphia Bank in Fourth Street Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the Gothic-style bank building, erected in 1808 after the designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe at the southwest corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets. The Philadelphia Bank or Bank of Philadelphia (predecessor of the Philadelphia National Bank), formed in 1803, and was incorporated in 1804 as the unofficial bank of the commonwealth. The building was razed in 1836., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with edited., Described in Snyder's "Birch's Philadelphia Views: New Discoveries," p. 170.
- Creator
- Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
- Date
- [1809]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 38a/P.8719]
- Title
- A New and accurate plan of the cities of London and Westminster, including new roads & new buildings
- Description
- "A scale of 880 yards or 1/2 a mile."--scale bar is 7.5 cm long., Library Company copy is folded and tipped in facing p. 521 of Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); with Collinson's MS. date: 1762.
- Date
- [1762?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.12
- Title
- A General view of the city of London next the River Thames = Vue générale de la ville de Londres qui comprend la partie la plus voisine de la Tamise
- Description
- A hand-colored view of London, numbered in the upper right corner: 1a., John Bowles was at this address from 1740? to 1775; his son Carington Bowles was at this address from 1764 to 1793., Plate mark measures 18.5 x 27.4 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739).
- Date
- [between 1764 and 1768?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.1
- Title
- A Plan of London as in Q. Elizabeths days
- Description
- Signed at foot: Thos. Bowles sculp., John Bowles was at this address from 1740? to 1775, from 1754 to about 1764 as John Bowles & Son., Printed area measures 36.6 x 55.9 cm., Includes also: The south prospect of London as it appear'd when it lay in ruins after that dreadfull fire in 1666., Library Company copy is tipped in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739).
- Date
- [between 1740 and 1754?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.3
- Title
- A New & correct plan of all the houses destroy'd and damaged by the fire which began in Exchange Alley, Cornhill, on Friday, March 25th, 1748
- Description
- At top of plate: To face p: 139 Lond: Mag: for March 1748., At foot: A larger plan of this dreadful fire with the names of ye sufferers engraved on the place of their respective habitations may be had of M. Payne at the White Hart in Pater Noster Row., "Yards 18 to an inch.", Printed area measures 17.4 x 23.0 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739).
- Date
- [1748]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.4
- Title
- London
- Description
- John Norden's map of London, 1593., Printed area measures 17.5 x 24.5 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739).
- Creator
- Norden, John, 1548-1625?
- Date
- [between 1640 and 1667?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.5
- Title
- A Plan of all the houses destroyed and damaged by the great fire which began in Bishopsgate Street on Thursday Novr. 7. 1765
- Description
- Library Company copy is tipped in, at p. 444, to Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); with his MS. notes.
- Date
- Novr. 16, 1765
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.9
- Title
- This view of the barracks Fort Charlotte and part of the Island of New Providence to the westward of the town of Nasssau taken from the top of the guard house Is respectfully inscribed to Wm. Dowdeswell Esqr. Governor General of the Bahamas. And the inhabitants of those islands by their most obedient servant, John Irving
- Description
- View of the two-story British barracks and fort near the coast of the Bahamas. A British barge is docked at the nearby levee. Relaxed British soldiers converse near a cannon on the lookout. A Black man leads a horse and cart loaded with coal up the roadway to the barracks., Title from item., Manuscript signature on verso: N. Franks Esq. L. Irving, Dowdeswell, a noted print collector, was appointed Governor of the Bahamas in 1797., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Hubert & Stadler, engraver
- Date
- Jan 1st, 1802
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Views - Foreign - Bahamas [1879.F.2]
- Title
- Trade cards, advertisements, and bill heads for Philadelphia merchants
- Description
- Contents: [1] J. Yeager engraver Juniper first door below Chesnut & Race Street 103 Philada. -- [2] Printing done with expedition and care, by Richard Folwell, No. 33, Carter's Alley -- [3] Jonathan Meredith, tanner and currier, Philadelphia -- [4] Spectacles, hardware in general also whips and canes of every description, made and sold by John McAllister, No. 48 Chesnut Street Philadelphia -- [5] Edward Penington sugar refiner No. 155 Sassafras Street, Philada. lump -- [6] Jno. P. & Chas. Wetherill, manufacturers of white lead, billhead, dated May 23, 1829, and addressed in MS. to Messrs Pleasants & Graff -- [7] Carpenter's chemical warehouse Philadelphia -- [8] Superior black ink ... Clemens & Baker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Zinman, Michael, collector
- Date
- [between 1797 and 1847?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Zinman Trade cards 111893.O (Zinman)
- Title
- Omai a native of Ulaietea, brought into England in the year 1774 by Tobias Furneaux esqr. commander of his majesty's sloop Adventure Humbly inscribed to the Right Honble John Earl of Sandwich, first commissioner for executing the office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland; &c. &c. &c. By his lordship's most devoted humble servant, Fras. Bartolozzi
- Description
- Full-length portrait of Mai (known as Omai in Britain,) a young indigenous man from Raiatea, who became the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe. Mai is depicted with long, black hair, barefooted, attired in a white robe, and has tattoos on his hands. He holds a feather taumi (gorget) in his right hand and a carved wooden headrest, which may have doubled as a stool, under his left arm. Mai acted as an interpreter to James Cook and joined the crew of the H.M.S. Adventure, traveling to London in 1774. During his two-year stay in England, he became admired by London high society and painted and sketched by a number of artists including Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Hodges, William Parry, and Nathaniel Dance. Mai returned to Tahiti in 1776., Title and date from item.
- Creator
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver
- Date
- October 25, 1774
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **portrait prints - O [(3)5750.F.180a]
- Title
- The election a medley, humbly inscribed, to Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity
- Description
- A pro-Franklin cartoon depicting a crowd gathered to vote at the Philadelphia courthouse during the Pennsylvania Assembly election of October 1764. The print advocates Franklin's appointment as provincial agent to Britain despite his election loss which was a result of his double-sided politics in dealing with the "Paxton Boys," white frontiersmen who murdered peaceful Native Americans. Contains thirty-three verses attributed to Rev. Isaac Hunt to be sung to various tunes. Created as an attack on satirist James Dove, referred to in this title as "Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity," in response to his anti-Franklin print, "The Paxton Expedition." The courthouse crowd includes caricatures of James Dove and five African Americans, including a woman stating in the vernacular, "Mase Lidiput you puchuss a me," a reference to a character pursued sexually by Dove in an earlier anti-Dove cartoon, "A Conference between the Devil and Mr. Dove" (1764)., Place and date of publication provided by Snyder and Murrell., Possibly after the work of Henry Dawkins., Manuscript note: Published for the Election of the 1st of 8th 1764 of Philadelphia., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Date
- [1764]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - [1764] Ele [959.F.74]
- Title
- The election a medley, humbly inscribed, to Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity
- Description
- A pro-Franklin cartoon depicting a crowd gathered to vote at the Philadelphia courthouse during the Pennsylvania Assembly Election of October 1764. The print advocates Franklin's appointment as provincial agent to Britain despite his election loss which was a result of his double-sided politics in dealing with the "Paxton Boys," white frontiersmen who murdered peaceful Native Americans. Contains thirty-three verses attributed to Rev. Isaac Hunt to be sung to various tunes. Created as an attack on satirist James Dove, referred to in this title as "Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity," in response to his anti-Franklin print, "The Paxton Expedition." The courthouse crowd includes caricatures of James Dove and five African Americans, including a woman stating in the vernacular, "Mase Lidiput you puchuss a me," a reference to a character pursued sexually by Dove in an earlier anti-Dove cartoon, "A Conference between the Devil and Mr. Dove" (1764)., Place and date of publication provided by Snyder and Murrell., Possibly after the work of Henry Dawkins., Manuscript note on recto in Watson's hand: Wrote by the Revd. Isaac Hunt at or before 1764 - when Franklin was made agent to London for this "Medley" says "Franklin will be agent." [and] Property of John F. Watson., Manuscript note on verso: Purchased from John F. Watson, Esq. June 14 1860. C.P. [Charles Poulson]., LCP copy lacking fragments along center vertical fold. Backed with laid paper., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [1764]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - [1764] Ele [1885.F.32]
- Title
- John Brown
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of the radical abolitionist, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, jacket, and pants. Brown stands with his left hand in his trouser pocket and looks toward the viewer., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Probably after photographer James Wallace Black., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [between 1860 and 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait prints-B [P.8911.69]
- Title
- A new song suitable to the season, to the tune of good English beer
- Description
- A cartoon supporting the Old Ticket Party of Pennsylvania which advocated a conversion from a proprietary government to a royal colony. Depicts well-to-do Philadelphians in a tavern drinking and singing "Huzza Old ticket, Old Ticket Forever." An African American server serves the men as he states in patois his support of the Old Ticket. As the devil exits the tavern, he indicates his support for the New Ticket Party which supported the existing proprietary government. Contains an electioneering song of six verses from which the depicted Philadelphians sing verses. The tavern was often used as a place to canvass election support and treat voters., Place and date of publication supplied by Evans., Possibly the work of Henry Dawkins., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Date
- [1765]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons -[1765] - New [959.F.87a]
- Title
- Cornwallis is taken! The watchman's cry - Philadelphia 1781
- Description
- Print commemorating the surrender in 1781 of British General Cornwallis at Yorktown depicting the watchman's purported moonlit announcement of the event on October 22nd at the Philadelphia residence of Thomas McKean, the president of Congress. Near the "Geo. Washington" tavern, the white watchman, one hand raised, a lantern in the other, his mouth open and with a few teeth missing, cries the news to the crowd of men, women, and children surrounding him and McKean. McKean, wearing a silken robe, chin in hand listens. His face portrayed with a look of contemplation. The crowd, many in nightclothes hold candlesticks, pray, cheer, and listen solemnly. Included in the crowd are a white man veteran with a prosthetic wooden peg leg, an African American boy, an African American woman caregiver holding presumably McKean's baby in the doorway, a white man and woman couple facing each other and holding hands, white women in shawls and elegant robes, a seated Native American woman attired in moccasins, and a white man portrayed with a frowned expression near behind the watchman., Title from item., Date inferred from duplicate with variant imprint in the collections of the American Antiquarian Society.., Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, 1978., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Doney, Thomas, engraver
- Date
- [ca. 1856]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC-American Revolution [8384.F.23]