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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: [Collection of 19th-century matriculation tickets, lecture admission cards, schedule cards, and graduation tickets from various colleges of medicine and pharmacy.]
Description: Collection title devised by cataloger., 11501.F.1 Berkshire Medical Institution, Pittsfield, Mass.: [a] matriculation ticket for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Alonzo Clark, Aug. 11, 1847 -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by B.R. Palmer, Aug. 1847 -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry, botany, and natural philosophy for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Chester Dewey, Aug. 5, 1847 -- [d] admission to lectures on general and special pathology for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Alonzo Clark, Aug. 1847 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica, and medical jurisprudence for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Abner H. Brown, Aug. 1847 -- [f] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Gilman Kimball, Aug. 1847 -- [g] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine and obstetrics for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by H.H. Childs, Aug. 1847., 11501.F.2 College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York: [a] matriculation ticket, no. 45, 1833-34, for Warren Thrall, signed by N.H. Dering, signed on verso by J.D. Jaques and A.C. Post -- [b] order of lectures for the 27th session, 1833-34 -- [c] admission to New York Hospital for Warren Thrall, signed by John Adams, Nov. 11, 1833; illustrated card engraved by Elkanah Tisdale -- [d] admission to lectures on anatomy & physiology by J. Augustine Smith, for Warren Thrall, no. 21, 1833-34 -- [e] admission to lectures on chemistry and botany by John Torrey, for Warren Thrall, no. 26, 1833-34; card engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Co. -- [f] admission to lectures on materia medica by John B. Beck, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34 -- [g] admission to lectures on medical jurisprudence by John B. Beck, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card engraved by Joseph Perkins -- [h] admission to lectures on obstetrics and the diseases of women & children by Edward Delafield, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card engraved by Peter Maverick -- [i] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery by Alexander H. Stevens, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card illustrated with unidentified portrait -- [j] admission to lectures on theory and practice of physic, and clinical medicine by Joseph Mather Smith, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34 -- [k] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery, and surgical anatomy by Willard Parker, for John Moneypenny, 1849-50., 11501.F.3 Columbia College (New York, N.Y.). College of Physicians and Surgeons: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by Alexander Ramsay, for Henry U. Onderdonk, 1st course, no. 14, Nov. 21, 1807; illustrated card engraved by Francis Kearny -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by Alexander Ramsay, for Henry U. Onderdonk, 2nd course; illustrated card engraved by Francis Kearny -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by John Griscom, for Henry U. Onderdonk; card printed by Samuel Wood -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry and legal medicine by James S. Stringham, for Henry U. Onderdonk, Nov. 17, 1807 -- [e] admission to lectures on medical jurisprudence by John Ordronaux, at Columbia College Law School, for Miss Sarah Kingsbury, 1860 -- [f] matriculation ticket for John Morgan M.D., Feb. 26, 1885., 11501.F.4 Female Medical College of Pennsylvania: [a] admission to lectures on chemistry & toxicology by Clinton Gillingham, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1854-55 -- [b] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women and children by Sylvester Birdsell, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1855-56 -- [c] admission to lectures on surgery by K.G. Thomas, for Rebecca L. Fussell, no. 14, Oct. 3, 1855 -- [d] admission to lectures on general and special anatomy by Edwin Fussell, for Rebecca L. Fussell, Oct. 1, 1856 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica and general therapeutics by Mark G. Ker, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [f] admission to lectures on practice of medicine by Ellwood Harvey, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [g] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery by Henry J. Brown, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [h] matriculation ticket for Rebecca L. Fussell, Nov. 1857, signed by Edwin Fussell -- [i] admission to lectures on physiology by Ann Preston, for Rebecca L. Fussell, no. 6, 1857-58 -- [j] admission to lectures on the principles and practice of medicine by Isaac Comly, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, for Jennie Stevenson, 20th session, Oct. 1869., 11501.F.5 Harvard Medical School: [a] admission to lectures on practical anatomy, for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 7, 1838 -- [b] admission to lectures on theory and practice of physic by John Ware, for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 7, 1838; card engraved by W.S. Pendleton and James Eddy -- [c] matriculation ticket for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 6, 1839, signed by Walter Channing -- [d] admission to lectures on materia medica by Edward H. Clarke, for George E. Stubbs, Nov. 1862 -- [e] third course ticket, admission to medical lectures, for George C. Shattuck, 1865; card engraved by John B. Bolton., 11501.F.6 Jefferson Medical College: [a] order of lectures, session of 1848-49 -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry by Franklin Bache, for Henry Woddrop, Oct. 19, 1849 -- [c] admission to lectures on general, descriptive, and surgical anatomy by Joseph Pancoast, for Henry Woddrop, Nov. 1849 -- [d] admission to lectures on institutes of medicine &c. by Robley Dunglison, for Henry Woddrop, 1849-50 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica and general therapeutics by Robert M. Huston, for Henry Woddrop, Nov. 1849 -- [f] admission to lectures on midwifery & diseases of women & children by Charles D. Meigs, for Henry Woddrop, Oct. 1849 -- [g] matriculation ticket for Delavan Bloodgood M.D. U.S.N., signed by Robley Dunglison, Nov. 26, 1861 -- [h] Winter examination by Drs. Warder, McArthur, Leaman and Hatfield, 1871., 11501.F.7 Medical School of Maine: [a] admission to lectures on materia medica and therapeutics by William C. Robinson, for William B. Swasey, Feb. 1865 -- [b] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of medicine by Israel T. Dana, for William B. Swasey, Feb. 1865., 11501.F.8 New Hampshire Medical Institution: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by E.R. Peaslee, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry and pharmacy by Oliver P. Hubbard, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 1843; card engraved by Daggett, Hinman & Co. -- [c] admission to lectures on surgery and obstetrics by Dixi Crosby, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [d] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of physic by Joseph Roby, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [e] Dartmouth. Graduating exercises of the Medical Department, 1877 Tuesday evening, Oct. 30th., 11501.F.9 New York Post-Graduate Medical School: [a] admission to the Department of Clinical Obstetrics, Prof. E.L. Partridge, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [b] admission to the Department of Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Prof. D.B. St. John Roosa, Associate Prof. W.O. Moore, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [c] admission to the Department of Diseases of the Throat, Prof. C. Wagner, Associate Prof. F. Whiting, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883, no. 13; ink stamp on verso -- [d] admission to the Department of Histological and Pathological Anatomy, Prof. T.E. Satterthwaite, Assoc. Prof. W.H. Porter, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883, no. 20; ink stamp on verso -- [e] admission to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Mechanical Therapeutics, Prof. M. Josiah Roberts, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [f] admission to the Department of Physical Diagnosis, Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, Prof. T.W. Satterthwaite, Prof. A.H. Smith, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [9] admission to the Department of Applied Anatomy, Prof. A.L. Ranney, for John Morgan, May 6-June 24, 1884., 11501.F.10 Rutgers Medical College, New York, N.Y.: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy by John D. Godman, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card engraved by William Kneass -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry by John Griscom, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card engraved by Peter Maverick -- [c] admission to lectures on obstetrics and forensic medicine by John W. Francis, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 62, 1826-27; illustrated card -- [d] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Valentine Mott, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card signed: Prud'homme sc. 1823 -- [e] admission to lectures on theory & practice of physic and clinical medicine by David Hosack, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 94, Nov. 6, 1826 -- [f] admission to lectures on therapeutics & materia medica by W.J. MacNeven, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 83, Nov. 1826 -- [g] matriculation ticket for William P. Vail, signed by Valentine Mott, no. 123, 1827-28., 11501.F.11 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine: [a] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Samuel Jackson, for Ephraim F. Leake, Nov. 8, 1843 -- [b] admission to lectures on practical anatomy by W.E. Horner and P.B. Goddard, for Ephraim F. Leake, Nov. 9, 1843; illustrated card has portrait of P.S. Physick engraved by Robert Tiller Jr. -- [c] Spring course of lectures and clinics, March 20 to June 17, 1871 -- [d] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Francis G. Smith, for Charles M. Seltzer, 1876-77., 11501.F.12 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1867-1868: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 21, 1867; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [d] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [e] admission to lectures on operative surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [f] admission to practical anatomy, D. Hayes Agnew demonstrator; engraved illustration of a skull., 11501.F.13 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1868-1869: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 17, 1868; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] schedule card, session of 1868-69 -- [c] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [f] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women & children by R.A.F. Penrose -- [g] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [h] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine by Alfred Stillé., 11501.F.14 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1869-1870: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 18, 1869; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] schedule card, session of 1869-70 -- [c] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [e] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Francis G. Smith -- [f] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [g] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women & children by R.A.F. Penrose -- [h] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [h] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine by Alfred Stillé -- [j] Winter examinations by Drs. Woods, Norris, and Hunter, signed by H.B. Hare., 11501.F.15 Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution: [a] Yale Private Medical School admission card for Paul Mundé, winter term 1863-64, signed by Worthington Hooker -- [b] admission card for John Morgan, Sept. 1867, signed by C.A. Lindsley -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by Benjamin Silliman, for John Morgan, 1868-69 -- [d] admission to lectures on histology, pathology and microscopy by Moses C. White, for John Morgan, 1868-69 -- [e] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women and children by Stephen G. Hubbard, for John Morgan, 1868-69; card lithographed by Punderson & Crisand -- [f] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of medicine by Charles L. Ives, for John Morgan, 1868-69; card lithographed by Punderson & Crisand., 11501.F.16 Pharmacy colleges: [a] Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, commencement ticket, May 22, 1872, at Horticultural Hall, Geo. F.H. Markoe, dean -- [b] Parrish's School of Practical Pharmacy, admission card for S.J. Stevenson, 1869, signed by Edward Parrish, lecturer, Clemmons Parrish, demonstrator -- [c] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, admission to lectures on pharmacy by William Procter Jr., for Adolph W. Miller, 1861-62 -- [d] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, admission to lectures on materia medica and botany by John M. Maish, for John Brewster Reynolds, 1879-80 -- [e] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, commencement ticket, March 16, 1880, at the Academy of Music., 11501.F.17 Miscellaneous: [a] admission to lectures on materia medica and practical chemistry by Samuel Stratten, for K.R. Risk -- [b] Bellevue Hospital Medical College, general ticket, 1863-64, for John Kirker, signed by Isaac E. Taylor, president, and Austin Flint Jr., secretary -- [c] Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, schedule card, 1865-66 -- [d] Edinburgh City Hospital, admission card for Edgar Cyriax, winter session, Jan. to March 1898, signed by Claude B. Ker -- [e] Iowa University. College of Physicians & Surgeons [Keokuk?], admission to practical anatomy, session 185[blank] -- [f] Louisville Medical College, admission to practical anatomy by Geo. J. Cook, for C. Keefer, 1876-77 -- [g] Philadelphia Dental College, admission to lectures on dental pathology and therapeutics by J. Foster Flagg, for Frank A. Monroe, 1883-84 -- [h] University of Edinburgh, admission to lectures on anatomy, sound & morbid, and pathology by Alexander Monro, for John Wilson, 22 April 1844; card has portrait of Alexander Monro Secundus -- [i] University of Louisville Medical Department, admission to lectures on medical chemistry and toxicology by James W. Holland, for James W. Noel of Arkansas, 1871-72; card lithographed by German & Bro., Louisville, Ky. -- [j] University of the City of New York Medical Department, commencement ticket, March 6, 1888, Metropolitan Opera House, Charles Inslee Pardee, dean -- [k] University of the State of New York, College of Physicians & Surgeons of the Western District, admission to lectures on surgery by John Delamater, for Leonard G. Haskins, 1834-35 -- [l] University of Vermont Medical Department, admission to Mary Fletcher Hospital for M.L. Michael, 1882, signed by A.J. Millard, supt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1807-1898]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine Admission cards 11501.F (Helfand) BOX

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]

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