Two ballads on same sheet.
Undated. From the third volume of The Tyburn Chronicle (1768), to which this illustration is the frontispiece.
Probably a commercially-produced print. Captioned below by hand, ‘South Side III. | The Eastern Church.’
Of a similar date to the photograph on f. 2r.
(i) ‘Introduction to all the Toasts.’
First line: ‘Such is the List of Our Heroick Fair’.
(ii) ‘On the Dutchess of Queensberry.’
First line: ‘Fair Patroness of Wit and Liberty’.
(iii) ‘On the dowager Dutchess of Marlborough.’
First line: ‘Tell me no more of Youth, this Glass shall Boast’.
(iv) ‘On the Countess of Denbigh.’
First line: ‘Walpole this Charge to Noble Denbigh Gave’.
(v) ‘On the Countess of Burlington.’
First line: ‘Walpole may Give himself strange Airs’.
(vi) ‘On Miss Barnard.’
First line: ‘O! Sprung from Barnard London’s proudest Boast’.
(vii) ‘On the Lady Wallace.’
First line: ‘Thou Patriot Dame, whose Generous Bosom Shares’.
(viii) ‘On Young Lady Walpole.’
First line: ‘Go Spritely Rolles, Go traverse Earth and Sea’.
(ix) ‘On Mrs Cantillion.’
First line: ‘Illustrious Sons of Liberty and Will’.
(x) ‘On Miss Jenny Johnson Niece to Sir John Barnard.’
First line: ‘Since in this Circle of the Brave and Great’.
(xi) ‘On Lady Harvey.’
First line: ‘While Witt or Beauty boast a Charm’.
(xii) ‘On Miss Peggy Hays.’
First line: ‘Unequal’d say what Matchless Dame’.
(xiii) ‘On Miss Fowler.’
First line: ‘Bacchus Crown the Swelling Bowl’.
(xiv) ‘On Miss Delmé.’
First line: ‘Let Some let Virtue and discerning Taste’.
Probably a commercially-produced print. Captioned below by hand, ‘North Side II. | The Ante-Nicene Church.’
Of a similar date to the photograph on f. 2r.
(Engraved by John Kennerley from a drawing by Satchwell, and published on 21 Feb. 1812. The illustration is captioned ‘Christian directed to the Cross as the Way to an immortal Crown’.)
(i) Agrees to give Philips forty guineas for his poem Cyder, together with a certain number of copies of the book, and agrees terms for subsequent editions.
(ii) Acknowledges the receipt of ten guineas ‘in full of this note and all demands’.
Endorsed ‘Mr Tonson’s Promissory Note’.
Engraved by Robert Pollard from a drawing by Robert Dodd. Undated. From the fourth volume of Jackson’s New and Complete Newgate Calendar (1795), where this illustration faces p. 107.
Published on 1 Aug. 1780 by Fielding and Walker, Pater Noster Row.
‘Non secreta tui cordis sciat omnis amicus | Hic tibi forsan erit capitalis cras inimicus. | Psal. 39. Ach wie gar nichts sindt doch alle Menschen! [Hebrew letters] | Darumb | Psal. 37. Befihl dem herren deine Wage Undt | hoffe auff Ihn, Er wirdts wol machen.’ Dated at Lützelstein. Addressed to Elias Mertel.
(The day of the month is indistinct. Signed ‘Cleora’. Mary is addressed as ‘Belinda’. Marked ‘No 33’.)
Made (fecit) by (Jacobus?) Harrewijn. The print is closely trimmed.
Drawn and engraved by C. Hall. Published on 18 May 1781 by Hall, 2 Grafton Street, Soho, London. The print features various devices, including the motto ‘Patiens, passus, honorably acquited’ and the date 6 Feb. 1781.
‘Dominus providebit!’ Dated at Frankfurt am Main.