Vauxhall miscellany, 1732-1821.

Physical Description:

1 v. (ca. 150 items) ; 35 cm.

Notes:

In English.
Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Frank Hammond, July 1956.
Title from spine.
Bound in half sprinkled calf, gilt panelled back, with crimson morocco label and gilt emblems of lyres.

Abstract:

An album of music, songs, engravings, newspaper clippings, chapters from books, broadsides, maps, tickets, a watercolor, etc., all relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall with an emphasis on the music performed. Engravings include portraits of actors and performers, politicians, ladies of fashion, views of the gardens, maps, and both songs and engraved musical scores.

Variant Titles:

Admiring lover.
Upon my word I did.
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey. Faux-Hall.
The country journal, or The craftsman. No. 309.
The universal spectator and weekly journal. No. 191.

Topics:

Music--England--London.
Parks--England--London.

Topics:

Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)--History.

Topics:

Lowe, Thomas,--ca. 1719-1783.
Stevenson,--Miss.
Vernon, Joseph,--1737 or 1738-1782.

Language:

English

Genre:

Broadsides.
Drawings--British--18th century.
Engravings--England--1740-1750.
Etchings--England--1740-1750.
Portraits.
Sheet music.
Woodcuts--England--1740-1750.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Paintings & Drawings
Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Folio LWL Mss Vol. 191

Orbis Record:

9474701

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr34057 (parent)

oid pointer:

15959211

Citation:

Vauxhall Miscellany. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

15959210

PID:

digcoll:2795791

Number of Pages: 171