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Enlightened princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the shaping of the modern world / edited by Joanna Marschner, with the assistance of David Bindman and Lisa L. Ford ; with essays by Glenn Adamson, A. Cassandra Albinson, Robyn Asleson, Wolf Burchard, Donald Burrows, Lisa L. Ford, Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, Florence Grant, Tyler Griffith, Mark Hallett, Craig Ashley Hanson, Samantha Howard, Roisin Inglesby, Emma Jay, Berta Joncus, Kathryn Jones, Mark Laird, Ben Marsh, Joanna Marschner, Amy Meyers, Clarissa Campbell Orr, Frank Prochaska, Lee Prosser, Aileen Ribeiro, Joseph Roach, Jane Roberts, Cyntha E. Roman, Matthew Storey, John Styles.
Date: 2017- Books
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Verses addressed to the ---. With a new year's gift of Irish potatoes. By Lord knows who. In imitation of a late poem.
Lord knows who.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Pictures
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The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 August 1816Reference: 12212i- Books
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A congratulatory address to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on his marriage with Her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Dedicated to The King. By a friend to the constitution and the distressed. N. B. The Profits arising from this Publication will be solely devoted to certain Distressed Cases.
Friend to the constitution and the distressed.Date: 1795- Books
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A master-key to popery: in five parts. Part I. Containing a discovery of the most secret practices of the secular and regular Romish priests in their auricular confession. Part II. A true copy of the Pope's yearly bull of indulgencies and pardon of sins, to all those tha serve in the war against the enemies of the Romish religion. The explanation of the bull, with some remarks upon it. Part III. An account of their masses, privileg'd altars, transubstantiation, and purgatory, and of the means the priests make use of to delude the people. Part. IV. Of the inquisitors, and their practices in several instances. Part V. Of their prayers, adoration of images, and relicks, &c. By D. Antonio Gavin, born and educated in Spain, some years secular priest in the Church of Rome, and since 1715, minister of the Church of England.
Gavin, Antonio, active 1726.Date: 1773- Pictures
King George III steps forward to embrace the dishevelled Prince of Wales who throws himself into his father's arms, while the Queen stands behind in a doorway with outstretched arms. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585526i- Books
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Letters to a young lady, on a variety of useful and interesting subjects: calculated to improve the heart, to form the manners, and enlighten the understanding. "That our daughters may be as polished corners of the temple." To which is prefixed, Strictures on female education. By the Rev. John Bennett. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
Bennett, John, Curate of St. Mary's, Manchester.Date: 1793- Videos
Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 3. Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors.
Date: 2013- Books
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The earl Marshal's order concerning the robes, coronets, &c. which are to be worn by the peeresses at the coronation of Their Most Sacred Majesties King George III. and Queen Charlotte.
Great Britain. Earl Marshal.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Pictures
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A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.
Date: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1737Reference: 12161i- Books
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An account of the ceremonies observed in the coronations of the Kings and queens of England; viz. King James II. and his royal consort; King William III. and Queen Mary; Queen Anne; King George I; and King George II. and Queen Caroline. By comparing which, the Reader will be able to form a complete Idea of the Ceremonies which will be performed at the Coronation of his present Majesty King George III. To which is added, A description of the royal and sacred ornaments wherewith the Kings and Queens of England are crowned and invested on this solemn Occasion; adorned with Cuts of the Imperial Crowns, Scepters, Orb, Queen's Circlet, the Two pointed Swords and Curtana, St. Edward's Chair, the Royal Rings, &c. With Two curious Copper Plates; the larger one exhibiting the Procession observed in the Coronation of King William and Queen Mary; the other representing the Manner of the Champion's Challenge in Westminster-Hall.
Date: M.DCC.LX. [1760]- Books
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An account of the ceremonies observed in the coronations of the kings and queens of England. Viz. King James II. and his Royal Consort; King William III. and Queen Mary; Queen Anne; King George I; and King George II. and Queen Caroline. By comparing which, the reader will be able to form a complete idea of the ceremonies which will be performed at the coronation of his present Majesty King George III. To which is added, a description of the royal and sacred ornaments wherewith the Kings and Queens of England are crowned and invested on this solemn Occasion; adorned with Cuts of the Imperial Crowns, Scepters, Orb, Queen's Circlet, the Two pointed Swords and Curtana, St. Edward's Chair, the Royal Rings, &c. With two curious copper plates; the larger one exhibiting the Procession observed in the Coronation of King William and Queen Mary; the other representing the Manner of the Champion's Challenge in Westminster-Hall.
Date: M.DCC.LXI. [1761]- Pictures
King George III and Queen Charlotte as the British lion and lioness ride in the state coach which is driven by the Earl of Bute and the Princess of Wales. Engraving, 1762.
Date: April 2 1783Reference: 585071i- Books
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An account of the ceremonies observed at the coronation of the kings and queens of England I. A description of the royal crowns, scepters, &c. II. The Form of the Royal Letters of Summons sent to the Peers and Peeresses to assist at the Coronation. III. The Ceremony of presenting the Regalia to their Majesties in Westminster-Hall, and of the Grand Procession from thence to the Abbey. IV. The Ceremony of the Coronation, as it is performed in the Church, with the King's Oath, and the Homage of the Nobles to his Majesty. V. The Anointing, Crowning, and Inthronizing of a Queen Consort. VI. The Recess and Manner of their Majesties Return to Westminster-Hall. Vii. The Ceremony of the Services done by several Lords of Manors, and of the Champion's entering the Hall, with the Form of his Challenge, and the Heralds Proclaiming the King's Stile, &c. Extracted from several Antient and Modern Histories of the Coronations of the Kings and Queens of England, and from several publick Records, &c.
Date: 1727- Pictures
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Conferment of degrees on the Tsar and the King of Prussia at Oxford in 1814. Coloured engraving.
Date: 1814Reference: 10775i- Pictures
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Crimean War: key to the painting of the reception of "Crimean Heroes" by Queen Victoria. Coloured lithograph after J. Gilbert.
Gilbert, John, 1817-1897.Date: [between 1850 and 1859?]Reference: 21323i- Pictures
The wheel of Fortune, showing the rise and fall of European powers. Etching and letterpress, ca. 1689.
Date: [1689?]Reference: 2136945i- Pictures
Heads of figures in Raphael's cartoons for the Sistine Chapel tapestries. Engravings, 1722, after N. Dorigny, 1719, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: L'an 1722Reference: 31935i- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: HAS-HAY
Date: 1766-1884Reference: MS.8913- Archives and manuscripts
Strangeways Research Laboratory
Strangeways, T.S.P., 1866-1926.Date: c.1901-1999Reference: SA/SRL