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King Charles I. Engraving by W. Marshall, 1649.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650.Date: [1649]Reference: 2033435i- Books
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Anno Regni Georgii Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciae, & Hiberniae, sexto. At the Parliament begun and Holden at Westminster, the seventeenth day of March, anno Dom. 1714. In the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the twenty third day of November, 1719. Being the fifth session of this present Parliament.
Great Britain.Date: 1720- Books
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Anno regni Georgii regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, decimo tertio. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Ninth Day of October, Anno Dom. 1722. In the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the Seventeenth Day of January, 1727. Being the Fifth Session of this present Parliament.
Great Britain.Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Pictures
King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1715.
Date: [1715]Reference: 2045625i- Pictures
King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving after A. van Dyck after N. Hilliard.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 2046096i- Books
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A brief and true history of Sir Robert Walpole, and his family, from their original, to the present time. Shewing The First Settlement of this Family in England. The Donations of Sir John de Walpole, and Ralph de Walpole, Bishop of Norwich, &c. The Eminent Services of Sir Henry de Walpole to King Edward I. And of his Son to King Henry VI. Transactions of Thomas Walpole, Esq; in the Reigns of King Henry Vii and Viii. Last Will and Testament of John Walpole, Serjeant at Law, 1557. Robert Walpole, Esq; marries the Daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, Lord Mayor of London in the Reign of King James I. Edward Walpole, his Son, made Knight of the Bath in the Reign of King Charles II. Robert Walpole (ii.) his Services under King William and Queen Mary. Robert Walpole (iii.) (now Sir Robert) his Conduct and Services, in the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, King George I. & II. Conduct and Character of his two Brothers, Galfridus and Horatio Walpole. Robert Walpole (iv.) Reasons of his late Majesty for creating him a Peer of Great Britain. Particular Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, as First Commissioner of the Treasury, to the present Time. By William Musgrave, Esq;
Musgrave, William, Esq.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Pictures
King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving by G. Vertue, ca. 1732, after P. van Somer.
Somer, Paul van, approximately 1576-1621.Date: [1732]Reference: 570747i- Pictures
King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving by J. Goldar, 1787, after P. van Somer.
Somer, Paul van, approximately 1576-1621.Date: July 14, 1787Reference: 2058922i- Books
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Britannia triumphans: in four parts ; part 1. Pan a pastoral. Part II. Magnalia. Part III. Panegyrick on the royal family. Part IV. Genethliacons ; or the saphick muse. Sacred to XXVIII May ; the anniversary for the High and Mighty Prince's birth, George Lewis, by the grace of God, and Laws of Heaven and Earth, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, grand-son to the king of Bohemia, great-grand-son to James I. and VI. king of Scotland, &c. Electoral Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick, Lunenburg, Zell, and Bremen, Lord Osnaburg, Heretable Standart-Bearer [sic] of the Roman Empire, &c. &c. &c. By Alexander Pennecuik, Gent.
Pennecuik, Alexander, -1730.Date: MDCCXVIII. [1718]- Books
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I A. B. do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare in my conscience, before God and the world, that our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful king of this realm, and all other His Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare, That I do believe, in my Conscience, That not any of the Descendants of the Person who pretended to be Prince of Wales during the Life of the late King James the Second, and, since his decease, pretended to be, and took upon himself the Stile and Title of, King of England, by the Name of James the Third, or of Scotland, by the Name of James the Eighth, or the Stile and Title of King of Great-Britain, hath any Right or Title whatsoever to the Crown of this Realm, or any other the Dominions thereunto belonging: And I do renounce, refuse, and abjure, any Allegiance or Obedience to any of them. And I do swear, That I will bear Faith and true Allegiance to His Majesty King George, and Him will defend to the utmost of my Power, against all traiterous Conspiracies and Attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against His Person, Crown, or Dignity. And I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, and His Successors, all Treasons and traiterous Conspiracies which I shall know to be against Him, or any of Them. And I do faithfully promise to the utmost of my Power, to support, maintain, and defend, the Succession of the Crown, against the Descendants of the said James, and against all other Persons whatsoever, which Succession, by an Act, intituled, An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electoress and Dutchess Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs of her Body, being Protestants. And all these Things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express Words by me spoken, and according to the plain common Sense and Understanding of the same Words, without any Equivocation, mental Evasion, or secret Reservation whatsoever. And I do make this Recognition, Acknowledgement, Abjuration, Renunciation, and Promise, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true Faith of a Christian. So Help me God.
Great Britain. Sovereign (1714-1727 : George I)Date: 1714?]- Books
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At the General Assembly of the governor and Company of the English colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, in New-England, in America; begun and held at Newport, within and for the said colony, on the second Monday in June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven, and seventh of the reign of His Most Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great-Britain, and so forth. An act for taking a just estimate of the rateable estates in this colony, in order that the rates and taxes may be equally assessed upon th inhabitants.
Rhode Island.Date: 1767]- Books
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At the General Assembly of the governor and Company of the English colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations, in New-England, in America; begun and holden by adjournment, at Newport, within and for the said colony, on the second Monday in October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one, and first of the reign of His Most Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great-Britain, and so forth. An act for apportioning unto and upon the several towns in this colony, the rate or tax lately ordered to be assessed an levied upon the inhabitants of said colony.
Rhode Island.Date: 1761]- Books
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Seasonable essays: or, a miscellany, containing, I. A parallel between His Royal Highness Louis Dauphin, Son of Louis XIV. the late King of France; and His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales, Son of George II. King of Great Britain. II. Two discourses: one in English, on the miseries the reign of ignorance is attended with; and the Advantages resulting from the Encouragement given to Learning, and the Learned. And the other in French, ... les Miseres de la Guerre, et les Bonheur de la Paix. III. Epistola ad garretieros; a parody of Moliere's reception of a physician in his Malade imaginaire. By the Chevalier de Coetlogon, Knight of the Order of St. Lazare, M. D. and Author of the Universal History of Arts and Sciences.
De Coetlogon, Dennis, -1749.Date: [1746]- Books
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The history of the reign of Shah-Aulum, the present Emperor of Hindostaun. Containing the transactions of the court of Delhi, and the neighbouring states, during a period of thirty-six years: interspersed with geographical and topographical observations on several of the principal cities of hindostaun. With an appendix, containing the following tracts, viz. I. An Account of Modern Delhi. II. A Narrative of the late Revolution at Rampore, in Rohilcund, in 1794. III. Translation of a Letter, written in the Persian Language, from the Prince Mirza Juwaun Bukht Jehaundar Shah, eldest Son of the King of Delhi, to his Majesty George the Third, King of Great Britain, in the Year 1785: with a Copy of the Original. IV. Translation in Verse of an Elegy, written by the King of Delhi after the Loss of his Sight. By W. Francklin, Captain in the Honourable East-India Company's Service, Bengal Establishment; Member of the Asiatic Society; and Author of a Tour to Persia.
Francklin, William, 1763-1839.Date: 1798- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Engraving after T. Frye.
Frye, Thomas, 1710-1762.Date: [1764?]Reference: 2858584i- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving by Read, 1842, after T. Gainsborough.
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788.Date: 1842Reference: 2858556i- Books
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The present state of Great Britain, and Ireland, Being A Complete Treatise of Their several Inhabitants; their Religion, Policy, Manufactures, Customs, Government and Commerce. Of the Britons Original: Their Sciences, and Arts; Nobility and People, and Strength by Sea and Land. With a large Description of London; and a curious Abstract of each King's Reign from Ecbert, to the End of George I. Also His Majesty's German dominions, and genealogy of his family. The whole consisting of four parts. To which are added lists of all the offices in England, Scotland, and Ireland; with their whole Establishment, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical. Done in a New Method, Regular, Copious, and Correct. The eleventh edition. Begun by Mr Miege; and now greatly improved, revised and completed to the present time, by Mr. Bolton.
Miège, Guy, 1644-1718?.Date: MDCCLIVIII. MDCCLIVIII [1748]- Books
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The history of the rebellion, rais'd against His Majesty King George I. By the friends of the popish pretender. Containing an account of the settlement of the succession to the Crown of Great-Britain, in the illustrious family of Hanover, and the Tory scheme to defeat it, during the last four years of the late Queen Anne. Of His Majesty's happy accession, the rebellious conspiracy form'd by his enemies, and the execution thereof; both by the high-church mobs, on pretence of the church's danger under His Majesty's administration, and by the open rebelion; which is here exposed in all its parts, from its first rise to its final extinction. By the Reverend Mr. Peter Rae.
Rae, Peter, 1671-1749.Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Etching, 1777.
Date: Published the 1st of March 1777Reference: 2858607i- Books
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The naval history of Great Britain; with the lives of the most illustrious admirals and commanders, deduced from the first establishment of the British marine, and interspersed with accounts of the most important discoveries made in the several parts of the world, from the earliest account of time to the year 1761. Containing particularly the lives of Sir Peter Warren, Admiral Edw. Vernon, Rt. Hon. Ed. Boscawen. With an account of the galtant actions of the admirals Lord Viscount Howe, Lord Hawke, Sir Charles Saunders, George Pocock, Richard Tyrrell. Likewise of the Captains Sir James Douglas, George Elliott, Coningshy Norbury, Arthur Forrest, James Gilchrist, John Lockart Ross. Ornamented with twenty-three copper plates, representing the most eminent naval commanders, with maps of the four quarters of the globe, and elegant engravings, by the most eminent artists, of the most signal engagements of the British Navy. Likewise an historical account of the conquests of Senegal, Goree, Guadaloupe, Quebec, &c. The whole being a compleat naval history, brought down to the reign of King George the Third. The second edition. By John Barrow, Esq; Vol. I.
Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving.
Date: [between 1760 and 1769?]Reference: 2858600i- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1783.
Date: Publish'd Jan.y 18. 1783Reference: 2858653i- Books
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The British chronologer: containing yearly, from the beginning of our Saviour's nativity, down to this present time, the most remarkable matters which have happen'd in Great Britain; as to Apparitions, Witches, Battles, Victories, Comets, Edifices, Customs, Duels, Taxes, Synods, Tempests, Earthquakes, Tumults, Storms, Eclipses, Famines, Executions, Reliques, Plots, Frosts, Pestilences, Gifts, Persecutions, Murrains, Prodigies, Hurricanes, Idols, Inundations, Plagues, and Judgments: With the Beginning and End of the Roman Emperors, whilst this Island was in Subjection to them: The British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, Scottish, and Pictish Kings. Also shewing all those in the Time of the Heptarchy, as well as the sole Monarchs, from William the Conqueror, to his present Majesty, King George; and the most remarkable Occurrences, both in Church and State, from our first embracing Christianity. By I. P. Esq;
I. P., Esq.Date: 1720- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Mezzotint by T. Frye.
Frye, Thomas, 1710-1762.Date: [1762]Reference: 2858254i- Pictures
Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1818.
Date: [1818]Reference: 2858666i