Volume 2

The book of days : a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar / edited by Robert Chambers.

  • Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871.
Date:
1879-1881
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Credit: The book of days : a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar / edited by Robert Chambers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    M if PAGE Emblematic Vignette: July, . 1 Initial Letter: July, . . 1 Antique Gem—the Dog Star, . 5 Walton's Initials, . . . 5 St Winifred's Well, Flintshire,. 6 Medal struck to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne, . 8 Equestrian Statue of William III., 9 Double Boat, .... 11 Portrait : Dr Garencieres, the Translator of Nostradamus, . 12 Initial Illustration : Tir Federal, 15 Swiss Peasants at the Tir Federal, 15 Hall of Prizes at the Tir Federal, 16 Portrait: Old Scarlett, the Peter- borough Sexton, ... 17 FairlopOak, .... 22 Portraits : ' The Old Hermit of Newton Burgoland' (two cuts), 27,28 A Macaroni, .... 31 Burke's Dagger-scene in the House of Commons—Gillray's caricature, .... 36 Don Pantaleon Sa, . . 40 Fashionable Lady of the 17th century, . . . .42 Hurling the Whetstone, . 45 Old Whetstone in British Museum, 45 Couteau rodomont, . . 46 Female Head-dress of 1776, . 47 Silver Owl—Whistle, . . 50 Portrait: Richard Cromwell, . 52 Marat, ... 55 Bear-garden, Bankside, Southwark, 57 Destruction of the Bastile, . 60 Prison of Man in Iron Mask, . 61 'The Spaniards,'1745, . . 71 A Bagnigge Wells Scene, 1780, . 72 Sadler's Wells, 1745, . . 73 White Conduit House, 1827, . 73 ' The Dog and Duck,' 1780, . 74 La Pucelle, from her Monument at Orleans, .... 77 Wayland Smith's Cave, . . 83 Mass in the Campagna, . . 87 Kett, the Rebel, under the Oak of Reformation, ... 90 Burns's Monument at Dumfries, 94 Silhouette of Mrs Burns, widow of the Poet, .... 96 Hampden Church, ... 97 Portrait: John Hampden, . 98 Mr Bright, . . 99 Initial Letter—Mary Magdalene, 101 Vischer's Rat-catcher, 17th cen- tury, 104 Portrait: Richard Gibson, . 107 ' Jenny Geddes's Stool,' . . 109 London Mug-house, Mug-house Riot, • Bloomer Costume, . . Rock of Gibraltar, . Fleet Marriages, . . St James the Great, . Oyster-shell Day, . Legend of St Christopher, Portrait: Thomas Campbell, Robespierre, Y/ilberforce, . Sir John Bolle, PAGE 110 111 113 116 118 121 122 123 129 134 140 143 Gray's Window, St Peter's Col- lege, Cambridge, . . . 145 Autograph : Ignatius Loyala, 148 Emblematic Vignette : August, 150 Initial Letter: August, . . 150 Traitors' Gate, Old London Bridge, 158 Tomb of William Rufus, Win- chester Cathedral, . . .161 Ancient Writing Materials (three cuts), .... 163,164 Portrait: Richard Arkwright, . 166 Powel's Puppet-show, . . 168 Curious Form of Signature, used by Christopher Columbus, . 171 An English Pilgrim, . . .176 Gateway of Walsingham Priory, 177 Gowrie House, .... 178 Portrait and Autograph : Ben Jonson, 182 The Sea-serpent—from Pontop- pidan, 185 Welsh Man's Inventory—Quaint Vignette, . . . .188 English County Gentleman read- ing the News, .... 192 Initial Illustration : St Lawrence, 196 Portrait : Sir Charles James Napier, .... Greenwich Observatory, . Duel Scene at Gresham College James I. in Hawking Costume, Hawk's Bells, .... Lure, Portrait: Joe Miller, Joe Miller's Tombstone, St Cle- ment Danes Churchyard, . The Douglas Banner, . The Comet—first British steam passage-boat, .... Ballad-seller, .... , temp. William III., 198 200 203 212 212 213 216 217 219 220 221 222 223 225 Grub Street, . Festival at Tutbury, . Autograph : Frederick the Great, 230 Washing Tally, . . . .231 Memorial of Jacobite Martyrs, 235 PAGE Scratch-backs, . . . .238 Portrait: William Maginn, LL.D., 240 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, .... 242 Initial Letter, . . . .244 Curious Vignette—-Four Indian Kings, 244 House at Portsmouth in which the Duke of Buckingham was assassinated, . . . 254 Lady with a Pig's Head, . . 256 Cloth-fair, .... 263 Lee and Harper's Booth, Bartho- lomew Fair, . \ , 264 Faux the Conjurer's Booth, . « 265 The Mermaid, ... 266 The Spotted Boy, . . .267 Portrait: Chatterton, . . 268 Earl of March's Racing Carriage, 283 Portrait and Autograph: John Bunyan, . . . . 289 Bunyan's Meeting-house, Zoar Street, Southwark, . . 290 Emblematic Vignette: September, 292 Initial Letter : September, . 292 London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, during the Great Fire, . . .302 Chiirch of All-Hallows Staining, 304 Great Winchester Street, . 306 Back-alley, St Bartholomew's, . 307 Dick Tarleton, ... 308 An Exchequer Tally, . . 310 Sea-bishop, .... 311 Sea-monk, . ... . . 311 Golden Cross, worn by St Cuthbert, 312 St Cuthbert's Beads, . . .313 Amphitheatre: Stratford Jubilee, 1769, 318 James Boswell, at the Stratford Jubilee, 1769, . . . .319 Portrait: Patrick Cotter O'Brien, 326 Curfew, 333 Portrait: Roger Crab, . . 334 Antique Bookbinding, . . 338 Ancient Books (two cuts), 339, 340 Lunardi's Balloon, . . . 346 Pest-house in Tothill Fields, Westminster, .... 357 Catchpoles (two cuts), . 365, 366 Engagement, off Flamborough Head, 375 Harvest Home, . . . 378 New River Head, 1665, . . 391 Autograph: Myddleton, . 392 Little Conduit in Cheapside, . 392 Tankard Bearer, ... 392 Water Carrier, .... 393