Items taken from Desiderata (1779) (results page 1)

Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M.Desiderata (1779)

The engraving was taken from life and shows Francis Peck standing, holding some of his own books, and wearing perhaps an academic gown. The inscription says (in Latin) that he was born on the 4th May [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, frontispieces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-03

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Title Page from Peck’s DesiderataDesiderata (1779)

The title page from this collection of random fascinating articles by Fracis Peck in 1779. I have left it in colour to give a feel for the yellowed paper. The book is over twelve by nine inches in siz [...]

Keywords: title pages, typography, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-03

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Burghley House from the GardensDesiderata (1779)

A spectacularly beautiful Elizabethan house, Burghley was built by William Cecil, the Lord High Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth I., between 1555 and 1587; William Cecil’s family (their descendents, that [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Stamford; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2005-08-10

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View at LeicesterDesiderata (1779)

The caption reads as follows: “1. The Rialto Bridge of one Arch over which K[ing] Richard 3d was carried into the Grey Friers to be buried, which Bridge is now walled up and disused. 2. The Place wher [...]

Keywords: bridges, people, soldiers, knights, weapons, battles, greyscale

Places shown: Leicester; Leicestershire; England

Added: 2005-08-10

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View at Leicester, Background VersionDesiderata (1779)

Scaled to make a mediaeval wallpaper (US: medieval wallpaper) or computer desktop background image.

original image

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, bridges, knights, weapons, battles, greyscale

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2005-08-10

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Woodcroft House Murder: Desktop Wallpaper VersionDesiderata (1779)

See the main Woodcroft House plate for more information about this gruesome murder.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, manors, people, battles, violence, greyscale

Places shown: Etton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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Woodcroft House in Etton Parish in Northamptonshire where Dr. Michael Hudson was murthered 6 June 1648Desiderata (1779)

It seems that Dr. Hudson had tried to hide in a tower, but was caught; he tried to escape, and ended up dangling over the edge of the tower by his hands. His hands (or fingers, accounts vary) were cu [...]

Keywords: violence, murder, manors, moats, people, battles, greyscale

Places shown: Etton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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