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A pake of knaves

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Description: A series of 20 satirical cards cut from a sheet originally arranged in four rows of five. Each design depicts a man, sometimes accompanyed by a woman, representing various social types and is followed by 4 lines of text below. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar after designs by Abraham Bosse.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [approximately 1660s to 1670s]
Call number: 60714
Creator: Hollar, Wenceslaus (1607-1677)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 10 x 7 cm inlaid to 17 x 14 cm
Associated people: Bosse, Abraham, (1602-1676,)

Gadburies prophetical sayings: or, The fool judged out of the knave's mouth

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ESTC R11536 ; A satirical attack on John Gadbury, including parodies of his verse and excepts from some of his writings ; Verse - "All hail, my masters! health and peace to you" ; The portrait, presumably of John Gadbury, is entitled "Merlinus Verax"

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The tugs take hold

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Title written in pencil below the image to the left. Signed in pencil by artist below the image to the right. "22/50"--below image in pencil. "C.J.A. Wilson"--etched on plate next to the fouled anchor. Ther is a "3" and a "1" on either side of a fouled anchor lower right corner of the image. "10-"--written in pencil, lower right corner. "J Whatman"--watermark. Focus of item: Mariposa (1931-1941).

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Boogie woogie

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Casting a wry and satirical eye over New York's modern art world, this novel paints a subversive picture of the loves and lives of artists, dealers and wannabees in New York's cut-throat art scene.

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Vineyard and lake at B.D. Wilson's Lake Vineyard, San Gabriel

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View from a hill with large shade tree on the right on the Lake Vineyard estate owned by Benjamin Davis Wilson in San Gabriel (now mainly part of San Marino, California). Below are rows of planted grape vines, and behind that, the surface of a small lake is visible.

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Soldier's memorial : 2d Connecticut Company E Heavy Artill'ry

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Image of a memorial military register certificate from the American Civil War with a list of soldiers' names framed by images of America personified as a woman with an American flag and bald eagle near a rock etched with "Constitution," flags, shields, an American eagle, scenes of battles, women representing Peace and War, and soldiers being reunited with their families; portraits of President George Washington and two unidentified men at top center.

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Monument honoring the 55th Ohio Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Corps

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Image of the monument to the 55th Ohio Infantry. The monument depicts an infantryman crouching behind a stone wall firing his musket. On the base is carved: Erected by the State of Ohio. Behind the monument there are rows of corn. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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