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Calendarium Londinense collection

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Description: Two prints from the Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the years 1970 and 1974. The 1970 version contains a print of Kensington Palace and the 1974 version contains a print of Temple Church.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1970-1974.
Call number: priPEF 85
Creator: Monk, William (1863-1937)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of January 2025.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

English views collection

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Contains twelve views of different locations across England including Dorset, St. James's Palace, Dartmouth Castle, Battle Abbey, and Penhurst Place.

priPEF 63

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Robert Vaughan prints collection

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This collection contains 12 prints of Robert Vaughan from the series "The XII Mounthes of the Yeare in the Habits of Severall Nations." Each print decipts two individualas with a zodiac symbol at the top and a short caption below.

priPEF 89

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Entrée des alliés dans Pékin, le 22 Octobre 1860 : Entrance of the allyed in Pekin, the 22nd of October 1860

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A hand-colored lithograph view print depicting the capture of the Chinese Summer Palace near Peking, China. The image includes Chinese soldiers in varying military attire and queue braids while armed with swords, bows and arrows, dragon shields, and talismanic demon portraits. The French military is depicted in the center of the print dressed in blue uniforms with epaulettes, bayonets, and rifles on horseback while waving a flag with a French imperial eagle finial and flag. The right of the image depicts crowds of men in uniform fighting, and one of the men is illustrated in a red coat, likely referring to the British army. Background and foreground illustrate the Chinese soldiers as falling in defeat. The title is printed in French and English below the image. Signed by printer, "Lith: H Jannin, Paris" in the lower right corner. Signed by the publisher, "Paris chez Codoni, rue Grenier St. Lazare, 20," in the lower left corner. Signed by artist "Albert" in stone in the image's lower right corner.

priPEF 76

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United States surfboard championships : Huntington Beach, California

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A screen print in varying hues of black, pink, blue, and red colors featuring a silhouette of a male surfer riding a wave under the moon and stars. The waves curve down from the top-left to the bottom-right of the print. Text below the waves is printed in multiple graphic styles reading "United States surfboard championships : Huntington Beach, California. Sat. & Sun. Sept. 18-19' 71." Signed by the artist on the center-left of the print.

priPEF 30

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Welbeck. Paragon un Barbe

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A hand-colored engraving depicting a view of Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire, the private home of William Cavendish, the Duke of Newcastle, from 1617 to 1676. The central image in the foreground depicts an African man holding the reins of a brown Barbary horse in front of the main façade and entryway of Welbeck Abbey. The background imagery includes branches, stones, trees, and flying birds. Text on top of the print reads, "Welbeck." Text on the bottom of the print reads, "Paragon un Barbe." To the right of the image, decorative text in French reads, "La Maison de Welbeck appartenant a Monseigneur le Marquis de Newcastle, le quel est dans la Province de Nottingham." Signed on lower right corner, by artist, "Abr. A Diepenbeke delineavit," and by engraver, "Petr. van Lisebelten sculpsit." Print was originally published as the sixth plate of Cavendish's "A new method, and extraordinary invention, to dress horses..." (either 1658 print or later editions), and is the source of the approximate date.

priPEF 94

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Air mail across the Pacific : San Francisco to Hong Kong

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A black-and-white print published by the San Francisco Post Office advertising its trans-Pacific airmail service. The title of the print is in English, with Chinese text on the lower half describing how airmail was shipped from San Francisco to Honolulu, Guam, Manila, Macao, and Hong Kong. Text in Chinese also lists the postage rates and total duration of the flights varying by destination. The center of the print features Clyde H. Sunderland's aerial photograph of Pan American Airway's "China Clipper" flying over San Francisco, California. The top and bottom of the print include borders decorated with monoplane motifs. The printed signature at the lower center reads, "San Francisco P.O. 9-30-37-500."

priPEF 33

Calendarium Londinense collection

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