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Alexander, William, 1767-1816. View from the South West. Cassiobury [graphic] / Wm Alexander delt; J. Hill aquatinta.

Title: View from the South West. Cassiobury [graphic] / Wm Alexander delt; J. Hill aquatinta. [c.1837].

View of Cassiobury, seat of the Earl of Essex, with deer in the foreground. Plate IV of John Britton's The History and Description, with Graphic Illustrations, of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire, the seat of the Earl of Essex, London, 1837.

ArchivalResource: 1 art print : aquatint ; 180 x 273 mm.

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Alexander, William, 1767-1816. William Alexander engravings.

Title: William Alexander engravings. 1796.

Four engravings of scenes of China: "View of the Suburbs of a Chinese City," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, A.T. Pouncy, sculpt.; "View of one of the Western Gates of the City of Pekin," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, Wm. Alexander, del., J. Dadley, sculpt.; "View of the Lake Pao-Ying where it is separated from the Grand Canal by an embankment of Earth," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, W. Alexander, del., Wm. and Elizabeth Ellis, sculpt.; "View of Pai-Loo, improperly called a Triumphal Arch, and of a Chinese fortress," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, W. Alexander, del., J. Chapman, sculpt.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

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Alexander, William, 1767-1816. Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Scott, 1814 Jan. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Scott, 1814 Jan. 12.

Reminding him about an upcoming Trustees' meeting.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

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Fontaine family. Papers, 1710-1874.

Title: Papers, 1710-1874.

Collections include the journal (1710-1719) of John Fontaine (1693-1767) and letters of the Fontaine-Maury family. Journal mentions military service and travels through Europe (1710-1713), an attempted trip to Virginia, a 1715 trip to Virginia where Fontaine traveled to Germana, Ft. Christanna and on Governor Alexander Spotswood's Trans-Montane Expedition. He also journeyed to New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The journal was copied by Ann Maury in 1840 and includes letters re family matters and Virginia from Reverend Peter Fontaine (1691-1757), Mary A. Fontaine Maury (1690-1755), Peter Fontaine (b. 1721) and Reverend James Maury (1718-1769) to relatives in England. Also includes a few 18th and 19th century family letters. Persons mentioned in the journal and letters include Mr. Baylor, Mr. Beverley, Mr. Clayton, Philip Ludwell, Austin Moor, Andrew Freneau, Colonel Morris, William Fontaine Alexander, Edmund Fontaine, Matthew Maury, and William A. Maury.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 30 items.

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Alexander, William, 1767-1816. William Alexander's watercolor drawings prepared to illustrate George Vancouver's A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean [graphic], [ca. 1796-1798].

Title: William Alexander's watercolor drawings prepared to illustrate George Vancouver's A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean [graphic], [ca. 1796-1798].

Mounted watercolor drawings executed by William Alexander to accompany George Vancouver's A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world (London : Printed by G.G. and J. Robinson [etc.], 1798).

ArchivalResource: 1 box (22 drawings) : watercol. ; 36 x 27 cm.

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Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, 1768-1836

Title: Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens 1708-1875 1768-1836

This collection comprises an extra-illustrated copy--with many engravings and original manuscript letters--of the second edition of John Thomas Smith's (London : Henry Colburn, 1829). Nollekens and his times, comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor: and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubillac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake

ArchivalResource: 2 Linear feet (6 boxes)

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William Alexander engravings.

Title: William Alexander engravings.

Four engravings of scenes of China published in 1796: "View of the Suburbs of a Chinese City," "View of one of the Western Gates of the City of Pekin," "View of the Lake Pao-Ying where it is separated from the Grand Canal by an embankment of Earth," and "View of Pai-Loo, improperly called a Triumphal Arch, and of a Chinese fortress."

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