Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the reign of Edward the Third, to the Revolution. : Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. A new edition, completing the twelfth class of Granger's Biographical history of England; with many additional rare portraits. /
Caulfield, James,1764-1826.
Kirby, R. S.,active 1799-1850,publisher.
Scott, John,1774-1827,engraver.
Scott, G.,engraver.
Powell, M.,active 1795,artist.
Lydekker,engraver.
Worlidge, T.(Thomas),1700-1766,artist.
Walker, G.,active 1793,engraver.
Lauron, M.,artist.
Taylor, W. I.,engraver.
Clamp, R.,engraver.
Adam,engraver.
Cecil, Thomas,active 1630,engraver.
Barrett, G.,artist.
Glover, George,approximately 1618-artist.
Granger, James,1723-1776.Biographical history of England.
Whatman, James,1777-1843,former owner.StEdNL
London: : Printed for R. S. Kirby, 11, London-House-Yard, Paternoster-Row.,
1813.
Pagination is continuous for the three volumes.
"Caulfield's 'remarkable characters' are persons famous for their eccentricity, immorality, dishonesty, and so forth."--Dict. Nat. Biog.
With woodcut illustrations and facsimiles, as well as engraved portraits - mostly on leaves of plates.
Plates are dated: 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1813.
Includes indexes.
An extra-illustrated set with three additional rare plates on the frontispieces: v. 1. "Last of the Stuarts", Thomas Stuart (b. 1728), wandering minstrel and centenarian; v. 2 Matthew (Matthias) Buchinger. German-born artist, performer, magician, calligrapher etc.; v. 3 "Old Scarlett", gravedigger at Peterborough Cathedral who buried Mary Queen of Scots.
Leaves of plates: v. 1: 30 plates -- v. 2: 33 plates -- v. 3: 46 plates.
Armorial bookplate of "James Whatman" on the front pastedowns of all three volumes.
Celebrities
Eccentrics and eccentricities
England London.