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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/2/8
Former ReferenceD3311/27
TitlePrint book "No. 1" of Miss Eleanor Ann Porden
Date4 Aug 1804
Description1st page, paper cut in design of double or eight-point cross.
2nd page, prints of the marriage of the Prince of Wirtemberg with the Princess Royal, and Ladies in the Dresses of 1783.
3rd page, print of Britannia design for Phoenix Fire Office, late 18th cent
4th page, print of Britannia with female attendant holding ship, with fleet of ships in background, late 18th cent
5th page, prints from frontispieces, one for Tragedies, showing woman in ancient dress holding dagger with baby lying at feet, printed for John Bell, near Exeter Exchange in the Strand, 1 May 1777, the other showing woman seated reading at desk with ?Pallas Athene and putto holding laurel crown over head, with astronomical objects, late 18th cent
6th page, prints of Ladies in the Most Fashionable Head Dressed, printed for T. Carnon, St Paul's Churchyard, London, and Sun Fire Office design, showing representaion of sun flanked by firemen, with fire-fighting equipment, both late 18th cent
7th page, print of well-dressed woman playing harpsichord (double-banked, no pedals), with well-dressed amn behind her, late 18th cent
8th page, print entitled Mysteries of Udolpho, showing two wome, one holding lit torch, late 18th cent
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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