Saturday, April 17, 2010

Hampton L. Carson with Edwin Sydney Stuart and Floyd Williams Tomkins. Photograph, c.1907

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Hampton L. Carson was born in Philadelphia on February 21, 1852. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1871, and from its Law ...

The Hampton L. Carson Collection Illustrative of the Growth of the Common Law

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His other substantial collection, The Hampton L. Carson Collection Illustrative of the Growth of the Common Law compiled by Mr. Carson over ...

Catalogue of the Exhibits of the Hampton L. Carson Collection. Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1930.

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The Hampton L. Carson Collection in its original home at the Free Library on the second floor in – what is now - The Business, Science and I...

Items from The Hampton L. Carson Collection on display. Photograph from the original exhibition, August 5, 1930.

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Magna Carta Regis Johannis…A.D.MCCXV. London, John Whitaker, 1816 Gothic type, printed in gold on vellum with borders illuminated in gou...

King John signing Magna Carta. Etching. From the original painting by Chappel. New York: Johnson Fry & Co., 1870

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Magna Carta is Latin for “Great Charter.” It is the written agreement between the English barons or nobles and their king, John. When John ...

Charles I. Etching by A.H. Payne after the painting by Van Dyk. London: J.Haggen, [n.d.]

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This most unfortunate monarch was the second son of James I of England (James VI of Scotland), and grandson of the beheaded Mary, Queen of...

K. James I. Engraving by Vertue. [n.p. & n.d.]

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At twenty, his father determined that it was time for Charles to marry. His sister, Elizabeth, had married a Protestant to cement England’...

Charles I. Engraving by W. Hall after a painting by Van Dyk. London: William MacKenzie, [n.d.]

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Charles was in a weak position from the moment he ascended the throne. Unfavored by his father, self-prepared for kingship, loyal to friends...

The Tryal of the King. Engraver unknown. [n.p. & n.d.]

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The Commons decreed that the House of Lords no longer had any power. All power of government resided in the Commons, now called “The Parliam...

Eikon Basilike: The Portaiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitudes and Sufferings. [London?], 1648

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The anglicized Greek title translates as “The Royal Portrait” and is allegedly written by King Charles I. William Levett, Esq., longtime gro...

William Penn drawn on stone by Thomas Fairland. [n.d.]

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William Penn was born on October 14, 1644 in London to Admiral Sir William Penn and his wife Margaret Jasper, formerly of Rotterdam. He atte...

Quaker Meeting. Rowlandson & Pugin, Artists: Acquatint by Stadler. London: [n.p.], 1804

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In August 1670, the Quaker meeting place in Gracechurch Street London was closed by the authorities. A group of Quakers convened in the str...

K. James the 2nd. Drawn & Engraved by Geo. Vertue from a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. [n.p]: 1688

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In the few remaining days he had, Sir William secured a promise from the king’s brother, James, that he would facilitate the king’s favor on...

Algernon Sidney. Benoist, Artist. [n.p. &n.d.]

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Although William Penn, as a Quaker could not sit in Parliament (Quakers would not take oaths, and members of Parliament were required to sw...

Charles Stuard [sic] II. Engraving by DeLarmessin. Paris: P. Bertrand, [n.d.]

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After the intercession of the king’s brother (later James II) on behalf of Sir William Penn, King Charles II granted William Penn a colony o...

Oliver Cromwell. Engraved from a miniature by Cooper. With a facsimile of his signature and writing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1845

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Oliver Cromwell’s grandfather, Richard Williams, took his successful uncle’s surname and became Richard Cromwell. Richard prospered during t...

Historiated Initial O depicting Oliver Cromwell as the Sovereign.

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Although there is no reliable record of Oliver Cromwell wearing the robes of a king when conducting state business, official documents som...

Daniel O’ Connell, the Champion of Liberty. Lithograph by Hoffy. Philadelphia: W. Cunningham, 1847

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Daniel was born in 1775 into a prosperous Catholic family. It was at a time when anti-Papist Penal Laws had stripped the people of their lan...

Arthur Wolfe, Viscount Killwarden. Chief Justice of the King’s Bench Ireland. Engraving by J. Heath. London: G. Robinson, 1811

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In May of 1796, just shy of his twenty-first birthday, Daniel moved to Dublin. The city was controlled by wealthy, but generally benign Prot...

Danl. O’Connell, Esqr. Published under the patronage of the Society of Ireland in Philadelphia…Mathew Carey,Chairman. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1831

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In 1823, O’Connell founded The Catholic Association. It was organized at the parish level with modest dues so everyone could join. The dues ...

Daniel O’Connell with a facsimile of his handwriting. Portrait by T. Garrick, and Engraving by O’Neill. Published by T. Farrell & Son [n.d.]

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O’Connell’s next major undertaking was agitation to repeal the Act of Union. This Act dissolved the Irish Parliament and provided Irish repr...

The Trial of Daniel O’ Connell, M.P. Feby 1844. Drawn by H. Warren; Engraved by J. Rogers. London: J. & T. Tallis. [n.d.]

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The trial was set for January 15, 1844. During jury selection every Catholic was dismissed as a potential Repealer. The result was a jury ma...

A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform. Engraving, 1832

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This patriotic engraving was sent gratis to subscribers of The Bell’s New Weekly Messenger. Daniel O’Connell’s importance to the Reform Move...

His Most Gracious Majesty, George-Augustus-Frederick, the Fourth.

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At age 26 Princess Caroline became engaged to a man she had never met. She was plump, poorly educated and loved a good joke. She was an extr...

Lord Brougham. Lithograph No. 90 by the Ligony Brothers. Paris: Rosselin, [n.d.]

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Caroline needed a strong ally and Henry Brougham (pronounced “Broom”) saw in Caroline an ideal weapon to use for his own political causes. B...

Box of Useful Knowledge (Caricature of Henry Brougham). London: S. Tregear, 1832

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On January 14, 1813, Brougham sent a letter to the Prince Regent which Caroline signed as her own, protesting her situation. When George did...

Peer-les Examination of the R-l Works in Italy. Marks. London: H. Fores, [n.d.]

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Caroline met Bartolomeo Pergami in Milan. He was sixteen years her junior, six feet three inches tall, with a full head of curly black hair ...

Thomas Denman.Engraving by Wm. Walker after a Painting by E.U. Eddis. London: Walker, 1849

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King George III died on January 29, 1820. Disregarding all that had transpired between herself and her husband, now George IV, Caroline expe...

A Faithful Representation of the Trial of Her Most Gracious Majesty Caroline Queen of England in the House of Lords…London: G. Thompson, 1821

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The trial opened on August 17, 1820. The streets, rooftops, and windows along Caroline’s route to the House of Lords were packed with peopl...

Steward’s Court of the Manor of Torre Devon. [London]: G. Humphrey, 1820

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On November sixth the vote in the House of Lords against the Queen was slim, and would only be weaker in the House of Commons. The Lords con...

Legislatorial Trial of Her Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of England, Consort of George the Fourth…London: H. Rowe, 1820

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LC9 329

[n.a.]. Last Moments and Death of Her Majesty Queen Caroline…4th Edition.

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Caroline died on the night of August 7, 1821 after self-administered doses of magnesia and laudanum. The diagnosis was an obstruction to the...

Legal Reform and No Mistake. London: C. Hodgson, [n.d.]

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Henry Peter Brougham (1779-1868) was a Scotsman by birth, a lawyer by profession, a Member of Parliament, but chiefly remembered as a libera...

The Last of HIs Race. Lithograph by C. Motle. [London]: McLean, 1831

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LC27 2

Jumping over the Broomstick – measter be Yorkshire too. Engraving by Wm. Heath.[London]: McLean, 1830

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LC27 2