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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

[1753]

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29

1773 January 29

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766

Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

1797, between January 16 and March 23

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?

Whereas the game within the manor of Pinkhurst, and in several parts of the parishes of Itchingfield, Slinfold, Billingshurst, and Rudgwick, in the county of Sussex, has of late years, and up to the present time, been greatly destroyed by poachers, unqualified, and unlicenced persons ..

[1797]

Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple

1788

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Bill for building expenses

1760

The temple of taste

[1796]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus L.), with tiphiid wasp (Hymenoptera ?Tiphidae), Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines), soldier fly (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae), longhorned beetle (Chlorida festiva), and shell (Natica euzona Récluz 1844) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

not before 1787

Salisbury, W. T

Select meditations and reflections on death

circa 1782-1792

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape

circa 1790

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

[Transparent prints]

[1799]

Lynch, Richard, -1781

Will of Patrick Lynch

1781

Twelve prints of sea engagements

[between 1771 and 1785]

Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)

[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]

1788

Blunt, John, surgeon

Practical farriery, or, The complete directory

MDCCLXXIII [1773]

Grand tour watercolor albums

1793-1842

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Wet drug jar

between 1700 and 1725

Great Britain. Admiralty

Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet

[approximately 1711]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Dry drug jar

circa 1740

Angus, William, 1752–1821

The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales

Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815]

Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747

Drawings of houses and gardens

1736-1743

White, Mr., active 1798

A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library

[1798]

Rose, Richard, 1728–1770

A journal of a voyage to Madrass

1761

Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work

[1798?]

Williams, William, active 1724–1733

Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio

[1733]

Stowe

1766

Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789

A catalogue of a sundry elegant solid gold snuff-boxes, of rich workmanship

[1783]

Marlborough Coffee House (London, England)

A catalogue of curious and true original pictures, by the best Italian and other masters

[1712]

R. M

The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798

1799

Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822

Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster

[approximately 1781?]

A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital

[1752]

Agas, Ralph, 1545–1621

London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563

October 30th, 1789

Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street

[1748]]

Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth

approximately 1798-1799

Boulton, George

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors

[between 1796 and 1809]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?House wren (Troglodytes aedon) and eggs, with a specimen from the rose family (Rosaceae), Peacock butterflies (Nymphalis io), both closed and open, and butterfly chrysalis, larva caterpillar, daddy longlegs spider (Phalangida) egg case, and snout beetle, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, belonging to the right honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham : laid out by Mr. Bridgman, principal gardener to their majesties King George I and II / delineated in a large plan and fifteen perspective views : drawn on the spot by Mons. Rigaud, and engraved by him and Mons. Bernard Baron =

MDCCXLVI [1746]

Panorama, Leicester-Square

[1793]

Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836

A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure

1796

Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802

Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime

circa 1763

Nightingall, Miles

A catalogue of the genuine collection of pictures, of Mrs. Gamberini, widow of the late Charles Gamberini Esq., deceased, by whom these pictures were collected, at a great expence out of the principal cabinets abroad : consisting of the most eminent and approved masters of the Italian and other schools, amongst which are the undoubted works of Titian, Corregio, Raphael, Rembrant, Rubens, Vandyke, Poussin, Albert Durer, Carracci, Guercino, Guido, Zucharelli, Demenichino, Gio. Dom. Porta, Michael Angelo and other scarce performances, some remarkably curious : also her houshold furniture, an exceeding fine ton'd double key'd harpsichord, by Hawes of Hamburgh : a ditto single key'd harpsichord, with two unison, by Jos. Shudi, in a neat mahogany case : a neat brass measuring wheel, by Adams, on a new construction; and a great variety of other valuable effects : which by order of the executrix will be sold at publick auction by Miles Nightingall, on Wednesday the 10th May, 1775, and two following days, at his great room, the end of Saville Row, next Conduit-Street : beginning each day punctually at 12 o'clock : catalogues may be had as above, the Rainbow Coffee-House Cornhill, and at the auctioneer's in Golden Square

[1775]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester

May 1792

Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745

Ichnographia rustica, or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation

1742

Ireland, Samuel, died 1800

Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,

1789

Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Caesalpinoid legume, possibly a species of Caesalpinia L.; Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii), Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata), Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae) and (Nymphalidae cf. Haematera); shells, from left: (Cypraea ocellata L. 1758), (Conus marmoreus L. 1758), and (Semicassis granulate Born, 1778), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Bodington, John, -1727

Reward notice for recovery of a silver quart tankard

1727

Dry drug jar

circa 1750

Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702

The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale

1711

Twelve remarkable views in North America and West Indies

[between 1771 and 1785]

Letters of administration of William Morgan

1781

Greenwood, Jonathan

The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain

[1715?]

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

A collection of landscapes

MDCCLXXVII [1777]

William's return

[18th century]

The Chinese silk manufactory represented in twelve copper plates

[between 1771 and 1785]

Hyakunin isshu karuta

late 18th century?

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), male, with Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa), both open and closed, and Pupa (Lepidoptera Pieridae), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797

Joseph Wright notebook

1775-1780

Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684–1756

Album of Rococo ornamental designs of gardens, flora and fauna, games and pastimes, costume, chinoiserie, hermits and grottoes, occupations, cities and villages, saints and martyrs, and biblical scenes

circa 1735-1750

Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806

The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book

1793

Dry drug jar

circa 1750

Tracy, Thomas

Iter boreale, or, The northern expedition

1732

The compleat drawing-book

MDCCLV [1755]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female, and eggs, with Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) and Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis Paphia), both closed and open, with Long-legged Fly from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

The art of drawing without a master

[1768]

Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

A general plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe, the seat of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham

1739

By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party

between 1792 and 1818?

Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria

1796-1803

Twelve prints of Pamela

published 25 June 1774

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), with raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.), and wood lice (?Isopoda), and pupa (Lepidoptera ?Saturniidae) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Probert, John, active 1764

A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr. and his Lady

1767

Land tax bill for William Bourn, April 5th, 1798

1798

Society for the Conversion &c. of Negroe Slaves

ca. 1820

Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818

Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire

1784-1800

Burke, Thomas, 1749–1815

Vincent Lunardi Esqr.,

publish'd April 20th, 1786

The magic ring

November 1st, 1796

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

cf. Soldanella L., with holly blue (Celastrina argiolus) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae ?Danaus sp.), Amazon angel (Chorinea amazon) and (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae) with net-winged beetle (?Calopteron sp.) and shells, from the left, (Cypraea stolida L. 1758) and (Cypraea asellus L. 1758) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768