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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

1853

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number

[1802]

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

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

1841

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

No. [blank] of Liber studiorum

[1807-1819]

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]

Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824

The costume of Hindostan

1807

Luxmoore, Mary

Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay

circa 1830

Map of North America

not before 1634

[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]

Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)

Ancient Chinese

[1926]

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]

Underwood & Underwood

Sun Sculpture stereoscope

not before 1901

John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]

Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)

May Christmas bring you many blessings

[1880?]

Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877

Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies

1838

Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]

Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]

Open house London

[2011]

G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker

[1850?]

Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856

Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army, consisting of 65,000 men, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, on the plains of Vittoria

1814

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

Levinstein Limited (firm)

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements

1914?

Cullum (Firm)

The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England

[1840s?]

Corporal Violette!!

[1815?]

Glasgow looking glass

[1825]

Mathiss, Madeleine

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1869

In memory of the late John Distance

1854

Celebrated horses of America

1881-1882

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

R. Ackermann's repository of fashions

1829

Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Six months' residence and travels in Mexico

1824

Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869

Scotch scenery,

circa 1814

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]

In ever loving memory of William George Banks

1928

In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston

1870

In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)

1896

In affectionate remembrance of Moses

1875

Valentine card

mid-19th century

Macdonald, Thomas (Engraver)

Thomas Macdonald, sketch maker & designer

[approximately 1880?]

In remembrance of the late Robert Minto of Barton-Upon-Humber

1857

May nothing cloud your Xmas day, or interrupt its glee, but may its joys con-neck-tie-dly be collared all by thee!

[approximately 1875?]

The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich

[approximately 1825]

Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding

mid-19th century

Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870

Sketches in India

1862

Gascoigne, George, -1577

The noble arte of venerie or hunting

[1575]

Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)

[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]

1828

Savoy Hotel (London, England)

Savoy Hotel

[192-?]

[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]

[1908]

Tregear's Black jokes

1834

Caddy, John Herbert, 1801–1883

Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands

[1837]

Driver & Shaw

Catalogue of improved superfine colours, and drawing materials

1824

Blanchet, Etienne

Blanchet, artistes capillaires

not before 1866?

St. John Ambulance Association

Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use

approximately 1920

Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900

British ferns

1884

In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875

1892

Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world

[ca. 1820]

Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn

[between 1835-1837]

Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849

Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst

1819

Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings

[ca. 1815?]

Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834

Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata

between 1821 and 1831

Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840

Yelloly family watercolor albums

1827-1839

Potter, John (Hatter)

Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties

[approximately 1816]

Dempsey & Carroll

Prince Albert

between 1878 and 1900?

Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company

Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered

1851

British Fire Office (London, England)

[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]

March 1st, 1808

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

1788

Bridgens, Richard

West India scenery with illustrations of Negro character, the process of making sugar, &c. from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad

[1836?]

Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997

Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841

An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation

[1817]

Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]

Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936

The absent minded beggar

c1899

Shoubridge, James

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London

1807

George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.

[not before 1875]

Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]

A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too

mid-19th century

Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

A new pocket sketch book

1807

Sage, John (Painter)

J. Sage

[approximately 1830]

White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)

Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848

1848

Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

1588

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