Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29
1773 January 29
2
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse
[1753]
3
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
The anatomy of the horse
1853
4
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]
5
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
The anatomy of the horse
1766
6
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
7
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Alphabet
1857
8
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Hogarth moralized
1831
9
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
No. [blank] of Liber studiorum
[1807-1819]
10
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Picturesque views in England and Wales
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
11
Caddy, John Herbert, 1801–1883
Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands
[1837]
12
Blanchet, Etienne
Blanchet, artistes capillaires
not before 1866?
13
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875
Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862
1863
14
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
15
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern
MDCLXIV [1664]
16
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
17
To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity
[1773]
18
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant
MDCCLVIII [1758]
19
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
20
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
21
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
22
Map of China and the adjacent countries
1842
23
Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921
As in a looking glass
1889
24
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
25
White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)
Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848
1848
26
Bill for building expenses
1760
27
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
28
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1590?]
29
Walker, John, 1786–1873
This newly constructed and extended map of India
1841
30
Huchinson & Dixon
Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.
1876
31
Morris, William, 1834–1896
News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest
[1892]
32
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]
33
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?]
34
Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844
Sketches in the grounds of Marshalls, the seat of Rowland Stephenson Esqr
1824]
35
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
36
G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial
[approximately 1842]
37
Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge
[1897?]
38
Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn
[between 1835-1837]
39
The red rover
[between 1835-1837]
40
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The journey from Chester to London
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
41
Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615
Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge ..
[1599?]
42
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented
1752
43
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide
1827
44
The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich
[approximately 1825]
45
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
46
The brigand
[between 1840-1850]
47
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
48
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
49
Celebrated horses of America
1881-1882
50
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
R. Ackermann's repository of fashions
1829
51
Witton, Philip Henry
Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =
1791 [i.e. 1792]
52
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
53
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
54
In affectionate remembrance of Moses
1875
55
Valentine card
mid-19th century
56
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Six months' residence and travels in Mexico
1824
57
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
58
Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood
[185-?]
59
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond
1734
60
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
61
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]
62
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
63
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
64
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
65
London & Sunderland royal mail coach
[ca. 1800]
66
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
67
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
[1855]
68
A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us ..
1736
69
Vues de la ville de Londres
1758
70
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life
March 1st 1807
71
Open house London
[2011]
72
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire
MDCCXCVI [1796]
73
Glasgow looking glass
[1825]
74
Map of North America
not before 1634
75
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
For life or death
[1880]
76
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
77
Bowers, George Frederick
Crimean War
1856?
78
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent
1744
79
Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)
The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860
[1861]
80
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after
[between 1726 and 1736]
81
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
82
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
83
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
84
Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895
Grand architectural panorama of London
1849
85
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
86
Corporal Violette!!
[1815?]
87
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
88
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
89
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
90
Broughton, Samuel Daniel, 1787–1837
Letters from Portugal and Spain,
1809
91
Burton, John, 1710–1771
An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry
1751
92
Decker, Paul
Gothic architecture decorated
1759
93
Wild flowers and their teachings
1848
94
[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.]