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
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Hogarth moralized
1831
8
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Alphabet
1857
9
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Picturesque views in England and Wales
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
10
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Panorama, Leicester Square
1805
11
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Principles of beauty, relative to the human head
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
12
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
13
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
14
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
15
Home, Robert, 1752–1834
Select views in Mysore,
1794
16
Celebrated horses of America
1881-1882
17
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Six months' residence and travels in Mexico
1824
18
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
19
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
20
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond
1734
21
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
22
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
23
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
24
Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood
[185-?]
25
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
[1855]
26
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The journey from Chester to London
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
27
A book of eighteen leaves
1757
28
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented
1752
29
Our Boys Clothing Company
"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book
[ca. 1885?]
30
Macdonald, Thomas (Engraver)
Thomas Macdonald, sketch maker & designer
[approximately 1880?]
31
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
32
Witton, Philip Henry
Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =
1791 [i.e. 1792]
33
Gascoigne, George, -1577
The noble arte of venerie or hunting
[1575]
34
Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870
Sketches in India
1862
35
Boulton, George
The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors
[between 1796 and 1809]
36
The Chinese sensitive leaf
[approximately 1820?]
37
Cordiner, James
A description of Ceylon
1807
38
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
39
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
40
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
41
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
The costume of Hindostan
1807
42
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1590?]
43
Walker, John, 1786–1873
This newly constructed and extended map of India
1841
44
Abbott, George, 1803–1838
Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire
[1827]
45
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]
46
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?]
47
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
48
Bill for building expenses
1760
49
G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial
[approximately 1842]
50
Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge
[1897?]
51
Huchinson & Dixon
Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.
1876
52
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
53
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
54
Ackermann's drawing book for 1824
1824
55
Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877
Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham
1854
56
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
57
In memory of the late John Distance
1854
58
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
59
Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796–1857
China : its state and prospects
1838
60
Paine, James, 1717?-1789
Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,
1783
61
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
62
Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841
An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation
[1817]
63
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
64
Dempsey & Carroll
Prince Albert
between 1878 and 1900?
65
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
66
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
67
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
68
The royal and entertaining Game of the goose
[between 1761 and 1794]
69
The cottage of content; or, Right roads and wrong ways
1848
70
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
71
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
72
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant
MDCCLVIII [1758]
73
To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity
[1773]
74
Payne, John, 1710–1771
Twelve designs of country-houses
1757
75
London & Sunderland royal mail coach
[ca. 1800]
76
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]
77
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
78
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
79
In affectionate remembrance of Moses
1875
80
Valentine card
mid-19th century
81
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
82
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide
1827
83
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?]
84
In remembrance of the late Robert Minto of Barton-Upon-Humber
1857
85
Album of family portrait photographs, from Newcastle upon Tyne
between 1870 and [1890?]
86
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Armer's, Flookborough
[early 19th century]
87
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
88
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park
[1851]
89
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Miseries of human life
[1808]
90
The royal wedding official programme
2011
91
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
Are you ready?
[1880]
92
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]
93
Decalcomania sample book
circa 1870
94
The forty thieves
[between 1837-1840]
95
Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816–1912
The poultry book
1867
96
A booke of secrets
1596
97
Panorama, Leicester-Square
[1793]
98
T. C. L. (London, England)
Catalogue of up to date suites & chairs in Chippendale, Sheraton, Queen Anne, Jacobean, Hepplewhite, & Louis Styles