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
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]
11
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?]
12
G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial
[approximately 1842]
13
Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge
[1897?]
14
Huchinson & Dixon
Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.
1876
15
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
16
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Principles of beauty, relative to the human head
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
17
Boulton, George
The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors
[between 1796 and 1809]
18
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
19
Panorama, Leicester-Square
[1793]
20
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
London labour and the London poor
1851[-1861]
21
T. C. L. (London, England)
Catalogue of up to date suites & chairs in Chippendale, Sheraton, Queen Anne, Jacobean, Hepplewhite, & Louis Styles
[1890?]
22
The royal wedding official programme
2011
23
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
Are you ready?
[1880]
24
Jones and Co. (London, England)
Now publishing in numbers, price 1s. and in monthly parts, at 2s. each, Commemoration of Hogarth by an edition of his works, commenced exactly a century after their first appearance
[1833?]
25
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
26
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
27
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
28
[The Souvenir Rose]
[approximately 1865?]
29
Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816–1912
The poultry book
1867
30
A booke of secrets
1596
31
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park
[1851]
32
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Miseries of human life
[1808]
33
Decalcomania sample book
circa 1870
34
[Victorian pop-up Valentines Card]
[approximately 1875]
35
The forty thieves
[between 1837-1840]
36
Freeling, Arthur
Lacey's railway companion and Liverpool and Manchester guide
[1832]
37
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]
38
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
The costume of Hindostan
1807
39
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
40
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
41
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
42
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875
Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862
1863
43
Howle, J. (Tailor)
[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]
[approximately 1820-1830]
44
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
45
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
46
White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)
Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848
1848
47
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
48
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
49
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
50
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne