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
Views in Rome and its environs
1841
8
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Alphabet
1857
9
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Hogarth moralized
1831
10
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Picturesque views in England and Wales
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
11
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani
ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]
12
Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921
As in a looking glass
1889
13
Vues de la ville de Londres
1758
14
A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too
mid-19th century
15
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.
[not before 1875]
16
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
17
Open house London
[2011]
18
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent
1744
19
Shoubridge, James
Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London
1807
20
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
21
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker
[1850?]
22
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
23
Dean's steam-boat alphabet
[1855?]
24
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
25
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
26
Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895
Grand architectural panorama of London
1849
27
Antiquities of Great Britain, illustrated in views
28
Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852
Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants
1846
29
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
30
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life
March 1st 1807
31
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
The absent minded beggar
c1899
32
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]
[early 19th century]
33
The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London
[1843]
34
Howle, J. (Tailor)
[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]
[approximately 1820-1830]
35
Map of China and the adjacent countries
1842
36
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
37
Perkins, John (Gardener)
Floral designs for the table
1877
38
Cox, David, 1783–1859
The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments
1825
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1855
1855
40
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Picturesque views on the River Wye
1797
41
Taunt, Henry
A new map of the river Thames from Oxford to London
[1873]
42
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The journey from Chester to London
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
43
Rocque, John, -1762
A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round
1748
44
Macdonald, Thomas (Engraver)
Thomas Macdonald, sketch maker & designer
[approximately 1880?]
45
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?]
46
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
47
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
48
The brigand
[between 1840-1850]
49
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
50
A book of eighteen leaves
1757
51
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide
1827
52
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?]
53
The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich
[approximately 1825]
54
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
The stones of Venice
1851-1853
55
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832
An aeronautical view of London
1831
56
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie de 1666
[1666?]
57
Broughton, Thomas Duer, 1778–1835
Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809
1813
58
Halfpenny, William, -1755
New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ...
1750-1752
59
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Illuminated illustrations of Froissart
1845
60
Wm Walker & Son (Firm)
Wm. Walker & Son
1891
61
What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..
mid-19th century
62
Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Cambridgeshire
[1808]
63
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785–1842
Three months passed in the mountains east of Rome,
1820
64
Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1875 : Leeds, West Yorkshire)
Official catalogue
1875
65
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
A direction for the English traviller
1643
66
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The Canterbury tales
1483]
67
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848
A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793
68
Stevens, Francis, 1781–1823
Domestic architecture
[between 1844 and 1850]
69
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Catalogue of the exhibition, called Modern Mexico
1824
70
Greenwood, Jonathan
The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain
[1715?]
71
Roberts
Spurgeon's
[approximately 1870]
72
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho
[approximately 1855]
73
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
74
[Victorian pop-up Valentines Card]
[approximately 1875]
75
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?]
76
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
London and Westminster improved
MDCCLXVU [1766]
77
L'orient, or, The Indian travellers : a geographical and historical game
[1846]
78
Ellis, Sarah Stickney, 1799–1872
Contrasts
1832
79
Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560
Editio Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldie[n]sis grammatices magistri et protouatis Anglie i[n] florentissima Oxoniensi academia laureati
Anno d[omi]ni. MCCCCCxxi [1521]
80
Pidcock's Royal Menagerie (London, England)
Pidcock's Royal Menagerie farthing token
[approximately 1800]
81
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
82
Rowe, George, 1796–1864
Forty-eight views of cottages and scenery at Sidmouth, Devon
[1826]
83
Pigal, Edmé Jean, 1798–1872
Recueil des scènes familières, et de société de Paris
1833
84
Bush, Tracey
British butterflies
[2004]
85
[Trade card for The London Hotel]
1862
86
In loving memory of Frederick Charles
1911
87
Tatham, Charles Heathcote, 1771–1842
Gallery at Brocklesby, in Lincolnshire
1811
88
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
89
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments
1810?
90
The microcosm of London
[1808-10]
91
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
92
I am thine love
mid-19th century
93
Punch's comic guide to the exhibition,
[1851]
94
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
America
MDCLXXI [1671]
95
Binns, T. B. (Theodore Barker)
Lithographic views
1836
96
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751–1835
Sketches for college rooms
[ca. 1820?]
97
Nicholson, William Sir, 1872–1949
An alphabet
1898
98
Frock me (London, England)
Frock me
[2013]
99
Turrill, John
J. Turrill, manufacturer of dressings cases, writing desks, leather travelling cases, work boxes, &c.
[between 1830 and 1840?]
100
King's Lodge Academy (Exeter, England)
Bill for school expenses at King's Lodge Academy, Exeter, to be paid to the Messrs. Quicke