"The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling
1821
9
Print made by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1571–1638
Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula
1634
10
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
The Meeting of the Rivers Severn and Wye, near Chepstow
1795
11
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse
[1753]
12
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]
13
A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too
mid-19th century
14
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
15
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
16
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
17
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
18
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
For life or death
[1880]
19
In memory of the late John Distance
1854
20
Perkins, John (Gardener)
Floral designs for the table
1877
21
Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857
Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies
1838
22
Clarke, J., active 1820
J. Clarke
[approximately 1820?]
23
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
24
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
25
Tregear's Black jokes
1834
26
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
The seaweed collector
[1872]
27
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
28
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
29
Bill for building expenses
1760
30
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
31
Valentine card
mid-19th century
32
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
33
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life
March 1st 1807
34
Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852
Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants
1846
35
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
36
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker
[1850?]
37
White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)
Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848
1848
38
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
39
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
40
The Chinese sensitive leaf
[approximately 1820?]
41
Mockett, Andrew
A chapbook of English tat
[2002]
42
The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf
[approximately 1850]
43
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
44
Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
not before 1787
45
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]
[approximately 1970?]
46
Love has triumphed
mid-19th century
47
The cottage of content; or, Right roads and wrong ways
1848
48
Payne, John, 1710–1771
Twelve designs of country-houses
1757
49
Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841
An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation
[1817]
50
The royal and entertaining Game of the goose
[between 1761 and 1794]
51
To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity
[1773]
52
Dempsey & Carroll
Prince Albert
between 1878 and 1900?
53
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
54
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
55
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
56
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
57
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
58
Blanchet, Etienne
Blanchet, artistes capillaires
not before 1866?
59
St. John Ambulance Association
Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use
approximately 1920
60
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
61
Sinclair, George, 1786–1834
Hortus ericaeus woburnensis, or, A catalogue of heaths, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey
MDCCCXXV [1825]
62
Lawrence & Co. (London, England)
Lawrence & Co.'s cheap clothing establishment
[not before 1882]
63
Pollard, G.
Letter
1928 April 13th
64
Henderson, F. (Clothier)
[Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888]
1888
65
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
History of British birds
1797-1804
66
Crosse & Blackwell
Crosse & Blackwell
[1876?]
67
Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–
Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine
1897
68
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947
1947
69
Neville, Alexander, 1544–1614
Alexandri Nevylli Angli De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce, liber vnus
1575
70
Crane, Walter, 1845–1915
The Graphic
[1876?]
71
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book
1793
72
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
Pigmy revels, or, All alive at Lilliput
1800-1801
73
The language of flowers
[approximately 1860]
74
To be disposed of
[approximately 1850]
75
Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
1680 April 1
76
A tribute to beautiful love!
1844
77
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
78
J.S. Fry & Sons
Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie
ca. 1909
79
Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Sallis's comic play grammar
[ca. 1850?]
80
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
A record of the Black Prince
1849
81
La Fontaine in the game of the goose
[ca. 1810]
82
Classical School (Mount Pleasant, Sleaford, England)
Bill for school expenses for C. Lamb, to be paid to Edwin R. Dibben, Classical School, Mount Pleasant, Sleaford
1880
83
Henderson & Co., Day & Electric Light Studios Rochdale
Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length portrait of a young woman
[189-?]
84
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
To my daughter, may the morn of thy existence be unclouded, thy noontide of dazzling light
[approximately 1870]
85
Remember me
1881
86
Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain
1868
87
Newman, Frederick
The curiosities and beauties of England displayed
[1795?]
88
Dales, T. T
Panoramacopia
1824
89
Royal Navy & Military Tournament
[approximately 1910]
90
When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to languish
mid-19th century
91
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
92
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)
Butterflies
made in 2011
93
Davison, Alexander
Descriptive catalogue of the series of pictures,
1807
94
King's Lodge Academy (Exeter, England)
Bill for school expenses at King's Lodge Academy, Exeter, to be paid to the Messrs. Quicke
1850
95
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Prize medal of the Exhibition
1851
96
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise
[Permit for Thomas Cooper to receive one cask of foreign brandy, 1809]
1809
97
Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster