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1. 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 : the view, painted by Henry Aston Barker and assistants, from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Burford, is now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square.

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 : the view, painted by Henry Aston Barker and assistants, from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Burford, is now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square.
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 40 x 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.

An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.
Creator:
Parmenter, S., active 1821
Date:
[1821?]
Physical Description:
1 broadside : illustrations ; 47 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter / Lee sc.

The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter / Lee sc.
Date:
[1800?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 37 x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. To be seen alive! [graphic] : the wonderful Cumberland.

To be seen alive! [graphic] : the wonderful Cumberland.
Date:
[1824?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut, with text in letterpress ; 27 x 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H. B. M.'s government, in the years 1849-1855 / by Henry Barth.

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H. B. M.'s government, in the years 1849-1855 / by Henry Barth.
Creator:
Barth, Heinrich, 1821–1865
Date:
1857-1858
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting, in the first circle, Paris : and in the second circle is exhibiting a painting of Edinburgh and the surrounding country ...

Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting, in the first circle, Paris : and in the second circle is exhibiting a painting of Edinburgh and the surrounding country ...
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 27 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Armer's, Flookborough.

Armer's, Flookborough.
Creator:
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Date:
[early 19th century]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 21 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A correct likeness, handsomely framed, in one minute, for one shilling.

A correct likeness, handsomely framed, in one minute, for one shilling.
Creator:
Stanley, C. (Portraitist)
Date:
[approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : portrait ; 47 x 32 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses.

Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut ; sheet 14 x 22
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Explanation of a magnificent view of Grand Cairo : painted upon 10,000 square feet of canvas, by H.A. Barker, from drawings taken by Mr. Salt, for Lord Valentia, from a tower in the Old Citadel, now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square : the upper circle contains in interesting view of Flushing.

Explanation of a magnificent view of Grand Cairo : painted upon 10,000 square feet of canvas, by H.A. Barker, from drawings taken by Mr. Salt, for Lord Valentia, from a tower in the Old Citadel, now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square : the upper circle contains in interesting view of Flushing.
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
[1808 or 1809]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting two views of Paris : the one taken between the Pont Neuf, the Louvre, Mint, and Quatre Nations : the other from a steam-engine on the River Seine : showing the Thuilleries, the place where the late king was beheaded, the Champ de Mars, the Hospital des Invalids, and St. Could, the summer-residence of the First Consul.

Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting two views of Paris : the one taken between the Pont Neuf, the Louvre, Mint, and Quatre Nations : the other from a steam-engine on the River Seine : showing the Thuilleries, the place where the late king was beheaded, the Champ de Mars, the Hospital des Invalids, and St. Could, the summer-residence of the First Consul.
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Marriage procession of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert [graphic] : at the Royal Chapel, St. James's, on Monday, February 10th, 1840.

Marriage procession of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert [graphic] : at the Royal Chapel, St. James's, on Monday, February 10th, 1840.
Date:
[1840]
Physical Description:
1 print on 12 joined sheets : hand-colored woodcut ; sheets end-to-end 9 x 280 cm, accordion folded to 9 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Short, but concise account of Elisabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.

No cover image available
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] pages) : illustrations ; 40 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The child's alphabet : emblematically described & embellished by twenty-four pictures brought into easy verse, etc.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1820?]
Physical Description:
16 pages : illustrations ; 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The pretty ABC : being a complete alphabet to entice children to learn their letters.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1829 and 1839]
Physical Description:
16 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Explanation of the view of Gibraltar and Bay, taken from the battery, called the Devil's Tongue : in the upper circle, is a view of Edinburgh.

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 42 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Collection of English ballads.

No cover image available
Date:
early 19th century
Physical Description:
1 volume : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The history and antiquities of Brentford, Ealing, & Chiswick : interpersed with biographical notices of illustrious and eminent persons who have been born, or have resided there during the three preceding centries / by Thomas Faulkner.

No cover image available
Creator:
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
xvi, 504 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Panorama, Leicester Square : in the lower circle, is represented a most magnificent view of Paris.

No cover image available
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 42 x 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A guide to landscape figure drawing / by N. E. Green ; woodcuts by James D. Cooper, from drawing by the author.

No cover image available
Creator:
Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
Date:
[1891]
Physical Description:
56 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Ames, Joseph, 1689–1759
Date:
1810-1819
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. [Proof for the Kelmscott Chaucer, pages 223-224].

No cover image available
Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date:
1896
Physical Description:
[2] pages : illustration ; 41 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The satchel. A miscellany of entertaining reading.

No cover image available
Date:
1866
Physical Description:
4 p. ., 64, [2] p. ill., plates (part. fold.) 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A history of Hartlepool / by Sir Cuthbert Sharp ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Sharp, Cuthbert, Sir, 1781–1849
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
vi, 180, [iii]-xxvi p., [3], [1], [23] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plates, plans, geneal. tables ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The Wreath.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1829 and 1833]
Physical Description:
16 pages : illustrations ; 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The view of Flushing, during the siege : the large circle contains a view of Malta.

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 26 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The history of Punch & Judy.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([10] pages) : hand colored woodcuts ; 11 x 100 cm, accordion folded to 11 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Striking likenesses, handsomely framed, only 1s. each, taken at 114, Strand, opposite Exeter 'Change.

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : portrait ; 81 x 45 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. An analytical view of the animal economy : calculated for the students of medicine, as well as private gentlemen : interspersed with many allegories and moral reflections, drawn from the subject, to awaken the mind to an elevated sense of the great author of nature / by Isaac Ball ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Ball, Isaac
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
64, 67-90 pages : color illustration ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The bibliographical decameron, or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography / by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Now exhibiting in the second circle, a view of Edinburgh and the surrounding country : the contemplation of this grand and delightful scene, and an earnest desire to represent it entire, were the first circumstances which impressed Mr. Barker's mind with the idea of a panorama : the public may now form a judgment of the comparative excellence of three views, reckoned by men of taste the finest in Europe, namely, Constantinople and Plymouth, which have been exhibited, and Edinburgh, which is now open.

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Robert, 1739–1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; 27.3 x 22.1 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Paris's original rag, bone & metal warehouse : the black doll with four faces : 4, Prospect Row, Walworth Road, 2 doors from Hewitt's, Fishmonger.

No cover image available
Creator:
H. Paris (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1833?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The golden legend.

No cover image available
Creator:
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
Date:
and finished on the 12th day of September in the year 1892
Physical Description:
3 volumes (xii, 1286 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Explanation of the Battle of Waterloo / painted on the largest scale from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Henry Aston Barker ... ; now exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square ; the upper circle contains a view of the city of St. Petersburg ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.): ill. ; 39 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The journal of design and manufactures ...

No cover image available
Date:
1849-1852
Physical Description:
6 v. illus., plates, plans, mounted samples. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Churches of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely / published by the Cambridge Camden Society.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ecclesiological Society
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
[2], 119 p., [29] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Some German woodcuts of the fifteenth century.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867–1962
Date:
1897]
Physical Description:
xi, [1] p., 23 leaves, 24-36, [1] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Himalayan journals, or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia mountains, &c. / by Joseph Dalton Hooker ... ; with maps and illustrations.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817–1911
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. An almanac of twelve sports / by William Nicholson ; words by Rudyard Kipling.

No cover image available
Creator:
Nicholson, William Sir, 1872–1949
Date:
1898
Physical Description:
[17] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Holbein's Dance of Death : with an historical and literary introduction.

No cover image available
Date:
MDCCCXLIX [1849]
Physical Description:
iv, 146 pages, [53] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

41. Annales Furnesienses. History and antiquities of the abbey of Furness, by Thomas Alcock Beck, esq.

No cover image available
Creator:
Beck, Thomas Alcock, 1795–1846
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
4 p. ., [vii]-xi, 403 p., 1 leaf, cxi, [1] p. front., illus., plates, (part double) plans, facsims. (part col., part double) 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The domestic animals friend, or, The Complete Virginia and Maryland farrier : being a copious selection from the best treaties on farriery now extant in the United States : to which is added a number of receipts, know to be efficacious in the cure of many complaints incident to the domestic quadrupeds of America, that have never yet appeared in print.

No cover image available
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
[2], ix, [1], 11-436 pages, [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Here begynneth the prologe of Syr Johan Froissart of the Chronicles of Fraunce, Inglande, and other places adjoynynge.

No cover image available
Creator:
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Date:
1897
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([4] pages) : illustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Essayes and characters of a prison and prisoners / by Geffray Mynshul ...

No cover image available
Creator:
G. M. (Geffray Minshull), 1594?-1668
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xviii, 91 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. English caricaturists and graphic humourists of the nineteenth century : how they illustrated and interpreted their times ... / by Graham Everitt.

No cover image available
Creator:
Everitt, Graham
Date:
1893
Physical Description:
xx, 427, 31 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., facsims. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A collection of publications relating to Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead / by John Sykes.

No cover image available
Date:
[1835?]
Physical Description:
534 p. in various pagings : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Explanation of the beautiful view of Messina, in Sicily : taken from the light house, and painted upon 10,000 square feet of canvas by Henry Aston Barker, now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square : the upper circle contains an interesting view of the Siege of Flushing, the town in flames, &c.

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
[1811]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 35 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The boat race and who went to it.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1868 and 1885]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([16] panels) : illustrations ; 29 x 89 cm, folded to 15 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Panorama, Leicester Square : this upper painting represents Weymouth, taken in 1805, when his Majesty was last there, from the outer pier : at which time the Abergavenny was seen as represented, with barges round her saving what property could be taken up : the flags at the mast-heads add so much to the beauty of the royal sovereign yacht, that it is hoped the public will excuse the liberty taken in keeping them up after His Majesty has left her, which is never done in the reality : the lower painting represents Lord Nelson's glorious victory, gained over the French and Spanish fleets, off Trafalgar, painted upon ten thousand square feet of canvas.

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting in the lower circle, the splendid view of Paris taken by Mr. H.A. Barker in 1802 : the approbation this view has met with, both for accuracy and grandeur, has induced him to re-open it for a few months previous to exhibiting a view of Grand Cairo, taken by Mr. Salt, who travelled with Lord Valentia, and is now painting by Mr. H.A. Barker.

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 39 x 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Battle of Trafalgar : Panorama, Leicester Square ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 p.) : ill. ; 43 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Antiquities of Westminster; the Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel, (now the House of Commons) &c. &c. Containing two hundred and forty-six engravings of topographical objects, of which one hundred and twenty-two no longer remain. By John Thomas Smith ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
4 p. ., [iii]-xv p., 1 leaf, 276 p. 36 plates (part col.) 2 plans. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts