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Pine, John, 1690–1756

The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords

[1739]

Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745

Ichnographia rustica, or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation

1742

Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547

[Celestial globe]

[ca. 1522]

Photogram of ferns

1860s?

The Woodman's hut

[between 1837-1840]1

Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643

The art of dravving vvith the pen,

1607

Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921

Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens

1879-1880

J. Somalvico & Co

Newly invented portable walking-stick telescope

[between 1842 and 1850]

Sallis, William, 1782–1865

Sallis's comic play grammar

[ca. 1850?]

May mutual loves count us blest

mid-19th century

Cook, James, 1728–1779

A voyage to the Pacific ocean

1784

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

A record of the Black Prince

1849

La Fontaine in the game of the goose

[ca. 1810]

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern carriages

[1797]

Riley, Bridget, born 1931

Bridget Riley

[1965]

Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684–1756

Album of Rococo ornamental designs of gardens, flora and fauna, games and pastimes, costume, chinoiserie, hermits and grottoes, occupations, cities and villages, saints and martyrs, and biblical scenes

circa 1735-1750

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

To my daughter, may the morn of thy existence be unclouded, thy noontide of dazzling light

[approximately 1870]

The art of drawing without a master

[1768]

Taylor, William B. Sarsfield (William Benjamin Sarsfield), 1781–1850

History of the University of Dublin

[1819-1820]

Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797

Joseph Wright notebook

1775-1780

Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary

1860-1866

Vitruvius Pollio

De architectura libri dece traducti de latino in vulgare,

1521]

Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820

Monastic and baronial remains

1816

Irby family commonplace book

1823-1852

Ralfe, James, active 1820–1829

The naval chronology of Great Britain, or, An historical account of naval and maritime events, from the commencement of the War in 1803, to the end of the year 1816

1820

Wood, Hugh

Views in France, Switzerland, the Tyrol, and Italy

[1840?]

Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830

Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013

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

Herring, William

W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water fowl, gold and silver fish, sporting and fancy dogs

approximately 1835

Henderson & Co., Day & Electric Light Studios Rochdale

Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length portrait of a young woman

[189-?]

Benazech, Peter Paul, ca. 1730–ca. 1783

Six views of the ruins of Balbec; Four views of the ruins of Palmyra

ca. 1750

Havell, Robert, 1769–1832

A series of picturesque views of noblemen's & gentlemen's seats

1823

Passions of the soul and the anatomy of the human face

1815

Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

A general plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe, the seat of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham

1739

Field, William, 1854–1932

William Field scrapbook

1895

J.S. Fry & Sons

Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie

ca. 1909

Remember me

1881

[Valentines card]

[approximately 1890?]

Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain

1868

Portraits of Cape Town figures

ca. 1828

Kip, William

Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova tabula ad usum studiosorum emendate accomodate

An 1602

Gulflocher, Leopolde

Leopolde Gulflocher, sculpteur en marbre et albatre

[approximately 1815]

Reeves & Sons (London, England)

Box of pigments and implements for painting on china

ca. 1880

Angus, William, 1752–1821

The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales

Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815]

Morton, Edward

Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday

1888

Memento mori ring

1689

St. John, James Augustus, 1795–1875

Views in the eastern archipelago

Augt., 1847

Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty

Collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration, in the most approved and elegant taste ..

1808

Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711

The art of painting

1778

Dummer, Edmund, -1712

A survey and description of the principal harbours

1698

Mills, W. C.

The bible wheel

[1881?]

White, Mr., active 1798

A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library

[1798]

Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829–1925

Photogenic drawings of various objects

1848-1859

B. B. B

Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn

1860

Harlequin & little Tom Tucker

[between 1835-1837]

Album of drawings

ca. 1900-1903

Newton, T

The mansion of bliss

1822

European polyorama

[approximately 1851]

Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Daylight

2006

Stencils

late 19th century

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1825?]

I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well

mid-19th century

Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839

Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees

1813

Lyndwood, William, 1375?-1446

[Constitutiones provinciales ecclesiae Anglicanae]

[1483]

Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry Dixon

1918

Please to imagine lady fair, If you my passion truly share, that in these gloves our hands combine, Mine in yours, love, and yours in mind

[approximately 1860]

[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card]

[approximately 1890]

Hamilton, Catherine

Catherine Hamilton commonplace book

1822-1880

Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916

Jennens, Bettridge & Sons

Jennens, Bettridge & Sons, manufacturers to Her Majesty & The Royal Family

[approximately 1849?]

Postmortem portrait of an infant and mother

1850s

Burchell, William J. (William John), 1781–1863

Travels in the interior of southern Africa

1822-1824

Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852

Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure

[18--]

Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840

[Views in Calcutta]

1786-1788

The principles of drawing and painting

1811

Ireland, Samuel, -1800

Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,

1789

Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–

Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine

1897

Neville, Alexander, 1544–1614

Alexandri Nevylli Angli De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce, liber vnus

1575

A full & true account of a pleasure party to Rockingham in 1817 by C.R., illustrated by J.P

1817?

Coles, Frederick Rhenius, 1853 or 1854–

This book contains drawings of marine shells (from Forbes & Hanley) generally considered as specially British

1884

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

Called to the rescue

[1880]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Caesalpinoid legume, possibly a species of Caesalpinia L.; Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii), Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata), Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae) and (Nymphalidae cf. Haematera); shells, from left: (Cypraea ocellata L. 1758), (Conus marmoreus L. 1758), and (Semicassis granulate Born, 1778), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768