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
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Hogarth moralized
1831
7
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in Rome and its environs
1841
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
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa
MDCXXXII [1632]
11
Rocque, John, -1762
A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round
1748
12
A book of eighteen leaves
1757
13
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented
1752
14
The temple of taste
[1796]
15
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?]
16
The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich
[approximately 1825]
17
The brigand
[between 1840-1850]
18
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington
1731
19
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The journey from Chester to London
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
20
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London
MDCCLXXI [1771]
21
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide
1827
22
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Six months' residence and travels in Mexico
1824
23
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
24
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent
1744
25
Map of China and the adjacent countries
1842
26
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
27
White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)
Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848
1848
28
Bowers, George Frederick
Crimean War
1856?
29
Shoubridge, James
Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London
1807
30
Our Boys Clothing Company
"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book
[ca. 1885?]
31
Home, Robert, 1752–1834
Select views in Mysore,
1794
32
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
33
Celebrated horses of America
1881-1882
34
In affectionate remembrance of Moses
1875
35
Whereas the game within the manor of Pinkhurst, and in several parts of the parishes of Itchingfield, Slinfold, Billingshurst, and Rudgwick, in the county of Sussex, has of late years, and up to the present time, been greatly destroyed by poachers, unqualified, and unlicenced persons ..
[1797]
36
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Picturesque views on the River Wye
1797
37
Taunt, Henry
A new map of the river Thames from Oxford to London
[1873]
38
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst
1819
39
St. John Ambulance Association
Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use
approximately 1920
40
The royal and entertaining Game of the goose
[between 1761 and 1794]
41
Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood
[185-?]
42
Witton, Philip Henry
Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =
1791 [i.e. 1792]
43
Gascoigne, George, -1577
The noble arte of venerie or hunting
[1575]
44
Boulton, George
The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors
[between 1796 and 1809]
45
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Panorama, Leicester Square
1805
46
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Principles of beauty, relative to the human head
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
47
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
The costume of Hindostan
1807
48
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park
[1851]
49
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond
1734
50
London & Sunderland royal mail coach
[ca. 1800]
51
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
[1855]
52
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
53
Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870
Sketches in India
1862
54
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
55
The Chinese sensitive leaf
[approximately 1820?]
56
Zeno, Niccolò, 1515–1565
De i commentarii del viaggio in Persia di m. Caterino Zeno il K. & delle guerre fatte nell' imperio persiano, dal tempo di Vssuncassano in quà libri due
MDLVIII [1558]
57
Fox, William, active 1851
A brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the western coast of Africa
1851
58
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
The stones of Venice
1851-1853
59
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832
An aeronautical view of London
1831
60
Halfpenny, William, -1755
New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ...
1750-1752
61
Madras
[1832?]
62
Thomson, James, 1700–1748
The seasons,
1797
63
Archbald, the property of Mr. George Wilson, of Walkington, will serve mares this season, 1839, at one guinea and a-half each
[1839]
64
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie de 1666
[1666?]
65
King, Daniel, -1664?
The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated
1656
66
Broughton, Thomas Duer, 1778–1835
Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809
1813
67
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Illuminated illustrations of Froissart
1845
68
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
The virtuosi's museum
1778[-1781]
69
Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857
[Six views of Hastings]
Novr. 1, 1823
70
The noble game of the elephant and castle,
1822
71
Burnes, James, 1801–1862
Narrative of a visit to the court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus
1839
72
Dillon, Frank, 1823–1909
Sketches in the island of Madeira
1850
73
Edwards, James, 1756–1816
A companion from London to Brighthelmston, in Sussex
1801
74
[Teleorama]
[approximately 1825?]
75
[The Souvenir Rose]
[approximately 1865?]
76
Yarmouth
[approximately 1880?]
77
Album of cartes-de-visite depicting royalty of Britain and Europe and other contemporary notables
1860-1862
78
J. R. Jaffray & Son (Firm : New York)
The prize embroidery from the World Fair, 1851 will be exhibited from 1st, February to 1st, May 1852 : Messrs. J. R. Jaffray & Sons, 73, Broadway, New York
1851
79
Rocque, John, -1762
A plan of the palace gardens and town of Kensington ... = Plan du palais jardins et bourg de Kensington
[1736?]
80
C. W
Portraits of brood mares belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court
1837
81
Uncle Tom's cabin
1852
82
What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..
mid-19th century
83
Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Cambridgeshire
[1808]
84
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani
ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]
85
Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921
As in a looking glass
1889
86
Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)
The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860
[1861]
87
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
88
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
89
Corporal Violette!!
[1815?]
90
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1590?]
91
Morris, William, 1834–1896
News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest
[1892]
92
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]
93
Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge
[1897?]
94
Huchinson & Dixon
Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.
1876
95
Ointment pot
between 1650 and 1700
96
Abbott, George, 1803–1838
Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire
[1827]
97
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?]
98
Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844
Sketches in the grounds of Marshalls, the seat of Rowland Stephenson Esqr
1824]
99
G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial
[approximately 1842]
100
Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn