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Letter to John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Date:
1797, between January 16 and March 23
Physical Description:
1 item (1 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements / Levinstein, Limited, Blackley, Manchester.
Creator:
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Date:
1914?
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 23 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor].
Creator:
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
Date:
[early 19th century]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 17 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde.
Creator:
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
1 sheets ; 16 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker : Albion House, Walworth : family mourning.
Creator:
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
Date:
[1850?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd. : Sheffield, England : the finest cutlery in the world.
Creator:
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)
Date:
[not before 1875]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 10 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people : How the Englyshe bathe the bodyes of the womenne & childrenne in the sea.
Creator:
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (4 pages) : etching ; 19 x 12 cm, folded to 9 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Open house London : 17-18 September 2011.
Date:
[2011]
Physical Description:
72 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school.
Date:
[approximately 1900?]
Physical Description:
16 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
J. Sage : furniture japanner, sign painter and glass enameller : Aldens Court, Broadmead, Bristol.
Creator:
Sage, John (Painter)
Date:
[approximately 1830]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Prince Albert / engraved by Messrs. Dempsey & Carroll, for their publications.
Creator:
Dempsey & Carroll
Date:
between 1878 and 1900?
Physical Description:
1 print : steel engraving ; 14 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered.
Creator:
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 15 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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.
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 110 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world.
Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 46 x 62 cm, folded to 24 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Valentine card.
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 18 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine.
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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
Flower time & fruit time.
Creator:
C. Goodall & Son
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 print : chromolithograph ; 90 x 60 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth : who died at Brewster Bill, Ardenside, on November 6th, 1944 : aged 83 years.
Date:
1944
Physical Description:
1 folded card : illustrations ; 80 x 120 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
Date:
not before 1787
Physical Description:
1 fob seal : gilding over copper or copper alloy, cornelian-colored glass ; face 31 x 24 mm, depth 43 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England : manuscript.
Date:
circa 1879-circa 1921
Physical Description:
83 leaves (with blanks after leaf 50) : photographs ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A chapbook of English tat.
Creator:
Mockett, Andrew
Date:
[2002]
Physical Description:
[32] pages : chiefly ilustrations ; 22 x 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
Golden Lion Hotel : Stirling, Scotland.
Creator:
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)
Date:
[192-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 10 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
The destruction of Jerusalem.
Date:
[ca. 1824?]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 46 x 58 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Nicklin & Son : wire workers, drawers and weavers, gimlet & bit makers : no. 2 Bradford Street, Birmingham & 139 Aldersgate Street, London.
Creator:
Nicklin & Son (Birmingham, England)
Date:
[approximately 1817]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 19 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England].
Creator:
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
Date:
[approximately 1930]
Physical Description:
1 cigarette package : illustrations ; 80 x 50 x 20 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
In memory of the late John Distance : who died May 16th, 1854 : aged 25 years.
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
1 embossed print : letterpress ; 80 x 120 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
May Christmas bring you many blessings.
Creator:
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 Christmas card : color illustrations ; 10 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
H.R.H Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton on the occasion of their engagement, 16th November 2010.
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
1 postcard : illustrations ; 15 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Dison & Co., lace manufacturers : special appointment to their Royal Highnesses, the Princess Augusta, Duchess of Gloucester, Duchess of Kent and Duchess of Cambridge : 257, Regent Street, London.
Creator:
Dison & Co. (Firm : London, England)
Date:
[circa 1850?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho.
Date:
[approximately 1855]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; 33 x 44 cm folded to 33 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape.
Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
circa 1790
Physical Description:
1 v. (44 leaves, with blanks) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
British butterflies.
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
[2004]
Physical Description:
8 cut-paper butterflies ; in box 13 x 18 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments.
Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:
1810?
Physical Description:
1 packet ; 45 x 62 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sketchbooks.
Creator:
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Date:
1826-1851
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 19 x 27 cm, and smaller.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
William Field scrapbook.
Creator:
Field, William, 1854–1932
Date:
1895
Physical Description:
1 v. (68 p.) ; 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens.
Creator:
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Date:
1879-1880
Physical Description:
1 volume ; 18 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary.
Creator:
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895
Date:
1860-1866
Physical Description:
1 volume (140 pages) ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
May mutual loves count us blest.
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Joseph Wright notebook.
Creator:
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Date:
1775-1780
Physical Description:
1 v. : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
Bridget Riley : fragments.
Creator:
Riley, Bridget, born 1931
Date:
[1965]
Physical Description:
7 postcards : ill. ; 16 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sketchbook.
Creator:
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Date:
circa 1830
Physical Description:
1 album ([88] leaves of drawings) : watercolor over pen and ink ; 10 x 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rebecca Salter, in memory of her father Samuel Salter.
Bethany seeds / wood engravings, Mandy Bonnell ; poem, Gabriel Gbadamosi.
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
2013
Physical Description:
[18] pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Daylight / [Pauline Lamont-Fisher].
Creator:
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
[18] leaves : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book.
Creator:
Hamilton, Catherine
Date:
1822-1880
Physical Description:
1 volume (94 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people : Showynge howe the womenne doe goe shoppynge.
Creator:
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (4 pages) : etching ; 19 x 12 cm, folded to 9 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps.
Date:
1917-1918
Physical Description:
1 volume (43 photographs) ; 16 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 12 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Valentine card.
Date:
[approximately 1859]
Physical Description:
1 card : color lithograph ; 18 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Westminster Hotel : (two doors from general railway station)
Creator:
Westminster Hotel (Chester, England)
Date:
[189-?]
Physical Description:
1 tradecard : illustrations ; 50 x 90 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn.
Creator:
B. B. B
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
[13] leaves ; 18 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Album of drawings.
Date:
ca. 1900-1903
Physical Description:
1 volume (24 drawings, on 62 leaves) ; 19 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cygnea cantio : swan song.
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
1997
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([3] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Regency. Ramsgate : Sunday, 18th October, 1953 : dinner 7/-.
Creator:
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
Date:
1953
Physical Description:
1 menu ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Billhead of J. Fallon & Co., fish merchant, Leek, Staffordshire, for purchases made by Mr. Russell, 1887].
Creator:
J. Fallon & Co. (Leek, England)
Date:
1887
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 28 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G. W.'s transparencies : Tintern Abbey.
Date:
[approximately 1840?]
Physical Description:
1 print : lithograph, hand colored ; 19 x 15 cm, on mount 27 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843.
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Splendid show of spring fashions.
Creator:
John Sanderson & Co
Date:
[1890?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital" : manuscript.
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
4 items ; various sizes
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850.
Creator:
J. Christie & Son (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 26 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
An artistic calendar : well hung in your customer's house cannot fail to effectively advertise your business from one year's end to the other.
Date:
[approximately 1950?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illlustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Kindergarten and transition class : Collegiate House, Leicester : Principal, Miss. L. Crossley.
Date:
[approximately 1900]
Physical Description:
[4] pages : illustrations ; 14 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
A gentleman's park dissected.
Date:
18--]
Physical Description:
1 diorama (various pieces) : paper, col. and lead, col. ; in box, 13 x 18 x 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland.
Date:
[1930?]
Physical Description:
1 card : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
[Billhead of John R. Barklie, Proprietor, 99 Grafton Street, Dublin for items purchased by Mrs. Brewster of 9 Prince Edwards Terrace on March 15/55].
Creator:
Barklie, John R.
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 30 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The mansion of bliss : a new game for the amusement of youth / by T. Newton ...
Creator:
Newton, T
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 57 x 45 cm, folded to 19 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Photogenic drawings of various objects / Bessie Parkes.
Creator:
Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829–1925
Date:
1848-1859
Physical Description:
1 album (18 photographs) ; album 20 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ancient Roman walls, city of Chester : varying from 12 to 40 feet in height : built A.D. 61 : a public promenade of nearly 2 miles round the city.
Date:
[approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 print : lithograph ; 9 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Album of bird illustrations made from bird feathers.
Date:
approximately 1880
Physical Description:
26 pictures in 1 volume : bird feathers, watercolor ; volume 22 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare ...
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 18 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Gazette of fashion and cutting-room companion.
Date:
1846-
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing and painting : no. 99 Long Acre, London, W.C.
Creator:
Roberson & Company
Date:
[not before 1862]
Physical Description:
1 broadside : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Billhead of John Fletcher, draper, tailor, &c., Manchester, recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport, dated 1828.
Creator:
John Fletcher (Manchester, England)
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 17 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory Cottage, Midhurst.
Creator:
West Sussex (England). County Council
Date:
1916
Physical Description:
1 licence ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Little Red Riding Hood.
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
[5] pages : color illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Wallis's tour of Europe : a new geographical pastime / McIntyre sculpsit.
Date:
Nov. 24th, 1794
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 46 x 50 cm, on sheet 49 x 70 cm, folded to 17 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear ...
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 18 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
To my pretty Valentine!
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Helmingham herbal and bestiary.
Date:
circa 1500
Physical Description:
1 v. ([20] leaves, with 1 blank leaf) : ill. ; 45 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Iter boreale, or, The northern expedition : commencing 10 July 1732, ending 18 Augt. 1732.
Creator:
Tracy, Thomas
Date:
1732
Physical Description:
1 volume (60 pages) : pen and black ink ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Grand Vista : Festival Gardens, London.
Date:
1951
Physical Description:
1 postcard : color ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
English lotteries, 1569-1826.
Date:
mostly 18th-19th c
Physical Description:
1 albums (139 items) ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Bill of receipt by John Lingley, for the purchase of beer by Captain Richey, 1783].
Creator:
Lingley, John (Brewer)
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 77 x 172 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport from Joseph Grave, clothiers, Manchester.
Creator:
Grave, Joseph (Tailor)
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 16 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's celebrated I+XL razors.
Creator:
Geo. Wostenholm & Sons's
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 label : color illustrations ; 60 x 160 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
The Royal Hotel, Roslin.
Creator:
Royal Hotel (Roslin, Scotland)
Date:
[188-?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 80 x 120 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street : where gentlemen and ladies may be furnish'd as usual.
Date:
[1748]]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Billhead of Reece & Co. for supplies bought by the Medical Botanical Society].
Creator:
Reece & Co. (London, England)
Date:
1838-1839
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 17 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
I am thine love.
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester.
Creator:
Wimpory & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Date:
approximately 1825
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 12 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.) / translated from the German by Gerhard F. Probst ; illustrated by Carolyn Whitesel.
Creator:
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
Date:
c1977
Physical Description:
[12] folders (4, xl p.), [2] fold. leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Field notes / by Helen Douglas.
Creator:
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
[72] p. : ill. ; 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Clarke S. Mallett : White Hart Inn and Family Hotel, Winchester.
Creator:
White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)
Date:
[188-?]
Physical Description:
1 tradecard ; 50 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The second life of shells / etchings [by] Mandy Bonnell ; poem [by] Gabriel Gbadamosi.
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
2001
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([20] p.) : ill. ; 30 x 440 cm.. folded to 30 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts