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Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877

Fantascope

1833

Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745

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

1742

Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–

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

1897

Rawlings, James, active 1862

Rawlings' patent boot and shoe cleaning machine

1862?

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]

Valentine card

[approximately 1859]

Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918

Leighton, John, 1822–1912

Contrasts & conceits for contemplation

[1849?]

Ingpen, Abel, -1854

Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects

1839

Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me

mid-19th century

Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915

H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915

[1919]

Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati

circa 1587

Boys Clothing House (London, England)

The Boys Clothing House, A.B. Joseph & Co.

[approximately 1864?]

Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria

1796-1803

Hall, Richard, (Boot maker)

Tender feet

[approximately 1851]

Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947

1947

C. Goodall & Son

Goodall's Royal Bezique register

[approximately 1900]

Photogram of ferns

1860s?

Stukeley, William, 1687–1765

Itinerarium curiosum, or, An account of the antiquities and remarkable curiositys in nature or art

MDCCXXIV [1724]

Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Leda and the swan

[2011]

Graves, George, 1754–1839

The naturalist's pocket-book, or, Tourist's companion

1818

Album of bird illustrations made from bird feathers

approximately 1880

A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare ..

mid-19th century

Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

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

[approximately 1870]

Remember me

1881

Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain

1868

[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card]

[approximately 1890]

Postmortem portrait of an infant and mother

1850s

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1825?]

Jennens, Bettridge & Sons

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

[approximately 1849?]

Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Daylight

2006

Stencils

late 19th century

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]

Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916

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

mid-19th century

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

Henderson & Co., Day & Electric Light Studios Rochdale

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

[189-?]

Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820

Monastic and baronial remains

1816

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

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

[1797]

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

Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

History of British birds

1797-1804

Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921

Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens

1879-1880

Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary

1860-1866

May mutual loves count us blest

mid-19th century

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

A record of the Black Prince

1849

La Fontaine in the game of the goose

[ca. 1810]

J. Somalvico & Co

Newly invented portable walking-stick telescope

[between 1842 and 1850]

J.S. Fry & Sons

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

ca. 1909

Sallis, William, 1782–1865

Sallis's comic play grammar

[ca. 1850?]

Newman, Frederick

The curiosities and beauties of England displayed

[1795?]

English lotteries, 1569-1826

mostly 18th-19th c

Roberson & Company

Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing and painting

[not before 1862]

Lingley, John (Brewer)

[Bill of receipt by John Lingley, for the purchase of beer by Captain Richey, 1783]

1783

To my pretty Valentine!

mid-19th century

Wilson, Thomas, dancing master

A description of the correct method of waltzing

1816

Smith, Albert, 1816–1860

Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851

[1851]

Spooner's transformations

1838 [-39]

Maple & Co.

[Billhead of Maple & Co., London, for purchases by R.W. Stevenson]

1881

In affectionate remembrance of William Foggin

1864

By nature formed to be the lover's flower ..

mid-19th century

My memory holds thy form in view ..

mid-19th century

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

Rowlandson's sketches from nature

[1822]

Paley, Ann

Fern and flower album

1873-1878

Leaf, Edward (Tailor)

Bill for clothes, buttons and trimmings

1813

Van Houten (Firm)

Trade cards for Van Houten's cocoa

[ca. 1880?]

Negretti & Zambra

Stereographoscope

ca. 1875

Mockett, Andrew

A chapbook of English tat

[2002?]

My heart is truly thine, dear Valentine

mid-19th century

Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844

Eidodendron

1827

Anchor Line (Firm)

Programme of events, Sunday, February 9th, 1930

1930

[Photographic postcards of actors and scenes from "The Girls of Gottenberg."]

[approximately 1907]

A packet of carefully selected Christmas cards, suitable for young or old, by the celebrated makers, Marcus Ward & Co.

[1875?]

Post Office Jubilee of Uniform Penny Postage at South Kensington Museum, 2nd July, 1890

[1890]

A token of faithful love! To my dearest Valentine!

mid-19th century

W. Burt scrapbook

1820s?-1867 (bulk 1820s)

Finden, William, 1787–1852

The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain

[1842]

Rook, Anne

The book of 4021 & 4020

2002

Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens

1856-1863

Watson, Nicholas, active 1793

[Bill of receipt by Nicholas Watson, on behalf of his mother Ann Watson, for the purchase of coffee and sugar by Mrs. De Sausmarez, 1793]

1793

Bonnell, Mandy

Lichen

[2012]

Hill, Thomas Wright, 1763–1851

T.W. Hill's boarding school & day school, Gough St

[between 1803 and 1819]

Dickinson, A. E. C., active 1892

Bill for expenses at Grove House School, Highgate

June 14, 1892

An account of the charges for catching the red deer out of the woods of the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Salsbury at Hatfield, from Novre. the 9th, 1734, to February the 2nd 1734/5

1735