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
1766
4
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
5
Vues de la ville de Londres
1758
6
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond
1734
7
Boulton, George
The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors
[between 1796 and 1809]
8
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
9
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Principles of beauty, relative to the human head
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
10
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
11
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
12
A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us ..
1736
13
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent
1744
14
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
15
Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
not before 1787
16
Salisbury, W. T
Select meditations and reflections on death
circa 1782-1792
17
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
18
Halfpenny, William, -1755
New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ...
1750-1752
19
Thomson, James, 1700–1748
The seasons,
1797
20
Wet drug jar
between 1700 and 1725
21
The royal and entertaining Game of the goose
[between 1761 and 1794]
22
Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple
1788
23
Bowles & Carver
Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,
1795]
24
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
25
Witton, Philip Henry
Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =
1791 [i.e. 1792]
26
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754
Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, belonging to the right honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham : laid out by Mr. Bridgman, principal gardener to their majesties King George I and II / delineated in a large plan and fifteen perspective views : drawn on the spot by Mons. Rigaud, and engraved by him and Mons. Bernard Baron =
MDCCXLVI [1746]
27
Panorama, Leicester-Square
[1793]
28
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
London and Westminster improved
MDCCLXVU [1766]
29
Bill for building expenses
1760
30
A Set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress of Russia
1788
31
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The journey from Chester to London
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
32
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
33
A book of eighteen leaves
1757
34
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented
1752
35
Home, Robert, 1752–1834
Select views in Mysore,
1794
36
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]
37
The temple of taste
[1796]
38
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington
1731
39
Rocque, John, -1762
A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round
1748
40
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London
MDCCLXXI [1771]
41
Agas, Ralph, 1545–1621
London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563
October 30th, 1789
42
A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital
[1752]
43
Paine, James, 1717?-1789
Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,
1783
44
To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity
[1773]
45
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant
MDCCLVIII [1758]
46
Payne, John, 1710–1771
Twelve designs of country-houses
1757
47
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Picturesque views on the River Wye
1797
48
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
49
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire
MDCCXCVI [1796]
50
Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster
[approximately 1781?]
51
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
52
Cowper, William, 1666–1709
Myotomia reformata
1724
53
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street
[1748]]
54
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
55
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
The beauties of Stow, or, A description of the pleasant seat, and noble gardens, of the right honourable Lord Viscount Cobham
1750
56
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676
A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches
MDCCXLIII [1743]
57
Cowley, Charlotte
The ladies history of England
1780 [i.e. 1781]
58
Rocque, John, -1762
A plan of the palace gardens and town of Kensington ... = Plan du palais jardins et bourg de Kensington
[1736?]
59
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
The virtuosi's museum
1778[-1781]
60
Moffat, James
Views in Calcutta
s.d.]
61
Greenwood, Jonathan
The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain
[1715?]
62
North America, and the West Indies
[1764?]
63
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
[Transparent prints]
[1799]
64
Twelve prints of sea engagements
[between 1771 and 1785]
65
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure
1796
66
Lynch, Richard, -1781
Will of Patrick Lynch
1781
67
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
A new book of Chinese designs, calculated to improve the present taste
MDCCLIV [1754]
68
The Naval chronicle
1799-1818
69
Pine, John, 1690–1756
The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords
[1739]
70
R. M
The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798
1799
71
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
72
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), male, with Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa), both open and closed, and Pupa (Lepidoptera Pieridae), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
73
Hyakunin isshu karuta
late 18th century?
74
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy,
1754
75
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
History of British birds
1797-1804
76
Newman, Frederick
The curiosities and beauties of England displayed
[1795?]
77
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Antiquities of London and its environs
1791-[1800]
78
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan du chateau, jardin et parc de Wilton
1754
79
Tracy, Thomas
Iter boreale, or, The northern expedition
1732
80
The Sporting magazine ..
1793-1870
81
English lotteries, 1569-1826
mostly 18th-19th c
82
Probert, John, active 1764
A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr. and his Lady
1767
83
Wet drug jar
circa 1750
84
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779
[A collection of engravings of castles, abbeys, etc. in England and Wales, by Saml. and Nathl. Buck]
1726-42
85
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674
The history of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641
1702-1704
86
Lingley, John (Brewer)
[Bill of receipt by John Lingley, for the purchase of beer by Captain Richey, 1783]
1783
87
Cut-paper flower arrangements
London?,
88
Wallis's tour of Europe
Nov. 24th, 1794
89
Stowe
1766
90
Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789
A catalogue of a sundry elegant solid gold snuff-boxes, of rich workmanship
[1783]
91
Marlborough Coffee House (London, England)
A catalogue of curious and true original pictures, by the best Italian and other masters
[1712]
92
Williams, William, active 1724–1733
Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio
[1733]
93
Garneray, Jean-François, 1755–1837
Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils et militaires
[1796]
94
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
Oriental scenery
1795-1807 [that is, 1808]
95
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus L.), with tiphiid wasp (Hymenoptera ?Tiphidae), Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines), soldier fly (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae), longhorned beetle (Chlorida festiva), and shell (Natica euzona Récluz 1844) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
96
Dugdale, William, 1605–1686
The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated
MDCCXXX [1730]
97
Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)
[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]
1788
98
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
99
The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
100
Jesuits
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