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
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
7
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Hogarth moralized
1831
8
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in Rome and its environs
1841
9
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Alphabet
1857
10
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Picturesque views in England and Wales
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
11
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]
12
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?]
13
G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial
[approximately 1842]
14
Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge
[1897?]
15
Huchinson & Dixon
Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.
1876
16
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
17
Ointment pot
between 1650 and 1700
18
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Principles of beauty, relative to the human head
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
19
Boulton, George
The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors
[between 1796 and 1809]
20
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
21
Picart, Bernard, 1673–1733
Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde
1723
22
Panorama, Leicester-Square
[1793]
23
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
London labour and the London poor
1851[-1861]
24
T. C. L. (London, England)
Catalogue of up to date suites & chairs in Chippendale, Sheraton, Queen Anne, Jacobean, Hepplewhite, & Louis Styles
[1890?]
25
The royal wedding official programme
2011
26
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
Are you ready?
[1880]
27
Jones and Co. (London, England)
Now publishing in numbers, price 1s. and in monthly parts, at 2s. each, Commemoration of Hogarth by an edition of his works, commenced exactly a century after their first appearance
[1833?]
28
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
29
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
30
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
31
[The Souvenir Rose]
[approximately 1865?]
32
Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816–1912
The poultry book
1867
33
A booke of secrets
1596
34
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park
[1851]
35
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Miseries of human life
[1808]
36
Decalcomania sample book
circa 1870
37
[One cut-paper work]
[approximately 1880]
38
[Victorian pop-up Valentines Card]
[approximately 1875]
39
The forty thieves
[between 1837-1840]
40
Kruyff, Cornelis de, 1771–1854
Vues choisies d'Amsterdam et ses environs
[1825?]
41
Freeling, Arthur
Lacey's railway companion and Liverpool and Manchester guide
[1832]
42
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]
43
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
The costume of Hindostan
1807
44
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
45
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
46
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
47
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875
Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862
1863
48
Howle, J. (Tailor)
[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]
[approximately 1820-1830]
49
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
50
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
51
White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)
Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848
1848
52
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
53
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
54
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
55
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
56
Bowers, George Frederick
Crimean War
1856?
57
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
58
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire
MDCCXCVI [1796]
59
Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895
Grand architectural panorama of London
1849
60
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
61
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa
MDCXXXII [1632]
62
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
63
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]
64
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
65
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
66
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
67
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
68
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
69
Macdonald, Thomas (Engraver)
Thomas Macdonald, sketch maker & designer
[approximately 1880?]
70
In remembrance of the late Robert Minto of Barton-Upon-Humber
1857
71
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
72
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
73
Valentine card
mid-19th century
74
Witton, Philip Henry
Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =
1791 [i.e. 1792]
75
Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870
Sketches in India
1862
76
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Armer's, Flookborough
[early 19th century]
77
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Panorama, Leicester Square
1805
78
Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood
[185-?]
79
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond
1734
80
London & Sunderland royal mail coach
[ca. 1800]
81
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
[1855]
82
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
83
Gascoigne, George, -1577
The noble arte of venerie or hunting
[1575]
84
[Teleorama]
[approximately 1825?]
85
The Chinese sensitive leaf
[approximately 1820?]
86
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1590?]
87
Morris, William, 1834–1896
News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest
[1892]
88
Rocque, John, -1762
A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round
1748
89
Abbott, George, 1803–1838
Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire
[1827]
90
Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844
Sketches in the grounds of Marshalls, the seat of Rowland Stephenson Esqr
1824]
91
May nothing cloud your Xmas day, or interrupt its glee, but may its joys con-neck-tie-dly be collared all by thee!
[approximately 1875?]
92
Album of family portrait photographs, from Newcastle upon Tyne
between 1870 and [1890?]
93
The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich
[approximately 1825]
94
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
95
The brigand
[between 1840-1850]
96
Home, Robert, 1752–1834
Select views in Mysore,
1794
97
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
98
In affectionate remembrance of Moses
1875
99
Our Boys Clothing Company
"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book