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
Alphabet
1857
8
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Picturesque views in England and Wales
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
9
Rocque, John, -1762
A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round
1748
10
A book of eighteen leaves
1757
11
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented
1752
12
Our Boys Clothing Company
"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book
[ca. 1885?]
13
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London
MDCCLXXI [1771]
14
The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich
[approximately 1825]
15
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The journey from Chester to London
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
16
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond
1734
17
Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870
Sketches in India
1862
18
Boulton, George
The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors
[between 1796 and 1809]
19
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Panorama, Leicester Square
1805
20
The Chinese sensitive leaf
[approximately 1820?]
21
Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood
[185-?]
22
Witton, Philip Henry
Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =
1791 [i.e. 1792]
23
Gascoigne, George, -1577
The noble arte of venerie or hunting
[1575]
24
London & Sunderland royal mail coach
[ca. 1800]
25
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
[1855]
26
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
27
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
28
A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us ..
1736
29
Vues de la ville de Londres
1758
30
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life
March 1st 1807
31
Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852
Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants
1846
32
The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London
[1843]
33
Shoubridge, James
Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London
1807
34
Howle, J. (Tailor)
[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]
[approximately 1820-1830]
35
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent
1744
36
Map of China and the adjacent countries
1842
37
Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921
As in a looking glass
1889
38
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army, consisting of 65,000 men, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, on the plains of Vittoria
1814
39
Dean's steam-boat alphabet
[1855?]
40
Barber, J. T
A tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire
1803
41
Paine, James, 1717?-1789
Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,
1783
42
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
43
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
44
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
45
Bowers, George Frederick
Crimean War
1856?
46
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875
Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862
1863
47
The cottage of content; or, Right roads and wrong ways
1848
48
Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796–1857
China : its state and prospects
1838
49
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington
1731
50
The temple of taste
[1796]
51
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide
1827
52
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?]
53
The brigand
[between 1840-1850]
54
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
For life or death
[1880]
55
John Bartholomew and Son
Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London
[not before 1921]
56
Perkins, John (Gardener)
Floral designs for the table
1877
57
[Birthday card with floral illustration]
[approximately 1874]
58
Glasgow looking glass
[1825]
59
Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857
Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies
1838
60
Clarke, J., active 1820
J. Clarke
[approximately 1820?]
61
Bowles & Carver
Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,
1795]
62
Ackermann's drawing book for 1824
1824
63
Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877
Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham
1854
64
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
The seaweed collector
[1872]
65
Tregear's Black jokes
1834
66
Taunt, Henry
A new map of the river Thames from Oxford to London
[1873]
67
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst
1819
68
Driver & Shaw
Catalogue of improved superfine colours, and drawing materials
1824
69
St. John Ambulance Association
Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use
approximately 1920
70
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1855
1855
71
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Picturesque views on the River Wye
1797
72
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]
73
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?]
74
G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial
[approximately 1842]
75
Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge
[1897?]
76
Map of North America
not before 1634
77
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire
MDCCXCVI [1796]
78
Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895
Grand architectural panorama of London
1849
79
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
80
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
81
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Six months' residence and travels in Mexico
1824
82
Home, Robert, 1752–1834
Select views in Mysore,
1794
83
Celebrated horses of America
1881-1882
84
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]
85
In affectionate remembrance of Moses
1875
86
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
87
Cox, David, 1783–1859
The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments
1825
88
Blanchet, Etienne
Blanchet, artistes capillaires
not before 1866?
89
Huchinson & Dixon
Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.
1876
90
The red rover
[between 1835-1837]
91
Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844
Sketches in the grounds of Marshalls, the seat of Rowland Stephenson Esqr
1824]
92
Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn
[between 1835-1837]
93
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1590?]
94
Walker, John, 1786–1873
This newly constructed and extended map of India
1841
95
Morris, William, 1834–1896
News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest
[1892]
96
Abbott, George, 1803–1838
Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire
[1827]
97
White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)
Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848
1848
98
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
99
Corporal Violette!!
[1815?]
100
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne