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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29

1773 January 29

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

[1753]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853

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]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]

John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]

Ackermann's drawing book for 1824

1824

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]

Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877

[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]

Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies

1838

Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant

MDCCLVIII [1758]

Paine, James, 1717?-1789

Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,

1783

Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C

1683

The royal and entertaining Game of the goose

[between 1761 and 1794]

The cottage of content; or, Right roads and wrong ways

1848

Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796–1857

China : its state and prospects

1838

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]

Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn

[between 1835-1837]

The red rover

[between 1835-1837]

Our Boys Clothing Company

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book

[ca. 1885?]

Home, Robert, 1752–1834

Select views in Mysore,

1794

In affectionate remembrance of Moses

1875

Celebrated horses of America

1881-1882

Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads

1679

Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844

Sketches in the grounds of Marshalls, the seat of Rowland Stephenson Esqr

1824]

Stuart, James, 1713–1788

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London

MDCCLXXI [1771]

A book of eighteen leaves

1757

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?]

Morris, William, 1834–1896

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest

[1892]

Abbott, George, 1803–1838

Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire

[1827]

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752

The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich

[approximately 1825]

The brigand

[between 1840-1850]

Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890

The seaweed collector

[1872]

Ireland, Samuel, -1800

Picturesque views on the River Wye

1797

Taunt, Henry

A new map of the river Thames from Oxford to London

[1873]

Barber, J. T

A tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire

1803

Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature

[1807?]

Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life

March 1st 1807

Shoubridge, James

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London

1807

A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us ..

1736

Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852

Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants

1846

The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London

[1843]

Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875

Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862

1863

Bowles & Carver

Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,

1795]

Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham

1854

Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

MDCCXCVI [1796]

Map of North America

not before 1634

Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]

Glasgow looking glass

[1825]

Cox, David, 1783–1859

The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments

1825

Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1855

1855

Driver & Shaw

Catalogue of improved superfine colours, and drawing materials

1824

St. John Ambulance Association

Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use

approximately 1920

Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)

The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860

[1861]

Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895

Grand architectural panorama of London

1849

Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

A new pocket sketch book

1807

Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

1744

Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

1588

Corporal Violette!!

[1815?]

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

In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne

1914

Dean's steam-boat alphabet

[1855?]

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

White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)

Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848

1848

Vues de la ville de Londres

1758

Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?

Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood

[185-?]

Dreyfus, John

Type specimen facsimiles;

1963

Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)

Panorama, Leicester Square

1805

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1820?]

Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Six months' residence and travels in Mexico

1824

Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?

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]