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
Bowles & Carver
Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,
1795]
6
Paine, James, 1717?-1789
Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,
1783
7
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
8
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The journey from Chester to London
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
9
Rocque, John, -1762
Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond
1734
10
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]
11
Panorama, Leicester-Square
[1793]
12
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
London and Westminster improved
MDCCLXVU [1766]
13
Wet drug jar
between 1700 and 1725
14
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816
The English entomologist
MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
15
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent
1744
16
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire
MDCCXCVI [1796]
17
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Principles of beauty, relative to the human head
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
18
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
19
The royal and entertaining Game of the goose
[between 1761 and 1794]
20
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant
MDCCLVIII [1758]
21
Payne, John, 1710–1771
Twelve designs of country-houses
1757
22
Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple
1788
23
To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity
[1773]
24
Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
not before 1787
25
Salisbury, W. T
Select meditations and reflections on death
circa 1782-1792
26
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
27
Halfpenny, William, -1755
New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ...
1750-1752
28
Vues de la ville de Londres
1758
29
A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us ..
1736
30
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
31
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
32
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
33
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]
34
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington
1731
35
Rocque, John, -1762
A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round
1748
36
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented
1752
37
A book of eighteen leaves
1757
38
The temple of taste
[1796]
39
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London
MDCCLXXI [1771]
40
Bill for building expenses
1760
41
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Picturesque views on the River Wye
1797
42
Boulton, George
The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors
[between 1796 and 1809]
43
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
44
Witton, Philip Henry
Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =
1791 [i.e. 1792]
45
Home, Robert, 1752–1834
Select views in Mysore,
1794
46
Rocque, John, -1762
A plan of the palace gardens and town of Kensington ... = Plan du palais jardins et bourg de Kensington
[1736?]
47
A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital
[1752]
48
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
The virtuosi's museum
1778[-1781]
49
Greenwood, Jonathan
The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain
[1715?]
50
Moffat, James
Views in Calcutta
s.d.]
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
Thomson, James, 1700–1748
The seasons,
1797
53
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
54
Pine, John, 1690–1756
The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords
[1739]
55
Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745
Ichnographia rustica, or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation
1742
56
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book
1793
57
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
58
Dry drug jar
circa 1740
59
Rogissart, sieur de, fl. 1706
Les delices de l'Italie
1707
60
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c.
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
61
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
A new book of Chinese designs, calculated to improve the present taste
MDCCLIV [1754]
62
Twelve remarkable views in North America and West Indies
[between 1771 and 1785]
63
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702
The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale
1711
64
R. M
The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798
1799
65
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Caesalpinoid legume, possibly a species of Caesalpinia L.; Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii), Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata), Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae) and (Nymphalidae cf. Haematera); shells, from left: (Cypraea ocellata L. 1758), (Conus marmoreus L. 1758), and (Semicassis granulate Born, 1778), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
66
Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith
67
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
[Views in Calcutta]
1786-1788
68
By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party
between 1792 and 1818?
69
Probert, John, active 1764
A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr. and his Lady
1767
70
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779
[A collection of engravings of castles, abbeys, etc. in England and Wales, by Saml. and Nathl. Buck]
1726-42
71
Taylor, Brook, 1685–1731
New principles of linear perspective, or, The art of designing on a plane,
1749
72
Wet drug jar
circa 1750
73
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
74
Dry drug jar
circa 1750
75
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy,
1754
76
A correct plan and elevation of the famous French raft
Feby. 1st 1798
77
Moll, Herman, -1732
Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps
[1763?]
78
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
A treatise on ancient armour and weapons,
79
The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
80
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754
A general plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe, the seat of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham
1739
81
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Joseph Wright notebook
1775-1780
82
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work,
[1799?]
83
The complete dictionary of arts and sciences
1765-1766
84
Bodington, John, -1727
Reward notice for recovery of a silver quart tankard
1727
85
Blunt, John, surgeon
Practical farriery, or, The complete directory
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
86
Dugdale, William, 1605–1686
The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated
MDCCXXX [1730]
87
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
88
Hyakunin isshu karuta
late 18th century?
89
For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester
May 1792
90
Burton, John, 1710–1771
An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry
1751
91
Decker, Paul
Gothic architecture decorated
1759
92
Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster
[approximately 1781?]
93
Baldwin, Thomas
Airopaidia
1786
94
Pillement, Jean, 1728–1808
A new book of Chinese designs
1755
95
Williams, William, active 1724–1733
Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio
[1733]
96
Jesuits
Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief, Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen
1726-1758
97
Cowper, William, 1666–1709
Myotomia reformata
1724
98
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
99
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape