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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

1766

Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

1797, between January 16 and March 23

Vues de la ville de Londres

1758

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

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

1744

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

Ireland, Samuel, -1800

Picturesque views on the River Wye

1797

Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

The journey from Chester to London

MDCCLXXXII [1782]

Rocque, John, -1762

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748

A book of eighteen leaves

1757

Halfpenny, William, -1755

New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ...

1750-1752

Greenwood, Jonathan

The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain

[1715?]

Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth

approximately 1798-1799

Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape

circa 1790

Rose, Richard, 1728–1770

A journal of a voyage to Madrass

1761

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of the house & gardens of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick

[17--]

Angus, William, 1752–1821

The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales

Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815]

Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747

Drawings of houses and gardens

1736-1743

White, Mr., active 1798

A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library

[1798]

Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711

The art of painting

1778

R. M

The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798

1799

Lynch, Richard, -1781

Will of Patrick Lynch

1781

Great Britain. Admiralty

Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet

[approximately 1711]

Moffat, James

Views in Calcutta

s.d.]

Thomson, James, 1700–1748

The seasons,

1797

Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

not before 1787

Salisbury, W. T

Select meditations and reflections on death

circa 1782-1792

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

Agas, Ralph, 1545–1621

London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563

October 30th, 1789

Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street

[1748]]

The artist's vade mecum

1786

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

A collection of landscapes

MDCCLXXVII [1777]

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of Rome

1750

Garneray, Jean-François, 1755–1837

Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils et militaires

[1796]

Dry drug jar

circa 1750

Blunt, John, surgeon

Practical farriery, or, The complete directory

MDCCLXXIII [1773]

The Naval chronicle

1799-1818

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Dry drug jar

circa 1740

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

Twelve remarkable views in North America and West Indies

[between 1771 and 1785]

Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778

A new book of Chinese designs, calculated to improve the present taste

MDCCLIV [1754]

Rogissart, sieur de, fl. 1706

Les delices de l'Italie

1707

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c.

MDCCLXXXIX [1789]

Jesuits

Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief, Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen

1726-1758

Williams, William, active 1724–1733

Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio

[1733]

Pillement, Jean, 1728–1808

A new book of Chinese designs

1755

Wet drug jar

between 1700 and 1725

A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital

[1752]

Twelve prints of sea engagements

[between 1771 and 1785]

Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802

Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime

circa 1763

Nightingall, Miles

A catalogue of the genuine collection of pictures, of Mrs. Gamberini, widow of the late Charles Gamberini Esq., deceased, by whom these pictures were collected, at a great expence out of the principal cabinets abroad : consisting of the most eminent and approved masters of the Italian and other schools, amongst which are the undoubted works of Titian, Corregio, Raphael, Rembrant, Rubens, Vandyke, Poussin, Albert Durer, Carracci, Guercino, Guido, Zucharelli, Demenichino, Gio. Dom. Porta, Michael Angelo and other scarce performances, some remarkably curious : also her houshold furniture, an exceeding fine ton'd double key'd harpsichord, by Hawes of Hamburgh : a ditto single key'd harpsichord, with two unison, by Jos. Shudi, in a neat mahogany case : a neat brass measuring wheel, by Adams, on a new construction; and a great variety of other valuable effects : which by order of the executrix will be sold at publick auction by Miles Nightingall, on Wednesday the 10th May, 1775, and two following days, at his great room, the end of Saville Row, next Conduit-Street : beginning each day punctually at 12 o'clock : catalogues may be had as above, the Rainbow Coffee-House Cornhill, and at the auctioneer's in Golden Square

[1775]

Marlborough Coffee House (London, England)

A catalogue of curious and true original pictures, by the best Italian and other masters

[1712]

Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)

[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]

1788

Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work

[1798?]

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

Cowper, William, 1666–1709

Myotomia reformata

1724

Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822

Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster

[approximately 1781?]

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]

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]

Rocque, John, -1762

Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond

1734

Boulton, George

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors

[between 1796 and 1809]

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

Panorama, Leicester-Square

[1793]

Baldwin, Thomas

Airopaidia

1786

Burton, John, 1710–1771

An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry

1751

Decker, Paul

Gothic architecture decorated

1759

Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836

A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure

1796

A Set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress of Russia

1788

Cowley, Charlotte

The ladies history of England

1780 [i.e. 1781]

Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676

A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches

MDCCXLIII [1743]

North America, and the West Indies

[1764?]

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

[Transparent prints]

[1799]

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of the palace gardens and town of Kensington ... = Plan du palais jardins et bourg de Kensington

[1736?]

Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

1786

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

The virtuosi's museum

1778[-1781]

Stowe

1766

Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789

A catalogue of a sundry elegant solid gold snuff-boxes, of rich workmanship

[1783]

Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915

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

1736

Bowles & Carver

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

1795]

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