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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

Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

1797, between January 16 and March 23

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

1841

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857

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

No. [blank] of Liber studiorum

[1807-1819]

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

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]

Barber, J. T

A tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire

1803

Vues de la ville de Londres

1758

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936

The absent minded beggar

c1899

Sage, John (Painter)

J. Sage

[approximately 1830]

White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)

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

1848

Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

1588

Cullum (Firm)

The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England

[1840s?]

Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?

Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852

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

1846

Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]

Shoubridge, James

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

1807

George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.

[not before 1875]

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]

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

Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

A new pocket sketch book

1807

Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895

Grand architectural panorama of London

1849

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714

A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after

[between 1726 and 1736]

Levinstein Limited (firm)

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements

1914?

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

The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860

[1861]

Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915

Mathiss, Madeleine

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1869

Underwood & Underwood

Sun Sculpture stereoscope

not before 1901

Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)

May Christmas bring you many blessings

[1880?]

Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877

[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]

Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company

Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered

1851

In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875

1892

Valentine card

mid-19th century

Dempsey & Carroll

Prince Albert

between 1878 and 1900?

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple

1788

Walker, John, 1786–1873

This newly constructed and extended map of India

1841

Morris, William, 1834–1896

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest

[1892]

Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840

Yelloly family watercolor albums

1827-1839

British Fire Office (London, England)

[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]

March 1st, 1808

Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world

[ca. 1820]

Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]

[1590?]

Potter, John (Hatter)

Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties

[approximately 1816]

Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society

[approximately 1914]

Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]

Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Editio Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldie[n]sis grammatices magistri et protouatis Anglie i[n] florentissima Oxoniensi academia laureati

Anno d[omi]ni. MCCCCCxxi [1521]

Gibson, Joseph (Merchant)

Billhead recording purchases for repairs to a trunk and items of clothing purchased by John Hancock in 1820, from Joseph Gibson, Portsmouth

1820

C. Goodall & Son

Flower time & fruit time

[approximately 1880]

In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth

1944

Rocque, John, -1762

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

1734

Witton, Philip Henry

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =

1791 [i.e. 1792]

Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870

Sketches in India

1862

Burnes, James, 1801–1862

Narrative of a visit to the court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus

1839

Dillon, Frank, 1823–1909

Sketches in the island of Madeira

1850

Edwards, James, 1756–1816

A companion from London to Brighthelmston, in Sussex

1801

Wet drug jar

between 1700 and 1725

Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England

circa 1879-circa 1921

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]

[approximately 1970?]

L'orient, or, The Indian travellers : a geographical and historical game

[1846]

Ellis, Sarah Stickney, 1799–1872

Contrasts

1832

Pidcock's Royal Menagerie (London, England)

Pidcock's Royal Menagerie farthing token

[approximately 1800]

John R. Purssell & Comp.

John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey

[between 1850 and 1875?]

Thompson, Miss, active 1889

Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18 Holland Road, Brighton

April 1889

Wright, James, coach builder

Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of Sir George Musgrave in Penrith,Cumbria, from March, 1864 to January, 1865

1864-1865

Album of cartes-de-visite depicting royalty of Britain and Europe and other contemporary notables

1860-1862

In loving memory of George Bye

1895

J. R. Jaffray & Son (Firm : New York)

The prize embroidery from the World Fair, 1851 will be exhibited from 1st, February to 1st, May 1852 : Messrs. J. R. Jaffray & Sons, 73, Broadway, New York

1851