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J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]

M. &. H. Corps

Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps

[1848]

Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)

May Christmas bring you many blessings

[1880?]

Mathiss, Madeleine

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1869

Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]

In memory of the late John Distance

1854

Visit of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen to the City of Liverpool

1886

I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well

mid-19th century

We must be united!

mid-19th century

Cullum (Firm)

The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England

[1840s?]

Sage, John (Painter)

J. Sage

[approximately 1830]

Tracy, Thomas

Iter boreale, or, The northern expedition

1732

Ancient Roman walls, city of Chester

[approximately 1860?]

Helmingham herbal and bestiary

circa 1500

Probert, John, active 1764

A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr.... [Read more]

1767

Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918

Westminster Hotel (Chester, England)

The Westminster Hotel

[189-?]

Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Field notes

2006

White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)

Clarke S. Mallett

[188-?]

Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)

[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel)

[188-?]

Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

c1977

Crowned heads, or, Contemporary sovereigns

[ca. 1845?]

Ward, Emily Elizabeth, 1798–1882

Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land... [Read more]

MDCCCXXIX [1829]

The hare and the tortoise

Novr. 5th. 1849

Day and Martin

Day & Martin

[approximately 1880]

The particulars and inventories of the estates of the sub-governor, deputy... [Read more]

1721

Wainwright and Watkins (Firm : Hereford, England)

[Bill from Wainwright and Watkins for Sir J.G. Cotterell, 1812]

1812

In affectionate remembrance of John Farres, who died November 5th, 1885

1885

Laurie, Anna Maitland, 1782–1861

Bill for school expenses for Miss H. Townley at Mrs. Laurie's school, Bath... [Read more]

June 16th, 1831

Valentine card

[approximately 1859]

Thompson, Miss, active 1889

Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18... [Read more]

April 1889

John R. Purssell & Comp.

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

[between 1850 and 1875?]

A souvenir frae bonny Scotland

[1930?]

Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)

[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August... [Read more]

1955

A gentleman's park dissected

18--]

Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951

Bill for building expenses

1760

Drawing folder with watercolors

ca. 1850

Wallis's tour of Europe

Nov. 24th, 1794

John Fletcher (Manchester, England)

Billhead of John Fletcher, draper, tailor, &c., Manchester, recording... [Read more]

1828

Grave, Joseph (Tailor)

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport from Joseph Grave,... [Read more]

1820

Lingley, John (Brewer)

[Bill of receipt by John Lingley, for the purchase of beer by Captain Richey, 1783]

1783

Royal Hotel (Roslin, Scotland)

The Royal Hotel, Roslin

[188-?]

In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city :... [Read more]

1892

Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in... [Read more]

[ca. 1820]

Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840

Yelloly family watercolor albums

1827-1839

Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997

Character of forest trees

circa 1817

Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853

Sketchbooks

1826-1851

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

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

circa 1790

A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare

mid-19th century

J. Fallon & Co. (Leek, England)

[Billhead of J. Fallon & Co., fish merchant, Leek, Staffordshire, for... [Read more]

1887

Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953

Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832

Sketches of the second Parry Arctic expedition

1821-1822

Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843

1843

G. W.'s transparencies

[approximately 1840?]

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

Dick Turpin's last ride on his bonnie Black Bess

[approximately 1880]

Geo. Wostenholm & Sons's

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's celebrated I+XL razors

[1880?]

Album of printed items documenting English lotteries, 1569-1826

circa 1700-1900

West Sussex (England). County Council

Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory... [Read more]

1916

Roberson & Company

Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing... [Read more]

[not before 1862]

To my pretty Valentine!

mid-19th century

How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear

mid-19th century

The mistletoe bough, or, Young Lovel's bride

[approximately 1845]

British Fire Office (London, England)

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

March 1st, 1808

Dempsey & Carroll

Prince Albert

between 1878 and 1900?

United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)

Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps

1836

Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise

[Permit for Thomas Cooper to receive one cask of foreign brandy, 1809]

1809

London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]

Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951

Classical School (Mount Pleasant, Sleaford, England)

Bill for school expenses for C. Lamb, to be paid to Edwin R. Dibben, Classical... [Read more]

1880

Herring, William

W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water... [Read more]

approximately 1835

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

To my daughter, may the morn of thy existence be unclouded, thy... [Read more]

[approximately 1870]

Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830

Henderson & Co., Day & Electric Light Studios Rochdale

Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length portrait of a young woman

[189-?]

First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]

G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker

[1850?]

Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

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

[early 19th century]

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]

George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.

[not before 1875]

Waldie, Mrs., active 1808

Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school,... [Read more]

1808

Dilnot, John

Moth collection

2013

Burkitt & Hudson

Burkitt & Hudson

[not after 1818]

Jones & Halton (Firm)

Jones & Halton

[approximately 1850]

Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904

Remember me

1881

Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013

Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain

1868

Portraits of Cape Town figures

ca. 1828

Riley, Bridget, born 1931

Bridget Riley

[1965]

Dilnot, John

[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected... [Read more]

1991

Open house London

[2011]

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936

The absent minded beggar

c1899

A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too

mid-19th century

In affectionate remembrance of James Page

1885

Yours unalterably

[1875?]

Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]

Skelton, William, 1763–1848

Skelton, copper plate printer

[approximately 1800?]

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]