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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

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition... [Read more]

[1802]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853

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

Alphabet

1857

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

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]

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

No. [blank] of Liber studiorum

[1807-1819]

Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]

Forbes, James, 1749–1819

James Forbes archive

Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995

Jas. Middleton, portable writing desk and dressing box manufacturer

[approximately 1830?]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Crimson topaz hummingbird (Topaza pella), male, with Cyclamen (cf.... [Read more]

circa 1768

Valentine card

[approximately 1859]

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1850-1857

[Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820]

[1820]

Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779

[A collection of engravings of castles, abbeys, etc. in England and Wales,... [Read more]

1726-42

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and... [Read more]

1821

Smith, William, surveyor

Thirty different drafts of Guinea

[not before 1727]

Egerton, Mary Sarah Amherst, Lady, 1837–1892

Little Gertrude's picture book, from mamma, 1864

1864

Harper & Brothers

Harper's Magazine for September (Vol. 77, No. 460), published Aug. 1888

1888

May the first fruits of your undertakings be timely and bountiful

[1890?]

Album of animal drawings and lithographs

1832-1834

The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical,... [Read more]

1801-1815

Funeral biscuits

[approximately 1825]

The picturesque beauties of Shakspeare

[1787]

Daniell, William, 1769–1837

A voyage round Great Britain

1814-1825

Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919

Snow-flakes and the stories they told the children

[1862]

North America, and the West Indies

[1764?]

Atkinson, George Francklin

"Curry & rice," on forty plates, or, The ingredients of social life at "our station"... [Read more]

[1859]

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

[Transparent prints]

[1799]

The battles of Balaklava and Inkerman

[1855]

Joyful mystery birthday card jig-saw puzzle

[approximately 1930]

Collinson family playlet

circa 1840

Polyorama, or, Endless changes of landscapes

1824

Gyfford, E

Original drawings for Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes

[not after 1807]

Court game of geography

[between 1838 and 1855]

Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

A large and accurate map of the city of London

1677]

Gartside, Mary, approximately 1755–1819

An essay on a new theory of colours,

1808

The live doll

[approximately 1860?]

Garbett, Samuel

The history of Wem,

1818

Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851

A picturesque tour of the English lakes

MDCCCXXI [1821]

Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

1765

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1793–1868

R. Ackermann, Junr's

[approximately 1825]

A journey to Lindley Murray's

[185-?]

In affectionate remembrance of Stephen Heap, of 23, Trawden Road,... [Read more]

1919

Grey Friars' House (Lincoln, England)

Bill for school expenses for Miss Kate Lamb, due to Mrs. Blundell at Grey... [Read more]

April, 1882

Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood

[185-?]

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1820?]

Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)

Panorama, Leicester Square

1805

Blackburne, Harriot

The gypsey's tent

1849, January

Young, Patricia (Nurse)

Album of photographs, autographs, and notes compiled by Patricia Young, nurse of the... [Read more]

1914-1917

Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857

Architectural ornaments, or, A collection of capitals, friezes,... [Read more]

June 1823

Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler,... [Read more]

[approximately 1850]

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760–1846

Letter from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Middleditch

1842?

White, George Francis, 1808–1898

Views in India

1836-1837

Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture,... [Read more]

1808

Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758–1833

Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's collection of... [Read more]

1818

Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868

The paths of life

[circa 1840]

Phillips, Nicholas

Four details from a suit of armour

[1979]

Furness, F.

F. Furness, painter and gilder

[between 1826 and 1840?]

Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778

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

MDCCLIV [1754]

Letters of administration of William Morgan

1781

The wonders of the world

[ca. 1843]

Greaves, John, 1602–1652

Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt

1646

King's Arms & Castle Hotel (Kenilworth, England)

King's Arms & Castle Hotel

[May 15th, 1891]

Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

A new map of the English empire in America

[ca. 1695]

Prendergast family photograph album

late 1860s-1870s

Kane, Gregory, active 1851

Gregory Kane, 68 & 69 Dame-Street, Dublin, begs to call the attention of visitors... [Read more]

1851

A panoramic view of the holy city of Benares

1827

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674

The history of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641

1702-1704

The Grand Vista

1951

Aladdin, or, The Wonderful lamp

[between 1876 and 1917]

Helmingham herbal and bestiary

circa 1500

Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

To His Imperial Majesty, Alexander 1st., these four panoramic views of... [Read more]

[circa 1802]

Ancient Roman walls, city of Chester

[approximately 1860?]

Winsor & Newton

Ever pointed tubular drawing pencils

[1858?]

A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare

mid-19th century

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901

Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861

1868

W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office

[1880?]

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

The industrial arts of the nineteenth century

1851-53

Hore's Wharf (London, England)

[Receipt for three boxes of tea to be shipped on board the Union]

1835

Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent

1731

Photographs of the Abyssinian Campaign

[1867-1868]

Eyre, Vincent, Sir, 1811–1881

Prison sketches

[1843?]

Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]

Jones, Edward, 1752–1824

Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards

1784

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

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

MDCCLXXXIX [1789]

Notice, the game within the Manor of Witton cum-Twambrooks,... [Read more]

[1822]

Winstanley, Henry, 1644–1703

Advertisement

1670s?]

To the Queen's private apartments

1843]

Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833

Ancient topography of London

1815

Many happy returns of the day

[approximately 1880]

Josephus, Flavius

The works of Josephus

MDCLXXVI [1676]

London & North Western Railway

[1897?]

Oram, William, d. 1777

Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting

1810

Rook, Anne

Apple story

2016

Williams, C., active 1840

The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the... [Read more]

1840