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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

1797, between January 16 and March 23

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857

Stapley, W. B.

Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley

1855-1870

Album of animal drawings and lithographs

1832-1834

Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849

John Hearne commonplace book

1820-1849

Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881

North & south Devonshire

1840

Bush, Tracey

Field poppy

2006

Egerton, Mary Sarah Amherst, Lady, 1837–1892

Little Gertrude's picture book, from mamma, 1864

1864

Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832

Charles Dashwood diaries and commissions relating to Xalapa and... [Read more]

1826-1830

Hamilton, Catherine

Catherine Hamilton commonplace book

1822-1880

Character of forest trees

circa 1817

Luxmoore, Mary

Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay

circa 1830

Bush, Tracey

[Dandelion]

2005-2006

Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

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

approximately 1798-1799

Collinson family playlet

circa 1840

Gyfford, E

Original drawings for Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes

[not after 1807]

Hammerton, William, -1732

Map of the southeastern part of North America

1721

McClure, Louisa Agnes, 1884 or 1885–

The Countess Winifred, and her children

1896

Stephens, James Francis, 1792–1853

Haustellata lepidoptera diurna

circa 1839

Probert, John, active 1764

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

1767

Probert, John, active 1764

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

1765

Helmingham herbal and bestiary

circa 1500

Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–

Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon

ca.1850

The young companion

1897 January-1898 December

Roberts, David, 1796–1864

Record books

1829-1864

Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary

1860-1866

Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877

Album of maritime and figure sketches

1849 September 4-1850 April 22

A survey of the estate of John Plampin Esquire, taken in 1774,

1774

Album of watercolors of British birds

circa 1820-circa 1830

Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580

The First [... fourth] booke of architecture

not before 1611

Pett, A

An excursion to Horace's Sabine farm, April 1st 1846

1846

De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685

The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport

approximately 1678

The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande

circa 1600

Ball, Mary Anne

A selection of maps

1818

Field, William, 1854–1932

William Field scrapbook

1895

Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921

Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens

1879-1880

Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747

Drawings of houses and gardens

1736-1743

Beckman, Martin, -1702

Plans for the fortifications at Hull

1681-1682

Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress

circa 1860

Trollope, Robert, -1686

Osbourne's Fort

1676

A full & true account of a pleasure party to Rockingham in 1817 by C.R., illustrated... [Read more]

1817?

Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830

Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818

Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire

1784-1800

Quartettes

circa 1860?

Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?

Sketchbook

circa 1811

Basil, Simon, -1615

Survey of Hertford Castle

1608

Hancock, John, 1804–1839

Drawings and notebooks on porcelain painting

circa 1821-1836

Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–

Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine

1897

Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840

A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China

1810

Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920

Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James... [Read more]

1853-1898

Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680

Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings

ca. 1680

Burch, William Walter, approximately 1796–1873

Album of the work of William Walter Burch, engraver on gold and silver

1821-1871

Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?

Cowell, John

Sketches of John & George from home

June 25th, 1842

Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908

Outlines of a portion of the life of Trelawny Spoon, gent.

1847-1848

Bunsen, Frances Waddington, Baroness, 1791–1876

Sketchbook of views of Rome and its environs

1817-1837

Bush, Tracey

Meadow buttercup

2006

Map of North America

not before 1634

Rose, Richard, 1728–1770

A journal of a voyage to Madrass

1761

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677

Kyngeston vpon Hvll

circa 1642

Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779

The Vitruvian principles of architecture, practically... [Read more]

1737

Walter, John

A tour in North Wales

1817

Great Britain. Admiralty

Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet

[approximately 1711]

Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks

1805-1822

Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889

Scraps collected from all books, at all times, in all places and on all subjects

circa 1841-1872

Moser, Robert James, 1828–1908

Drawings of London street life

1888

A.J.K.H.

Album of comic sketches

1869-1873

Lindley, John, 1799–1865

Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University... [Read more]

1848

A survey of the estate of Richard Moore, Esq., Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

1777

Crowquills and goosequills

circa 1855-1857

Prendergast family photograph album

late 1860s-1870s

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear archive,

ca. 1840-1985

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898

Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price,

1852-1862

Backhouse and Mounsey collection,

1819-1856

Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859

Charles Robert Leslie collection,

circa 1812-1900

Beaufort, Daniel Augustus, 1739–1821

Edgeworthstown archive,

1796-1815

Leighton, Mary, Lady, active 1832–1864

Mary Leighton collection,

1824-1860

Nash, Paul, 1889–1946

Paul Nash letters to Mercia Oakley

1909-1951, bulk 1909-1912

Smith, Sam, 1908–1983

Sam Smith collection,

1972-1996, bulk 1972-1979

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898

Edward Burne-Jones letters to John Ruskin,

1862-ca. 1889

Hockley, Edgar, 1860–1938

Edgar Hockley collection,

1886-1924,

The Bengal sporting magazine, or, Eastern miscellany of oriental field... [Read more]

[1833-1842]

Royal Mail Group (Firm)

The honeybee

2015

Green, George Pritzler, 1881–1961

Journal of George P. Green, from January 1900 to July 17th, 1901, of the... [Read more]

1900-1901

Harvey, Sylvia M

Sylvia Harvey fashion pattern book

1934

Grimwades (Firm)

Album of ceramic designs for Grimwades Ltd

circa 1945-circa 1965?

Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869

Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook

1820s

Alphabet book for Winnifred

1896

Paget, John, 1811–1898

Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors

1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)

Album of designs for fancy goods

18th century

Mouton

[Sketchbook from travels in Switzerland and France]

[September 1869]

Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801

Mêlanges de regles physiognomiques

1789

Stokes, H. R

Log kept by H.R. Stokes, midshipman, aboard H.M.S. Hood

1897-1900

Wicksted, Charles, 1796–1870

Charles Wicksted commonplace book

1833-circa 1870

Consett, Montagu William Warcop Peter, 1871–

Log of H.M.S. "Sultan"

1886 August 16-1889 June 30

Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890

Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament

1878 April-1886 July

Drawings of rooms at Grafton Lodge, with perspective studies

1844

Pattern book for whitework embroidery

circa 1815

Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815

Letters to Edmund Cartwright

September 20, 1797 and February 16, 1798

Drawings of French, Italian, and English churches

1851-1859