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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

Stuart, James, 1713–1788

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London

MDCCLXXI [1771]

A book of eighteen leaves

1757

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752

Home, Robert, 1752–1834

Select views in Mysore,

1794

Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?

Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744

An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington

1731

Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

The journey from Chester to London

MDCCLXXXII [1782]

The royal and entertaining Game of the goose

[between 1761 and 1794]

To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity

[1773]

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

Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786

Principles of beauty, relative to the human head

MDCCLXXVIII [1778]

Boulton, George

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

[between 1796 and 1809]

Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

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

approximately 1798-1799

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

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

Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]

Thomson, James, 1700–1748

The seasons,

1797

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

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

1744

Bowles & Carver

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

1795]

Vues de la ville de Londres

1758

Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915

Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

MDCCXCVI [1796]

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

1736

Ireland, Samuel, died 1800

Picturesque views on the River Wye

1797

Paine, James, 1717?-1789

Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,

1783

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant

MDCCLVIII [1758]

Payne, John, 1710–1771

Twelve designs of country-houses

1757

Bill for building expenses

1760

Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

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

1788

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

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748

The temple of taste

[1796]

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]

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]

Panorama, Leicester-Square

[1793]

Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

1786

Halfpenny, William, -1755

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

1750-1752

Cowper, William, 1666–1709

Myotomia reformata

1724

Greenwood, Jonathan

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

[1715?]

Moffat, James

Views in Calcutta

s.d.]

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

not before 1787

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

[1752]

Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822

Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster

[approximately 1781?]

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

Rocque, John, -1762

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

[1736?]

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

The virtuosi's museum

1778[-1781]

Wet drug jar

between 1700 and 1725

Salisbury, W. T

Select meditations and reflections on death

circa 1782-1792

Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836

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

1796

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

[1748]]

Burton, John, 1710–1771

An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry

1751

Decker, Paul

Gothic architecture decorated

1759

Jesuits

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

1726-1758

Pillement, Jean, 1728–1808

A new book of Chinese designs

1755

Baldwin, Thomas

Airopaidia

1786

The art of drawing without a master

[1768]

Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

A general plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe, the seat of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham

1739

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), male, with Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa), both open and closed, and Pupa (Lepidoptera Pieridae), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Hyakunin isshu karuta

late 18th century?

Rocque, John, -1762

Plan du chateau, jardin et parc de Wilton

1754

Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797

Joseph Wright notebook

1775-1780

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of the city of Bristol

1743

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

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

[1783]

The artist's vade mecum

1786

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of Rome

1750

Dugdale, William, 1605–1686

The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated

MDCCXXX [1730]

Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840

Oriental scenery

1795-1807 [that is, 1808]

White, John, active 1757–1759

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales

MDCCXC [1790]

Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711

The art of painting

1778

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

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

1788

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

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

circa 1790

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

[Transparent prints]

[1799]

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]