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Total number of records: 23

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Art and Antique Market23
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History23

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Gabler, Ambrosius (1764-1834)1
H. R. Gardiner1
John Tomlinson1
Tabart & Co.1
Tabart and Co.1
Vogel, Georg (1767-1810)1

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Classical Ruins

c.1720 - c.1820

A watercolour painting of classical ruins by the circle of Charles Louis Clerriseau

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Portrait of George Smith

1876

Portrait of George Smith in a maple frame (Cabinet Maker At Work On Designs in His Office) by T. Bradley dated 1876. The painting depicts George Smith seated at a desk designing furniture, with an ...

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Prints and drawings

c.1700-c.2017

Prints and drawings collected by John Bedford including 45 eighteenth century coloured stipple engravings, pencil and pen and ink drawings.

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untitled marble portrait plaque

1820 - 1850

1 marble portrait plaque by John Gott in velvet mount and original giltwood frame.

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untitled marble portrait plaque

1820 - 1850

1 marble portrait plaque by John Gott in velvet mount and original giltwood frame.

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A Section of Masson, a conic Mountain near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire

1815

Framed geological picture of a section of Masson entitled 'A Section of Masson, a conic Mountain near Matlock, Bath, Derbyshire: In the Centre is the Rutland Pipe Cavern, and on its Summit an extinct ...

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A Section of the Strata in Derbyshire forming the surface from East to West

1800-1850

Framed geological picture entitled 'A Section of the Strata in Derbyshire forming the surface from East to West'. Scale one inch to a mile. Showing Combs Muss, Buxton, Sherbrook, Chelmorton, The Lowe,...

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H. R. Gardiner bed design
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H. R. Gardiner bed design

H. R. Gardiner

c.1920

Highly pictorial 20th century watercolour design for a bed made with linen and pillows, likely to have been produced for a brochure.

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Costume drawings

c.1850-c.1950

Two pen and ink drawings of clothing designs, one an early twentieth century style dress and hat with a cigarette holder and the other a Victorian style gown drawn onto a letter. Also three pencil dra...

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Holden House, Boston

c.1700- 2017

A pen and ink drawing of Holden House, Boston in circa 1700 signed R. A. B.

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untitled drawing [portrait of a man]

c.1700-c.2017

Pencil drawing of a man wearing a suit jacket and tie. Bottom of the drawing folds up framing the portrait.

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Thomas Tompion

1700-1799

Portrait engraving entitled 'Tho: Thompion Automatopoeus', with 'G Kneller Eques Pinx, I. Smith fe: et ex:' Numbered 41

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