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Life with the ladies of Llangollen
Butler, Lady Eleanor (1739-1829); Ponsonby, Sarah (1755-1831); Mavor, Elizabeth (1927-2013); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1984
Contains extracts from the journals, letters, recipes, and account books of Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby.
Cox
c. 1960 - 2015
Cuttings and print outs from various auction catalogues of furniture by various makers trading under the name Cox. Also photocopy of trade card.
H. Joseph trade card
H. Joseph; B. Gilliet; C. Tfelt
1867
Highly pictorial 19th century chromolithographed trade card of H. Joseph, celebrating New Year 1867. Trader details in elaborate metalware frame with floral decoration in centre of card. Below this, v...
Straw Work
c.1950 - c.2017
Cuttings and articles from various periodicals, press and auction catalogues referencing various items decorated in or made of straw including pictures, boxes,etc.
James Egan trade card
James Egan
c.1865
Simple 19th century letterpress trade card of James Egan. Trader details in a variety of typefaces inside decorative border edging card. Manuscript mathematical calculations in pencil on reverse.
Hugh Hughes billhead
Hugh Hughes; R. Cooke
03 Mar 1840-27 Jul 1840
Pictorial billhead of Hugh Hughes for an order of one copper scale, one set of brass heights, one large tin box, lock and brass handle, various panes of glass and carriage light repairs for Reverend M...
Druce & Company billhead
Druce & Co.
09Aug 1899-19 Oct 1899
Pictorial billhead of Druce & Company for an order for Lady Musgrave.
A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased, which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786,... at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-Garden, Whitehall, by order of the acting executrix
Lightfoot, John (1735-1788); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bell, John (1745-1831); Hailstone, Edward (1818-1890); Rylands, J[?] P; Skinner and Co. (London, England); Skinner and Co., London; Malcolm Gardner, London; Hyde & Sons[?], Sleaford
[1786]
At foot of titlepage: "No.", the actual number to be inserted in MS.; a variant is without "No." at the foot of the titlepage. - A price list entitled 'A marked catalogue containing the lots' was publ...
The ladies amusement, or, Whole art of japanning made easy : Illustrated in upwards of fifteen-hundred different designs, on two hundred copper plates; consisting of flowers, shells, figures, birds, insects, landscapes, shipping, beasts, vases, borders, &c. All adapted in the best manner for joining in groupes, or being placed in single objects
Sayer, Robert (1725-1794); Pillement, Jean (1728-1808); Fenn, C; Rösel von Rosenhof, August Johann (1705-1759); Benoist, A (1721-1770); Walker, Anthony (1726-1765); Hemmerich, Cornelius Heinrich; June, John (fl. 1740-1770); Hancock, Robert (1730-1817); Benazech, Peter (1730?-1798); Elliot, William (1727-1766); Roberts, James (1725-1799); Stevens, H; Couse, J; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Landsbergs Bokhandel
[1762?]
Date of publication taken from ESTC. Oblong folio; horizontal chain lines. "The art of japanning made easy": pages 3-6. "A collection of curious insects": plates 83-95. Plates 137-142, 154 and 158...