Collection: Reference Library / Period: 19th century / Associated Places: London

1. A catalogue of the pictures at Grosvenor House, London : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the noble proprietor, and accompanied by historical notices of the principal works / by John Young ...

Creator:: Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [8], 46 p., 46 leaves of plates : ill. ; 3l cm
Collection:: Reference Library

2. Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain ... by Laurence Binyon ...

Creator:: British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings
Date:: 1898-1907
Physical Description:: 4 v. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

3. Numismata Londinensia. Medals struck by the Corporation of London to commemorate important municipal events 1831 to 1893 / With descriptive notices by Charles Welch. Prepared by authority of the Corporation of London, under the direction of the Library Committee.

Creator:: Welch, Charles, 1848–1924
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: xi, 169 p. : XIV plates. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

4. Early London theatres. <In the fields.> By T. Fairman Ordish ...

Creator:: Ordish, T. Fairman (Thomas Fairman), 1855–1924
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., [vii]-xvi, 298 p. illus. (incl. facsims.) double plans, diagrs. 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

5. Descriptive and historical catalogue of the pictures [in] the National Gallery : with biographical notices of the deceased painters : British and modern schools.

Creator:: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:: 1890
Physical Description:: 215 p. : plan ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

6. Catalogue of the magnificent collection of printed books, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ashburnham first[-third] portion / which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ...

Creator:: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Date:: 1897-1898
Physical Description:: 3 volumes in 1 : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

7. Some account of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acon, in the Cheap, London, and of the plate of the Mercers' Company / by John Watney, F. S. A.

Creator:: Watney, John, Sir, 1834–1923
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

8. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting / illustrated by examples by Samuel Prout, F.S.A.

Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1876
Physical Description:: [4], 16 p., [18] leaves, XX leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The story of the London parks. By Jacob Larwood [pseud.] ...

Creator:: Larwood, Jacob, 1827–1918
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: [3], 490, [1] p. col. front., illus., col plates. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

10. Forster collection. A catalogue of paintings, manuscripts, autograph letters, pamphlets, etc., bequeathed by John Foster, esq., LL. D., with indexes.

Creator:: South Kensington Museum. Forster Collection
Date:: 1893
Physical Description:: 3 p. l., 261 p., 1 l. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

11. Old London street cries and the cries of to-day, with heaps of quaint cuts including hand-coloured frontispiece: by Andrew W. Tuer ...

Creator:: Tuer, Andrew White, 1838–1900
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: 1 p. l., 137 p. col. front., illus. 14 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

12. Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair.

Creator:: Morley, Henry, 1822–1894
Date:: 1880
Physical Description:: xvi, 404 p. illus. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

13. The reiester booke of Saynte De'nis, Backchurch parishe (city of London) for maryages, christenyges, and buryalles, begynnynge in the yeare of Our Lord God 1538. Ed. by Joseph Lemeul Chester.

Creator:: London (England). St. Dionis, Backchurch (Parish)
Date:: 1878
Physical Description:: viii, 369 p. 27 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

14. Some London theatres, past and present. By Michael Williams.

Creator:: Williams, Michael, 1839–
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: 4 p. l., 215, [1] p. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

15. London marriage licences, 1521-1869. Ed. by Joseph Foster ... From excerpts by the late Colonel Chester ... With memoir and portrait.

Creator:: Foster, Joseph, 1844–1905
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: xxii p., 1 l., 1528 numb. col., [1529]-1595 p. front. (port.) 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

16. Catalogue of the Bridgewater collection of pictures belonging to the Earl of Ellesmere at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square.

Creator:: Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, Earl of, 1800–1857
Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: 46 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Handbook of the Jones Collection in the South Kensington Museum : with portraits and woodcuts.

Creator:: South Kensington Museum. Jones Collection
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: viii, 160 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

18. Illustrated interviews : Mr. Val C. Prinsep, RA / by Framley Steelcroft.

Creator:: Steelcroft, Framley
Collection:: Reference Library

19. The marraige, baptismal, and burial registers of the collegiate church or abbey of St. Peter, Westminster. Ed. and annotated by Joseph Lemuel Chester ...

Creator:: Chester, Joseph Lemuel, 1821–1882
Date:: 1876
Physical Description:: xiii, 631 p. 27 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

20. The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Creator:: Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: 11 v. : port. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

21. Catalogue of sculpture, paintings, engravings, and other works of art belonging to the Corporation, together with books not included in the catalogue of the Guildhall Library.

Creator:: Guildhall Library (London, England)
Date:: 1867
Physical Description:: 2 v. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

22. Allegations for marriage licences issued by the dean and chapter of Westminster, 1558 to 1699; also, for those issued by the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1679. Extracted by Joseph Lamuel Chester and edited by Geo. J. Armytage.

Creator:: Chester, Joseph Lemuel, 1821–1882
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 359 p. 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

23. Catalogue of choice and valuable books, from several collections.

Creator:: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: 34 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

24. The London stage; its history and traditions from 1576-1888, by H. Barton Baker.

Creator:: Baker, Henry Barton, 1845–1906
Date:: 1889
Physical Description:: 2 v. illus. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

25. A popular handbook to the Tate Gallery, "National Gallery of British Art".

Creator:: Cook, Edward Tyas, Sir, 1857–1919
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: ix, 298 p. plan. 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

26. A catalogue of the pictures, drawings, etchings, &c. in the British fine art collections deposited in the new gallery at South Kensington : being for the most part the gift of John Sheepshanks.

Creator:: South Kensington Museum
Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: 108 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

27. Catalogue of the late Lord Northwick's extensive and magnificent collection of ancient and modern pictures : cabinet of miniatures and enamels, and other choice works of art, and the furniture, plate, wines and effects, at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips at the mansion on Tuesday the 26th of July, 1859, and twenty-one subsequent days : commencing at one o'clock precisely each day, by direction of the administrator.

Creator:: Phillips, Mr.
Date:: [1859]
Physical Description:: iv, 200, 37, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

28. The London burial grounds. Notes on their history from the earliest times to the present day, by Mrs. Basil Holmes ...

Creator:: Holmes, Basil, Mrs
Date:: 1896
Physical Description:: 339 p. incl. front., illus., plates. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

29. A journal of the plague year / written by a citizen who continued all the while in London ; edited by George A. Aitken, with illus. by J. B. Yeats.

Creator:: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Date:: 1895
Physical Description:: xiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

30. The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw, in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760.

Creator:: London (England). St. Mary Woolnoth with St. Mary Woolchurch (Parish)
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 3 p.l., v-lxiv, 522 p., 1 l. front., pl. (2 plans) 27 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

31. Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall; or, A ramble from Haymarket to Hyde Park. Consisting of a retrospect of the various changes that have occurred in the court end of London. By Henry B. Wheatley.

Creator:: Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838–1917
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 405, [1] p. front., illus., plates, plan. 21 1/2 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

32. The charities of London. Comprising an account of the operations, resources, and general condition of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London.

Creator:: Low, Sampson, 1822–1871
Date:: 1863
Physical Description:: xviii, 322, 146 p. 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

33. The book-hunter in London: historical and other studies of collectors and collecting. With numerous portraits and illustrations, by W. Roberts.

Creator:: Roberts, W. (William), 1862–1940
Date:: 1895
Physical Description:: xxxi, 333 p. illus. 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

34. A catalogue of the pictures, drawings, etchings, &c. in the British fine art collections deposited in the new gallery at South Kensington : being for the most part the gift of John Sheepshanks.

Creator:: South Kensington Museum
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: 110 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

35. English art in the public galleries of London.

Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: [10], 179 p. : ill.; 46 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

36. A popular handbook to the National Gallery including, by special permission, notes collected from the works of Mr. Ruskin ... compiled by Edward T. Cook, with preface by John Ruskin ...

Date:: 1897
Physical Description:: xxxiii, 893 p. illus. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

37. The National Gallery / edited by Sir Edward J. Poynter.

Creator:: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:: 1899-1900
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

38. London street names; their origin, signification, and historic value; with diverse notes and observations, by F. H. Habben.

Creator:: Habben, F. H
Date:: 1896
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., 264 p. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

39. A catalogue of the pictures belonging to the Society of Antiquaries, Somerset House, London.

Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: 59 p. 27 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

40. A short sketch of the Beauchamp tower, Tower of London: and also a guide to the inscriptions and devices left on the walls thereof. / By W. R. Dick.

Creator:: Dick, W. R. (William Robertson)
Date:: [1895?]
Physical Description:: 48 p., 16 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

41. A catalogue of pictures painted by the late Benjamin West, Esq. : including a description of the great pictures, Christ rejected, and Death on the pale horse : now exhibiting at No. 14, Newman Street.

Creator:: West's Gallery (London, England)
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: 32 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

42. A catalogue raisonné of the unequalled collection of historical pictures, and other admired compositions, the works of the revered and highly-gifted painter, the late Benjamin West, Esq. president of the Royal Academy, : comprising one hundred and eighty epic, classic, familiar, and landscape compositions, among which are many sublime efforts of his vast & comprehensive mind; which will be sold by auction by Mr. George Robins in the splendid gallery, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, at twelve o'clock, on Friday, Saturday, & Monday, May 22d, 23d, & 25th, 1829, in lots.

Creator:: Robins, George Henry, 1777–1847
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 53, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

43. Catalogue of the collection of paintings, porcelain, bronzes, decorative furniture, and other works of art : lent for the exhibition in the Bethnal Green Branch of the South Kensington Museum by Richard Wallace, June 1872 / by C.C. Black.

Creator:: Bethnal Green Branch Museum
Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: xi, 125 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

44. Descriptive and historical catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery : with biographical notices of the deceased painters : British and modern schools.

Creator:: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: 176 p. : plan ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

45. Literary landmarks of London.

Creator:: Hutton, Laurence, 1843–1904
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: x, 361 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

46. The royal parks and gardens of London : their history and mode of embellishment, with hints on the propagation and culture of the plants employed, the artistic arrangement of colours / by Nathan Cole.

Creator:: Cole, Nathan
Date:: 1877
Physical Description:: 131 p. ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

47. [Exhibition catalogues of the Royal Society of British Artists]

Creator:: Royal Society of British Artists
Date:: 1890-
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 17-30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

48. The accounts of the churchwardens of the parish of St. Michael, Cornhill, in the city of London, from 1456 to 1608. Withmiscellaneousmemoranda contained in the Great book of accounts, and extractsfrom theproceedings of the vestry, from 1563 to 1607. Edited from theoriginals by William Henry Overall.

Creator:: London (England). St. Michael, Cornhill (Parish)
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: xxxi, [1], 282 p. front., facsims. (part fold.) 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

49. A guide to the drawings and prints exhibited to the public in the King's library.

Creator:: British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: 32 p. 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

50. A catalogue of the British fine art collections at South Kensington : being for the most part the gifts of John Sheepshanks and Mrs. Ellison.

Creator:: South Kensington Museum
Date:: 1866
Physical Description:: 112 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

51. Some early recollections of Sir John Everett Millais, Bart., P.R.A. / by Frances H. Low.

Creator:: Low, Frances H
Collection:: Reference Library

52. Memorable London houses; a handy guide, with illustrative anecdotes and a reference plan; by Wilmot Harrison. With one hundred original illustrations from drawings made expressly for this work by G. N. Martin.

Creator:: Harrison, Wilmot
Date:: 1890
Physical Description:: x, 224 p. front., illus. fold. map. 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

53. Ye historical sketch of ye olde London streete : wherein are manye gravynges / by T. St. Edmund Hake.

Creator:: Hake, Thomas St. E. (Thomas St. Edmund)
Date:: [1885]
Physical Description:: 24 p. (p. 29-34 advertisements) : ill. ; 13 x 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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1. A catalogue of the pictures at Grosvenor House, London : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the noble proprietor, and accompanied by historical notices of the principal works / by John Young ...

2. Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain ... by Laurence Binyon ...

3. Numismata Londinensia. Medals struck by the Corporation of London to commemorate important municipal events 1831 to 1893 / With descriptive notices by Charles Welch. Prepared by authority of the Corporation of London, under the direction of the Library Committee.

4. Early London theatres. <In the fields.> By T. Fairman Ordish ...

5. Descriptive and historical catalogue of the pictures [in] the National Gallery : with biographical notices of the deceased painters : British and modern schools.

6. Catalogue of the magnificent collection of printed books, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ashburnham first[-third] portion / which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ...

7. Some account of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acon, in the Cheap, London, and of the plate of the Mercers' Company / by John Watney, F. S. A.

8. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting / illustrated by examples by Samuel Prout, F.S.A.

9. The story of the London parks. By Jacob Larwood [pseud.] ...

10. Forster collection. A catalogue of paintings, manuscripts, autograph letters, pamphlets, etc., bequeathed by John Foster, esq., LL. D., with indexes.

11. Old London street cries and the cries of to-day, with heaps of quaint cuts including hand-coloured frontispiece: by Andrew W. Tuer ...

12. Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair.

13. The reiester booke of Saynte De'nis, Backchurch parishe (city of London) for maryages, christenyges, and buryalles, begynnynge in the yeare of Our Lord God 1538. Ed. by Joseph Lemeul Chester.

14. Some London theatres, past and present. By Michael Williams.

15. London marriage licences, 1521-1869. Ed. by Joseph Foster ... From excerpts by the late Colonel Chester ... With memoir and portrait.

16. Catalogue of the Bridgewater collection of pictures belonging to the Earl of Ellesmere at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square.

17. Handbook of the Jones Collection in the South Kensington Museum : with portraits and woodcuts.

18. Illustrated interviews : Mr. Val C. Prinsep, RA / by Framley Steelcroft.

19. The marraige, baptismal, and burial registers of the collegiate church or abbey of St. Peter, Westminster. Ed. and annotated by Joseph Lemuel Chester ...

20. The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

21. Catalogue of sculpture, paintings, engravings, and other works of art belonging to the Corporation, together with books not included in the catalogue of the Guildhall Library.

22. Allegations for marriage licences issued by the dean and chapter of Westminster, 1558 to 1699; also, for those issued by the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1679. Extracted by Joseph Lamuel Chester and edited by Geo. J. Armytage.

23. Catalogue of choice and valuable books, from several collections.

24. The London stage; its history and traditions from 1576-1888, by H. Barton Baker.

25. A popular handbook to the Tate Gallery, "National Gallery of British Art".

26. A catalogue of the pictures, drawings, etchings, &c. in the British fine art collections deposited in the new gallery at South Kensington : being for the most part the gift of John Sheepshanks.

28. The London burial grounds. Notes on their history from the earliest times to the present day, by Mrs. Basil Holmes ...

29. A journal of the plague year / written by a citizen who continued all the while in London ; edited by George A. Aitken, with illus. by J. B. Yeats.

30. The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw, in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760.

31. Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall; or, A ramble from Haymarket to Hyde Park. Consisting of a retrospect of the various changes that have occurred in the court end of London. By Henry B. Wheatley.

32. The charities of London. Comprising an account of the operations, resources, and general condition of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London.

33. The book-hunter in London: historical and other studies of collectors and collecting. With numerous portraits and illustrations, by W. Roberts.

34. A catalogue of the pictures, drawings, etchings, &c. in the British fine art collections deposited in the new gallery at South Kensington : being for the most part the gift of John Sheepshanks.

35. English art in the public galleries of London.

36. A popular handbook to the National Gallery including, by special permission, notes collected from the works of Mr. Ruskin ... compiled by Edward T. Cook, with preface by John Ruskin ...

37. The National Gallery / edited by Sir Edward J. Poynter.

38. London street names; their origin, signification, and historic value; with diverse notes and observations, by F. H. Habben.

39. A catalogue of the pictures belonging to the Society of Antiquaries, Somerset House, London.

40. A short sketch of the Beauchamp tower, Tower of London: and also a guide to the inscriptions and devices left on the walls thereof. / By W. R. Dick.

41. A catalogue of pictures painted by the late Benjamin West, Esq. : including a description of the great pictures, Christ rejected, and Death on the pale horse : now exhibiting at No. 14, Newman Street.

43. Catalogue of the collection of paintings, porcelain, bronzes, decorative furniture, and other works of art : lent for the exhibition in the Bethnal Green Branch of the South Kensington Museum by Richard Wallace, June 1872 / by C.C. Black.

44. Descriptive and historical catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery : with biographical notices of the deceased painters : British and modern schools.

45. Literary landmarks of London.

46. The royal parks and gardens of London : their history and mode of embellishment, with hints on the propagation and culture of the plants employed, the artistic arrangement of colours / by Nathan Cole.

47. [Exhibition catalogues of the Royal Society of British Artists]

49. A guide to the drawings and prints exhibited to the public in the King's library.

50. A catalogue of the British fine art collections at South Kensington : being for the most part the gifts of John Sheepshanks and Mrs. Ellison.

51. Some early recollections of Sir John Everett Millais, Bart., P.R.A. / by Frances H. Low.

52. Memorable London houses; a handy guide, with illustrative anecdotes and a reference plan; by Wilmot Harrison. With one hundred original illustrations from drawings made expressly for this work by G. N. Martin.

53. Ye historical sketch of ye olde London streete : wherein are manye gravynges / by T. St. Edmund Hake.