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1. Set of 18 Labels from 'Twining & Sons' Hairpins Boxes.

Creator:: Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint and color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 13/16 inches (25.6 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on left edge to B1977.14.14752b
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 13/16 inches (21.8 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green: English and French Text

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper (page in book), pasted on left edge to B1977.14.14752a
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 15/16 inches (20.6 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Baskerville House, the Residence of John Ryland, Esq.

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (21.6 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The House of George Humphrys, Esq., Spark Brook

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (22 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The New Meeting

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 3/4 inches (22.1 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Bordesley Hall, the Seat of John Taylor, Esq.

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 10 9/16 inches (21.7 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Birmingham

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, with letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 11 1/4 inches (44.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Birmingham

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Birmingham, Waiting for the Beatles

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1964
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

11. Cottage at Sutton Coldfield

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (21.6 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Abbey Gates Looking to Greenfield House

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1840s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scratching out over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches (12.4 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Greenfield House

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1840s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with scratching out over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches (12.4 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Street in Harborne

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Boat Building - Dockyard at Birmingham

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: mid to late 1800s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (21.3 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Harborne

Creator:: attributed to David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (24.4 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Wayland Wells Williams Bequest Funds

17. The kind-hearted girl / written by J. Richards ; sung by C.R. Sharp.

Creator:: Richards, J.
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 25 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday : illuminated with miniatures.

Creator:: Morton, Edward
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: 1 volume (10 leaves) ; 36 x 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Zachariah Parkes, Digbeth, Birmingham : manufacturer of steel mills, for grinding malt beans, peas, oats, barley, wheat, indian corn, coffee, pepper, rice, cocoa, almonds, cochineal, indigo, & seeds of all sorts.

Zachariah Parkes, Digbeth, Birmingham : manufacturer of steel mills, for grinding malt beans, peas, oats, barley, wheat, indian corn, coffee, pepper, rice, cocoa, almonds, cochineal, indigo, & seeds of all sorts.

Creator:: Parkes, Zachariah
Date:: [between 1820 and 1840?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet : illustrations ; 14 x 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Quadrilling [music] : a favourite song / by the author of "Rejected Addresses" ; the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.

Date:: [1822]
Physical Description:: [4] p. : ill., music ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Relation de l'expedition aux Indes Occidentales, contre la Martinique : avec la reduction de la Guadelupe, et autres Isles Sous Vent, appartenant au roi de France, en 1759 / par Mons. Gardiner, capitaine des Mousquetaires Royaux de S.M., autrefois capitaine des Troupes de Marine à bord le Rippon, vaisseau de S.M. employé à cette expedition.

Creator:: Gardiner, Richard, 1723–1781
Date:: 1762
Physical Description:: [6] pages, 91, [1] pages ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A history of the Holtes of Aston, baronets : with a description of the family mansion, Aston Hall, Warwickshire / by Alfred Davidson ; with illustrations from drawings by Allen E. Everitt.

Creator:: Davidson, Alfred, of Aston
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 76 pages : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

23. Catalogue of prints by George Baxter and those of his licensee &c. : all correctly described, including many rarities, and two hitherto unpublished items : of prints reference to which may be made in standard works we have not given measurements, and in all cases the condition is good, frequently fine, and sometimes very fine, unless otherwise specified : we are constantly adding to our stock of Baxteriana, and therefore are always pleased to receive particulars of customers' requirements : a list of special items for which we are prepared to pay a high figure is given at the end of our catalogue.

Date:: 1922
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 13 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles J. Levy, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

24. Dudley Castle : an historical and descriptive account of Dudley Castle, in the Couny of Worcester : with topographical and geological notices of the district immediately adjacent / by William Hawkes Smith, author of "Birmingham and its vicinity," &c. &c. ; illustrative of a series of views by D. Cox, J.K. Walter, &c. &c.

Creator:: Smith, W. Hawkes (William Hawkes)
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: [2], 14 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Washing day : a proper new ballad for wet weather / the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.

Date:: [ca.1821]
Physical Description:: 1 score ([4] p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The works of the late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; : ... With a complete index.

Creator:: Addison, Joseph, 1672–1719
Date:: 1761
Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Monograph of Aston Hall, Warwickshire : geometrical drawings and views with a brief historical sketch and description / by William Niven, architect, author of "Old Worcestershire houses," "Old Warwickshire houses," etc.

Creator:: Niven, William, -1921
Date:: [1881]
Physical Description:: [4], 4 pages, 15 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

28. Address on the collection of paintings of the English Pre-Raphaelite school / delivered by Mr. William Morris in the Museum and Art Gallery, on Friday, October 2nd, 1891.

Creator:: Morris, William, 1834–1896
Date:: [1891]
Physical Description:: 16 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949

29. Joseph Southall archive, 1898-1910.

Creator:: Southall, Joseph E
Date:: 1898-1910
Physical Description:: .42 linear feet (1 box)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. New illustrated directory, entitled Men & things of modern England : being a direct guide to the highest class of commercial houses, manufacturing establishments, hotels &c. &c.

Date:: [1858?]
Physical Description:: [6], 35, [1], 226 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. [Brass and ironmongery trade catalogue]

Date:: 1808?]
Physical Description:: [96] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 20 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. An account of the expedition to the West Indies against Martinico : with the reduction of Guadelupe, and other the Leeward Islands : subject to the French king, 1759 / by Captain Gardiner of the King's Royal Musqueteers, late Captain of Marines on board his Majesty's Ship Rippon, employed on this expedition.

Creator:: Gardiner, Richard, 1723–1781
Date:: 1762
Physical Description:: [6], 91, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : i lllustrations, maps ; 31 cm (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Works / Stuart Mugridge.

Creator:: Mugridge, Stuart
Date:: May 2003
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet (8 panels) : illustrations ; 9 x 28 cm, folded to 9 x 8 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Set of 18 Labels from 'Twining & Sons' Hairpins Boxes.

2. The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green

3. The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green: English and French Text

4. Baskerville House, the Residence of John Ryland, Esq.

5. The House of George Humphrys, Esq., Spark Brook

6. The New Meeting

7. Bordesley Hall, the Seat of John Taylor, Esq.

8. Birmingham

9. Birmingham

10. Birmingham, Waiting for the Beatles

11. Cottage at Sutton Coldfield

12. The Abbey Gates Looking to Greenfield House

13. Greenfield House

14. A Street in Harborne

15. Boat Building - Dockyard at Birmingham

16. Harborne

17. The kind-hearted girl / written by J. Richards ; sung by C.R. Sharp.

18. Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday : illuminated with miniatures.

19. Zachariah Parkes, Digbeth, Birmingham : manufacturer of steel mills, for grinding malt beans, peas, oats, barley, wheat, indian corn, coffee, pepper, rice, cocoa, almonds, cochineal, indigo, & seeds of all sorts.

20. Quadrilling [music] : a favourite song / by the author of "Rejected Addresses" ; the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.

22. A history of the Holtes of Aston, baronets : with a description of the family mansion, Aston Hall, Warwickshire / by Alfred Davidson ; with illustrations from drawings by Allen E. Everitt.

25. Washing day : a proper new ballad for wet weather / the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.

26. The works of the late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; : ... With a complete index.

27. Monograph of Aston Hall, Warwickshire : geometrical drawings and views with a brief historical sketch and description / by William Niven, architect, author of "Old Worcestershire houses," "Old Warwickshire houses," etc.

28. Address on the collection of paintings of the English Pre-Raphaelite school / delivered by Mr. William Morris in the Museum and Art Gallery, on Friday, October 2nd, 1891.

29. Joseph Southall archive, 1898-1910.

30. New illustrated directory, entitled Men & things of modern England : being a direct guide to the highest class of commercial houses, manufacturing establishments, hotels &c. &c.

31. [Brass and ironmongery trade catalogue]

33. Works / Stuart Mugridge.