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Watercolour painter and topographic draughtsman. Based in London, he travelled throughout Britain and from 1771 spent three years in the Caribbean, on the Leeward Islands. W.H. Pyne praised ‘the ...

A Catalogue of the Churches of the City of London; Royal Palaces; Hospitals; and Publick Edifices; Built by Sr. Christopher Wren Kt. Surveyor General of the Royal-Works, during Fifty Years: viz. from ...

Designs From Greek Vases In The British Museum Edited By A.S. Murray Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities - London:: 1894 White Athenian Vases In The British Museum By A.S. Murray, Ll.D., F.S.A.

Engraving reproducing (in reverse) the painting by William Hogarth which the artist presented to the Foundling Hospital (now the Foundling Museum) upon its completion in 1746. The painting was Hogarth ...

This print is one of 180 plates which make up the 'British School I' album, presumably compiled in the early nineteenth century. This album is prefaced by a nine-page text entitled ‘Notes relating to ...

Clock and watch-maker. Son of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747-1811); continued family business in partnership with his younger brother Justin Theodore Vulliamy (trading as ‘Vulliamy & Sons’) until 1821.

Thomas Brock was born in Worcester, where he was educated at the Government School of Design and apprenticed to the Worcester Royal Porcelain Works. Aged nineteen he moved to London to become ...

The Chiswick Press was founded by Charles Whittingham I (1767–1840) in 1811. The management of the Press was taken over in 1840 by the founder's nephew Charles Whittingham II (1795–1876). The name was ...

Oriental Scenery. Twenty Four Views In Hindoostan Drawn And Engraved By Thomas Daniell, And With Permission Respectfully Dedicated To The Honourable Court Of Directors Of The East India Company. - ...

Clock and watch-maker. Son of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747-1811); continued family business in partnership with his elder brother Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (trading as ‘Vulliamy & Sons’) until 1821.

Mathematician and computer pioneer, in Britain. Passages From The Life Of A Philosopher. By Charles Babbage, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F. Stat. S., Hon. M.R.I.A ...