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• English pen artists of to-day (Percival and co., 1892), by Charles G. Harper (page images at HathiTrust)

• William Blake; being all his woodcuts photographically reproduced in facsimile (Longmans, Green & Co.;, 1902), by William Blake and Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• English illustration, "the sixties": 1855-70 (A. Constable, 1903), by Gleeson White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The art of Winnifred Matthews : an essay (Duckworth, 1902), by Edward Garnett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sketches in Turkey, Syria and Egypt (Graves and Warmsley, 1843), by David Wilkie and Joseph Nash (page images at HathiTrust)

• Attempt to shew the propriety and importance of characteristic expressions in this branch of art (Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for C.J. Kennion :, 1844), by Edward Kennion, Hugh William Williams, Thomas Vivarès, and C. J. Kennion (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of the collection of drawings and studies by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, presented to the city in 1903. (Hudson and son, 1904), by Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of engravings and drawings illustrative of the drawings by J.M.W. Turner, in the winter exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1886. (Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1886), by Burlington Fine Arts Club (page images at HathiTrust)

• Guide to the exhibition of drawings and sketches by continental and British masters : in the print and drawing gallery. (The Museum, 1891), by British Museum and Sidney Colvin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of 100 original drawings by Raffaelle ([England] : [publisher not identified], [1836], 1836), by S. & A. Woodburn (Gallery) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lawrence Gallery, eighth exhibition, May, 1836 (Charing-Cross : Messrs. S. & A. Woodburn, [1836], 1836), by S. & A. Woodburn (Gallery) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. (by order of the Trustees, 1870), by British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings, M. Dorothy George, and Frederic George Stephens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Drawings of old London by Philip Norman ... (H.M. Stationery Off., 1913), by Illustration Victoria and Albert Museum. Dept. of Engraving and Philip Norman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook to the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum. (G. Bell and sons, 1876), by British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings and Louis Fagan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain ... (Printed by the order of the Trustees, 1898), by British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings and Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of drawings by old masters in the Museum collections (Printed under the authority of H.M. Stationery off., 1921), by Illustration Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Engraving and Henry Reitlinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guide to an exhibition of drawings and sketches by old masters and by artists of the English school principally acquired between 1904 and 1912. (Printed by order of the Trustees, 1912), by British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings and Sidney Colvin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A complete inventory of the drawings of the Turner bequest : with which are included the twenty-three drawings bequeathed by Mr. Henry Vaughan (Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Darling & son, ltd., 1909), by National Gallery (Great Britain), J. M. W. Turner, Henry Vaughan, and A. J. Finberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum: (by order of the Trustees, 1870), by British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, M. Dorothy George, and Frederic George Stephens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum : [index 1320-1770 volumes I-IV] (Type-writing office, L.M. Davidson, 1896), by British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, M. Dorothy George, and Frederic George Stephens (page images at HathiTrust)
• An annotated catalogue of drawings of old London (H.M.S.O., 1900), by Victoria and Albert Museum and Philip Norman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of drawings of old London. (H.M. Stationery off., 1921), by Illustration Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Engraving and Philip Norman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Accessions. (H.M. Stationery Off. [etc.], in the 20th century), by Illustration Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Engraving and Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Paintings (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An historical catalogue of engravings, drawings and paintings in the Bank of England. (Printed for the governor and company of the Bank of England by S.B. Chamberlain, 1928), by Bank of England (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drawings of Old London, by Philip Norman, contrib. by Cecil Harcourt- Smith (Gutenberg ebook)

• Some original drawings by ancient and modern artists of various schools : remaining in the collection of J.P.H. Reproduced by J.J. Waddington. (Chiswick Press, 1917), by Ltd. J. J. Waddington (page images at HathiTrust)
• A complete catalogue of the paintings, water-colour drawings, drawings, and prints, in the collection of the late Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, esq., of Novar : at the time of his death deposited in his house, no. 6 Hamilton Place, London : with some additional paintings at Novar. (s.n.], 1865), by H. A. J. Munro (page images at HathiTrust)

• Guide to an exhibition of drawings and sketches by old masters and by artists of the English school principally acquired between 1904 and 1912. (Printed by order of the Trustees, 1912), by British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings and Sidney Colvin (page images at HathiTrust)

• John Varley and his pupils, W. Mulready, J. Linnell, and W. Hunt; original drawings in the collection of J.P.H. ([Chiswick Press], 1918), by J. P. Heseltine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Original drawings by British painters : in the collection of J.P.H. ([s.n.], 1902), by Autotype Fine Art Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Original drawings, chiefly of the German school, in the collection of J. P. H. Privately printed. ([Chiswick press], 1912), by J. P. Heseltine and London Autotype Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Original drawings by old masters of the Italian school, forming part of the collection of J. P. H. (London, 1913), by J. P. Heseltine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Original drawings by old masters of the schools of North Italy : in the collection of J.P.H. ([s.n.], 1906), by Autotype Fine Art Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Guide to an exhibition of drawings and sketches by old masters and by artists of the British school, acquired between 1912 and 1914. (Printed by order of the Trustees, 1914), by British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Series of fac-similes of original drawings by Raffaelle de Urbino (S. and A. Woodburn, 1841), by Raphael (page images at HathiTrust)

• A course of lectures on drawing, painting and engraving : considered as branches of elegant education, delivered in the saloon of the Royal Institution in successive seasons, and read subsequently at the Russell Institution (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1821), by W. M. Craig, A. & R. Spottiswoode, Hurst Longman, and Royal Institution of Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)

• Selected drawings from old masters in the University Galleries and the library at Christ Church (Clarendon Press, 1903), by Sidney Colvin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Drawings by the old masters in the Library of Christ church, Oxford; an alphabetical list of the artists represented in the collection (mounted series) (Clarendon press, 1914), by Christ Church (University of Oxford). Library and Charles Francis Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Drawings by the old masters in the library of Christ Church, Oxford : an alphabetical list of the artists represented in the collection (mounted series) (Clarendon Press, 1914), by Christ Church (University of Oxford). Library and C. F. Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• History and description of Carlisle Cathedral (London : Thomas and William Boone, 29, New Bond Street, and the author, Manor House, Kentish Town, 1840., 1840), by Robert William Billings, John Saddler, George Gladwin, and Thomas and William Boone (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sketches for country residences : designed to be constructed in the patent cement slab system of W.H. Lascelles, 121 Bunhill Row, Finsbury, London, E.C. (B.T. Batsford, 1882), by Ernest Newton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lawrence Gallery, seventh exhibition, April,1836 (Charing-Cross : Messrs. Woodburn's Gallery, [1836], 1836), by S. & A. Woodburn (Gallery) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the first part of the valuable collection of original drawings by distinguished modern artists, the property of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence ... : comprising admirable specimens by Gainsborough, Wilson, the celebrated Brown of Rome, Cipriani, Wheatley, Fuseli, Flaxman, Stothard, Cosway, William Locke ... and others, also, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and fine chalk drawings from antique statues in the Louvre, by the most eminent French artists, from which the plates in the Musée Napoleon were engraved : which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st of May, 1830 ... (Catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, 1830), by James Christie and Thomas Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Original designs of the most celebrated masters of the Bolognese, Roman, Florentine, and Venetian schools : comprising some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci, the Caracci, Claude Lorraine, Raphael, Michel Angelo, the Poussins, and others, in His Majesty's collection (Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Press, Cleveland-Row, and sold by G. and W. Nicol, booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, White and Cochrane, Fleet-Street, and Colnaghi and Co., Cockspur-Street, 1812), by John Chamberlaine, Niccoló Schiavonetti, Peltro William Tomkins, Francesco Bartolozzi, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co, Cochrane & Co White, G. and W. Nicol (Firm), and W. Bulmer and Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hampole super Psalterium ([England, 1375), by Richard Rolle, Thomas Rodd, Harold Baillie-Weaver, Thomas Phillipps, Richard Harrison, Charles Lewis, Pseudo-Augustinus, Bishop of Paris Peter Lombard, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Anselm, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 Manuscript Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library), Sotheby's (Firm), Maggs Bros., Christie, Manson & Woods, and Inc C.A. Stonehill (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fate of the children of Usnach (1904), by Dorothy C. Armstrong, Virginia R. Walton, Harry A. Walton, Eric Gill, Edward Johnston, Lady Gregory, Post-1650 Manuscript Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library), and C. & C. McLeish (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Catalogue of fourteen illuminated manuscripts and fifteen early printed books (including five Pigouchet Horae on vellum) : together with the Credo of Charles V in gold & enamel case and a picture of the Battle of Cannae ascribed to Jean Foucquet : the property of Henry Yates Thompson ... : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Wednesday, 22nd of June 1921 ... (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1921), by Henry Yates Thompson and Wilkinson & Hodge Sotheby (page images at HathiTrust)

• Illuminated manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Clarendon P., 1966), by Bodleian Library, J. J. G. Alexander, and Otto Pächt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illuminated manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Concordance of Bodleian shelf-marks for vols.1-3 and addenda (Oxford, 1974), by Bodleian Library, J. J. G. Alexander, Otto Pächt, and B. C. Barker-Benfield (page images at HathiTrust)

• The gospel book of Saint Margaret : being a facsimile reproduction of St. Margaret's copy of the Gospels preserved in the Bodleian Library Oxford (D. Douglas, 1896), by William Forbes-Leith (page images at HathiTrust)

• Queen Mary's psalter : miniatures and drawings by an English artist of the 14th century reproduced from Royal MS. 2 B. VII in the British Museum (London : Printed for the Trustees : sold at the British Museum and by Longmans & Co., 39 Paternoster Row, Bernard Quaritch, 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, Asher & Co., 14 Bedford Street, Covent Garden and Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, Amen Corner, 1912., 1912), by George F. Warner, active 1310-1320 Master of Queen Mary's Psalter, Catholic Church, and British Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Old English carols : set to music traditional and original. (London : Alexander Shapcott, 50 & 53 Rathbone Place, [1875?], 1875), by Alexander Shapcott (page images at HathiTrust)

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