Early 20th century lithograph menu template
- CA RBD MSG 1269-4-0001
- Item
- 1900
Part of Menu Collection
An unused menu template, circa 1900.
Early 20th century lithograph menu template
Part of Menu Collection
An unused menu template, circa 1900.
Late 19th century French menu template
Part of Menu Collection
Lithograph, circa 1890, France. A menu in the shape of an artist's palette with an illustration depicting a playful scene with two children and a young woman with a parasol "en plein air". The blank area for dishes to be printed or added by hand is in the center.
Plate I, Carceri d’invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
Part of Carceri d’invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
Print of an etching with masonry, walkways, and staircases, with a title inscribed on a wall.
Draft of Autobiography - Table of Contents, Chronology, Personal Records
Part of Noel Noel-Buxton fonds
File contains part of Lord Noel Noel-Buxton's autobiography. Includes the table of contents, a timeline of Buxton's life, and a list of major personal accomplishments.
Letter from André Bernard, 25 March 1790
Part of James Morrison papers
Letter from Bernard to James Morrison, requesting that Morrison intervene on his behalf with Mr. Cartier in a financial matter.
Account of wood wanting for house
Part of James Morrison papers
Inventory of wood and wooden parts needed to finish a house, built by Pierre Perot for Legard. The house is described as being 30 feet long by 20 feet wide.
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a Silvery Javan Gibbon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: West Java.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed painting of small raptor perched on rock with some foliage in a partial background, colour much paler than normal. Inscription on painting reads: "Kestrel [male glyph] (Tinnunculus aluadarius)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Part of Noel Noel-Buxton fonds
Letter from Eleanor Acland to Lord Noel-Buxton that discusses the state of the liberal party and its relationship with liberal women.
Fanny Burney autograph manuscript
Autograph manuscript in French containing drafts of approximately 40 letters written upon themes or as writing exercises. Each letter contains corrections by means of footnotes in the lower margin, likely in the hand of Burney's husband, Alexandre d'Arblay. Forty-eight leaves are filled with letter drafts. The rest of the volume is blank until the final two leaves at the end, which are written upside down. These final leaves contain various recipes in French, including "Pour guérir la manie" and "Remède contre l'esquinancie." Volume also includes an additional portion of a theme in Burney's hand on a small sheet tipped in on the front flyleaf. Written in an 18th-century notebook bound in full red morocco, gilt-stamped floral border and spine, with five raised spine bands and spine label: "Almanac de 1736." Notebook has floral gilt and painted endpapers and gold edges.
Arblay, Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840