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Specification of James MacNaughton : fire grate and range.
MacNaughton, James.Date: 1854- Books
The hearth tax, other later Stuart tax lists, and the association oath rolls / compiled by J.S.W. Gibson.
Gibson, J. S. W. (Jeremy Sumner Wycherley), 1934-Date: 1986- Books
More work for mother : the ironies of household technology from the open hearth to the microwave / Ruth Schwartz Cowan.
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941-Date: [1983], ©1983- Pictures
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Julian Cox of Taunton and a man sit smoking by the hearth; a toad is by the feet of the man. Woodcut.
Date: [1700?]Reference: 24618i- Pictures
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An ill man next to his empty hearth tormented by the miseries of life; presented surrounded by assorted chastising demons. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1835.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 August 1835Reference: 11870i- Pictures
A glass of milk at the hearth of a house; representing milk as a family's prime source of health. Colour lithograph after H. Dohet, 195- (?).
Dohet, Henri.Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 689248i- Pictures
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A wife waits on a stormy night for the return of her husband, with two of the children standing by an open door and his slippers by the hearth. Mezzotint.
Reference: 27109i- Pictures
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A family scene with the father sitting near the hearth smoking a pipe and the mother with a child on her lap and another standing with a toy cart. Etching and drypoint by Josef Israels.
Reference: 28906i- Books
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Specification of William Henry Phillips and David Hickinbotham : construction of chimneys, flues, &c. : appparatus for ventilating the same, and for ventilating and warming buildings, &c.
Phillips, William Henry.Date: 1854- Books
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Specification of William Henry Graveley : cooking and distilling apparatus for ships.
Graveley, William Henry.Date: 1855- Books
An old English home and its dependencies / by S. Baring-Gould. Illustrated by F. Bligh Bond.
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924.Date: 1898- Pictures
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An itinerant poor saleswoman selling hearthstones. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 April 1816Reference: 43982i- Books
How to be childless : a history and philosophy of life without children / Rachel Chrastil.
Chrastil, RachelDate: [2020]- Pictures
Cats in a bicycle-race in Hyde Park, London. Process print after L. Wain.
Wain, Louis, 1860-1939.Date: 1896Reference: 39628i- Books
'All manner of industry and ingenuity' : a bio-bibliography of Dr Thomas Willis 1621-1675 / Alastair Compston.
Compston, AlastairDate: 2021- Pictures
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Blue lotus protective triangle. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
Reference: 47086i- Pictures
An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 36100i- Books
Inventing women : science, technology, and gender / edited by Gill Kirkup and Laurie Smith Keller.
Date: [1992], ©1992- Books
Utopian motherhood ; new trends in human reproduction / Robert T. Francoeur.
Francoeur, Robert T.Date: 1971- Ephemera
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"Don't just sit there, George - get a house renovation grant." : If you need an inside lavoratory, proper bathroom or a hot water supply, see about a free grant at your town hall / Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office.
Date: [1978]- Books
The foot out of the snare : with a detection of svndry late practices and inpostures of the priests and Iesuites in England. Whereunto is added a catalogue of Popish bookes lately dispersed in our kingdome. The printers, binders, sellers and dispersers of such bookes. Romish priests and Iesuites resident about London. Popish physicians practising about London / By Iohn Gee.
Gee, John, 1596-1639.Date: 1624- Books
Deep ancestry : inside the Genographic Project / Spencer Wells.
Wells, Spencer, 1969-Date: [2006], ©2006- Pictures
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A French supporter of the Paris Commune prefers to throw an incendiary bomb to advance equality, while a British workman prefers to smoke his pipe in the interests of liberty. Wood engraving by J. Swain, ca. 1871, after Sir J. Tenniel.
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914.Date: 1871Reference: 24867i- Pictures
A family is about to return from their holiday in a London townhouse. Etching by George Cruikshank after S.K.
Date: Augt. 1st 1835Reference: 28986i- Pictures
A funeral procession of politicians bearing the coffin of the 1765 Stamp Act to its tomb in the docks where American trade was carried out. Engraving after B. Wilson, 1766.
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788.Date: [18 March 1766?]Reference: 582581i