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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]- Books
'All manner of industry and ingenuity' : a bio-bibliography of Dr Thomas Willis 1621-1675 / Alastair Compston.
Compston, AlastairDate: 2021- Pictures
Cats in a bicycle-race in Hyde Park, London. Process print after L. Wain.
Wain, Louis, 1860-1939.Date: 1896Reference: 39628i- 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- Books
Food in colonial and federal America / Sandra L. Oliver.
Oliver, Sandra L. (Sandra Louise), 1947-Date: 2005