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The account of the Siege of Gibraltar written by Samuel Ancell, clerk to the 58th Regiment of Foot stationed on Gibraltar.
This is the full account of the anonymous account of the Siege of Gibraltar excerpted in newspapers and magazines in 1781.
Tags: 1781, 18th century, female author, Gibraltar, pamphlet, Siege of Gibraltar
Porcelain; bird's nest containing two eggs, built from separate straws and twigs; white glaze.
Porcelain, blue and white glaze, floral decoration, maker's mark on base ("X"), molded into vine-leaf form.
Porcelain; 30.7cm tall; octagonal with alternating images of landscapes and exotic birds; gilded edges.
Advertisement in the London Evening Post for American Pine-Bud tea being sold as a medical remedy in Bristol, Piccadilly, Bath, York, Sheffield, and Oxford.
Tags: 18th century, Advertisement, America, Bath, Bristol, London, mid-18th century, Newspaper, Oxford, Piccadilly, Sheffield, sugar, tea, trade, transatlantic, transatlantic trade, York
A map of Bristol completed in 1750 by surveyor John Rocque. Includes detailed streets and buildings, as well as ten accompanying illustrations featuring the Exchange of Bristol and several views of the city.