Written in 18th century posters & prints

The National Anthem and Rule, Britannia, 18th century Thomas Arne

Dedication to the English Nation Junius

A Boy with a Book, c.1740 Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

View of the Stocks Market in Poutry, City of London, in the year 1738 (1752) Henry Fletcher

Part of a letter from James Boswell to David Garrick, Edinburgh James Boswell

A letter from Allan Ramsay to John Gay Anonymous

Letter from Joseph Addison to J Robethon, Secretary to George I, 4th September 1714 Joseph Addison

Part of a letter from Thomas Chatterton to Horace Walpole Thomas Chatterton

The Beggar's Opera, c.1731 William Hogarth

A note from Sterne to Garrick, and a view of Sterne's house in Yorkshire Anonymous

Letter by Robert Burns to Mrs Dunlop of Haddington Frederick George Netherclift

Dedication written by William Hogarth Frederick George Netherclift

Letter by Samuel Pepys to John Jackson, Esq Frederick George Netherclift

Letter from Jean Jaques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Reflections by Frederick II of Prussia, July Frederick II

Letter from Henry Fielding to Hutton Perkins Henry Fielding

Letter from Samuel Richardson Samuel Richardson

Letter from William Cowper to William Unwin William Cowper

Letter from David Hume to Richard Davenport, 8th July 1766 David Hume

Fountain Cottage, Camberwell Grove, Camberwell, London Anonymous

Etude d'avoue (Aujourd'hui), 1829 Henry Bonaventure Monnier

Exterior view of the Italian Opera House, Haymarket Charles John Smith

Charles I, after Sir Anthony van Dyck. England, mid-18th century Anthony Van Dyck

Fine Bird Books Anonymous

Part of a letter from Dr William Robertson concerning his History of Scotland William Robertson

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy Laurence Sterne

Habit de Tabletier Nicolas de Larmessin

Part of a letter from Horace Walpole to the Reverend Mr Cole Horace Walpole

Poem by Lord Chatham to David Garrick William Pitt

The Library and the Piazzetta, Venice, Looking West with Numerous Figures and a Puppet Show, c.1740 (1697-1768) Canaletto

Letter from David Garrick to Edward Gibbon, 8th March 1776 David Garrick

Calligraphy of a Quatrain, c. 1760 Unknown

Half-title of De Motu Animalum by Giovanni Borelli, 1710 Unknown

Letter from William Pitt to the Duke of Newcastle, Hayes William Pitt

Two Dromedarie William Hogarth

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1770s Jean-Honore Fragonard