Sanction Collection

Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Borghi, 1780 (engraving)
8677686 Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Borghi, 1780 (engraving) by Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Borghi)

Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho)
8677665 Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival)

Invoice from John Bird, bookbinder, London, 1836 (engraving)
8677702 Invoice from John Bird, bookbinder, London, 1836 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Invoice from John Bird, bookbinder, 52 Hatton Garden, London)

Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Cramer, 1788 (engraving)
8677681 Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Cramer, 1788 (engraving) by Sintzenich, Heinrich (1752-1812); Private Collection; (add.info.: Concert ticket)

Ticket to the Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1916 (litho)
8677540 Ticket to the Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1916 (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket to the Republican National Convention, Chicago)

Ticket to the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, 1900 (colour litho)
8677536 Ticket to the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, 1900 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Receipt from O H Hughes & Co, London (engraving)
8677426 Receipt from O H Hughes & Co, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Receipt from O H Hughes & Co's hosiery, gloves, Indian bandana)

Ticket to a dress ball, Hull, 1834 (engraving)
8677723 Ticket to a dress ball, Hull, 1834 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket to a dress ball, Hull, Yorkshire)

Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho)
8677714 Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival)

Admission ticket to the House of Lords, Westminster, 1894 (litho)
8677482 Admission ticket to the House of Lords, Westminster, 1894 (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Receipt from W Evans, shawl, linen, muslinl silk and cloak warehouse, 1826 (engraving)
8677639 Receipt from W Evans, shawl, linen, muslinl silk and cloak warehouse, 1826 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Receipt from W Evans, shawl, linen)

Receipt from Heath & George English Gymnastic Works, London, 1893 (litho)
8677593 Receipt from Heath & George English Gymnastic Works, London, 1893 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Theatre ticket: Wilkinson's benefit (engraving)
8677691 Theatre ticket: Wilkinson's benefit (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatre ticket)

Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho)
8677668 Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival)

Cartoon, The Washington Hatchet
American design for a Japanese screen. It is announced that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is to be terminated in favour of an understanding between the Four Great Powers that have interests in

Greece - The statue of Achilles in the garden of Achilleion in Corfu, Greece, 1950s
7093798 Greece - The statue of Achilles in the garden of Achilleion in Corfu, Greece, 1950s. Sculpture of Achill at the garden of the Achilleion museum at Corfu, Greece, 1950s

Greece - The statue of Achilles in the garden of Achilleion in Corfu, Greece, 1950s
7093797 Greece - The statue of Achilles in the garden of Achilleion in Corfu, Greece, 1950s. Sculpture of Achill at the garden of the Achilleion museum at Corfu, Greece, 1950s

A nightclub (litho)
7172985 A nightclub (litho) by Hammond, Aubrey (1893-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: A nightclub. Illustration from The London Scene, Described by Lewis Melville (Faber and Gwyer, London)

Germany is crushed by the Treaty of Versailles, 1931 (colour litho)
CHT212485 Germany is crushed by the Treaty of Versailles, 1931 (colour litho) by Schilling, Erich (1885-1945); Private Collection; © Archives Charmet

Taking tickets (chromolitho)
7184874 Taking tickets (chromolitho) by Thompson, George Henry (1853-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Taking tickets)

Very fine peas (colour litho)
7151102 Very fine peas (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Carving English beef (colour litho)
7150938 Carving English beef (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century)

Receipt of goods bought at T Hardy, boot and shoe maker (engraving)
7154157 Receipt of goods bought at T Hardy, boot and shoe maker (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Receipt of goods bought at T Hardy, boot and shoe maker)

The Queen of the Norwood Gypsies (engraving)
7153935 The Queen of the Norwood Gypsies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queen of the Norwood Gypsies)

Williams and Sowerby, manufacturers and suppliers of tissue de verre, Oxford Steet, London (engraving)
7153933 Williams and Sowerby, manufacturers and suppliers of tissue de verre, Oxford Steet, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Williams and Sowerby)

True as Steel, IV, "Thats the lad for me"(colour litho)
7181978 True as Steel, IV, " Thats the lad for me" (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: True as Steel, IV)

Kissing Ticket (litho)
7200595 Kissing Ticket (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kissing Ticket. Postcard, early 20th Century.); © Look and Learn

Tidmans Sea Salt, bathing salts, advertisement (colour litho)
7154166 Tidmans Sea Salt, bathing salts, advertisement (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tidmans Sea Salt, bathing salts)

Nicholas McCann, Irish surgeon, and ticket towards securing a copy of Benjamin Wests painting The Death of Nelson
7153930 Nicholas McCann, Irish surgeon, and ticket towards securing a copy of Benjamin Wests painting The Death of Nelson (engraving) by English School

A Receipt in Full (engraving)
7164458 A Receipt in Full (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Receipt in Full)

Ticket to the Zoological Society of London (litho)
7172042 Ticket to the Zoological Society of London (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket to the Zoological Society of London)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Billet (de chemin de fer); Ticket; Zettel (engraving)
7194934 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Billet (de chemin de fer); Ticket; Zettel (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Billet (de chemin de fer); Ticket; Zettel

Ticket admitting one person to tea at the Inns of Court Hotel, London, for a meeting of the Womens Aerial League
7153663 Ticket admitting one person to tea at the Inns of Court Hotel, London, for a meeting of the Womens Aerial League addressed by Hilda Hewlett, the first British woman to gain a pilots licence

Receipt for books and stationary bought ats A Howlands shop in Worcester (engraving)
7154192 Receipt for books and stationary bought ats A Howlands shop in Worcester (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Matthew Sitting at the Receipt of Custom (engraving)
7182803 Matthew Sitting at the Receipt of Custom (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Matthew Sitting at the Receipt of Custom)

A fine exhibition of horsemanship (colour litho)
7180800 A fine exhibition of horsemanship (colour litho) by Cole, Henry (1808-82); Private Collection; (add.info.: A fine exhibition of horsemanship)

Ticket (litho)
7172050 Ticket (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket. Illustration for The Zoological Society of London, A Sketch of its Foundation and Development)

Receipt for services received at the Red Horse Hotel, Stratford Upon Avon (engraving)
7154156 Receipt for services received at the Red Horse Hotel, Stratford Upon Avon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women instead of men, to Japan (colour litho)
2777638 Women instead of men, to Japan (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women instead of men, to Japan)

Cartoon, The Pipe of Peace II
The Great Dry Chief. I was half afraid my navy cut might make you sick; But so far I see no ill effects. Mr Balfour. On the contrary, I could do with it a bit stronger. Date: 1921

Cartoon, The Pipe of Peace
Great Dry Chief. I do trust this won t make any of them sick! Date: 1921

The majestic ticket hall at the New Railway Station in Milan (colour litho)
2778065 The majestic ticket hall at the New Railway Station in Milan (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The ignored fortunes, tickets of a thousand found by chance inside a corset of a dead lady (colour litho)
2815090 The ignored fortunes, tickets of a thousand found by chance inside a corset of a dead lady (colour litho) by Beltrame

Queen Street, Oudtshoorn (b / w photo)
3092415 Queen Street, Oudtshoorn (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Street, Oudtshoorn)

MARIA THERESIA 1740 (2)
Vienna : the coronation procession of Maria Theresia as Empress, by virtue of the Pragmatic Sanction, an event which will lead to the Austrian Succession War Date: 22 November 1740

Spain (1832). Fernando VII delivering to Mar�
Spain (1832). Fernando VII delivering to Maric Cristina the Decree of 6th October 1832, that revoked the Pragmatic Sanction and put into effect the Salic Law again. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid

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"Unleashing the Power of Sanction: A Glimpse into History" Step back in time to the 1950s, where Greece's enchanting island of Corfu housed the magnificent statue of Achilles in the serene garden of Achilleion. This sculpture, a testament to Greek mythology and heroism, stood tall as a symbol of strength and resilience. Meanwhile, across Europe, significant events were unfolding. In France, we catch a poignant glimpse into history as we witness the President of the French Republic working diligently in his cabinet just hours before his untimely demise. The vibrant colors of this lithograph capture both his dedication and fleeting mortality. Venturing further into nightlife culture, we find ourselves immersed in an energetic nightclub scene depicted through lithography. The lively atmosphere transports us to an era filled with music and dance—a sanctuary for those seeking entertainment and escape from their daily lives. However, not all moments captured by these lithographs are joyous. Germany's fate is sealed by the Treaty of Versailles—an agreement that crushed its spirit in 1931. Through vivid colors on paper, we witness how this historical event left deep scars on a nation already grappling with its identity. Amidst these grand narratives lies everyday life—simple yet essential activities that shape our existence. Taking tickets at various venues becomes a window into human interaction and shared experiences while savoring very fine peas reminds us to appreciate life's small pleasures. Intricate engravings transport us to bustling streets where craftsmen ply their trade—the receipt from T Hardy boot and shoe maker or Williams & Sowerby's tissue de verre suppliers evoke nostalgia for traditional craftsmanship lost amidst modernity's rapid pace. Lastly, an engraving introduces us to "The Queen of Norwood Gypsies, " offering insight into marginalized communities often overlooked by society but rich with cultural heritage waiting to be discovered.