1750 Collection

Match at Hambledon / 1777
A cricket match at Hambledon, Hampshire. The club was founded in 1750, and beat a strong All-England team in 1777. The early matches were played on Broadhalfpenny Down

Drinking / Intemperance
Political print of Gin Lane supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. The pawnbrokers, gin cellar and distillery are now flourishing

England / Blenheim Palace
The seat of the duke of Marlborough

Js Bach at the Keyboard
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer at the keyboard

Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Jamaica Inn, a Grade II listed building on Bodmin Moor near Bolventor, Cornwall, built as a coaching inn in 1750. Popular with smugglers

University of Oxford. College of the University and Queens College. Illustration in Vues d Optique (Perspective Views). Images to be seen through a zograscope

Atlantic / St Helena C1750
St Helena: general view of the island from the sea

Appleby Castle, Westmld
Appleby Castle, Westmoreland (now Cumbria) : the keep, seen on the right, dates from the 12th century

White Horse Hill, Berkshire

Greenwich / Isle of Dogs
A view of Greenwich, Deptford and London from Flamstead Hill in Greenwich Park. The Isle of Dogs and windmills are on the right and St Pauls cathedral is in the centre

Js Bach (Reutsch)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German musician Date: 1685 - 1750

Js Bach / Postcard
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer

Westminster Abbey C18
In the tranquil street before the abbey and St Margarets church, a sedan chair passes, a cripple begs, fruit sellers and a porter ply their trade, a boy bowls his hoop

Boxing / Jack Broughton
English boxer; third heavyweight champion of England (? - 1750); operated a boxing school and arena, London (1742-89); invented boxing rules and gloves

Chiswick Hse from Garden
Chiswick House viewed from the garden: seat of the late Earl of Burlington

Js Bach (Portrait)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer

Robert Peel(E) / Lawrence
SIR ROBERT PEEL (ELDER) Calico Manufacturer, father of Robert Peel the politician

Zodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid / Eros
Zodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid/Eros. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

Facial expressions. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Plate VIII, of Vol 2. Date: 1750

Diamond Cutting
A true Representation of the Diamond Cutters Wheel or Mill

Lisbon before Earthquake
A view of Lisbon from the sea, before the earthquake of 1755

Js Bach & Family
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Morning prayer in the Bach household

Carcel and his Lamp
BERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. Its a good lamp, but he dies in poverty

Twickenham in Ca 1750
Dr Battys house Twickenham, Middlesex, seen from across the Thames : three horses tug a barge along the river

Js Bach (Portrait)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer

Maria Letizia Bonaparte
MARIA LETIZIA RAMOLINO BONAPARTE Mother of Napoleon I and his brothers and sisters, most of them royals of some kind, if only temporarily. Date: 1750 - 1836

Daventry Priory
View of Daventry Priory in the County of Northampton. Date: circa 1750

Fat Edward Bright
EDWARD BRIGHT, of Maldon, Essex, who died at age 30 looking like this... Date: 1720 - 1750

Js Bach / Bone
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer with a manuscript in his hand

Js Bach / Cook / Sichlong
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer

Young Woman Sewing
A superb mezzotint showing a young woman engaged in needlework

London Fireman 1750
A London fireman stands beside his engine : he is employed by an insurance company, the Hand-in-hand whose uniform he wears

Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich Royal Observatory " belonging to the Kings Professor of Astronomy", showing Greenwich Park in the foreground and ships on the Thames to the left

Cornhill / Exchange / C1750
Cornhill, the Exchange and Lombard Street

Four types of old Infantry Uniforms, 1750-1835
Four types of old Infantry Uniforms, Private (1750), Officer (1780), Sergeant (1807), Private (1835) Date: 1750-1835

Ferdinand VI (1713-1759), 1750-1758 by Louis Michel Van Loo
Ferdinand VI (1713-1759). King of Spain (1746-1759). Portrait by Louis Michel Van Loo (1707-1771), 1750-1758. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

View of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London. Date: 1750

All Hallows by the Tower, sometimes known as All Hallows Barking, said to be the oldest church in the City of London. It survived the Great Fire of London in 1666

TOMB OF JEMIMA NICHOLAS
The Fishguard tombstone of Jemima Nicholas, Welsh heroine of the French invasion of Britain, 22 February 1797. Aged 47 at the time, she rounded up 12 Frenchmen with her pitchfork! Date: 1750? - 1832

JOHN COLLINGTON: Ne-er-do-well & wife beater, poacher, hiring hitmen & getting others to menace his neighbours. Buried 6 of his dead children in the orchard to save money! Date: 1696/7 - 1750

St Brides, formerly known as St Bridget's, Fleet Street Date: circa 1750

CREMATION, SRI LANKA
The manner in which the natives of Sri Lanka burn their dead Date: 1750

The French warship, Terrible. She was captured by the British in 1747 by Admiral Hawke. Date: circa 1750

Stockwell
Views of old Stockwell - Old mansion on Stockwell Common, 1792; Old inn on Stockwell Common, 1794; Stockwell Chapel, 1800; Stockwell manor house, 1750. Date: 1875

Camberwell Green
Houses facing Camberwell Green in 1750. Date: 1875

Stoke Newington Views
Views in Stoke Newington - Rogers House 1877, Fleetwood House 1750, St Marys Rectory, St Marys New Church, New River at Stoke Newington, Queen elizabeths Walk 1800, Old Gateway. Date: 1875

Balmes House
View of Balmes House, Hoxton, in 1750, formerly the residence of Sir George Whitmore (d.1654), an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1631

Hackney Church
View of Hackney Church in 1750. From the 14th century the church was dedicated to Saint Augustine of Hippo until, in 1660, it was rededicated to Saint John the Baptist

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