1760 Collection (page 9)

Tunis, Circa 1760
View from the sea looking towards the town and the country beyond, with galleys large and small and sailing ships in the outer harbour, smaller vessels in the inner

Arriving in Hell
Charon brings a boatload of new residents to the infernal shores, accompanied by barking from Charon : Mercury and other deities contemplate the scene

Italy Romes Pietro
La chiesa di San Pietro and the Vatican, in the 18th century

Persian Embassy
When the Persian ambassador visits a Foreign State, he does it in style - twenty elephants, along with a troop of horsemen

Sir William Garrow
SIR WILLIAM GARROW Statesman - one of the Barons of the Exchequer

Wilson Experiment / 1760
English artist Benjamin Wilson conducts an experiment with electricity in the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London

Ridinger Haute Ecole 3
Haute Ecole : Training a horse to the Vaulting Trot with a sandbag to simulate weight of rider

Ridinger Haute Ecole 6
Haute Ecole : Pas de menage

Ridinger Haute Ecole 5
Haute Ecole : Parade at a gallop

Ridinger Haute Ecole 4
Haute Ecole : Courbette to the right

Ridinger Haute Ecole 9
Haute Ecole : Accustoming the horse to the sound of a drum

Open Cast Iron Mining
Men working at an open cast iron mine, shovelling iron ore into a horse-drawn cart

Montreal Taken by Brits
Montreal is the last town in Canada to hold out against the British : but finally it, too, is taken by troops landing from the St Lawrence, thus ending French power in Canada

Paris / Bastille C1760
A variety of carriages and riders at the Porte Saint- Antoine, passing the grim Bastille prison with its deep moat. Soon, the citizenry of Paris will tear it down

Naval Battle 1760
NAVAL BATTLE French fleet under Thurot defeated by three English captains

Battle of San Domingo
NAVAL BATTLE Engagement off San Domingo, in which the British defeat the French and take two of their warships

Frenchwoman 1760
The ruff is back, but integrated with the plain but rich gown worn by this noblewoman during the reign of Louis XV Date: 1760

OSWEGO, 1750
The earliest English trading post on the Great Lakes, the fort was contested in the Seven years War and later in 1812 : the Onondago river here flows into Lake Ontario

Casanovas Wax Image
The Italian adventurer CASANOVA inspects the wax image of himself made by a witch for a Spanish contessa who wished him harm

London / Ranelagh Gardens
The Rotunda, Ranelagh Gardens

Canada : Sainte-Foye
CANADA : BATTLE OF SAINTE-FOYE Le chevalier de Levis, Montcalms successor, leads the French against the English, outside Quebec, and scores a minor victory

Harrisons Fourth
Harrisons number 4 timekeeper or chronometer for finding longitude

Gardens / Plans & Layouts
A vegetable garden from the 18th century

Military / Dress / 18th Cent
BRITAIN a member of the Second Dragoon Guards

William Beckford Square
WILLIAM BECKFORD English writer, eccentric and art collector

George Ii / Cig Card
GEORGE II, KING OF ENGLAND Reigned 1727-1760

Wellesley / Lawrence
RICHARD COLLEY 2nd EARL of MORNINGTON MARQUIS of WELLESLEY British politician, born in Ireland

Wittenberg / Tauentzien
BOGISLAV, GRAF TAUENTZIEN von WITTENBERG German military

Peg Woffington / Hogarth
(MARGARET) PEG WOFFINGTON English actress

Candle-Making C18 France
The processes of candle-making in 18th century France

Bal Pare, C18 France
A Bal Pare (= literally ornamented ball) in an aristocratic home

Printing Blocks 1760S
How printing blocks are built up from individual characters, each one placed by the compositor, manually

18th Century Marionette
A marionette of the period of Louis XV

Winding Silk
The winding of silk

Diderot Horn Making
Making horns in a French atelier

Circus of Caracalla
A restored view of the Circus of Caracalla in Rome

Tussaud Museum Pankhurst
MADAME MARIE TUSSAUD Christabel Pankhurst, Womens Rights agitator, models for Madame Tussauds in 1908

Marie Tussaud at 24
MADAME MARIE TUSSAUD the Swiss wax model maker at the age of 24, in the form of a waxwork model

Marie Tussaud at 90
MADAME MARIE TUSSAUD the Swiss wax model maker at the age of 90, in the form of a waxwork in her own museum

Marie Tussaud Iln
MADAME MARIE TUSSAUD the Swiss wax model maker in old age

L C Zs M Cherubini
Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvadore Maria CHERUBINI Italian musician

French Butcher W / a Bull
A French butcher prepares to slaughter a bull while others look on

Kitchen Scene C1760
A young woman carries two pails, and a piece of meat is roasted on a spit

American Stagecoach C18
A mail coach at a Virginian inn - evidently a pre- revolutionary scene, since the inn is named The Royal George

Sportsman and Dog
A sportsman takes a shot at a covey of partridge (probably) while his dog awaits the order to retrieve the victim

Ridinger Haute Ecole 28
Haute Ecole : Training in riding technique, turning the horse

Windsor Lodge, Stables
A Perspective View of the Lodge and Stables in Windsor Great Park

Rope Making: C1760
Manufacture of rope in the mid-eighteenth century

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