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Monkey Pagoda / 1780Inside the celebrated Pagod of the Monkeys in Japan, several devotees pray while others make offerings
Elizabeth FryELIZABETH FRY prison reformer with her autograph
Toilet / Hair / False HairSatire on the latest hair fashions - a monkey steals a ladys wig
Peru TrujilloEuropean vessels and native craft in the harbour of Trujillo (formerly Truxillo)
Science / Galvani / ElectricGalvani experimented with static electricity to show the current stimulated nerves and muscles of frogs and other animals
Stonehenge (Elongated!)A rather impressionistic view of Stonehenge, with the stones themselves strangely lengthened to convey a slightly greater scale than is actually the case!
Bridge St / Chester / MarellStreet scene in Bridge Street
Two Drunks (Bobbin)Two ugly old drunks have a drop together, with one man rubbing his eye
Selfish Drunk (Bobbin)A thirsty fellow covets his companions jug of drink with bulging eyes
FRENCHWOMAN 1780 - 1On the eve of the Revolution, this aristocrat wears a gown with absurdly exaggerated hips, contrasting with her narrow waist and low cut bodice
Aristocrat Ca 1780An aristocratic lady on the eve of the Revolution
FRENCHWOMAN 1780 - 2Frills and tucks galore on this impractical gown, worn by a lady of Louis XVIs court shortly before the Revolution
French Women 1780Aristocratic ladies on the eve of the Revolution - sad to think that many of them will shortly lose not only those elegant bonnets, but also the heads wearing them
Thomas Chalmers(Sartait)THOMAS CHALMERS Scottish theologian and preacher. Author of Christian and civil economy
Men and Women Ca 1780Men, women and children in the fashionable dress of well-to- do people on the eve of the French Revolution
Ships in Stormy SeaShips in stormy seas during a hurricane, off the coast of Antilles
Musaeus CollectingThe German writer J K A Musaeus collects traditional stories from peasants, which he worked up as fairy-tales and published in 1782+
Josephines ProphecyAn old negress of Martinique tells Josephine de Tascher that one day she will be a queen : sure enough, her second marriage is to Napoleon and she becomes an empress
David Porter (Chappel)DAVID PORTER U. S. naval
Ingres / Paquier / ChaponJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French Artist
Frances Trollope W HollFRANCES TROLLOPE - Writer and mother of author Anthony Trollope
Edw. Lord Thurlow 1780EDWARD, 1st baron THURLOW Lord Chancellor
Comm. Dell arte / CassandreComm.Dell arte/Cassandre
12th Earl of DerbyEDWARD STANLEY 12TH EARL OF DERBY Founder of the English Derby horse-racing event (1780). Cartoon of him with his second wife, Eliza Farren
DEFFAND (1679 - 1780)MARIE DE VICHY-CHAMROND MARQUISE DU DEFFAND French social leader, saloniste and friend of Voltaire, Walpole and D Alembert
Parmentier and PotatoFrench agriculturist Antoine PARMENTIER presents a potato to Louis XVI; some laughed, but the king placed a shoot in his buttonhole in recognition of Parmentiers achievement
Costume / Man 1780 FranceFrench gentleman in court dress during the reign of Louis XVI
Maria Theresia / PortraitMARIA THERESIA Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, daughter of Emperor Carl VI, wife of Emperor Franz I, mother of Emperor Joseph II
Ingres (Lafosse)Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French Artist
Charles Stanhope / HarringCharles Stanhope 4th Earl Harrington Lord Petersham until 1829 out Walking
Eb De Condillac / BramatiETIENNE BONNOT DE CONDILLAC French philosopher
Ship Off the CoastSmall boats part company from a sailing vessel off the coast as it heads out into the open sea
Maria Theresia / MiniatureMARIA THERESIA Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, daughter of Emperor Carl VI, wife of Emperor Franz I, mother of Emperor Joseph II
Versailles / HameauLE HAMEAU the rustic hamlet where Marie Antoinette and her companions liked to play at being nymphs and shepherdesses
Mary Somerville / CrollMARY SOMERVILLE nee FAIRFAX Scottish writer on mathematics and physical science
Syon House / Middx C1780Syon House, Middlesex, seat of the Duke of Northumberland
Major John Andre - 3MAJOR JOHN ANDRE Military in America, where he was captured and hanged as a spy
Aristocratic Couple 1780She watches from beneath her parasol while he helps himself to a pinch of snuff; she moves her head carefully so as not to endanger her elaborately high-piled hair-do
French ExtravaganceThe ladys bustle is big enough for someone to ride pillion; her elegant companion might admire her hat, but his eyes are on her prominently projecting bosom
Abbe and Housemaid 1780A French Abbe, whose mind should be on higher things, takes a close interest in a servant girl who wears a sack-back gown hitched up to form a bustle/polanaise
Wellborn Couple 1780Well-born couple in outdoor dress
Racial / Eskimo / KamchatkaEskimos of Kamchatka, Russia in their winter home
Racial / Polish Jew / SimonHenry Simons, The Polish Jew
C18 French ConcertA singer and four musicians perform in an aristocratic household
Basket Coach 1780The Basket Coach, so called because it has a basket at the back to hold the luggage
Buffon / MonkeysHISTOIRE NATURELLE A typical spread from the English edition of his Natural History, plates CCLXVIII and CCLXIX, depicting species of monkey
Man Smoking a PipeA portrait of Aesop, the Drunken Rhyming Cobler (sic) of Eton smoking a clay pipe
Gordon Rioters in StreetGordon rioters are pressed back in the London streets by government soldiers