1670 Collection (page 4)

Wood Street Compter
WOOD STREET COMPTER used mostly for debtors but also as an overflow for Newgate : demolished in 1816

August II of Poland
AUGUST II THE STRONG King of Poland and FRIEDRICH AUGUST I Elector of Sachsen

Dutch Family 17C
A family gathering in a Dutch household - gossipping, drinking, playing games

Englishman of 1670
The Restoration and the permissive society favoured by Charles II are reflected in a new extravagance in dress, as in this gentlemans fancy petticoat, full sleeves etc

August Ii / Poland / Fursten
AUGUST II THE STRONG King of Poland (1697-1733) and FRIEDRICH AUGUST I Elector of Sachsen (from 1694)

Restoration Woman
A court beauty sits with her pet dog in her lap

COACH / 1670
Horse-drawn coaches from the time of Charles II

Canton from Nieuhof
A view of the city possibly from a craft in the Pearl River showing the busy port. An 18th century engraving from a 17th century original

Peking from Nieuhof
A view of the city which includes the surrounding countryside. An 18th century engraving from a 17th century original

China / Nanking / Nieuhof
A view looking down at the surrounding countryside, the walls of the city & several pagodas. An 18th century engraving from a 17th century original

Francesco De Lana Flight
The project of Francesco de Lana, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault

Spinning, Holland
A Dutch woman at her spinning wheel, with hanks of thread at her feet

Algernon Earl of Essex
ALGERNON CAPEL, earl of ESSEX peer who doesn t seem to have done very much for good or ill

George Monck
GEORGE MONCK, duke of Albemarle - military and naval commander, at first in the royalist but subsequently in the Parliamentary forces. with his autograph

Earl Marshals Court
COLLEGE OF ARMS OR HERALDS COLLEGE, Queen Victoria Street, London. An interior view showing the Earl Marshals Court which like the building dates from the 1670s. Date: 1850s

Moliere / Bourgeois
LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME Monsieur Jourdain shows off his new town coat

LOUIS XIV (1670)
LOUIS XIV French monarch (picture dated 1670)

Costume / Family, 1670
Aristocratic family in Cavalier costume

Racine / Berenice
BERENICE Berenice, queen of Palestine

Samuel Blommaert / Artist
SAMUEL BLOMMAERT Dutch artist

Ferdinand II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, patron of the arts and pupil of Galileo, seen here with his consort and cousin, Vittoria della Rovere (1622-1694)

Panama sacked by Henry Morgan
Panama is sacked by Henry Morgan

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