1683 Collection (page 3)

Music score: Sonata by Purcell, 1683
Sonata by Henry Purcell, 1683. Date: 1683

The Sphere Christmas Number 1938 - Frozen Thames 1683
Front cover of the Sphere magazine for Christmas 1938 featuring an illustration showing the Thames frozen in 1683. The river was frozen for long enough for the famous Frost Fair to take place with

Reaumur / Thermometer
Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683 - 1757), French naturalist and physicist, constructs the first thermometer. Date: 1730

Isaac Waltons House, Chancery Lane, London
Engraving showing the exterior of the house of Isaac Walton (1595-1683), the English biographer, author and father of angling

John Lambert / Ronjat
JOHN LAMBERT Parliamentary general during the Civil War

FROST FAIR OF 1683 / 4
A view of the Frost Fair held on the Thames. The stalls formed Friezland Street alias Blanket Fair and included a Tavern, Coffeehouse and Weavers

Youngs Night Thoughts
EDWARD YOUNG offers his book of poems to The Eternal, who, we may be sure, is enormously grateful

RAMEAU - 2
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU French musician

RAMEAU - 3
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU French musician

John Oldham, Poet
JOHN OLDHAM Poet and satirist

Colbert J-B / Leclerc
JEAN-BAPTISTE French statesman, Marquis de Seignelay, with King Louis XIV at Versailles

Colbert J-B / Vouquer
JEAN-BAPTISTE French statesman, Marquis de Seignelay

Caro Ansbach / Players / 39
CAROLINE OF ANSBACH Queen of George II, Daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach

Rene Reaumur / World Inven
RENE-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR French naturalist and physicist

J T Desaguliers
JOHN THEOPHILUS DESAGULIERS French Huguenot refugee in England, scientist, third grand master in Freemasons

Caro Ansbach / George II
CAROLINE OF ANSBACH Queen of George II, Daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach

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

Marie-Therese / Miniature
MARIE-THERESE OF AUSTRIA Spanish Queen of Louis XIV

Shaftesbury / 1st Earl / 73
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER 1st EARL of SHAFTESBURY English politician

Theatre / Sadlers Wells
Opening as the first musick house in 1683, Sadlers Well in London has been used for many types of performance and rebuilt several times

Map / West Indies 1683
Map of Cuba and Jamaica

Rene Reaumur / Metzeroth
RENE REAUMUR French scientist

MEDINA 1719 / 1683
A crowd of camel-borne pilgrims arrive at the gates of Medina, the holy city of Islam where the prophet Mohammad is buried

Izaak Walton Engraving
IZaK WALTON The writer and angler on the riverbank

Izaak Walton Pater
IZaK WALTON The writer and angler, Pater Piscatorum or Father of Fishers with his fishing rod

Imperial Palace, Tokyo
The Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Rat-Crown / Strasbourg
Rats found at Strasbourg with their tails tangled in a RAT-CROWN - the French call it the roi-des-rats

Siege of Vienna 1683
SIEGE OF VIENNA 138 thousand Turks are besieging Vienna when John Sobieski III of Poland comes to the rescue and routs the Turks with enormous losses

Anthony Shaftesbury
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, earl of SHAFTESBURY statesman. with his autograph

An Arab by Mallet 1683
A portrait of a Mahomet of Arabia wearing a bejewelled turban with feather and a fur- lined tunic and coat

Lines of Latitude 1683
Showing Africa, Europe, Asia, part of Australia, the two hemispheres, the equator and the lines of Latitude. With Dutch text and listed as plate no.15 (?)

Lines of Longitude 1683
Showing Africa, Europe, Asia, South Pole and part of Australia, the two hemispheres, the equator and the lines of Longitude

Map of India Etc / Mallet
Crude map of northern India, previous to any extensive colonisation, including parts of Pakistan & Bangladesh & the sources of two great rivers the Ganges & Indus

Suakin, Sudan / Mallet
A birds eye view of Suakin (Suaquen / Suaqyen) on the Red Sea a place with lots of mosques and palm trees. The local boats are dhow / dow with single sails & oars

Ascension Island 1683
A birds eye view of a rocky island surrounded by shipping and big sea birds. There seems to be a bit of a set-to between three ships who are surrounded by cannon smoke

Iedo, Japan Mallet 1683
A view from high ground of the city of Iedo showing a systems of fields under cultivation, a winding river and a densely packed town in the background

Great Seal of George II
GEORGE II, KING OF ENGLAND The Great Seal of George II. No perfect impression is known to exist

Frost Fair / London 1683-4
LONDON - Frost fair on the River Thames

George Ii / Miniature
George Ii, King of England

Transport / Submarines
BORELLOs submarine project

Cuba / Havana from Sea
HAVANA from the sea

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