1689 Collection

John, Bonny Dundee
JOHN GRAHAM of Claverhouse, viscount DUNDEE (k.a. Bonny Dundee) a Scottish hero through his support for the Stuart cause, but will die at the battle of Killiecrankie

Siege of Londonderry
SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY A popular image depicting the successful defence of the city by the protestants against James II

Siege of Derry by Jacobite forces
The Irish Catholic Jacobite supporters of deposed King James cut off the vital supplies needed by the Protestant supporters of William and Mary at the Siege of Derry in 1689

British Coats of Arms
Royal coats of arms of Britain Henry VIII 1518, 1535; Elizabeth I 1576, 1578; Charles I; William & Mary 1689 Anne 1713; George I 1725; George II 1749; George III 1785

Hampton Court Stair Case
The Grand or Kings Staircase in the portion of the palace designed by Wren and built in 1689. The classically inspired walls & ceilings were painted by Antonio Verrio

JEFFREYS (1648 - 1689)
GEORGE JEFFREYS, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Lord Chief Justice (JUDGE JEFFREYS); Siezed at Wapping, attempting to flee the country disguised as a sailor in 1688

King James II landing at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, 12 March 1689

Defence of Londonderry, during the Siege of Derry, 18 April to 1 August 1689, part of the Williamite War in Ireland (1689-1691)

Lochiels charge at the Battle of Killiecrankie, Perthshire, Scotland, 27 July 1689, part of the Jacobite Rising of 1689. Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was fighting on the Jacobite side. Date: 1689

WILLIAM DUKE GLOUCESTER
WILLIAM duke of GLOUCESTER son of princess (later queen) Anne : his death at age 11 brought about the importation of those Hanoverians. with his autograph Date: 1689 - 1700

Bill of Rights ratified before Coronation of William & Mary
The Bill of Rights ratified prior to the Coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II Date: 1689

Pharmacy pitcher and vase from Naples, Italy. The pharmacy pitcher decorated with SP 1689 within a heraldic shield, and motto above A. CDIGARD. STELLAT

SETH WARD, BISHOP
SETH WARD churchman, bishop of Salisbury with his autograph Date: 1617 - 1689

RACINE / ESTHER
ESTHER Ahasuerus and Esther Date: 1689

Bishop Burnets House in St Johns Square, Clerkenwell, London, 1866. Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) was a Scottish philosopher, historian and cleric who became Bishop of Salisbury in 1689

Montesquieu
CHARLES LOUIS DE SECONDAT, baron de LA BREDE et de MONTESQUIEU French political philosopher, author of L Esprit des Lois

MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755)
CHARLES LOUIS DE SECONDAT, baron de MONTESQUIEU French philosopher

Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brede et de (1689-1755). French erudite philosopher and writer

Coronation of King William III and Queen Mary
Coronation of William III and Mary II, 11 April 1689 showing the moment William was crowned at Westminster Abbey by the Bishop of London

French Theatre / Beronte
Beronte ( receleur ) A character from L Intrigue des Filous by Claude de Lestoille. Date: 1689

Victoire de la Garnison D?Inniscilling fur les Irlandois, 1689. Etching published by A Schoonebeek, contemporary, from the Dutch series ?The Life of William III?, 1691 (c). Title in Dutch and French

Engraving with the city of Lisbon and the portrait of John V
Portugal. Lisbon. Panorama of the city with the portrait of John V of Portugal (1689-1750). Engraving, 18th century

Jakob Wil. Feuerlein
JAKOB WILHELM FEUERLEIN German churchman and theologian. Date: 1689 - 1766

Jeremy Collier, Churchman
JEREMY COLLIER Non-juring churchman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William & Mary in 1689. Date: 1650 - 1726

William Chamberlayne
WILLIAM CHAMBERLAYNE Physician and poet Date: 1619 - 1689

Thomas Cartwright
THOMAS CARTWRIGHT Churchman, bishop of Chester. Date: 1634 - 1689

John Baron Belasyse
JOHN, BARON BELASYSE Prominent royalist, wrongly accused by Oates and others of being a party to the imaginary Popish Plot. Date: 1614 - 1689

Miles Prance, Informer
MILES PRANCE, Catholic goldsmith who found fame during the Popish Plot as an informer, claiming to reveal the murderers of Edmund Berry Godfrey : perjurer, impostor. Date: flourished 1678 - 1689

Decio Azzolini
DECIO AZZOLINI Italian cardinal. Date: 1623 - 1689

Eliz Ctess Devonshire
Elizabeth Cecil, countess of DEVONSHIRE wife of William Cavendish, third earl Date: ? - 1689

French Invade / Germany
The French invasion of the Palatinate Date: 1689

Michael Johnson / Father
MICHAEL JOHNSON Father of Dr Samuel Johnson: Michael Johnson of Lichfield Date: 1689 - 1752

Madame De Motteville
FRANCOISE BERTAUT, madame de MOTTEVILLE French aristocrat, noted for her memoirs, biographer of Anne d Autriche. Wife of Nicolas Langlois. Date: 1621 - 1689

Racine / Mardochee
ESTHER Mardochee, Esthers uncle Date: first performed 1689

Richardson / Cook / Highmore
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer Date: 1689 - 1761

Richardson / Darton
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer Date: 1689 - 1761

Matthias Zimmermann
MATTHIAS ZIMMERMANN German churchman and educator of Leipzig Date: 1625 - 1689

Richard Sherlock
RICHARD SHERLOCK Churchman, rector of Winwick, opponent of the Quakers. Date: 1612 - 1689

Alexis Piron - 2
ALEXIS PIRON French writer, dining with two friends Colle and Gallet on either side of him. Date: 1689 - 1773

Alexis Piron - 1
ALEXIS PIRON French writer Date: 1689 - 1773

Second Earl Oxford
EDWARD HARLEY, second earl of OXFORD statesman Date: 1689 - 1741

Montesquieu Birthplace
The French philosopher MONTESQUIEU was born here in the chateau de la Brede, in the Gironde. All very picturesque, but it was probably damp in winter. Date: 1689

Peter Monamy, Artist
PETER MONAMY artist famed for his marine subjects Date: 1689 - 1849

JANE LANE (later Lady Fisher) young woman who helped Charles II escape the Parliamentarians. Date: ? - 1689

TACITUS, Publius Cornelius (55-120). Front page of Tacitus Works (Opera). Edition published in Antwerp in 1689

COOSEMANS, Alexander (1627-1689). Fruit Bowl. Flemish art. Oil on canvas

William Broome
WILLIAM BROOME Churchman, scholar and poet who collaborated with Pope in his translations of Homer, besides his original poetry. Date: 1689 - 1745

Richardson / Basire
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist with a scene from his novel, Clarissa, below Date: 1689 - 1761

Joseph Ames
JOSEPH AMES Bibliographer and antiquary

Mary Wortley Montagu
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU writer and traveller

LA Salles School
The exiled James II of England, a Catholic, visits Irish catholic students at La Salles school

Protestants Persecuted
Following the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, protestants are officially persecuted : troops disperse an assembly in Provence

Pope Alexander VIII
POPE ALEXANDER VIII (Pietro Ottoboni)

Wm & Mary-Bill of Rights
William and Mary Accept the bill of Rights

Newtons Dog Diamond
ISaC NEWTON His dog Diamond knocks over a lighted candle, destroying the results of years of work (circa 1689)

Richardson / Highmore
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer, seen with a book in his hand

Richardson / Ink Drawing
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer as a young man

Richardson / Chamberlin
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer

Montesquieu (Boilly)
CHARLES LOUIS DE SECONDAT, baron de MONTESQUIEU French philosopher, known especially for L Esprit des Lois

William Iii / Mary / Hooghe
King William III (1650-1702) and Queen Mary II (1662-94), seen here accepting the English crown

Christina / Sweden / Miniatu
QUEEN CHRISTINA of SWEDEN Reigned 1632-54, patron of arts and learning

Christina / Sweden / Fursten
QUEEN CHRISTINA of SWEDEN reigned 1632-54, patron of arts and learning

17th Century Seamen
Seamen of the Royal Navy during the reigns of Charles II and James II

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
JEAN-BAPTISTE TAVERNIER French traveller in Turkey, Persia, central Asia and the East Indies, depicted at the age of 74

Map of Slovenia 1689
The mountain JAVORNIKI is shown here to the north of the town CERKNIKA. In reality the town is north of the mountain

Thomas Sydenham 1624-89
THOMAS SYDENHAM English physician. A founder of clinical medicine and epidemiology

Hideous Deformity
Hideous growth observed and reported by Dr Georg Abraham Mercklin, German physician

John Lord Belasyse
JOHN, BARON BELASYSE Royalist soldier, given various offices at the Restoration but had to resign them being a Catholic. with his autograph

Pope Innocens XI
POPE INNOCENS XI (Benedetto Odescalchi) known as the Father of the Poor

Elizabeth Johnson
ELIZABETH (PORTER) JOHNSON Wife of Samuel Johnson

Racine / Esther
ESTHER Esther, queen of Persia

APHRA BEHN English dramatist and novelist

William & Mary Accession
Allegorical representation of the accession of William & Mary - Magna Carta and Liberty are in favour, not so the Pope

William & Mary Crowned
William & Mary are Offered the English Crown at Whitehall : they Accept it

William III and Mary II
William and Mary Accept the bill of Rights

Toilet / Dressing /
A French lady of quality at her dressing table just after getting out of bed

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