1689 Collection (page 2)

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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