1698 Collection

The Eddystone Lighthouse of 1698
Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse, built by Henry Winstanley in 1698, which was destroyed in a storm in 1703

Greycoat School, London
Greycoat Place, Westminster : A charity school founded for the education of poor boys and girls

French noblewoman playing the game of solitaire, 1698. She sits at a table on a terrace in front of a garden with fountain. After an engraving published by Antoine Trouvain

Old Whitehall Palace was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, except for Inigo Joness Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire

Early English Post Phaeton Carriage. From the collection of the City of Nottingham Art Museum. Date: 1698

Conquest of Mexico
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-21). Construction of the Villa Rica of La Vera Cruz, with the help of the Totonac Indians. Detail

Peter the Great at Deptford, SE London Date: 1698

St Peter's Hospital, Bristol
A view of St Peter's Hospital, Bristol - formerly the city's Mint workhouse, established in 1698. The building is partially half-timbered and has leaded light windows

Whitehall Stairs
View of Whitehall Stairs leading up from the River Thames to the The Palace of Whitehall at Westminster, was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698. Date: 1875

LOUISE ADELAIDE ORLEANS
LOUISE ADELAIDE DORLEANS mademoiselle de Chartres After she became a nun - as Abbess of Chelles - in 1717. Date: 1698 - 1743

LONG WORM
A tapeworm taken from a patient in Paris by Dr Nicolas ?Antry on 9th June 1698 which measured 4 fathoms long before it broke off! Date: 1698

Caleb Fleming
CALEB FLEMING Churchman Date: 1698 - 1779

Model of warship William Rex, 1698. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam
Holland. Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum. Interior of a room with model of the William Rex warship. Cornelis Moesman, Adriaen de Vriend, 1698

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Jean-Paul Duc De Brissac
JEAN PAUL TIMOLEON LOUIS DE COSSE, duc de BRISSAC, French military commander, Marechal de France. Date: 1698 - 1780

Charles Dufay, French chemist and scholar
Charles Francois de Cisternay Dufay (Du Fay), French chemist, scholar, and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi. He discovered the existence of electric charges

May Day Dance in 1698
May Day Dance -- two women dance while a man plays the fiddle. 1698

Conquest of Mexico (1519). attempt to pull down the cross fa
Conquest of Mexico (1519). Detail of the attempt to pull down the cross facing the idols and stone throwing and arrow shots against Montezuma (1466-1520). Conching by Miguel Gonza?lez (1698). Detail

Conquest of Mexico (1519). Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) enterin
Conquest of Mexico (1519). Detail of Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) entering Cempoal and receiving chief Gordo Quauhtlaebana who gives meat and presents to all the Spaniards

Paul Thomas Fosse
PAUL THOMAS, seigneur du FOSSE French churchman and writer of edifying books. Date: 1634 - 1698

John Ellis, Writer
JOHN ELLIS Scrivener, political writer, poet and translator, deputy for Broad Street Ward, London, friend of Dr Johnson who much admired his skill and wit. Date: 1698 - 1790

Jean-Paul Comte De Cosse
JEAN-PAUL de COSSE, comte de BRISSAC French military commander, from a distinguished warrior family. Date: 1698 - 1784

Richard C Henevix
RICHARD CHENEVIX Anglican bishop of Waterford, Ireland. Date: 1698 - 1779

George Earl of Berkeley
GEORGE, first earl of BERKELEY Statesman, supporter of Charles II, acquired lands in South Africa, elected to the Royal Society for no obvious reason beyond his title. Date: 1628 - 1698

James Ashley, Merchant
JAMES ASHLEY Brandy merchant, keeper of the London Punch House. Date: 1698 - 1776

William Aldridge (113)
WILLIAM ALDRIDGE Wheelwright of Acton, Middlesex, who lived for 113 years : he was 112 when this portrait was made. Date: 1584 - 1698

Francesca Cuzzoni / Flower
FRANCESCA CUZZONI Italian soprano, particularly in Handel opera: her rivalry with Faustina Bordoni led to a fight on stage in 1727 Date: 1698 - 1770

Jacob Houbraken
JACOB HOUBRAKEN Dutch engraver Date: 1698 - 1780

Albertje Kuyskens (102)
ALBERTJE KUYSKENS Dutch lady, who ended her days in an almshouse at Haarlem Date: 1698 - 1800

Hercules Humphreys (102)
HERCULES HUMPHREYS Resident of Elnsham, Oxfordshire : who at age 100 gave evidence at a trial, showing that he retained his faculties to the end. Date: 1698 - 1800

Louise Adelaide Orleans
LOUISE ADELAIDE D ORLEANS mademoiselle de Chartres noble who became Abbess of Chelles after becoming a nun in 1717. Date: 1698 - 1743

Boyars Beards Trimmed
In his efforts to introduce Western customs into Russia, Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards. This satire shows him trimming the beard of a Boyar. Date: 1698

Sir Robert Howard / Knelle
SIR ROBERT HOWARD Royalist and dramatist Date: 1628 - 1698

1690 / Boyars Robes Cut
Peter the Greats policy of Westernisation includes a decree that courtiers and officials wear Western clothes. Thus the long robes of the Boyars are shortened. Date: 1698

1690 / Boyars Sleeves Cut
Peter the Greats policy of Westernisation includes a decree that courtiers and officials wear Western clothes. Here he cuts the long sleeves of the Boyars. Date: 1698

William Cavendish (1698 - 1755), third Duke of Devonshire and a British statesman. Date: circa 1740

Jamaica - Jacmel
Slide showing a photograph of Jacmel from the sea. Jacmel is a town on the coast in southern Haiti founded in 1698.. Part of Box 108. Boswell Collection. Slide number 3

Ohilip Duke Wharton
PHILIP first duke of WHARTON statesman and poet Date: 1698 - 1731

Germain De Saint-Foix
GERMAIN FRANCOIS POULLAIN de SAINT-FOIX French writer. Date: 1698 - 1776

Janne De Rohan
JEANNE PELAGIE CHABOT de ROHAN, dame de Montlieu, second wife of Alexandre, prince de Melun Date: 1653 - 1698

Cesar Pierre Richelet
CESAR PIERRE RICHELET French lexicographer Date: 1631 - 1698

Agnes Marquise De Prie 2
JEANNE AGNES BERTHELOT de PLENEUF, marquise de PRIE French adventuress, mistress of the duc de Bourbon Date: 1698 - 1727

Agnes Marquise De Prie 1
JEANNE AGNES BERTHELOT de PLENEUF, marquise de PRIE French adventuress, mistress of the duc de Bourbon Date: 1698 - 1727

Edward & Edward Pierce
EDWARD PIERCE the elder (died 1698) and EDWARD PIERCE the younger, who presumably lived into the 18th century... the younger, like his father, was a sculptor by profession. Date: ? - 1698

August Pfeiffer
AUGUST PFEIFFER German churchman and oriental scholar. Date: 1640 - 1698

Paolo Paruta
PAOLO PARUTA Venetian historian Date: 1540 - 1698

Richard Morton
RICHARD MORTON Medical practitioner in London, known for his diagnosing from urine. Date: 1637 - 1698

Baptist May
BAPTIST MAY Statesman, keeper of the Privy Purse for Charles II. Date: 1629 - 1698

William Kingsley 2
General WILLIAM KINGSLEY Soldier, governor of Fort William. Date: 1698 - 1769

William Kingsley
General WILLIAM KINGSLEY Soldier, governor of Fort William. Date: 1698 - 1769

Claude Brousson
CLAUDE BROUSSON French protestant minister, hanged for his views after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Date: 1647 - 1698

Johann Jacob Bodmer
JOHANN JACOB BODMER Swiss writer in German. Date: 1698 - 1783

Edme Bouchardon
EDME BOUCHARDON French sculptor. Date: 1698 - 1762

Edme Bouchardon - 2
EDME BOUCHARDON French sculptor, with the tools of his trade. Date: 1698 - 1762

St-Albin / Charles / Costume
CHARLES DE ST-ALBIN Bishop and Duke of Laon Date: 1698 -

George I / Fursten
GEORGE I King of England (reigned 1714-27) also Elector of Hanover from 1698 Date: 1660 - 1727

Charles Mason / Scholar
CHARLES MASON Scholar; Fellow of Trinity College and Woodwardian Professor in the University of Cambridge. Date: 1698 - 1770

L Muggleton / Wood / Kennerl
LODOWICKE MUGGLETON English Puritan, founder of the Muggletonian Sect

Pietro Metastasio - 2
PIETRO ANTONIO DOMENICO BONAVENTURA TRAPASSI, known as METASTASIO Italian writer known especially for his 26 melodramas

Peter as Hairdresser
Determined to westernise his country, Peter forbids the wearing of beards at court and taxes those who retain them : he personally shaves some of his boyar entourage

Panama / Nombre De Dios
A view of the coast of Panama at the time of the Scottish Darien expedition

William Winstanley Writer

William Holder
WILLIAM HOLDER English churchman, canon of St Paul s, London

Sebastien Tillemont
SEBASTIEN LENAIN de TILLEMONT French historian and churchman

P. L. M. De Maupertuis
PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS French mathematician, astronomer and philosopher

Maclaurin / Colin / Page
COLIN MACLAURIN Scottish mathematician

Maupertuis in Lapland
PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS (1698 - 1759) French mathematician and astronomer sent to Lapland by Louis XV to measure a degree of longitude

Darien Expedition 1698
DARIEN EXPEDITION A view of the Darien Isthmus, Panama at the time of the Scottish colony established there in November 1698 (it failed in 1699)

Jean-Baptiste Papillon
JEAN-BAPTISTE PAPILLON (or Jean Michel P.) French engraver

John Jortin
JOHN JORTIN English churchman, vicar of Kensington, church historian

Saverys Steam Engine
Thomas Saverys Steam Engine

Pietro Metastasio
PIETRO ANTONIO DOMENICO BONAVENTURA TRAPASSI, known as METASTASIO Italian writerknown especially for his 26 melodramas

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