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Edward ColstonEDWARD COLSTON Philanthropist of Bristol
South Sea Bubble / 1721THE SOUTH-SEA BUBBLE A satire on Mr. Knight, the cashier of the South -Sea Company, who fled the country as the situation became too hot
Boys on an 18th century fire engine, WirksworthBoys playing on an 18th century fire engine at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It was believed to be the oldest fire engine in England, dating back to 1721, made by Newsome
Grinling Gibbons / EvelynGRINLING GIBBONS English woodcarver and sculptor, with John Evelyn at the door, about to discover him
Protective DressProtective dress worn by French doctors attending plague victims in Marseille and elsewhere
ST. BARTS / 1721 / PLANA general external view of the buildings which make up Saint Bartholomews Hospital in Smithfield, London
Worcester GuildhallThe fine Assembly Room of Worcester Guildhall, which was built between 1721 and 1724 and occupies the site of a much earlier building. Date: Built 1721 - 1724
Marquis De MontcalmLOUIS-JOSEPH, marquis de MONTCALM-GOZON French commander in Canada
Isaac Fawkes, the Slight of Hand MaUndated hand coloured engraving of Isaac Fawkes, the " Slight of Hand Man", and enlargement of acrobats from Bartholomew Fair print. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"
Marquis of Granby - 1John Manners, marquis of GRANBY military commander
Tobias Smollett / FreemanTOBIAS SMOLLETT Scottish novelist
Captain RobertsBARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS Captain Roberts, the pirate with sword in hand and tricorn hat
ELIHU YALE English colonial administrator; early benefactor of the college which adopted his name in 1718
Fowler Ploughing Engine £15336 Yorkshire Lad, reg DO 1721, at Stamford on 27 June 1970. Date: 1970
TURKISH AMBASSADOR 1721Yirmisekiz Mehmed Celebi Efendi (c. 1670?1732), (Mehmed Efendi or Mehemet Effendi), special ambassador from the Sultan of Turkey to the court of Louis XV in France. Date: 1721
PRODIGY : HEINECKENCHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HEINECKEN (1721 - 1725), known as The Infant of Lubeck, had mathematical and memory gifts, wide knowledge of history and geography, and predicted his own death at 4
VIRGINIAN ROYAL TOMBTomb in which the bodies of the kings of Virginia are preserved Date: 1721
FLORIDA CHIEF DIESA Florida tribe mourns its dead chief, whose body is ritually burned Date: 1721
Guys Hospital dates from 1721, when it was founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy, who had made a fortune as a publisher of unlicensed Bibles. Date: 1875
Belsize HouseView of Belsize House in 1800. Belsize House was rebuilt in 1663 in the restoration style. In 1720 it opened as a pleasure garden with concerts, dancing, fishing, hunting and racing
Oxford MarketA view of Oxford Market shortly before its demolition around 1880. A small arcaded building east of Great Portland Street, built in 1721. Date: 1875
THE OLD BULL AND BUSHDating back to 1645, when it was a farmhouse, the building received its license to sell ale in 1721. A haunt for literary scholars and artists, including William Hogarth. Date: 1960s
Great Northern War (1700-1721). Swedish cavalry squadron in the Battle of Gadebusch of December 20, 1712 against the troops of Denmark, Norway and Saxony
Georg WedelGEORG WOLFGANG WEDEL German physician and astrologer Date: 1645 - 1721
Johann Nikolas GoetzJOHANN NIKOLAS GOETZ German churchman and writer Date: 1721 - 1781
Granville Marq. StaffordGRANVILLE LEVESON-GOWER, first marquess of STAFFORD statesman Date: 1721 - 1803
Duke of CumberlandA picture to rouse the wrath of any Highlander - the duke of Cumberland after his decisive victory at Culloden - which he followed up with brutal repressions
Francis Lord GardenstoneFRANCIS GARDEN, lord GARDENSTONE : Scottish judge, riding, followed by a running boy, kilted but barefoot, and accompanied by a very small dog. Date: 1721 - 1793
Dmitri GolitsynDMITRI MIKHAYLOVICH GOLITSYN (variously spelt Galitsin &c) Russian nobleman, statesman serving Peter the Great. Date: 1721 - 1793
James ElphinstonJAMES ELPHINSTON teacher, author and translator whose version of Martials epigrams was sadly ridiculed. Date: 1721 - 1809
John Egerton, BishopJOHN EGERTON Lord Bishop of Durham depicted in profile Date: 1721 - 1787
Sir William DraperSIR WILLIAM DRAPER British general and political controversialist, opponent of the mysterious Junius. Date: 1721 - 1787
John Douglas, BishopJOHN DOUGLAS Lord Bishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, depicted in all his finery as both bishop and Garter Knight. Date: 1721 - 1807
Wm Duke Cumberland(Gj)WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, duke of CUMBERLAND, third son of George II. Military commander, depicted as victorious warrior. Date: 1721 - 1765
Wm Duke Cumberland BoyWILLIAM AUGUSTUS, duke of CUMBERLAND, third son of George II. Military commander - but here as a youth. Date: 1721 - 1765
William D CumberlandWILLIAM AUGUSTUS, DUKE CUMBERLAND, third son of George II. Military commander, depicted in profile Date: 1721 - 1765
Wm Duke CumberlandWILLIAM AUGUSTUS, duke of CUMBERLAND, third son of George II. Military commander, depicted full length. Date: 1721 - 1765
William Collins MonumentWILLIAM COLLINS Writer of odes and so on, friend of Johnson and other notables of the day. Date: 1721 - 1759
Henry Seymour Conway 1HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY British military commander, an active if not brilliant soldier : friend of Horace Walpole. Date: 1721 - 1795
Henry Seymour Conway 2HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY British military commander, an active if not brilliant soldier : friend of Horace Walpole. Date: 1721 - 1795
Henry Seymour Conway 3HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY British military commander, an active if not brilliant soldier : friend of Horace Walpole - this portrait was in his collection. Date: 1721 - 1795
Giovanni Battista CastiGIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTI Italian writer Date: 1721 - 1803
Thomas BlacklockTHOMAS BLACKLOCK Blind Scottish churchman and writer. Date: 1721 - 1791
Benedetto BacchiniBENEDETTO BACCHINI Italian cleric and scholar of Parma, holding a theological book on the ecclesiastical hierarchy of which he is no doubt the proud author. Date: 1651 - 1721
Benoit AudranBENOIT AUDRAN French engraver (this is a specimen of his work) Date: 1661 - 1721
Marc Marquis D argensonMarc Rene Devoyer, marquis d ARGENSON French magistrate and police chief in Paris under Louis XIV. Date: 1652 - 1721
Mark AkensideMARK AKENSIDE The author of Pleasures of Imagination Date: 1721 - 1770
Marquis of Granby - 4John Manners, marquis of GRANBY military commander, depicted in the act of relieving the distress of a poor soldier and his family Date: 1721 - 1770
