1721 Collection (page 3)

Gathering in the Park by WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721). View of one of the fountains at the park of Saint Cloud. Rococo art

John Dk Buckinghamshire
JOHN SHEFFIELD, first duke of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE statesman and poet Date: 1648 - 1721

James Craggs - 2
JAMES CRAGGS Statesman, Secretary of State, implicated in the South Sea Bubble financial scandal. Date: 1657 - 1721

William Collins, Writer
WILLIAM COLLINS Writer whose poetical career commenced at age 12 (this engraving shows him at 14); friend of Johnson and other luminaries of the time. Date: 1721 - 1759

Akensides Birthplace
MARK AKENSIDEs BIRTHPLACE on Butcher-bank, Newcastle upon Tyne. His father was a substantial butcher. Date: 1721

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

William / Cumberland / Medal
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS DUKE OF CUMBERLAND 3rd son of George II, he fought in the Battle of Culloden

Guys Hospital, Southwark
A sketch showing the new building at Guys Hospital in 1852. Guys Hospital founded in 1721 by Thomas Guy, on a site near London Bridge. He died four years later but left a large fund for the hospital

John Douglas, Bishop - 2
JOHN DOUGLAS Lord Bishop of Salisbury

Duc De LA Force
Satire on the activities of Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force : the discovery of hoards of foodstuffs and medicines caused immense scandal

Mme De Pompadour / Bettani
Madame de Pompadour A woman wears the fashions from the period of Louis XV

Mme De Pompadour / Latour
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON (MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR) - Mistress to Louis XV of France

Mme De Pompadour / Laguich
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON (MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR) - Mistress to Louis XV of France Date: 1721-1764

Pope Innocens XIII
POPE INNOCENS XIII (Michelangelo dei Conti)

Pompadour Older
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON marquise de POMPADOUR mistress of Louis XV of France

Pompadour Reading
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON marquise de POMPADOUR mistress of Louis XV of France

Pope Clemens XI
POPE CLEMENS XI (Gianfrancesco Albani)

POMPADOUR
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON, madame de POMPADOUR, mistress of Louis XV

Teutonic Grand Master
A Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (founded 1190)

Templar in House Dress
A Knight Templar in house costume

Jean-Antoine Watteau
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU French painter. Known especially for his Rococo series of conventional shepherds and shepherdesses and country dances series

James Craggs
JAMES CRAGGS English politician who accepted 30, 000 in South Sea Company stocks. Deeply implicated in bursting of South Sea Bubble"

Mme De Pompadour / Miniatu
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (Marquise De Pompadour) Mistress to Louis XV of France

Mme De Pompadour / Cig Cd
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (Marquise De Pompadour) Mistress to Louis XV of France

Tobias Smollett / Holloway
TOBIAS SMOLLETT Scottish novelist

Smollett / Horsburgh
TOBIAS SMOLLETT Scottish novelist

Selkirk Abandoned
ALEXANDER SELKIRK is marooned on Juan Fernandez by the Cinque Ports galley, and remains there for 4 years and 4 months till rescued 12 February 1709 by the Duke

Mme De Pompadour / Boucher
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON (MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR) - Mistress to Louis XV of France

NEWSHAMs ENGINE / 1721
Newshams Fire-engine, London

Virginian Fire-Worship
Fire-worship among native Virginians : they thank the fire when they have escaped or been delivered from danger

Worship, C18 Haiti
Religious ceremony of the inhabitants of Hispaniola, West Indies (today Haiti and Dominican Republic) - the god has heads of different animals, and a tail

Sir Robert Strange Engraver

Cartouche Portrait
LOUIS DOMINIQUE CARTOUCHE Celebrated French bandit, eventually cornered on a Paris rooftop

Mme De Pompadour / Costume
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON (MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR) - Mistress to Louis XV of France

Templar in War Dress
A Knight Templar dressed for combat

Alexander Selkirk
ALEXANDER SELKIRK castaway on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez 1704- 1709; while hunting a wild goat he has a near-fatal accident

1721 Frenchman on Horse
French Marshal of the Royal household on horseback

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