1724 Collection (page 3)

Felipe V at Madrid
Felipe V, formerly duc d Anjou, rides into Madrid with his queen, but the Spanish are less than delighted, war breaks out and he will abdicate in 1724

Robert Harley of Oxford
ROBERT HARLEY, first earl of OXFORD statesman, and collector of manuscripts

Ash Wednesday Custom
On ASH WEDNESDAY, the first day of Lent, Catholics go to church to be marked on the forehead with a cross in ash, as a sign of penitence

Washing Feet of Poor
On Holy Thursday before Easter, the feet of twelve poor people are washed, in memory of Jesus washing the feet of his twelve disciples

Adoring the Cross
On Good Friday, Catholics go to the altar to adore the crucifix

Yogi Self-Mutilators
Indians who mutilate themselves by slashing their bodies

Mass / Taking Bread
Taking the sacramental bread

Chopping Onions
Chopping onions for a ragout

KLOPSTOCK
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock German Writer

Pope Innocens XIII
POPE INNOCENS XIII (Michelangelo dei Conti)

George Stubbs / Humphrey
GEORGE STUBBS English painter known chiefly for accurate paintings of horses

Immanuel Kant (Hagemann)
IMMANUEL KANT German philosopher

German Military 1724-38
GERMAN Soldier, Officer and Drummer of Wurttemberg

St Luke / Royaumont 1724
SAINT LUKE the Evangelist busy writing his book; hes fond of the bull, but he keeps a vase of flowers between it and him, to disguise the smell

JAMES PUCKLE / 1667 - 1724
JAMES PUCKLE Writer, and inventor of the first machine gun

Henry Sacheverel / Anon En
HENRY SACHEVEREL Controversial English clergyman

John Michell
JOHN MICHELL astronomer, founder of the New Foundation at Queens College, Oxford

Richard Tattersall
RICHARD TATTERSALL Racehorse auctioneer and founder of Tattersalls in 1776

John Smeaton / Woodman
JOHN SMEATON English civil engineer

Carl Theodor / Bavaria
CARL THEODOR of PFALZ and BAVARIA Kurfurst of Pfalz (from 1743) and Bavaria (1777-99)

Masons Ridiculed
English masons mocked by the Order of Gormogons, a society for ridiculing freemasonry which claimed to have been founded by the Emperor of China

Yogi Penitents
A group of Yogi penitents

Solar Eclipse 1724
The various stages of a solar eclipse observed in 1724

1st Viscount Hood (1813)
SAMUEL, 1ST VISCOUNT HOOD British naval commander

Samuel Derrick
SAMUEL DERRICK Poet, and Master of Ceremonies at Bath

Robert Earl Oxford
ROBERT HARLEY, earl of OXFORD statesman, impeached for treason but acquitted. with his autograph

Pope Benedictus XIII
POPE BENEDICTUS XIII (Pietro Francesco Orsini- Gravina)

Friedrich Klopstock
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock German Writer

LAURENS (1724-1792)
HENRY LAURENS American Revolutionary statesman, Virginia planter

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