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Metamorphosis insectorum SurinamensiumHand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. 1726 edition. Date: 1726
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)
Jonathan SwiftSWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)
Christian Felix WeisseCHRISTIAN FELIX WEISSE German writer Date: 1726 - 1804
Humphrey WanleyHUMPHREY WANLEY antiquary and librarian Date: 1672 - 1726
Johann Georg TromlitzJOHANN GEORG TROMLITZ German musician Date: 1726 - 1805
John Smith, JudgeJOHN SMITH Scottish judge, chief baron of the exchequer in Scotland Date: 1657 - 1726
Sir George SavileSIR GEORGE SAVILE statesman, concerned with the Calder navigation Date: 1726 - 1784
Pugachov in ChainsYEMELYAN IVANOVICH PUGACHOV Russian Cossack soldier who proclaimed himself Tsar Peter III and led a rebellion against Catherine II Date: 1726 - 1775
Thomas Pennant - 2THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798
Thomas Pennant - 3THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798
Louise Duchesse OrleansLOUISE HENRIETTE de Bourbon- Conti, duchesse d ORLEANS first wife of duc Louis Philippe I, daughter of Louis Armand II prince de Conti. Date: 1726 - 1759
John MacgowanJOHN MACGOWAN Baptist churchman, minister at Devonshire Square, London. Date: 1726 - 1780
Comtesse De LudeMARGUERITE LOUISE de BETHUNE, comtesse de LUDE French aristocrat Date: ? - 1726
James Earl LoudounJAMES MURE-CAMPBELL, fifth earl of LOUDOUN Scottish military commander Date: 1726 - 1786
Peter KolbenPETER KOLBEN German traveller Date: 1675 - 1726
William JonesWILLIAM JONES English churchman, vicar of Nayland, Suffolk, and theological writer. Date: 1726 - 1800
Howards Birthplace - 1JOHN HOWARDs birthplace at Clapton. Date: 1726
John Howard StatueJOHN HOWARD prison reformer, depicted allegorically with a key with which to open prison doors to release those erroneously incarcerated. Date: 1726 - 1790
Howards Birthplace EtcThe prison reformer JOHN HOWARDs birthplace at Clapton and the house wherein he resided at Cardington, in Bedfordshire. Date: 1726
John HowardJOHN HOWARD prison reformer and fellow of the Royal Society. Date: 1726 - 1790
Seger Jacob HelmontSEGER JACOB VAN HELMONT Flemish artist Date: 1683 - 1726
Sir George HamiltonSIR GEORGE HAMILTON Scottish royalist Date: 1643 - 1726
Sir David DalrympleSIR DAVID DALRYMPLE, Lord Hailes Scottish judge and historian Date: 1726 - 1792
HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759). German Baroque composer, naturalized British in 1726. Oil on canvas
PRANDTAUER, JAKOB (1660-1726). MELKPRANDTAUER, Jakob (1660-1726). Melk Abbey. 1702-1736. Monastery church. AUSTRIA. Melk. Melk Abbey. Baroque art
Charles CaesarCHARLES CAESAR Statesman, MP, Treasurer of the Royal Navy. Date: 1664 - 1726
William Earl CadoganWILLIAM first earl CADOGAN British military commander Date: 1675 - 1726
Charles BurneyCHARLES BURNEY Musician, author of The history of Music, father of Fanny Burney. Date: 1726 - 1814
Stoneleigh Abbey is the largest house in Warwickshire, England. The impressive facade of the West Wing dates from 1726 and was designed by Francis Smith of Warwick. Date: 18th century
Philip Affleck AdmiralPHILIP AFFLECK Rear Admiral of the White, Commander in Chief in Jamaica and the Bahamas. Date: 1726 - 1799
Gulliver / BlefuscudiansGulliver seizes the enemys fleet - the Blefuscudians. Date: First published: 1726
Gulliver & the ApplesGulliver & the apples: apples came tumbling about my ears... Date: First published: 1726
Gulliver & ClothesThe Lilliputian tailors measure Gulliver for a new suit of clothes. Date: First published: 1726
Emperor of LilliputThe Emperor of Lilliput reviews his troops. Date: First published: 1726
The Struldbrugs / GulliverGULLIVER IN LUGGNAGG The Struldbrugs live for ever, and are exceedingly unhappy about it, becoming foolish, opinionative, peevish, unloving and unloved... Date: First published: 1726
Laputian Gent WalkingGULLIVER IN LAPUTA A scholar of Laputa, out walking, must be accompanied by a servant who prevents him from accident, so deep is he likely to be in his thoughts. Date: First published: 1726
Pretended rabbit breeder Mary ToftsUndated photograph of engraving of pretend rabbit-breeder Mary Tofts. HPG/1/13/2 (xviii)
Gulliver & the YahoosGulliver meets a Yahoo
Danican (Philidor)Known by the family nickname Philidor, Francois-Andre Danican became one of the noted chess players of the 18th century, devising Philidors defence
Marriage Custom, PanamaNeighbours clear the ground where the newly-weds will make their home
Help from Indian DeityAn Indian patient is taken to the temple of Ixora, in the hope that the deity will reward his faith by restoring him to health
Tutelary Deity Chin-HoanCHIN HOAN, a tutelary (protective) deity
Guinea WorshipPeople of Guinea, West Africa, place gifts and dance before a sacred tree in hope that the god who lives in it will give them what they want
Richard Howe / WedgwoodRICHARD 1ST EARL HOWE MP and English Naval Officer
Marriage Ceremony, PanamaMarriage ceremony among the natives of Panama - gifts are offered, music and dancing, as the veiled bride is presented to the groom
Chinese Deity of FortuneChinese god of Immortality, to which they sacrifice believing this will bring them good fortune
Lincing DeityDeity named LIN-SING (?) by the Dutch ambassadors (note the enormous size of the idol)
