1730s Collection

Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean. English folk or fairy tale that appeared in this form in 1734, and later became Jack and the Beanstalk. Date: Late 18th Century

Alexey Ivanovich Tevkelev, Kutlu-Mohammed Tevkelev (1674-1766), Tatar Murza (aristocrat), Russian diplomat and soldier, founder of the city of Chelyabinsk, major general

General view of Manchester and Salford as they were in 1730, before the industrial revolution changed the emphasis from agriculture to factories and machinery. Date: 1730

The Pyramids of Egypt and the Sphinx. circa 1735

Social gathering in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Social gathering of friends and family to prepare for a wedding in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in which the guests put together leaves, flowers and coins to throw over the couple at the wedding

Social gathering in Holland to celebrate an engagement
Social gathering of friends and family in Holland to celebrate an engagement Date: 1735

The Man of Taste, by William Hogarth Date: circa 1731

A Baptism according to the Greek Church in Russia Date: circa 1730s

Nadir (Nader) Shah of Iran crowning himself on 8 March 1736 Date: 1736

The Laughing Audience by William Hogarth Date: 1733

Mademoiselle de Beaujolais, by Jean-Marc Nattier
Philippine Elisabeth d'Orleans, Mademoiselle de Beaujolais (1714-1734) by Jean-Marc Nattier Date: circa 1730s

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Date: 1734

LYING IN STATE, ENGLAND
A dead person's shrouded corpse lies open for all to see, while servants offer food and drink to sustain the grieving mourners Date: 1737

The Feoffees House or Feoffees Hall, erected as a parish workhouse in the 1730s at Ecclesfield, near Sheffield, West Yorkshire. Date: Unknown

The Calves Head Club, Suffolk Street, London. Date: circa 1735

Aerial view of Red Lion Square, Holborn, London, in about 1730, with fields visible in the near distance. The villages of Hampstead, Highgate and Islington can be seen on the horizon. Date: 1730

Map of Hispaniola (San Domingo, Haiti), West Indies. The island is now divided into two separate nations: Haiti to the west (French Creole-speaking)

Title page, Histoire de l Isle Espagnole ou de S. Domingue [History of the Spanish Island or of San Domingo], based on the memoirs of Jean-Baptiste le Pers, Jesuit priest and missionary

Sarah Liston as Queen Dollalolla in Tom Thumb
Sarah Liston as Queen Dollalolla in Henry Fieldings play, Tom Thumb. 1730

Lutheran wedding in Holland
A Lutheran wedding in Holland. Date: 1737

Strolling beggars in China knocking their heads together and on a stone in order to extort alms. Date: 1737

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Evening
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 3. Evening. The original Sadlers Wells Theatre building can be seen on the left. A cow is being milked, suggesting that it is around five oclock

Irene - a play by Samuel Johnson
Irene is a Neoclassical tragedy written between 1726 and 1749 by Samuel Johnson. Johnsons main source for the story of Irene was Richard Knolless Generall Historie of the Turkes (1603)

Balthasar Nebot - Gardens of Hartwell House, Aylesbury - 2 / 8
One of a series of eight paintings by Balthasar Nebot (active 1729-1765) showing the spectacular garden landscape of Hartwell House, just outside Aylesbury, in 1738

Old Batchelor benefit performance for Joe Miller
The Old Batchelor, benefit performance for Joe Miller at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Joseph Miller (1684-1738) was an English actor who first played Sir Joseph Whittol in William Congreves

Old fire engine and other equipment in a museum: an ancient fly wheel manual fire engine from Windsor Castle, built by Merryweathers predecessors, Hadley & Simpkin, in 1735; fire apparatus of 1666

Handel performance announcement, 1732
An announcement of two performances of Esther by Handel in 1732 at the Kings Theatre, Haymarket on 2nd May 1732, and York Buildings, Villars Street on 20th April 1732. Date: 1732

Fireworks on the River Seine, Paris, on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Louise Elisabeth of France (the eldest daughter of King Louis XV) to the Infante Philip

A Young Moor with a Still Life of Fruit, by Tobias Stranover (1684-1756). Date: 1731

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