1740s Collection

George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742
George Whitefield(1714-1770), nonconformist preacher, depicted preaching under difficult circumstances at Moorfields Fair on Whit Monday, 1742. 1742

Margaret Murray recruiting for the Jacobites, 1745
Margaret Fergusson Murray, Jacobite supporter and wife of (later turncoat) John Murray of Broughton, recruits supporters to the cause and distributes white cockades, the symbol of the Jacobite cause

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

Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender) is helped to escape by boat from Scotland. 1746

The Chevalier de Saint-George of the ship Invincible surrenders his sword to Admiral Anson after the First Battle of Cape Finisterre between Great Britain and France, 14 May 1747

Cartoon, At the camp of Maurice de Saxe (1745). Elegant ladies of the theatre step out of a carriage and are kissed on the hand by the French general and Marshal of France

Four types of Uniforms worn by Worcestershire Regiment
Four types of Uniforms worn by the Worcestershire Regiment - 1694, 1747, 1808, 1915 Date: 1694-1915

Richardson, Johnson and Garrick in Tunbridge Wells
The remarkable characters who were at Tunbridge Wells with Samuel Richardson in 1748 including Dr Samuel Johnson and David Garrick Date: 1748

Beating the Charge at the Battle of Dettingen, 27 June 1743 Date: 1743

Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart
The Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart aka Bonnie Prince Charlie, proclaimed at Perth, 1745 Date: 1745

Evening Service, Eve of the Battle of Prestonpans, 1745 Date: 1745

King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Bavaria, Germany), 27 June 1743, part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

The Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1746

The Salute at the Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). Date: 1745

Grenadier of the Foot Guards with grenade and match alight, Battle of Prestonpans (or Battle of Gladsmuir), East Lothian, Scotland, 21 September 1745, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1745

Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746
Scene at the Battle of Culloden, near Inverness, Scotland, 16 April 1746. 1746

Anxious to Please - Le Desir De Plaire. 1743

Map of London by John Rocque, 1745. 1745

Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender
Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), the Young Pretender, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. 1745

King Louis XV of France (1710-1774). 1741

British Military Uniform - Royal English Fusiliers. 1742

View of the City from Somerset House Gardens, London. 1747

The City of Prague, now in the Czech Republic. 1742

The City of Egra, West Bengal, NE India
The City of Egra, West Bengal, north east India. 1742

Crown Prince of Sweden meeting Emperor of Russia
The Crown Prince of Sweden meeting the Emperor of Russia at Abo (Turku, now in Finland). Probably at the time of the Treaty of Abo, marking the end of the Russo-Swedish War (1741-1743). 18th century

Knot porter 1746
Knot porter from London, carrying lots of parcels on his back. 1746

A Scottish Jacobite Soldier playing the bagpipes. circa 1745

Bonnie Prince Charlie in hiding in the moors of Scotland
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788) - the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain in hiding in a cave in Scotland

CHINA CLAY / DOCKYARD
Transporting China Clay from Charlestown, near St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

CHINA CLAY / UNLOADED
Shooting a lorry-load of china clay into the hold of a waiting steamer. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St. Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

The Old Gaol, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghams castle-like town prison was erected in 1748. It was closed following the nationalisation of the prison system in 1877

London Trade Card - Jeane Tempell, Chimney Sweep
London Trade Card - Jeane Tempell, a woman Chimney Sweep, Nutners Street (now Macklin Street, off Drury Lane), Holborn. circa 1740s

Transporting China Clay from St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

Fort Montagu, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies, built in the early 1740s. Date: circa 1910

Street music: hurdy gurdy player, 1740
A 18th century hurdy gurdy player performing on the streets of Paris. Date: 1740

Street music: Parisian musician
A street musician in Paris, 1740

Foundling Hospital, Redhill, Surrey
The Foundling Hospital at Redhill, Surrey. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London

Salle, Dancer
MADEMOISELLE SALLE dancer at the Paris Opera, rival of Camargo, who had great sucess in London in the 1740s. (from a picture by Lancret.) Date: flourished 1720s-1740s

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