1748 Collection (page 3)

DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS (1748-1825). SAPPHO
CASTILLO, Jos del (1737-1793). Bird Hunter. Placed at the Palace of the Bourbons. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)

CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814); CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814). The Ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon at Aranjuez; The

Kazimierz Pulaski
KAZIMIERZ PULASKI PONIATOWSKI - sometime lover of Catherine the Great, but her devious foreign policy led to his abdication and the destruction of his country. Date: 1748 - 1779

Samuel Johnsons House
DR SAMUEL JOHNSONs house at 17 Gough Square, off Fleet Street, London. Johnston lived here from 1748 - 1759. Date: built 1700

John Charles Brooke
JOHN CHARLES BROOKE Antiquary and Somerset Herald, wearing his heralds costume. Date: 1748 - 1794

Ludwig Hoelty
LUDWIG HEINRICH CHRISTOPH HOELTY German writer who died at age 28 Date: 1748 - 1776

James Thomson / Ridley
JAMES THOMSON Scottish poet, best known for his nature poems, The Seasons Date: 1700 - 1748

Jan Theodor Vanderkemp
JAN THEODOR VANDERKEMP Dutch Soldier, Medical and Missionary in Africa Date: 1748 - 1811

J-J Burlamaqui
JEAN-JACQUES BURLAMAQUI Swiss writer Date: 1694 - 1748

Cumberland Stone - Culloden Moor. Found on the eastern side of the battlefield and reputedly where the Duke of Cumberland watched the Redcoats defeat Bonnie Prince Charlies Jacobite army at

Richard Greens Clock
Draught of a curious CLOCK in the possession of Mr Rich. Green of Litchfield

Frederick Earl Carlisle
FREDERICK HOWARD, 5th earl of CARLISLE statesman and writer, with George Selwyn, who is stroking a dog

Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes
EMMANUEL-JOSEPH SIEYES French revolutionary leader, appointed senator by Napoleon

James Thomson / Aikman
JAMES THOMSON Scottish poet at the age of 25, with cherubs

Somerset House 1748
The gardens of Somerset House - now replaced by the Embankment Gardens - beside the Thames : you can see Westminster Abbey and Hall in the far distance

St James Square 1748
Today the square is rich with trees : in Dr Johnsons day it looks rather bleak. The spire of St James, Piccadilly, rises in the distance : a posh carriage and sedan-chair pass

STRAND 1748
The Strand is the principal thoroughfare westwards from the City; a carriage, a cart, a sedan chair and a barrow pass St Mary s, typifying the diversity of urban traffic

Silk Processing
Silk-workers examine and prepare the silkworms Eggs in order to put them into Bags or Boxes for hatching

5th Duke of Devonshire
WILLIAM CAVENDISH 5th Duke of Devonshire

Jeremy Bentham / Freeman
JEREMY BENTHAM Philosopher and economist

William Kent / Bannerman
WILLIAM KENT Architect and landscape gardener

William Kent / Edwards
WILLIAM KENT Architect and landscape gardener

Adam Weishaupt / Webster
ADAM WEISHAUPT German mystic, philosopher and religious leader

3RD HORSE / 1687
3rd Horse (became the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1748)

Isaac Watts (Graves)
ISaC WATTS divine and writer

Isaac Watts (Freeman)
ISaC WATTS divine and writer

Marie-Olympe Gouges
MARIE-OLYMPE GOUGES French writer and revolutionary, who quarreled with Robespierre and was guillotined

Portraitist at Work
The Art of Limning - a portrait painter in his studio portrays an eminent sitter

John Logan, Writer
JOHN LOGAN churchman and writer

Johann Rudolph Huber
JOHANN RUDOLPH HUBER Swiss churchman, minister at Saint Elisabeth is Basel, and painter

Charles Duke Somerset
CHARLES SEYMOUR, sixth duke of SOMERSET, statesman known as the proud for his stately and magnificent manner of living as well as his extreme hayghtiness

Antoine L. De Jussieu
ANTOINE LAURENT DE JUSSIEU French naturalist

Fireworks in Green Park
A fireworks display at Green Park to celebrate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle which marked the end of the War of Austrian Succession

Jeremy Bentham
JEREMY BENTHAM Jurist and philosopher, promoter of principle of the greatest happiness of the greatest number

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