1750 Collection (page 8)

SOUTHCOTT
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT Prophetess and founder of a sect. Vignette portrait wearing a mob cap

London / Thames Cole C1750
The Thames, showing Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Lambeth Palace, and several barges on the river

Vienna / Salman / 1750
Vienna in the 18th century

Harlech Castle / Display d
Harlech Castle, Merioneth

18th Century Seamen
Seamen of the Royal Navy during the first half of the century

French / Indian Conference
A conference between the French and Indian leaders around a ceremonial fire

Hazard Table Gambling
Men and women sit gambling at a hazard table

OLD HARRY & HIS TRICKS
Old Harry with his raree show: a conjuror and his table of tricks

India / Calcutta / F William
Calcutta: Fort William, with ships in the foreground

India / Bombay C1750
Bombay: general view, with ships in the foreground

Henry Knox (Chappel)
HENRY KNOX American Revolutionary soldier and statesman

Receipt / March Finchley
The subscription ticket for the March to Finchley

Fleeing Earthquake 1750
LONDON EARTHQUAKE SCARE Following an earlier quake, many Londoners believe the city will be destroyed on 4 April 1750, and flee to Windsor and such places

Bachs Home, Eisenach
The Bach family home at Eisenach

Vatican Library, C18
The New Gallery of the VATICAN LIBRARY, Rome

Greenpark / Rangers House
The Rangers House

Horn Book / Teach Reading
A Horn-book - a hand-held device which was used to teach reading in schools

Louis XV Style Room
A richly furnished French room in the style of Louis XV

Thieving Magpie C1750
The famous thieving magpie of Palaiseau, near Versailles, France, carries a spoon and fork in his bill to his nest

Chelsea Waterworks
Chelsea waterworks in the 18th century : the Newcomen steam engine which provides the pumping power can be seen between the two brick buildings

Portsmouth 1750
West prospect of Portsmouth, Hampshire: important buildings & shipping depicted & in the foreground inhabitants & sailors smoke, canoodle with local lasses or load cargo

Belvoir Castle C18Th
Belvoir Castle, home of the Dukes of Rutland, as it was prior to the fire of 1816 and the surrounding Leicestershire countryside

Birds Eye View / Hormuz
View over the island city of Hormuz

Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, majestically sited on its dominating mound

Twickenham 1750
A curious sailing-boat, with oarsmen as well as a sail, is one of the craft on the Thames at Twickenham, Middlesex

Norwich Castle 1750
Norwich Castle : the vegetation growing on the upper walls suggests that the city elders are not taking very good care of it

Vauxhall Gardens / 1750
A social afternoon out in Vauxhall Gardens, London

Bethlehem Hospital / 1750
Hospital for the insane, known as Bedlam

Building / Castle / Durham
View of Durham Castle, the home of the Bishop of Durham

Peruvian Rope Bridges
Three different kinds of rope bridge : apart from the usual walk-across type with its handrails on either side, there is a kind for carrying animals and a hammock variety

Artists Model & Beggar
James Turner a beggar aged 93 who made a lucrative living even posing as an artists model for Sir Joshua Reynolds & Nathaniel Hone at the rate of a shilling an hour

JOHN STONE Highwayman, shown fettered in his cell, waiting to be hanged

Gaetan Soltyk
GAETAN SOLTYK Polish churchman, bishop of Krakow

Castles / Alnwick / 1750
View of Alnwick Castle in Northumberland

USA / Boston Harbour 1750
General view of Boston and its busy harbour

CAMBERWELL
The village of Camberwell, viewed from the Grove and looking northeast - you can just see St Pauls in the distance

Antonio Salieri / Composer
ANTONIO SALIERI Italian composer, Court Kapellmeister in Vienna (1788- 1824). Unfounded rumour that he tried to poison Mozart

Joanna Southcott
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT prophetess and founder of sect

Music / Instruments C18
Musical instrument manufacturers at work

Village Pub Toast C1750
" Your health madam". A drinking scene outside an English village pub

New York / General C1750
A view of Fort George and the settlement of New York from the coastline

Map &s America C1750
Map of North and South America

LIVERPOOL / 1750
LIVERPOOL/1750

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