1750s Collection

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act)

Rasselas and Imlac digging a tunnel
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, together with his companion, the wise man Imlac, digging a tunnel in order to escape the Happy Valley and see what life is like beyond it

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

Harbour Scene at Sunset, by Carlo Bonavia (fl.1740-1788). Date: circa 1750s

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

Mathieu Dutilh
MATHIEU DUTILH French physicist, associated with Franklins electrical experiments concerning lightning etc. Date: active 1750s

Colonel Robert Clive at the Battle of Plassey (Palashi, West Bengal, India), 23 June 1757, when Great Britain and the East India Company defeated the forces of the Mughal Empire

Meeting of Lord Clive Mir Jafar after Battle of Plassey Meeting of Lord Clive
Meeting of Lord Clive with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, Bengal, India. 1757

St Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
St Philip's Church, 142 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Date: 1753

Defeat and death of General Braddock, North America
Defeat and death of General Edward Braddock in North America during the French and Indian War. 1755

View of the Old London Bridge. Date: 1756

View of London from Islington of West End. Date: 1753

View of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London. Date: 1750

View of London from Islington of the City and East End. Date: 1753

Exterior of Trinity House in Tower Hill, London, rebuilt after the Fire of London 1666. Date: circa 1750s

Exterior of Old Bethlem Hospital, Moorfields, London. Date: 1750s

Battle of Quiberon Bay (Bataille des Cardineaux), near Saint Nazaire, France, a naval battle fought between the British and the French on 20 November 1759, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Attack by Royal Highlanders on the Ticonderoga Fort, Battle of Ticonderoga (Battle of Carillon), 8 July 1758, during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Date: 1758

The Taking of Fort Louis, Guadeloupe, West Indies, by British forces against the French, 14 February 1759, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Date: 1759

Disaster in the Bay of Saint Cast, Brittany, north-west France, 11 September 1758, during the Battle of Saint Cast, Seven Years War (1756-1763). Boats full of British soldiers were fired at and sunk

Major General Edward Braddocks force attacked during an expedition against the French-occupied Ohio River Valley on 9 July 1755; he died of his wounds a few days later

Vauxhall Gardens 1751
Bandstand playimg music with people socialising. Date: 1751

Winter snow at Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex, England. Built as a smock mill c. 1704-5 (during the Siege of Gibraltar), then raised as a tower mill in the 1750s. Date: 18th century

Old London Bridge, just before the houses were pulled down in 1760. Date: 1750s

PARIS FROM CHAILLOT
A view of the City of Paris taken from an eminence in the village of Chaillot including the surrounding countryside. Date: circa 1750

The Distresst Poet
A distresst poet writes the verses which will, he hopes, bring him enough money to buy new clothes, food and drink, and enable him to move to somewhat better accommodation. Date: circa 1750

Hogarth, The Cockpit - a satirical illustration showing the blindness of a man drawn into betting on the match, and other forms of debauchery. Date: 1759

Strolling beggars in China with burning coals
Strolling beggars in China laying burning coals on their heads and using other austerities in order to extort alms. Date: 1752

Tartars of Naun Koton or Tsitsikar, China
Tartars of Naun Koton or Tsitsikar (Xixigar), China, taken from Eberhard Isbrand Ides, a Danish traveller and diplomat who travelled in China in the early 1690s. circa 1760

Map of Lancashire
A map of Lancashire, from the mid 18th century. Date: Mid 18th century

Song by Burgess, Sweet are the flow rs that deck the field
Sheet music, song by Henry Burgess, Sweet are the flow rs that deck the field. circa 1758

Grand Lama consulted on the fate of a child, Tibet, taken from Johann Grueber, an Austrian Jesuit missionary and astronomer who visited China and Tibet in the 1650s. circa 1750

London Trade Card - Matthias Darly, Paper Hangings
London Trade Card - Matthias Darly, Manufactory for Paper Hangings, painter, engraver and paper stainer, wholesale and retail, at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand

London Trade Card - Bun House at Chelsea
London Trade Card - a perspective view of David Loudons Bun House (shop) at Chelsea, by Royal Appointment. They sold Chelsea buns and hot cross buns. circa 1750

William, 1st Baron Blakeney, Irish soldier
WilIiam Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), Irish soldier, Colonel of His Majestys Inniskilling Regiment of Foot, depicted as Lieutenant-Governor of Minorca. Date: 1756

Marylebone Gardens, London. Date: 1755

Niagara Falls, America / Canada
View of the Niagara Falls between America and Canada. 1751

Fort Western, Augusta, Maine, USA. It was the oldest log fort in America, a British colonial outpost built in 1754. Date: circa 1905

Ecole Militaire
Founded in the 1750s by Louis XV : located southeast of the Champs de Mars. Date: circa 1830

The Drinkers. 1750s. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Venice. Ca Rezzonico

LIANI, Francesco (1712-1783). Equestrian portrait of Carlo of Naples. 1750s. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Capodimonte

Handel admission ticket
Admission ticket to a performance of Samson by Handel, March 11th 1752. Date: March 11th 1752

Gibraltar Mill, Essex
Winter snow at Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex, England. Built as a smock mill c. 1704-5 (during the Siege of Gibraltar), then raised as a tower mill in the 1750s. Date: 18th century

Four Turkish men in a room
Four men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor

Turkish woman brought coffee
A woman in oriental robes sits smoking a pipe with a very long stem while her servant brings her coffee. There are richly ornamented carpets on the floor. 1756

Buckingham House 1750S
Buckingham House, built by the duke of Buckingham in 1703 : George III will buy it in 1762, Nash will improve it 1821-1836, and a new front will be added in 1913 Date: circa 1760

Nollet and Gold Leaf
Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrates how an electrical charge can be passed from one person to another, enabling the second to attract pieces of gold leaf

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