1759 Collection

Robert Burns & Creations
ROBERT BURNS Scottish national poet Portrait surrounded by his creations

Four of the Eddystone Lighthouses
Engraving of the four Eddystone Lighthouses. From left to right: the first lighthouse (1699) built by Henry Winstanley; the second lighthouse (1708) built by John Rudyerd; the third lighthouse (1759)

Mary Wollstonecraft
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN writer, wife of William Godwin, mother of Mary Shelley

DR. PANGLOSS / CANDIDE
Dr. Pangloss, played by Mr. Harley in the stage version

Robert Burns / Nasmyth
ROBERT BURNS Scottish national poet Portrait

Mary Wollstonecraft / Opie
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN writer, wife of William Godwin, mother of Mary Shelley

Handel as a Child
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL Young Georg Friedrich is found by his parents at the keyboard in the middle of the night... Date: 1685 - 1759

Charles Simeon
CHARLES SIMEON Divine and author

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

William Kirby (Howard)
WILLIAM KIRBY entomologist, rector of Barham, Suffolk Date: 1759 - 1850

Marquis De Montcalm
LOUIS-JOSEPH, marquis de MONTCALM-GOZON French commander in Canada

Burns Mausoleum Edinburg
ROBERT BURNS Monument to Scotlands national poet at Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Charles Simeon (Kay)
CHARLES SIMEON Divine and author

W Wilberforce / Finden
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE English philanthropist and politician at age 73

SCHILLER (1759 - 1805)
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Statue of the German writer, poet and historian, in his hometown Marbach (Southern Germany)

Handels London Home
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL his London home, 57 Brooke Street

Militia or Marine Pattern. 78 in flintlock musket, 1759
Militia or Marine Pattern.78 in flintlock musket, 1759; 42 in barrel, iron ramrod, no escutcheon or tail-pipe. Date: 1759

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)

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

United States Navy - McDonnell F-4J Phantom 153773
United States Navy - McDonnell F-4J-28-MC Phantom 153773 (msn 1759, base code AC, call-sign 110 ) of VF-31 from USS Saratoga, visiting USS Nimitz

Monsieur de La Live de Jully by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) - painting on canvas. Date: 1759

Death of General Wolfe 1759
NORTH AMERICAN CAMPAIGN James Wolfe successfully takes Quebec from the French but is fatally wounded during the battle. Date: 13th September 1759

BARTOLOMEO BRUNI
ANTONIO BARTOLOMEO BRUNI Italian musician. Date: 1759 - 1823

CARLOS III / SPAIN / DUBOURG
CARLOS III OF SPAIN 5th son of Felipe V duke of Parma, king of Naples before becoming king of Spain in 1759; an enlightened and benevolent ruler Date: 1716 - 1788

ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENT
A man and woman experimenting with an electrical machine Date: 1759

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

Holbein Gateway
The Holbein Gate was a monumental gateway across Whitehall in Westminster, constructed in 1531-32 in the English Gothic style. It was demolished in 1759

SCHILLER
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH SCHILLER German poet and playwright Date: 1759 - 1805

Teresa Blount
TERESA BLOUNT sister of Martha Blount friend of Alexander Pope Date: 1688 - 1759

Schiller (Melcher)
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH SCHILLER German writer Date: 1759 - 1805

Schiller Silhouette
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH SCHILLER German poet and playwright Date: 1759 - 1805

Pierre Philippeaux
PIERRE PHILIPPEAUX French revolutionary statesman who antagonised Robespierre, was accused of treason and guillotined. Date: 1759 - 1794

Sir Robert Brownrigg
SIR ROBERT BROWNRIGG British general, Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1811 to 1820. Date: 1759 - 1833

Eddystone Lighthouse cross-section, 1759
Engraving, showing the rooms of John Smeatons Eddystone Lighthouse (built 1759). This lighthouse operated between 1759 and 1882, being replaced due to erosion of its foundations

Candide and Cunegonde
Cunegonde : Please pick up my garter. Candide : With all my heart. Cunegonde : Now please put it on me

Handel (Cig Card)
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English musician

Comedies by Titus Maccius Plautus. Engraving. Paris, 1759. C
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Engraving of his Comedies. Paris, 1759. Colored

King Ferdinand VI and his wife Barbara of Braganza and his c
Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713-1759). The Learned. King of Spain. Ferdinand VI and his wife Barbara of Braganza and his court. Engraving, 18th century

William Lord Grenville
WILLIAM WYNDHAM, baron GRENVILLE statesman Date: 1759-1834

Friedrich Wilhelm Gleim
FRIEDRICH WILHELM GLEIM German artist Date: CIRCA 1759

William Thos. Fitzgerald
WILLIAM THOMAS FITZGERALD Civil servant who wrote verses during the moments of leisure his duties as a clerk in the Navy Office allowed him. Date: 1759 - 1829

Giacomo Got. Ferrari
GIACOMO GOTIFREDO FERRARI Italian musician from Roveredo, composer of operas. Date: 1759 - 1842

Frances Countess Essex
FRANCES countess of ESSEX (nee Williams) first wife of William Holles- Capell, fourth earl. Date: ? - 1759

Elizabeth Ds. Devonshire
ELIZABETH duchess of DEVONSHIRE nee Hervey, daughter of the earl of Bristol, second wife of William Cavendish, 5th duke. Date: 1759 - 1824

Comtesse D escars
Madame la comtesse D ESCARS French aristocrat, presumably the wife of Francois-Nicolas Rene, comte d Escars (1759- 1822) but we aren t sure. Date: circa 1790

Elizabeth Countess Derby
ELIZABETH FARREN, countess of DERBY : actress who became the second wife of Edward Stanley, 12th earl of Derby. Before her marriage, as Emeline in Arthur and Emeline, 1786. Date: 1759 - 1829

Maria Louisa Cosway
MARIA LOUISA CATHERINE CECILIA COSWAY (nee Hadfield) wife and model of the artist Richard Cosway. Date: 1759 - 1838

Thomas Cooper
THOMAS COOPER Lawyer and scientist Date: 1759 - 1840

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