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Rto. del Capitan dn. Vincente Lunardi. Nacio en Lucca el dia 11 de enero de 1759... Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi
Samuel Johnsons HouseDR SAMUEL JOHNSONs house at 17 Gough Square, off Fleet Street, London. Johnston lived here from 1748 - 1759. Date: built 1700
Harewood House HallwayHarewood House, near Leeds, Yorkshire, a stately home built (1759) for the Lascelles family, whose fortune came from haberdashery and Customs work in the West Indies. Date: built 1759 - 1769
William Collins, WriterWILLIAM COLLINS Writer whose poetical career commenced at age 12 (this engraving shows him at 14); friend of Johnson and other luminaries of the time. Date: 1721 - 1759
Thomas BradburyTHOMAS BRADBURY Congregational churchman Date: 1677 - 1759
Statue of Goethe and Schiller, Weimar, 1858Engraving showing the joint statue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), the German writers, at Weimar, Germany, 1858
Robert Burns Statue, 1844Engraving showing the Robert Burns statue by Flaxman (centre) surrounded by two scenes from his life and another portrait
Candadian regimental Colours placed on the Wolfe Monument inThe Colours of several Canadian battalions and one artillery battery are seen placed on the monument to General James Wolfe in Westminster Abbey
Eddystone Lighthouse Lantern, 1882Engraving showing the difference between the six-wick burner lantern used in Douglasss Eddystone lighthouse of 1882 (on left)
The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse built by Smeaton in 1759 and the foundations of the new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass
William Pitt (1759-1806)Engraving of William Pitt, the second son of the Earl of Chatham, who came to be known as Pitt the Younger. In 1783, Pitt became Britains youngest Prime Minister, by taking the post at the age of 24
Pitt, MiniatureWilliam Pitt the Younger Statesman
Handel Birthplace / HalleGEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English composers birthplace at Halle, Saxony
Joseph AmesJOSEPH AMES Bibliographer and antiquary
Edward Hawke - 3EDWARD first baron HAWKE British naval commander who distinguished himself at La Rochelle 1747 and Quiberon Bay 1759; later First Lord of the Admiralty
Herault De SechellesMARIE-JEAN HERAULT DE SECHELLES - French lawyer, writer and revolutionary statesman who made the wrong moves and was guillotined for alleged treason
Adrien DuportADRIEN DUPORT - French revolutionary magistrate and statesman, fled first to England, subsequently to Switzerland where he died, his head still on his shoulders
Maria Louisa Cosway - 2MARIA LOUISA CATHERINE CECILIA COSWAY (nee Hadfield) wife and model of the artist Richard Cosway
Joseph FoucheJOSEPH FOUCHE, duc d Otranto French statesman and police commissioner
Combat at Belle IsleNaval battle off Belle Isle : the English fleet under Admiral Hawke defeat a French fleet under Marechal Conflans
Vincenzo LunardiVINCENZO LUNARDI Italian Diplomat who piloted the first balloon flight in England in 1783 at Moorfields in London. Balloon later exhibited at the Pantheon
Quebec 18th CenturyThe rue des Recolets in the haute ville. The print is undated : if before 1759, those are French soldiers, if after, they are British
Whitehall in 1746Whitehall Gate has only 13 years before being demolished in 1759, the street widened into the grand thoroughfare of the next century. The Banqueting Hall on the right
Danton / BertonnierGEORGES JACQUES DANTON French Revolutionary leader
Handel and MessiahGEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL composer of The Messiah, which he is holding in his hand. One of the finest portraits we have of him
Plains of AbrahamQUEBEC : The British troops on the morning of the battle of the Plains of Abraham
Attacking QuebecNORTH AMERICAN CAMPAIGN The British force attacks the city of QUEBEC, which the French have to evacuate
Sir William JohnsonSIR WILLIAM JOHNSON British military commander in America, successful negotiator with native Americans, captured Niagara 1759
Simon SnyderSIMON SNYDER American statesman, governor of Pennsylvania
Handel Monument / CloseupGEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English musician
Handel / Chambars / 56GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English musician at the age of 56
Handel MonumentGEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English musicians monument in Westminster Abbey, London
HANDEL (1685 - 1759)George Frederic Handel Composer
P. L. M. De MaupertuisPIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS French mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
Danton / Duplessi-BertauxGEORGES JACQUES DANTON French Revolutionary leader, with a scene from The Terror below
Madame De Lefebvre / MiniaMADAME DE LEFEBVRE Duchess of Danzig, French social leader
Carlos Iii / Spain / SpamerCARLOS 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
Carl Heinrich GraunCARL HEINRICH GRAUN German musician
Maupertuis in LaplandPIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS (1698 - 1759) French mathematician and astronomer sent to Lapland by Louis XV to measure a degree of longitude
Charles H Williams / OvalSIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS Writer and diplomat
Pitt / Younger / PosselwhiteWILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER English politician, second son of 1st Earl of Chatham
3rd Eddystone LighthouseThe third Eddystone lighthouse, near Plymouth, is built by Smeaton, originally in part of wood but this is later replaced by stone
James Wolfe (Houston)GENERAL JAMES WOLFE
SHILLER 1759 - 1805Johann Christoph Friedrich German Writer
Pitt as Heroic RescuerThe younger Pitt depicted as Perseus, rescuing Andromeda (Britannia) from her financial troubles, in the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer
The mechanist tries to use his wings to fly. A scene from Samuel Johnsons novella, Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Pitt / Younger / GillrayPITT THE YOUNGER English politician " The Giant Factotum amuses himself"
Pitt / Younger / HoppnerWILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER English politician Second son of 1st Earl of Chatham