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Carlo LodoliCARLO LODOLI Venetian architect, noted for teaching architeture by means of fables (!) Date: 1690 - 1761
Charles De LinoisCHARLES ALEXANDRE LEON DURAND, comte de LINOIS French naval commander Date: 1761 - 1848
Jean Baptiste LA NoueJEAN BAPTISTE SAUVE de LA NOUE French actor and playwright : La coquette corrigee is considered his best piece. Date: 1701 - 1761
JAMES KIDD Scottish-American churchman and scholar. Date: 1761 - 1834
George Henry LawGEORGE HENRY LAW English churchman, bishop of Chester Date: 1761 - 1845
Maximilian Von KonigseckMAXIMILIAN FRIEDRICH von KONIGSECK German catholic churchman, Prince-archbishop of Munster, an influential and effective administrator. Date: circa 1761
Dominique Comte Klein 2DOMINIQUE LOUIS ANTOINE. comte KLEIN French military commander and statesman Date: 1761 - 1845
Dominique Comte KleinDOMINIQUE LOUIS ANTOINE. comte KLEIN French military commander and statesman Date: 1761 - 1845
Charlotte Von KalbCHARLOTTE VON KALB (nee Marschalt) German writer, associated with Goethe Date: 1761 - 1843
Solomon HirschelSOLOMON HIRSCHEL Chief Rabbi of the German and Polish Jews in England. Date: 1761 - 1842
Charles HayterCHARLES HAYTER artist Date: 1761 - 1835
Stephen HalesSTEPHEN HALES Churchman, physiologist and inventor. Date: 1677 - 1761
Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal at Barton, opened in 1761. People regarded it as a marvel and flocked from afar to see boats sailing over the bridge whilst barges passed below
CAMAR.N Y MELI, Jos Juan (1761-1819). Ren. Illustration of an edition of Ren by Chateaubriand, printed at Valencia
BOILLY, Louis Leopold (1761-1845). A Game of Billiards. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas
Joseph BurroughsJOSEPH BURROUGHS Baptis churchman Date: 1685 - 1761
Madame Marie Tussaud (1761-1850)Engraved portrait of Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), born Marie Grosholtz, pictured c.1845. Marie Tussaud was the wax sculptor who founded Madame Tussauds Waxwork museum in London in 1835
Pierre Aug BroussonetPIERRE AUGUSTE BROUSSONET French naturalist (evidently in military or naval service) Date: 1761 - 1807
William Baron BlakeneyWILLIAM, baron BLAKENEY British soldier, Colonel of his Majestys Inniskilling Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant- Governor of Minorca. Date: 1672 - 1761
Birth Register 1760SThe church register at Neston, the Wirral, Merseyside, England, recording the birth of Emy Lyon in 1761. Emy grew up to be no other than Lady Emma Hamilton. 1760s
Blakeney at MinorcaWILLIAM, baron BLAKENEY British soldier, Colonel of his Majestys Inniskilling Regiment of Foot, depicted as Lieutenant- Governor of Minorca, Date: 1672 - 1761
George Husband BairdGEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD Scottish churchman and scholar Date: 1761 - 1840
Richardson / BasireSAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist with a scene from his novel, Clarissa, below Date: 1689 - 1761
Wm Carey (& Servant)WILLIAM CAREY - English Orientalist and Missionary with his Pundit (servant) at the College of Fort William, Calcutta. Date: 1761 - 1834
Coronation Chair & Regalia of EnglandThe Ancient Coronation Chair and Regalia of England, including the Crown Jewels, and medals of King George III and Queen Charlotte given away at their coronation in 1761
Musschenbroek / FiguierPIETER VAN MUSSCHENBROEK Dutch mathematician and physicist
Musschenbroek / HoubrakenPIETER VAN MUSSCHENBROEK Dutch mathematician and physicist
Fable / Mountain in LabourTHE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR When a mountain is heard to utter prodigious groans, multitudes flock to it in expectation of wonders, but all that appears is a mouse
The Stag Seeing HimselfTHE STAG DRINKING aka SEEING HIS REFLECTION IN THE WATER A stag is impressed with his antlers, & bemoans his spindly legs, but these legs are useful for running from danger
Fable / Ears of the HareTHE HAREs EARS A lion, gored by an elk, banishes all horned animals; a hare, seeing the shadow of her ears, thinks they will be taken for horns, and flees
Fable / Trouts & GudgeonTWO TROUTS & THE GUDGEON A mother trout warns its young about the dangers of eating a fly whereupon a gudgeon seizes the fly and falls victim to the fishermans bait
Animals Sick of PlagueTHE PLAGUE AMONG THE BEASTS The donkey, whose sin is no more than to eat grass, is sacrificed by the other animals to relieve them of the plague that scourges them
Fable / the PeacockTHE PEACOCK The peacock is honoured by Juno with a magnificent train, and parades his beauty in front of all the other birds
Fable / Wolf and CraneTHE WOLF AND THE CRANE A crane agrees it will extract a bone from a wolfs throat on promise of a reward; the wolf claims not closing its jaws on the cranes head reward enough
The Wolf & the LambTHE WOLF AND THE LAMB A young inexperienced lamb is tricked by a hungry wolf and eaten
The Lion, Wolf and FoxTHE SICK LION, THE FOX & THE WOLF: the animals pay the lion respects, except the fox; slandered by the wolf, the fox tells the lion his cure lies in the flaying of the wolf
Fable / the HermitTHE HERMIT A hermit, sitting reading in his cave, receives a group of pilgrims
Fable / Oak & WillowTHE OAK & THE WILLOW The willow bends under the weight of the wind, while the oak tree resists and is uprooted
Fable / Stork & CrowTHE STORK & THE CROW A stork and a crow argue about who is most favoured by Jupiter
Fable / Minervas OliveMINERVAs OLIVE: Minerva enquires of the other gods why the trees they favour bear no fruit; she has chosen the olive because of the usefulness of its fruit
Astronomer Looks at SunAn astronomer looks at the sun through a telescope, while two colleagues confer at his side (illustration to Aesops Fable: The Monster in the Sun)
Fable / The Snipe ShooterTHE SNIPE SHOOTER A huntsman trying to shoot both a snipe and partridges at the same time, misses both; his faithful spaniel admonishes him
Fable / Vice & FortuneVICE AND FORTUNE A fable of Plutarch in which Vice and Fortune argue over who has the most power to make mankind unhappy
The Snail and the StatueTHE SNAIL & THE STATUE A statue of the Medicean Venus is defaced by the slime of a snail jealous of the admiration the statue attracted Date: 1761
The Spider & SilkwormTHE SPIDER & THE SILKWORM A spider boasts she can spin much more quickly than the silkworm; the silkworm replies her labours endure & are valued unlike the spiders web
The Wolf & the MastiffTHE WOLF AND THE MASTIFF A hungry wolf asks a dog how he stays so well-fed; the dog says obedience to his master is enough; the wolf values his freedom over easy meals
Prometheus Forms ManPrometheus forms man of clay and against the wishes of Jupiter steals fire from heaven to animate his work
Nightingale & BullfinchTHE NIGHTINGALE & BULLFINCH Two birds occupied cages together; the nightingale varied her tunes, the bullfinch always sang the same & wondered why it was derided