1762 Collection (page 4)

Modern Athenians plate 20 - Edinburgh
Mr Alexander Kidston (1762-1850) approaching Mr. John Jardine (1777-1850), Sheriff of Ross and Cromarty, on the streets of Edinburgh

Lisbon Taken by French
Lisboa is taken by a Spanish- French army; but the British will come to Portugals rescue and return the city to its owners

Catherine Ii / Coronation
Catherine the Great is crowned Empress of All Russia in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin

Mary Wortley Montagu
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU writer and traveller

Thomas Frye
THOMAS FRYE Portrait painter and engraver

The British Expedition Against Havana, 1762
Illustration of the British Fleet, under Sir George Pocock, entering Havana Harbour on 14th August 1762. In the centre of the image can be seen Morro Castle; an important stronghold to the east of

Cobbett (Adlard)
WILLIAM COBBETT social commentator and, it seems, an admirer of Oliver Cromwell

Eliz Petrovna / Russia / Tch
ELIZABETH PETROVNA Empress of Russia (1741-62)

Catherine Ii / Cig Card
CATHERINE THE GREAT Empress of Russia (1762-96)

Buckingham House 1746
The duke of Buckinghams home in St James Park is a fine aristocratic residence. 18 years from now, in 1762, George III will buy it from the dukes son for L28, 000

King George Iv / Wageman
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Half-length portrait

FRONTISPIECE / EMILE
Frontispiece to Emile

Catherine Ii / Fursten
CATHERINE THE GREAT Empress of Russia (reigned 1762-96)

The Jolly Farmer
WILLIAM COBBETT The " Jolly Farmer" at Farnham, Surrey, where Cobbett was born on 9th March 1762

George Anson
BARON GEORGE ANSON British naval commander and circumnavigator

Baron George Anson
BARON GEORGE ANSON Anson in attending George II, with an account of his world voyage

Bridgewater Canal
Work in progress at Worsley Basin, the terminus of the canal which James Brindley is building for the duke of Bridgewater, from Worsley to the Mersey via Manchester

Theroigne De Mericourt
A J THEROIGNE DE MERICOURT French revolutionary heroine

Fichte / Jugel / Dahling
JOHANN GOTTLIEB FICHTE German philosopher

Sandwich / John Montagu
JOHN MONTAGU 4th EARL of SANDWICH Statesman attributed with the invention of the sandwich (1762) to be eaten at the gaming table

Mayer / Johann Tobias / Eng
JOHANN TOBIAS MAYER German mathematician, physicist and astronomer

Coronation Catherine II
The coronation of Catherine the Great of Russia

Books / Goldsmith Citizen
The Citizen of the World, or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East

Eliz Petrovna / Russia / Toc
ELIZABETH PETROVNA Empress of Russia (1741-62)

Joanna Baillie (Masq. )
Joanna Baillie Writer

Gluck / Orphee, Brussels
Madame Dratz-Barrat as Eurydice : since this is a Belgian card, she presumably took part in a production at Brussels

Cobbett / Smith / Oval
WILLIAM COBBETT Journalist and social commentator

Social Scenes / Britain / 18
THE TIMES 2 of 2 a statue of George III presides over a well-ordered country, represented by a well tended garden

Dorothy Jordan (Smith)
nee Bland; Actress, and mistress to the duke of Clarence (who became William IV)

Scene from Emile
Instructing a boy in the mathematics of balance

George Iv, Mason
GEORGE IV in the regalia of Grand Master of Freemasons

Desgenettes in Egypt
Desgenettes, chief medical officer with Napoleons Egyptian expedition, inoculates himself with bubonic plague to prove it can be successfully treated

John Hyde Wollaston
JOHN HYDE WOLLASTON scientist and philosopher

Jordan as Peggy
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress renowned for her comic roles, notably this one of Peggy in The country girl : her laugh was famous and captivated her audiences

Jordan as Comic Muse
DOROTHEA JORDAN actress as The Comic Muse

Dorothea Jordan - 3
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress and mistress of William IV; playing a travesti role in Wycherleys The plain dealer

Cobbett / Amusing Chronicl
WILLIAM COBBETT Journalist and social commentator

3rd Earl of Bute
JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF BUTE British statesman and Tory Prime Minister (1762-63)

Catherine Ii / Schoff
CATHERINE THE GREAT Empress of Russia 1762-96

King George Iv / Williams
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Full length picture

Richard Beau Nash - 1
RICHARD BEAU NASH Dandy associated with the amusements of Bath, when somewhat past his prime

George Iv / Henry Bone Min
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Reigned 1820 - 1830

WALDSTEIN (1762 - 1823)
FERDINAND ERNST GABRIEL, Graf von WALDSTEIN friend of Beethoven & dedicatee Date: 1762 - 1823

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