1770 Collection (page 11)

Beethoven / Gneixendorf
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN His brother Johanns house, the Schloss Gneixendorf, near Vienna, where the German composer spent his last summer

William Huskisson
WILLIAM HUSKISSON English Politician. Britains first Railway fatality when he crossed in front of Stephensons Rocket

Whitefield / Huntingdon
GEORGE WHITEFIELD Methodist preacher, depicted in the drawing room of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon: he is chaplain to her connexion

Deserted Village / G-Smith
The daughter is comforted by her father when she learns that she will have to leave the village: " & left a lovers for a fathers arms."

Female / Village Girl 1770
A pretty village girl in a pink dress

Bear Baiting C 18
The bear is chained to the wall, so that he cannot move more than a short distance while the dogs attack him. The all-male audience enjoy this delightful entertainment

Deserted Village / Betray
A young girl, betrayed by her lover, is discussed by two older women

Cugnots Steam Car
Cugnot demonstrates his steam car

Beethoven and Goethe
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN with Goethe at Teplitz

Cambridge Round Church
Inside view of St Sepulchres church, known as the round church because it is round

Carlisle, Cumbria
A distant prospect of the city of Carlisle, Cumberland (now Cumbria) - the castle and the cathedral are clearly seen, also the city walls

Twickenham 1770
Twickenham, Middlesex, seen from across the Thames: an elegant boat is landing its passengers on the bank. Date: circa 1770

Tunis Circa 1780
View of the City of TUNIS the Capital of that Kingdom on the Coast of Barbary. - distant view of the city, with shipping in the harbour

Tartinis Dream
TARTINIs DREAM In a visionary dream, the devil plays the music he needs for the final passage of a piece, known in consequence as the Devils Trill Sonata

England / Houghton Park
Bedfordshire

Tarantella (18th Cent. )
THE TARANTULA With the method of curing those stung by it, which is effected by Music and DANCING - specifically, by dancing the TARANTELLA

Beethoven / Opbracher
Ludwig Van Beethoven

Costume / Wigs
A servant holds Madams wig aloft with the help of a special stick

Garden Scene 1770
A general garden scene with people performing various operations

John Jortin
JOHN JORTIN English churchman, vicar of Kensington, church historian

Antoine Jay
ANTOINE JAY French writer

C18th Ladies Drinking
Three well-bred ladies in a walled garden partake of a glass or two of wine. One lady rises from her seat holding the other ladies by the hands to bid a fond farwell

Dahomey Snake Worship
People of Dahomey sacrifice people and goods to their deity, the Grand Snake

Circumcision in Senegal
Menfolk of Senegal are circumcised in an initiation rite while European travellers watch

Japanese Push-Rickshaw
A variation on the standard rickshaw, which is pulled, this one is pushed from behind, which is probably much harder

James Paull
JAMES PAULL Statesman who opposed Wellesley

Hegel (Anon)
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL German philosopher

Cugnots Steam Carriage
Cugnots steam carriage

Ploughing, China
CHINA Chinese ploughing technique

Friedrich Holderlin
FRIEDRICH HOLDERLIN German writer

EVENTS / USA
BOSTON MASSACRE British troops open fire on an angry mob protesting against an attack by a British sentry on a young American barber named Edward Garrick

Wordsworth [Postcard]
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English writer, in later life

Wordsworth [Hancock]
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English writer, as a young man, in 1798

Wordsworth [Gillies]
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English writer, towards the end of his life

James Hogg / Watson-Gordon
JAMES HOGG Scottish poet

James Hogg / Daniel Maclis
JAMES HOGG Scottish poet

Dragon in her Bed
A lady is somewhat surprised to find theres a dragon in her bed

Gassner Cures
GASSNER cures his subject Emilie by exorcism at Ellwagen, Germany

Wordsworth / Haydon Illus
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English poet

Wordsworth / Anon Eng
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English poet

Wordsworth / Pickersgill
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English poet In 1836

Printing Office Scene / Dc
A scene in a printing office

George Grenville
GEORGE GRENVILLE British statesman and Prime Minister (1763-65)

Woolwich Dockyard 1770
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD seen across the river Thames, with four large sailing warships under construction

Kangaroo / Cook C1770
The KANGUROO an Animal found on the Coast of New Holland - the kangaroo as first depicted by Cooks expedition to Australia

Racial / Tasmania C1770
A Woman and Child of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) encountered during Cooks visit

Events / Pacific / Cook
He commemorates their landing in Botany Bay by inscribing a record on a tree

Beethoven / Miniature 32
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Portrait at age 32

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