1774 Collection (page 4)

Peter Adolph Grotjan
PETER ADOLPH GROTJAN German - American merchant, who wrote an account of his 1805 mercantile travels. Date: 1774 - 1850

Pierre Guerin - 2
PIERRE NARCIUSSE, baron GUERIN French artist with his autograph Date: 1774 - 1833

Pierre Guerin - 1
PIERRE NARCIUSSE, baron GUERIN French artist Date: 1774 - 1833

Vine cultivation (viticulture), II. Illustration by Christian Friedrich Boetius, from Johann Matthias Gesner, Scriptores rei rusticae veteres Latini: Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius Date: 1773-1774

Vine cultivation (viticulture). Illustration by Christian Friedrich Boetius, from Johann Matthias Gesner, Scriptores rei rusticae veteres Latini: Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius Tab. I

Giuseppe Mezzofanti
GIUSEPPE MEZZOFANTI Italian churchman and cardinal, linguist. Date: 1774 - 1849

John Buckner
JOHN BUCKNER Bishop of Chichester. Date: 1774 - 1824

Clive (Stoddart)
ROBERT, lord CLIVE of Plassey Date: 1725-1774

Franklin before the Lords council, Whitehall Chapel, London
Franklin before the lords council, Whitehall Chapel, London, 1774. Benjamin Franklin standing before the Lords in Council in Whitehall Chapel, London in 1774

Robert Adam Architecture
In 1774, Robert Adam completed the Adelphi development, created after 2 years abroad in Rome. No 7 Adam Street has well preserved Anthemion pilasters. Date: 1770s

Thomas Amory
THOMAS AMORY Churchman, of whose aspirations, achievements, accidents and adventures we sadly know nothing. Date: 1701 - 1774

Edward Pelham Brenton
EDWARD PELHAM BRENTON Captain in the Royal Navy, author of a Naval History to which this portrait is the frontispiece. Date: 1774 - 1839

COSTUME 1774-1780
French costumes of the later 1770s include the examples of the high, elaborate hairstyles then worn, also the polonaise gown & pelerines. One lady wears a calash (folding hood). Date: 1774 - 1780

Goldsmith / Hyde Lane
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writers farmhouse in Hyde Lane, off Edgware Road, where he wrote Date: 1730 - 1774

Lottery Ticket Seller
A Parisian lottery ticket seller Date: 1774

Edward Baines (1774-1848)
Engraved portrait of Edward Baines (1774-1848), the English newspaper proprietor and politician

Marmont / Auguste / Bombled
Auguste-Frederic-Louis Viesse De Marmont French Soldier

Royal Humane Society
A sketch of the receiving house of the Royal Humane Society. The society was founded in 1774 by Dr William Hawes and Dr Thomas Cogan, to save people from drowning by using resuscitation

Edward Baines (Elder)
EDWARD BAINES Journalist and author, politician active in civic affairs. with his autograph

LOUIS XV/BIEN AIME (The well-beloved) King of France 1715 - 1774 Caricature of the King enjoying himself with a young lady

Daughters of Louis XV
The daughters of Louis XV, King of France from 1715-1774. Date: 1703 - 1768

Louis XVI Crowned
The 20-year old Louis XVI takes his coronation oath

Louis XVI Consecrated
20-year old Louis is consecrated at Reims

Meriwether Lewis
MERIWETHER LEWIS American explorer

Anthony Askew
ANTHONY ASKEW physician, scholar and book collector

Omai from Tahiti
OMAI is brought from Tahiti to London by Cook, 1774, and is a huge sensation, embodying the noble savage concept, disp- laying natural grace and good manners during 2- year stay

Rabbit Skin Seller 1774
A Parisian seller of rabbit skins

Pestalozzis School
PESTALOZZIs SCHOOL Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi founds a school for poor children on his estate at Neuhof on the principles of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Costume / French Guard1774
A member of the French Guard, in full uniform, with a sword at his belt and a combined rifle and bayonet

Goldsmith Writing
OLIVER GOLDSMITH depicted in the act of writing with his autograph

Gaspare Spontini
GASPARE SPONTINI Italian composer whose operas include " La Vestale" (1807), " Fernand Cortez" (1809), and " Nurmahal" (1822)

Sir William Johnson
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON British military commander in America, successful negotiator with native Americans, captured Niagara 1759

Walpole / Strawberry 1774
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham: home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters

Jean-Baptiste Biot 3
JEAN-BAPTISTE BIOT French mathematician

Prin. Adolphus Frederick
Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, son of George III and noted cricketer!

Cambridge / Adolphus Ger
ADOLPHUS FREDERICK 1st DUKE of CAMBRIDGE Military, son of George III, grandfather of Mary of Teck (who married George V)

Cambridge / Adolphus Maull
ADOLPHUS FREDERICK 1st DUKE of CAMBRIDGE Military, son of George III, grandfather of Mary of Teck (who married George V)

Ladies Fashions 1774
Two ladies walk in the garden wearing the fashionable dress for the year - the one on the right seems to have an implement for raising her long skirt if the path is muddy

ROBERT SOUTHEY 1774-1843
ROBERT SOUTHEY English poet and man of letters. Remebered more for his shorter works, than his epic poems such as Madoc

Goldsmith / Holl / Reynolds
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writer

Goldsmith / Quinnell
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writer

Extravagant Styles
Coiffeurs at work on an extravagant hair style : a contemporary satire on the fashionable excesses of the late 18th century

Thomas Paine / John Kay
THOMAS PAINE Radical writer, born in England, emigrated to America in 1774 where he urged declaration of independence

Bird Seller 1774
A French bird seller

Cambridge / Adolphus 1793
ADOLPHUS FREDERICK, duke of CAMBRIDGE 7th son of George III

Wall Street in 1774
Somewhat less hectic than today, the street is populated by elegant New Yorkers and a vendor of tea water, outside the City Hall

HANS JARTA Swedish statesman of revolutionary views, headed the 1809 coup against Gustavus IV Adolphus

Louis XV (With Baton)
LOUIS XV KNOWN AS LE BIEN-AIME French King with royal baton

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