1775 Collection (page 5)

William Kitchiner
WILLIAM KITCHINER Medical practitioner, scientist and inventor, author of a definitive work on the culinary science. Date: 1775 - 1827

Turner / Cheyne Walk
JMW TURNER House in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where the artist died on 19 December 1851 Date: 1775 - 1851

Boieldieu, Francois Adrien 1775 - 1834
Francois Adrien Boieldieu. French composer, mainly of operas

J. M. W. Turner at the Royal Academy, 1845
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER English painter, pictured at the Royal Academy on varnishing day, 1845

Thomas Girtin
THOMAS GIRTIN English artist, best known for his landscapes

Prince Camillo Borghese
Principe CAMILLO FILIPPO LODOVICO BORGHESE Italian aristocrat, second husband of Napoleons sister Pauline Bonaparte

Drury Lane Theatre 1775
Three figures looking around the virtually empty ornate interior of Drury Lane theatre

View of Tunis
A general view of Tunis, a celebrated town in Barbary

Opossum, 18th Century
Several species of opossum are found in New Holland (Australia); this may be the mulgara

Voltaire Ferney
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the French writer at Ferney on 4 July 1775, with Mme Denis, M de Laborde and M Adam: apparently he found this depiction unflattering!

Duc D angouleme
BATTLE OF TROCADERO When liberals revolt against Spains despotic government, France intervenes and the duc d Angouleme crushes the rebels at Trocadero, near Cadiz

Turner Profile
John Mallord William Turner Artist

Turner at Work
John Mallord William Turner at Work

Taking Snuff
A French gentleman at the court of Louis XV takes a pinch of snuff

O connell / Dublin Home
DANIEL O CONNELL Irish National leaders home at Merrion Square, Dublin

Jmw Turner / Chas Turner
J M W TURNER English painter

Turner Birthplace Maiden
JMW TURNER Artists birthplace in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden

Yi Pugachov / Peter III
YEMELYAN IVANOVICH PUGACHOV Russian Cossack soldier who proclaimed himself Tsar Peter III and led a rebellion against Catherine II

Duperre (Feret)
Victor Guy, baron DUPERRE French naval commander

Philippe De Girard / Card
PHILIPPE DE GIRARD French inventor

Flight of Guy Carleton
Guy Carleton, British governor of Quebec, escapes capture by American troops who have taken Montreal as part of the Independence war by disguising himself as a fisherman

F-E Vidocq / Stops Music
FRANCOIS-EUGENE VIDOCQ French police officer and adventurer stops the music at a lively gathering

Jmw Turner / Iln 1843
J M W TURNER English painter, sketching

Jmw Turner / Oil Ptg Col
J M W TURNER English painter as a young man

Francois Vidocq
FRANCOIS-EUGENE VIDOCQ French detective

The Race Finish 1775
Three jockeys and their mounts pass the finishing post to the applause of three spectators. Rather savage looking riding crops appear to have been employed

Warwick Racing Bill
A correct LIST of all the HORSES entered to RUN at WARWICK, on Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th of SEPTEMBER, 1775. The Rt Hon Lord GUERNSEY, Steward

Newcomen Engine / 1775
Newcomen atmospheric engine modified by Richard Trevithick, senior, at Bullan Garden, Dolcoath in 1775

Lili Schonemann
LILI (ANNE ELIZABETH) SCHONEMANN Briefly engaged to Goethe in 1775; later Baroness von Turckheim (pictured here with Baron von Turckheim)

Beaumarchais / Delepech
PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON de BEAUMARCHAIS French clockmaker, financier and writer of The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)

Ampere at Work
French scholar, mathematician and physicist, at work in his laboratory

The Politician
A short-sighted politician is so caught up in his newspaper he does not realise that his candle has set fire to the brim of his tricorne hat

Bread Riots in Paris
LA GUERRE DES FARINES When grain crops are hit by disease, it leads to a bread shortage which in turn leads to rioting in Paris and other cities

Royal Crescent Bath
The Royal Crescent in Bath was designed by John Wood II and built between 1767 an 1775. It is comprised of 30 houses, and is shaped like a half- Colosseum, with Ionic columns

Canaries / Tenerife
TENERIFE : the volcanic Pico de Teide, also known as the Peak of Tenerife, 2700m high

Daniel O connell / Hodgett
DANIEL O CONNELL The Irish National leader

Daniel O connell
DANIEL O CONNELL Irish Nationalist leader

John Baskerville
JOHN BASKERVILLE printer, of Birmingham

Caroline Matilda / Denmark
CAROLINE MATILDA Queen of Christian VII of Denmark and grandaughter of George II

Announcing Lexington
News of the battle of Lexington, in which the Americans are defeated and forced to retire, is announced in Wall Street, New York, to general perturbation

Man-Powered Carriage
Ingenious British project for a man-powered carriage, somewhat similar to that proposed by Richard

Charles and Mary Lamb Writers

Pope Pius VI (Oval)
POPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi) captured and deported to Valence by the French

AMPERE (1775 - 1836)
ANDRE-MARIE AMPERE French scientist, notable for his work in magnetism and electricity. The unit ampere as a measurement of current bears his name

Cochrane / Dundonald
THOMAS, Lord COCHRANE, 10th earl of Dundonald Naval commander, expelled from Royal Navy 1814, commanded Chile, Brazilian and Greek navies, then pardoned 1832

Francois Boieldieu
FRANCOIS BOIELDIEU French musician

Mermaids in London
Mermaids exhibited in London in 1758, 1775 and 1794

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