1776 Collection (page 5)

Presidential masquerade, 1776, 1880. Date c1880

Raising the liberty pole, 1776. Print shows the raising of a liberty pole in a village center on a festive occasion with many spectators, some appear to be disgruntled loyalists; in the background

US Navy - Commander in Chief of fleet - 1776. Commander in Chief of Navy on deck of ship with three other naval personnel. Date c1899

Carl G Bretschneider
CARL GOTTLIEB BRETSCHNEIDER German protestant churchman, Generalsuperintendent at Gotha. Date: 1776 - 1848

Ludwig Hoelty
LUDWIG HEINRICH CHRISTOPH HOELTY German writer who died at age 28 Date: 1748 - 1776

Countess Northumberland
ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpain, Bryan and Latimer (wife of Sir Hugh Percy). Date: 1716 - 1776

Johann Jacob Breitinger
JOHANN JACOB BREITINGER Swiss-German churchman, writer and scholar. Date: 1701 - 1776

Sir Philip Broke - 1
SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE BROKE British naval commander Date: 1776 - 1841

Modern Athenians plate 41 - Edinburgh
Sir James Wellwood, Lord Moncreiff (1776-1851) walking the same street as fellow member of the Bar, Mr Robert Bell (1781-1861) Sheriff of Berwickshire

Modern Athenians plate 27 - Edinburgh
William Gallaway (d. 1851) accountant, approaching Patrick Neill (1776-1851) a printer, florist, gardening author, naturalist and useful citizen Date: 1847

Modern Athenians plate 3 - Edinburgh
Lieut-General Ainslie (1776-1839) An ex military man and collector of old coinage, port and china who resided in South Frederick Street, approaching Bindon Blood of Cranacher

Modern Athenians plate 36 - Edinburgh
Mr James Gillespie Graham (1776-1855) architect, most notable for his work in the Scottish Gothic style, principally designing country houses and churches

Mary Elisabeth / Grey Wife
MARY ELISABETH (PONSONBY) COUNTESS GREY Wife of Charles, 2nd Earl

Social / Japanese Ladies
Japanese ladies practising shooting with the crossbow indoors

Morgans Quebec Trek
General Morgans expedition to Quebec

West Gate Cardiff / Wales
The approach to the West Gate

Losing America
News from America, or the Patriots in the Dumps - Britons hear from lord North that their American colonies are revolting

Xmas Market C18 Prussia
Weinachtsmarkt (Christmas market) in Berlin

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

Crime / Case / Chudleigh
THE TRIAL OF THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Kingston (1720-1788) at the time of her trial at the Bar of the House of Lords

E T W Hoffmann
ERNST THEODOR WILHELM HOFFMANN German musician and writer : as a musician he called himself E T A (Amadeus) Hoffmann, in honour of Mozart. With his wife ? or muse ?

Battle of Long Island
BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND Superior in numbers and skill, the British defeat the Continental Army on Long Island, forcing them to retreat in disorder. Date: 29 August 1776

Mary Ann Clarke
MARY ANNE CLARKE, mistress of Frederick duke of York (2nds of G3 and commander-in-chief) is accused of selling his patronage; defending herself brilliantly she is acquitted

Mary Ann Clarke at War
MARY ANNE CLARKE, mistress of Frederick duke of York (2nds of G3 and commander-in-chief) is accused of selling his patronage; defending herself brilliantly she is acquitted

Barthold Georg Niebuhr
BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR German historian

John Harrison
JOHN HARRISON horologist, inventor of successful chronometer for determining longitude at sea

Theatre / Plays / Addison
CATO by Joseph Addison - Mr Sheridan in the character of Cato

Independence Draft
Jeffersons draft of the Declaration of Independence showing corrections in the handwriting of Franklin and Adams

Mary Anne Clarke / Anon
MARY ANNE CLARKE Mistress of Frederick, the Duke of York

Lake Champlain Battle
The naval engagement on Lake Champlain between gunboats of the British and American colonial forces

Independence Declared
A great throng amasses to hear the reading of the declaration of Independence in Philadelphia

American Privateer / 1776
An American privateer captures a British vessel

James Ferguson (Anon)
JAMES FERGUSON scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society

Luise / Prussian / Miniature
QUEEN LUISE Wife of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia

Caroline Bavaria / Miniatu
CAROLINE OF BAVARIA Queen of Bavaria, with her son Maximilian, who died in 1803, the year of this picture

Hester L Stanhope / Spiess
LADY HESTER LUCY STANHOPE Traveller to Asia, where she settled and adopted eastern manners

Independence / Ms Langton
Miss Langton saves her father

Richard Tattersall
RICHARD TATTERSALL Racehorse auctioneer and founder of Tattersalls in 1776

Hester L Stanhope / Anon
LADY HESTER LUCY STANHOPE Traveller to Asia, where she settled and adopted eastern manners - seen here on horseback

Hester L Stanhope / Saloon
LADY HESTER LUCY STANHOPE Traveller to Asia, where she settled - seen here entertaining a visitor in her saloon

Hester L Stanhope / Hamert
LADY HESTER LUCY STANHOPE Traveller to Asia, where she settled and adopted eastern manners

Independence Signatories
Signatories to the Declaration of Independence

J M Hoene-Wronski
J M HOENE-WRONSKI Polish/French scientist and mystic who found a mathematical proof of the Absolute

E T W Hoffmann / Devrient
E T W HOFFMANN also known as E T A HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) writer and composer, with Devrient at Lutter & Wegeners wine bar, Berlin

Jean-Baptiste Papillon
JEAN-BAPTISTE PAPILLON (or Jean Michel P.) French engraver

Wm Franklin Arrested
William Franklin (son of Benjamin), governor of New Jersey, supports the British so is arrested by the rebels. He will be exchanged and end his days in England

Stanislaw Malachowski
STANISLAW MALACHOWSKI Polish statesman, who carried out many vauable reforms

Tamerlane by Marlowe
TAMERLANE Mr Palmer as Bajazet and Miss Hopkins as Selima in Act V: Now, now thou traitress

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