1777 Collection (page 5)

Hans Christian Oersted
HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED Danish physicist Date: 1777 - 1851

Parisienne 1777
A Parisienne protects her complexion with a parasol, but she will need more than that to save her in the revolution which will shortly occur

Dame D honneur
One of Marie Antoinettes Dames d Honneur, dressed almost as magnificently as the queen herself

Kissing Hands, 1777
A fashionably dressed French gentleman kisses an equally fashionable ladys hand during the reign of Louis XVI

Saw Mill, Fort Anne
The saw-mill at Fort Ann Creek, New York state, was destroyed by general Burgoynes forces after they had defeated the rebels and taken the fort

Heinrich V Kleist / Kruger
HEINRICH VON KLEIST German writer

Giov. Ant. Risso
GIOVANNI ANTONIO RISSO Italian zoologist, botanist and geologist

Theatre / Plays / Dryden
OEDIPUS by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee - Mr Sheridan as Oedipus

Sir John Ross / Arctic Exp
SIR JOHN ROSS Arctic navigator, with an icy scene below

Mme Recamier / J-L David
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- ADELAIDE RECAMIER nee BERNARD French society beauty and wit

Mme Recamier / Champagne
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- ADELAIDE RECAMIER nee BERNARD French society beauty and wit

Mme Recamier / Miniature
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- ADELAIDE RECAMIER nee BERNARD French society beauty and wit

OFFICER
An Oficer from the Highland Light Infantry, formed in 1777

Marie Antoinette / Janinot
Queen of Louis XVI, depicted in 1777, at age 22

Carl Theodor / Bavaria
CARL THEODOR of PFALZ and BAVARIA Kurfurst of Pfalz (from 1743) and Bavaria (1777-99)

Silchester / Roman Town
An interesting picture, placing a reconstruction of 6 Roman soldiers before the surviving walls of Silchester, (Calleva Atrebatum) completely abandoned in the 5th century

Lord Nelson / Privateer
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer: boarding an American privateer in a violent gale, while a Lieutenant on the Lowestoft in 1777

Gauss and Weber
KARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS and WILHELM EDVARD WEBER (1804-1891) German scientists

Alexander I / Scriven
TSAR ALEXANDER I probably in 1814

Alexander I / Carton Eng
TSAR ALEXANDER I with a soldier holding the Imperial Standard

Prison Hulk, Woolwich
Convicts from the hulks anchored in the Thames off Woolwich, at work on the river-bank handling timber with the aid of a huge lifting device

Mme Recamier
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- ADELAIDE RECAMIER nee BERNARD French society beauty and wit

Ali Ii, Bey of Tunis ?
ALI II IBN HUSSEIN (?) Bey of Tunis (Tunisia) from 1759 - 1777. A de-facto regent or provincial governor during the French Protectorate. Muley Hassen Roi de Tunis

Paul Jones V the Drake
American captain John Paul Jones in Ranger captures the British sloop Drake off Carrickfergus

Heinrich Von Kleist
HEINRICH VON KLEIST German writer

Dr Johnson / Barry Unfin
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Writer and lexicographer in around 1777

William Henry Ireland
WILLIAM HENRY IRELAND Forger of Shakespeare manuscripts

Cook Lands in Tasmania
He lands at Adventure Bay, Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)

Theatre / Plays / Congreve
THE WAY OF THE WORLD by William Congreve - Mr Baddeley in the character of Petulant

Events / Sweden / Gustav III
Gustav III meets Catherine, Empress of Russia, at St Petersburg

Elise Bonaparte
ELISE BONAPARTE Princess of Piombino Grand Duchess of Tuscany Countess of Compignano eldest sister of Napoleon Bonaparte

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