1781 Collection

Battle of Cowpens 1781Is
At Cowpens, South Carolina, general Daniel Morgan defeats a British force under Colonel Tarleton

Portrait of Tupac Amaru II. Painting
TUPAC AMARU II, Jos頇 abriel Condorcanqui (1741-1781). Portrait of Tupac Amaru II. Painting

Babyrousa babyrussa, babirusa
Plate 106 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781)

Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician, inventor of the stethoscope in 1816 at the Hopital Necker in Paris, where he was working at the time. Seen here using a stethoscope on a patient

The Bishops Palace, Dromore, 1781 to 1842 - a front view of a large detached house with motor car to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Dromore). Date: circa early 1900s

Gertrude Fitzpatrick 2
Lady GERTRUDE FITZPATRICK daughter of the second earl of Upper Ossory, but even with her posh name and her handsome looks, she chose never to wed. Date: CIRCA 1781 - 1841

Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Lady GERTRUDE FITZPATRICK daughter of the second earl of Upper Ossory, but even with her posh name and her handsome looks, she chose never to wed. Date: CIRCA 1781 - 1841

Modern Athenians plate 6 - Edinburgh
John Jeffrey (1775-1848) the younger and only brother of Francis, Lord Jeffrey, facing Charles Kilpartick Sharpe (1781-1851) a long resident of Edinburgh, eccentric in ways and dress

Ditchingham Hall
Distant view of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk

Lessing / Gotthold / Miniatu
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING German dramatist and critic

Henry Martyn
HENRY MARTYN English missionary and orientalist; translated the New Testament into Hindustani and Psalms into Persian

Restif - Flying Man
Victorin, the flying-man, takes to the air

Spa Fields Chapel
Engaving depicting Spa Fields Chapel in 1781. Spa Fields Chapel, erected in 1777, was one of many founded by Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon

The Bird of Paradise and Colonel Witwou'd, - actress and courtesan Gertrude Mahon (nee Tilson) and George Bodens, Gentleman Usher to the King Date: 1781

The Abandoned Wife and The Seducing Captain Date: 1781

The Subtle Seducer and The American Financier, Richard Price
The Subtle Seducer and The American Financier - Richard Price, British philosopher, nonconformist minister, mathematician, supporter of American independence

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale
Portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. After painting the original version

American War of Independence. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783)
American War of Independence. Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783). Spanish Siege of Pensacola (March 9-May 8, 1781). Capture of Pensacola

DEATH/MOURNING/MILK
A Native Canadian couple mourn their dead child : she presses onto the tomb some of the milk which should have been the baby's nourishment Date: 1781

Spanish battering ships, port and starboard, used between 1781 and 1783 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Date: circa 1781

Flight of Hyder Ali, ruler of Mysore in Southern India, after the Battle of Porto Novo (now Parangipettai), between the British East India Company and the Sultanate of Mysore, 1 July 1781

Death of Major Peirson at St Helier, Jersey (British defence against French invasion). 1781

Lady of the court of King Louis XVI, France, 1781. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

America - Battle Of Yorktown
George Washington and Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau Before The Trenches in Yorktown During The American War of Independence 1781

America - Surrender At Yorktown
Surrender of Yorktown By British General Charles Cornwallis During The American War of Independence. Date: 1781

America - House At Yorktown Where Cornwallis Surrendered
Moore House House At Yorktown Where General Charles Cornwallis Surrendered During The American War of Independence Date: 1781

America - Preparing To Burn Fort Motte
Rebecca Motte Holds An Ornate African Archers Bow As She Prepares To Burn Fort Motte During The American War of Independence Date: 1781

America - Burning Of New Lodnon
Benedict Arnold Viewing the Destruction Of New London During he American War of Independence Date: 1781

America - Tarletons Dash At Charlottesville
Sir Banastre Tarleton, Dash At Charlottesville During The American War of Independence. Date: 1781

America - Washingtons Army Mutinies
Mutiny Of George Washingtons Pennsylvania Line During The American War of Independence Date: 1781

Scene from Tristram Shandy, a novel by Laurence Sterne. 1781

Pitta brachyura, Indian pitta
Plate 51, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, mocking cliffchat
Plate 49, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

St Katharines Hospital
Engaving depicting St Katharines Hospital in 1781. Around 1148 Matilda, wife of King stephen, established a hospital in the parish of St

Illustration of the Bird Man Hero of Restif de La Breton?
Illustration of the Bird Man Hero of Restif de La Bretonnes Book La Decouvert Australe of 1781 Taking-Off from a Cliff Edge with Umbrella & Basket Date: 1781

Montagu Monuments, St Edmunds Church, Warkton, Northants
The Montagu Monuments are four stunning marble statues in the unlikely setting of Grade I listed St Edmunds Church in Warkton, Northamptonshire

Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deer
Plate 103 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781). See image reference 6373 for manuscript relating to image

Johann Nikolas Goetz
JOHANN NIKOLAS GOETZ German churchman and writer Date: 1721 - 1781

ESPOZ Y MINA, Francisco Espoz e Ilundain, also called (1781-1836). Spanish guerrilla leader and general of liberal ideology. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Karl Friedrich Schinkel
KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL German artist and architect Date: 1781 - 1841

GEORG OTT Swiss artist from Schaffhausen Date: 1781 - 1808

BLONDEL, Merry Joseph (1781-1853). The Sun of the Fall of Icarus. Soffit situated on the roof of the Rotunda of Apollo

The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown A. D. 1781
The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown A.D. 1781. Print depicts the surrender of the British forces after the Battle of Yorktown

Fw Herschel / Telescope
SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL German-English astronomer discovering the planet Uranus in 1781, while his sister Caroline Lucretia takes notes

Karl Schinkel / Miniature
KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL German architect and painter

Self-portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779)
Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779). German painter. Self-portrait, 1761-1769. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

United KIngdom. London. Trafalgar Square and the statue of K
United KIngdom. London. Trafalgar Square with the equestrian statue of the king George IV. Bronze. Sculpted by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841). Date: 20080327

Gazette of Madrid. 18th century. Number 1. 1781. Royal Print
Gazette of Madrid. 18th century. Public journal. Number 1. Tuesday 2nd January of 1781. Royal Printing

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