1782 Collection (page 6)

Johann Von Oesterreich
ARCHDUKE JOHANN OF AUSTRIA Son of Leopold II, commanded Austrian Army in Napoleonic Wars, statesman who played a prominent role in the 1848 uprisings, chosen Regent

RIGNY (1782-1835)
HENRI COMTE DE RIGNY French Admiral and diplomat in Greece. Aided by the British in the Battle of Navarino in 1827, which secured Greece independence from Turkey

Indonesian Palanquin
Four bearers carry a gentleman in a palanquin, in the East Indies (Indonesia)

Robert Morrison - 2
ROBERT MORRISON Churchman, missionary in China, engaged in translating the Bible into Chinese with two Chinese Christians

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

THE ROYAL GEORGE
Raising the the wreck of the Royal George, which sunk in 1782

Paganini (Eichhorn)
NICCOLO PAGANINI Italian musician

Paganini (Cig. Card)
NICCOLO PAGANINI Italian musician

Salisbury Coffee House
Customers in the coffee house in Salisbury market-place

Jacques De Vaucanson
JACQUES DE VAUCANSON French inventor of textile machinery, also of automata including The Duck shown in this picture

Dowser Bleton
French sourcier BLETON, blindfolded and using no apparatus, convinces a committee of scientists of his dowsing ability

3rd Earl Spencer
JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, third earl SPENCER; previously viscount ALTHORP. Statesman who despite his preference for country pursuits pursued a valuable political career

Daniel Auber / Lafosse
Daniel Francois Esprit Auber French Composer

Food and Drink / Salt
SALT PREPARATION IN ENGLAND A saltern where the salt is dried; at Lymington, Hampshire

John Field / Mayer
JOHN FIELD Composer

William Paley, clergyman, philosopher and utilitarian
William Paley, British clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher and utilitarian. He became Archdeacon of Carlisle in 1782

Pietro Metastasio
PIETRO ANTONIO DOMENICO BONAVENTURA TRAPASSI, known as METASTASIO Italian writerknown especially for his 26 melodramas

AUBER / GILL
Daniel Francois Esprit Auber French Composer

Anglo-French War
Rodney defeats De Grasse off Dominica during the Anglo-French War

Attack on Gibraltar
Combined French & Spanish naval attack on Gibraltar is destroyed by the British

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