1784 Collection (page 7)

Modern Athenians plate 48 - Edinburgh
Charles Cuningham, City Clerk, meeting with Adam Black (1784-1874) twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh, publisher and founder of the A & C Black publishing company, publishing the 7th

Modern Athenians plate 16 - Edinburgh
Two members of the Faculty of Advocates, Mr Robert Forsyth (c. 1764-1845) meeting on the streets of Edinburgh with Mr John Shank More (c. 1784-1861)

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

Burns / Made to Mourn
MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN O man! while in thy early years, How prodigal of time! Mis-spending all thy precious hours, thy glorious, youthful prime!

Nelson on leave at St. Omer, France, 1784
Captain Nelson, on half-pay during peacetime, decided it was economical to stay in France, in St. Omer near Dunkirtk. This was towards the end of 1874

Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons, 1864
Engraving showing Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), delivering the ministerial statement on Dano-German relations to the House of Commons, June 1864

Lord Palmerston at the Melbourne Athenaeum, Derbyshire, 1853
Engraving showing Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), laying the foundation-stone of the Melbourne Athenaeum, Derbyshire, August 1853

The Funeral Procession of Lord Palmerston, 1865
Engraving of the Funeral Procession of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), as the hearse passes Charing-Cross, London, 1865

The Funeral of Lord Palmerston, 1865
Engraving of the funeral of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), in the North Transept of Westminster Abbey, London, 1865

Lord Palmerston (1784-1865)
Engraving of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, the English Statesman, published during his last term as Prime Minister, between 1859 and 1865

Devonshire / Cartoon 1784
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, secures votes for Charles James Fox in the Westminster election by licentious behaviour. Fox orates in the background

Watts Engine
James Watt develops the low- pressure double-action steam engine

The Wapping Concert
A satire on Madame Mara, a concert singer. She sang at the Handel Commemoration in Westminster Abbey in 1784 and 1785. She had rickets in her childhood - hence Le Genou Inflexible

Allan Ramsay / Aikman
ALLAN RAMSAY Scottish portrait painter

Palmerston / Hunt / Age 76
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, viscount PALMERSTON statesman, at age 76

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
FRIEDRICH WILHELM BESSEL Prussian astronomer

Ludwig Devrient
LUDWIG DEVRIENT German actor

Balloon at Windsor 1784
A balloon is demonstrated to King George III at Windsor (top), and a professor lectures on the same subject (below)

Lunardis Balloon
View of the Ascent of Mr LUNARDIs celebrated air Balloon from the Artillery Ground (London)

Lord Aberdeen (Youngish)
George Hamilton Gordon, fourth earl of ABERDEEN Statesman; as prime minister during the Crimea War he was much criticised

Palmerston / Walker 1864
Viscount H J T Palmerston Statesman

Palmerston / Illus T 1864
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, Third Viscount PALMERSTON statesman, riding at age 81, at his home, Broadlands

Zachary Taylor / Wellstood
Zachary Taylor ka Old Rough-and-Ready American soldier, twelfth president

Samuel Johnson / Humphreys
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Samuel Johnson / Finden
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Samuel Johnson / Darton
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Samuel Johnson / Adlard
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Samuel Johnson / Davenport
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Samuel Johnson / Gough Sq
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writers home at 17 Gough Square, Fleet Street, where he lived while compiling his Dictionary

Samuel Johnson / Lichfield
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writers birthplace at Lichfield, Staffordshire, showing a busy market place

Moses Montefiore / Colour
SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE British Jewish philanthropist, born in Italy

F P C, Baron Dupin
Francois Pierre Charles, baron DUPIN French mathematician and statistician

J F C Montagne
J F C MONTAGNE French botanist

Jerome Bonaparte / Miniatu
JEROME BONAPARTE Youngest brother of Napoleon I and King of Westphalia

LUNARDIs BALLOON 1784
Lunardi leads the first attempt to ascend in a balloon in England. He is accompanied by Madame Sage and Chevalier Biggin

Palmerston / Silvy Cdv
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3rd Viscount PALMERSTON Statesman

SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709 1784
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Trembley in his Study
Abraham Trembley (1700 - 1784), Swiss naturalist, depicted in his study. He was the first to witness multiplication of protozoans by cell division in algae

Cheyte Singh & Hastings
Cheyte Singh, Rajah of Benares, flatters Warren Hastings

Zachary Taylor / Scrap 80
ZACHARY TAYLOR known as Old Rough-and-Ready American soldier, 12th US President (1849-50)

Aberdeen (Old)
George Hamilton Gordon, fourth earl of ABERDEEN Statesman, prime minister during the Crimea War

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

Palmerston / Mayall Cdv
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, Third Viscount PALMERSTON Statesman

Denis Diderot / Meissonier
DENIS DIDEROT French encyclopedist and philosopher who worked as a teacher and a translator. Discussing the encyclopedia with colleagues

GEORGE LAMB (1784-1834)
GEORGE LAMB Politician and writer

Mesmer Glorified
Mesmer is crowned by a jester as he stands on a balloon inflated by his followers, including a cleric, calling down the power of the sun to cure his patients

ANN LEE Religious enthusiast who became member and ultimately leader of Shaker sect (as Mother Ann ) with which she emigrated to America

Zachary Taylor President
ZACHARY TAYLOR known as Old Rough-and-Ready 12th American President (1849-50)

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