1784 Collection (page 8)

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)

Ant. Court De Gebelin
ANTOINE COURT DE GEBELIN French protestant historian and antiquary

Torbern Olof Bergman
TORBERN OLOF BERGMAN (or Bergmann) Swedish chemist and naturalist

Mesmers Patient
Mesmers reputation suffers when mlle Paradis, a blind patient he failed to cure, turns up at the French court playing clavecin at Marie Ant- oinettes spiritual concert

Henry Warburton
HENRY WARBURTON reformer with his autograph

Patinhas Project
The aerostatic fish of Jose Patinha who flew it from Plazentia in Spain to Coria, on the Aragon river, a distance of 12 leagues

Madame Tussaud Catalogue
Madame Tussauds Exhibition : Founded in France in 1784 and in England in 1802, modelled and managed by the great- grandchildren of Mme Tussaud

George, Lord Aberdeen
GEORGE GORDON HAMILTON, 4th earl of ABERDEEN statesman, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Leigh Hunt / Ford
JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT - English poet, essayist and imprisoned for criticising the Prince Regent in 1813

Sir William Buckland
SIR WILLIAM BUCKLAND eccentric naturalist, whose household comprised all kinds of livestock in addition to his own family

Dr Johnson / Lamborn
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Writer and lexicographer

Dr Samuel Johnson
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Writer and lexicographer

Dr Johnson / Bolt Ct Home
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON With Boswell - at home in Bolt Court

Doctor Johnson Eating
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Caricatured with Boswell as a pair of gourmands

Dr Johnson / Hold Court
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Holding court

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

Dr Johnson / Deathbed
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON On his deathbed

Dr Johnson / At Home
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON At home - with Mrs Williams, Francis and Levett; Boswell is about to enter the room

Dr Johnson / Priscott
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON On his Highland tour in 1773

Dr Johnson / Heath / Reynold
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist at his desk with pen in hand in 1756

MURDOCHs ENGINE, 1784
William Murdochs locomotive engine

Mesmer Demonstration
Mesmer gives a demonstration at his house in the Place Vendome, Paris

Mesmer Satirised / Theatre
Mesmer satirised in the theatre : his supporter, D Epremesil, throws leaflets to the audience

Phenomenes De Mesmerisme
A page from Phenomeres de Mesmerisme

Report on Mesmer
Report of French Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism

Napoleon 1784 Cadet
NAPOLEON, in 1784, as a cadet at the military school at Paris

Sir George Arthur
SIR GEORGE ARTHUR Colonial administrator

Palmerston / Marc 1860
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, Third Viscount PALMERSTON statesman, at age 76

Palmerston / Mayer & Piers
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, Third Viscount PALMERSTON statesman

LEHZEN (1784 - 1870)
Louise, Baroness Lehzen Governess to Queen Victoria (when a Princess)

Palmerston / John Partridg
Henry John Temple Palmerston. 3rd Viscount. Statesman

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