1786 Collection (page 5)

Margaret Nicholson attempts to assassinate the king
The Englishwoman, Margaret Nicholson, attempted to assassinate King George III on 2nd August 1786. She approached the King as he alighted from his carriage at St

LEE, Essex
A View of the MARSH LANDS with the River Lee in Essex Date: 1786

Olantigh, Kent
Distant view of Olantigh, Kent, the seat of John Sawbridge esquire Date: 1786

Durani Villager with gun, Afghanistan
A Dooraunee Villager with his Arms. An Afghan man wearing a long cloak and carrying a firearm with a long bayonet. 1815

Whitehall C18Th
Built in 1786-8 by Samuel Peyps Cockerall as a residence for the First Lord of the Admiralty Date: 18th century

Passiflora Caerulea
Blue Passion Flower Date: 1786

Samuel Gurney, Banker
SAMUEL GURNEY Banker and philanthropist Date: 1786 - 1856

Jonas Hanway / Euro Mag
JONAS HANWAY Traveller and philanthropist Date: 1712 - 1786

Jonas Hanway / Eng 1787
JONAS HANWAY Traveller and philanthropist Date: 1712 - 1786

Umbrella Old / New
A royal parasol as used by the Assyrians, compared with Jonas Hanways umbrella of 1786

Bellevue Palace, Berlin, Germany
Bellevue Palace (Schloss Bellevue), near the Tiergarten park, Berlin, Germany. Built in 1786, it has been the principal residence of the German President since 1994

Weber, Carl Maria von 1786 - 1826
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber. German composer and one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school

Somerset House 1786
The river front

Burns / Farmers Address
THE AULD FARMERs NEW YEAR MORNING SALUTATION TO HIS AULD MARE, MAGGIE A guid new year I wish thee Maggie!

Burns / The Twa Dogs
THE TWA DOGS I ve noticed on our Lairds court day, An mony a time my hearts been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o cash

Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl
THE LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE With careless step I onward strayed, My heart rejoiced in natures joy, When musing in a lonely glade, A maiden fair I chanced to spy

John Cam Hobhouse, Lord Broughton, c. 1869
Engraved portrait of John Cam Hobhouse, Lord Broughton (1786-1869), the English radical politician and writer, pictured c.1869

Hanways Umbrella / Iln
Jonas Hanway pioneers the first umbrella in London

Antonio Sacchini
ANTONIO SACCHINI Italian musician

Moses Mendelssohn / Graff
MOSES MENDELSSOHN German philosopher (grandfather of Felix Mendelssohn, the composer)

Birthplace of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 1859
Engraving showing the house in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, where the British naval commander and explorer, Sir John Franklin, was born in 1786

Chevreul / Andrielli / Ils
MICHEL-EUGENE CHEVREUL French chemist in his laboratory

5th Earl Fitzwilliam
WILLIAM THOMAS SPENCER WENTWORTH, fifth earl FITZWILLIAM Statesman, Lord-lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire

Chevreul, at Work
MICHEL EUGENE CHEVREUL French chemist in his laboratory

Charles Napier on Deck
SIR CHARLES NAPIER naval commander

Dixon Denham
DIXON DENHAM Traveller in Africa

The [Prince s] Nursery or Nine Months after [marriage]

The Cock of the Walk, distributing his favours

The Introduction of F[itzherbert] to St. Jamess Date: 1786

The Padlock or To be or not to be a Queen is the Question

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

Sir John Franklin
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN - English explorer and sailor

Inconvenient Costume / C18
THE INCONVENIENCE OF DRESS A lady ably demonstrates that the constraints of fashion can lead to constraints on the ability to eat ones supper

Sir John Franklin - 5
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN - Sailor and Arctic explorer

John Byron, Naval
JOHN BYRON British naval officer and navigator, known as foul-weather Jack. his grandson was the poet Byron

Sir John Franklin 3
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN - English explorer and sailor

Sir John Franklin 2
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN - English explorer and sailor

Sport / Climbing / Alps
MONT BLANC CONQUERED Alpine guide Jacques Belmont, after several unsuccessful earlier attempts, is the first to reach the summit

Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian politician and lawyer
Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician, lawyer and leader of the reformist movement

FRANCOIS ARAGO 1786 1853
DOMINIQUE FRANCOIS JEAN ARAGO French physicist

BR HAYDON / 1786-1846
BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON English painter, known for historical and biblical works

Ludwig I / Bavaria / Kobell
LUDWIG I OF BAVARIA In military dress

Walpole / Strawberry 1786
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD North front of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters

Shakespeare / New Place
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His home at New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, from a drawing found in 1786

Potocka De Ligne / Sidonie
SIDONIE, GRAFIN POTOCKA DE LIGNE Austrian social leader

Joseph Naudet
JOSEPH NAUDET French classical scholar

Timothy Hackworth / Young
TIMOTHY HACKWORTH Railway engineer

Thomas Wright / Scientist
THOMAS WRIGHT English scientist & philosopher

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