1789 Collection

Cuckfield / Sussex / 1789
A scene at a quiet village fair in Cuckfield

Harvesting Oysters
American oystermen of New Jersey harvest the mature oysters which they planted earlier in the year when they were young

HMS Implacable, 1920
Photograph of HMS Implacable, formerly the Duguay-Trouin, 1920. This ship was built in France in 1789, served at Trafalgar, and was captured by the Royal Navy shortly thereafter

Boxing / Jack Broughton
English boxer; third heavyweight champion of England (? - 1750); operated a boxing school and arena, London (1742-89); invented boxing rules and gloves

Johnson V Perrins 1789
Tom Johnson and Isaac Perrins square up to each other at Banbury

Attacking the Bastille
PRISE DE LA BASTILLE The Paris mob attacks the Bastille prison

Revolutionary Cards
Playing cards of the Revolution by Jaume and DuCourc

Epee Teaching Deaf Mutes
L ABBE DE L EPEE instructing deaf-mutes in the sign language he invented to enable them to communicate

H. M. s. Bounty
A reconstruction of H.M.S. Bounty, famous for the mutiny of Fletcher Christian and the rest of the crew against Captain Bligh, in 1789

JOHN ELWES (formerly Meggott) miser, son of two misers, who nevertheless left 800 000 (equivalent of 80 million ?) to his nephew and his natural sos"

French Revolution / Song
Marianne leads the revolutionary army in the Marseillaise, the French national anthem

Plants / Viola Pedata
Cut-Leaved Violet, or Bird s-Foot Violet, or Crowfoot Violet

Tennis Court Oath
Representatives of the non- privileged classes held a meeting in a tennis court after finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall in Versailles

Paris, France - College Royal or College de France. Date: circa 1789

Major General Claud Martins House, by Thomas Daniell
Major General Claud Martins House, the Farhad Baksh, in Lucknow on the River Gumti, by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840). Date: 1789

General George Washington swearing in as President at the old city hall of New York. Lithography of 1789. Litography

Tending Oyster Beds
American oystermen of New Jersey plant millions of young, unmarketable oysters at the end of the season, in April, to be harvested later in the year

Desmoulins, Palais Royal
In the gardens of the Palais Royal, Camille Desmoulins climbs a table at the Cafe Foi, and - brandishing a pair of pistols - calls the Sunday afternoon crowd to action

Storming the Bastille
The mob charging the prison in Paris, France

BEAR / MONKEY SKELETONS
The skeletons of a bear and a monkey, artistically posed with a tree-trunk Date: 1789

Plate 7a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 7a, Mineralogie [unfinished] from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 1 from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 1 Histoire Naturelle ou Mineralogie Complete, from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

William Scoresby
WILLIAM SCORESBY English clergyman, scientist and explorer. Pioneered in the scientific study of the Arctic

Brighton / Rowlandson 1789
Brighton, Sussex, known here by its old name, Brighthelmstone: the bathing place, with smoakers machines

Brighton in 1789 (Beach)
Embarking from Brighthelmstone for Dieppe, part of a route from London to Paris advertised as ninety miles nearer than by way of Dover and Calais

Tradescantia Virginica
Virginian Tradescantia or Spiderwort

Louis XVI does his Best
Allegorical depiction of Louis XVI doing his best for his country, conferring with Justice, Economy, Truth and Religion : alas, they cannot save him from the guillotine. Date: 4 May 1789

Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). 1789, by Velazquez
Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). Queen consort of Spain (1788-1808). Wife of Charles IV. Portrait by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834), 1789. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

French Revolution, Attack on the Bastille, Paris Date: 1789

Popular Rejoicings on Bastille Day
A colourful illustration which depicts a joyous, celebratory scene in which figures are happily conversing and dancing at an event on the 14th of July, in commemmoration of Bastille Day

Advert, Pears Soap, dated 1789, mother washing child in tub, used as a magazine insert 100 years later Date: 1789

Convict ship Guardian Frigate wrecked on an island of ice
Convict ship the Guardian Frigate wrecked on an island of ice, 23 December 1789 Date: 1789

Stone Dies used for Stamping out the Pans of Iron Crusie Lamps Last used at Red Bay, Co Antrim, about 1789. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

MARIE ANTOINETTE MOTHER
MARIE ANTOINETTE gives birth to her first child, Louis le Dauphin, who will die in 1789. Date: 1755 - 1793

MARIE ANTOINETTE
Queen of Louis XVI, in 1778, with her three children - Louis le Dauphin, who will die in 1789, Louis XVII who will die in prison (1795), and Marie-Therese who dies 1851 1755 - 1793

MARIE ANTOINETTE & DAUPH
Queen of Louis XVI (1755 - 1793) with one of her sons, probably Louis, the Dauphin, who will die in 1789

Alphonse Henri, Comte d Hautpoul PM of France
Vintage 19th century photograph: Alphonse Henri, comte d Hautpoul (4 January 1789 - 27 July 1865) was Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic

Views in the midwest and Kentucky
Settlers in a waggon traveling to the western states 79, settlers building a log cabin 80, and view of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky 81. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

French Revolution, destruction of Bastille, Paris
French Revolution, destruction of the Bastille Prison, Paris. 1789

The Holy Family, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Holy Family with the Infant St John, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the National Gallery, London. Date: 1788-9

Military uniform of the French Guards, Garde-Francaise, 1789. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

French womens fashions of 1789: dress a la Turque and chapeau-bonnette with roses and a rainbow ribbon. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la

French mens fashions of 1789 (bourgeois) in imitation of the English style. Hair a la Panurge and hat a la Jackei. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes

French mens fashions of 1789 (young nobleman). Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolio X from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de

America - Washington Inaugurated As President At New York
George Washington Inaugurated As The First President Of The United Staes Of America Date: 1789

America - Washington Inaugurated As President
George Washington Inaugurated As President Date: 1789

America - Washington Chosen As President
Charles Thomson The Clerk Of Congress Announcing To Georgw Washington At mount Vernon His Election To The Prsidency Date: 30 April 1789

America - Inauguration Of Washington In New York
The Inauguration Ceremony Of George Washington In New York. Date: 1789

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