1790 Collection (page 11)

Newcastle Ca 1790
A superb view of the city from the south, the Tyne busy with shipping, showing that this is a major port though the town itself relatively small, with fields close by

Farming Couple 1790
A relatively prosperous farming couple. She wears a fashionable white muslin gown & shoes with pointed toes & vamps. He is more informally attired in his shirt sleeves

Social / Farmers Door 18C
A charming farmers wife dressed unsuitably in white wears a quilted petticoat & white mob cap. Her children wear loose frocks or a separate bodice, shift & skirt

Social / Squires Door 18C
A charitable Squires wife wears a fashionable riding habit with a masculine cut & double cape-collar. Her top hat has a large ribbon rosette & her hair is worn long

John Frederick Daniell
JOHN FREDERICK DANIELL English chemist and physicist

B. Franklin / Lab / Figuier
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN American statesman, scientist and philosopher in his physics lab at Philadelphia

B. Franklin / Work in Study
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN American statesman, scientist and philosopher working in his study

John Tyler President
JOHN TYLER 10th American President (1841-45)

Gladiolus Cardinalis
CORN-FLAG

Franklin as a Boy
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN As a boy, he works in a candle-makers factory but already his mind is busy with future projects

Actorly Speciment 1790
Attic Miscellany Theatrical Portraiture No.3: What Nature ought to be! A foppish looking thespian, hand on hip & monstrously mishapen wig, hams it up on stage

Amorous Gesture 1790
Attic Miscellany Theatrical Portraiture No.5: How to look amourously. A ham actor, down on one knee & with hand on heart, does his best to look in love. Date: 1790

Fete De LA Federation
A year to the day after the fall of the Bastille, France celebrates the Revolution with a fete on the Champ de Mars, Paris, where Louis swears to uphold the constitution

Bewick Dingo
Named by Bewick the New South Wales Wolf because he thought it more like a wolf than a dog. As a small boy, I was bitten by one at Whipsnade

English Foxhound
No country in Europe can boast of Fox-Hounds equal in swiftness, strength, or agility, to those of Britain, where the utmost attention is paid to their breeding

Bewick Hound
Canis Sagax - said to be the original breed of this island, used by the ancient Britons in the chase of the larger kinds of game with which the country abounded

Bewick Hunter Horse
The Hunter is a happy combin- -ation of the Race Horse with others of superior strength, but inferior in swiftness; and may be considered as the most useful of horses

Bewick Race Horse
THE RACE HORSE In Bewicks day, rivalry between racehorse-owners matched that of sports car owners of later times

Arab Horse Bewick
THE ARABIAN HORSE There is scarcely an Arabian, how poor soever in other respects, but is possessed of his horse, which he considers as an invaluable treasure

Bewick English Setter
This is THE ENGLIGH SETTER whose sagacity in discovering the various kinds of game, and its caution in approaching them, are truly astonishing, so Bewick tells us

Large Water Spaniel
Classed by Bewick as THE LARGE WATER-SPANIEL, valuable for its great docility and attachment to its master

Bewick - Turnspit
Bewick classifies this as a specific breed, destined to help in the kitchen throughout its working life. Modern culinary technology has fortunately made it redundant

Large Rough Water Dog
(canis aviarius aquaticus) (Buffon : le grand barbet) This clever, hardy dog is carried on board ships, thanks to its ability to retrieve things fallen overboard

Bewick Shepherds Dog
Bewick labels this canis domesticus and Buffon classifies it as Le berger but it is just one of countless dogs which earn their keep by herding sheep

Bewick Newfoundland
A favourite of Victorian households, thanks to its propensity to rescue children from ponds - useful, given the propensity of Victorian children to fall into ponds

Bewick Mastiff
(canis molossus) Buffon terms it, simply, Le Dogue

Bewick Greyhound
(canis graius) the fleetest of all Dogs, and can outrun every animal of the chase; but as it wants the faculty of scenting, it follows only by the eye

Bewick Lurcher
Its habits are dark and cunning says Bewick of this dog which is nevertheless popular with miners and other such persons

Bewick - Sea-Bear
(phoca ursinus) Also known as the sea-bear, this is much bigger than the common seal and is found in extreme northern and southern latitudes

Bewick Hooded Seal
(cystophoro cristata) A native of Greenland, it has a fold of skin on its forehead with which it can cover its eyes and nose

Bewick / Sea Otter
(enhydra lutris) This is the smallest marine mammal and is found mostly in North America

Bewick / Seal
(phoca vitulina) This is the COMMON SEAL, found in almost every quarter of the globe

Bewick - Boy & Sheep
A boy riding a sheep

Bewick Blackface Ram
The black-faced or Heath ram is a native of Yorkshire, where it is bred in huge quantities

Bewick - Tees Sheep
This is the old or unimproved Tees-water sheep, before the improvements begun by Mr Bakewell

Bewick - Wedder Sheep
This sheep was bred by Mr Culley in Northumberland

Bewick - Dunky Sheep
The dunky is a species of DWARF SHEEP found in Lincolnshire. It has no horns and has an unusual head

Bewick - Iceland Sheep
Though most sheep have two horns, some have four or even eight. However, Bewicks MANY-HORNED SHEEP seems to have three

Bewick / Walrus
(odobenus rosmarus) Bewick gives the alternative name of sea-horse but he admits it is a mammal, not a fish

Bewick / Chipmunk
(tamias striatus) Bewick calls this the dormouse or ground squirrel but it seems to be identical with the North American Eastern Chipmunk

Bewick / Barb. Squirrel
(sciurus getulus) An attractive rodent, about the same size as the common grey squirrel

Bewick / Flying Squirrel
(petaurista elegans) Bewick seems to say that this exotic rodent can be found in Europe, but today it is largely confined to south-east Asia

Bewick Squirrel Longtail
About three times the size of European squirrels, this rodent is found in Ceylon and Malabar

Bewick / Grey Squirrel
(sciurus carolinensis) This is the common grey squirrel, familiar to all. They came to Europe from America, where they were a menace to farmers

Bewick - Pine-Marten
several variants of the several species of marten this is probably the European pine-marten, but it has cousins in America and Asia. (formerly pine-weasel)

Bewick / Weasel - 2
(mustela nivalis) - The weasel eats pretty well anything it can catch : this one has been clever enough to catch a bird

Bewick / Weasel
(mustela nivalis - Buffon called it La belette) A widespread but narrow-headed (for ease when burrowing) mustelid very like the stoat

Bewick / Zebra
(equus burchelli) Along with the aardvark, this relative of the horse is assured of a place in every index of animals, albeit at different ends

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