1790 Collection (page 8)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Plate 42 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Coupe de la corne d ammons don?t chacunes des cazes, renferme une variete particuliere du Spath calcaire. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 2 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Gipse ecailleux perle dans ses calsure et en prismes dont les sommts aronclis, des environs de Paris. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 13 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Selenite en prismes tres alonge et transparant, d Espagne tire du Cabinet de Mr. Grigot d Orey. From Recuille complet de Mineralogiea vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Canoes of various islands visited and discovered by the Waak
Canoes from the Lord Howe Islands, the Admiralty Islands and the Duke of York Islands. Drawing number 29 from the George Raper Drawing Collection held within the Natural History Museum, London

Natives fishing in their Canoe, Port Jackson

Plate 26 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Spath calcaire incruste de pirites Cuivreuses. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 27 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Moreau singulier de Calamine quis est incrustee sur du Spath piramidal, le qu els est decompose et a laisse la place vuide... From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L

Title page from Mineralogie Volume 2 (1790)
Mineralogie Tome III Contenant les gemes, chorles, Feldspath, Asbeste, Plombagine, Bithume &c. Title page from Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.3 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 44 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Title page from Adam Smiths work An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of

Wedding of a Young Woman

Michel Camus
MICHEL CAMUS French statesman of the Revolutionary period, delivered by traitors to the Austrians - but we don t know when, where or why... Date: CIRCA 1790

Choice Spirit & Buck
A buck : a dissipated & dishevelled looking man of fashion with a cudgel tucked under his arm & a choice spirit in a bicorne hat. Date: 1790

William Cullen, Medical
WILLIAM CULLEN Scottish medical practitioner Date: 1710 - 1790

William Cullen / John Kay
WILLIAM CULLEN Scottish physician writing in a book Date: 1710 - 1790

M. Bureau de Pusy. Ne a Port sur Saone en 17... depute du Baille d Amont en fche cte e l assemblee nationale de 1789, nomme president le 2 fevrier 1790

Benjamin Franklin - born in Boston, Jany. 17th 1706 -- died in Philadelphia, April 17th 1790. Print showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, sitting in chair, facing slightly left

Red harrow From: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants Date: 1790

Everlasting sweetpea From: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants Date: 1790

Red valerian From: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants Date: 1790

Richmond Park Lodge, Surrey
Richmond Park Lodge, the residence of Philip Medows Esq Date: circa 1790

Federation Celebrated 5
On the Champ de Mars, Parisians celebrate the Fete de la Federation, marking the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1790

Revolution Game
A board game in which successive squares are incidents in the Revolution, such as the King coming to Paris and the abolition of the gabelle (the hated salt tax). Date: circa 1790

Patterdale, Cumbria
Scene in Patterdale, Cumbria Date: 1790

Dumont D urville
Js C DUMONT D URVILLE French naval explorer Date: 1790 - 1842

Playing Cards
In the new packs of cards issued in revolutionary France, tha valets (knaves) are replaced by Republicans. Date: circa 1790

Culzean Castle Gateway
The Gateway to Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle was built by Robert Adams between 1772 and 1790 for David, 10th Earl of Cassillis. Date: late 18th century

Sir George Brown - 1
SIR GEORGE BROWN British military commander in the Crimea. Date: 1790 - 1865

Sir George Brown - 3
SIR GEORGE BROWN British military commander in the Crimea. Depicted at the end of his life, festooned with medals. Date: 1790 - 1865

Ferdinand Raimund
FERDINAND RAIMUND Austrian actor and writer Date: 1790 - 1836

Sir George Brown - 2
SIR GEORGE BROWN British military commander in the Crimea. Date: 1790 - 1865

Martin Crugot
MARTIN CRUGOT German churchman and theologian Date: 1725 - 1790

Renwick Williams: suggested protection from the monster
Renwick Williams, commonly called The Monster, assaulted and killed up to 60 women in the streets before his arrest in June 1790

Dumont D urville - 2
JULES SEBASTIEN CESAR DUMONT D URVILLE - French naval commander and explorer, commanded Astrolabe in search for La Perouse, active in the Pacific. Date: 1790 - 1842

German Costume 1790

Jenny Cameron / R Grave
JENNY CAMERON Friend of Prince Charles Stuart, nicknamed the Young Pretenders Diana Date: 1699 - 1790

Middleham Castle / Yorks
Middleham Castle, Yorkshire Date: 1790

Margaret Bryan - 1
MARGARET BRYAN Author of books on mathematics and astronomy, depicted with her two daughters. She lived at Blackheath, Kent. Date: flourished 1790 - 1815

Modern Athenians plate 4 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Thompson (c.1790-1857) Sheriff of Caithness, being followed by Mr Robert Hunter (1791-1871) Sheriff of Bute and Dumbarton

Modern Athenians plate 23 - Edinburgh
A serious faced Rev. John Ferguson (d.1854) of St. Peters Episcopal Chapel (never known to smile) approaching the Right Rev. Charles H. Terrot (1790-1872) Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 44 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Scott Moncrieff, approaching his great friend William Henry Murray (1790-1852) who along with his sister Mrs. Henry Siddons, managed the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh

THE MOLE
The European mole, Talpa Europea

Admiral W. W. Percival Johnson (1790-1880)
Engraved portrait of Admiral W.W. Percival Johnson (1790-1880), the English sailor, who served as a midshipman on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar

Revolutionary Allegory
The Spirit of the Revolution

Heathfield / Elliot
George Augustus Elliot (variously spelt but this is correct), made lord HEATHFIELD for his brilliant defence of Gibraltar during the Great Siege by French & Spanish

William Cullen / Cochran
WILLIAM CULLEN Scottish physician

Marylebone Schoolhouse
A horseman and a coster with his donkey pass each other outside the school house at Mary-le-bone

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