1790s Collection (page 6)

A scarecrow, 1793
A scarecrow of 1793 - a woman wearing a fashionable, but ridiculed, high-waisted gown (with watch fob) which makes it appear that her legs begin under her bosom

Caricature of fashion 1794 Shepherds, I have lost my waist
A satire on fashions of 1794. The high-waisted look that had come into fashion aroused much ridicule, and was described as the banishment of the body from the female form

Characters in High Life, c. 1796. Although one of the women is much shorter than the other, she makes up for it in the height of the feathers she wears in her turban

Benares on the Ganges, by Hubert Cornish (1757-1832). Painted during a trip made by Lady Teignmouth and her party to the Sunderbans, Bengal

Lady Teignmouth and her party, by Hubert Cornish
Lady Teignmouth and her party on the Great Coolea Mullah in the Sunderbans, by Hubert Cornish (1757-1832). The boat in the foreground contained a kitchen

Garnerin descending in his parachute, Paris
Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute

Map, Battle of Fleurus
Map of the Battle of Fleurus - it was won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon. The hydrogen balloon L Entreprenant was used to pass messages to the ground

Battle of Fleurus with balloon
The Battle of Fleurus, won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon. The hydrogen balloon L Entreprenant was used to pass messages to the ground while the French

Ballooning event, Champ de Mars, Paris
A balloon held by ropes, the burning of a wooden castle, and a chariot race going on around them, on the Champ de Mars, Paris. late 1790s

Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first human being to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute (animals had previously been used)

Satire on amateur musicians, 1799
A trio of unattractive but enthusiastic regency ladies make music together. Date: 1799

Street Musicians, 1790s
Two musicians, a boy and a dog walk down a street. Behind them is a walled garden, complete with an urn, bust and birdbox. Date: 1790s

French gang of robbers
Two female members of a French gang of robbers, known as chauffeurs who spread terror across France during the last years of the 18th century. Date: 1790s

British Ambassador arriving in China
The Arrival in China of the British Ambassador, Lord Macartney. Date: 1793

British Ambassador meeting Emperor Chien Lung
Meeting between Lord Macartney, British Ambassador, and the Chinese Emperor Chien Lung. Date: 14 September 1793

Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell, London
The Middlesex House of Correction, opened in 1794, was later known as Cold Bath Prison, then Clerkenwell Gaol. It became a debtors prison before closing in 1885

A New Way of Posting a Libel

Prisoners Regrets
A revolutionary in prison looks back with nostalgia to the early, heroic days of the Revolution, before everything started to go wrong

Tuileries Cafe
The fashionable cafe in the Jardin des Tuileries, in revolutionary Paris

French Revolution Cards
Playing cards from the hearts and clubs suits from the French Revolution by Jaume and DuCourc

Knave of Clubs / French
The knave of clubs

Social / Britain Vicar 18C
A farmers wife wears a white gown & apron, black pelerine, shoes with pointed toes & vamps, a mob cap, straw hat & pink belt. Her son wears a smock & blue stockings

Artist and her Mother
Mademoiselle Pastel suivie de sa Mere - a young Frenchwoman sets out to paint, followed by her mother who carries her easel, stool and knitting

King of Diamonds / French
The King of Diamonds

French Assignats
Assignats - paper money of the French revolutionary era. (Note : we have some actual assignats in our collection.)

Runaway couple get married at Gretna Green
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green, literally striking the iron while it is hot. Gretnas runaway marriages began in 1753, following a change in the English law that did not apply in Scotland

Scene at La Salpetriere in Paris
A scene at La Salpetriere, Paris, where Philippe Pinel orders the manacles removed from the mental patients

Mungo Park crossing the Black River, West Africa
The Scottish explorer Mungo Park crossing the Black River (the Bafing), a tributary of the Senegal River, West Africa

Mungo Park visiting King Alis tent at Benown
The Scottish explorer Mungo Park visiting King Alis tent at Benown, or Benowm, West Africa

Leicester Improved breed of sheet
The Leicester Improved breed of sheep

Men duelling with swords

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