1792 Collection (page 8)

Burns / Highland Mary
HIGHLAND MARY The golden hours on angel wings, Flew o er me and my dearie; For dear to me, as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary

Burns / Deils Awa
THE DEILs AWA WI THE EXCISEMAN The Deil cam fiddlin thro the town, And danc d awa wi th Exciseman

Queen Dowager Adelaide (1792-1849)
Engraved portrait of Queen Dowager Adelaide (1792-1849), the consort of King William IV, pictured c.1840

Sir John Bowring (1792-1872)
Engraved portrait of Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), the English diplomat, linguist and politician

Lady Byron
Illustration showing Anne Isabella, Lady Byron (1792-1860), wife of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824), the English poet and society figure

Loterie LA Guillotine
During the Revolution, an enterprising citizen organises a Loterie de la Sainte Guillotine : he reads out the names of the winners

Jacobins Satirised
Satan and his spouse give birth to Jacobins - a caricature by someone who didn t like the extremist faction very much

Unlimited Democracy
An English take on events in France - the Revolution devours its children

Quack Doctor at Work
Dr Bossey, aided by a monkey and a jester, promoting the sales of his unique medications

Revolution / Louis Trial
Louis XVI appears before the convention to hear the charges against him

Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875)
Engraving of Lady Jane Franklin, nee Griffin, the wife of the English explorer, Sir John Franklin. Lady Jane travelled extensively with Sir John through Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Tasmania

Jfw Herschel / Anon Eng
SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL Astronomer; a founder (1820) of Royal Astronomical Society

Herschel / Pickersgill
SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL Astronomer; a founder (1820) of the Royal Astronomical Society and President of the British Association (1845)

Brassworks, Wales
Brass Mills near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales

Cotton Works Wales
Cotton works near Holywell, belonging to Messrs. Douglas & Company, Flintshire, Wales

Embassy at Great Wall
The first British embassy to China, headed by George, earl Macartney, enters China via the Great Wall at Chogon Koton

China Macartney Embas
The first British embassy to China, headed by George, earl Macartney, is greeted at (presumably) Beijing (Peking as was) by a military parade

Sir John Bowring - 2
SIR JOHN BOWRING Statesman, diplomat, writer : at one time Governor of Hong Kong

Sir John Bowring - 4
SIR JOHN BOWRING Statesman, diplomat, writer : while Governor of Hong Kong

Lord North Sleeps
The State Coachman asleep - FREDERICK, LORD NORTH. statesman, depicted in repose

The Effects of Flattery

Resignation the Greatest of all Virtues

HOW D YE DO?
How D Ye Do?

Club Des Feuillants
A body of moderates splitting from the Jacobins to pursue a less extremist course, the Feuillants make their home in an old convent near the Tuileries (now destroyed)

Revolution Calendar
The old calendar is discarded in favour of a new one with more rational months names - Rainy, Windy etc. This is Floreal, (floral) lasting from mid- April to mid-May

Les Quinze-Vingts
The Section des Quinze-Vingts are some of the most vociferous of the Parisian revolutionary groups in demanding the end of the monarchy

Louis in the Temple
Louis implores his friends outside France to rescue him : for greater security, the authorities confine him in the Temple prison, once the stronghold of the Templars

Louis XIV Statue - 1
The statue of Louis XIV, in the place Vendome, Paris, is pulled down by the mob in a gesture of anti-monarchism

Payment to Massacrers
A record of the payments given to those who carried out the September Massacres at Paris and Versailles

Vendee War - 1
In the early stages of the rising, Breton insurgents taken at Fouessant are brought into Quimper

Lamballe Murdered - 3
The Princesse de Lamballe, a friend of Marie-Antoinette, is murdered by the Paris mob, who jubilantly display her head to the queen

Louis XIV Statue - 2
The statue of Louis XIV, in the place Vendome, Paris, is pulled down by the mob in a gesture of anti-monarchism

Royals in Tuileries - 1
Confined to the Tuileries, the royals walk in the gardens : the dauphin kicks at the fallen leaves

Camp at Jales
The counter-revolutionary movement in south France is also opposed to protestantism - the camp at Jales, organised by Saillans, is its focus, but is attacked and destroyed

7th Duke Beaufort
HENRY SOMERSET, seventh duke of BEAUFORT statesman

Lord John Russell / 1838
LORD JOHN RUSSELL 1st EARL RUSSELL British Liberal politician in 1838 when MP for Stroud

Lord John Russell / Pound
LORD JOHN RUSSELL 1st EARL RUSSELL British Liberal MP in middle age

Costume / French / Elegant
An elegant young man in the flamboyant costume of the late revolutionary period: top hat, large white bowtie, and green waistcoat decorated with golden stars

Joshua Reynols
JOSHUA REYNOLDS artist, depicted wearing spectacles and holding brush and palette with his autograph

Sir Thomas Watson
SIR THOMAS WATSON medical practitioner

Indigofera Candicans
White-Leaved Indigo

Queen Adelaide
QUEEN ADELAIDE princess of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen, wife of William IV

Melissa Grandiflora
Great Flowered Balm

Swiss Woman C18 - 2
A young woman from the canton of Thurgau carries a basket of pears to market

Swiss Woman C18
A young woman of Fribourg, Switzerland, admires an Alpine flower

Fashionable Gent 1792
A fashionably dressed Parisian during the early phase of the Revolution

French Woman 1792
A young Parisienne wears a simple dress but an elaborate hat

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