1795 Collection (page 9)

Pray remember us poor Children

Robert Moffat
ROBERT MOFFAT British missionary in Africa depicted soon after his arrival in 1817 : he will translate the Bible into the Bechuana language

Napoleon and Sections
When the Paris sections oppose the Conventions constitutional changes, Napoleon uses artillery to make them behave

Couthon at Lyon
Couthon is sent by the Convention to suppress the insurrection in Lyon : he takes the city, and orders aristocratic homes to be destroyed

Ernst Heinrich Weber
ERNST HEINRICH WEBER German physiologist at Leipzig, depicted with his brother

Keats / Silhouette
Silhouette of John Keats, poet

Louvre Interior 1795
Visitors to the Louvre admire the large collection of oil paintings on display at the Salon du Louvre in 1785

Casting / Firing a Horse
The Newly approved method of casting and fireing. A horse is firmy restrained with ropes before branding with a hot poker

Sade / Bedroom Philosopher
THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER The Philosopher makes a speech to a seated gentleman and two ladies (one of the ladies being in a state of undress)

French Retreat 1795
In the face of the Allies attack, the French are forced to retreat in Flanders

Alstroemeria Ligtu
Striped-Flowered Alstroemeria

Antonio Jose De Sucre
ANTONIO JOSE DE SUCRE Venezuelan liberator; 1st President of Upper Peru 9now Bolivia)

George IV Weds Caroline
George, prince of Wales, weds Caroline of Brunswick; the nuptials are celebrated with an alfresco feast at Frogmore

Merveilleuses
The extravagant fashions of the MERVEILLEUSES (or sometimes INCROYABLES) are adopted in derisive emulation of the costumes of the erstwhile aristocrats

Josiah Wedgwood / W Holl
JOSIAH WEDGWOOD English potter

Two Incroyables, 1795
Two incroyables (unbeliev- ables) - the male equivalent of the merveilleuses whose extreme fashions were a defiance of old aristocratic forms of elitist dress

FRENCHWOMAN 1795 - 2
The influence of Ancient Greece shows strongly in this high-waisted gown hanging in natural folds - expressing the idealism that inspired the dedicated Revolutionaries

FRENCHWOMAN 1795 - 1
The simplicity of Ancient Greece is a strong influence on fashion in Revolutionary Paris; no frills and restrained ornament here

French Trailing Robes
L EMBARRAS DES QUEUES - the trailing robes of two fashionably dressed ladies amuse a pair of equally fashionable incroyables

Keats / Edmonton Home
JOHN KEATS Cottage in Church Street, Edmonton, where the poet served his apprenticeship to Hammond, the surgeon, from 1811 to 1815

Carlyles at Home
THOMAS AND JANE WELSH CARLYLE Scottish writer and his wife at home, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea

Robert Bakewell
ROBERT BAKEWELL English agriculturist

Keats / Grave / Memorial
JOHN KEATS Unveiling the memorial tablet to the English poet at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome

Henry John Rous
HENRY JOHN ROUS British naval commander

James Polk / Scrap 1880
JAMES POLK 11th President of the United States, 1845-49

George Peabody / Tomahawk
GEORGE PEABODY American merchant and philanthropist: his body returning home by sea

Nicolas Auguste Hesse
NICOLAS AUGUSTE HESSE French artist

Paul, Baron Dubois
PAUL, BARON DUBOIS French medical

F F a Cardinal Donnet
Ferdinand Francois Auguste, Cardinal DONNET French prelate

Anselme Payen
ANSELME PAYEN French chemist

Gabriel Lame
GABRIEL LAME French mathematician and engineer, worked on first French railways

Caussin De Perceval
AMAND-PIERRE CAUSSIN DE PERCEVAL French scholar and historian

Aalm Velpeau / Lafosse
Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie VELPEAU French medical

Poland / Third Partition
An allegory of the Third Partition of Poland: Prussia, Russia and Austria divide the country up between themselves

Carlyle / Edinburgh Speech
THOMAS CARLYLE Scottish philosopher and historian on his installation as Lord Rector of Edinburgh University, 2 April 1866

Carlyle / Chelsea Moonligh
THOMAS CARLYLE Scottish philosopher and historian, enjoying a moonlit evening outside his Chelsea home

Revolution / Tobacco Box
Tobacco box from the French Revolution : " Union et Liberte"

James Braid / Figuier
JAMES BRAID Scottish doctor, pioneer of hypnosis

1795 / Cartoon / Powder
Leaving Off Powder, or A Frugal Family saving the Guinea. A response to Pitts tax on hair-powder

Queen Anna Pavlovna
ANNA PAVLOVNA ROMANOV, grand duchess of Russia, daughter of Tsar Paul, wife (1816) of Willem II, king of the Netherlands, mother of Willem III

Louis Xviii / Isabey Minia
LOUIS XVIII Titular King of France 1795-1814, King from 1814- 1815, 1815-1824. Napoleon reigned for 100 days in 1815 and Louis fled to Ghent

Friedrich Wilhelm Iv / Min
FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV King of Prussia, depicted here as Crown Prince

Friedrich Wilhelm Iv / Cel
FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV King of Prussia

Town Houses 1795
Old houses lately standing at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London : examples of the plain gable style, but, alas, taken down in 1809

Aalm Velpeau / Nos Maitres
Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie VELPEAU French medical

Richard Tattersall
RICHARD TATTERSALL Racehorse auctioneer and founder of Tattersalls in 1776

John Sullivan / Anon Eng
JOHN SULLIVAN American Revolutionary officer

Bath / Hassell 1795
A late 18th century view of Bath

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