1800s Collection (page 8)

Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre

Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects! Vide An Afternoon Nap after the Fatigues of an Official Dinner, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Broad Bottom Drones storming the Hive, Wasps, Hornets & Bumble Bees joining in the Attack, by James Gillray. Showing leading politicians (both those in power and those in opposition)

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Connoisseurs examining a collection of George Morland s, by James Gillray. A satire on the popularity of Morlands paintings, focusing on fat pigs, foolish donkeys and greedy dealers

Cartoon, The Pigs Possessed, or, the Broad-bottomd Litter running headlong into the Sea of Perdition, by James Gillray. Showing John Bull (doubling as Farmer George)

Cartoon, Westminster Conscripts under the Training Act, by James Gillray. Showing Napoleon training a group of British politicians, including Charles James Fox

Cartoon, Political Mathematicians, Shaking the Broad bottomd Hemispheres, by James Gillray. To that last Hope of the Country, the New Opposition

Cartoon, Pacific Overtures, or, a Flight from St Clouds over the Water to Charley, a new Dramatic Piece now Rehearsing, by James Gillray

Cartoon, A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, or, John Bull swamped in the Flood of new Taxes; Cormorants fishing in the Stream, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Tiddy Doll the great French Gingerbread Baker, drawing out a new Batch of Kings, his Man, Hopping Talley [Talleyrand], mixing up the Dough, by James Gillray

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

Cartoon, The Reconciliation, by James Gillray, with a quotation from the parable of the Prodigal Son. Showing a reconciliation between King George III and his son, the Prince of Wales

Cartoon, Middlesex Election, 1804, a Long Pull, a Strong Pull, and a Pull All together, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett in a carriage labelled Peace & Plenty

Cartoon, L Assemblee Nationale, or grand Cooperative Meeting at St Annes Hill, respectfully dedicated to the admirers of a Broad-Bottomd Administration, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Confederated Coalition, or, The Giants storming Heaven, with the Gods alarmed for their everlasting abodes, by James Gillray. Depicting government ministers Hawkesbury, Addington and St

Cartoon, The State Waggoner and John Bull, or, the Waggon too much for the Donkeys! together with a distant view of the New Coalition among Johnnys Old Horses, by James Gillray

Cartoon, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver. Scene: Gulliver manoeuvring with his little Boat in the Cistern. By James Gillray. A satire on King George III and Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1804

Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Introduction of Citizen Volpone... at Paris
Cartoon, Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris, Vide The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters, by James Gillray. Showing Charles James Fox

Cartoon, Sketch of the Interior of St Stephens, as it now Stands, by James Gillray. Showing a view of the House of Commons with ministerial benches on the left and the Speaker and clerk on the right

Cartoon, Political Dreamings, Visions of Peace! Perspective Horrors! by James Gillray. Showing William Windham, British War Minister, asleep and dreaming in bed, surrounded by visions

Cartoon, Integrity retiring from Office! by James Gillray. The outgoing Tory government ministers, led by William Pitt, leave through the Treasury arch

Sydney, Australia - St. Marys Cathedral
Slide showing a photograph of St. Marys Cathedral, which is is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney

Paris, France - General View from West Paris
Paris, France - General View from Passy, in the West of Paris. Engraving from a watercolour painting by J W Turner. Date: circa 1800s

Page from the original notebook of George Cayley (1773-1857) - prolific English engineer and one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Date: 1808

MBW-MFB-London Fire Brigade museum artefact
MFB rolled leather fire hose with screw couplings. Copper rivets were introduced in around 1819. This type of hose was phased out in the late 1800s

Manually pulled and operated Insurance Company engine
A manually pulled and operated Insurance Company fire engine

Greenlanders singing combat, c. 1800
Natives of Greenland gather outdoors for a singing contest. Date: c. 1800

Harp lesson - L accord parfait
A music teacher instructs a lady pupil, who sits astride a harp and looks up adoringly at him. A lap dog watches the scene with some reservations from a stool underneath the harpsicord

Spectacle Arch, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. It was built in the early 1800s by the 1st Earl of Strafford and stands on a lane between Boughton and Pitsford. Date: early 19th century

Georgian Shop Front
A Georgian shop front with a bow-fronted window, Shepherds Market, Mayfair, London. Date: early 1800s

Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808
Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano, 1808. Date: 1808

Music at home - harmony before matrimony
Harmony before matrimony, by James Gillray. A couple perform a duet de l amour in a Georgian interior, whilst two cats play on the sheet music on the floor. Date: 1805

Hysterical Patient
A woman in a state of frenzied hysteria is restrained by six attendants. This type of behaviour was termed the Great Movements ( Grande mouvements ) in the 1800s

Giulietta Guiccardi
GIULIETTA GUICCARDI Pupil and great love of Beethoven

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