C18 Collection (page 3)

C18 Farm Equipment
New Invented Implements used in Husbandry - cutting, winnowing, threshing, cutting and grinding machines illustrative of the revolution in farming then proceeding

C18 English Baptism
A Church of England baptism

C18 LADY
Unknown French lady, evidently fond of flowers

Candle-Making C18 France
The processes of candle-making in 18th century France

Bal Pare, C18 France
A Bal Pare (= literally ornamented ball) in an aristocratic home

German Baker C18
A young lady, with a shopping basket on her arm, pays a visit to a baker who is relaxing in a chair; one can only assume that he has a bun in the oven

Warming-Pan, C18
A maidsevant puts a warming- pan between the sheets of the bed in which her mistress will later sleep

C18 Admiral
An admiral on his quarter- deck, telescope at the ready

Crime / James Hackman / C18
James Hackman, who murdered Martha Ray, mistress of the Earl of Sandwich on the 7th April 1779. He was tried and hanged

French Toy Shop C18
A variety of toys are on show in this recreated eighteenth century toy shop

Loto Game C18
Children play loto, a form of bingo

C18 Kite Flying
Kite flying was amongst the games played by children in the eighteenth century

C18 Chamber Instruments
Chamber instruments used in private music-making

Pall Mall Game C18
Gentleman enjoy a game of pall mall, a French hybrid of golf and croquet played on a large strip of land; the idea is to hit a ball through a raised hoop

French Military C18
FRENCH Musket loading (after the decree of 1766)

C18 Clavichord
A richly decorated French clavichord fit to grace the most aristocratic home

C18 Guitar Player
A lady plays the guitar on a terrace

C18 Street Musicians
A French ballad seller demonstrates his work with the help of a young assistant

C18 French Concert
A singer and four musicians perform in an aristocratic household

Evening Promenade C18
" La Promenade du Soir" A young aristocratic gentleman offers a young lady a bunch of flowers in exchange for a romantic evening walk. Date: 18th century

Maps / World, Late C18
Earths globe still far from completely mapped - note how North America and Australia fade away

Vatican Library, C18
The New Gallery of the VATICAN LIBRARY, Rome

C18 Cider Mill
An 18th-century cider press in Devon, the wheel turned by a horse

Heating the Iron / C18
Heating up the iron in an eighteenth century household

English Madhouse / Mid C18
Scene in the courtyard of an English mad-house

American Stagecoach C18
A mail coach at a Virginian inn - evidently a pre- revolutionary scene, since the inn is named The Royal George

Hatfield House (C18)
A view across the deer park towards Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, the seat of the earls of Salisbury

C18 FIRE-ENGINES 1735
18th century fire-engines made by a firm which became Merryweathers. The engine on the left is from Windsor Castle

Print Collector C18
the Print Collector

Reading a Romance / C18
A lady from the upper echelons of society is enraptured by the words of her Roman Dangereux

Corn Exchange, London C18
A perspective view of the Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, London. Erected in 1751

Extravagant C18 Hair
In this contemporary caricature a fashionable young lady, sporting the magnificent new hairstyle, is so transformed that even her own mother does not recognize her

Horse Guards C18
The Old Horse Guards, seen from St James Park, before the new buildings were erected and the parade ground cleared

Worship, C18 Haiti
Religious ceremony of the inhabitants of Hispaniola, West Indies (today Haiti and Dominican Republic) - the god has heads of different animals, and a tail

Europa (Anon C18)
Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon

Orang-Utan (C18)
(pongo pygmaeus) 18th century savants considered the orang to be the closest to humankind : this one could almost be a species of homo erectus

Rhinoceros C18
(rhinoceros unicornis) The Indian rhinoceros, as conceived by an 18th century artist who had never seen one - hence the scales ! Date: circa 1730

Dance C18 France
Dancing to a minuet by Rameau in pre-revolutionary France

Dinner Party / France / C18
An intimate group in an intimate after-dinner setting Le Souper Fin

Monument / C18 / Hayman
Elegant gentleman about to get into a litter in London, near Monument

Westminster Abbey Inter
Interior of Westminster Abbey

Vauxhall Gardens / C18
The grand south walk, Vauxhall Gardens

Music / Instruments C18
Musical instrument manufacturers at work

C18 French Banker
A French banker in his banking-house

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