Gallery

William Walker from a picture by James E. Doyle, ‘A literary party at Sir. Joshua Reynolds’, Lewis Walpole Library, Drawer 848.07.01.09, July 1st 1848.

A literary party at Sir. Joshua Reynolds, 1848

A black and white graphic drawing of a man leaning on a stack of papers on a desk.

Laurence Sterne Portrait

Dorgez [ou Dorgès], ‘Salle de Concert de la Société Olympique dans les Vues de Paris’, Musée Carnavalet d’histoire de Paris, Estampe à l’eau forte, G. 11756, [s. d.], https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/salle-de-concert-de-la-societe-olympique-ndeg15-salle-de-spectacle-de-la#infos-secondaires-detail

Salle de Concert de la Société Olympique

Joseph Haydn, ‘Page de titre du conducteur des Symphonies parisiennes’, Gallica (BnF), Imprimé à Paris : chez Imbault, FRBNF39786529, 1788, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9063387v.r=Haydn%2C%20Joseph

Conducteur, Symphonies parisiennes, 1788

Angelika Kauffman, Insane Maria, 1780, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Insane Maria, 1780

Thomas Rowlandson, After Henry William Bunbury, The Overthrow of Dr. Slop (1803), The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Overthrow of Dr. Slop, 1803

Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), 1760, National Portrait Gallery, London, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Laurence_Sterne_by_Sir_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg.

Portrait of Laurence Sterne, 1760

Wood engraving of a man exiting a carriage, observed by two other men

An Englishman does not travel to see Englishmen

Le Parfait négociant, ou Instruction générale pour ce qui regarde le commerce de toute sorte de marchandises, tant de France que des pays estrangers... par le sieur Jacques Savary, 1675, L. Billaine, Paris.

Le Parfait négociant, 1675

Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856), Alexis de Tocqueville (1850)

Alexis de Tocqueville, 1850

Benjamin Franklin, 1762.

Benjamin Franklin, 1762.

Frontispiece of A voyage to Saint Domingo, in the years 1788, 1789, and 1790 (London: T. Cadell nd W. Davies, 1797).

Baron de Wimpfen, 1797

Chevalier D'Eon returnd or the stockbrokers outwitted, 1771

Chevalier D'Eon returnd or the stockbrokers outwitted, 1771

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The Benediction at Table, ca. 1635

Oatland Stakes at Ascot, 1791

Oatland Stakes at Ascot, 1791

A pocket companion for free-masons

A Pocket Companion for Free-masons, 1735

John Wesley preaching outside a church

John Wesley preaching outside a church, undated

An oval oak and silver snuff box, 1660

Oak and silver snuff box, 1660

Jean Ducrollay, Snuffbox, 1744, Paris. Gold and enamel. 3.2 x 7.6 x 5.8 cm. The Wallace Collection, London.

Jeweled Snuffbox, ca. 1765, German, Berlin. Glass, gold, silver, diamonds and rubies, H. 6 cm, L. 10 cm, D. 8.8 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

Jeweled Snuffbox, ca. 1765

George Cruikshank, Sales by Auction! - or Provident Children Disposing of their Deceased Mother

Sales by Auction!, 1819

Extract from Buck’s 1745 South-east Prospect of Leeds

1820 playbill

Play-bill, 1820

Hogarth, The Bruiser, 1763

The Bruiser, 1763

Frontispiece of 1st edition of Robinson Cruose by Daniel Defoe from 1719.

Robinson Crusoe (1719)

Captain Cook's ship 'Endeavour' arriving at Matavai Bay, Tahiti, on April 13, 1769. Engraving by Antonio Zatta, based on a painting by fellow Italian artist Pietro Antonio Novelli.

Captain Cook in Tahiti, 1769

Mirth and Friendship, 1768-1772

Mirth and Friendship, 1768-1772

Poney, or one-horse phaeton, 1796

Poney, or one-horse phaeton, 1796