Gallery

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

Laurence Sterne Portrait

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

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

Abraham_Bosse_-_The_Benediction_at_Table_ca_1635_-_(MeisterDrucke-848318)

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

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

Sales by Auction!, 1819

Léonard-Alexis Autié's Académie de coiffure on the rue de la Chaussée d'Antin in Paris in 1788, The Picture Magazine, January–June, 1894, p. 263.

Académie de coiffure, 1794

Duel between Lord Hervey and the Honble William Pultney (1731)

Duel between Lord Hervey and the Honble William Pultney, 1731

A Christmas Tree at St Luke’s Asylum, London . Engraving. Illustrated Times , 19 January 1861.

A Christmas Tree at St Luke’s Asylum,1861

Les Modes françaises Dix neuvième siècle", Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870. Vol. 96 (pièces 12211-12336), Monarchie de Juillet. BNF, http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38793100j

Les Modes françaises, 1770-1870

N. Lafrensen (ill) et F. Dequevauviller (grav), L'Assemblée au Salon, eau forte. coll. BnF Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (cote : AA-175 (2)-FOL

L'Assemblée au Salon, 1774

llustration of the L'été ("summer") figure of the quadrille dance, a print engraved by Lebas (1818).

Figure of the quadrille dance, 1818

"Shopping at the Temple of the Muses" by Rudolph Ackermann (1809).

Shopping at the Temple of the Muses, 1809

The Travellers' Breakfast by Edward Villiers Rippingille (1824)

The Travellers' Breakfast by Edward Villiers Rippingille (1824)

"Ecclesiastic opinions concerning the Devil!! Published on 14 February 1791, by W. Holland N°50, Oxford St." British Museum. 1935,0522.8.101.

Ecclesiastic opinions concerning the Devil!!, 1791

Walpole's nieces at Strawberry Hill, by Joshua Reynolds (1781).

Walpole's nieces at Strawberry Hill, 1781

The Sporting Magazine (1793)

The Sporting Magazine (1793)

"GRAND CRICKET MATCH, played in Lords Ground Mary-le-bone, on June 20 ... following day between the EARLS of WINCHELSEA & DARNLEY for 1000 Guineas", in The Sporting Magazine (1793), p. 135.

Grand Cricket Match, 1793

William Gilpin, A Fragment (1791), Victoria and Albert Museum, pl. 16.

A Picturesque Fragment, 1791

"Les sacrifices forcés" (1789) by Isaac Cruikshank. bibliothèque nationale de France.

Les sacrifices forcés, 1789

Parson Adams in a Perilous Hunting Adventure, 1792

Parson Adams in a Perilous Hunting Adventure, 1792

John Wootton, Viscount Weymouth's Hunt - Mr Jackson, the Hon. Henry Villiers and the Hon. Thomas Villiers (England 1733-36).

John Wootton, Viscount Weymouth's Hunt, c. 1733-36

Interior with Card Players, about 1752, Pierre-Louis Dumesnil, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971 (1976.100.8). Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY.

Interior with Card Players, c. 1752

Tea (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First) by Thomas Rowlandson (May 15, 1786). The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New-York, USA).

Le Salon de 1787 au Louvre, gravure de Pietro Antonio Martini (1787).

Le Salon du Louvre, 1787