Gallery

Peter Tillemans, ‘The Artist’s Studio’, Norwich Castle, NWHCM:1989.86:F, c. 1716.

The Artist’s Studio, c. 1716

Thomas Rowlandson, ‘The Portrait Studio’, from The Comforts of Bath series, Wikimedia Commons, 1798.

The Portrait Studio, 1798

Jan Huber, ‘Voltaire on the theatre scene’, Wikimedia Commons, 1750-1775.

Voltaire on the theatre scene, 1750-1775

Front page of the first issue of The Daily Courant, 11 March 1702.

The Daily Courant, 1702

‘Medal of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’, 1781-90, © The Trustees of the British Museum, M.4966.

Medal of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1781-90

‘Scene from “School for Scandal” being performed in Drury Lane Theatre, London; four actors on stage, the audience watching from boxes on either side’, 1778, © The Trustees of the British Museum, 1837,0513.11., Ee,4.80.

Scene from “School for Scandal” in Drury Lane Theatre, 1778

S. W. Fores, ‘A scene in the crown & anchor tavern or a crack in the wig club’, 1793, © The Trustees of the British Museum, 1868,0808.6282.

A scene in the crown & anchor tavern or a crack in the wig club, 1793

‘Portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, aged 25, bust to right, looking at the viewer, hair curled at the ears and tied in a queue, oval frame with bow on top, on pedestal with laurel’, 1777, © The Trustees of the British Museum, 1837,0513.11.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, aged 25, 1777

S. W. Fores, ‘The Gamblers’ (R. B. Sheridan, Charles James Fox and the Prince of Wales), 1785, © The Trustees of the British Museum, 1851,0901.241.

The Gamblers, 1785

Anonymous, ‘Portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’, 1770-1854, © The Trustees of the British Museum, 1854,0513.330.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1854

Thomas Murray, 'Portrait of William Dampier', National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 538, 1780.

William Dampier, 1780

Inventory of Robert Hooke’s belongings drawn up following his death, The National Archives, PROB 5/1324.

Inventory of Robert Hooke’s belongings, 1703

Frontispiece of Thomas Sprat's, 'The History of the Royal Society', The Met, New-York, 17.3.1475, 1667.

The History of the Royal Society, 1667

Reciprocity

Réciprocité

‘Jean-Baptiste Say’, Wikimedia Commons, 19th century.

Jean-Baptiste Say, 19th century

‘Nicolas-Edme Rétif’, Wikimedia Commons, 1785.

Nicolas-Edme Rétif, 1785

Sir Godfrey Kneller, ‘Sir Richard Steele’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 3227, 1711.

Sir Richard Steele, 1711

John Stuart, ‘Sir Richard Steele’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D14964, 1710.

Sir Richard Steele, 1710

Nouvelles de la République des Lettres, 1684

Nouvelles de la République des Lettres, 1684

Jean Huber, 'Un dîner de philosophes', Voltaire Fondation, 1772.

Un dîner de philosophes, 1772

Thomas Cook, Daniel Dodd, ‘A Father Reading to His Family by Candlelight’, British Museum, 1875,0109.193, 1783.

A Father Reading to His Family by Candlelight, 1783

Joseph Constantine Stadler, 'Mr Richardson ... reading to his Friends', © National Portrait gallery, NPG D5810, 1804.

Mr Richardson ... reading to his Friends, 1804

Traveltopia, ‘Footprint in the Sand’, FreeImagesLive.

Footprint in the Sand, undated

Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin, ‘The Exhibition Room at Somerset House’, Wikimedia Commons, 1808.

The Exhibition Room at Somerset House, 1808

Rifā‘a Rāfi‘ al-Tahtāwī. Scanned image from a book entitled Kitāb manāhij al-albāb al-Miṣrīyah fī mabāhij al-ādāb al-ʻaṣrīyah, 2nd edition, published in Egypt in 1912, Wikimedia Commons, 1912.

Rifā‘a Rāfi‘ al-Tahtāwī, 1912

Thomas Bowles, ‘The Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea near (now in) London’, Wikimedia Commons, 1754

The Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea, 1754

Hogarth, William, ‘The Tavern Scene’, 1732-1735, Sir John Soane’s Museum, SM P42. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hogarth_-_A_Rake%27s_Progress_-_Tavern_Scene.jpg

The Tavern Scene, 1732-1735