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Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle
circa 1760: Cattle graze whilst figures sit and walk in the grounds of Windsor Castle, the castle buildings rising from a mound beyond. Original Artwork: Engraved for The Complete English Traveller

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hotel De Ville

Hotel De Ville
The Hotel de Ville or City Hall in Paris, on the bank of the River Seine, circa 1760. From an engraving by Rigaud. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ready For A Game

Ready For A Game
circa 1870: A young girl sits on a bench holding a tennis racquet

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Bank Of England

Bank Of England
1761: Exterior of the Bank of England and St Christophers Church in London. Original Artist: By J Green afters Wale (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Laboratory

Laboratory
1763: People at work in a laboratory. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Bay Of Naples

Bay Of Naples
1765: Naples harbour, bordering onto the Tyrrhenian Sea, with Mount Vesuvius smoking in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Busy Shipyard

Busy Shipyard
Workers constructing a large wooden vessel in a busy shipyard scene from Diderots Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Dr Prosody

Dr Prosody
circa 1770: Doctor Prosody reproves the audacity of a Highland host during his stay in Scotland

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Palazzo Rospigliosi

Palazzo Rospigliosi
circa 1770: Spectators watching horses exercising in the courtyard of the Rospigliosi Palace in Rome. The palace houses ceiling frescos by Reni Guido painted in early 17th century

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Montmusard Palace

Montmusard Palace
circa 1770: Montmusard Palace near Dijon in France. Original Artwork: Engraving by Sparrow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Battle Of Chesma

Battle Of Chesma
The Russian Baltic fleet defeats the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Chesma off Anatolia, during the Russo-Turkish Wars, 7th July 1770. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Gobelin Tapestry

Gobelin Tapestry
An illustration from volume IX of Diderots Encyclopedie showing the process of manufacture of a Gobelin tapestry. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Making Vices

Making Vices
1771: People at work in a factory, making vices. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Peonies

Peonies
circa 1775: Two peonies and a dragonfly. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Amsterdam

Amsterdam
circa 1775: City of Amsterdam with some of its notable buildings, seen from the water. Original Artwork: Engraving by T Prattent (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Drury Lane Theatre

Drury Lane Theatre
1775: The auditorium of the second Drury Lane theatre in London, viewed from the stage. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Christs Hospital

Christs Hospital
30th May 1776: In about 1673 Robert Clayton, alderman of London, founded a free school for the instruction of poorer children at Christs Hospital in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Knit One Purl One

Knit One Purl One
circa 1890: A Victorian woman knits in the conservatory of her house. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Rooftop Vista

Rooftop Vista
circa 1920: Rooftops and church spires in the old city, Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by J. Bulhak/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ottawa Parliament

Ottawa Parliament
circa 1890: The Houses of Parliament in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Chirk

Chirk
The New Bridge on the River Dee, near Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, Wales, circa 1779. Drawn by P. Sandby, engraved by P. Maxell, published 1779. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Dusseldorf

Dusseldorf
A floating platform on the river in Dusseldorf, in west central Germany. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Kings Theatre

Kings Theatre
The Italian Opera House or Kings Theatre in Londons Haymarket, built by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1728, as it appeared before the fire of June 1789. The site is now occupied by His Majestys Theatre

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hooker Round-Up

Hooker Round-Up
French prostitutes are tried, convicted and shorn of their hair, before being shipped to America

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Arnolds Balloon

Arnolds Balloon
circa 1780: A view of the Royal Circus from St Georges Fields at the time of the ascension of Arnolds hydrogen balloon. An engraving by Cook. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Dreams Of Love

Dreams Of Love
circa 1780: Love in a Gutter by Rowlandson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral
circa 1780: Norwich cathedral in Norfolk. Original Artwork: Engraved by Thornton (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hereford Cathedral

Hereford Cathedral
circa 1780: The cathedral church of St Mary and St Ethelbert in Hereford. Houses the 13th century Mappa Mundi. Original Artwork: Engraved by Thornton (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: St Maria Maggiore

St Maria Maggiore
circa 1780: St Maria Maggiore, Rome, where composer Giovanni Palestrina took singing lessons. Original Artwork: Engraving by Piranesi. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: New York

New York
circa 1780: New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Fair Songsters

Fair Songsters
circa 1780: Two women in classical dress studying a sheet of music. Engraving by J.R. Smith after the painting by the Rev. William Peters R.A. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Royal George

Royal George
circa 1780: The Royal George, a First rate Man of War carrying 100 guns and with a crew of 780 men. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Holland House

Holland House
circa 1780: Holland House, an E-plan Jacobean manor in Kensington, London. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Day & Son (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Carlton House

Carlton House
circa 1780: Carlton House on Pall Mall, London, designed by John Nash. Original Artwork: Engraved by Prattent. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: British Museum

British Museum
1780: People camping in the grounds of Montague House on Great Russell Street in London, the home of the British Museum. Meanwhile, London was in the grip of the anti-Roman Catholic Gordon Riots

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Kings Theatre

Kings Theatre
circa 1780: The Italian Opera House or Kings Theatre in Londons Haymarket, built by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1728. The site is now occupied by His Majestys Theatre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Japanese Beach Ball

Japanese Beach Ball
circa 1780: Japanese woodcut of a young girl playing with a ball at a beach on the plains below Mount Fuji. Designed to decorate a hand-held fan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Eighteenth Century Norwich

Eighteenth Century Norwich
A south-east view of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, with the River Wensum in the foreground and the Norman cathedral, centre, left, 1780. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Islands Of Paris

Islands Of Paris
The Pont de la Tournelle over the River Seine in Paris, with the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris behind it, 1780. Also pictured are the Ile Saint-Louis, the Isle Louvier and the Quai St Bernard

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wentworth Castle

Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire, circa 1780. It was the seat of the Earls of Strafford until 1799. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wentworth Castle

Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire, circa 1780. It was the seat of the Earls of Strafford until 1799. Engraved by W. Watts from a drawing by T. Malton. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wentworth Woodhouse

Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, the seat of the Marquess of Rockingham, circa 1780. Engraved for The Complete English Traveller. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Gibraltar Blockaded

Gibraltar Blockaded
View of Gibraltar showing soldiers encamped and the British Navy under the command of Admiral Darby attacking the Spanish fleet which are blockading Gibraltar

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Schonbrunn Palace

Schonbrunn Palace
1782: Schonbrunn, the Imperial Summer Palace in Vienna, built in the rococo style. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Dublin

Dublin
18th May 1782: The countryside surrounding Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland, including the River Liffey. Original Artwork: Engraving by F Cary. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle, seat of the Duke of Northumberland, circa 1783. Engraving by W Watts after Lord Duncannon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle, seat of the Duke of Northumberland, circa 1783. Engraving by W Watts after Lord Duncannon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Up She Comes

Up She Comes
1783: Showing how two boats attempted to raise HMS Royal George at Spithead by slinging ropes round the hull. Original Artist - William Tracy (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Scottish Cockfight

Scottish Cockfight
A cockfight between Lanark and Haddington in Scotland, 1785. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Sees Cathedral

Sees Cathedral
May 1786: Various elevations of the Cathedral Church in Sees, Normandy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Holdenby House

Holdenby House
A view of Holdenby House in Northamptonshire, England where King Charles I was imprisoned after the Battle of Naseby in 1645

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Grand Coiffures

Grand Coiffures
A sketch entitled Mode des Grandes Coiffures, Academie de Coiffure showing an assistant weighed down by the excessive hairstyle of a customer. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Burning The Guardhouse

Burning The Guardhouse
The burning of the guardhouse on the Pont Neuf in Paris, the year before the start of the French Revolution, 29th August 1788. Drawn and engraved by Girardet and finished by Niquet

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Off To Fetch The King

Off To Fetch The King
A large crowd of soldiers, accompanied by women from the markets of Les Halles, on their way to Versailles to bring King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette back to Paris

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Poor Puppy Dog

Poor Puppy Dog
Mister Scavenger! have you seen a nice clean puppy dog? hes just slipt from this here ribbond. No Muster Johnny. No I haven t seed not nothing of the sort afore today

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Steelworks

Steelworks
The interior of a smelting house at Broseley in Shropshire. Original Artwork: After Robertson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wool Machine

Wool Machine
1790: Mr Hughes machine for twitching wool. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Love Nest

Love Nest
circa 1790: A Man of Feeling by Rowlandson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Dr Syntax

Dr Syntax
circa 1790: Dr Syntax is discovered by his wife in a Paris library, and a look of terror comes over his face as she rushes towards him

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Covent Garden Square

Covent Garden Square
circa 1790: Covent Garden Market and piazza, London, surrounded by houses with arcades beneath. Original Publication: From Old And New London (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Collecting Tolls

Collecting Tolls
circa 1790: Traffic on a road with a toll house stretching across it. Searle Collection (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Rheims Cathedral

Rheims Cathedral
circa 1790: A west view of Rheims cathedral. Original Artwork: Engraving by W Thomas published 1793 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Mstricht

Mstricht
circa 1790: A general view of Mstrict in the late 17th Century. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Fashionable Mamma

The Fashionable Mamma
An extravagantly-dressed woman breastfeeding her child in a caricature by James Gilray entitled The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress, circa 1790

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Milford Haven

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, circa 1790. Published 1794, engraved by Thomas. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Peloponnese Peninsula

Peloponnese Peninsula
A map of the The Peloponnese peninsula showing the mainland of southern Greece, the Cyclades (right) and the north-west tip of Crete (bottom, centre), circa 1790

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Mozarts death place

Mozarts death place
Exterior view of the Rauhensteingasse apartment building in which Mozart died, Austria, Vienna, Austria, 1791. (Engraving by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Spring Hook Fishing

Spring Hook Fishing
1791: An illustration/drawing showing the manner of catching fish by the spring hook. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Le Celerifere

Le Celerifere
Two designs for Le Celerifere, an early bicycle said to have been invented by le Comte de Sivrac, circa 1791

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Frankfurt

Frankfurt
The free imperial city of Frankfurt-Am-Main, situated on the River Main in west central Germany. Original Artwork: By Mechel after C G Schutz. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Theatre Royal

Theatre Royal
The interior of the old Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, London. Original Artwork: Engraving by Howlett after Capon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Four Poster Twin

Four Poster Twin
1792: A Sheraton summer bed divided into two compartments with a four-poster canopy and curtains. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Battle Of Jemappes

Battle Of Jemappes
A plan of the Battle of Jemappes in Belgium during the French Revolutionary Wars, 6th November 1792. Here the French Revolutionary Army defeated the Austrian Army

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: No Change There Then

No Change There Then
1793: An illustrated depiction of a postman of 1793 delivering the mail. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Battle Of Neerwinden

Battle Of Neerwinden
A plan of the Battle of Neerwinden in Belgium during the French Revolutionary Wars, 18th March 1793. Here the Austrians under Prince Josias of Coburg defeated the French under General Dumouriez

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Revolutionary Types

Revolutionary Types
Four generic examples of French revolutionaries. Left to right :a member of the Commune of 1793, a jailer from the Tour du Temple, a thuggish follower of one of the comites, and a drummer boy

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Carib Family

Carib Family
A family of Carib, or Kalinago, people on the island of Saint Vincents in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean, 1794. Engraving by Milton after a painting by Agostino Brunias

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Northern City

Northern City
circa 1900: Horse drawn omnibuses travelling from Pier Head towards the elevated railway and St Nicholass church in Liverpool. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Opera House

Opera House
15th September 1794: The original entrance to the Covent Garden Opera House in London. Double doors are visible at the end of the arcade with double pillars on each side and a coat of arms above

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Antwerp

Antwerp
1st February 1795: A view of Antwerp from across the Scheld. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Fashion Follower

Fashion Follower
A fashionable lady in a sedan chair on her way to a ball in 1796 has an umbrella held above the ridiculously high feather in her hat

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Palanquin

Palanquin
September 1796: The Palanquin, a covered litter carried by six men, presented by the Marquis Cornwallis to Prince Abdul Calic, oldest son of Tippoo Sultaun. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Blowy Day

Blowy Day
Womens seaside morning dress. Two late 18th century women in bonnets on a breezy day by the sea. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, circa 1797. Engraving by J. Walker from a drawing by Girlin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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