1789 Collection

Vintage portrait depicting George Washington (1732 - 1799)

Cuckfield / Sussex / 1789
A scene at a quiet village fair in Cuckfield

Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution, 1789
Third Estate pledging solidarity to write a constitution, known as the Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting by Couder

Harvesting Oysters
American oystermen of New Jersey harvest the mature oysters which they planted earlier in the year when they were young

HMS Implacable, 1920
Photograph of HMS Implacable, formerly the Duguay-Trouin, 1920. This ship was built in France in 1789, served at Trafalgar, and was captured by the Royal Navy shortly thereafter

Boxing / Jack Broughton
English boxer; third heavyweight champion of England (? - 1750); operated a boxing school and arena, London (1742-89); invented boxing rules and gloves

Johnson V Perrins 1789
Tom Johnson and Isaac Perrins square up to each other at Banbury

Attacking the Bastille
PRISE DE LA BASTILLE The Paris mob attacks the Bastille prison

Revolutionary Cards
Playing cards of the Revolution by Jaume and DuCourc

Epee Teaching Deaf Mutes
L ABBE DE L EPEE instructing deaf-mutes in the sign language he invented to enable them to communicate

General George Washington swearing in as President at the old city hall of New York. Lithography of 1789. Litography

Manhattan map, 1789
Map of the City of New York, 1789. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an 18th century illustration

H. M. s. Bounty
A reconstruction of H.M.S. Bounty, famous for the mutiny of Fletcher Christian and the rest of the crew against Captain Bligh, in 1789

JOHN ELWES (formerly Meggott) miser, son of two misers, who nevertheless left 800 000 (equivalent of 80 million ?) to his nephew and his natural sos"

French Revolution / Song
Marianne leads the revolutionary army in the Marseillaise, the French national anthem

Plants / Viola Pedata
Cut-Leaved Violet, or Bird s-Foot Violet, or Crowfoot Violet

Tennis Court Oath
Representatives of the non- privileged classes held a meeting in a tennis court after finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall in Versailles

The Lamb, 1789 (hand-coloured relief-etching, watercolour)
985824 The Lamb, 1789 (hand-coloured relief-etching, watercolour) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 19.8x12.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lamb. Plate 7 from Songs of Innocence)

Paris, France - College Royal or College de France. Date: circa 1789

Major General Claud Martins House, by Thomas Daniell
Major General Claud Martins House, the Farhad Baksh, in Lucknow on the River Gumti, by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840). Date: 1789

William Scoresby
WILLIAM SCORESBY English clergyman, scientist and explorer. Pioneered in the scientific study of the Arctic

James Paine
JAMES PAINE Industrious British architect who was responsible for many stately homes, bridges and other works commissioned by the nobility and gentry. Date: 1725 - 1789

Tending Oyster Beds
American oystermen of New Jersey plant millions of young, unmarketable oysters at the end of the season, in April, to be harvested later in the year

Desmoulins, Palais Royal
In the gardens of the Palais Royal, Camille Desmoulins climbs a table at the Cafe Foi, and - brandishing a pair of pistols - calls the Sunday afternoon crowd to action

Storming the Bastille
The mob charging the prison in Paris, France

BEAR / MONKEY SKELETONS
The skeletons of a bear and a monkey, artistically posed with a tree-trunk Date: 1789

JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791). English theologian and founder of Methodism. Oil on canvas, 1789, by George Romney

Plate 7a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 7a, Mineralogie [unfinished] from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 1 from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 1 Histoire Naturelle ou Mineralogie Complete, from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Brighton / Rowlandson 1789
Brighton, Sussex, known here by its old name, Brighthelmstone: the bathing place, with smoakers machines

Brighton in 1789 (Beach)
Embarking from Brighthelmstone for Dieppe, part of a route from London to Paris advertised as ninety miles nearer than by way of Dover and Calais

Tradescantia Virginica
Virginian Tradescantia or Spiderwort

View of the Globe Theatre, Southwark, 17th century. The Globe or Rose theatre associated with William Shakespeare in its first incarnation, 1599-1613. Three-storey polygonal open-air ampitheatre

Deputy of the Third Estate, at the Estates General, 1789
Costume of a Deputy of the Third Estate, or commoners, at the Estates General of 1789, at the start of the French Revolution. In plumed hat, black coat and hose, white cravat and gloves

French women's fashion of the year of the Revolution, 1789. She wears a large plumed hat, hair in ringlets, blue dress with large white fichu, belt, frilled sleeves, white petticoats

French fop or dandy in morning riding outfit, 1789. He wears a hat with cockade, redingote coat with large collar, cravat, striped waistcoat, buff breeches, boots with high cuffs

Young French woman in winter costume, era of Marie Antoinette, 1789. Plumed bonnet, fur-lined velvet coat, large fur muff, skirt and full petticoats, frills and ruches

Stanislaus II Augustus at the Permanent Council, 1789
Stanislaus II Augustus, King of Poland, attending the Permanent Council, 1789

Modern impression from a worn-out stippled plate (untouched). Showing loss of detail and sharpness. Mrs George Hay Drummond and children, 1789. Printed in red ink

Tureen and stand by Jacques-Charles Mongenot
Tureen and stand, circa 1783-1789. By Jacques-Charles Mongenot (Master in 1775). Silver. France. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

Deutsch: Grundriss der Königlichen Residenzstädte Berlin im Jahr 1789, kolorierter Kupferstich. Format: 17, 0 x 24, 7 cm

A faut esperer q eu se jeu la Finira bentot (You should hope that this game will be over soon). The Third Estate, c1789. Private Collection

Louis XVI does his Best
Allegorical depiction of Louis XVI doing his best for his country, conferring with Justice, Economy, Truth and Religion : alas, they cannot save him from the guillotine. Date: 4 May 1789

Plan of Versailles, France in 1789. From Historical Atlas, published 1923

French Revolution-Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI
5314155 French Revolution-Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI

Plan of Versailles, France in 1789. From Historical Atlas, published 1923 (print)
2603518 Plan of Versailles, France in 1789. From Historical Atlas, published 1923 (print)

English men's fashions of 1789 (bourgeois) in imitation of the English style
FLO4572409 English men's fashions of 1789 (bourgeois) in imitation of the English style. Hair a la Panurge and hat a la Jackei

Military uniform of the French Guards
FLO4572438 Military uniform of the French Guards, Garde-Francaise, 1789

William Bligh seized in his cabin by mutinous crew of HMS Bounty
533851 William Bligh seized in his cabin by mutinous crew of HMS Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian 28 April 1789

English women's fashions of 1789: dress a la Turk and hat-bonnette with roses and a rainbow ribbon
FLO4572412 English women's fashions of 1789: dress a la Turk and hat-bonnette with roses and a rainbow ribbon

Jacques Necker, French Revolution, 1789
2596081 Jacques Necker, French Revolution, 1789; (add.info.: French Revolution-Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI)

Washington entering Trenton New Jersey USA
3052897 Washington entering Trenton New Jersey USA, 1789. George Washington, 1732-1799

The Mutiny on the Bounty
1767269 The Mutiny on the Bounty, Lieutenant William Bligh's coconut cup from the voyage in the ship's boat from Tofoa to Timor, Tuesday 28 April 1789 - Sunday 14 June 1789

French Revolution 1789
534918 French Revolution 1789, suppression of religious orders: a Capuchin Friar disposing of his habit to a Jewish second-hand clothes dealer

Lavoisier's apparatus for weighing gases
539948 Lavoisier's apparatus for weighing gases. by French School, (18th century); (add.info.: From his Traite Elementaire de Chimie, Paris, 1789)

French Revolution-Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI
5314154 French Revolution-Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI

Jacques Necker, French Revolution, 1789
2596079 Jacques Necker, French Revolution, 1789; (add.info.: French Revolution-Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI)

Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris
FLO4572478 Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, French astronomer, mathematician, freemason and revolutionary, 1736-1793. In costume of depute in the States-General, 1789

Water tornados observed in the Mediterranean sea near Nice in January 1789
FLO4574385 Water tornados observed in the Mediterranean sea near Nice in January 1789

Reflecting telescope of 40 ft/12 m focal length, 1789, 19th century (engraving)
541245 Reflecting telescope of 40 ft/12 m focal length, 1789, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Built by William Herschel (1738-1822) the German-born English astronomer

French Revolution-Thomas de Mahy
5314161 French Revolution-Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras (March 26, 1744 - February 19)

English men's fashions of 1789 (young nobleman)
FLO4572407 English men's fashions of 1789 (young nobleman)

French women's fashions of 1789: dress en Pierrot
FLO4572422 French women's fashions of 1789: dress en Pierrot, bonnet en pouffe with roses, hair with ringlets a la consultant

William Bligh and his companions
535975 William Bligh and his companions, received hospitably by the Governor of Timor, 14 June 1789, 1802 (engraving); (add.info.: William Bligh (1754-1817) British naval officer, and his companions

The Mutiny on the Bounty
1767270 The Mutiny on the Bounty, Lieutenant William Bligh's coconut cup from the voyage in the ship's boat from Tofoa to Timor, Tuesday 28 April 1789 - Sunday 14 June 1789

William Bligh and his 18 companions cast adrift in the longboat by Fletcher Christian
533856 William Bligh and his 18 companions cast adrift in the longboat by Fletcher Christian and the Bounty mutineers on 28 April 1789 (engraving); (add.info)

L'agriculture consideree, le Comte de Veaux, 1789. Creator: Jean Baptiste Morret
L'agriculture consideree, le Comte de Veaux, 1789

Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). 1789, by Velazquez
Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). Queen consort of Spain (1788-1808). Wife of Charles IV. Portrait by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834), 1789. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

French Revolution, Attack on the Bastille, Paris Date: 1789

Popular Rejoicings on Bastille Day
A colourful illustration which depicts a joyous, celebratory scene in which figures are happily conversing and dancing at an event on the 14th of July, in commemmoration of Bastille Day

Advert, Pears Soap, dated 1789, mother washing child in tub, used as a magazine insert 100 years later Date: 1789

Convict ship Guardian Frigate wrecked on an island of ice
Convict ship the Guardian Frigate wrecked on an island of ice, 23 December 1789 Date: 1789

Stone Dies used for Stamping out the Pans of Iron Crusie Lamps Last used at Red Bay, Co Antrim, about 1789. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

MARIE ANTOINETTE MOTHER
MARIE ANTOINETTE gives birth to her first child, Louis le Dauphin, who will die in 1789. Date: 1755 - 1793

MARIE ANTOINETTE
Queen of Louis XVI, in 1778, with her three children - Louis le Dauphin, who will die in 1789, Louis XVII who will die in prison (1795), and Marie-Therese who dies 1851 1755 - 1793

MARIE ANTOINETTE & DAUPH
Queen of Louis XVI (1755 - 1793) with one of her sons, probably Louis, the Dauphin, who will die in 1789

French Revolution-Philippe Henriot (January 7)
5313900 French Revolution-Philippe Henriot (January 7, 1889, Reims-June 28, 1944, Paris) was a French poet, journalist, politician, and Minister in the French government at Vichy

French Revolution 1789-1799 Philippe Henriot
2615994 French Revolution 1789-1799 Philippe Henriot by Dargent

Philippe Henriot, French Revolution, 1789 1799
2596116 Philippe Henriot, French Revolution, 1789 1799 by Dargent, Jean Edouard (Yan) (1824-99); (add.info.: French Revolution-Philippe Henriot (January 7, 1889, Reims--June 28, 1944)

Centenary Festival of the French Revolution of 1789 (engraving)
1626479 Centenary Festival of the French Revolution of 1789 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Centenary Festival of the French Revolution of 1789)

Ecclesiastical Map of France, 1789 and 1802; France in 1791 (colour litho)
6016389 Ecclesiastical Map of France, 1789 and 1802; France in 1791 (colour litho) by Shepherd, William R

France in 1789 (colour litho)
6016404 France in 1789 (colour litho) by Shepherd, William R. (1871-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: France in 1789)

Plans of Versailles and Paris in 1789 (colour litho)
6016390 Plans of Versailles and Paris in 1789 (colour litho) by Shepherd, William R. (1871-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plans of Versailles and Paris in 1789)

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In the year 1789, amidst a world of change and historical significance, numerous events unfolded that left an indelible mark on society. Cuckfield, a quaint village nestled in Sussex, witnessed locals diligently harvesting oysters from its bountiful waters. Meanwhile, across the English Channel in France, the Tennis Court Oath was sworn by members of the Third Estate during the French Revolution—a pivotal moment symbolizing their determination for political reform. On another front, HMS Implacable sailed proudly through seas in 1920 after serving valiantly during various conflicts. Revolutionary cards were dealt with fervor as gambling enthusiasts sought entertainment and fortune alike. In boxing rings across England, Jack Broughton showcased his prowess and skill to captivated audiences. The echoes of revolution reverberated throughout Europe when brave souls attacked the infamous Bastille prison—an act that would forever alter history's course. In an unexpected twist of fate within this transformative period, epee teaching became a means of communication for deaf mutes—a testament to human resilience and adaptability. Meanwhile, Johnson v Perrins marked a legal battle etched into memory—its outcome shaping future jurisprudence. Across vast oceans lay Manhattan; its map from 1789 revealing nascent beginnings before it transformed into one of the world's most iconic cities. Amidst these tumultuous times emerged H. M. S Bounty—a ship destined for infamy due to mutiny but also remembered for its remarkable journey through treacherous waters. And finally, John Elwes epitomized eccentricity and frugality as he navigated life with peculiar habits that fascinated many. Thus unfolds just a glimpse into the multifaceted tapestry woven by events occurring in 1789—an extraordinary year where history unraveled tales both grandiose and intimate alike.