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- Arkwright, Sir Richard
- Bage, Charles
- Bage, Robert
- Baskerville, John
- Beddoes, Thomas
- Boothby, Brooke
- Boulton, Matthew
- Brindley, James
- Darwin, Erasmus
- Day, Thomas
- Dudley, Dud
- Edgeworth, Maria
- Edgeworth, Richard Lovell
- Galton Jnr, Samuel
- Hutton, William
- Johnson, Samuel
- Keir, James
- Lombe, John
- Lombe, Thomas
- Murdock, William
- Priestley, Joseph
- Russell, William
- Seward, Anna
- Shenstone, William
- Small, William
- Strutt, Jedediah
- Telford, Thomas
- Watt, James
- Wedgwood, Josiah
- Wedgwood, Ralph
- Wedgwood, Thomas
- Whitehurst, John
- Wilkinson, John
- Withering, William
- Wright, Joseph
- Wyatt, James
- Wyatt, Samuel
People
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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1774)
Image Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Gouache on paper Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery Mount Vesuvius held… read more »
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Explaining the Priestley Riots
Image: Cartoon. Mr Burke’s pair of Spectacles for short sighted politicians. Edmund Burke attacked the writings and… read more »
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Fire in Rome
Originally called Fire in Rome, this image is probably one of Wright’s drawings of the Girandola firework… read more »
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Fire in Rome (1774)
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Pen and wash on toned yellow paper. Image from: Derby Museum… read more »
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Floyer and Erasmus Darwin
Image: Joseph Wright (1734-1797), Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1792). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Wolverhampton Art Gallery Erasmus Darwin, who started… read more »
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Floyer and Samuel Johnson
Image: Print of Samuel Johnson from John Jackson, History of the City and Cathedral of Lichfield (London, 1805). Image from: Local… read more »
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Footnotes
Image: Detail, A Philosopher lecturing on the Orrery (1766). Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas. Derby Museum & Art… read more »
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Franklin and Baskerville: Epitaphs
Image: Pencil drawing of the remains of John Baskerville, in Miscellaneous items relating to John Baskerville (1706-1775)… read more »
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Franklin and Baskerville: Friendship and Co-operation
Image: Title page for the New Testament in Baskerville’s Holy Bible from the title page in Matthew… read more »
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Franklin and Baskerville: Literary Tastes
Image: Title Page from The Book of Common Prayer, printed by John Baskerville for Cambridge University, 1760. … read more »
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Franklin and Baskerville: Printing Activities
Image: Frontispiece from Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Printed by John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1770. Unlike Franklin, Baskerville published and… read more »
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Franklin and Baskerville: Religion
Image: Title page for Baskerville’s edition of the Holy Bible from the copy owned by Matthew Boulton.… read more »
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Franklin and Typefounding
Image: Typefounding. The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts, Parts I, third edition (London Tabart… read more »
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From Priestley to the Hills
Image: Sir Rowland Hill, best-known as the inventor of the Penny Post was a son of Thomas Wright… read more »
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Girandola with St Peter’s Rome (1774/5)
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Sepia wash with brown ink. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery This… read more »
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Gunpowder Joe
Image: Political Portraiture no 3 Political Gunpowder Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins… read more »
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Gunpowder Joe: Priestley’s Religious Radicalism
Image: Cartoon: The Friends of the People, showing Joseph Priestley on the left Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley… read more »
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Gunpowder Joe: The Reaction
Image: Cartoon: The Repeal of the Test Act: A Vision, 1790. From such implacable Tormentors Fanatics, Hypocrits,… read more »
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Half penny with portrait of John Wilkinson, Shropshire Iron Master
John Wilkinson Iron Master”, British tokens, copper, Birmingham, 1792 Wolverhampton Art Gallery. M160/107/108/109.
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Herva at the Tomb of Argantyr by Anna Seward
[from “Llangollen Vale with Other Poems”] (22) HERVA*, AT THE TOMB OF ARGANTYR A RUNIC DIALOGUE HERVA.… read more »
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Home Life
Image: The hallway of Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield (reconstruction). Photograph: David Remes (2003). Despite Erasmus Darwin’s busy… read more »
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Industrial Origins
John Wilkinson (1728-1809) by an unknown painter. Wilkinson was a major contributor to the rapid industrialisation of… read more »
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Industry and Genius: John Baskerville & the beauty of letters
Explore the life and work of John Baskerville – a Birmingham based printer, stone cutter, letter founder,… read more »
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Industry and Genius; or, the Origin of Birmingham. A Fable
Image: Portrait of John Baskerville (1706-1775), Type Founder and Printer, painted by James Millar in 1774. Oil on canvas. Industry… read more »
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Innovation in the Midlands Brass Industry
Caption: An original Boulton and Watt Engine from The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, second part (London,… read more »
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Interior of a Glass House no. 1 (c. 1770-1772)
Image: Interior of a Glass House (no1), c. 1770-1772. Pen and brown ink and grey wash on… read more »
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Interpretations
Image: Russian Medallion to commemorate the erection of Peter the Great’s statue in 1773. The medal was… read more »
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Introduction
Image: Print of Joseph Priestley Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Two hundred years ago,… read more »
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Introduction
Image: Portrait of Joseph Priestley. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Joseph Priestley’s importance as… read more »
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Introduction: Between Enlightenment and Romanticism
Alchymist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, (exhibited 1775, reworked 1795). Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on… read more »
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Introduction: Interpretations
The “Priestley” Riots of July 1791 are one of the best-documented episodes in Birmingham history. The initial… read more »
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Introduction: William Shenstone and the Leasowes
“…they observed a Gentleman in his own hair…the now celebrated Mr. Shenstone, whose place began to be… read more »
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Inventions, the Commonplace Book and the Lunar Society
Image: Title page of Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace Book. Image from: Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield. (By kind permission… read more »
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James Brindley, Canal Engineer
Portrait of James Brindley from Samuel Smiles, Lives of the Engineers, vol. I (London, 1904). Brindley is… read more »
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James Keir and the Geology and Industry of the Black Country: Mineralogy of the South-west part of Staffordshire, 1798
Image: The Wren’s Nest from The Black Country – Sixteen Etchings of Scenes in the Coal and Iron… read more »
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John Baskerville and Benjamin Franklin: A Trans-Atlantic Friendship
Image: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Hundred Greatest Men: Portraits of the One Hundred Greatest Men, Vol VII Politics, (Sampson… read more »
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John Whitehurst and 18th Century Geology
John Whitehurst (1713-1788) was the oldest member of the Lunar Society. Born in Congleton in Cheshire he moved… read more »
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Johnson and Derby Porcelain
Image: The Four Quarters (Continents), c.1775. These items date from the time of Samuel Johnson’s visit to… read more »
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Johnson and John Baskerville
Image: Portrait of John Baskerville (1706-1775), Type Founder and Printer, painted by James Millar in 1774. Oil… read more »
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Johnson and Matthew Boulton
Image: J S C Schaak, Portrait of Matthew Boulton aged 42 (1770). Image from: Local Studies and… read more »
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Johnson and Practical Improvement: Iron
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), The Black Smith’s Shop (1771). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Derby… read more »
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Johnson and Science
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (1764-1766). Oil on Canvas. At… read more »
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Johnson and Silk Production in Derby
Image: Plan of the Town of Derby showing the silk mill and china works in the top… read more »
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Johnson and the Midlands Landscape
Image: Group of Rocks called Mock Beggar Hall, Derbyshire. Visitors to Derbyshire, such as Samuel Johnson were… read more »
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Johnson in Birmingham
Image: Westley’s East Prospect of Birmingham, c 1730. R K Dent, Old and New Birmingham, (Birmingham, 1879).… read more »
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Johnson, Bridges and John Gwynn
Image: John Gwynn’s Bridge over the River Severn at Worcester. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn… read more »
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Johnson, John Taylor and Henry Clay
Image: Portrait of John Taylor. Lantern Slide. Image from: Local Studies and History, Birmingham Central Library In… read more »
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Johnson, John Wyatt and Lewis Paul: Improvements to Cotton Spinning
Image: Spinner. The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts, Part III, third edition (London Tabart… read more »
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Johnson, the Natural World and Industry
Image: Entrance of the Great Cavern at Castleton, Derbyshire. This is an example of the type of… read more »
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Johnson, the Society of Arts and the Transformation of the Cotton Industry
Image: Masson Mill, Matlock Bath, near Cromford, Derbyshire. This factory was built by Sir Richard Arkwright, the… read more »