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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
Lichfield in the late 18th century
Image: View of Lichfield Cathedral and part of the Close from Erasmus Darwin House. Image from: Erasmus Darwin House,… read more »
Maria and her dog Silvio (from Sterne’s Sentimental Journey)
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Maria Edgeworth
Image: Portrait of Maria Edgeworth, an engraving based on a portrait by Chappel. Image from: Local Studies… read more »
Mary and Martha Russell and the Birmingham Riots of 1791
Image: Destruction of Dr Priestley’s House and Laboratory, Fair Hill, Birmingham, July 14 1791. After a picture… read more »
Mary Knowles
Image: Portrait of Dr William Withering from an engraving. Image from: Local Studies and History, Birmingham Central… read more »
Mary Parker
Image: Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire the home of the Darwin family. Pen and Ink Drawing (1700). Image from:… read more »
Matthew Boulton and Birmingham Silverware in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
Image: The painted sign for the King’s Head Inn, New Street, Birmingham showing the Head of George III.… read more »
Matthew Boulton and Medal Making
Image: Medal commemorating the Union of England and Ireland. 1801. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. Britannia shakes hands… read more »
Matthew Boulton and Silver Making
Image: Sweetmeat Basket, Boulton & Fothergill, 1774 This basket was possibly designed by Robert Adam. The body is… read more »
Matthew Boulton and the Formation of Birmingham Assay Office
Image: J S C Schaak, Portrait of Matthew Boulton aged 42 (1770). Image from: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery… read more »
Matthew Boulton helped to shape the life of eighteenth-century Birmingham
Matthew Boulton helped to shape the life of eighteenth-century Birmingham. The film considers the Lunar Society, the… read more »
Matthew Boulton: Selling what all the world desires
In this film we explore the industrial and commercial innovations of Matthew Boulton.
Matthew Boulton’s Medals and Coins on Russian Subjects
Image: Medallion of the Hudson’s Bay Company. 1820. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. An example of the high… read more »
Matthew Boulton’s Soho Works, Iron Foundry and House at Soho near Birmingham, 1801
Stebbing Shaw’s The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (1798 and 1801) is a major source not only for the… read more »
Mazarin, or Fish Strainer, Boulton & Fothergill, 1769
Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. … read more »
Medical Research and Dissection
Image: View of the medieval cellar, Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield. Image from: Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield Photograph:… read more »
Miss Ann Boulton
Image: The drawing room at Soho House, Handsworth near Birmingham. Ann Boulton (1768-1829) lived at Soho House… read more »
Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, the “Queen of the Blues”
Image: C F Von Breda, Matthew Boulton, 1792. Oil on Canvas. Boulton was the most famous of… read more »
One of a pair of candlesticks, Boulton & Fothergill, 1768
Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. An example of the earliest of Matthew Boulton’s silver items, hallmarked in… read more »
Pair of salts, Boulton & Fothergill, 1773
Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. These examples of tableware contained liners of blue glass to prevent the… read more »
Photograph of gravestone of Dr Priestley in Cemetery of Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of Joseph Priestley’s gravestone
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of Joseph Priestley’s house in the United States of America
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of portrait of Joseph Priestley
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of portrait of Joseph Priestley at the age of 30
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of Priestley House, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, from South-East, showing Priestley’s Laboratory
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of scientific instruments
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Polygrapher. P.78.
Photograph: David Remes (2003) In 1778-79 Darwin continued his work on a copying machine and perfected a ‘polygrapher’… read more »
Portrait of Erasmus Darwin
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797, b. Derby-d. Derby) Wolverhampton Art Gallery OP 528, acquired in 1972. The… read more »
Portrait of John Wilkinson, English School, 18th century. Unknown artist
English School, 18th century, Unknown artist Wolverhampton Art Gallery. OP 300. In the Collection by 1970.
Portrait of Thomas Bennett
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Priestley and America
Image: Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, from the south-east showing Priestley’s laboratory. Image from: Birmingham City Archives,… read more »
Priestley and Birmingham
Image: Westley’s East Prospect of Birmingham, published about 1730 Image from: R K Dent, Old and New… read more »
Priestley and Birmingham
Image: The New Meeting House, which Priestley served as minister between 1780 and 1791 Image from: William… read more »
Priestley and John Wesley
Image: Portrait of John Wesley struck off by electricity by Joseph Priestley Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley… read more »
Priestley and Lavoisier
Image: Antoine Lavoisier, the French chemist, whom Priestley met in 1774 Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley… read more »
Priestley and Nonconformist Leaders
Image: Reverend Theophilus Lindsay the founder of Unitarianism Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel… read more »
Priestley and the Church of England
Image: Bishop Samuel Horsley, one of Priestley’s main Anglican opponents. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel… read more »
Priestley and the Church of England
Image: St Philip’s Church, Birmingham from the print by William Westley, 1732. Spencer Madan the Rector of… read more »
Priestley in Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Image: Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, from the south-east showing Priestley’s laboratory Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection… read more »
Priestley, Subversion and 1791
Image: James Watt, one of the Priestley’s colleagues in the Lunar Society. Priestley tried to persuade Watt to… read more »
Priestley: Body, Matter and Death
Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors (1772). Joseph Wright of Derby(1734-1797), Oil on canvas. Derby Museum &… read more »
Priestley’s Arrival in America
Image: Chemical Philosophers of the Present Day, Dr Priestley. The apotheosis of Joseph Priestley. The scientist ascends into… read more »
Priestley’s Death and long-term Reputation
Image: Gravestone of Dr Priestley in the Cemetery of Northumberland, Pennsylvania. “To the memory of the Rev Dr… read more »
