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Image: The Earl of Shelburne, Priestley’s patron from 1772 to 1780 Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by… read more »

Image: The Academy at Daventry, Northamptonshire, known as Doddridge Academy which Priestley attended between 1750 and 1755… read more »

People, Priestley insisted, were not what they were born but what their education had made them. A… read more »

Image: Birthplace of Joseph Priestley, Fieldhead, Leeds, Yorkshire. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Joseph… read more »

Image: Destruction of Dr Priestley’s House and laboratory, Fair Hill, Birmingham July 14, 1791. Image from: Birmingham… read more »

Image: Wedgwood’s factory at Etruria in Staffordshire. The Useful Arts and Manufacturers of Great Britain of Great Britain Vol.… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Photograph: David Remes (2003) A rough sketch from 1779 can be understood as a rocket motor powered by… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Virgil was a famous Roman poet who died in 19 BC. His tomb was located in the… read more »

Image: Portrait of Thomas Day, an engraving based on a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. Image… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas.

Image: Photograph of James Watt’s copying machine. Image from: Handsworth Historical Society via Digital Handsworth Project www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

A SERMON on the subject of THE SLAVE TRADE; delivered to a society of PROTESTANT DISSENTERS, at… read more »

Image: Photograph of the statue of Joseph Priestley sculpted by Francis Williamson and unveiled in Birmingham in… read more »

Image: An engraving of Hagley Park, showing a Gothic folly and Greek temple at Hagley with deer grazing… read more »

Image: This engraving represents a scene within William Shenstone’s estate at the Leasowes, possibly “Virgil’s Grove”, named after… read more »

Image: A View of the Church at Halesowen in Shropshire. Shenstone was interested in the affairs of… read more »

Image: This engraving of the remodelled Leasowes reveals the combination of the practical activity of farming, in this… read more »

Image: Illustration accompanying the poem, ‘Rural Elegance, an Ode to the late Duchess of Somerset’, by William Shenstone… read more »

Image: An engraving of a harmonious rural landscape with a cottage and church. The idealised nature of the… read more »

Image: An engraving of Shenstones’s Leasowes showing the house on top of the hill to the right and… read more »

Image: Engraving of a classical urn set amongst trees accompanying ‘Elegies, written on many different Occasions’ by William… read more »

Image: Engraving of William Shenstone unrolling a scroll ‘Hints towards the Elements of Taste’, held at the… read more »

The art of portraiture was changing during the Industrial Revolution. The expansion of commerce and industry in… read more »

Image: Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright (1789-1790). Joseph Wright of Derby, Oil on Canvas. Text: Olga Baird… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash. Image from: Derby Museum &… read more »

Image: Count Alexander Suvarow, Liberator of Italy. 1799. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. Image from: Birmingham Assay Office (25)… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Derby Museum and Art Gallery. “The… read more »

Henry Fuseli (1741-1825, b. Zurich – d. London) Wolverhampton Art Gallery. OP 79. Presented by George Cheadle… read more »

Image: Baskerville House, Residence of John Ryland Esq., from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. The publication was republished… read more »

Image: The Rev Dr Priestley’s House and Laboratory, Fair Hill from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. The publication… read more »

Image:The New Meeting from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. The publication was republished by Arthur Bache Matthews,… read more »

Image: The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. Image by courtesy… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas, Image from: Derby Museum and Art Gallery. It… read more »

Frontispiece of the Controversiad by Gregory Dominic. THE CONTROVERSIAD; OR, A TIP AT THE RUCK. A POEM.… read more »

Image: View of the main mill from the east showing the Shrewsbury Canal and the single-storey building… read more »

Image: Ditherington Mill showing the malt kiln built by William Jones following the end of flax spinning in… read more »

ADVERTISEMENT. The following Poem was occasioned by a fact which had recently happened at the time of… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Image: William Russell (1740-1818). Jeyes, S H, The Russells of Birmingham in the French Revolution and America… read more »

Image: J S C Schaak, Portrait of Matthew Boulton aged 42 (1770). Image from: Birmingham Museums &… read more »

Image: Birthplace of Joseph Priestley, Fieldhead, Leeds, Yorkshire. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel… read more »

Image: ”A Birmingham Toast, July 14th, 1791” by James Gillray. Image from: R.K. Dent, Old and New Birmingham: A History… read more »

Image: French Revolution Dinner. This Ticket entitles the bearer to a Bottle of Wine at the Dinner at… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas

Image: Plaque to Joseph Priestley on the wall of St Michael’s Catholic Church, Birmingham, formerly Priestley’s New Meeting… read more »

Image: Mrs Joseph Priestley, by C F von Breda, 1793. Oil on Canvas. Mary Priestley was the… read more »

Image: Dr Erasmus Darwin, doctor, scientist and poet and friend of Priestley in the Lunar Society. His Plan for… read more »