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Image: Lunar Society member, Thomas Day, humanitarian poet and writer, who tried to introduce Rousseau’s educational ideas into… read more »

Image: Richard Lovell Edgeworth, member of the Lunar Society, inventor and writer. The educational publication, Practical Education was… read more »

Image: Lunar Society member, Samuel Galton junior, who educated his daughter, Mary, according to Priestley’s ideas. Image from: Local… read more »

Image: 18th Century Birmingham trade token (n.d.). H Biggs halfpenny with a bust of Dr Samuel Johnson and… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump(Exhibited 1768). Oil on Canvas.… read more »

The Widow of an Indian Chief watching the Weapons of her deceased Husband (1785). Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797),… read more »

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

Image: Engraving of Hagley Hall, Worcestershire, the residence of the Lyttletons, which was designed by Sanderson Miller… read more »

Image: James Skey (1754-1838) who married Martha Russell in 1798. From a miniature painting by James  Millar… read more »

Image: New York City in 1768. Jeyes, S H, The Russells of Birmingham in the French Revolution… read more »

Image: Title page of Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace Book Photograph: David Remes (2003) One of the most significant original objects… read more »

Image: A pair of Apollo and Diana candelabra made by Boulton and Fothergill. Ormolu, bronze and marble. c.… read more »

Published in 1802, this Directory is one of the first written accounts of the pottery towns, Tunstall,… read more »

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

Image: An engraving of Samuel Wyatt’s classical façade for the Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham, from William Hutton’s History… read more »

Image: Old Silk Mill, Derby. John Keys, Sketches of Old Derby and Neighbourhoods(London and Derby, 1895) Two brothers were… read more »

Image: The Alchymist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, (Exhibited 1771), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on… read more »

[from “Llangollen Vale with Other Poems”] ( 41 ) TO TIME PAST WRITTEN DEC. 1772. RETURN, blest… read more »

Image: Engraving of Josiah Wedgwood. Josiah was the father of Tom Wedgwood. Imagine a world without photographs,… read more »

Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. These salts with blue glass liners are engraved with a crest of… read more »

Image: Portrait of John Baskerville (1706-1775), Type Founder and Printer, painted by James Millar in 1774. Oil on… read more »

[From “”Poetical Works of Anna Seward, Vol 2″”] [1] POEMS BY ANNA SEWARD. VERSES* WRITTEN IN DR… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery Virgil was a… read more »

This factory was built by Sir Richard Arkwright in 1783-84 just outside Cromford. He built the mill in an… read more »

William Shenstone was born in 1714 and died in 1763. His fame rests on his reputation as… read more »

Image: Maria Edgeworth, the daughter of Priestley’s friend, R L Edgeworth and an important writer on educational… read more »

Image: Engraving of Virgil’s Grove at the Leasowes. There is a view of one of the cascades… read more »

Image: Erasmus Darwin’s Visiting Card from Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield. ???? Image from: Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield 4. “Doctor… read more »