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George Cadbury, Donor of Woodbrooke House and Gardens
Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.
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 »
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 »
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 »
Holt Castle on the banks of the Severn
From Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 by Thomas Harral
Home of Robert Darwin, and birthplace of Charles Darwin
Photograph by: Nabi Heydari (April 2003)
Image and article relating to Mr Green’s ascent in a balloon
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 7 Image from: Shropshire Archives
Inland Navigation
INLAND NAVIGATION, AN ODE. HUMBLY INSCRIBED TO The INHABITANTS of Birmingham, AND PROPRIETORS of the CANAL. The… read more »
Introduction
Image: Print of Joseph Priestley Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Two hundred years ago,… read more »
Introduction
Image: Portrait of Joseph Priestley. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Joseph Priestley’s importance as… read more »
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 »
Introduction: Interpretations
The “Priestley” Riots of July 1791 are one of the best-documented episodes in Birmingham history. The initial… read more »
James Timmins Chance
Image: James Timmins Chance at the age of 40, from a painting by J.C. Horsley, R A. John… read more »
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 »
John Watkins, Photographer
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Local Studies and History,… read more »
Joseph Priestley: Trail-blazing Experimenter
Image: Print of Joseph Priestley, 1782, showing examples of scientific equipment beneath the portrait. Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection… read more »
Joseph Wright of Derby and his Visit to Italy 1773 – 1775
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1774). Gouache on paper. Image from: Derby Museum &… read more »
Joseph Wright of Derby: Art, the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Self Portrait in a Black Feathered Hat(c1767-1770). Oil on canvas. Summary Joseph Wright… read more »
Joseph Wright’s Journey to Italy
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734- 1797), Self Portrait (c1767-70). Charcoal on paper. Image from: Derby Museum… read more »
Kidderminster
KIDDERMINSTER IS a large trading town, having a very considerable manufacture of stuffs and some cotton. It… read more »
Landscape with a Rainbow
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778
Directions to Mr Boulton for making a Tea Vase. Friend Boulton take these ingots fine From rich… read more »
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778
Darwin writes to Boulton about an order he placed for a selection of prints by the popular… read more »
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778/01/11
Darwin gives his opinion on the poetry of a young lady of Boulton’s acquaintance. —————————————- 11 January… read more »
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778/02/04
Darwin enquires after the Kauffmann prints. —————————————- Dear Boulton, Not having heard of you for so many… read more »
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778/04/05
Darwin sends his apologies to Boulton for being absent from a Lunar Society meeting with a lively… read more »
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778/04/21
Darwin again enquires after the Kauffmann prints he asked to be framed at Soho. —————————————- Dear Boulton… read more »
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1789/10/22
Darwin writes to Boulton for information about steam engines and coining for Darwin’s latest poem, The Loves… read more »
Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1789/12/31
Darwin writes Boulton for details of coining. —————————————- Derby Dec 31-89 Dear Boulton I intend in a… read more »
Lilleshall Abbey
Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. THIS venerable ruin now forming so picturesque… read more »
Map of the Mining and Manufacturing District of South Staffordshire, Warwickshire, etc.
William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836).… 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
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 »