Images Dated 2nd February 2009

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, (1912). Artist: Unknown

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, (1912). Painted on paper. Georgiana Cavendish (1757-1806) was famous for her beauty, her political campaigning, gambling, and unorthodox domestic arrangements. Her best friend was also her husband's mistress, and Georgiana tolerated a menage a trois for many years. She herself bore a child out of wedlock. A print from One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Horace Hart, at the University of Oxford Press, 1912

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'Blanchard's Balloon', 1790 (1912). Artist: Unknown

'Blanchard's Balloon', 1790 (1912). Etched on metal. Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a prominent French pioneering balloonist. Together with American Dr John Jeffries he made the first aerial crossing of the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon on 7th January 1785. Taking off from Dover, Kent, they landed in the Foret de Felmores, France, approximately four and a half hours later. Famed throughout Europe for his ballooning, on 9th January 1793 Blanchard became the first person to fly a balloon in the USA. A print from One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Horace Hart, at the University of Oxford Press, 1912

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A study of four silhouettes, 1782 (1912). Artist: Unknown

A study of four silhouettes, 1782 (1912). [1]. Emperor Joseph II of Austria. [2] King Stanislaus II of Poland. [3] Margravine Frederica von Bayreuth. [4] Margravine von Anspach, 1782. From JG Lavater's own album, consisting of one hundred and seven silhouettes (in Indian ink) portraying European royalty. A print from One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Horace Hart, at the University of Oxford Press, 1912

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