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1785: The first lifeboats

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:07:00 GMT

A London coachbuilder, Lionel Lukin, paved the way for the first purpose-built lifeboat when he designed the world’s first unsinkable boat and patented it on 2 November 1785. Although a coachbuilder, ...


Thomas Gainsborough, 'Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk')', 1785

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:32:00 GMT

Gainsborough painted this portrait of William Hallett (1764–1842) and Elizabeth Stephen (1764–1833) shortly before their marriage on 30 July 1785. The couple are shown arm in arm on a morning walk ...


Thomas Gainsborough, 'Mrs Siddons', 1785

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:26:00 GMT

Gainsborough probably began his portrait of her early in 1785, shortly before her thirtieth birthday. Like Reynolds’s Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse, Gainsborough’s portrait was painted in the hope of ...


George IV (1762 - 1830)

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:52:00 GMT

George's extravagant lifestyle caused his father to regard him with contempt. In 1785, George secretly and illegally married a Roman Catholic, Maria Fitzherbert. In 1795, he was officially married ...


Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823)

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:17:00 GMT

The first power loom, patented in 1785, was extremely crude but improvements were made in subsequent versions. Cartwright now established a factory in Doncaster for his looms, but his ignorance of ...


John James Audubon

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 05:25:00 GMT

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America (Alexander Wilson has that distinction), but for half a century he was the young ...


East India Company and Raj 1785-1858

Sat, 06 Aug 2016 18:54:00 GMT

Its last remaining monopoly over the China tea trade was abolished in 1833. Parliament allowed the Company to maintain its political and administrative duties in India, but the charter of 1813 ...


Guide to the Records of the Home Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 17:04:00 GMT

Minutes of the House of Commons Select Committee relating to the transportation of convicts to West Coast of Africa, 1785. Correspondence and papers, 1823-1835 include reports of incidents on convict ...


A Voyage round the World, Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:39:00 GMT

Jean François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741–88) was a French explorer appointed by Louis XVI to lead an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, which ended in disaster when in 1788 the ships ...


La Reserve 1785 Canggu Beach

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:34:00 GMT

A Francophile’s fantasy in Indonesia, La Reserve 1785 Canggu Beach is the former home of Mademoiselle Henriette Reboul, reimagined by its new owner-architect with characters from the Marvel Universe, ...