1743 Gallery

Laurel Tree, 1731-1743 (hand-coloured etching)

986443 Laurel Tree, 1731-1743 (hand-coloured etching) by Catesby, Mark (1679-1749); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laurel Tree. From The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands'. Mark Catesby (1679-1749). Hand-coloured etching. Published, 1731-1743.); Photo A© Christie's Images; English, out of copyright

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King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz

King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Bavaria, Germany), 27 June 1743, part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). This was the last time a reigning British monarch led troops in battle. Date: 1743

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Jean Baptiste De Lisle

JEAN BAPTISTE ISOARD DE LISLE de Sales : French writer, described as Le Philosophe de la Nature - the engraving shows the Devil discomfited by a ray of light from Delisle. Date: 1743 - 1816

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