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Tag Archives: James Watt
wedgwood: let it be with the lunarticks
In the 1790′s however, this great group was fast breaking up. The turn of the century saw the death of many. Thomas Day was killed from a fall from his horse in 1789- with characteristic perversity he had refused to … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin Theory of Evolution, Desmond Clarke, Erasmus Darwin, George Stubbs, James Watt, Jenny Uglow, Joseph Priestley, Joseph Wright of Derby paintings, Lichfield Group, Lichfield Group Anna Seward poetess, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Boulton, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Robert E. Schofield, Simon Bloor, The Lunar Society, Thomas Day Sandford and Merton, Tom Bloor
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eureka moments
The core of Josiah Wedgwood’s circle was completed by the two who had, perhaps, the greatest worldly success- Matthew Boulton and James Watt- and by the one who has been credited with the least, Wedgwood’s partner, Thomas Bentley. The contrast … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Seward Swan of Lichfield, Birmingham Riots 1791, Desmond Clarke, Erasmus Darwin, James Eckford Lauder, James Gillray, James Keir, James Watt, Jenny Uglow, John Locke, Joseph Black, Joseph Priestley, Josiah Wedgwood, Lichfield Group, Macquer Dictionary of Chemistry, Matthew Boulton, Mme Verdurin, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Robert E. Schofield, The Lunar Society, Thomas Bentley, Thomas Day, William Rosen author, William Small
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it’s backfirin’ now
Josiah Wedgwood and his friends. A diverse lot, both batty, brilliant and eccentric, they are mostly relegated minor figures of eighteenth century English life today, but some of them changed the world… When in 1785, Pitt’s abortive scheme for parliamentary … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham Riots 1791, Charles Darwin, Desmond Clarke, James Gillray, James Watt, Jenny Uglow, Johan Zoffany, Joseph Priestley, Josiah Wedgwood, Lichfield Group, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Boulton, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Robert E. Schofield, The Lunar Society, Thomas Day Sandford and Merton
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decided and optimistic views
Josiah Wedgwood and his friends were the most brilliant group in England in the eighteenth-century- brilliant if highly eccentric. Most are forgotten today, but collectively they changed the world… Devotion to science and a respect for the arts were not … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Seward, Desmond Clarke, Erasmus Darwin, George Stubbs, James Brindley, James Watt, Jenny Uglow, Jeremy Bentham, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Joseph Priestley, Josiah Wedgwood, Lichfield Group, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Boulton, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Robert E. Schofield, Sir Joseph Banks, The Lunar Society, Thomas Day, Thomas Day Sandford and Merton, William Rosen
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friendship circle
Josiah Wedgwood and his friends. They were the most brilliant group in England in the eighteenth-century, and quite possibly the most eccentric.Some are forgotten today. Most actually. But some of them changed the world. it was a kind of parallel … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, George Stubbs, James Brindley, James Watt, Joseph Priestley, Josiah Wedgwood, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Susannah Wedgwood, Tom Wedgwood photographer, Wedgwood Etruria works
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wedgwood and company: men for all seasons
They were the most brilliant group in England, and quite possibly the most eccentric. Some are forgotten today, but some of them changed the world…. Eighteenth century England. Gifted, intelligent, and odd, it was a curious mixture of brilliance and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Samuel Johnson, George Stubbs, James Brindley, James Keir, James Watt, John Baskerville, John Flaxman, Josiah Wedgwood, Lichfield Group, Lunar Society, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Bentley, William Hackwood, William Withering
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wedgewood : sunshine on the village green
Wedgewood and his friends. The were the most brilliant group in England, and quite possibly the most eccentric. Some are forgotten today- but some of them changed the world. Josiah Wedgewood was born in the Staffordshire village called Burslem in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Seward, Erasmus Darwin, James Watt, John Flaxman, Joseph Priestly, Josiah Wedgewood, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Bolton, Portland Vase Wedgewood, Ray Davies, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, The Kinks, Thomas Day
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