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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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wedgwood: going lunar
Josiah Wedgwood and his cohorts. The most brilliant group in England and likely the most eccentric. Many have passed into the forgotten mists of history, but some of them changed the world… …These scientific interests found their formal expression in … Continue reading
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Tagged Erasmus Darwin, Jenny Uglow, Joseph Priestley, Joseph Wright of Derby paintings, Joseph Wright painter, Josoah Wedgwood, Lichfield Group, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Boulton, The Lunar Society, William Darwin
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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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picture this
Children should be seen and not heard…. Hard not to learn something when your father, Josiah Wedgwood frequented such illuminaries in the eighteenth century as James Watt,Joseph Priestley, Erasmus Darwin and on the artistic side, George Stubbs and the poetess … Continue reading
SPACE CADETS & MECHANIC METEORS
After generations of trial and error, mostly error, man’s age old dream of flying was realized near the end of the eighteenth century in the form of the hot air balloon. This was followed by several decades where daring aeronauts … Continue reading
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Tagged Albertus Magnus, Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Johnson, Emanuel Swedenborg, Etienne Montgofier, Father Francesco de Lana, Friar Roger Bacon, Henry Cavendish, Horace Walpole, hot air balloons history, J.A.C. Charles, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Joseph Addison, Joseph Priestley, Leonardo Da Vinci, Montgolfier, Vincent Lunardi
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