Age of enlightenment posters & prints

The Meeting of Encyclopédistes at Diderots Home, 1859 Anonymous

Orpheus, first in series of 'The Progress of Human Culture and Knowledge', c.1777-84 James Barry

The Distribution of Premiums in the Society of Arts James Barry

Portrait of Voltaire, 18th century Jean Huber

Reading of Voltaire's tragedy 'L'Orphelin de la Chine' in 1755 in the salon of Madame Geoffrin, 1812 Anicet-Charles Lemonnier

The harmony between philosophy and religion, 1791 Anonymous

Cruikshank Builds the Battery with Channels Anonymous

Immanuel Kant, 1768 Johann Gottlieb Becker

A Part of the Daniell Battery Anonymous

Portrait of Charles de Montesquieu, 1728 Jacques-Antoine (after) Dassier

Commerce, or the Triumph of the Thames James Barry

A Part of the Propeller Battery Anonymous

Elysium, or the State of Final Retribution James Barry

Elysium, or The State of Final Retribution James Barry

Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire called Voltaire Maurice Quentin de la Tour

Portrait of Peter Perez Burdett and His First Wife Hannah, 1765 Joseph Wright of Derby

John Adams, c.1821 Gilbert Stuart

Portrait of Denis Diderot Louis Michel van Loo

Nobili's Thermopile Anonymous

M. Pouillet's Thermopile Anonymous

Column Battery Anonymous

Channel Battery Anonymous

Volta's Fundemental Experiment Anonymous

Nicholson and Carlisle Decompose Water Through the Battery of Volta London 2 May 1800 Anonymous

Progress of Enlightenment, 1819 Gottfried or Godefroy Engelmann

Propeller Battery Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coltman, c.1770-72 Joseph Wright of Derby

Larrey Causes by Galvanism Muscle Contractions in a Recently Amputated Leg Anonymous

Voltaire, copy after painting by Nicolas de Largilliere Catherine Lusurier

Adam Smith, 1790 John Kay

Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1793 French School

Jean Jacques Rousseau, 18th century Maurice Quentin de la Tour

Portrait of Charles de Montesquieu French School

John Adams c.1800-15 Gilbert Stuart

Wollaston's Battery in Action Anonymous

Nobili's Thermopile with a Reflector Attached to It Anonymous