91

Montagu’s Frolic

By William Henry Melmoth

John, Duke of Montagu, that irrepressible prankster, identified a sad-faced soldier in the Mall as the perfect mark.

92

Ranelagh Gardens

By Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

Horace Walpole, a loyal patron of Vauxhall pleasure gardens, visits newly-opened rival Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea.

93

The Weakness of Women

By Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe argues that it is in every man’s interest to watch the women in his life realise their full potential.

94

The First Fleet

By John Patience Chard

Having brought hundreds of convicts to New South Wales, Arthur Phillip then had to conjure order out of their chaos.

95

Jerusalem in England

By William Blake

Blake throws heart and soul into an impassioned expression of his dream of a new England.

96

The Best and Worst of Britain

Attributed to Manoel Gonzales

A Portuguese merchant assesses Great Britain’s market under the Hanoverians.