aristocracy

HM the Gyalmo, HH Prince Palden, HH Princess Hope

Photograph shows Queen Hope Cooke with her children, Prince Palden and Princess Hope Leezum, Gangtok, Sikkim.

[King Palden Thondup Namgyal accepting scarves, including one scarf fr...

Title devised by Library staff. Slide used for the presentation: "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://... more

[Prince Palden Gyumed and Princess Hope Leezum seated on white scarves...

Princess Hope & Queen Hope in the palace, Sikkim

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN05-0072. Title from item. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 027 ... more

[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikk...

Title devised by Library staff. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. Slide used for the presentation: "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Co... more

[Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, seated, three-quarter length portrait, f...

Title devised by Library staff. Date from related slide: LC-KAN05-072. Slide used for the presentation: "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 1... more

[King and Queen of Sikkim and their daughter Hope Leezum watch birthda...

Title devised by Library staff. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. Slide used for the presentation: "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Co... more

[St. Jerome in his study] / AD [monogram].

Title from shelflist card. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Library has two impressions. No. 59a: Coll. mark: Possibly Baron H.A. von Derschau (Lugt, 2510). Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection. No. 59b: Co... more

[Madonna with the pear]

Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 18. Pauli, 19. Coll. marks: Paul J. Sachs (Lugt, 2091) and Baron Adalbert von Lanna (Lugt, 2773). Hubbard Fund, 410096-1.

[Rembrandt leaning on a stone sill] / Rembrandt, 1639.

Title from shelflist card. Signed and dated in pencil. Trimmed inside plate mark. Ex. coll.: Kupferstich kabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt, 1612; sale stamp dated: a. 86). Baron H.A. von Derschau (L... more

[Peter the Great, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

Hubbard Collection. No. 2829-1.

[Title page and page opposite inscribed by John Evelyn to Sir Christop...

Illus. in: John Evelyn's Acetaria, a Discourse of Sallets. London, 1699, title page and page opposite. Reference copy may be in LCQJ, Spring 1981, p. 93. This record contains unverified, old data from caption c... more

Algernoon Piercy [i.e. Algernon Percy], Earl of Northumberland & c. / ...

Sir Algernon Percy, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing armor. No. 45.

Francis Eugene, Prince of Savoy, &c. / M.V. der Gucht, fecit.

Illustration showing half-length portrait of the prince in armor, facing left. Frontispiece in: The Lives of the two illustrious generals, John, Duke of Marlborough, and Francis Eugene, Prince of Savoy ... Lond... more

A monument dedicated to posterity in commemoration of ye incredible fo...

Satire of various financial schemes. Engraving by B. Baron after drawing by B. Picart. cf: P&P - NE55.7A3 vol. II, no. 1629. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record... more

Monsieur Perrukesmore a French cavalier, & Sir Penitent Pig-back a Cat...

Two Lilliputian figures, a French landholder, and a Catalonian pilgrim headed for the Holy Land confront each other. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial border.

François Eugene de savoye chevlier de lordre de la toison d'or genl de...

Print shows Prince Eugene of Savoy, head-and-shoulders portrait, turned to the left, facing front, wearing armor, in oval on pedestal with four lines of verse printed below. Title from item. Forms part of: Popu... more

View of such parts as are seen from the building at the head of the la...

View of lake, trees, people strolling and playing music on the grass. Illus. from: A General plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe ..., no. 2.

A Race from Preston Pans to Berwick

Print shows General Sir John Cope and two other British officers riding to the gates of Berwick and announcing the defeat of British forces at Prestonpans by the Scots under the leadership of Charles Edward Stu... more

Indiens du Canada

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing of two Indians. Title from item. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Ludwig, Baron von Closen papers (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-1988:012

Prince Ferdinand / Sherlock, sculp.

Prince Ferdinand, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in a cameo.

Sir William Johnson, Major General of the English forces in America / ...

Print shows three-quarter length portrait of Sir William Johnson, with his arm resting on a cannon muzzle and holding a baton.

A North view of Fort Johnson, drawn on the spot by Mr. Guy Johnson, Si...

Illustration showing fort and outbuildings in New York.

Sir Isaac Newton

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Mezzotint by James McArdell after Enoch Seeman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Orig. in Hubbard Coll. 5415-11 "A".

Sir Jeffery Amherst Knight of the most honorable Order of Bath, ... J....

Sir Jeffery Amherst, three-quarter length, standing, facing left, wearing armor, helmet on table with map "Plan of the Island of Montreal & its Environs"; boatloads of troops on a river in the background. Title... more

An election entertainment at Brentford

A party of freeholders of Middlesex, seated at a table, dining, during the election of a M.P. for the county, Dec. 1768, when Sergeant Glynn, Wilkes's friend and counsel, opposed Sir William Beauchamp Proctor,... more

Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition

Broadside showing, above three columns of text (comprising the petition), George III seated on his throne receiving several men, one, kneeling before him, presents the petition, on May 24th 1769. Title from ite... more

The machine to go without asses

Print shows George III and Liberty riding in a carriage labeled "Magna Charta" as it passes over the Duke of Grafton, the Earl of Bute, Lord Holland, and Lord Mansfield. Title from item. Design'd & engrav'd for... more

The conference

Print shows William Beckford rebuking Thomas Harley beneath which is printed a petition containing 14 points, "Instructions given to Sir Robert Ladbrooke, Knt. William Beckford, Esq; the Right Hon. Thomas Harle... more

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...

Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... more

Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the ye...

Detail showing convicts consisting of lords, esquires, and attorneys, in chains, boarding ship, for transport from England to Georgia, under the reign of King George III. Detail of British Museum Cartoon Collec... more

The courtiers assembled, on hearing the news of the death of the Rt. H...

Print shows a group of ministers seated around a table commenting on the news of William Beckford's death. Depicted are Jeremiah Dyson, John Montagu Sandwich, William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augu... more

Shah Allum in distress

"A design in two compartments illustrating an article in Biblical phraseology, 'The First Chapter of the Book of Kings' and 'The Lamentations'. In the upper part is depicted a meeting of the General Court of th... more

Mayjor General Amherst

Illustration showing Sir Jeffery Amherst, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform, in medallion. Illus. in: The Annual Register of World Events. Dublin : J. Exshaw, 1774, p. 98. Published i... more

His majesty King George the III - contemplating a medal of King Alfred

Print shows King George III, full-length portrait, wearing coronation robes, standing in library with seal of England over the doorway; he holds a medal with portrait of Alfred the Great. Title from item. Illus... more

The Whitehall pump

Print shows Lord North pumping water from a water fountain topped with the head of George III onto the prostrate bodies of Britannia and a Native figure representing America. Several ministers and judges look o... more

The state blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans

Print shows the interior of a blacksmith's shop with Lord Mansfield forging the links to a chain, Lord North standing to the left holding lorgnette and, in his right hand, a paper "An act for prohibiting all tr... more

Thomas Jefferson to John Hancock, October 19, 1777, Finances; Possible...

Finances; Possible Loan from Grand Duke of Tuscany; with Typescript

George the IIId, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland / Pollard s...

Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing armor and a laurel wreath; in oval. Title from item. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial h... more

The Hon[ora]ble S[i]r Wm. Howe, Knight of the Bath and commander in ch...

Print shows Sir William Howe, three-quarter length portrait, in uniform. Title from item. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal... more

Plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing its defences...

Scale ca. 1:14,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. "To the Honble. Sir William Howe K.B. general and commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces within the colonies laying ... more

Hell in triumph or The devil has got his own / Peepo Mellico, scratcha...

Print shows Sir Hugh Palliser, a naval admiral and accuser of Admiral Augustus Keppel following the inconclusive battle off the coast of Ushant in 1778, being pulled off a cliff by demons toward the open mouth ... more

The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button / John Simpson...

Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut... more

Mr. Doughty beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St. Julian...

Print shows the 1578 beheading of Thomas Doughty in Port St. Julian, Patagonia, during Drake's circumnavigation voyage.

The Hon. Sir Willm. Howe Kt. of the Bath, commander in chief of all hi...

Print shows William Howe, full-length portrait, standing, facing left and pointing to the left with his sword. Illus. in: Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and her col... more

Argus

Print shows George III seated in a chair asleep, on the left stands a judge (possibly the Earl of Mansfield) with his left hand on the crown, behind the throne stands the Earl of Bute, speaking to Mansfield, he... more

General Grey / Pollard sc.

Print shows General Sir Charles Grey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform, in oval.

By his majestys royal letters patent - the new invented method of puni...

Print shows Britannia drawn and quartered at a crossroad by ropes attached to three horses, one labeled "Tyranny" racing down the road "to America", another labeled "Venality" racing down the road "to Spain", a... more

General Clinton

General Sir Henry Clinton, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing left, in oval.

Wonders wonders wonders & wonders - dedicated to the wonderfull wonder...

Print shows Britannia and America, several British ministers, and King George III, they appear as couples shaking hands, except for the central figure of three. Standing on the left is Britannia with the Britis... more

George III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.

Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown. Title from item. After a Reynolds coronation portrait. Illus. in:... more

Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, the gambols of the Ame...

Print shows several ministers helping themselves to fishes and loaves that have spilled from a fishwife's basket which was upset by a rampaging "American Buffalo"; among those depicted are the Duke of Portland,... more

Major general Baron Steuben / B.B.E.

Print shows Baron von Steuben, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile; in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered t... more

Coalition arms / JN: 1784.

Print shows Lord North and Charles James Fox standing with a large escutcheon between them which rests on the back of George III. North is holding a flag in his right hand inscribed "Coalition" with two demons ... more

A new pantomine - harlequine

Print shows Charles James Fox and Lord North performing on a stage before an audience including the Prince of Wales with his mistress, Mary Robinson, also, Admiral Keppel, the Earl of Portland, Lord Cavendish, ... more

George the III / Reynolds del. ; Angus sculp.

Print shows King George III, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, left hand resting on shelf with orb, crown, and scepter. Title from item. Illus. in: History of the war with... more

The vision

Print shows a young man, possibly William Pitt, the younger, being visited by a ghost from the grave, possibly the elder William Pitt, who has come "to warn thee against thy impending fate - Beware of Prerogati... more

The Hibernian attempt

Print shows George III sitting on a throne with Edward Thurlow and William Pitt standing next to him; he is wearing half a crown on his head, on the left, an African wearing a feathered headdress and holding a ... more

Lord Hood - from a painting by West in the possession of Sir John Dick...

Print shows Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal with name plate. Title from item. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, S... more

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion. Title from item. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain... more

Sir Roger Curtis / drawn from the life by Miller & engraved by Birrell...

Sir Roger Curtis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform; in framed medallion on pedestal. Illus. in: History of war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending ... more

Admiral Parker / Birrell sculp.

Print shows Sir Peter Parker, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing naval uniform; medallion on pedestal with name plate. Title from item. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain... more

Admiral Hughes

Print shows Admiral Edward Hughes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; medallion on pedestal. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 178... more

Captain Asgill

Captain Sir Charles Asgill, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform and hat, left profile; in oval. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ... more

Three weeks after marriage

Print shows a man standing on the left offering portraits of "new passions" to George, Prince of Wales, who is seated on a sofa beneath portraits of "The Perdita" and "The Armstead"; the man tells George that "... more

The Queen of Hearts cover'd with diamonds

Print shows Queen Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing a jeweled turban, with additional jewels in her hair and on her clothing, she holds a... more

The poor blacks going to their settlement

Print shows the Prince of Wales and several British ministers (Burke, Fox, North, George Hanger, and possibly Sheridan) portrayed as poor Blacks, shabbily dressed and being driven toward debtor's prison depicte... more

Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, the wind shifted from the north to t...

Print shows Sir Philip Francis(?) standing, facing right, with dagger in left hand, on the far right, Warren Hastings, wearing a turban, is standing amid bags of money beneath a flag "India Preserved" and again... more

Constitutional Club

Print of satire on the Westminster by-election of 1788 shows five men carving a fox on a table as William Pitt carries a coin-filled gravy boat inscribed "Mint sauce, Constitutional restorative" and King George... more

--Affairs. The sweet prospect behind us, or The outs in office

Print shows rear views of the Prince of Wales, Maria Fitzherbert, Charles James Fox, Lord North, Edmund Burke, a prospective Lord Chancellor, and Richard B. Sheridan, with buttocks exposed, defecating. On the w... more

[Three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French pe...

Print shows a three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French peasants, union of the Three Orders (clergy, aristocracy, and people), and miserable plight of peasants Title devised by Library ... more

The paddy's at dinner with Puddinghead [the Regent]

Print shows George, Prince of Wales, seated at a table eating and drinking with several bulls, the "Paddys", a reference to the Prince's Irish supporters, of whom two wear crowns. The illness of George III (178... more

The Household, or who rules the roast!

Print shows an interior view of a kitchen, the "Treasury" or the "Privy Purse" represented by a crown, in which a large bull on a spit labeled "Fourth Estate" is being roasted before a fire, dripping coins; on ... more

The monstrous hydra, or virtue invulnerable

Print shows William Pitt holding a paper labeled "Regency limitations & restrictions" encircled by a hydra labeled "Private Views" with eleven heads, among them Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, and one blindfol... more

The Tories and the Whigs pulling for a crown

Print shows George, Prince of Wales, seated on a throne in the background waiting the results of a tug-of-war over the crown (and regency for the Prince) between the Tories represented by Edward Thurlow and Wil... more

England. Principal front, Bank of England as designed by Sir Robert Ta...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: England. Aquatint. Joseph Verner Reed, 1949.

Baron du Pont Duchambon, elève du roi à l'École royale militaire de Pa...

Half-length portrait of Baron Du Pont Duchambon with balloon in background. Title from item. Tissandier collection.

Wm Strahan

Print shows portrait of Scottish printer, publisher, and member of Parliament William Straham after painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Title from item. Joseph Verner Reed; 1949.

Portrait of Master Hare painted by Sir Joshna Reynolds ; engrav'd by R...

Print shows Francis George Hare, three-quarter length portrait, facing left with right hand raised, in landscape with trees. After painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Title from online source. Ownership stamp on v... more

John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise

A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is impl... more

L'amitié, aux mânes du Cher. Thomas Mauduit Colonel du Regiment du Por...

Thomas-Antoine Mauduit-Duplessis, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Purchase; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:106.) Title from item. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the--revolution so...

Print shows Charles James Fox seated at center of a table and raising his glass, "My Soul & Body, both, upon the Toast," to a toast offered by Joseph Priestley, who stands at left holding up an overflowing chal... more

His royal highness George Prince of Wales / Painted by J. Russell ... ...

George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, King of England, half-length portrait, standing, facing right.

The Jovial company / A. Brouner, pinxt. ; J. Williams, sculpt., pupil ...

Two men seated at small table, one holding glass of wine and decanter, and the other smoking pipe. "Engraved from the original picture in the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds." Copyright by W. Baynes, Moorfields.

The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degre...

Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of suga... more

Sir Thomas Bond Bart

Print showing Sir Thomas Bond, full-length portrait, right profile, carrying an umbrella under right arm. Title from item. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The great South Sea caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath butterfly / J...

Cartoon shows the metamorphosis of Sir Joseph Banks from a caterpillar to a butterfly upon his investiture with the Order of the Bath as a result of his South Sea expedition. Draped with the ribbon, and wearing... more

Consequences of a successful French invasion / Sir John Dalrymple, inv...

French soldiers pillaging and destroying the House of Lords. A guillotine takes the place of the throne and above it hangs a Liberty Cap. A French soldier carries away the mace while others rip and burn the tap... more

[Sir Benjamin Thompson Rumford, Count, 1753-1814, head and shoulders p...

Engraving by E.C. Trenchard. Illus. in: Rumford's Essays, 1798, frontis. Reference copy may be in Biog File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.... more

The humours of Belvoir Castle, or the morning after / Woodward del. ; ...

Print shows a number of encounters, in two panels, between men and women either off to bed or awakened to the horrors of the night before: the first, an old man on the arm of an old woman, says, "Och! Long life... more

L'Empereur Claude / dessiné par Vanderwal ; gravé par J.J. Avril.

Classical statue of Claudius, Emperor of Rome, possibly in the Louvre, Paris.

John Erskine, Earl of Marr [sic] / Sir Geoffrey Kneller, pinxt; Page, ...

John Erskine, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing armor and wig.

Dees Nederlandsche Koe, altoos door Waereld-grooten ...

Dutch political cartoon about the partitioning of the Netherlands shows the shorning and dismembering of the "Nederlandsche" cow. The "Neêrlands" lion, an enraged Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (with sword dr... more

[Fitzroy Square]

Kennedy, appendix 111 state 3 of 3. Signed with butterfly on plate. Etched by Whistler; bitten by Sir Frank Short after Whistler's death. Inscribed on print: 'J. McN. Whistler. delt.' and ' F. Short. aq.' Title... more

A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--in...

An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", ... more

The rival gardeners

King George III of England and Napoleon I tend to their respective plants on opposite sides of a stream labeled "The Channel." A cudgel marked "British Oak" floats down it. Napoleon bends over his drooping po... more

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver

King George III and Queen Charlotte seated on chairs of state, watch a small rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his boat. Lord Salisbury stands behind king's chair. Four princesses and three p... more

By J-s, it is the only bit of fun I have had since I left Ireland

Group of men fighting with clubs and fists in front of inn. Engraving by Leney after drawing by E. Tisdale. Illus. in: Sir John Carr, The Stranger in Ireland, N.Y., 1807, frontispiece. Ref. copy may be in SSF (... more

An exact representation of the principal banners and triumphal car, wh...

Print shows three men with banners leading a four-horse team drawing a carriage with a statue of Britannia holding a staff topped with a liberty cap, two fasces on a low platform, and Sir Frances Burdett sittin... more

Addison / Sir G. Kneller pinxt, Woodman Junr. sculpt.

Portrait print showing Joseph Addison, head and shoulders,surrounded by decorative frame. Title from item.