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...

[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

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

[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.

[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]

Illus. in: Nicole Gilles, Les Tres Elegantes...1527. Reference copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Abris dero Schlacht vnd Victorien so in Siebenbvrgen geschehen, den 3....

Picture shows two panels with depiction of a battlefield scene of the Battle of Guruslău that occurred in Transylvania on August 3, 1601 between the Transylvanian forces of Sigismund Báthori and the Hapsburg tr... more

Closter Reckum

Picture depicts a church in flames surrounded by troops on the banks of a River. Captions identify Closter Reckum, the city of Luyck [Liège] in the distance and the Meuse River. Among the troops, Christian Fürs... more

Eigentlicher Abriss der vor vnüberwintlichen gehaltnen vnd in der vnde...

Print shows birds-eye view of the battlefield and troop formations along the confluence of the Neckar River and the Rhine River at Mannheim during the siege of Mannheim which the Duke of Tilly occupied between ... more

Lob vnd Klagspruch der Augspurischen Confession uber die ritterlichen ...

Print shows the dead King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden lying on his back under a tree above the battle plaing near Lutzen. Depicted standing next to him is the Virgin Mary. The Swedish king was killed in the Bat... more

Eigentliche Abcontrafactur und gründliche Beschreibung der abermals he...

Print shows birds-eye view of the battlefield and formation of troops outside of Hessisch Oldendorf on the Weser River in June 18, 1633 between the Swedish and Hessian armies under George, Duke of Brunswick-Lün... more

Eigentliche Abbildung und Ausführliche Beschreibung der berühmten Hoch...

Birds-eye view print shows view of the city of Montbéliard [Mömpelgard], France, belonging to the Duke Leopold Friedrich of Würtemberg. Includes views ot the walled city, college, castle, churches and the Princ... more

[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

Villa Viziola

Birds-eye view print shows plan with troop formations outside of a town identified as "Villa Viziola." [Vila Viçosa] in Portugal. Under the Marquis of Caracena, Spanish troops captured the village from the Port... more

Aussführliche Relation dess hefftigen See-Gefecthtes der zwey grossen ...

Birds-eye view engraving shows galleon war ships engaged in battle on the sea. Smoke and fire are depicted as well as sinking ships and sailors in open boats on the water. Includes medallion portraits of the En... more

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

Hubbard Collection. No. 2829-1.

Le Duc d. Albe / Henri. Causé, sculp.

Portrait print showing half-length portrait of the Duke of Alba, wearing armour. Tom. I., pag. 445. Possibly from edition of Don Quixote. Title from item.

[Siege and relief of Vienna in 1683, with portraits of Ernst Rudiger v...

Illus. in: Der Turckische Schau-Platz erofnet und ..., Hamburg, T. von Wiering, 1685. cf: Victory at Vienna: The Ottoman Siege of 1683, p. 22 and p. 23. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... more

Umständliche Beschreibung dess in Irland zwischen König Wilhelm und Kö...

Print shows two birds-eye views of the fortress city of Ireland and a battle scene with medallion portrait of the "Herzog von Schomberg" [Duke of Schomberg] who was killed in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Vi... more

[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

Sieg dess grossen Adlers welcher in disem 1704 Jahr den 13. August dur...

Birds-eye view print shows battle scene with soldiers and cavalry, locations of troops in the Battle of Blenheim near Höchstädt, Germany in August 1704. Includes views of solders with guns, smoke rising on the ... more

Eigentliche Abbildung und Beschreibung der durch Göttliche Direction v...

Birds-eye view engraving shows battlefield with large numbers of fighting troops. In the foreground are soldiers on horseback with guns and swords, some fallen soldiers and horses are seen. In the middle and ri... more

Eigentlicher Abbildung der denckwürdiger Action so bey forcirung der f...

Birds-eye view print shows a battle with many infantry and cavalry. In the foreground are fallen soldiers and horses. Allegorical elements in the print include an angel carrying a flaming sword, a cherub blowin... more

Helden-Streich der Engel- und Holländischen Armee unter dem Herzog von...

Birds-eye view print shows view of the battle plain in Belgium with locations of troop formations and towns such as Wavern [Wavre], S. Medardus [St. Medardus church in Wervik], Tienen, Brüssel [Brussels], Diest... 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

A new map of South America, shewing it's general divisions, chief citi...

Scale ca. 1:23,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in black ink: This is map no. 40 of Wells (Edward) A new sett of ma... 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.

Mr. Alexander Pope

Medley print shows pictures lying as if carelessly placed one over the other. All images relate to Alexander Pope. The center image is a portrait of Pope. Underneath the images is "An Encomium on Mr. Pope and... more

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.

Full-length standing portraits of Charles, Prince of Wales, the future...

After painting by Sir Anthony Van Dyck.

A plan of Fort St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Jago & of St. Philip scituat...

In lower margin: To his grace Iohn Duke of Montagu, this plan is most humbly dedicated by his graces, most dutifull & most obedient servant, Iohn Thomas. Oriented with north to the left. Pen-and-ink and waterco... more

The Duke of N- - -tle and his cook

"The scene of this engraving is laid in the Duke of Newcastle's kitchen, where his cook, Chloe, is pointing to the "Proclamation against Papists", and remonstrating with the Duke, "Bégar, me can no rélish dis d... more

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

The Highlanders Medley, or the Duke Triumphant

Head and shoulders of Wm., Duke of Cumberland, with vignettes of popular battle scenes and satires and verses extolling his conquest of the Scots Highlanders.

Solomons glory, or the rival mistresses

Duke of Cumberland seated on a bank with the Savoyard girl, his arm about her neck. The Duke's rival mistresses stand behind, and are vehemently jealous. In the distance appear Windsor Castle and Eton College C... 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.

North America, performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans,...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the co... more

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".

The tomb-stone

Print shows several men, George Grenville, Lord Bute, the Duke of Bedford, and, as a small dog wearing clerical robes, Dr. W. Scott, labeled "AntiSejanus", dancing on a sarcophagus with bas-reliefs of "Britanni... more

The triumph of America

Print shows William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, driving a triumphal carriage in which rides a Native American representing America. The carriage is drawn by a team of six horses, "Royal Oak, Crafty, Weathe... more

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west

Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... more

The new country dance, as danced at C****, July the 30th 1766

Print shows a number of prominent figures in a line dancing, above the dancers is John Wilkes riding behind a witch on a broom, he is defecating on Lord Bute; other dancers include the Prince of Wales, William ... more

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

The north star

Print shows Lord Bute seated on clouds from behind which project rays of the sun, he holds a cat-o'-nine-tails in one hand, a purse in the other, his feet rest on an open volume of "the Laws of England". To his... 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 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

The Chevalier D'--n producing his evidence against certain persons

Print shows opposing groups of government officials; Chevalier D'Eon, portrayed as an ape, vomits on Lord Bute who stands before other members of the Duke of Grafton's ministry and astride the Earl of Hillsboro... more

The ever-memorable peace-makers settling their accounts

Print shows the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Bute, and Lord Holland portrayed as a fox, with the Devil behind him, seated at a table. Lord Holland writes in a ledger labeled "Unacd Millions". Title from item. C... 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

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

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

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

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

Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes - conseiller d'Etat ordinaire, mini...

Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, seated at ornately carved desk featuring portrait of Louis XVI. Includes armorial shield below portrait. Ti... 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

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

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

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Cosmo de M...

Report on North Carolina 3rd Continental Light Dragoons

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

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

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

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.

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

Reddition de l'Armée angloises commandée par Mylord Comte de Cornwalli...

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

Count De Grasse

François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Comte de Grasse, full-length portrait, wearing uniform with hat, holding sword, standing, facing left, against studio backdrop showing ships during battle.

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

Earl Temple

Print shows George Grenville, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; medallion with ribbon at top, on pedestal. Title from item. Illus. in: The Westminster magazine, 1782 (September), opp. p. 449. ... more

General Clinton

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

Banditti

Satire on the Coalition and Fox's India Bill showing ministers, as bandits, grouped round a table, drinking and dividing their spoil. Included are North, Fox, Keppel, Burke, the Duke of Portland, Lord John Cave... more

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne...

Print shows a country fair amusement with Charles James Fox, on a raised platform, wearing a dunce or liberty cap labeled "Vox Populi" receiving bribes from Lord North, to the right, on the platform, Lord Shelb... 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

Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwalis dessiné par le Barbier Peintre ...

Print shows the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown on October 19th 1781, with Comte de Rochambeau directing British General Charles O'Hara to present Cornwallis's sword to General George Washington; incl... 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

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 N. Po...

Print shows eight battle scenes from the American Revolutionary War on oval medallions with ribbons identifying and dating the battles and two additional scenes as panels on the base supporting the medals and d... more

Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwalis / dessiné par le Barbier peintr...

Print shows the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown on October 19th 1781, with Comte de Rochambeau directing British General Charles O'Hara to present Cornwallis's sword to General George Washington; incl... more

Landung einer Französischen Hülfs-Armee in America, zu Rhode Island, a...

Print shows the disembarkation of French troops, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau, at Newport, Rhode Island, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. Title from item. S. 13... more

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 / N. ...

Print shows ten battle scenes from the American revolutionary war, from the battle of Trenton in December 1776 to the victory of Comte de Grimouard, commander of the Scipion, in the West Indies in November 1782... 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

Prise de Tabago / dessiné par William ; gravé par N. Ponce, graveur de...

Print shows the landing of French troops, under the command of Comte de Grasse, on Tobago. Includes description below title. Title from item. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens ... 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