[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
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
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 survey of the northern neck of Virginia, being the lands belonging t...
Scale ca. 1:875,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotated to show roads, plantations, counties and towns. AACR2: 651/1;700/1
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
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
To his Excellency the Right Honourable Norborne Baron de Botetourt, hi...
In reply to speech at beginning of session May 9, 1769.; Not in evans.; On verso: Wed May 10, 1769 See Journals of House of Burgesses for that title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in... 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
Virginia, sc. By His Excellency the Right Honourable Norborne Baron de...
Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 178, Folder 4b.
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
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
Thomas Jefferson to Friedrich Adolph, Baron von Riedesel, July 1779, P...
Pass to Visit Medicinal Springs
Thomas Jefferson to Julius Ludwig August Pelnitz, July 1779, Draft of ...
Draft of Pass Allowing Travel with Friedrich Adolph, Baron von Riedesel
Williams Phillips to Thomas Jefferson, April 11, 1779, Invitation to V...
Invitation to Visit Friedrich Adolph, Baron von Riedesel
A vieu of Plymouth
Print shows Lord Amherst, Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, wearing military uniform, looking into a peepshow for a view of the progress of the war in America. As Jeffery looks, the showman says, "There you s... more
Lord Thurlow
Print shows Edward Thurlow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing whig. Title from item. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1781 (November), p. 507. Published in: The American Revolution in dr... more
The late auction at St. Eustatia - by R-- & V--
Print shows the interior of an auction house where Admiral Rodney and General John Vaughan are disposing property seized from citizens on the island of Saint Eustatius which the British captured from the Dutch.
General Carleton
General Guy Carleton, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing right, in medallion. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its... 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
Count de Grasse, the French admiral, resigning his sword to Admiral Ro...
Title from item. Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. in: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Pr... more
The Rolle complimented by the wonders of the age
Print shows John Rolle addressing a "Learned Pig, Surprising Monkey, Wonderful Hare, Dancing Dogs, [and] Conjuring Horse", the "wonders of the age." Includes six lines of verse: "Illustrious Rolle! O may thy ho... more
Lord Rodney
Print shows George Brydges Rodney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing uniform; medallion on pedestal with nameplate. Title from item. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, a... 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
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
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
Thomas Jefferson to Baron de Berenger de Beaufain, December 18, 1787, ...
Estate of Hector de Berenger de Beaufain in South Carolina; in French
Thomas Jefferson to Baron de Blome, June 27, 1788, Letter for Count de...
Letter for Count de Bernstorff
The eclipse at an end - and political tilting discovered
Print shows Edward Thurlow and a woman, possibly Queen Charlotte, on a donkey labeled "WP" (William Pitt?) wearing a lion skin, a partially eclipsed sun (George III) above them; on the right two men are seated ... more
The sour prospect before us, or The ins throwing up State --.
"Ministers, seven isolated figures, vomit copiously at the prospect of being turned out...." (Source: George) Title continues in panel 2: Affairs. The sweet prospect behind us, or the outs in office. Panel 2 ... 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
Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...
A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... 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
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.
Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon
Prime Minister William Pitt, and subordinate ministers Dundas and Thurlow portrayed as the witches from Macbeth, contemplating a moon comprised of profiles of Queen Charlotte and King George III. Forms part of ... more
The progress of passion / JN [Nixon] 1792 ; etched by Cruikshanks.
Print shows a sequence of scenes arranged in two rows starting, in upper left, with King George III dismissing Edward Thurlow and followed by a chain of events resulting from Thurlow's anger that affect family ... more
Premiere séance de l'institut National ; le 15 Germinal, An 4eme de la...
Print shows a large group of men seated in two u-shaped rows along the sides and back of a large hall with a barrel ceiling and with statuary in alcoves set off by columns, a crowded third row of standing-room-... more
A brief memoir of the late colonel Frederick Baron de Weissenfels. one...
Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 113, Folder 21.
The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant / G. Cruikshank, fect.
A satire on the Covent Garden pantomime of 1812-13, which caused a sensation by the performance of an elephant. The elephant crushes under a fore-foot a bust of Shakespeare and a number of open books. Baron Ger... more
Lord Byron / Edwin, sc.
Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Engraved for the Analectic magazine. Stauffer II, 723.
The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the...
Henry Brougham, John Bull, and the British lion (Leo Britannicus) attacking a hydra representing the property tax. At tail of the monster Mr. Tierney tells Britannia to rise. In the background, Liverpool, the R... more
State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ;...
Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and the gouty Regent. Broug... more
Mr. Denon unrolling a mummy
Print shows Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon unwrapping a mummy on a table with several guests observing and a woman seated on the left sketching the scene, in a parlor presumably at Mr. Denon's residence. Two men ... more
The funeral procession of the rump / G. Cruikshank invt. et fect.
A satire on the defeat of Hobhouse by Lamb at the Westminster Election. The Rump, or remnant of Reformers, is represented by the hind-quarters of a cart-horse, with its hoofs in the air, carried on a knacker's ... more
Characters in the new piece now poforming [sic] at the Theatre Royal C...
Print shows 16 vignettes regarding the collection of evidence, the infamous "green bags" documenting the affair between Caroline and Bartolomeo Bergami, for the attempt by George IV to divorce his wife. Title f... more
The Rt. Honble. George Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton, ... J. Reynolds ...
Print shows George Anson, Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with right hand on hip and with hat under his left arm; ship in the background. Includes ... more
James Madison to Baron Hyde de Neuville, December 19, 1823.
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Luther auf der Wartburg nach dem original Wachsabguss in der Marienbib...
Print shows Martin Luther seated at a table in his room at the Wartburg castle, possibly translating the New Testament from the original Greek into German. Title from item. [Plate] No. IX. Forms part of: Popula... more
La paix sera desormais une verite (comme le charte) / J.J. Grandville ...
Print shows a procession with "Porteurs du dais" (the man on the left looks like Jean-Charles Persil), "Le Président" (Casimer Périer), "Porteurs du dais," "Porte Cierge" (Le Maréchal Soult), "Reliques..." (Cha... more
The gridiron "The honorable member solemnly declared in writing that w...
Print shows John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer and Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, leading William Cobbett to an oven as Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, holds the gridiron. Illus. in: Poli... more
Entrevue de Napoleon et de François II après la bataille d'Austerlitz ...
Print shows Napoleon I meeting with Francis I, Emperor of Austria, and his aide-de-camp Johann Joseph I von Liechtenstein, after the battle of Austerlitz, Moravia, Czech Republic. Title from item. Printed at to... more
Chev. Orazio de Attellis Chs. Fenderich 1843
Print shows Orazio de Attellis Santangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, with arms folded over chest, holding sword in right hand, wearing military uniform. Title from item. Caption continues: Marq... more
[Sir James Scarlett Abinger, baron, 1769-1844, bust portrait, facing r...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1843, v. 2, p. 151. Reference copy may be in Biog File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Byron's first love lith. & pub by Sarony & Major 99 Nassau near Fulton...
Print shows George Gordon, Lord Byron and Mary Chaworth who is facing right, sitting on a bench in a bower, holding hands and embracing, with a full moon over a lake in the background. 226 U.S. Copyright Office... more
Byron's first love / lith. & pub by Sarony & Major 99 Nassau near Fult...
Print shows George Gordon, Lord Byron and Mary Chaworth who is facing left, sitting on a bench in a bower, holding hands and embracing. 435 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top: 435. ... more
Lord Mayor's day. Bringing the Baron of Beef into Guildhall
Several male kitchen servants carry beef on a litter and into a banquet hall. The two head cooks supervise the proceedings. Several men in offical dress watch. Inscribed below image: Mr. Young Husband the chi... more
Slavery as it exists in America. Slavery as it exists in England
A challenge to the Northern abolitionist view of the institution of slavery, favorably contrasting the living conditions of American slaves (above) with the lot of the industrial poor in England (below). The fi... more
[Baron Alexander von Humboldt, half-length portrait, facing front]
Title devised by Library staff. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 27, upper right. On recto: Cruces y Campa 2[Superscript d] de S. Francisc... more
Sir Colin Campbell
Sir Colin Campbell, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform, standing with left arm resting on studio prop. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House ... more
Distant view of Lord Raglan's head quarters before Sebastopol / W. Sim...
Print shows several British military camps, an ambulance, a distant view of Lord Raglan's headquarters (just left of center), and, in the foreground, a dead horse. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in ... more
Baron von Grodt
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... more
Field Marshall Lord Raglan
Lord Raglan, full-length portrait, seated on chair in doorway, facing slightly right, holding hat. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contempora... more
Baron Ostensacker
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... more