Britons! Your country needs you / Printed by Saunders & Cullingham, 2 ...
Poster showing map of British Isles behind text. Poster no. 23. Wt. 8936. 50M. 1632/12/14.
Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian ...
Allegorical British satire on the 'Venetian secret', or the secret of Titian's coloring, which Mary Ann Provis discovered, showing woman painting a goblin-like bearded figure intended as Titian, above group of ... More
A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a woman playing cards with a monkey dressed as a man, two figures in masquerade attend to them, above and in the background are a musician, a man and a woman, and a cuckold, also seated is an owl sm... More
British resentment, or The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg / L. Boit...
"Britannia, seated on a throne inscribed,---"Nemo me impune lacessit", attends to the complaints of injured Americans, and affords them protection..." (Source: Stephens)
The fate of city Rem- - -ces, British Cartoon Print
"An engraving showing George III. seated at a table approached by his son, the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., who, taking off his plumed coronet, says to his father:---"Papa, I want some Paper to make ... More
A comfortable dish of tea in high-life, British Cartoon Print
Print shows two wealthy and fashionable European women sitting in a room with pets including a dog, a cat, a monkey, a squirrel, and birds being served tea by an African servant. Not found in British Museum Cat... More
A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...
Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 712 Available also through the Library of Congress... More
A general map of the middle British colonies, in America; viz Virginia...
Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Cover title: Middle British colonies in America: Original wrappers. Hand colored, coloration does not agree with legend. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude west of London" and "fr... More
A view of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada, taken partly from...
Print shows warships on the Saint Lawrence River with the city of Québec in the background. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More
The Scots triumph, or a peep behind the curtain, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows the entrance to a large building furnished with columns, from which heavy curtains are suspended. In the distance is the dome of St. Paul's to signify that the scene is in London. A coach, which i... More
The pleasures of the married state / W. Proud del. et sculp., British ...
Print shows a family gathering around a table, the husband, seated, is instructing a son who stands next to him with an open book, and the wife, seated opposite, holds an infant daughter, the children mimic the... More
Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor
Drawing shows a distant view of Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Lib... More
Mutual accusation / Mr. Bunbury, del. ; Js. Bretherton, f.
"Two quack doctors (left) are having a heated altercation in a street or square outside their respective houses..." (Source: George)
The taking of Miss Mud I'land, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... 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
John Andre esqr., late Adjutant General of the British forces in Ameri...
John André, full-length portrait, facing right with left arm raised and pointing to the right, wearing military uniform. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Compendium of entertaining knowledge. Dublin ... 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
A view of the guard-house and Simsbury-mines, now called Newgate - a p...
Print shows a diagram of the guardhouse with sections identified by letter (legend not visible in print); shows shaft leading to underground chamber, "F. A strong trap door opening the descent to Hell" which le... More
The gentle desdemona, & harlequin friday, British Cartoon Print
White woman and black man kissing, as he fondles her breast. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).
General Gage / R. Pollard sculp., engraving, Library of Congress
General Thomas Gage, half-length portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly left; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its firs... More
St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...
Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More
Captain Asgill, Head and Shoulders Portrait
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
General mourning, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
Print shows a well-dressed West Indian? couple with big smiles on their faces, in the background is a depressed man (a plantation owner?) holding a piece of paper on which is written "No more credit given by [?... More
Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, left profile, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.
The Wapping concert, British Cartoon Print
"A concert-room with a boarded floor and low platform on which are the instrumentalists..." (Source: George) [Wigstead?] This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Sat... More
Street walkers / RST ; etch'd by B. Smith., British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows a well dressed man wearing large hat, possibly George Hanger, walking at the corner of Bond Street and Piccadilly, there he meets the gaze of a fashionably dressed young woman, a prostitute(?), al... More
Subsidiary treaty, or the lion turned ass / designed & executed by Sin...
Print shows a man with a whip driving a donkey with the head of a lion, laden with sacks of money past a pike labeled "Liberty" with a Phrygian cap and a hand pointing the way "to Hesse Cassel." The man says, "... More
Encampment of the convention army at Charlotte Ville in Virginia after...
Print shows a panoramic view of the landscape in Charlottesville, Virginia, with British troops, captured at the surrender in Saratoga, engaged in subsistence farming. Illus. in: Travels through the interior p... More
Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden, British C...
British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta... More
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
Shakespeare - Troilus & Cressida, act v, scene ii / painted by Angelic...
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Billy's Raree-Show or John Bull en lighten'd, British Cartoon Print
"Pitt, as a peep-show man, stands by his box, which is supported on trestles..." (Source: George) [Ansell?] This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserve... More
Represantant d'une grande nation / J. Cooke, sculpt., 40 Howland St.
"A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of L'Arbre de Liberté (right) with upraised hands. The tree, Emblême de l'Arbre de Connoissance, has... More
Parisian ladies in their winter dress for 1800, British Cartoon Print
"A group of women standing close together display their persons, which are decorated rather than veiled by transparent figured draperies; one is in back view..." (Source: George) Catalogue of Political and Per... More
Isaac Cruikshank - An Irish union / IC., British Cartoon Print
Print shows William Pitt joining the hands of "Paddy," an Irish farmer, and John Bull, neither of whom seem anxious for the union, while Lord Dundas, on the left, reading from a "History of Scotland" says, "dep... More
Duke of Grafton / W. Haines sculpt.
Print shows Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval. Stauffer, 1200 Inscribed in pencil on verso: 74-430. Former call number: BIOG FILE - Grafton, Duke of
Sir Lloyd Kenyon, bart. late master of the Rolls,...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fittler.
Rt. Hon'ble. George Grenville / W. Haines sculpt.
Print shows George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain, bust portrait, facing front, in oval. Stauffer, 1202 Inscribed in pencil on verso: 73-501. Former call number: BIOG FILE - Grenville, George 1712-1770
A view in Spain / Price G.P., British Cartoon Print
Print shows animals dressed as Spanish monks and gentlemen. Listed in an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," co... More
Blowing up the Pic Nic's;--or--Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppet...
"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where thes... More
Evacuation of Malta, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray
Addington squats over cocked hat into which he evacuates papers including "Egypt," "Guadeloupe," and last, "Malta," Napoleon holds him by the cravat and threatens him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Co... More
National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts., British Ca...
Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar la... More
Tiddy-Doll, the great French gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batc...
Print shows Napoleon standing before a large "New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread" drawing out a freshly baked kings labeled "Bavaria, Wirtembg, [and] Baden." On the left, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pér... More
The life of William-Cobbett, --written by himself. No. 8, British Cart...
Cobbett surrounded by flames and beset by ghosts, starts back in his chair, overturning his writing-table and dropping his pen... (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of ... More
The bassoon with a French horn accompanyment Rowlandson, del, British ...
"A man and woman sleep in a rough wooden bed, heads thrown back so that their nostrils face the spectator..." (Source: George) Repository impression is hand-colored. Filed in Caricature Magazine, London (77-10... More
Le Combat naval, gloire Américaine / Garneray,del ; Coquerel,sc.
Print shows the U.S. Constitution and HBM Java, her masts and sails destroyed, after a battle during the War of 1812. Reference copy in LOT 4413A.
The spirit of the book - or anticipation of the year 1813, British Car...
A satire on the pending publication of "The Book" part of a campaign to attack the Regent through his wife, showing a figure, draped in white, supporting on outstretched arms the open pages of a huge book. He s... More
A Curiosity in Ireland / C.W., British Cartoon Print
Cartoon showing a woman sitting on settee by fireplace. She wears a small hat trimmed with a feather, a short braided hussar jacket, a limp skirt draping her knees, with a long boa and large muff of white fur. ... More
Suspension of the habeas corpus, British Cartoon Print
Print showing John Bull suspended by his feet between two columns labeled "Lords" and "Commons." Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Dandies dressing / I. R. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print
Six men dressing in grotesque attire. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress)
Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...
Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Second state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. LC copy of eastern h... More
Panorama of the times, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Med... More
Reminiscences of Saint Mark!!, British Cartoon Print
"Scene in a police court, the magistrates standing behind a desk (left). A thin elderly man wearing a top-hat (Sir Mark Wood, J. P., D. L.) threatens them furiously with a brass-bound book of Warrants..." (Sour... More
The Massachusetts hoar, outwitted, or hopping-John, and Johnny-cake, f...
An imaginative but puzzling commentary on sectional tensions over slavery between New England abolitionists and southern agrarian slaveholders. In his sweeping satire the artist also portrays a considerable hos... More
A Meeting of umbrellas / P.V., delin. ; J. Kent, fecit., British Carto...
Cartoon showing two men under umbrellas facing each other and another man under umbrella with left hand extended between the two men. Engraving attributed to Gillray. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints coll... More
Her most excellent majesty Charlotte Queen of Great Britain / Frye ad ...
Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Bryan, 2 Smith, 2 Duplessis, 9194:15 Dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.
Philanthropic Consolations, after the loss of the Slave-Bill
William Wilberforce and Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester, cavort with two black women in a well-furnished room. Wilberforce and a woman, wearing a print dress with her breasts exposed, sit on a couch smoking... More
![John Leech - [Page of five sketches]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvcGFnZS1vZi1maXZlLXNrZXRjaGVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "John Leech - [Page of five sketches]")
John Leech - [Page of five sketches]
Page of five sketches. Beginning at the upper left, a group of children are staring at a soldier standing by a gate. The second scene shows a man carrying a huge strawberry on a platter, through a door. A capi... More
Portrait photo of Captain Drysdale, 42nd Regiment
Captain John Drysdale, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding reins of horse.
Captain Holder, Fusilier Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photograp...
Captain Holder, full-length portrait, standing, with gabions at feet. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Kennedy A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambrid...
Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Kennedy of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, wearing suit, standing behind chair. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M.... More
James J.M. Wardrop, Esqr. Grenadier Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...
James J.M. Wardrop, full-length portrait, seated on gabion, facing slightly right. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with vertical line on the left. "231" written or printed to the left of... More
Sebastopol with the Redan, Malakoff & Mamelon - Roger Fenton's Crimean...
Distant view of Sevastopolʹ and the principal Russian fortifcations. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
Colonel Clarke, Scots' Greys, with the horse wounded at Balaklava
Colonel George Clarke, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing beside his horse, Sultan, facing left; horse's reins are held by a man who is possibly a servant; horse's rump is branded "2D" for 2nd Drag... More
Major Woodford, Rifle Brigade - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs
Major Woodford with hand on hip standing next to a horse. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the... More
The old Genoese Castle at Balaklava, from above the castle pier
View of ships in Balaklava harbor and hill with castle or fort ruins, conical tents, buildings, and animals. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crim... More
Officers of the 90th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs
Group of men wearing officers' dress of the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) Light Infantry, standing and sitting in front of bell tents. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, ... More
Officers of the 89th Regiment at Cathcart's Hill, in winter dress, Cap...
Captain Leslie Skynner, Lieutenant Francis Knatchbull, Captain Robert Rowland Conyers, Lieutenant John Longfield, and Captain Robert B. Hawley, full-length portrait, wearing uniforms, one standing, two leaning ... More
Captain Croker, 17th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs
Captain Croker, standing next to a horse, facing left, with servant facing him. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
Captain Brown, 4th Light Dragoons & servant, winter dress - Roger Fent...
Captain Brown, seated, and servant, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter uniforms, with tents in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger F... More
Field Marshall Lord Raglan - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs
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
View of Balaklava from the top of Guard's Hill - Roger Fenton's Crimea...
View of Balaklava harbor with tent encampments in the foreground, ships in the harbor and, on a hill in the background, ruins of the old Genoese castle. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Georg... More
George Cruikshank - The wreck on the Goodwin Sands
Illustration of a shipwrecked man and woman clinging to a wooden frame, as men in a ship attempt to rescue them. No copyright information found with item. Signed in plate, lower center: George Cruikshank. Title... More
Maps of Nicaragua, North and Central America : population and square m...
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Death of Genl. Ross at Baltimore / from the original painting by Chapp...
Print shows British General Robert Ross, on horseback, mortally wounded, on September 12th, 1814.
Sir Stafford Northcoat, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
British lamentation and Green on the cape. Sold wholesale and retail, ...
Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grand torch-light parade of the New York firemen in honor of the Princ...
Illustration showing firemen marching with torches and lights by hotel balcony where Prince of Wales watches with his retinue. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 199 (1860 Oct. 20), p. 660.
The gold mining town of Rock Creek, British Columbia, 1860
Photograph shows a cluster of log buildings, one identified as a restaurant, of the gold mining town, Rock Creek, British Columbia, as seen from a hillside above the town, with the creek in the background. In ... More
Reception of the Prince of Wales
Military reception at the Battery, New York, New York. Copyright by M.B. Brady. No. 2.
Assyria - Head of Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum
Bust sculpture of a bearded man. On mount verso: 41. Public domain photograph of sculpture in France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Well, sir - A painting of two men standing next to each other
Two soldiers looking at each other in a bedroom. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Man of the Kikayu tribe, British East Africa - Frank G. Carpenter coll...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Africa, miscellaneous. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by Publishers Photo S... More
Louis Rhead - Try vio-violet a new Lundborg perfume
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C83. 189- Purchase; 1985; (DLC//PP/1985:224).
![[Howard Statue, Bedford, England] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvaG93YXJkLXN0YXR1ZS1iZWRmb3JkLWVuZ2xhbmQtN2U0NGQxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "[Howard Statue, Bedford, England] view, photochrome print postcard.")
[Howard Statue, Bedford, England] view, photochrome print postcard.
Image shows statue of philanthropist John Howard 1726-1790) who was also a prison reformer. The statue is located in Bedford, England and was made by sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934). (Source: Flickr Co... More
![[The pier, Worthing, England] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvdGhlLXBpZXItd29ydGhpbmctZW5nbGFuZC03Mjk3NGItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[The pier, Worthing, England] view, photochrome print postcard.")
[The pier, Worthing, England] view, photochrome print postcard.
Image shows Worthing Pier, Worthing, West Sussex, England, which was designed by Sir Robert Rawlinson. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, ... More
H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Louis Rhead - The history of over sea by William Morris
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1894
Louis Rhead - Harper's Bazar, Xmas 1894, Harpers magazine posters
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1894
Portrait of Mr. Louis J. Rhead - Public domain portrait print
Photographs shows Louis Rhead, seated, resting his chin on his hand. Illus. in: A collection of seventeen photographs of posters designed by Louis J. Rhead : with a portrait of the artist. New York : Andrew B.... More
Her majesty the queen, 1837-1897
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Toronto Lith. Co., publisher. Supplement to The Gl... More
An Indian hospital cart used by British in South Africa
Clara Barton Collection. Public domain photograph related to Great Britain, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sir Alfred Tennyson - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
H.H. Asquith, portrait bust - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sir Gerald Strickland - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Prince of Wales - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of two men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sir A. Geddes & wife - Public domain photograph
A man and a woman standing on a boat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lady Duff Gordon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
British Ambassador dons full regalia for Diplomatic reception at White...
A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description