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The sea fight between Keppel and d'Orvilliers

The sea fight between Keppel and d'Orvilliers

Print shows a depiction of the naval engagement between the British fleet under Admiral Keppel and the French fleet under Count d'Orvilliers; framed with elaborate border. Engraved for Cowley's history of engl... More

The honle. Horatio Gates, Esqr., major general in the American Army / J. Norman sc.

The honle. Horatio Gates, Esqr., major general in the American Army / ...

Print shows Horatio Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the e... More

Paradice lost. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

Paradice lost. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Car...

Print shows Charles James Fox with a handful of switches driving four old ministers (possibly lords North, Germain, Sandwich), and Lord Bute from paradise. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Li... More

The surrender of government castle, in March 1782, to the late besieging minority, British Cartoon Print

The surrender of government castle, in March 1782, to the late besiegi...

Print shows members of the old ministry walking out of the "Government Castle" closely followed by a devil, and members of the new ministry marching in. Caption continues: N.B. The old garrison and placemen ar... More

A s.w. view of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R.I. / S. Hill sculp.

A s.w. view of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R.I. / S. Hill s...

Print shows exterior view of Baptist meeting house. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 178... More

Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris

Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris

Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More

The seat of Henry Livingston Esqr. at Poughkeepsie / Tiebout s.

The seat of Henry Livingston Esqr. at Poughkeepsie / Tiebout s.

Print shows the estate of Henry Livingston on the banks of the either the Delaware or Schuylkill rivers. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1791 (May). Reference copy in LOT 4385-E.

Attaque de la Convention Nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 Vendémiaire. An 4eme de la République Française / Girardet inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

Attaque de la Convention Nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 Vendémiai...

Print shows an uprising in Paris on October 5, 1795 on the rue Saint-Honoré, in front of the Church of Saint-Roch, between factions after the vote on the constitution was announced. Plate from: Collection comp... More

Mount Sidney, the seat of Genl. John Barker, Pennsylv'a / drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch, Springland near Bristol, Pennsylvania.

Mount Sidney, the seat of Genl. John Barker, Pennsylv'a / drawn, engra...

Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-A.

Captain Clark and his men building a line of huts

Captain Clark and his men building a line of huts

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Psalterium Georgii, Fluvius Eridanus, Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Fornax Chemica, and Machina Electrica / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Psalterium Georgii, Fluvius Eridanus, Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Forn...

Astronomical chart showing a whale, a harp, chemical apparatus, a mechanical device, and a table on which is a bust and sculpting tools forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 28.

Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium / Sidy...

Astronomical chart showing the centaur Sagittarius with bow and arrow, also shows a laural wreath, a telescope, and a microscope forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 24. Exhibited: ... More

Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; Hurlimann, sc.

Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; H...

View of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 53. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Abris dero Schlacht vnd Victorien so in Siebenbvrgen geschehen, den 3. Avgvsti, Neu Cal., Anno 1601

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

Enlistment of Sickles' brigade - Public domain book illustration

Enlistment of Sickles' brigade - Public domain book illustration

Satire on the disreputable class of men allegedly recruited in New York City by Colonel Daniel Sickles for the Excelsior brigade. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches from the Civil War in... More

Jemison's [sic] Jayhawkers. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Jemison's [sic] Jayhawkers. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Antislavery guerrillas under Charles Jennison attacking civilians in Missouri. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 17.

George Washington, Esq'r. - Americanischer generalissimus, engraving, Library of Congress

George Washington, Esq'r. - Americanischer generalissimus, engraving, ...

Print shows George Washington, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform and holding sword in right hand. Illus. from: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nü... More

Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwalis / dessiné par le Barbier peintre du roi ; gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Imple. et Royale de Vienne &c.

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

Fidélité au Roi. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Fidélité au Roi. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows soldiers swearing loyalty to the French king. Translated title: Loyalty to the king. Déposé á la direction de l'Imprimerie Royale &c. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will, British Cartoon Print

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or,...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, faint and shying away from William Pitt, who appears as Petruchio, and Don Quixote on horseback (a lean and scarred George III whose authority has been usurped by Pitt), seated behin... More

Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to Conogocheque by way of Philadelphia

Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to C...

In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view... More

F. Pilatre de Rozier. Premier navigateur ae̋rien et pensionaire du roy / Pujos delineavit ad vivum ; Legrand, g.

F. Pilatre de Rozier. Premier navigateur ae̋rien et pensionaire du roy...

Oval head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, who took the first balloon flight in 1783. "Et se trouve chez Mr. Pujos Peintre, Quai Pelletier prés la Greve" at bottom o... More

Washington - généralissime des Americains, libérateur des Etts-Unis / dessiné par Bonnieu d'apres un tableau fourni par M. le Marquis de la Fayette ; gravé par Chevillet.

Washington - généralissime des Americains, libérateur des Etts-Unis / ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval, with tree and landscape in background, above nameplate, within rectangle. Caption continues:... More

State cooks, or the downfall of the fish kettle, British Cartoon Print

State cooks, or the downfall of the fish kettle, British Cartoon Print

Print shows George III and Lord North standing in a kitchen, both wear aprons, George III has his back to the fireplace, between them, on the floor, is an overturned kettle of fish, each labeled with the name o... More

La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck Die zerstorung der koniglichen bild saule zu Neu Yorck.

La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck Die zerstorung der...

Print shows a misguided attempt by the artist to depict the destruction of an equestrian statue of King George III in New York City on July 9, 1776; this view shows what appear to be mostly slaves attempting to... More

L--d Shel--, begging Monsieur to make piss or p--e, British Cartoon Print

L--d Shel--, begging Monsieur to make piss or p--e, British Cartoon Pr...

Print shows Lord Shelburne holding a chamber pot up to a Frenchman, saying "Monsieur, be so obliging as to make piss with us." The Frenchman is kicking the pot, saying, "By the House of Bourbon, with the war we... More

Canaletto - [Mountain landscape with three bridges]

Canaletto - [Mountain landscape with three bridges]

George Lothrop Bradley Collection. Constable, no. 25.

The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.

The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.

Print shows Joseph Warren on bended knee, right hand over chest, left hand on rifle for support, after being mortally wounded during the battle of Bunker Hill, three soldiers stand nearby. Illus. in: The battl... More

[Map ornament - Mars watches Fame unfurl a detailed map of New York and Pennsylvania] / Beaurain.

[Map ornament - Mars watches Fame unfurl a detailed map of New York an...

Illus. in: Carte de l'Amérique Septle. pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerre entre les Anglois et les insurgents / M le Chr. de Beaurain. Paris : 1777, detail. Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

[Emblematical print adapted to the times], British Cartoon Print

[Emblematical print adapted to the times], British Cartoon Print

Print shows Britannia conferring with Neptune over the upstart America; they sit on the shore, presumably of England, and point to a man seated on the opposite shore holding a striped flag with 26 (13 white and... More

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne invt & exct, London., British Cartoon Print

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

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

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

Prise de la Dominique / gravé par Godefroy de l'Académie Imple. et Royale de Vienne &c.

Prise de la Dominique / gravé par Godefroy de l'Académie Imple. et Roy...

Print shows French troops storming the British fort on the island of Dominica in the Leeward Islands. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendan... More

The reverse of the great seal of the United States / JT sculp.

The reverse of the great seal of the United States / JT sculp.

Print shows the eye at the top of the pyramid in a medallion inscribed with "Annuit cœptis:" and "Novus ordo seclorum" on a pedestal with olive branch and palm leaf. Engrav'd for the Columbian Magazine. Illus.... More

View from the Green Woods towards Canaan and Salisbury, in Connecticut

View from the Green Woods towards Canaan and Salisbury, in Connecticut

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1789 June, opp. p. 366. Engraving attributed to James Trenchard. Stauffer, 3292 Pub... More

[Double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French balloonists, with view of their birthplace, Annonay, and two other scenes from "France pittoresque"]

[Double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French balloonis...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Isaac Cruikshank - A strolling player. Comedy / [I. Cruikshank]., British Cartoon Print

Isaac Cruikshank - A strolling player. Comedy / [I. Cruikshank]., Brit...

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

Proclamation de la Constitution, place du Marché des Innocens, le 14 septembre 1791 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault scul.

Proclamation de la Constitution, place du Marché des Innocens, le 14 s...

Print shows a large crowd hearing the news that the new constitution is proclaimed, substantially reducing the power of the monarchy. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révol... More

Le colisée à Rome / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Himely sculps.

Le colisée à Rome / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Himely sculps.

View of the Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 35. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Eglise de Vassili Blagennoï à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Imp. de Bougeard ; P. Legrand, sc.

Eglise de Vassili Blagennoï à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Imp....

View of St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 52. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

L'acropolis à Athènes / daguérreotype Lerebours ; Imp. de Bougeard ; Appert sc.

L'acropolis à Athènes / daguérreotype Lerebours ; Imp. de Bougeard ; A...

View of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 21. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

The tomb-stone. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The tomb-stone. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

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

Free Negroes in Hayti - Public domain book illustration

Free Negroes in Hayti - Public domain book illustration

Satire on the savage condition of blacks in Haiti as cannibals who sacrifice children. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 27.

The patriot - dedicated to the freeholders of Middlesex, British Cartoon Print

The patriot - dedicated to the freeholders of Middlesex, British Carto...

One of several prints depicting John Wilkes and Henry Luttrell and the election for the seat in Middlesex. This print shows a statue of John Wilkes on a pedestal, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap; the ... More

Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., British Cartoon Print

Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., British Cartoon Prin...

Print shows an interior view of a room at a military academy in which British officers, in a child-like manner, demonstrate skills in hopes of securing a command for the war with the American colonies. Forms p... More

Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians / Wm Charles, Ssc.

Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians / Wm Charles, Ssc.

The citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, are ridiculed in this scene for their lack of serious resistance against the British seizure of the city in 1814. At left two frightened gentlemen kneel with hands folded,... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 14 / Clay.

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 14 / Clay.

Print shows an African American woman in a millinery shop trying on a large bonnet; she asks the advice of a man who tells her he doesn't like it because it is too large and hides her face. Exchange; (DLC/PP-19... More

Britannias ruin. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

Britannias ruin. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Print shows Britannia lamenting her present state, her shield and broken lance by her side, "What a situation am I in sold by an American & purchased by France & Spain. Oh, wheres my Pitt." Four men are standin... More

The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillray des. & fect. ad vivum., British Cartoon Print

The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillr...

Cartoon shows full-length view of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), inventor of the Rumford stove, standing with his back to the fire, his coat-tails spread to permit enjoyment from the warmth. Forms part of :... More

Porta S. Paolo ot. Trigemina / /G. Vasi dis. e inc.

Porta S. Paolo ot. Trigemina / /G. Vasi dis. e inc.

The pyramid of Cestius is shown on the left, part of the church of SS Salvatore is on the right, and the gate of San Páolo is in the background. Illus. in: Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna ... / Gius... More

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

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

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

Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition, British Cartoon Print

Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition, British Cartoon Print

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. Catalogue of ... More

Review of the York Regiment / P. Canon delt. ; T. Parson sct., British Cartoon Print

Review of the York Regiment / P. Canon delt. ; T. Parson sct., British...

Print shows William Markham, Archbishop of York speaking to Britannia while gesturing toward British troops wearing clerical bands and low-brimmed hats, he says, "Madam a noble Corps, True and Staunch Friends t... More

John Bull triumphant. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

John Bull triumphant. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Brit...

Print shows a bull tossing a Spaniard into the air, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Mansfield are attempting to hold it back by pulling on its tail; a Frenchman and America (represented by a Nativ... More

The British lion engaging four powers, British Cartoon Print

The British lion engaging four powers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a lion confronting a spaniel, representing Spain, a fighting cock, representing France, a rattlesnake, representing America, and a pug dog, representing Holland. Catalogue of prints and drawings in... More

A new map of the United States of North America with the British Dominions on that continent &c / by Samuel Dunn, Mathematician; improved from the surveys of Capt. Carver.

A new map of the United States of North America with the British Domin...

Print shows a cartouche on a map with several parcels in a natural setting. Illus. in: A new atlas of the mundane system; ... / Samuel Dunn. London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778 [i.e., 1783], no.... More

His excy. William Heath, Esqr., major general in the American army

His excy. William Heath, Esqr., major general in the American army

Print shows William Heath, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, with military encampment in the background. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Gre... More

A new pantomine - harlequine, British Cartoon Print

A new pantomine - harlequine, British Cartoon Print

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

[Arms of the British forces] - Public domain print

[Arms of the British forces] - Public domain print

Print shows British arms with drum and flag as title page ornament. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 / John Andrews. London : J. Fi... More

The armorial bearings of the states of Massachusetts & N. York

The armorial bearings of the states of Massachusetts & N. York

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 (October), opp. p. 715. Stauffer, 3280 Published in: The American Revolution i... More

View of the falls of Niagara / del. 1790 ; engrav'd by S. Hill.

View of the falls of Niagara / del. 1790 ; engrav'd by S. Hill.

Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. VII, 1790 (July), opp. p. 387. Stauffer, 1... More

[View of a city with the tomb of a bishop: large fragment]

[View of a city with the tomb of a bishop: large fragment]

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Constable, no. 136. Pallucchini, no. 13.

Captain Clark and his men shooting bears

Captain Clark and his men shooting bears

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Veduta di S. Eustachio / N. Matraini del. ; J. Ottaviani inc.

Veduta di S. Eustachio / N. Matraini del. ; J. Ottaviani inc.

Print shows a distant view of Oranjestad on Saint Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles, with many ships in the foreground. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le migliori carte geografiche, e topogra... More

View of the attack on Bunker's Hill, with the burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775 / drawn by Mr. Millar ; engraved by Lodge.

View of the attack on Bunker's Hill, with the burning of Charles Town,...

Print shows four British warships landing troops and firing on Charlestown, a British battery on Copp's Hill in Boston also fires on Charlestown which is in flames, also shows the assault on "Bunker's Hill." I... More

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will, British Cartoon Print

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or,...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, faint and shying away from William Pitt, who appears as Petruchio, and Don Quixote on horseback (a lean and scarred George III whose authority has been usurped by Pitt), seated behin... More

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Print shows several buildings along street engulfed in flames during fire on September 19, 1776, citizens being beaten by Redcoats, and looting by African slaves. Includes two lines of text in French that list ... More

Giuseppe Michele Montgolfier / Pinelli, inc.

Giuseppe Michele Montgolfier / Pinelli, inc.

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Debarquement des troupes Engloises a Nouvelle Yorck Die anländung der Englischen trouppen zu Neu Yorck / / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.

Debarquement des troupes Engloises a Nouvelle Yorck Die anländung der ...

Print shows the disembarkation of British troops at New York. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Exhibited: "Creating the United States," the Library of Congress, Washington, D... More

Un Sans culotte instrument de crimes dansant au milieu de horreurs ...

Un Sans culotte instrument de crimes dansant au milieu de horreurs ...

Print shows a sansculotte waving banner labeled "Fête du 21 Janvier" at a female figure labeled "Humanité"; in the background is a scene of murder and mayhem. Satire on the death of Louis XVI. Forms part of: F... More

A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the humane British and their worthy allies!

A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the humane British and their ...

An anonymous copy of a print by William Charles in 1812; cruder but similar in detail. Lanmon cites copies in reverse of the Charles print with the signature "LG," but this copy is neither reversed nor signed.... More

Aux amateurs de physique - Public domain book illustration

Aux amateurs de physique - Public domain book illustration

French cartoon shows people crowded outside the Tuileries Garden wall in Paris to view the first balloon ascension of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noël Robert in 1783. Several people are climbing over the wall, in... More

A south west view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud ouest de la ville de New York, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale / / drawn on the spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell, of the Royal Artillery ; engraved by P. Canot.

A south west view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud...

Print shows 1. The harbour, 2. Nutting Island, 3. Staten Island, 4. Long Island, 5. Rutgars House, 6. South River, and 7. Brew-house. Distant view of the city at right. Plate trimmed. Published in: The America... More

View of Faneuil-Hall in Boston, Massachusettsachusetts / W. Pierpont del. ; S. Hill sculp.

View of Faneuil-Hall in Boston, Massachusettsachusetts / W. Pierpont d...

Engraved for Massachusetts Mag. March 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no.... More

Eigendtlicher Abriss mit angehencktem kurtzem Bericht was bey der gewaltigen Brucken by Esseckh in dem Königreich Vngarn in dem Jenner dieses 1664. Jahrs passiret vnd was auch Ihre Hoch Gräfl. Excell. Herr Graff Nicolaus von Serin, &c. als Kayserl. May. Generalissimus, sampt denen vnder Ihrer Hoch Gräfl. Excell. Herren Wolffgang Julio Graffen von Hohenlohe, etc. als General Leutenanden stehenden auxiliar Reichs-Volckern wider den Bluthundt vnd Erbfeind Christlichen Nahmens dem Türggen fur glückliche progress gehabt?

Eigendtlicher Abriss mit angehencktem kurtzem Bericht was bey der gewa...

Print shows battle scene from behind of armies on horseback on attack with smoke and fire rising up from the Suleiman the Magnificent Bridge in Esseckh in the Hungarian Empire (present day Osijek, Croatia) in J... More

El almirante Christoral Colon descubre la Isla Españ̃ola, iy haze poner una Cruz, etc. / P. B. Bouttats fec., Aqua forti.

El almirante Christoral Colon descubre la Isla Españ̃ola, iy haze pone...

Etching shows Christopher Columbus being greeted by native people upon his landing on the island of Hispanola. In the background, soldiers plant a cross and native women flee from the arriving sailors. Illus. i... More

Cavalcade de Masquea. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cavalcade de Masquea. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows 8 vignettes with figures on horseback identified by various attributes, such as the figure at top left, "Le Marquis de la triste figure" or the melancholy marquis followed by "Le pere la Joie", "Mr.... More

Antisejanus Drink deep, or taste not the Porterian Spring., British Cartoon Print

Antisejanus Drink deep, or taste not the Porterian Spring., British Ca...

Cartoon shows a full-length portrait of a man (possibly Dr. W. Scott) reading from a book, "The Perils of Poetry." In the background a winged donkey flies over a stream spilling from a barrel, labeled "Trin : C... More

A view of the of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of St. Laurence - two leagues to the southward of Gaspée Bay Vuë de l'Isle Percée, rocher remarquable dans le Golfe St. Laurent a 2 lieues au sud de la Baye de Gaspe / / drawn on the spot by Capt. Hery. Smyth ; engraved by P. Canot.

A view of the of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of ...

Print shows a warship in the foreground approaching rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corne... More

A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck

A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced work...

Print shows open countryside looking toward Dorchester, Massachusetts, with soldiers in redoubt on the left. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph... More

A machine for delivering persons from burning houses / R. Aitken sculp.

A machine for delivering persons from burning houses / R. Aitken sculp...

Print shows two men manipulating a large wooden device with pulleys and a large basket attached for the rescue of persons from burning buildings. Title from related article in The Pennsylvania Magazine. For the... More

Boston from Willis Creek / William Pierre delin.

Boston from Willis Creek / William Pierre delin.

Print shows distant view of Boston from across river. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record ... More

Charles Lee Esq'r. - Americanischer general-major

Charles Lee Esq'r. - Americanischer general-major

Print shows Charles Lee, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, facing left; in oval. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84, p... More

[A variety of artillery pieces and other ordnance]

[A variety of artillery pieces and other ordnance]

Print shows cannons and mortars at a fortress. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, p. frontispiece. Published in: The American ... More

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and S... More

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lio... More

Sarratoga [sic] / dessiné par Fauvel ; gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Academie Impériale et Royale de Vienne &c.

Sarratoga [sic] / dessiné par Fauvel ; gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Acad...

Print shows the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777; includes text. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Eta... More

View of a pass over the South Mountains from York Town to Carlisle / Bedwell delt. ; [Thackara sc.]

View of a pass over the South Mountains from York Town to Carlisle / B...

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788 May, opp. p. 236. Fielding, 1570 Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

Abolition of the slave trade, or the man the master, British Cartoon Print

Abolition of the slave trade, or the man the master, British Cartoon P...

Illustration shows the reversal of roles for slaves and slave masters, with former slaves now in the role of the slave master. No known restrictions on publication. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collect... More

Rembrandt van Rijn - Samson threatening his father-in-law

Rembrandt van Rijn - Samson threatening his father-in-law

Restrike from unidentified artist of Rembrandt's original work. In portfolio: Recueil de quatre-vingt-cinq estampes originales, têtes, paysages et différences sujets, dessinés et gravées de Rembrandt ... Paris ... More

La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, who were against the reforms of the revolution, walking in procession along the Rhine River toward a man, on the left, holding a paper that... More

An American having struck a bear but not killed him, escapes into a tree

An American having struck a bear but not killed him, escapes into a tr...

Bear looking up at man in tree. Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the year... More

A canoe striking on a tree - Public domain book illustration

A canoe striking on a tree - Public domain book illustration

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Lynx and Telescopium Herschilii / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Lynx and Telescopium Herschilii / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a lynx and a telescope forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 8.

Hercules and Corona Borealis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Hercules and Corona Borealis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing Hercules about to beat Cerberus with a club, and a crown forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 11.

6 cents. Humbug glory bank - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

6 cents. Humbug glory bank - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

Another mock bank note parodying the "shinplasters" of the 1837 panic. Such small-denomination notes were based on the division of the Spanish dollar, the dominant specie of the time. Hence they were issued in ... More

Schlacht zwischen Dem Fürsten Von Siebenburg vnd Sinan Bassa mit Eroberung Tergouist und Bogerist vndd Hirgro, Den 22. October Anno 1595

Schlacht zwischen Dem Fürsten Von Siebenburg vnd Sinan Bassa mit Erobe...

Print shows the battle of Targoviste between the troops of Michael the Brave, the Prince of Siebenburgen (Transylvania) and Sinan Pasha of the Ottoman Empire in October, 1595. Picture shows a tent encampment ou... More

Abriss der Statt vnd Porto Piombino

Abriss der Statt vnd Porto Piombino

Broadside of the siege of Piombino, Italy by the Spanish on 25 May 1650 showing the fortress of Piombino at the end of a peninsula, the locations of Spanish artillery with lines of fire, and Spanish ships attac... More

View of the triumphal arch, and the manner of receiving General Washington at Trenton, on his route to New-York, April 21st 1789

View of the triumphal arch, and the manner of receiving General Washin...

Another copy in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, v. 3, 1789 May. Engraving attributed to James Trenchard. Stauffer, 3291 Publi... More

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North America Vue de la ville de Boston, capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale / / drawn on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownal ; painted by Mr. Pugh ; & engraved by P.C. Canot.

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More

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