Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man with a lion on a leash
Print shows a member of the Third Estate playing a bagpipe, standing next to a tame lion, representing the monarchy, and manipulating marionettes, representing the clergy and the nobility, on a string tied to h... More
Fontenelle / gravé sur acier par Hopwood.
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, half-length portrait, facing front, in rectangular frame.
![Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de S.M.T.C. et correspondent des plusieurs accademies [sic] / A.W. Küffner, del. et sc.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvbXItYmxhbmNoYXJkLWNpdG95ZW4tZGUtY2FsYWlzLXBlbnNpb25haXJlLWRlLXNtdGMtZXQtY29ycmVzcG9uZGVudC1kZXMtcGx1c2lldXJzLTQzMDI1OC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/56/webp "Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de S.M.T.C. et correspondent des plusieurs accademies [sic] / A.W. Küffner, del. et sc.")
Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de S.M.T.C. et correspon...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Tissandier collection.
L'ignorance prouvée. Ou les evénements de la journée du 11 juillet 178...
French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon by showing the balloon on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens... More
Pal sangué Mr. l'Prieur v'la l'coup
Print with two scenes, one labeled "Le jeu de hazard" shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class; the other labeled "Le goute patriotique" shows members of the three estates dining toge... More
L'accord parfait - A painting of three men in period clothing
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate playing musical instruments. The nobleman, on the left, is playing a bagpipe, the cleric, on the right, is playing a recorder an... More
"Rosine! Rosine! Ma chère Rosine! Je jure que je t'adore"
Print shows an abbé rushing into the bedroom of "Rosine" professing his love for her, the woman (possibly intended to be a caricature of Marie Antoinette) stands to receive him with open arms, saying "Non, non,... More
Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground
Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More
Franc̦ois Pilatre de Rozier, né à Metz le 30. mars 1756, mort près de ...
Oval head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
Enjambée de la sainte famille des Thuilleries à Montmidy
Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis ... More
L'entreé-franche - je me suis ruine pour l'en gresser - la fin du comp...
Print shows Louis XVI as a pig with fish on his head forming the horns of cuckoldry, on a hind leg is a tether held by a man of the Third Estate. de Vinck, 3989 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collecti... More
Vue de la montagne elevée au champ de la reunion
Print shows the Festival of the Supreme Being, inspired by Robespierre, planned by Jacques Louis David, to commemorate the second year of the Republic; a female figure, representing France, riding on a cart wit... More
La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle quil la faudr...
Print shows four bare-bottomed men, the ministers of finances, sitting around a table restoring their good health on the produce of other nations; as they consume the "Eau de la Plata" and "Eau du Sénégal," the... More
Girl reading a letter dessiné par J.B. Huet peintre du Roi par son trè...
Print shows a young girl, half-length portrait, in right profile, reading a letter; in a framed medallion with leafy boughs at top. Printed at bottom: Dédié a Me. Huet. Printed on lower right: No. 408. (DLC/PP-44149)
A faut esperer q'eu se jeu la finira bentot
Print shows the nobility and the clergy, representing the estates general, riding on the back of a man representing the working class, or third estate; the man is bent under their weight and supports himself by... More
Vuë de Boston. Prospect der Könnig Strasse gegen das land thor zu Bost...
Print shows view of King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un de l'Academie... More
Vue de Boston vers le cale du port / gravé par François Xav. Habermann...
Print shows the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, two ships at anchor, British soldiers and men working, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Boston as a typical European city. Published in: Th... More
![Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency General Washington ... / peint par L. le Paon peintre de Bataille de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Condé ; gravé par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des Siences [sic] et Arts de Rouen et de Lille.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvY29uY2x1c2lvbi1kZS1sYS1jYW1wYWduZS1kZS0xNzgxLWVuLXZpcmdpbmllLXRvLWhpcy1leGNlbGxlbmN5LWdlbmVyYWwtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1hNzEyYTgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency General Washington ... / peint par L. le Paon peintre de Bataille de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Condé ; gravé par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des Siences [sic] et Arts de Rouen et de Lille.")
Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency Gener...
Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform and holding two swords in left hand while directing American troops during the battle at Yorktown; a black soldier... More
Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en pré...
Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G... More
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A drawing of a man holding a red flag, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... More
Louis XVI, avoit mis le Bonnet rouge, il avoit crié vive la nation, .....
Louis XVI drinking toast to the nation after angry crowd invaded the palace and made the King put on the traditional revolutionary phrygian cap.
A political concert; the vocal parts by 1. Miss America, 2. Franklin, ...
Print shows a Native woman representing America and Britannia standing in the center holding a pole topped with a liberty cap, they are joined by Benjamin Franklin, Charles James Fox, Augustus Keppel, Lord Shel... More
Ô qu'el d'Estain - A drawing of a lion with a bird on it's back
Print shows in a medallion, within an oblong frame, a cock, a lion, and a rattlesnake attacking a leopard - this scene labeled "Tu la voulu"; outside the circle, in the four corners of the oblong frame, are the... More
Vuë de Boston. Prospect des plazes vor dem rath house zu Boston Vuë de...
Print shows view of street with the old statehouse and other buildings in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á A... More
L'aristocratic écrasée. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a bust portrait of Louis XVI atop a pedestal with engraved text "A Louis XVI Pere des Français et Roi d'un peuple libre." A reclining female figure, aided by Father Time, is engraving text on plaque... More
Vuë de la rue des recolets de Quebeck. Prospect der Strafe gegen der K...
Print shows street view with soldiers marching, and pedestrians in Québec; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Col... More
Sous la gloire des augustes maisons de nos princes, Minerve deésse pro...
Print shows Minerva, gazing fondly heavenward, standing on the top level of a tiered checkerboard, holding a pike with banner and a shield with the likeness of Medusa on it; in a pastoral setting is a member of... More
Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.
Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More
![Essai dune nouvelle typographie, orne´e de vignettes, fleurons, trophe´es, filets, cadres & cartels, invente´s, dessine´s & exe´cute´s par L. Luce, graveur du roi, pour son Imprimerie Royale. Paris, Imprimerie de J. Barbou, 1771. [10] p., 93 plates (11 fold.) 26 cm.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzEvMDEvMDEvZXNzYWktZHVuZS1ub3V2ZWxsZS10eXBvZ3JhcGhpZS1vcm5lZS1kZS12aWduZXR0ZXMtZmxldXJvbnMtdHJvcGhlZXMtZmlsZXRzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/45/webp "Essai dune nouvelle typographie, orne´e de vignettes, fleurons, trophe´es, filets, cadres & cartels, invente´s, dessine´s & exe´cute´s par L. Luce, graveur du roi, pour son Imprimerie Royale. Paris, Imprimerie de J. Barbou, 1771. [10] p., 93 plates (11 fold.) 26 cm.")
Essai dune nouvelle typographie, orne´e de vignettes, fleurons, troph...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
La plaisanterie confondüe ou les intrépides voyageurs
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; spectators in foregrou... More
Par moy vous êtes tous freres - A black and white drawing of a man hol...
Print shows on the right, a woman, "la réligion" (possibly representing the Virgin Mary), labeled no. 1, standing, holding a cross illuminated by the sun, on the left, a cluster of figures includes an angel-lik... More
Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...
Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.
Honneurs rendus à la Pauvreté en l'Eglise de St. Jacques de la Boucher...
Print shows draperies being hung on the walls of Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie as a crowd of working class men, women, and children, many carrying torches, accompany a coffin carried by two men during a... More
J'suis du Tiers-ètat - A drawing of a man holding a glass of wine
Print shows a cobbler, representing the Third Estate, walking to the right, holding up a bottle and a glass. Trimmed within plate mark. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Holland in 1790. Source: Kat... 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. Tissandier collection.
Assemblée nationale, abandon de tous les privileges, à Versailles scea...
Print shows the Assemblée nationale meeting in a large room with amphitheater seating as members of the clergy and the nobility come forward to renounce their priviledges. No. 4 from the series "Principales Jo... More
Le Fevre / peint d'après nature par Mengelberg et gravé par G. Fiesing...
Pierre-François-Joseph Lefebvre, Duc de Dantzi, French soldier, Marshall of the Empire, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.
French happiness - English misery / IC.
Print shows, on the left, four ragged and starving sansculottes fighting over a frog, a cat has dropped dead at their feet, and scenes of death in the background; on the right, a scene in an English tavern with... More
![Pariser poisarden / C. Katz, [s. or f.]c.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvcGFyaXNlci1wb2lzYXJkZW4tYy1rYXR6LXMtb3ItZmMtY2ZjZWIwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "Pariser poisarden / C. Katz, [s. or f.]c.")
Pariser poisarden / C. Katz, [s. or f.]c.
Satire on revolutionaries. Possibly by Cornelis Katz. Purchase; Kunsthandel Antiquariaat Sothmann; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:398).
![[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gravé par Helman, l'an 5e, de la R.F.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvZHUtcGFpbi1ldC1sYS1jb25zdGl0dXRpb24tZGUtbHh4eHhpaWktZGVzc2luZS1wYXItYy1tb25uZXQtZ3JhdmUtcGFyLWhlbG1hbi0wOGM2MjYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gravé par Helman, l'an 5e, de la R.F.")
[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gra...
Print shows the Assemblée nationale législative meeting in a large room crowded with French citizens, many of them armed with swords and pikes, one holding aloft a victim's head on a pike, another firing a rifl... More
Vue de la basse ville à Québec vers le fleuve St. Laurent / gravé par ...
Print shows the harbor at Québec, one ship at anchor, men working loading or unloading a boat, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. Published in: The America... More
Jean Baptiste Huet - Comité de l'an deuxieme
Print showing a man presenting a certificate of citizenship to the Committee of Public Safety or Revolutionary Tribunal during it's second year of existence (1794-1795). Three men are sitting at the table and t... More
Vuë de Boston. Prospect der Könnig Strasse gegen das land thor zu Bost...
Print shows view of King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un de l'Academie... More
![Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency General Washington ... / peint par L. le Paon peintre de Bataille de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Condé ; gravé par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des Siences [sic] et Arts de Rouen et de Lille.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvY29uY2x1c2lvbi1kZS1sYS1jYW1wYWduZS1kZS0xNzgxLWVuLXZpcmdpbmllLXRvLWhpcy1leGNlbGxlbmN5LWdlbmVyYWwtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1jZGRmNGItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency General Washington ... / peint par L. le Paon peintre de Bataille de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Condé ; gravé par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des Siences [sic] et Arts de Rouen et de Lille.")
Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency Gener...
Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform and holding two swords in left hand while directing American troops during the battle at Yorktown; a black soldier... More
Calendrier royal indiquant le cours du soleil
Print shows Louis XIV sitting on a box with fan-shaped back in the center of a sun. The numerous rays of the sun document indignities attributed to the King between 1667 and 1705, such as: "Adultere avec Me. de... More
Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...
Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More
Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du b...
Vue d'optique shows the unmanned gas balloon, "The Globe," which frightened the villagers in Gonesse, France after landing there on August 27, 1783.
Benjamin Franklin - né a Boston, le 17 Janvier 1706 / dessiné par Desr...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Imprimeur; fondateur de la République des Etats unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale - mort à Philadel... More
Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité...
British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot r... More
En reviendra-t'elle? - A painting of a group of people sitting around ...
Print shows seven royal physicians in consultation over the health of a female figure, representing the new French constitution, slumped in a chair; a clergyman is washing her feet.
Danse aristocrate Il ne sçait sur quel pied danser.
Print shows Abbé Maury walking a tightrope, attended by the devil disguised as a jester, as nobles encourage him from the left, and on the right, a man and woman, representing members of the Third Estate, attem... More
Les Anglois molestes et chatiees, Political Cartoon
Print shows 1. a beaming sun with fleur-de-lis shining on 2. a man who resembles George Washington, wearing military uniform and hat labeled "Congress" and "Washington," holding a raised lash in his right hand ... More
![Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais et de plusieurs autres villes, par adoption pensionaire de S.M.T.C. et de plusieurs accademies [sic] / H. Hessell ; C.W. Bock.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvbXItYmxhbmNoYXJkLWNpdG95ZW4tZGUtY2FsYWlzLWV0LWRlLXBsdXNpZXVycy1hdXRyZXMtdmlsbGVzLXBhci1hZG9wdGlvbi1wZW5zaW9uYWlyZS1jOWQ3NzQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/46/webp "Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais et de plusieurs autres villes, par adoption pensionaire de S.M.T.C. et de plusieurs accademies [sic] / H. Hessell ; C.W. Bock.")
Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais et de plusieurs autres villes, par ad...
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Tissandier collection
Depart de MM. Charles & Robert, du Jardin des Tuilleries dans leur mac...
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. "Sic itur ad astra" wr... More
Globe aërostatique. Dédié à Monsieur Charles. Cette machine est repres...
Jacques Alexandre César Charles departs Nesle, France after the landing of the first hydrogen balloon flight from Paris on December 1, 1783. Marie-Nöel Robert (on the ground at left), who accompanied Charles o... More
Sujet inconnu Gravé sur une Cornaline.
Print shows a woman and man engaged in sexual intercourse. Illus. in: Hancarville, Pierre d'. Monumens de la vie privée des douze Césars ..., 1785, pl. XII.
Journée memorable du 6 Octobre 1789
Print shows members of the Gardes du Corps who had been disarmed, joined by the National Guard, and the market-women of Paris who had marched on Versailles in the preceding days, now making the return trip to P... More
Le Souhait accompli v'la comme j'avions toujours désiré que ça fut.
Cartoon showing three men representing the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) embracing and standing on red, white, and blue sheets marked "haine," "grandeurs," and "benefices." (National Assembly... More
Mr. Charles, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Tissandier collection.
Fouquier-Thinville jugé par le tribunal révolutionnaire, le 12 Floréal...
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville on trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal in the third year of the Republic. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez A... More
![[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvbGUtcHJlbWllci1wYXJhY2h1dGUtZGUtamFjcXVlcy1nYXJuZXJpbi1lc3NheWUtcGFyLWx1aS1tZW1lLWF1LXBhcmMtZGUtbW91c3NlYXV4LWFmNDRiYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/42/webp "[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]")
[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc...
Three technical illustrations show "Calotte du parachute" (crown of deployed parachute); "Parachute ployé, à l'instant du départe" (release from ascending balloon); and "Parachute déployé, à l'instant de la sép... More
Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...
Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... More
Le moment d'hilarité universelle ou le triomphe de MMrs. Charles et Ro...
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. Inset view shows propo... More
J'suis du Tiers-état - A drawing of a man holding a wine glass
Cartoon about the supremacy of the 3rd estate, the people, showing man from the 3rd estate holding up wine bottle and glass. Translated title: I am of the 3rd estate. de Vinck, 2023-24 UCLA, 40 Blum, 37
French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono pub...
A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing. On th... More
Journée memorable de Versailles le lundi 5 Octobre 1789
Print shows market women of Paris riding on a cannon drawn by two horses, one with rider, during the memorable journey from Paris to Versailles, accompanied by members of the National Guard and others carrying ... More
Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Bos...
Print shows the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, two ships at anchor, British soldiers and men working, merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Boston as a typical European city. (as characteristic o... More
Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field
Print shows Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed monster pulling in opposite directions; Louis wears the horns of a cuckold and Marie Antoinette has the head of Medusa wearing ostrich feathers. de Vi... More
Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?
Print shows a man, possibly Joseph-François Foullon, on his hands and knees with a woman of the Third Estate, a sword at her side, riding on his back. de Vinck, 2950 Blum, 206 Forms part of: French Political C... More
Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son
Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More
![N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts, geb. zu St. Cnery im Orne Departement den 4ten Aug. 1755, gest. den 6ten Decbr., 1805 zu Paris / A. Burch[...].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvbmotY29udGUtb2JyaXN0LWRlci1pbmZhbnRlcmllLW1pdGdsaWVkLWRlcy1hZWd5cHRpc2NoZW4taW5zdGl0dXRzLWdlYi16dS1zdC1lYTFmOTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts, geb. zu St. Cnery im Orne Departement den 4ten Aug. 1755, gest. den 6ten Decbr., 1805 zu Paris / A. Burch[...].")
N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.
Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...
Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More
Expérience du globe aërostatique du MM. les freres Robert au Jardin de...
Print shows Anne-Jean and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, September 19, 1784, accompanied by Colin Hulin. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staf... More
Le tems donnant les cendres à la noblesse et au clergé
Print shows Father Time flying past an altar on which the privileges of the nobility and the clergy are being burned; he is annointing the forehead of one priest with the ashes of the consummed documents as ano... More
Mirabeau pere du peuple / Lacaille sculp cit.
Print shows Mirabeau, bust portrait, left profile, in medallion. Purchase; Denenberg Fine Arts; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:180). Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Bréf du Pape en 1791 - A cartoon of a man in a blue coat and hat
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with cockade on his hat and a big smile, using a Papal letter to clean himself after defecating on papers of Le Clerc de Juigné on the ground; Abbé Royou, with glass, a... More
Compulsion pour ces gens que n'attend pas la libertie / TC.
Print shows a tattered group of soldiers, one with peg leg, following a cart drawn by hooded executioners; chains, an axe, and a gibbet are visible among the items in the cart. On the far right, a pile of dead ... More
Arriere garde du Pape, ou la frayer du reverend pere caporal
Print shows the ragged rear-guard troops of the Pope's army cowering as they retreat from the advancing French army lead by the handsome and well-dressed Napoleon Bonaparte emerging on the left through billowin... 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
Le tiers état confesseur La constitution Française.
Print shows on the left, a member of the Third Estate sitting in a confessional listening to the confession of the clergy from a clergyman reading a long list of sins, a nobleman is departing, carrying a long l... More
Vuë de Quebeck. Quebeck - eine stadt in Nord-America, in Canada, an de...
Print shows the wharf at the city of Québec with ship at dock and men working in small boats. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Printed at bot... More
Vuë de Boston. Prospect der Könnig Strasse gegen das land thor zu Bost...
Print shows view of King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un de l'Academie... More
Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en pré...
Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G... More
Constitution d'Angleterre. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a critical response to the British political system by showing Prime Minister William Pitt standing on the British crown, which is possibly being flattened by the weight of his authority; he is hold... More
Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...
Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More
Bombardement de tous les trônes de l'Europe et la chûte des tirans pou...
Print shows members of the French National Assembly exposing their posteriors, from which streams labeled "Liberté ca ira" pour down on the heads of rulers of Europe, while Liberty ignites a cannon labeled "Vio... More
![[Sheet of playing cards, "Jeu de drapeaux" (i.e., game of flags)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvc2hlZXQtb2YtcGxheWluZy1jYXJkcy1qZXUtZGUtZHJhcGVhdXgtaWUtZ2FtZS1vZi1mbGFncy01YWVhMmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Sheet of playing cards, \"Jeu de drapeaux\" (i.e., game of flags)]")
[Sheet of playing cards, "Jeu de drapeaux" (i.e., game of flags)]
Playing cards, titled in French, show soldiers of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia, bearing flags which show the card's suit and rank.
Embrâsement déplorable de la machine aërostatique des Srs. Miolan et J...
Print shows the balloon of Abbé Miolan and Janinet on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated for an ascension on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens in Paris. Abbé Miollan, as a cat, and Janinet, as ... More
![[Fish vendor seated at table, facing the viewer, holding a fish at a street market] / peint par A. Van-Ostade ; dessiné par Marchais ; gravé par Claessens.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvZmlzaC12ZW5kb3Itc2VhdGVkLWF0LXRhYmxlLWZhY2luZy10aGUtdmlld2VyLWhvbGRpbmctYS1maXNoLWF0LWEtc3RyZWV0LW1hcmtldC1iYjdiOTYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "[Fish vendor seated at table, facing the viewer, holding a fish at a street market] / peint par A. Van-Ostade ; dessiné par Marchais ; gravé par Claessens.")
[Fish vendor seated at table, facing the viewer, holding a fish at a s...
Inscribed in ink on verso: The fish market. Reference copy also available in LOT 4638-A.
![Charles aux Thuillieries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII / gravé p. Thoenert.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvY2hhcmxlcy1hdXgtdGh1aWxsaWVyaWVzLWllLXR1aWxlcmllcy1sZS0xci1kZWNlbWJyZS1tZGNjbHh4eGlpaS1ncmF2ZS1wLXRob2VuZXJ0LWQ0NTMxNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "Charles aux Thuillieries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII / gravé p. Thoenert.")
Charles aux Thuillieries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII ...
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes balloon in background and large bird in foreground. Tissandier c... More
Mal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard - sujet mémorable...
Cartoon shows a man with feathered cap labeled "Ameriquain" (representing America) cutting the horns off a cow labeled "Commerce d'Angleterre" (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman... More
Le cric de la France - A drawing of a woman holding a shield and shiel...
Allegorical print shows a female figure representing France wearing a helmet, breastplate, and shield emblazoned with fleur-de-lis, and holding a spear which rests on a liberty cap on the ground; she is turning... More
Decret de l'assemblee national qui supprime les ordres religieux et re...
Print shows monks and nuns enjoying their new found liberty, some are loading possessions onto horses and wagons, some embrace, one couple kisses while another rides off together on horseback. Caption continue... More
![[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvbGhvbW1lLWF1eC1hc3NpZ25hdHMtZmRlZDMzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other")
[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other
Print shows a man, possibly Armand-Gaston Camus, wearing a garment fashioned entirely from "assignats" (French paper money before the livre), several men (identified by number in the caption) are standing aroun... More
Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...
Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More
![[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a beggar laid on top]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDIvdHJvbXBlLWxvZWlsLW9mLWZyZW5jaC1yZXZvbHV0aW9uYXJ5LWFzc2lnbmF0cy13aXRoLWEtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1iZWdnYXItYWI4NDg2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/48/webp "[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a beggar laid on top]")
[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a ...
Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795, with a full-length portrait of an old man, possibly a beggar, facing left,... More
Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; inset map shows locati... More
Jean Pierre Blanchard. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Half-length portrait of French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Tissandier collection.
La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...
Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More
![Charles aux Thuilleries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1e decembre 1783 / P.G. Tavenard, sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvY2hhcmxlcy1hdXgtdGh1aWxsZXJpZXMtaWUtdHVpbGVyaWVzLWxlLTFlLWRlY2VtYnJlLTE3ODMtcGctdGF2ZW5hcmQtc2N1bHAtNjA4ODFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "Charles aux Thuilleries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1e decembre 1783 / P.G. Tavenard, sculp.")
Charles aux Thuilleries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1e decembre 1783 / P.G. T...
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes banner with caption "Jusq'alors san égal, le monarque des airs, y... More