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Thomas Jefferson, a philosopher, a patriote [sic], and a friend / dess...

Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, right profile, wearing laurel crown. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Jefferson Prints Bust. Aquatint portrait after painting ca. 1799 by Tadeusz Kościuszko.

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

Ils font ce qu'ils peuvent air [text] : ou, allez vous Mr. l'Abbé & c....

Leaflet with song about balloonists l'Abbé Miolan (or Miollan) and Janinet's unsuccessful attempt at an ascent from the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1784. The title page illustration captioned "Le globe en fumée"... More

La frayeur de Gonnesse [i.e. Gonesse], contre-danse franc̜oise / mis a...

Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying balloon. Possibly ... More

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck / gravé par François X...

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 brief text (five lines) in both German... More

The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National A...

Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled "Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism," riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the "Dodsley Bookseller" the publis... More

The belligerent plenipo's / T. Colley, fect.

Cartoon shows America, on the right, represented by an Indian, celebrating her new acquisition, half of the English king's crown, while her allies, the King of France, a Dutchman, and a Spaniard complain at hav... More

The belligerent plenipo's / T. Colley, fect.

Jean Pierre Blanchard / R. Livesay, pinxit ; J. Newton, sculpsit.

Half-length portrait of French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Text below elaborates on his career as an aeronaut: "The first aerial mariner, citizen of Calais & pensioner of the French King, born at Andely ... More

[Star map with constellations of Andromeda, Perseus, and Triangulum]

Illus. in: Atlas celeste de Flamsteed / John Flamsteed. 2nd ed. Paris : Chez F.G. Deschamps et chez l'auteur, 1776. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congr... More

General Green, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows General Nathanael Greene, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval above nameplate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and... More

Sir Roger Curtis / drawn from the life by Miller & engraved by Birrell...

Sir Roger Curtis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform; in framed medallion on pedestal. Illus. in: History of war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending ... More

Mr. De Vergennes, ministre des affaires etrangères sous Louis XVI / Bo...

Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in oval.

Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More

Maria Antoinetta van Oostenryk. Koningin van Frankryk / L.A. Claessens...

Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Il faut en Goûter - A drawing of a group of people hanging on to a pol...

Print shows a winged globe with fleur-de-lis topped by a green liberty cap labeled "Liberté"; hanging beneath the globe is a balance supporting, on the left, members of the National Assembly demanding "Veto abs... More

J.F. Dubois, curé de Croy... député in 1789 ... gravé avec le physiono...

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a curate identified on the mount as "J.F. Dubois, curé de Croy"[...] "député in 1789". Portrait is attached to mount on which is printed a wood engraved frame labele... More

Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau, né à Dijon le 4 janvier 1737 / Dess. et ...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French scientist Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau. Tissandier collection.

Noah's Ark improved, or an attempt to land in the teeth of the wind, B...

A British satire on Charles Stanhope's Toleration Bill of 1789 which was an attempt to remove the yoke of religious obligations on persons seeking public office (cf. Test and Corporation Acts). Despite the fact... More

Philosophy run mad or A stupendous monument of human wisdom / GLS.

"A central monument [1] representing the French Republic is flanked by figures on pedestals inscribed [2] Liberty and [3] Equality..." (Source: George)

Marie Antoinette, late queen of France / drawn & engraved by J. Conde.

Print shows Marie Antoinette, half-length, facing slightly left. Printed at top: Engraved for Monthly Beauties.

Le traité de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour ...

Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I, holding a bundle of dried twigs and telling the cat to retract its claws, resulting in the Treaty... More

Quand l'hymen dort, l'amour veille Challe pinx ; Maucler sculp

Print shows a young woman, with her husband asleep at her side, sitting in a garden courtyard, slipping a love note into the quiver of a statue of Cupid, intended for her young lover who is peeking around a tre... 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. Collection des prospec... More

Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg pour la co...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The plan, or a scene in the French cabinet, Sepr. 1779, British Cartoo...

Cartoon shows Benjamin Franklin standing, center, holding a copy of the "Plan" which calls for draining of the "British Ocean" to facilitate an invasion by French troops; in his other hand are strings connected... More

C'est ainsi qu'on se venge des traitres

French soldiers or militia carrying the heads of the Marquis de Launay and Jacques de Flesselles on pikes, who were killed on July 14, 1789, following the taking of the Bastille.

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

[Young woman putting flowers on statue of Cupid looks over her shoulde...

Accompanied by letter clipped from a book and note by Paul Tissandier. Tissandier collection.

Touchez la messieurs je sçavois bién que vous seriez des notres

Prints show, in a rural setting, a nobleman and a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, holding the hands of a man from the working class or third estate, signifying their unity. The Gallic co... More

L'Entré triumphale de troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck Der Einzug der ...

Print shows British troops marching down street in New York City, New York. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un. d... More

Thomas Jefferson, a philosopher, a patriote [sic], and a friend / dess...

Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, right profile, wearing laurel crown. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Jefferson Prints Bust. Aquatint portrait after painting ca. 1799 by Tadeusz Kościuszko.

Premier hommage des Habitans de Paris á la Famille Royale le mercredi ...

The royal family--Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their children. Translated title: First hommage of the people of Paris to the Royal Family, Wednesday, October 7, 1789, the day after his happy arrival in thi... 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

Francis I, King of Fran[ce] / Titian, pixt ; J. Heath, sculpt.

Portrait print showing Francis I, King of France. Bust portrait, right profile in oval flanked by two knights in armor. The knight on the left, representing France, with a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis, has t... More

[Paris and Oenone]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Inscribed in ink on the tree: "ENONE." Van Dijsel (or Van Duyselen) Collection. Title, date, subject, and physical description devised by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Acquisition source unknown. Jacob de Wit's art wa... More

John Bull fighting the French single handed / P.F.L.B. fecit., British...

Print shows John Bull rapping a French soldier on the head with a cudgel, stomping on a French officer with his right foot, and using his left foot to kick the French nobility out of England and back to France ... More

Wide o'er the ocean while Britannia reigns / Bonnor, del. et sculp.

Print shows a Roman soldier guiding Britannia, with key in hand, to a temple, the crests of France and Spain lie on the ground before her, and at her side a cherub carries her shield and lance. Illus. in: The ... More

Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des ...

Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from P... More

Prise de la Dominique / gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Impl. et Roya...

Battle scene with French soldiers from frigates attacking on English garrison on Dominica, Windward Islands. Engraving by François Godefroy (1743?-1819). Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différent... More

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

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

[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]

Print shows ornate carriage in which are riding well-dressed people with horns growing out of their heads. The carriage is drawn by two horned deer; standing on a platform at the rear is a women holding a baton... More

La coup des bois - A drawing of a man falling off a horse

Print shows a member of the Third Estate, possibly a woman, kneeling on top of a fallen friar, cutting wooden branches or horns from his head. Caption continues: Quel besogne, Grand Dieu ni moi ni mes petits e... More

Fraternité des Soldats de la Garde Prisienne des Dragons et du Regimen...

Cartoon about the French Revolution. Title translated: The fraternity of soldiers of the Parisienne Guard, the Dragoons, and the Regiment of Flanders with the body guards at the time of their arrival in Paris ... More

L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].

Allegorical print showing Father Time parting the stormy skies of recent days to reveal Louis XVI eagerly accepting the truth offered by Justice and the arrival of Jacques Necker, recalled on 16 July 1789, as F... More

Trois tetes sous l'meme bonnet - A painting of a man sitting in front ...

Print shows a neatly dressed man sitting on a bundle surrounded by implements of the Third Estate and holding a large triangle topped with a liberty cap, within the triangle are images of a cleric, an aristocra... More

Le corps Aristocratique sous la figure d'une femme expirant dans les b...

Print shows a plainly-dressed female figure dying in the arms of a man, representing the nobility, as two other men, one checking her pulse, stand nearby.

Le concert L'essentielle est d'accorder nos instruments pour que l'har...

Print shows three men playing musical instruments; they represent the clergy, the aristocracy, and the third estate. Trimmed within plate. de Vinck, 2050/2051 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection... More

Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma do...

Print shows a group of ecclesiastical figures departing a church with what remains of their belongings (following the November 1789 decree by the National Assembly regarding church property); at the center of t... More

Les moines aprenant à faire l'exercise

Cartoon showing four men, monks, wearing the uniform of the National Guard marching in a disorderly manner. Caption continues: ...avec de la patience nous en viendrons about et avec le temps nous marcherons com... More

Ha je seront ben content quand j'aurons tous ces papiers la - le treso...

Print shows a cleric, an aristocrat, and a member of the Third Estate who is pulling on a rope tied to a bundle of papers including the "Nouvelle Constitution" and "Vœux de la Nation" which are held aloft by a ... More

Le plat a barbe Lillois - A drawing of a group of people standing arou...

Print shows a barber using a bombshell as a dish, shaving customers in a city street. de Vinck, 4530 (DLC/PP-1921:R2.121). Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

Quel bonheur de retrouver ce que l'on aime

Print shows a line of monks emerging from a monastery and a line of nuns emerging from a convent, at center is a citizen, wearing a cockade on his hat, getting married to a nun, on the left two married couples,... More

George the IIId, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland / Pollard s...

Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing armor and a laurel wreath; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the pr... More

Experience aërostatique faite à Lyon; d'un ballon de cent pieds de dia...

Print shows the balloon, "Le Flesselles" ascending over Lyon, France, on January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC ... More

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman]

After a drawing by Franc̜ois Boucher. Beraldi, p. 215; Cincinnati Mus. Cat. of Exhibition of Prints, 1941. LC, 44149.

Fidélité au Roi - A painting of a group of men in uniform

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).

Frederick William - Picture of Europe for July 1772, British Cartoon P...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, Joseph II, and Frederick II seated at table on which rests a map of Poland; standing behind them and looking over their shoulders are Charles III and Louis XV, still further back, as... More

Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg pour la co...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le Général Washington ne quid detrimenti capiat res publica - gravé d'...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing outside tent, wearing military uniform, holding the Declaration of Independence and the treaty of alliance with France in front of tent, at his feet... More

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

Triomphe de Marat - A drawing of a group of people holding signs

Jean Paul Marat with crown of laurel leaves carried on shoulders of man around whom others are crowded; celebrating his acquittal by Revolutionary Tribunal.

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

The christian amazon, with her invincible target, Alias, the focus of ...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, as an amazon with sword raised and bearing a shield emblazoned with double-headed eagle, battling the Sultan, Selim III, attacking with a rifle fixed with bayonet; Joseph II, an ally... More

A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778, Briti...

Cartoon shows America (represented by a man with feathered cap) cutting the horns off a cow (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman, two men (representing France and Spain) are stand... More

L'Anglais corrigé comme un enfant, Political Cartoon

Print shows a man wearing a feathered headdress, representing America, whipping the exposed buttocks of an Englishman, as a Frenchman, a Spaniard, and a Dutchman look on. Figures numbered, includes legend with ... More

Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantas...

Cartoon showing Britannia clasping trunk of a large oak, while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay laces, his foot on her posterior. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscri... More

Paris--Vue du Palais de Justice / dess. d'ap nat. par Deroy ; lith. Be...

No. 435. Public domain photograph of neoclassicism art, neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Triomphe de l'Armeé Parisienne réunis au Peuple a son retour de Versai...

Cartoon referring to "October Days." Translated title: Triumphant Parisian army reunites with the people on its return from Versailles to Paris, October 6, 1789. Possibly purchased from William Holland in 1790... More

The belligerent plenipo's / T. Colley, fect.

Tout irait bien si tout le mond riort comme moi

Title translated: All would be well if all the world would laugh like me. NOTE: Not about Fr. Revolution. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Possibly purchased by George IV from Willi... More

Louis d'Or au soleil - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows Louis XIV sitting next to a table, head resting on his left elbow which rests on his left knee; he is asleep, though his right hand rests on money bags lying on the table with some loose coins. He w... More

Claudius de Saint Simon, Episcopus Princeps Metensis par Franciae / pe...

Saint-Simon, full-length portrait, facing left, seated holding book. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vuë de la basse ville a Quebeck. Prospect von der untern stadt in Queb...

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. (as characteristic of opt... More

Cabinet d'un peintre / gravé par D. Chodowiecki à Berlin.

Image of an artist working at a small table while looking at a woman and group of children at another table in the room. Dedié à Madame Marie Henriette Ayrer, veuve de ... Daniel Chodowiecki. Dated on plate. L... More

The present state of Great Britain / J. Phillips fecit., British Carto...

Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain i... More

The royal hunt, or a prospect of the year 1782 / South Briton fecit ; ...

Print shows Lord Sandwich playing a fiddle, sitting between two courtesans, to the left, Lord North yawns while sitting on a sack, behind them are Rigby, Amherst, and Germain. To the right of this party is stan... More

The bull over-drove, or, The drivers in danger, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a bull trampling the prostrate body of Lord Sandwich, lead driver, and kicking toward Lord North and George Germain, the "drivers in danger." The bull is charging toward three men, representing Fran... More

Mr. Fitzherbert the British minister plenipotentiary, with Gravier de ...

Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. in: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. Coo... More

Laurent Guyot - La verite triomphante, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows, on the upper right, Jacques Necker wearing a toga and standing on clouds above a wall or sarcophagus, holding aloft with his left hand a bust portrait of Louis XVI, and holding at his right shoulde... More

France. Britain. Freedom. Slavery, British Cartoon Print

"A design in two compartments. On the left the triumph of Necker in a land of 'Freedom', in the other that of Pitt in a land of 'Slavery"..." (Source: George) [Gillray]. Price 2sh. This record contains unverifi... More

Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man in a red coat and a lion

Print shows a man playing a bagpipe, behind him lies a lion on a chain which is draped over his right arm, his left foot rests on a gameboard, at the far end of which is a peg with string attached, the string r... More

Chasse à la grosse bête - A drawing of an elephant attacking a man on ...

Print shows members of a citizen's militia attacking and severing heads of a great beast, the many-headed Hydra of despotism. The Bastille appears under siege in the background. Includes a long caption, "Couple... More

Il voudrait abbattre ce qui les soutient

Print shows, on the far left, Louis XVI sitting on a throne on a raised pedestal with Jacques Necker at the base holding balance scales and appealing for justice. At center, the clergy, the parliament, and the ... More

Portrait d'aprés nature du Sr. Humbert, Compagnon Horloger, natif de L...

Print shows Sr. Humbert and Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, leaders, respectively, of the second and first assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, half-length portrait, facing each other, each in o... More

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

L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple...

Print shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class, members of the three estates, dining together and drinking a toast to "la santé d'not bon Roi" in a rural setting. Possibly purchased ... More

Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux

Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More

Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, British Cartoon ...

Print shows Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance. Includes e... More

[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my ...

Illus. in: Journal of my forty-fifth ascension : being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793. Philadelphia : Printed by Charles Cist ..., 1793. Title page and frontispiece. Published in... More

L'Anarchiste. Je les trompe tous deux / Son. Petit, peintre, sculpsit.

Two faced figure of anarchist deceiving figures representing Republicans and Jacobins.

Éxperience du globe ae̋rostatique du MM. Charles et Robert, au Jardin ...

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

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

[Court scene, possibly during the reign of terror, with the accused ma...

Trimmed to within plate mark on right side. Gift; Mrs. Maria G. Venn; 1950 March 22.

The Polish plumb-cake / J. Lodge sculp., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Joseph II and Frederick II with swords drawn, Catherine II holding a cleaver, and Louis XV with a knife, seated around a table on which rests a partitioned cake, representing Poland, each monarch ... More

The Polish plumb-cake / J. Lodge sculp., British Cartoon Print

Fidélité au Roi. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Le calculateur patriote - A drawing of a man sitting at a table

Print shows an accountant sitting at a desk on which are six severed heads, recording a tally of the heads taken and the number that remain due. Henderson, pl. 27 de Vinck, 1615/1616 Blum, 566 Forms part of: F... More

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