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
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.
On me raze aujourd'hui - je me marie demain &cc. / A.P.
Print shows, at center, a head on a pole with a wig topped with the horns of cuckoldry awaits the monk, on the right, who is sitting in a chair holding a tray under his chin, a member of the French Guard, about... 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
Prise de la Bastille par les Citoyens de Paris...; C'est ainsi que l'o...
Citizens with guns and pikes outside of the Bastille, July 14, 1789, and heads of "traitors" being carried on pikes. Translated titles: The taking of the Bastille by the citizens of Paris...; The traitors are ... More
A republican beau - a picture of Paris for 1794 / I. Cruikshank del., ...
Print shows a man, a sansculotte, in ragged red, white, and blue stripe clothing, he holds a spiked club in one hand, wears pistols in his belt on which is written "War Eternal War" and he has a dead infant stu... More
A republican beau - a picture of Paris for 1794 / I. Cruikshank del., ...
Print shows a man, a sansculotte, in ragged red, white, and blue stripe clothing, he holds a spiked club in one hand, wears pistols in his belt on which is written "War Eternal War" and he has a dead infant stu... More
Cartes particulieres des concessions faites par l'Angleterre à la Fran...
Print shows four maps of territories captured by the French and Spanish during their wars with England at the time of the American Revolutionary War. Shown are "Floride Occidentale" and "Floride Orientale" and ... More
Suffrein / Walker sculpt., Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform; medallion with nameplate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland... More
The French Mahomet, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a hunchback named La Reveilliere La Paux standing upon the Republican calendar while supporting symbols of France in one hand and containing it with an iron sceptor in the other hand as Count Lazare... More
Michel Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau, président a mortier au parlement d...
Print shows Michel Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in medallion above frieze depicting his assassination in a restaurant in the Palais Royal. Printed below image: * l'A... More
Abbildung der Königlichen Frantzösisch-Flanderschen Haupt-Stadt Ryssel...
Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 194A. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 194A. LC copy shelved with Hauslab item LOT 14117, no. 194B (C size) Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 ... More
Le représentant du peuple François en fonction / David inv. ; Denon sc...
Print shows a male figure modeling the costume designed by David for legislators. de Vinck, 6648 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Les frères Montgolfier / Pigeot, del. et sculp.
Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. "Aux frères Tissandier" inscribed below portrait. Tissandier collection.
![[Engraving from Diderot, Encyclopédie, v. 1, pl. 58, Economie rustique, Charbon de Bois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzAvMDEvMDEvZW5ncmF2aW5nLWZyb20tZGlkZXJvdC1lbmN5Y2xvcGVkaWUtdi0xLXBsLTU4LWVjb25vbWllLXJ1c3RpcXVlLWNoYXJib24tZGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/66/webp "[Engraving from Diderot, Encyclopédie, v. 1, pl. 58, Economie rustique, Charbon de Bois]")
[Engraving from Diderot, Encyclopédie, v. 1, pl. 58, Economie rustique...
Illus. in: Diderot. Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, v. 1, pl. 58. Livourne, 1770-1775. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434B. This record contains unverified, old dat... More
Premiere assemblée du congrès / dessiné par le Barbier Peintre du Roi ...
Print shows session of the First Continental Congress, September 1774, in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hillia... More
Course d'oiseaux hollandais qui n'a pas encore paru P.G. Dujon ..
Print showing P.G. Dujon at center of stage, wearing a drum, with a birdcage on a chair at left and a table on the right; there is a bird perched on his shoulder and one on the drum. Along the sides and across ... More
Vuë de Philadelphie. Philadelphia - die haupt stadt in der Nord-Americ...
Print shows men in boats and ships along the waterfront in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The artist depicts it as a European port city with substantial structures. (as characteristic of optical prints, series ti... More
Premier descente en parachute ... Jacques Garnerin ... le 22 Octobre 1...
Painting shows descent of Garnerin in a basket attached to a parachute from about 1000 meters while the unmanned balloon falls to the ground. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Exhibited:... 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
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
L'assembleé des aristocrates - A drawing of a large group of people
Print shows a tightly composed group of caricatured heads, including a few animal heads, of the aristocracy. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Les troupes Française passant le Rhin près Dusseldorff, le 20 Fructido...
Print shows French troops crossing the Rhine River. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 119. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1955 July 22.
La battaille de Hoechstedt remporte par le hauté Alliez sur les Franco...
Hand colored birds-eye view print shows view of the battlefield near the city of Höchstädt, Germany on August 13, 1704 when troops from the Austrian imperial army and its allies fought and won against combined ... More
![[Etats-Unie: Partie septentrionale].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZXRhdHMtdW5pZS1wYXJ0aWUtc2VwdGVudHJpb25hbGUtMTc4NzBhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Etats-Unie: Partie septentrionale].")
[Etats-Unie: Partie septentrionale].
Scale ca. 1:2,200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows northern U.S. and Great Lakes region o... More
Le jeu des echecs C.D. Moor pinxit ; Lépicié sculpsit 1746
Print showing a game of chess, observed by a man with a glass of wine, and a young man surprised to realize his opponent is about to checkmate. Tiré du Cabinet de M. de Julienne, Ecuyer, Chevalier de l'Ordre de... More
La Veuve et son Curé Dedieé à Messieurs les Curés qui portent la paix ...
The widow and her curé. Marsh collection. LeBlanc 60. Heller 11. Béraldi 11.
Nom de MM les deputes de la ville de Paris, a l'Assemblée National
Print shows the deputies from Paris to the National Assembly aboard a large, ornate carriage being drawn by a bull, lion, sheep, and a snake; ahead of them, leading the procession, are three female figures, one... More
Le mea culpa du Prince Lambesc -- sans restitution point de salut
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate meeting beneath a tree against which is sitting Prince de Lambesc, while workmen demolish the Bastille in the background. May sy... More
Ah! s'il y voyoit! / Vincent ino. et del. ; Commarieux sculpt.
Print shows two fashionably dressed women walking on a country road, one is carrying a purse on her left hand; they ignore a "blind" beggar with a small dog on a leash and holding a cup and stick in right hand.... More
The desperate action between the Terrible and Vengeance, Dec. 1757 Smi...
Print shows a framed painting of the naval battle between the French privateer Vengeance and the British privateer Terrible; flags are draped over the frame at top and two sailors sit on the base of the pedesta... More
Vuë de Philadelphie. Philadelphia - die haupt stadt in der Nord-Americ...
Print shows men in boats and ships along the waterfront in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The artist depicts it as a European port city with substantial structures. (as characteristic of optical prints, series ti... More
Premier voyage aërien en présence de Mr. le Dauphin / dessine par le C...
Print shows a Montgolfier-style balloon in flight over Paris, France. Remarque shows a balloon in flight surrounded by clouds.
Prise de Pensacola / dessiné par Lausan. Berteaux, aqua. ; gravé par N...
Print shows an explosion at a British magazine during the siege of Pensacola, killing or wounding many British soldiers. In the foreground, Spanish troops, possibly under the command of Bernardo de Gálvez, take... More
La visite du camp par les commissaires aristocrates
Print shows an aristocrat and a clergyman at a military camp to inspect the troops are confronted by three jeering soldiers. de Vinck, 3682 Blum, 528 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More
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
Triomphe de Marat - A cartoon 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.
Henri IV. délibére sur son futur mariage / Rubens, pinxit ; I.M. Natti...
Allegorical scene showing Henry IV, King of France (1533-1610), looking at portrait of his bride-to-be, surrounded by mythological characters.
![Jerome de La Lande, de l'Aca. rle. des sciences de Paris, de celles de Londres, de Berlin, de Petersb., &c. Né ... 1732 / A. Pujas, [i.e. Pujos] del., 1773 ; B. Vlam, excudit ; C.F. Fritschius, sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzMvMDEvMDEvamVyb21lLWRlLWxhLWxhbmRlLWRlLWxhY2EtcmxlLWRlcy1zY2llbmNlcy1kZS1wYXJpcy1kZS1jZWxsZXMtZGUtbG9uZHJlcy1kZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "Jerome de La Lande, de l'Aca. rle. des sciences de Paris, de celles de Londres, de Berlin, de Petersb., &c. Né ... 1732 / A. Pujas, [i.e. Pujos] del., 1773 ; B. Vlam, excudit ; C.F. Fritschius, sculp.")
Jerome de La Lande, de l'Aca. rle. des sciences de Paris, de celles de...
Half-length portrait of French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lalande. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Machine sûre & commode pour tirer des silhouettes R. Schellenberg del....
Print shows a woman sitting on a device on which her shadow is projected by candle flame and with a man tracing her shadow on paper on the opposite side of the device. Includes lengthy statement below image. C... More
Vue du Chateau de Vincennes sous Charles V Ransonette, graveur ordinai...
In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... More
Reddition de l'Armée angloises commandée par Mylord Comte de Cornwalli...
Public domain document scan of map of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The state nurses. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...
Print shows the Earl of Mansfield, seated, and the Earl of Sandwich keeping watch over the British lion asleep in a cradle around which are four barking dogs labeled "Holland", "America" who is urinating on a p... More
Marie Antoinette, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows Marie Antoinette, bust portrait, facing slightly right, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.
Le pied de néz - dedié aux aristocrates
Print shows two angels, one standing on a globe and holding a sword, the other, as Fame, soaring above at right, holds a laurel crown and blows a horn; in the foreground, blown over by the force of the angels, ... More
Abbildung der Königlichen Frantzösisch-Flanderschen Haupt-Stadt Ryssel...
Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 194A. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 194A. LC copy shelved with Hauslab item LOT 14117, no. 194B (C size) Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 ... More
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
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
York town, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
Cartoon shows "America" receiving the surrender of Cornwallis in the background, while an emaciated cow representing "English commerce" is robbed of her milk by France, Spain, and Holland in the left foreground... More
![[Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca, British Cartoon Print, rebus](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDMvYnJpdGFubmlhLXRvZS1hbWVyZXllY2EtMGI1ZGUyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "[Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca, British Cartoon Print, rebus")
[Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca, British Cartoon Print, rebus
Print shows a letter in the form of a rebus portraying Britannia as a mother urging her daughter America to jilt the Frenchman she is planning to marry and stop rebelling. This political satire refers to the Am... More
Lille oder Ryssel, Statt und Citadell Io. Stridbeck Iun, fec. et excud...
Print shows map of Lille, France with an outline of the walled city and fortress with surrounding farm lands and outer surrounding defenses. Locations of troops indicated on print numbered 1-86 and A-M. Scale i... More
Plan de la Ville et de la Citadelle de Lille, assiegée l'année passée ...
Partially hand colored engraving presents five images. The largest image shows a plan of the fortified city of Lille, France surrounded by formations of troops during the siege in 1708. Descriptive text in inse... More
Mrs. General Washington, bestowing thirteen stripes on Britania, Briti...
Print shows George Washington wearing a dress about to whip Britannia with 13 lashes as three men representing Spain, France, and Holland urge him on. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Di... More
![Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvY2VsYS1uZS1zZS1kaXQtcGFzLW1haXMtY2VsYS1zZS1kZXZpbmUtYXYtbW9ub2dyYW0tNzMyYTFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/62/webp "Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].")
Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].
Print shows an aristocratic-looking couple in a street or courtyard. The woman is standing, facing front, next to a wall, urinating beneath her dress. She holds the hat, umbrella, and walking stick (emblems of ... More
Epoque du 30 Floreal l'an 5 de la République Française
Print shows on the left, a female figure representing the Republic of France drawing a slip of paper from an urn labeled "Directoire de la République Francaise" with Etienne-François-Louis-Honoré Le Tourneur's ... More
Lagrange (northn. view) / A. Fisher, pinxt. ; Lith. de Villain ; Deroy...
Northern view Lagrange, home of Marquis de Lafayette. . Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abbildung der Königlichen Frantzösisch-Flanderschen Haupt-Stadt Ryssel...
Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 194A. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 194A. LC copy shelved with Hauslab item LOT 14117, no. 194B (C size) Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 ... More
Abbildung der Königlichen Frantzösisch-Flanderschen Haupt-Stadt Ryssel...
Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 194A. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 194A. LC copy shelved with Hauslab item LOT 14117, no. 194B (C size) Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 ... More
On me raze aujourd'hui - je me marie demain &cc. / A.P.
Print shows, at center, a head on a pole with a wig topped with the horns of cuckoldry awaits the monk, on the right, who is sitting in a chair holding a tray under his chin, a member of the French Guard, about... More
Supplice de Foulon a la Place de Grève, le 23 Juillet 1789 Prieur inv....
Print shows the hanging of Joseph-François Foullon in the Place de l'Hôtel-de-ville, Paris. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 21.
Jean Louis Carra, né à Pont de Veyle le 11 mars 1742, député du Dépt. ...
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean-Louis Carra. Tissandier collection.
Jacques Bonnefoy - La Machine infernale / gravé par Bonnefoy.
Man with knife lighting powder keg on wagon at Rue Nicaise, a reference to the attempt of Napoleon's life in late 1800. "Enregistrè á la Bibliotheque Nationale."
Ô qu'el d'Estain - A black and white drawing of a lion and a bird
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
The American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, Brit...
Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoy... More
Consultation de la faculté sur la maladie de la princesse de l'aristoc...
Print shows a woman sitting in a chair, one physician checking her pulse while another bathes her left foot, six additional physicians gesture wildly, presuming her illness to be incurable. Forms part of: Fren... More
Je tient mon pied du bœuf - il faut faire trois choses Le calculateur ...
Print shows (on the left) an aristocrat and a clergyman, each with a hand on a low post, and a member of the Third Estate placing both of his hands on top of the others. "Pied de Bœuf" is a pun on "Œil de Bœuf"... More
Affaire de Vincennes, le 28 fevrier 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthaul...
Print shows a clash between workers and the National Guard at the Château de Vincennes. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 48.
Carte de l'entrée de la rivière d'Hudson, dépuis Sandy-Hook jusques à ...
Scale ca. 1:70,000. Depths shown by soundings. Relief shown by land form drawings. "339." Includes "Avertissement." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1229 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More
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
Dr. Franklin erhält, als Gesandter des Americanischen FreyStaats, sein...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin at the French court in Versailles, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 121. [Plate] 8. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and ... More
The Treaty of Commerce or New coalition / G.R., delint. ; Lewis 16, fe...
"Louis XVI (left) and George III (right) sit together, amicably clinking glasses; the latter's right hand is on the shoulder of Louis, who says, with a sly smile, Mon cher Ami I will teach a you de Politess Fra... More
Portrait d'apres nature du Sr. Harné natif de Dôle en Franche Comté Gr...
Print shows Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, and Sr. Humbert, leaders, respectively, of the first and second assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, full-length portrait, standing, facing each other... More
Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, who h... More
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[J.A.C. Charles, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders oval profile po...
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Néker ministre d'état et directeur général des finances en 1788, minis...
Print shows Jacques Necker, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in medallion above a frieze depicting a violent confrontation between soldiers and citizens on July 12, 1789. Printed below image: * l'An ... More
L'Empereur Claude / dessiné par Vanderwal ; gravé par J.J. Avril.
Classical statue of Claudius, Emperor of Rome, possibly in the Louvre, Paris.
Abbildung der Königlichen Frantzösisch-Flanderschen Haupt-Stadt Ryssel...
Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 194A. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 194A. LC copy shelved with Hauslab item LOT 14117, no. 194B (C size) Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 ... More
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
![Ils font ce qu'ils peuvent air [text] : ou, allez vous Mr. l'Abbé & c. / par Boucault.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvaWxzLWZvbnQtY2UtcXVpbHMtcGV1dmVudC1haXItdGV4dC1vdS1hbGxlei12b3VzLW1yLWxhYmJlLWFuZC1jLXBhci1ib3VjYXVsdC1jZWM1YjgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Ils font ce qu'ils peuvent air [text] : ou, allez vous Mr. l'Abbé & c. / par Boucault.")
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
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
Descente de la machine aerostatique des Srs. Charles et Robert
Print shows Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert stepping out of their hydrogen balloon on a plain near Nesle, France after the first manned balloon flight in December of 1783. Printed text below image: Extrai... More
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
John Malcom / dessiné et gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Académie Imple. et...
Print shows John Malcolm, a customs officer, standing in a two-wheeled cart on a street crowded with onlookers as men prepare to tar and feather him. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents é... More
La quatorzieme expérience aerostatique de M. Blanchard accompagné du C...
Print shows the balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard ascending from Lille, France. Tissandier collection.
Admiral Parker / Birrell sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows Sir Peter Parker, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing naval uniform; medallion on pedestal with name plate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More
Lord Cornwallis, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Charles Cornwallis, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform, facing slightly right; in oval. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending ... More
Thomas Jefferson's drawing of a macaroni machine and instructions for ...
Reproduction number: A30 (color slide); LC-MSS-27748-180 (B&W negative) Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, acquired a tas... More
Le Pied de nez ou l'aristocratie ecrasée
Aristocrat with crown, clergy with long noses, triumphant figures of the Republic, destruction of the aristocracy.
M. 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.
La reine à la conciergerie / Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. l'Abbé Carron ; Pr...
Print shows Marie Antoinette, head-and-shoulders portrait, turned to the right, facing front, in a prison cell at the Conciergerie. Trimmed to within plate mark. de Vinck, 541 Exhibited: "Representing Revoluti... More
Héroïsme des marins qui montoient le vaisseau Le Vengeur, le 3 juin 17...
Print shows the sinking of the vessel Vengeur. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 99.
L'Intérieur du comité révolutionnaire. Scène derniere
Print shows two men pointing out others among a group of revolutionaries to be arrested, perhaps as a backlash to the reign of terror instigated by Robespierre and his followers. Overlooking the scene from a sh... More
Vorderseite des Marsfeldes, am 1 Vendemiaire des Jahres VII. Wettrenne...
German print shows an imaginary view of the festivities at the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on September 22, 1798. Includes a chariot race, captive balloon, and burning wooden castle, with spectators watchi... More
![[Young woman putting flowers on statue of Cupid looks over her shoulder and sees the balloon carrying Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert on the first manned gas balloon flight, from Paris, December 1, 1783]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYveW91bmctd29tYW4tcHV0dGluZy1mbG93ZXJzLW9uLXN0YXR1ZS1vZi1jdXBpZC1sb29rcy1vdmVyLWhlci1zaG91bGRlci1hbmQtZTQxZjI0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/42/webp "[Young woman putting flowers on statue of Cupid looks over her shoulder and sees the balloon carrying Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert on the first manned gas balloon flight, from Paris, December 1, 1783]")
[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.
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
The American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, Brit...
Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoy... More
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
Das belägerte Ryssel nach der Ordnung derer Anfälle und dem Stand der ...
Engraving shows plan of the fortress city of Lille, France during the siege of the city in 1708 surrounded by regiments identified numerically in the print (1-85) Also includes list of locations of canons, batt... More
La France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les...
Allegory showing France as a woman receiving from the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) the wishes of the nation and presenting them to King Louis XVI and Jacques Necker, who was recalled to offi... More
Jérome Pétion, Député aux états généraux de 1789, Maire de Paris en 17...
Print shows Jérôme Pétion, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion above frieze depicting "Pétion porté en triomphe à la fête des Suisses de Chateau-Vieux", showing him riding on a huge... More