![[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing slightly left, in ornamental oval frame] / Gerard Honthorst pinxt ; George Vertue, Londini sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTkvYmVuamFtaW4tam9obnNvbi1lbmdsaXNoLWFjdG9yLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktOTQ3NzVjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing slightly left, in ornamental oval frame] / Gerard Honthorst pinxt ; George Vertue, Londini sculp.")
[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing s...
Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philip Earl of Chesterfield / Chambars sculp.
Print shows Philip D. Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval medallion. Trimmed to edge of plate on right and left sides. Gift; Estate of J.H. Corning; 1940 June 20.
A sceene of sceenes. Elizabeth Cannings dream for ye good of her nativ...
Print shows Elizabeth Canning, transported to America, seated in a room. She looks alarmingly at an old crone pointing to a soldier's uniform. Through the open window can be seen British soldiers marching up a ... More
![A Human sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] / Webber, J. del. ; W. & J.(?) Walker, sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvYS1odW1hbi1zYWNyaWZpY2UtaW4tYS1tb3JhaS1pbi1vdGFoZWl0ZS1pZS10YWhpdGktd2ViYmVyLWotZGVsLXctYW5kLWotd2Fsa2VyLWM1OWM0Yi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "A Human sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] / Webber, J. del. ; W. & J.(?) Walker, sculp.")
A Human sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] / Webber, J. de...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.
The congress / P.E.D. inv. & delin. ; R. Aitkin sculp.
Print shows title page illustration of a female figure, representing America, sitting amidst implements of war. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania magazine: or, American monthly museum. Philadelphia : Printed and sol... More
Landung einer Französischen Hülfs-Armee in America, zu Rhode Island, a...
Print shows the disembarkation of French troops, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau, at Newport, Rhode Island, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 136. [Plate] 9. Pu... More
The discomfited duellists / Collings, del. ; Blake, sculp.
"The interior of a coffee-house. Two young men in regimentals stand near the fireplace (left); one, whose broken sword lies on the ground, is being threatened with a hot poker held to his nose by a man in ridin... More
General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More
View of the new Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey / Anderson d...
Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (September). Reference copy in LOT 4445.
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
George III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.
Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown. After a Reynolds coronation portrait. Illus. in: An impartial hi... More
A view of the Capitol after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 ...
Print shows a view from southeast of fire-damaged U.S. Capitol building, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn on... More
A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the con...
Print shows a view from northeast of the fire-damaged White House, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn only pub... More
Du porte-feuille de Mr. Néra / Boucher del. ; Demarteau sculp.
Mother with child in play chair. After a drawing by François Boucher. No. 495. Béraldi, p. 720. Wittert, 495.
To the right hon'able the Earl of Hertford, ... this plate representin...
Print shows an interior view of a mill where three men are engaged in winding, warping, and weaving yarn. Plate VII. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Fide Et Amore" with "Honi soit qui mal y pens... More
A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in Americ...
Print shows view of Boston from the harbor, with ships in the foreground. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. No. 34. Published in: The American Revolut... More
A view of Fort George with the City of New York from the SW / I. Carwi...
Exhibit loan 4106-L. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Partie de raisonnement / Cloquet, sculp.
Illus. in: Traite de mineralogie / Rene Just Hauy. Paris : Chez Louis, 1801, pl. 2. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 212.
Cloture de la salle des Jacobins, dans la nuit du 27 au 28 Juillet 179...
Title translated: Closing of the hall of the Jacobins, in the night of the 27th or 28th July 1794 or 9 or 10th Thermidor year 2 of the Republic. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques ... More
![A new drop scene for D. L. T. / Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & sculp. ; [De Wilde]., British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDgvMDEvMDEvYS1uZXctZHJvcC1zY2VuZS1mb3ItZC1sLXQtdGhhdW1hc28tc2NydXRpbnktZXNxci1kZWx0LWFuZC1zY3VscC1kZS13aWxkZS02NDAuanBn/40/20/webp "A new drop scene for D. L. T. / Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & sculp. ; [De Wilde]., British Cartoon Print")
A new drop scene for D. L. T. / Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & scul...
"A fantastic scene on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre. Tradegy and Comedy are being done to death by the management, while dogs and imitation animals are made ready to perform ..." (Source: George) This record ... More
![[Plan of layout of Russian fort in Alaska, 1803-1806] / Capt'n. Lisiansky, del. ; Smith, sculp't.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MTQvMDEvMDEvcGxhbi1vZi1sYXlvdXQtb2YtcnVzc2lhbi1mb3J0LWluLWFsYXNrYS0xODAzLTE4MDYtY2FwdG4tbGlzaWFuc2t5LWRlbC1zbWl0aC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Plan of layout of Russian fort in Alaska, 1803-1806] / Capt'n. Lisiansky, del. ; Smith, sculp't.")
[Plan of layout of Russian fort in Alaska, 1803-1806] / Capt'n. Lisian...
Reference copy in LOT 4390-P. Illus. in: Lisiansky. A voyage round the world, ..., London, 1814, pl. II.
A view of the Capitol after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 ...
Print shows a view from southeast of fire-damaged U.S. Capitol building, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn on... More
Camp meeting of the Methodists in N. America / J. Milbert del. ; M. Du...
Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
To the right hon'able Lord Viscount Kingsborough, ... this plate repre...
Print shows an interior view of a room in a mill or factory where several men are engaged in measuring, folding, and binding cloth into lengths. Plate XI. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Spes Tu... More
![Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjkvYmVueWFtaW4tc2ljLWZyYW5rbGluLWdlYm9ocmVuLTE3MDYtZC1iZXJnZXItc2N1bHAtMTc4My00MWE2N2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/56/webp "Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.")
Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval with ribbon at top. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Libr... More
Mirabeau arrive aux Champs Élisées / J.M. Moreau le Jne. inv. ; F.J. M...
Print shows Mirabeau at center arriving at the Champs Élisées where he hands a copy of the French Constitution to J.J. Rousseau as Benjamin Franklin reaches to place a wreath on his head; in the left background... More
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.
![A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvYS12aWV3LW9mLXNhdmFuYWgtc2ljLWFzLWl0LXN0b29kLXRoZS0yOXRoLW9mLW1hcmNoLTE3MzQtcC1nb3Jkb24taW52LXAtZm91cmRyaW5pZXItZDMwMmZkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp.")
A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordo...
View with key to prominent features. Engraving by Pierre Fourdrinier after a drawing by Peter Gordon. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the... More
To the right honorable Randal William McDonnell, ... this plate repres...
Print shows an interior view of a room where a man and several women are engaged in beetling, scutching, and hackling flax. Plate IV. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Tout Jours Pret" with "Tria ... More
A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...
A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More
![[Various surgical instruments and apparatuses] / Jones sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdmFyaW91cy1zdXJnaWNhbC1pbnN0cnVtZW50cy1hbmQtYXBwYXJhdHVzZXMtam9uZXMtc2N1bHAtZTg3YjQ1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "[Various surgical instruments and apparatuses] / Jones sculp.")
[Various surgical instruments and apparatuses] / Jones sculp.
Plate CCCCXCI. Public domain scan of 18th-century scientific book, illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Slave factories, or compounds, maintained by traders from four European nations on the Gulf of Guinea in what is now Nigeria] / N. Parr, sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvc2xhdmUtZmFjdG9yaWVzLW9yLWNvbXBvdW5kcy1tYWludGFpbmVkLWJ5LXRyYWRlcnMtZnJvbS1mb3VyLWV1cm9wZWFuLW5hdGlvbnMtZjgzNjMwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[Slave factories, or compounds, maintained by traders from four European nations on the Gulf of Guinea in what is now Nigeria] / N. Parr, sculp.")
[Slave factories, or compounds, maintained by traders from four Europe...
Illus. in: A New and general collection of voyages / Thomas Astley. London, 1746, vol. 3, p. 64.
![A prospect of the Moro [i.e. Morro] Castle and city of Havana from sea / drawn upon the spot by an officer ; P.C. Canot, sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvYS1wcm9zcGVjdC1vZi10aGUtbW9yby1pZS1tb3Jyby1jYXN0bGUtYW5kLWNpdHktb2YtaGF2YW5hLWZyb20tc2VhLWRyYXduLXVwb24tYTNkOTk0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "A prospect of the Moro [i.e. Morro] Castle and city of Havana from sea / drawn upon the spot by an officer ; P.C. Canot, sculp.")
A prospect of the Moro [i.e. Morro] Castle and city of Havana from sea...
Earliest date corresponds to year that Boydell opened shop at Cheapside; latest date corresponds to year that Canot died. Sheet trimmed at or within plate mark on right and left. Pencilled on recto: 210307 14.... More
A Man of Mangea and a woman of Eaoo / Webber del. ; Cook sculp.
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.
Silas Deane, Esq. / drawn from the life by Dusimitiere, at Philadelphi...
Silas Deane, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in medallion. Illus. in: The European magazine, and London review. [London : Philological Society of London] 1783 October, p. 243. After a drawing by Pier... More
The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt...
Print shows Charles Lee at his capture by British troops. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward... 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
An east view of Gray's Ferry, on the river Schuylkill / C.W. Peale del...
Print shows footbridge, towline, and landings of Gray's Ferry across the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswoo... More
Portman - Me. Jn. Ae. Ns. Condorcet / L. Portman, sculp.
Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Les dames de la Halle partant pour aller chercher le Roi a Versailles,...
Print shows a large procession of women and some members of the National Guard, with a carriage and a covered wagon, marching to Versailles. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de l... More
Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) ...
Print shows André Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown deflated at left). His balloon had as... More
![[Images of Hinduism and Buddhism] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvaW1hZ2VzLW9mLWhpbmR1aXNtLWFuZC1idWRkaGlzbS1nLWhlY2stZGlydC1oZW5yeS13aW5rbGVzLXNjdWxwLWI1ZGE5OC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Images of Hinduism and Buddhism] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles sculp.")
[Images of Hinduism and Buddhism] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles scu...
Includes images of Vishnu, Buddha, and Hindu ascetics. Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / Johann G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, division 8, vol. 2, pl. 3.
The surrender of Earl Cornwallis (Lieutenant-General of the British Ar...
Print shows General Charles O'Hara, representing General Cornwallis, handing sword to George comte de Rochambeau who is standing with George Washington. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history ... More
A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the "humane" British and thei...
Charles denounces British and Indian depredations on the American frontier during the War of 1812, alluding specifically to the practice of offering bounties for American scalps. The cartoon may have been prom... More
A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the con...
Print shows a view from northeast of the fire-damaged White House, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn only pub... More
Conspicilla Inuenta conspicilla sunt, quæ luminum, obscuriores detegun...
Print shows a marketplace with a spectacle maker, a shoemaker, and a scribe at their stands as people shop. Fifteenth plate from a series of prints entitled Nova Reperta, engraved by Jan Collaert I after Jan v... More
John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...
A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More
The plan of a farm yard - venerate the plow / J.T. sculp.
Print shows a plan for a farm yard with sections labeled by letter, legend not included, and a vignette, "Venerate the plough", showing a man plowing a field with an ox-team, followed by a goddess(?) representi... More
![Stephan und Joseph, Gebrüder Mongolfier [sic], geb. zu Annonay im Vivarais / DeLaunay, del. ; D. Berger, sculp., 1784.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvc3RlcGhhbi11bmQtam9zZXBoLWdlYnJ1ZGVyLW1vbmdvbGZpZXItc2ljLWdlYi16dS1hbm5vbmF5LWltLXZpdmFyYWlzLWRlbGF1bmF5LWVjNGI3OC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "Stephan und Joseph, Gebrüder Mongolfier [sic], geb. zu Annonay im Vivarais / DeLaunay, del. ; D. Berger, sculp., 1784.")
Stephan und Joseph, Gebrüder Mongolfier [sic], geb. zu Annonay im Viva...
Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists; after the gold medal designed by Houdon. Quotation from Ovid printed below portrait. Tissandier collection.
![[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvdGhlLXJ1aW5zLW9mLWJhbGJlYy1ib3JyYS1hcmNoLWRlbGluLXQtbWFqb3Itc2N1bHAtNjlmNWJjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/19/webp "[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.")
[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.
Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with three men in conversation, two are holding long spears, in the left foreground among fragments of buildings, (A) on the left and (B) on the right, with the col... More
Quoi! pas même la Main? / Wateau inv. ; Fessard Sculp.
What! Not even the hand? After Louis Watteau(?). Béraldi, no. 28.
Antoine de Parcieux, des Academies royales des sciences de France, de ...
Bust-length profile portrait of French mathematician Antoine de Parcieux. Tissandier collection.
Iohann George Sulzer geb:den 16 Octobr 1720 - gest:den 25 Febr 1779 / ...
Print shows Johann George Sulzer, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, medallion with ribbon at top.
The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 / Ra...
Print shows Lords Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, an unidentified man, and Germain in the clutches of a devil, fall into an abyss, driven there by the opposition, or new ministers, Thurlow, Conway, Camden, B... More
![[American medals] / D. Berger sculp & del.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODQvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4tbWVkYWxzLWQtYmVyZ2VyLXNjdWxwLWFuZC1kZWwtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/35/webp "[American medals] / D. Berger sculp & del.")
[American medals] / D. Berger sculp & del.
Print shows the recto and verso of two medals or possibly four separate medals. Illus. in: Allgemeines historisches taschenbuch ... / Matthias Christian Sprengel. Berlin : Haude und Spener, 1784- p. 182 ff. Pu... More
Lord Hood - from a painting by West in the possession of Sir John Dick...
Print shows Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal with name plate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Hollan... More
Mr. Necker / L.A. Claessens, sculp. ; T.S. Duplessis, pinx.
Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived tha...
Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier.
The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the...
Henry Brougham, John Bull, and the British lion (Leo Britannicus) attacking a hydra representing the property tax. At tail of the monster Mr. Tierney tells Britannia to rise. In the background, Liverpool, the R... More
Theodore Maurisset - Prodige de la chimie / Maurisset, del. et sculp.,...
French cartoon shows a long line of people, with more arriving by stagecoach and railroad, at a medicine show where a quack with a lion's head, the "Prodige de la chimie," is marketing his hair tonic "De pommad... More
King Henry the Vth / E. Lutterell delin. ; P. Vanderbanck sculp.
Bust portrait of King Henry V, right profile, in oval. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Monday / H. Roberts, sculp., British Cartoon Print
"This engraving is the frontispiece to a tract styled, "Low-Life; or One Half of the World, knows not how The Other Half Live." &c., "With an Address to the ingenious and ingenuous Mr. Hogarth..." (Source: Step... More
Assassinat de J.P. Marat, le 13 Juillet 1793, ou 25 Messidor, an 1er d...
Print shows Jean Paul Marat, lying down in his bath after being stabbed by Charlotte Corday, surrounded by six men, Charlotte Corday with knife in her hand, and another woman. Plate from: Collection complète d... More
A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the con...
Print shows a view from northeast of the fire-damaged White House, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn only pub... More
Perspective view of entring the breach of the Moro Castle, by storm......
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Canot. Library has two copies; this copy lacks printer statement.
To the right hon'able Lord Viscount Kingsborough, ... this plate repre...
Print shows an interior view of a room in a mill or factory where several men are engaged in measuring, folding, and binding cloth into lengths. Plate XI. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Spes Tu... More
The first landing of Columbus in the new world / J.J. Barralet, del. ;...
Print showing Christopher Columbus and crew kneeling before priest during religious service. G13288 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1876 by Geo. S. Lang in the Office of... More
A boxing match, or another bloody nose for John Bull / W. Charles, del...
The artist gloats over naval losses suffered by England early in the War of 1812, in particular the defeat of the warship "Boxer" by the American frigate "Enterprise" in September 1813. King George III stands ... More
A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...
A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More
D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electri...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal. After portrait by Cochin. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More
William Baillie - Franciscus Hals pictor / W. Baillie sculp. ; Seipse,...
Print shows Frans Hals, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, after Seipse.
A perspective view of the town and fortifications of Montreal in Canad...
Print shows a bird's-eye view of the fortifications at Montréal from above the Saint Lawrence River. Illus. in: The Annual Register of World Events. Dublin : J. Exshaw, 1774, p. 407. Published in: The American... 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
De Hertog Van Orléans / L.A. Claessens, sculp.
Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
![[Sculpture of Homer, bust portrait, facing front] / Leney sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvc2N1bHB0dXJlLW9mLWhvbWVyLWJ1c3QtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LWxlbmV5LXNjdWxwLWM2ZDFlZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Sculpture of Homer, bust portrait, facing front] / Leney sculp.")
[Sculpture of Homer, bust portrait, facing front] / Leney sculp.
Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
George Whitefield, M.A. / Elisha Gallaudet sculp., N. York 1774.
George Whitefield, half-length portrait with hands raised, preaching in a church; portrait framed by oval. Illus. in: Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., late chaplain to the Right Hon... More
Mr. Doughty beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St. Julian...
Print shows the 1578 beheading of Thomas Doughty in Port St. Julian, Patagonia, during Drake's circumnavigation voyage.
A view of Quebec the capital of Canada, in North America / Roberts scu...
Print shows ship in the foreground with the city of Québec in the distance. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compile... More
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
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
![To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved [sic] rollers, and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turn'd by the main wheel; great improvements in the method of breaking and scutching of flax; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvdG8tdGhlLXJpZ2h0LWhvbmFibGUtd2lsbHMtaGlsbC1lYXJsLW9mLWhpbGxzYm9yb3VnaC10aGlzLXBsYXRlLXJlcHJlc2VudGluZy04M2ZkMzItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved [sic] rollers, and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turn'd by the main wheel; great improvements in the method of breaking and scutching of flax; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.")
To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate rep...
Print shows an interior view of a "scutch" mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fiber. Plate V. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Perdeum et F... More
![Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; Wm Charles, Sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvY29sdW1iaWEtdGVhY2hpbmctam9obi1idWxsLWhpcy1uZXctbGVzc29uLXNhbXVlbC1rZW5uZWR5LWRlbC13bS1jaGFybGVzLXNjdWxwLTBkNTdmZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; Wm Charles, Sculp.")
Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; ...
A War of 1812 satire on Anglo-American and Franco-American relations. England's "lesson" is about the seriousness of American determination to maintain freedom on the high seas, while France is warned of Yanke... More
American methodists proceeding to their camp meeting / J. Milbert del....
Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in Americ...
Print shows view of Boston from the harbor, with ships in the foreground. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. No. 34. Published in: The American Revolut... More
The plan of a farm yard - venerate the plow / J.T. sculp.
Print shows a plan for a farm yard with sections labeled by letter, legend not included, and a vignette, "Venerate the plough", showing a man plowing a field with an ox-team, followed by a goddess(?) representi... More
British resentment, or The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg / L. Boit...
"Britannia, seated on a throne inscribed,---"Nemo me impune lacessit", attends to the complaints of injured Americans, and affords them protection..." (Source: Stephens)
Decoration du Bal Masqué donné par le roy ... / C.N. Cochin filius del...
Decorations at the masked ball given by King Louis XV of France in February 1745, on the occasion of the marriage of his son, the Dauphin, to Marie Therese of Spain; also visible, ballroom interior and numerous... More
A view of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada, taken partly from...
Print shows warships on the Saint Lawrence River with the city of Québec in the background. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More
The pleasures of the married state / W. Proud del. et sculp., British ...
Print shows a family gathering around a table, the husband, seated, is instructing a son who stands next to him with an open book, and the wife, seated opposite, holds an infant daughter, the children mimic the... More
A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land / Webber del. ; Cook ...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Gage / R. Pollard sculp., engraving, Library of Congress
General Thomas Gage, half-length portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly left; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its firs... More
St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...
Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More
Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Mee...
Print shows citizens of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 74. [Plate]... More
Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, left profile, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.
View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...
Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.
M. Baillij / L.A. Claessens, sculp. ; Boizot, pinx.
Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, right profile. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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).