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Photo, Print, DrawingCon-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to Conogocheque by way of Philadelphia 1 print : etching on laid paper ; 20.4 x 32.6 cm. (sheet, trimmed to within platemark on right and left edges) | In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view of the profit opportunity which this…- Date: 1790
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Photo, Print, DrawingCongressional pugilists 1 print : etching on wove paper ; 16.2 x 22.1 cm (plate) | A crude portrayal of a fight on the floor of Congress between Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold of Connecticut. The row was originally prompted by an insulting reference to Lyon on Griswold's part. The interior of Congress Hall is shown, with the Speaker Jonathan Dayton and Clerk Jonathan…- Date: 1798-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPatrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely a vague suspicion for the internal robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania 1 print on wove paper : engraving ; sheet 18.8 x 13.3 cm. | Portrait of the Philadelphia blacksmith and locksmith who became a well-known victim of judicial injustice. Lyon, who had manufactured the iron doors and locks for the vault of the Bank of Pennsylvania, was falsely convicted of its robbery in 1798. Here he is shown seated in a prison cell, holding…- Contributor: Akin, James
- Date: 1799-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA new display of the United States 1 print on laid paper: engraving ; sheet 56 x 42.5 cm. | A bust portrait of President John Adams, with garland and curtain, framed by the arms of sixteen states. Below each state's seal are inscribed its population and number of senators and representatives. At the top of the print is a spread-winged eagle, holding an arrow, an olive branch, and a banderole…- Contributor: Doolittle, Amos
- Date: 1799
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Photo, Print, DrawingLiberty. In the form of the goddess of youth, giving support to the bald eagle 1 print on laid paper: stipple engraving and mezzotint ; 65.5 x 42.2 cm (sheet) | An allegory of American liberty. Liberty, represented by a maiden in the form of the goddess Hebe, offers a cup to an eagle descending from the upper left. With her right foot she treads on chains, a scepter, a key, and other implements of tyranny. At the lower…- Contributor: Savage, Edward
- Date: 1796
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Photo, Print, DrawingTriumph of liberty. Dedicated to its defenders in America 1 print on heavy laid paper : engraving ; 37.5 x 52 cm (plate), 46.8 x 59 cm (sheet) | Print shows an allegory of liberty flourishing and monarchy and tyranny in decline. In a wooded grove Minerva, with a shield bearing the arms of the United States and a flag emblazoned with stars, pours libations on an altar fire. Beside her are three…- Contributor: Verger, Peter C. - Renault, John Francis
- Date: 1796
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CollectionCartoon Prints, American This assemblage of more than 800 prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art. Most of the prints are from the division's PC/US series, which consists of individually cataloged political cartoons and caricatures. All of the prints meet two criteria: they were originally designed to express sentiments relating to civic life and government in the United…- Contributor: Currier, Nathaniel - Bucholzer, H. - Childs, John - Currier & Ives - Clay, Edward Williams - Baillie, James S. - Robinson, Henry R. - Magee, John L. - Maurer, Louis
- Date: 1766
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