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Photo, Print, DrawingDie gefährliche ... Plaisir dangereux en aprenant le feu d'artifice 1 print : engraving ; plate 20.5 x 30.3 cm, on sheet 21.2 x 32.4 cm. | Print shows men preparing fireworks.- Contributor: Rössler, Michael - Engelbrecht, Martin
- Date: 1740-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingIllust. ac Rever D.D. Dominicus Maria Varlet... 1 print : engraving ; plate 26 x 21 cm, on sheet 32 x 25 cm.- Contributor: Folkema, Jacob
- Date: 1742-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA representation of the sugar-cane and the art of making sugar 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. | Print shows sugarcane processing, probably in the West Indies, with a white overseer directing Natives at a press(?) and boiling operation.- Contributor: Hinton, John
- Date: 1749-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe beaver 1 print : engraving ; sheet 33.7 x 41.2 cm, on paper mount 36.5 x 43.6 cm. | Print shows beavers in their natural habitat.- Contributor: Miller, John - Ridinger, Johann Elias
- Date: 1748-06-09
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Photo, Print, DrawingA prospect of that cascade below Matlock Bath 1 print : engraving ; plate 38.7 x 52.8 cm, sheet 40.7 x 56 cm | Print shows a tree-filled mountainous landscape with cascades flowing into a river or stream. In the center several people are depicted gesturing toward the cascades, and to the right a man is shown fishing.- Contributor: Smith, Thomas - Vivarès, François
- Date: 1743
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Photo, Print, DrawingTinmouth Castle, from the north, with a view of the Haven, & c. 1 print : engraving mounted on paper ; plate 40.5 x 55.8 cm, sheet 43.5 x 56.6 cm- Contributor: Smith, Thomas - Vivarès, François
- Date: 1747
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Bird's-eye view of Boston, Massachusetts, with two vignettes of Natives hunting] 1 print : engraving.- Contributor: Turner, James
- Date: 1740-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingScenographia Portus pulchri ex prototypo Londinensi recusa per Heredes Homannianos 1 print : copper engraving, hand colored; sheet 24 x 28 cm.- Date: 1743
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Williamsburg, Virginia, ca. 1740] 1 print : etching ; 25.2 x 34.3 cm (plate), 30.3 x 38 cm (sheet) | Print shows two rows of buildings, numbered 1-6, at Williamsburg, Virginia, and plant specimens, insects, and two views of Natives, numbered 7-16, and four tools, numbered a-d, used by the Natives.- Contributor: Bartram, John
- Date: 1740-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA view of the north entrance of the harbour of St. Catherines 1 print : engraving.- Contributor: Wood, John, Active - Anson, George - Wood, John
- Date: 1745-01-01
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CollectionPopular Graphic Arts About 15,000 historical prints (ca. 1700-1900) created to document geographic locations or popular subjects and sometimes used for advertising and educational purposes. Most are by American printmakers (e.g., Baillie, Currier & Ives, Sachse & Co.), but publishers in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo). Subjects vary widely, from city and harbor views, street scenes, and manufacturing plants to genre scenes,…- Date: 1700
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