Collection Items
-
Photo, Print, DrawingMarket hall of cattle market and abattoirs, Lyons, 1913 1 photomechanical print : halftone. | Photograph shows the market hall and slaughterhouse of a market in Lyons, France.
- Contributor: Savage, Edward
- Date: 1950-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingReligious & civil liberty established in Maryland in 1649 1 print : engraving and etching ; plate 76.4 x 47.5 cm, sheet 89.8 x 61.4 cm | Allegorical scene of Lord Calvert showing Lycurgus the document establishing civil and religious liberty in Maryland in 1649. William Penn, holding the charter for Pennsylvania, stands between them partially visible. To Calvert's left (right side of image) stand Marcus Aurelius and Anglo-Saxon King Alfred. Mary Queen…
- Contributor: Barry, James
- Date: 1793
-
Photo, Print, DrawingL'optique 1 print : stipple engraving with etching and a la poupée, color ; 67.9 x 52.7 cm (plate), 78 x 57.2 cm (sheet) | Print shows a young woman, Louise Sébastienne (Gély) Danton, and a young boy, Antoine Danton, standing at a table. They are viewing prints through an optical device called a zograscope (an optical diagonal mirror), which adds a three-dimensional illusion to…
- Contributor: Boilly, Louis
- Date: 1793-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingMarie Antoinette, late queen of France 1 print : engraving ; 15.4 x 10.5 cm (plate), 19.8 x 14.1 cm (sheet) | Print shows Marie Antoinette, half-length, facing slightly left.
- Contributor: Condé, Jean
- Date: 1793-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingEden vale, in Waltham 1 print : etching. | Print shows a bucolic farm setting in Waltham, Massachusetts.
- Contributor: Edes, Jonathan W. - Hill, Samuel
- Date: 1793-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingGeorge Washington Esq., President of the United States of America 1 print : mezzotint ; 53 x 40.5 cm. | Print showing George Washington, seated, holding proposed plan for the new capitol city of Washington.
- Contributor: Savage, Edward
- Date: 1793
-
Photo, Print, DrawingThomas Paine 1 print : engraving ; sheet 28.4 x 22.3 cm. | Print shows Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, with papers labeled "Rights of Man" and "Common Sense" on a desk with an inkwell on the left.
- Contributor: Romney, George - Sharp, William
- Date: 1793-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingThomas Paine 1 print : engraving ; plate 30.5 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 27.6 cm. | Print shows Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, with papers labeled "Rights of Man" and "Common Sense" on a desk with an inkwell on the left.
- Contributor: Romney, George - Sharp, William
- Date: 1793-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingMarie Anne Charlotte Corday 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 32 x 45 cm, sheet 38 x 27 cm.
- Contributor: Tassaert, Jean Joseph François
- Date: 1793-01-01
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Court scene, possibly during the reign of terror, with the accused man standing before the revolutionary tribunal] 1 print : engraving ; 19.1 x 11.5 cm (sheet)
- Date: 1793-01-01
-
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
Collection Items: View 18,932 Items