Fee Simple, a councellor and Beau Bungey, a cringing courtier
1 print : etching. | Two Lilliputian figures, a lawyer and a courtier, or landholder, stand discussing the means by which the courtier will settle his estate. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial borders.
Date:1726-01-01
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Gong ke zei chao
攻克賊巢
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644--1911), who ruled from 1735 to 1796. They depict his military campaigns in China's inner provinces and along the country's frontiers. The master illustrations for the engravings were large paintings done by…
Can love be controul'd by advice? Will Cupid our mothers obey?
1 drawing : black and brown inks with watercolor on wove paper ; 13 x 16 cm. (sheet) | A distraught woman wearing a polka dot dress kneels, with handkerchief in hand, before a woman in a bonnet and apron, pointing her finger in a scolding gesture.
Uzura hibari
1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.8 x 37.1 cm. | Print shows a meadowlark and two quail among bushes on the ground.
Contributor:
Kitagawa, Utamaro
Date:1790-01-01
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The political cartoon for the year 1775
1 print : etching with engraving ; 12.5 x 19.3 cm (sheet, partially trimmed within platemark) | 1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; 11.7 x 18.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) | Cartoon shows George III and Lord Mansfield, seated on an open chaise drawn by two horses labeled "Obstinacy" and "Pride," about to lead Britain into an abyss represented by the…
Monstrous craws, at a new coalition feast
1 print : etching with aquatint. | Cartoon shows King George, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen; they eagerly spoon the contents, representing gold coins, into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales,…
A view of the town of Boston the capital of New England
AA size 1 print : engraving ; sheet 14.3 x 23.3 cm, on paper mount 17.1 x 24.5 cm. | A size 1 print : engraving ; sheet 14.8 x 23.3 cm, on paper mount 16.4 x 26.5 cm. | Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River.
King Canute ye Dane
1 print : engraving. | Canute, King of England, Denmark and Norway, bust portrait, left profile, with ornaments and vignette below portrait depicting the story of Canute and his courtiers.
[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 5]
1 picture : hollow-cut white paper silhouette, mounted on black paper ; irregular image 7 x 4 cm, cut from sheet 13 x 11 cm. | Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified woman facing left with a bun in her hair, and strand of hair over her forehead.
Cape Vultures.
These sketches of Gyps coprotheres (Cape vultures) are from a set of 27 drawings on 15 sheets that was discovered in the National Library of South Africa in 1986. The drawings are important for presenting the earliest realistic depictions of the Khoikhoi, the original inhabitants of the Western Cape. The note, in Dutch, explains: "These birds are called 'strontvogels' [excrement birds] by the Hottentots,…
The great South Sea caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath butterfly
1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows the metamorphosis of Sir Joseph Banks from a caterpillar to a butterfly upon his investiture with the Order of the Bath as a result of his South Sea expedition. Draped with the ribbon, and wearing the jewel, of Bath, he rises, chrysalis shaped, from the mudflats on butterfly wings emblazoned with sea creatures towards a radiant…
Photo, Print, DrawingView of part of Whitehall, shewing the Admiralty Office, with the new gateway, designed & executed in the year 1760, & also a part of the Horse Guards, &c. 1 print : engraving. | Westminster, London, England.
Photo, Print, DrawingVeduta del porto de Malamocco ai lidi di Venezia 1 print : engraving. | Print showing harbor scene in Venice.
Photo, Print, DrawingFee Simple, a councellor and Beau Bungey, a cringing courtier 1 print : etching. | Two Lilliputian figures, a lawyer and a courtier, or landholder, stand discussing the means by which the courtier will settle his estate. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial borders.
Photo, Print, DrawingGong ke zei chao
Photo, Print, DrawingCan love be controul'd by advice? Will Cupid our mothers obey? 1 drawing : black and brown inks with watercolor on wove paper ; 13 x 16 cm. (sheet) | A distraught woman wearing a polka dot dress kneels, with handkerchief in hand, before a woman in a bonnet and apron, pointing her finger in a scolding gesture.
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Photo, Print, DrawingUzura hibari 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.8 x 37.1 cm. | Print shows a meadowlark and two quail among bushes on the ground.
Photo, Print, DrawingThe political cartoon for the year 1775 1 print : etching with engraving ; 12.5 x 19.3 cm (sheet, partially trimmed within platemark) | 1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; 11.7 x 18.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) | Cartoon shows George III and Lord Mansfield, seated on an open chaise drawn by two horses labeled "Obstinacy" and "Pride," about to lead Britain into an abyss represented by the…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe honble. Chas. James Fox 1 print : engraving. | Charles James Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.
Photo, Print, DrawingShakespeare - Troilus & Cressida, act v, scene ii 1 print : engraving.
Photo, Print, DrawingMonstrous craws, at a new coalition feast 1 print : etching with aquatint. | Cartoon shows King George, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen; they eagerly spoon the contents, representing gold coins, into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales,…
Photo, Print, DrawingTo the very respectable the linen merchants and manufactures of Ireland, ... this perspective view of the Linen Hall in Dublin with the boxes and bales of linen ready for exportation, the … 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; 38 x 45 cm. (sheet) | Print shows linen merchants and manufacturers standing in front of Linen Hall, Dublin, Ireland.
Photo, Print, DrawingYanagi no kezuribana 1 print : woodcut, color ; 13.8 x 18.5 cm. | Print shows the text of two poems.
Photo, Print, Drawing[The victories at war of the Chinese emperor Ch'ien Lung, between 1736 and 1795] 1 print : copper engraving.
Photo, Print, DrawingA view of the town of Boston the capital of New England AA size 1 print : engraving ; sheet 14.3 x 23.3 cm, on paper mount 17.1 x 24.5 cm. | A size 1 print : engraving ; sheet 14.8 x 23.3 cm, on paper mount 16.4 x 26.5 cm. | Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River.
Photo, Print, DrawingA caution to old batchellors & c. or an emblem of marriage in high life, founded on a true story lately transacted near Bath 1 print : engraving. | Young man and woman in stylish dress carrying riding whips past old man in socks.
Photo, Print, DrawingKing Canute ye Dane 1 print : engraving. | Canute, King of England, Denmark and Norway, bust portrait, left profile, with ornaments and vignette below portrait depicting the story of Canute and his courtiers.
Photo, Print, DrawingGrande armée du cidev. [i.e., au cidevant] L[e] Prince de Condé 1 print : etching ; 39.5 x 52.3 cm (sheet) | Cartoon showing the Prince de Condé (Louis-Joseph) smoking a long pipe and reviewing his army, represented as miniature soldiers, as they are unpacked from a crate by a young bare-breasted woman and a military officer; standing behind Condé is Charles Marie de Beaumont d'Autichamp, holding a map marked "Plan du Clermontois." Other figures,…
Photo, Print, DrawingAn east view of the new meeting house in Hollis Street, Boston 1 print : etching. | Print shows a perspective view of the front and side of the Hollis Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photo, Print, Drawing[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 5] 1 picture : hollow-cut white paper silhouette, mounted on black paper ; irregular image 7 x 4 cm, cut from sheet 13 x 11 cm. | Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified woman facing left with a bun in her hair, and strand of hair over her forehead.
Photo, Print, DrawingThe Boston Gazette, and Country Journal. Monday, March 12, 1770 1 item. | Issue dealing with Boston Massacre.
Photo, Print, DrawingMr. Timothy Rack Rent, an old miserable landlord, & his neighbour Lease-hold, a country attorney 1 print : engraving. | Landlord telling leaseholder he is raising his rent.
Photo, Print, Drawing[The victories at war of the Chinese emperor Ch'ien Lung, between 1736 and 1795] 1 print : copper engraving.
Photo, Print, DrawingCape Vultures. These sketches of Gyps coprotheres (Cape vultures) are from a set of 27 drawings on 15 sheets that was discovered in the National Library of South Africa in 1986. The drawings are important for presenting the earliest realistic depictions of the Khoikhoi, the original inhabitants of the Western Cape. The note, in Dutch, explains: "These birds are called 'strontvogels' [excrement birds] by the Hottentots,…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe great South Sea caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath butterfly 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows the metamorphosis of Sir Joseph Banks from a caterpillar to a butterfly upon his investiture with the Order of the Bath as a result of his South Sea expedition. Draped with the ribbon, and wearing the jewel, of Bath, he rises, chrysalis shaped, from the mudflats on butterfly wings emblazoned with sea creatures towards a radiant…