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Photo, Print, DrawingNouvelle forme de globe aërostatique. Au centre duquel est adapté pour point d'apui une machine aussi simple que facile à manœuvrer, pour avancer et se diriger dans les airs / 1 print : engraving. | Design drawing shows front and side elevations and plan of balloon with devices designed to facilitate navigation and maneuverability while in the air.- Contributor: Mathieu, Jean
- Date: 1784-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe captivating Miss B- [and] the American negotiator 1 print : engraving. | Cameo portraits of a woman, Miss B., a "nominal widow", and Silas Deane.- Date: 1783-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJohn Paul Jones 1 print : engraving. | Print shows John Paul Jones, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform and hat.- Contributor: Moreau, Jean Michel
- Date: 1781-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Kaminari Shōkurō, Akazawa Jūnai]
[雷庄九郎, 赤沢十内] 2 prints : woodcut, color ; 37 x 25 cm.- Contributor: Utagawa, Toyokuni
- Date: 1783
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Photo, Print, DrawingHouse-breaking, before sun-set 1 print : engraving. | British caricature showing man with musket "constitution" shooting bullets "resolve" from Treasury at man "truth" with hatchet and staff "loyality", man with axe "presumptive rights", man with crowbar "begum sophistry" and man with keys "troupes" opening lock "G.R." to the Treasury door.- Date: 1789-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783] 1 print : engraving.- Date: 1783-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingEarly European balloon, parachute, and aircraft designs 29 prints : chiefly b&w ; 59 x 44 cm. or smaller. | European prints show designs, patents, and technical illustrations for hot-air and gas balloons, airships, and heavier-than-air vehicles, many incorporating concepts for navigation and motor driven flight. Also, parachute designs; diagrams showing calculations for balloon aerodynamics, altitude and distance.- Date: 1784
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Pancake woman 1 print : engraving. | Print is a restrike of Rembrandt's 1635 engraving.- Date: 1789-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingConstitutional Club 1 print : engraving ; 26 x 33.5 (sheet) | Print of satire on the Westminster by-election of 1788 shows five men carving a fox on a table as William Pitt carries a coin-filled gravy boat inscribed "Mint sauce, Constitutional restorative" and King George III follows with a jug of "Cheltenham water, Constitutional restorative." (Source: George)- Contributor: Dent, William, Active - Dent, William
- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDescente de la machine aerostatique des Srs. Charles et Robert 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 20 x 25 cm. | Print shows Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert stepping out of their hydrogen balloon on a plain near Nesle, France after the first manned balloon flight in December of 1783.- Date: 1783-01-01
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CollectionCartoon Drawings: Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon Contains 2,085 drawings, prints, and paintings related to the art of caricature, cartoon, and illustration, spanning the years 1780 to 1977 and includes works by 521 American and foreign artists and illustrators. Most of the images are cartoons, comic strips, and periodical illustrations drawn by American artists between 1890 and 1970.- Contributor: Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection (Library of Congress) - Swann, Erwin
- Date: 1780
Collection Items: View 794 Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe polygamist. No more wives (or Mercury) dear Doctor 1 print : etching ; 22 x 19.1 cm (border)- Date: 1781-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Scenes from events and battles leading up to and during the American Revolution, 1775-1783, as depicted in 12 illustrations] 12 prints : etching ; images 10.3 x 6 cm or smaller, on two sheets 11.3 x 36 cm.- Contributor: Chodowiecki, Daniel - Sprengel, M. C. (Matthias Christian) - Berger, D. (Daniel)
- Date: 1784-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLa France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les presentent à Louis Seize et à Mr. Necker 1 print on laid paper : mezzotint and engraving printed in brown ink. | Allegory showing France as a woman receiving from the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) the wishes of the nation and presenting them to King Louis XVI and Jacques Necker, who was recalled to office in 1788.- Contributor: George IV, King of Great Britain - George IV
- Date: 1789
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Photo, Print, DrawingMrs. W-n [and] the careful commander 1 print : engraving. | Cameo portraits of a woman, Mrs. W, a widow from New York, and General Guy Carleton.- Date: 1783-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingUne faiseuse de flutte / Eine Pfeiffenmacherin (A Female Wind Instrument Maker)- Contributor: Rössler, Michael
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America 1 print : etching ; 26.2 x 36.4 cm (sheet) | Cartoon shows a Native, representing America, with a flag and liberty cap, rushing to the arms of Britannia, who holds a shield inscribed "George for Ever." A Spaniard and a Frenchman combine efforts to pull America away from England's embrace. Holland watches from a vantage point atop a barrel of herring, while Charles…- Contributor: Colley, Thomas - Colley, Thomas, Active
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingEnglish credulity or The Chevelere Morret taking a French leave 1 print : etching ; plate mark 35 x 25 cm, sheet 40 x 29 cm. | "A satirical representation of the unsuccessful attempt of the Chevalier de Moret to make a balloon ascent from Chelsea, 11 Aug. 1784..." (Source: George)- Date: 1784
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Photo, Print, DrawingFox's martyrs or The patriots in limbo 1 print : etching ; 25.2 x 34.9 cm (plate) | Print shows Charles James Fox's martyrs during the American Revolution. On the right, Frederick, Lord North, hangs from a devil's pitchfork and wears a large stone labeled "American War" from his neck. In the center, Charles Fox apologizes for his actions, in the aftermath of the 1784 general election. The 1784 Parliamentary election…- Date: 1784-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSoldiers in Uniform. This watercolor from the American War of Independence is by Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger (1762-1851), a French artist who himself fought in the war as a sub-lieutenant in a French regiment and who kept an illustrated journal of his experiences in the war. The watercolor, which appears in the journal, shows the variety of soldiers fighting for American independence, depicting, from left to…- Contributor: Verger, Jean Baptiste Antoine De
- Date: 1781-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJ. Hancock 1 print : etching. | Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in oval medallion with ribbon at the top, on pedestal, with cannon in foreground.- Contributor: Pélicier, J. - Pélicier, J., Active
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Political Cerberus 1 print : engraving. | Satire on the attempts of Fox to prevent the issue of money &c., showing dog with heads of Fox, North and Burke and with collar inscribed Coalition, fastened by the padlock of Interest.- Contributor: Dent, William, Active - Dent, William
- Date: 1784-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Glacier landscape, probably Mer de Glace and source of Arveyron River, Alps, France] 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and gouache on laid paper.- Contributor: Thornton, William
- Date: 1780
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Photo, Print, DrawingFrancis I, King of Fran[ce] 1 print : engraving ; 20 x 13 cm. | Portrait print showing Francis I, King of France. Bust portrait, right profile in oval flanked by two knights in armor. The knight on the left, representing France, with a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis, has thrown down his glove as to challenge the knight on the right, representing England, who is holding a shield bearing…- Contributor: Heath, James - Titian
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Descent of the Air-Balloon 1 print : engraving ; 18 x 10 cm. | Fanciful depiction of the landing of Etienne Montgolfier's balloon near a cottage at Vaucresson after an eight mile flight from Paris, Septembr 19, 1783, carrying three animals in a basket. The cock, the sheep, and the duck are seen on the ground; the balloon and the animals are being observed by astonished and frightened…- Date: 1783-01-01