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Photo, Print, DrawingAmerica triumphant and Britannia in distress 1 print on laid paper : etching ; sheet (trimmed irregularly) 18 x 20.5 cm. | A crude allegory of American prosperity and victory over England. Below the image an "Explanation" reads: "I America sitting on that quarter of the globe with the Flag of the United States displayed over her head; holding in one hand the Olive branch, inviting the ships of all…- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingParadice lost 1 print : etching. | Print shows Charles James Fox with a handful of switches driving four old ministers (possibly lords North, Germain, Sandwich), and Lord Bute from paradise.- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Musical Family Concert of Ladies- Contributor: Unknown Artist
- Date: 1770
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Henry Grattan, Irish orator and statesman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left] 1 print : engraving.- Contributor: Lewis, F. C.
- Date: 1782-01-01
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CollectionTissandier Collection The Tissandier Collection contains approximately 975 items documenting the early history of aeronautics with an emphasis on balloon flight in France and other European countries. Subjects include general and technical images of balloons, airships, and flying machines; portraits of famous balloonists; views of numerous ascensions, accidents, and world's fairs; cartoons featuring balloon themes; pictorial and textual broadsides; and colorful ephemera and poster advertisements. There…- Contributor: Tissandier, Gaston - Tissandier, Albert
- Date: 1773
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe Joueur de Cornemuse (The Bagpiper)- Contributor: Helman, Isidore-Stanislas,/1809
- Date: 1770
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Photo, Print, DrawingHanetsuki no danjo 1 print : woodcut, color ; 68 x 11.4 cm. | Print shows a young man lifting a young woman who is holding aloft a badminton paddle.- Contributor: Torii, Kiyonaga
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingUtilité particuliére, du vaisseau volant Divers utilités, du vaisseau volant. Two songs illustrated with humorous pictures of men using flying machines for various purposes. The left panel shows a man fleeing from his creditors, while the four vignettes to the right depict a clergyman, astronomer, and two other men using the airship for noble pursuits. Satirizes Jean Pierre Blanchard's ca. 1782 design for a "vaisseau volant," an airship that was never flown.- Date: 1782
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Photo, Print, DrawingWonders wonders wonders & wonders - dedicated to the wonderfull wonderfull wonderer 1 print : etching. | Print shows Britannia and America, several British ministers, and King George III, they appear as couples shaking hands, except for the central figure of three. Standing on the left is Britannia with the British lion at her feet, largely obscured by her shield, she is shaking hands with a Native woman, representing America, wearing a feathered headdress and skirt,…- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingL'Aimable Accord (The Pleasant Harmony)- Contributor: Tardieu, Elisabeth Claire
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingOhan chōemon 1 print : woodcut, color ; 60.5 x 11.1 cm. | Print shows a porter carrying a woman across a stream.- Contributor: Torii, Kiyonaga
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe horrors of war a vision or a scene in the tragedy of K:Rich:3 1 print : etching and engraving, hand-colored ; 26 x 34.8 cm (sheet) | Print shows Lord North and another minister having a vision of the atrocities committed against America; they see an image of corruption holding a cup of poison from which Britannia, reclining with sheild and spear, has drunk, and a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt, representing America, with mutilated breast,…- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe belligerent plenipo's 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 25.7 x 36.2 cm (sheet) | Cartoon shows America, on the right, represented by an Indian, celebrating her new acquisition, half of the English king's crown, while her allies, the King of France, a Dutchman, and a Spaniard complain at having received no compensation for their support, represented by injuries resulting in missing body parts which lay at…- Contributor: Colley, Thomas - Colley, Thomas, Active
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingHenry Laurens Esq'r. president of the American Congress 1778 1 print : mezzotint. | Print shows Henry Laurens, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly left. Includes remarque showing a Native American man holding a shield with three birds on it.- Contributor: Copley, John Singleton - Green, Valentine
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe V- - - [Victualling] committee framing a report 1 print : engraving, color. | "Members of a parliamentary committee seated round an oblong table; two tiers of raised seats are on the farther side of the table, in the centre of the upper tier sits the chairman, immediately below him the clerk of the committee is 'framing' the Report..." (Source: George)- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe catch singers 1 print : etching. | Print shows Lord North, on the right, Lord Germain, and Lord Sandwich (or Richard Howe) sitting around a table, with William Howe standing at the end of the table on the left; they are toasting their financial success as a result of the war in America.- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLa balle a frappé son amante 1 print : etching. | Print shows the death of Molly, a scene from the fictional "Histoire de Seymour & de Molly." After the wedding ceremony joining Seymour and Molly, and as the wedding feast is about to begin, British troops burst upon the scene; the Americans flee into the woods, however, Molly receives a fatal wound.- Contributor: Halbou, Louis Michel,approximately 1809 - Halbou, Louis Michel - Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe thunderer 1 print : etching. | Color impression 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 35.1 x 24.5 cm. | Print shows Banastre Tarleton boasting of his exploits to the Prince of Wales outside a brothel labeled "The Whirligig."- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPictorial ephemera related to early balloon flight in Europe 54 items : many color ; 46 x 59 cm. or smaller. | Pictorial ephemera from the 18th and 19th centuries, reflecting events in balloon flight. Items include collecting cards documenting the early history of ballooning; tickets to balloon ascensions; a song about balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard; notation for a country dance inspired by the landing of an unmanned balloon, The Globe, at Gonesse, France,…- Date: 1782
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Photo, Print, DrawingPeintures antiques découvertes à Herculanum et conservées dans le Musaeum de Portici, no. 38 (Antique paintings discovered at Herculaneum and conserved in the Museum of Portici, no. 38)- Contributor: Stagnon, Antoine Maria
- Date: 1782
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Photo, Print, DrawingGloria Mundi, or The Devil addressing the sun - Pare. Lost, Book IV 1 print : etching. | Cartoon showing Charles James Fox standing on a roulette wheel perched atop a globe showing England and continental Europe, the implication is that his penniless state, indicated by turned-out pockets, is due to gambling; he looks over his left shoulder up at a bust of Shelburne who, like the sun, is beaming radiantly. Like Edmund Burke, Fox resigned his…- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGeorge III, King of Great Britain &c 1 print : engraving. | Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown.- Contributor: Reynolds, Joshua - Reynolds, Joshua, Sir - Pollard, Robert
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe bull over-drove, or, The drivers in danger 1 print : etching and engraving. | Print shows a bull trampling the prostrate body of Lord Sandwich, lead driver, and kicking toward Lord North and George Germain, the "drivers in danger." The bull is charging toward three men, representing France, America, and Spain; in the background, on the left, British sailors cheer.- Contributor: Harris, J. (John)
- Date: 1782