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Photo, Print, Drawing[The Recorder Lesson]- Contributor: Cattini, Giovanni
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingShodan 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.4 x 18.3 cm. | Print shows a confrontation between a court official and a lesser official with his wife standing nearby, following an offense by the court official; this sets the stage, in later acts, for the lesser official's ritual suicide and the revenge of the 47 rōnin (samurai who revenge their master's death by killing the…- Contributor: Katsukawa, Shunshō
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingVaux-Hall 1 print : etching and aquatint. | Print showing large crowd gathered before a pavilion in Vauxhall Gardens where Mrs. Weichsel (Billington) is singing, in the lower left, Dr. Johnson is seated at a table, eating, facing front, with James Boswell and Oliver Goldsmith seated at the ends of the table, to the right of center, the Prince of Wales is whispering in the…- Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas - Jukes, Francis - Pollard, Robert
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSir Roger Curtis 1 print : engraving. | Sir Roger Curtis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform; in framed medallion on pedestal.- Contributor: Fielding, John - Fielding, John (Bookseller)
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLord Robert Manners mortally wounded, on board the Resolution, in the memorable engagement between Admiral Rodney & Count de Grasse, in the West Indies, the 12th of April 1782 1 print : engraving. | Print shows a group of sailors attending to Lord Robert Manners during battle between the British fleet and the French fleet in the West Indies.- Contributor: Grignion, Charles
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Portrait of a boy] 1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on laid paper mounted on board ; sheet 37.8 x 29.7 cm.- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLieutenant Moody - this officer during the American war distinguish'd himself as one of the most gallant partizans in the British service, & ... made himself the terror of the rebels 1 print : engraving and aquatint. | Print shows Lt. James Moody freeing a British soldier held prisoner by the Americans.- Contributor: Jukes, Francis - Pollard, Robert
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[possibly Michel de La Barre, flutist and composer, ca. 1675-1745]- Contributor: [Possibly André Bouys]
- Date: 1700
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CollectionCartoon Prints, American This assemblage of more than 800 prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art. Most of the prints are from the division's PC/US series, which consists of individually cataloged political cartoons and caricatures. All of the prints meet two criteria: they were originally designed to express sentiments relating to civic life and government in the United…- Contributor: Maurer, Louis - Robinson, Henry R. - Bucholzer, H. - Currier, Nathaniel - Clay, Edward Williams - Magee, John L. - Baillie, James S. - Currier & Ives - Childs, John
- Date: 1766
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Photo, Print, DrawingOffrandes faites au capitaine Cook, aux isles Sandwich 1 print : engraving, chine collé ; plate 24.2 x 38 cm, sheet 27.5 x 41.5 cm, on mount 35.9 x 46.7 cm. | Print shows a Native priest offering a roast pig to Captain James Cook at a dinner with other priests and a few members of Cook's staff, in front of a tall wooden idol and the temple of the God of…- Contributor: Bénard, Robert - Webber, John
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLa Sainte Vierge (The Holy Virgin)- Contributor: Pigné, Nicolas
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, Drawing[possibly Michel de La Barre, flutist and composer, ca. 1675-1745]- Contributor: [Possibly André Bouys]
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingLa Flûte lui tint lieu de Lyre chez Admète (The Flute took the place of the Lyre at the home of Admetus)- Contributor: Duflos, Claude-Augustin-Pierre
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingCarte ou plan géométral fait à vol d'oiseau de l'antique ville de Syracuse et de fes environs 1 print : engraving.- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGallant behavior of an English sailor in offering a sword to an unarmed Spaniard to defend himself, at the taking of Fort Omoa, in the Bay of Honduras, October 20th 1779 1 print : engraving, hand-colored.- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDe La Fayette 1 print : engraving. | Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing uniform; medallion on pedestal with nameplate.- Contributor: Fielding, John - Fielding, John (Bookseller)
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingHanami zuki 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22.4 x 15.9 cm. | Print shows two women and a child outside a building with cherry trees in blossom.- Contributor: Torii, Kiyonaga
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSchreiber collection of European book illustrations Wilhelm Schreiber (1855-1932), German printmaking scholar and author of the major reference work Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle (1891-1911), organized a personal study collection of over 20,000 book illustrations produced during the 15th through the 18th centuries. The Library acquired this collection in 1929 along with Schreiber's handwritten inventory. (Source: Melville guide)- Contributor: Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig
- Date: 1400
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Photo, Print, DrawingGen. Washington 1 print : etching and engraving. | Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform; framed medallion on pedestal with nameplate.- Contributor: Angus, W. (William), Active 18th Century-19th Century - Angus, W. (William) - Fielding, John - Fielding, John (Bookseller)
- Date: 1785-01-01
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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, Albert - Tissandier, Gaston
- Date: 1773
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CollectionDrawings (Documentary) The Documentary Drawings category includes more than 4,000 drawings made between 1750 and 1970. Eye-witness sketches made during the U.S. Civil War are the most frequently used images. Also included are topographical views, bank note vignettes, portraits, and courtroom sketches. A large group of Russian drawings show areas of China in the 1800s. Among the well-known artists represented by numerous works are William Birch,…- Date: 1750
Collection Items: View 3,361 Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingLa Tentation de St. Antoine (The Temptation of St. Anthony)- Contributor: Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe
- Date: 1700
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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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