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Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, the gambols of the Ame...

A large basket of loaves and fishes lies upset in the street, probably due to the grinning American buffalo, which looks on. Ministers and would-be ministers scramble for the fallen food. Courtesy of Boston pu... More

The colonies reduced ; Its companion

Two cartoons. The upper cartoon, "The colonies reduced," shows Britannia seated with arms and legs (labeled Pennsyl, New York, New Eng, and Virg) cut off. The lower cartoon, "Its companion," shows France defend... More

The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught

The fair Indian damsel America held down by Lord Mansfield while Lord North forces tea down her throat. Boston is cannonaded in the background. Published the day after the Boston Port Bill closed Boston's port ... More

The recruiting serjeant or Brittanniais happy prospect

Henry Fox plays the recruiting sergeant, trying to get political recruits like the Earl of Sandwich, who follows. George III and his German connections are attacked. On a pedestal is inscribed "Britannia Subac ... More

The Scotch butchery, Boston, 1775

Print shows Lords Bute and Mansfield conferring, to their right stands Simon Fraser and Lord Wedderburn, "Deputies" to the aforenamed. On the far right are soldiers wearing Highland dress (of the 71st Regiment ... More

The political cartoon, for the year 1775

Mansfield drives an open coach carrying George III and North toward a cliff. North looks on with approval -- only Chatham and Camden try to stop the coach. Across the waters America burns. Courtesy of Boston Pu... More

The new country dance, as dance at C****. July the 30th, 1766

Satire on George III's court (the king plays the fiddler). Wilkes is carried off by a witch as he relieves himself on Lord Bute. Pitt talks with a half-naked Indian representing America and the devil dances wit... More

The Whitehall pump - A drawing of a group of people standing around a ...

Lord North pumps water into the mouth of Britannia, nearly drowning her, while her Indian daughter America lies underneath her. The pump head is shaped like George III. Fox smiles on from a window in the backgr... More

Cod. Min. 53, Bd. 3, fol. 114r: Florilegium des Prinzen Eugen von Savo...

Ganze Seite: Pflanzenstudie (Bignonie “Clematis Americana Celzaohyllos. Jasmin de Virginie. Bignonia Americana, Capreolis donata, siliquâbreviori. I.R. herb. 164.”) In: Florilegium des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen... More

The patriotick barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds

Cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin - William Thornton afte...

Print shows William Thornton, bust portrait, left profile, in oval. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

The English lion dismember'd, or the voice of the public for an enquir...

A lion with one of his paws (labeled Minorca) cut off. Frenchmen consult to one side about cutting more off while the Lord Mayor of London and other English politicians consult on the other. Minorca had been lo... More

The vanity of human glory. A design for the monument of General Wolfe,...

An attack on George Sackville for his alleged misconduct at Minden. Wolfe had recently died in glory on the battlefield at Quebec. The hound in the cartoon represents Sackville -- it is disgracing itself on the... More

Vue de la prise des forts et ville de Havane par les Anglois en 1762

Print shows a perspective rendering of the bombardment of Havana by British ships and the landing of English troops where the fortress wall has been breeched to capture the city. Caption continues: Vista presp... More

The deplorable state of America or sc--h government

Britannia opens Pandora's Box (the Stamp Act) while Liberty is repressed by a thistle representing Lord Bute, or "Scotch Government." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The repeal. Or the funeral procession, of Miss Americ-stamp

The Stamp Act is put to rest in a funeral procession on a London quay. George Grenville carries the coffin and Lord Bute follows as chief mourner. This was a very popular print, frequently copied, and this vers... More

The repeal, or the funeral of Miss Ame- stamp

Magna Britania her colonies reduc'd.

Britannia seated with arms and legs (labeled Pennsyl, New York, New Eng, and Virg) cut off. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Premier distributing the loaves and fishes to the labourers in His...

Lord North on stilts supported by Mansfield and Bute distributes spoils like tithes and pensions to an unruly mob of supporters. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The state cotillon 1773 - Engraving, Public domain image

Ten men dance to a bagpipe played by Lord Bute at a council meeting. They trample on the national debt, grievance, and other official papers. George III looks on with amusement from behind a door. Courtesy of B... More

A new method of Macarony making, as practiced at Boston.

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of... More

Philip Dawe - The Bostonians in distress, plate II.

Print shows ten Bostonians in a huge cage suspended from the Liberty Tree. British seamen hand them fish while cannons, ships and soldiers surround them in the background. This was published at the time Boston ... More

Philip Dawe - The Bostonians in distress, plate II.

The thistle reel - Canada, 1775-1783

Bute, Mansfield, and North dance around the vision of a huge thistle while the devil plays the bagpipes in the clouds above. The government's policy toward America is attacked as inspired by Scottish influence,... More

The patriotick barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds, plate I...

Cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Print shows satire of American women from Edenton, North Carolina pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Virtual representation, 1775 - A drawing of a group of men in historic...

Bute aims a blunderbuss at an American gentleman with a club while Britannia falls into "the Pit Prepared for Others." In the background, Roman Catholic Quebec sits serenely on the hill while "the English Prote... More

Philip Dawe - The alternative of Williams-burg

Print shows a "Virginian loyalist" being forced to sign a document, possibly issued by the Williamsburg Convention, by a club-wielding mob of "liberty men." On the left, a man is being led towards a gallows sta... More

A political lesson - A black and white drawing of a man on a horse

A rider representing England falls off his horse on the road from Salem to Boston. At this time the port of Boston was closed and Salem was the nearest port open. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

News from America, or the patriots in the dumps

Lord North shows a letter from General Howe, whose victory at Long Island had just recently been announced. A dowdy, bare-breasted woman with a liberty cap falls down weeping and American ships sink in the back... More

The parricide. A sketch of modern patriotism

An Indian maiden, America, directed by Wilkes, stabs a half-clothed Britannia, who is also being attacked by Camden's lion. Cresswell comments that this lacks the humor found in most English cartoons at the tim... More

A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778

In the foreground, an American Indian saws off the one remaining horn of a cow representing Britain. A Dutchman milks the cow while a Frenchman and Spaniard await their turns. In the background, the Howe brothe... More

A picturesque view of the state of Great Britain for (1778? or 1780?)

The present state of Great Britain

John Bull protected by a Scot (Bute) who is holding off a foppish Frenchman with one hand while helping John Bull to hold up a staff with a liberty cap with the other hand. A Dutchman picks john Bull's pocket w... More

The family compact - A drawing of three people dressed in costumes

The devil holds the kings of Spain and France together. This was in reference to the Bourbon Family Compact, whereby Spain joined France against England. The publication line mocks British copyright laws -- "Pu... More

Omne animal post Coitum triste praeter Gallum. Leur imprudence présomp...

Dorothy George, BM 5581, mentions two French satires. One is entitled "O qu'el d'estain," and shows a tiger (England) being attacked by a cock (France), a lion (Spain), and a snake (America). The title is a pun... More

The political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during...

A boy looks into a peep show to see twelve pictures of recent events in the British empire. 1) Lord North borrows money from Jews while Spain declares war on England. 2) The English general Burgoyne kneels to A... More

The siege of Rhode Island, taken from Mr. Brindley's house on the 25th...

Print shows General John Sullivan's troops advancing on the British at Newport, Rhode Island; includes identifying letters that may correspond to a key or legend possibly published along with the print in The G... More

The English lion dismember'd or the voice of the public for an enquiry...

Similar to 1756 cartoon on Minorca. Lord North carries a large sack entitled BUDGET as he drags the British lion on a chain behind him. The lion has lost one of its paws (labeled America) to an American Indian'... More

Het tegenwoordig verward Europa

England is in danger because her bank is suspended on the horn of a unicorn while infant America, France, and Spain harass him. Only a Dutch skipper helps England. The Netherlands was primarily concerned for it... More

Eerwardigen Nederlander. De tweede oeconomische plaat

Anti-English cartoon of war years. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Het tegenwoordig verward Europa

The allies - par nobile fratrum!

Print shows George III sharing a bone with a Native chief. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Den door list en geweld Aangevallen leeuw

Propaganda of the pro-English party of the Stadtholder, which was opposed by the "Patriots" of the Dutch cities and especially of Amsterdam, where French influence was potent. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

De eerste oeconomische plaat. Een jongen ryken Hollander

Concerns the problems of Dutch neutrality amid the warring powers of Europe. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

York town - A drawing of a group of people on horseback

An emaciated cow representing British commerce grazed on Scottish thistles. Men representing France, Spain, and Holland have just milked the cow. The British lion howls because he has hurt his foot on a broken ... More

The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America

An American Indian rushes into the arms of Britannia while a Spaniard and Frenchman try to keep her away. A Dutchman looks on to see who will win the struggle. Catherine the Great had offered to mediate and thi... More

The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782

Old ministers are driven over the cliff into hell by new ministry, including Fox, Burke, and Wilkes. Bute flees on the back of a witch. Dorothy George argues that the attribution "Razo Rezio inv, Crunk Fogo scu... More

The royal hunt, or a prospect of the year 1782

Sandwich and North carouse with courtesans while an American Indian, a Frenchman, a Spaniard and a Dutchman are pulling the pillars out from under the British Empire. This print, attributed to Townshend, was co... More

Offrandes faites au capitaine Cook, aux isles Sandwich Benard direxit

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 Agriculture. ... More

Thomas Rowlandson - The loss of Eden, - and Eden, lost.

A pun on William Eden, who was asked by Pitt to negotiate the commercial treaty with France, but turned to America instead. He is compared with Benedict Arnold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowland... More

Bombardment of Algiers / Sergent, delint. ; Barlow, sculpt.

Print shows fighting in the streets during the bombardment of Algiers, with women fighting, armed with knives, to protect their children against men armed with swords, while buildings are burning in the backgro... More

Bust portrait of unidentified woman, facing right

Irregular edges on two sides as print was torn from a sheet. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Lib... More

Twenty five dollars - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows a bank note for $25 with a bust portrait of George Washington, right profile, in a medallion surrounded by text which states: "The President, Directois and Company of Washington Bank in Westerly [Rh... More

Single renuclus i.e., ranunculus, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a ranunculus with blossoms and leaves. Printed outside border at top right: 4. Watermark on right side showing a portion of letters. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at ... More

The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 177...

Print shows British troops firing on a group of citizens on a street in Boston, Massachusetts, with the Royal Custom House known as "Butcher's Hall" on the right, the First Church and Town House in the backgrou... More

Theory of navigable canals J. Pass sculpt

Print shows several figures illustrating the mechanical devices that operate the hydraulic and dragging mechanisms, and other features of canal operations, also shows a canal boat loaded with freight. Printed ... More

Single annemones i.e., anemones, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows an anemone with blossoms and leaves. Printed outside border at top right: 2. Watermark on right side showing the top or bottom portion of a crown. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson ... More

Gilbert Stuart 1805 - Print, Library of Congress collection silhouette...

Print shows a silhouette bust portrait of a man, facing left, by "Gilbert Stuart 1805" above text with signature of Gilbert Stuart, with text that follows "... I have been an author myself. Yours, &c. Wm. Cobbe... More

Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts. Founded 1805 J.J. Barralet del. ; B...

Print shows an exterior view of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building printed at the top of certificate "No. 1002", which states that W.P. Cresson a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine A... More

Schuylkill Bridge High Street Philadelphia / [drawn by W. Birch ; engr...

Print shows a view of the Schuylkill Bridge at High Street, Philadelphia, with exposed frame structure prior to being enclosed; insert at bottom center shows a view of the bridge as covered. On the left, a man ... More

The little man in black - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows a caricature of Aaron Burr, full-length portrait, right profile, carrying a book titled "Linkum Fidelius"; originally published in "Salmagundi" by Washington Irving. (DLC/PP-1998:151). Forms part o... More

In crowds the ladies ran, all wish'd to see and touch the tawny man Ti...

Print shows a tall Native, missing one eye, standing with five women and two men on a street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also a cluster of women and a few men at the entrance to a building behind them. In th... More

Scene on the Susquehannah [sic.] See the Foresters a poem

Print shows Alexander Wilson and two companions walking along a trail in a heavily wooded area near the Susquehanna River where they encounter a large rattlesnake blocking their way, one man raises a rifle to s... More

View of the great pitch taken from below Barralet delt. from a sketch ...

Print shows great volumes of water cascading over a cliff as seen from below, at Niagara Falls. Illus from: The Port Folio / Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Pa. : The Editor and Asbury Dickens, New Series... More

Sweet pea, hyacinth, sun flower Thackara sc

Print shows a bouquet of sweet pea blossoms, hyacinths, and a sunflower tied with a ribbon, and with a butterfly or moth perched on the sunflower. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fil... More

The Revd. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in ...

Print shows Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, with right hand resting on small book. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: M... More

Aricula sic, apple blossom, great daffodil Thackara sc

Print shows a bouquet of spring blossoms and flowers tied with a ribbon; shown are a Primula auricula cultivar, a sprig of apple blossoms, and daffodils. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Popular graphic art pr... More

Canals. Bridges - view: fig 42, section fig. 41, plan fig. 40 G. Murra...

Print shows three views of a bridge over a canal, side view, end view, and overhead view. Printed on upper right corner: Plate VI. (DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library o... More

George E. Blake no. 13, So. 5th St. Philadelphia. Piano-forte maker. &...

Print shows a woman playing an upright piano or piano-forte manufactured by "G.E. Blake". Printed at bottom left: Pianos to Hire. Printed at bottom right: Music Bound. (DLC/PP-2001:-068) Forms part of: Marian ... More

Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia

Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Trimmed to wit... More

Album lithographique Vauzelle del, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows gothic architecture, possibly of a church with an opening at center that frames a landscape scene with a large stone slab labeled "Album Lithographique" that may have formed the side of the building... More

Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia

A match between a race horse, and a hobby horse. engd. by Gebolidus Cr...

Print shows a man on a velocipede running to the left well ahead of a man on a race horse; several spectators comment on the race, which is closely followed by two barking dogs. Printed at bottom center: "Just... More

Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi painted by J. Shaw ; engraved ...

Print shows a view through an opening in the trees of a small cascade of water forming the St. Anthony waterfalls. Illus. from: Picturesque views of American scenery, 1820 by J. Shaw. Philadelphia : M. Carey &... More

Art academy showing students at work on various projects

(DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Amity enterprise - coin, public domain photograph

Print shows a Native man sitting on a log on the left, a bundle of arrows at his feet and a tomahawk peace pipe between his legs, he is offering an ear of corn to a pioneer who is sitting on a tree stump on the... More

Durand & Co. bank note engravers

Print shows a sample bank note surrounded by vignettes of allegorical scenes, portraits, including George Washington, numbers, and various designs. Possibly engraved by Cyrus Durand or Asher B. Durand. (DLC/PP... More

Polygraph. Hawkins's machine for writing, drawing &c. / J. Pass sc.

Print shows a duplicating device, or polygraph, for simultaneously producing two copies of a handwritten document. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Oft in the stilly night arranged for the Spanish guitar by B.F. Peale

Print shows sheet music with musical notation and words, including the second verse, to the song "Oft in the stilly night arranged for the Spanish guitar, by B.F. Peale." Publication date based on copyright st... More

A view of the residence of the late Richard Jordan taken from Newtown ...

Print shows a man, possibly Quaker preacher Richard Jordan, walking along a cart path with fenced areas to the right and left and his house in the background with outbuildings on both sides; a large cow or ox i... More

First plate of four subjects, for Birch's Philadelphia

Print showing four vignette views on one sheet; upper left, "Franklin Library in 1800", bottom left, "Swedes Church Southwark", upper right, "Pennsylvania Hospital in 1800", and bottom right, "High St. Market H... More

Mr. Jefferson as Solus / engraved by D. Edwin from a painting by J. Ne...

Print shows Joseph Jefferson half-length portrait, facing right, in the role of the character "Solus" in Mrs. Inchbald's play "Every one has his fault; a comedy, in five acts." Printed below attribution statem... More

[Mount Vernon] - Engraving, Public domain image

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 679. (DLC/PP-1996:032.11). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Joseph McDowell Philadelphia W. Hay sc

Print shows an interior view of Joseph McDowell's papermaking mill in a medallion resting on the products of commerce, with a banner at top that states "To Flourish Unite Nature Commerce & Arts. Explore most di... More

A monday morning view of Friends meeting house and academy, Philada. f...

Print shows many Quakers and others walking along the sidewalk in front of the Friends' Meeting House and Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; also shows two African American children with a large pig on the ... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 C

Print shows an African American woman, wearing a very large hat, in a shop trying to purchase a pair of stockings. Plate XI. Caption: "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" "Oui Madame! her... More

A fourth day morning view of Friends meeting house on Cherry Street, P...

Print shows many Quakers walking along the sidewalk on Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the Friends' Meeting House in the background. Caption continues: This building which is about 42 feet fron... More

[Pages 37 - 40 of an album of figure studies]

Album consists of four sheets loosely stitched together with thread, printed with figure studies of various animals. (DLC/PP-1998:151). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

A family losing their possessions after the husband turns to drink

Print shows debt collectors, on the left, removing the possessions of a destitute family; the wife/mother and the children are on the right with the husband/father who is sitting before the fireplace, drinking ... More

Great tailed squirrel from nature and on stone by T. Doughty ; from Ch...

Print shows a rabbit, right profile, sitting on a tree stump, holding a nut, in a natural landscape. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 23. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and American rural sports... More

American porcupine E.S. Mesier's Lith. ; J.G. Clonney del

Print shows a porcupine, right profile, standing in a natural landscape. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 12. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Newfoundland dog from nature and on stone by T. Doughty ; from Childs ...

Print shows a Newfoundland dog, right profile, in a natural landscape at the edge of a large body of water. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 5. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and American rural ... More

Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen / drawn an...

Print is a certificate of membership in the Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen which depicts a scene of firemen putting out a fire in a burning building and rescuing citizens from anoth... More

Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co

Print shows a specimen sheet of bank note vignettes depicting many female figures and some male figures as allegorical images representing commerce, industy, and abundance, also portraits, including George Wash... More

American porcupine from nature and on stone by T. Doughty ; from Child...

Print shows a porcupine, right profile, standing in a natural landscape. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 21. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and American rural sports. Philadelphia : J. & T. Dou... More

Argali on stone by T. Doughty ; from Childs & Inman's Press

Print shows a Bighorn sheep ram standing in a rocky or mountainous landscape, with an ewe standing in the background. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 17. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and Amer... More

Scroll design with branches and blue flowers

(DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

The Colonel electioneering. How to get a vote, or going fixed for the ...

Print shows a man at center, assumed to be Davy Crockett, standing on a busy commercial street, offering one man a drink and another man tobacco, while campaigning for political office. Two dogs have stopped to... More

Red fox from nature and on stone by T. Doughty ; Childs Lith

Print shows a red fox, in a natural landscape, that has stolen and killed a chicken from a nearby farm. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 3. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and American rural spor... More

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