revolution, politics and government

Pro bono publico - the public cluster in terrorem / WD., British Carto...

Print shows a grapevine twisted about a gibbet from which hangs a pendulous bunch of grapes with the faces of various British ministers, the most prominent being that of Charles James Fox, with Lord North sligh... More

Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...

A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... More

Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...

Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More

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

Print shows a number of prominent figures in a line dancing, above the dancers is John Wilkes riding behind a witch on a broom, he is defecating on Lord Bute; other dancers include the Prince of Wales, William ... More

Common-wealth - the colossus, British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Pitt walking on stilts; the right stilt, labeled "Sedition", points to New York, the left, labeled "Popularity", is firmly planted in London. He uses one crutch, labeled "Pension", for suppo... More

The triumph of America, British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, driving a triumphal carriage in which rides a Native American representing America. The carriage is drawn by a team of six horses, "Royal Oak, Crafty, Weathe... More

The north star. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

Print shows Lord Bute seated on clouds from behind which project rays of the sun, he holds a cat-o'-nine-tails in one hand, a purse in the other, his feet rest on an open volume of "the Laws of England". To his... More

The machine to go without asses, British Cartoon Print

Print shows George III and Liberty riding in a carriage labeled "Magna Charta" as it passes over the Duke of Grafton, the Earl of Bute, Lord Holland, and Lord Mansfield. Design'd & engrav'd for the Political R... More

The conference. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

Print shows William Beckford rebuking Thomas Harley beneath which is printed a petition containing 14 points, "Instructions given to Sir Robert Ladbrooke, Knt. William Beckford, Esq; the Right Hon. Thomas Harle... More

The Chevalier D'--n producing his evidence against certain persons, Br...

Print shows opposing groups of government officials; Chevalier D'Eon, portrayed as an ape, vomits on Lord Bute who stands before other members of the Duke of Grafton's ministry and astride the Earl of Hillsboro... More

The ever-memorable peace-makers settling their accounts, British Carto...

Print shows the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Bute, and Lord Holland portrayed as a fox, with the Devil behind him, seated at a table. Lord Holland writes in a ledger labeled "Unacd Millions". Catalogue of prin... More

The city carriers. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

Print shows Samuel Turner, Lord Mayor of London, at the head of a procession, alongside Liberty, to present the petition of the Livery of London to the king. Truth rides sidesaddle on a donkey followed by Willi... More

The times - taken from an original character which appear'd at the mas...

Print shows the figure of a man draped with ribbons labeled with the issues of the times.

The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller / design'd ...

Print shows Lord North and another minister with the Devil who has conjured a Native male figure, representing America, standing on a prostrate soldier and holding a building, representing Parliament, from whic... More

The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Britis...

Print shows Lord North pumping water from a water fountain topped with the head of George III onto the prostrate bodies of Britannia and a Native figure representing America. Several ministers and judges look o... More

The dissolution of P[arliamen]t

Print shows members of Parliament riding in a large carriage past a building commemorating "John Wilkes Esqr."

The colossus of the North; or the striding Boreas, British Cartoon Pri...

Print shows Lord North, astride a stream flowing from Westminster Hall, standing on two blocks labeled "Tyranny" and "Venality"; flowing down stream are members of Parliament, at the head of the stream stands J... More

A political lesson / J. Dixon invenit et fecit., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a rearing black stallion (possibly representing America) which has thrown its rider (possibly representing England). The rider has struck his head on a mile marker "To Boston VI miles" behind which ... More

The thistle reel. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Print shows Lords Bute, North, and Mansfield dancing around a large thistle entwined with a garter ribbon bearing the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense"; Mansfield is holding the "Quebec Bill" in his left hand. ... More

Virtual representation, 1775. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American re... More

An old fox tarr'd and feather'd

Print shows title page illustration of caricature of John Wesley as a fox in clerical robes. Illus. in: An old fox tarr'd and feather'd / Augustus Montague Toplady. London : Printed for M. Lewis [etc.], 1775, ... More

The congress or the necessary politicians, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men sitting in a privy, one uses pieces of the "Resolution[s] of the [C]ongress" to clean himself, while the other intently reads "P[amphlet En]titled Taxation [No] Tir[anny]", suggesting that w... More

Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America, [Title page]

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Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, rema...

Title page from published response to Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the followin...

Title page from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Caption continues: I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession... More

The blessed effects of venality, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man, possibly George III, chopping a leg "Commons" of a three-legged stool, "Lords" and "Privy Council" being the other two legs, which may represent the Parliament and its openness to corruption,... More

The wise men of Gotham and their goose, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Bute, with sword raised, about to cut the head off the goose "who laid each day an egg of gold" representing British policies toward the American colonies. A corpulant bishop is sitting in the ... More

The state blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans

Print shows the interior of a blacksmith's shop with Lord Mansfield forging the links to a chain, Lord North standing to the left holding lorgnette and, in his right hand, a paper "An act for prohibiting all tr... More

Accurata delineatio celeberrimæ regionis Ludovicianæ vel Gallice Louis...

Print shows in a cartouche a semi-nude female figure standing on a winged orb which rests on a pedestal bearing the title inscription. She holds to her right a cornucopia from which spills coins; on the left si... More

La folie des deux partis, où vue politique de l'etat et de la nation A...

Print shows a wagon, driven by Lord Bute, mired in the mud, and several men, including an Anglican bishop, pushing the cart which is drawn by five mules labeled Weymouth, Richmond, Senechal, Germain, and North,... More

Mr. Trade & family or the state of ye nation / St--t, B--rn--d, & Co. ...

Print shows a ragged family driven to poverty probably through the policies and actions of the Earl of Bute, George Germain, and Lord North, with some able assistence by former Massachusetts governor Francis Be... More

The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button / John Simpson...

Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut... More

The birth-day ode* - as it was preformed before his M--, on the 4th of...

Print shows three musicians, Lord Sandwich on kettle drums, Lord North on violin, and Lord Germain on flute, accompanied by four singers as they present "The distresses of the nation: an ode performed in honor ... More

Matthew Darly - Prattle / MD., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a full-length portrait of a man, right profile, holding hat in right hand. Includes inscription below which expresses the opinion of the character depicted regarding the progress of the war in Ameri... More

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

Print shows a man directing a boy to view a peepshow of events and actions of the British government, as well as international affairs involving England. The peepshow presents 12 views in three columns; number ... More

[Association meeting at York] - A drawing of a large group of people s...

Print shows an allegorical representation of a meeting of the Association of York during which all disputes were amicably settled.

By his majestys royal letters patent - the new invented method of puni...

Print shows Britannia drawn and quartered at a crossroad by ropes attached to three horses, one labeled "Tyranny" racing down the road "to America", another labeled "Venality" racing down the road "to Spain", a... More

Argus. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Pri...

Print shows George III seated in a chair asleep, on the left stands a judge (possibly the Earl of Mansfield) with his left hand on the crown, behind the throne stands the Earl of Bute, speaking to Mansfield, he... More

The state nurses. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Print shows the Earl of Mansfield, seated, and the Earl of Sandwich keeping watch over the British lion asleep in a cradle around which are four barking dogs labeled "Holland", "America" who is urinating on a p... More

Englisch printet. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Print shows eight men wearing legal or clerical bands sitting at a long table, in front of which is a procession of animals; on the right is a donkey throwing its rider, followed by a unicorn ridden by a cock, ... More

The royal hunt, or a prospect of the year 1782 / South Briton fecit ; ...

Print shows Lord Sandwich playing a fiddle, sitting between two courtesans, to the left, Lord North yawns while sitting on a sack, behind them are Rigby, Amherst, and Germain. To the right of this party is stan... More

The surrender of government castle, in March 1782, to the late besiegi...

Print shows members of the old ministry walking out of the "Government Castle" closely followed by a devil, and members of the new ministry marching in. Caption continues: N.B. The old garrison and placemen ar... More

The bull over-drove, or, The drivers in danger, British Cartoon Print

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 Fran... More

The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 / Ra...

Print shows Lords Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, an unidentified man, and Germain in the clutches of a devil, fall into an abyss, driven there by the opposition, or new ministers, Thurlow, Conway, Camden, B... More

The late bombardment of government castle / C. Goodnight sculp.

Print shows members of the new ministry besieging a fortress where members of the old ministry, including George III, have taken refuge; the ministries are bombarding each other.

Anticipation; or, the contrast to the royal hunt / Britons fact., Brit...

Print shows the restoration of England under the new ministry; the pillars that supported the Temple of Fame are being righted and put back in place; a soldier with sword in hand protects a Native, representing... More

Britania's assassination, or -- the republican amusement, British Cart...

Print shows members of the new ministry, among them, Fox, Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke, and Keppel, dismantle a statue of Britannia; they are prevented from doing further damage by Thurow and Mansfield who ... More

Wonders wonders wonders & wonders - dedicated to the wonderfull wonder...

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 Britis... More

War of posts / T. Colley, fect., British Cartoon Print

Print shows the new ministers, Pitt, Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox, and Richmond riding on wooden posts and cannon drive, with the aid of a devil, the old ministers, Nick, Sandwich, Amherst, North, and Mansfield i... More

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

Print shows several ministers helping themselves to fishes and loaves that have spilled from a fishwife's basket which was upset by a rampaging "American Buffalo"; among those depicted are the Duke of Portland,... More

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne...

Print shows a country fair amusement with Charles James Fox, on a raised platform, wearing a dunce or liberty cap labeled "Vox Populi" receiving bribes from Lord North, to the right, on the platform, Lord Shelb... More

Tarring and feathering - the reward of the enemies of Ireland / Americ...

Print shows three Irish(?) men and a woman (possibly representing Ireland) are about to tar and feather a man for refusing "to enter into a non-importation and non-consumption agreement." In the background are ... More

Der Congress erklärt die 13 vereinigten Stăaten von Nord-America für i...

Print shows a meeting of the Continental Congress, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 99. [Plate] 5. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a check... More

Coalition arms / JN: 1784., British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord North and Charles James Fox standing with a large escutcheon between them which rests on the back of George III. North is holding a flag in his right hand inscribed "Coalition" with two demons ... More

The Hibernian attempt. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows George III sitting on a throne with Edward Thurlow and William Pitt standing next to him; he is wearing half a crown on his head, on the left, an African wearing a feathered headdress and holding a ... More

A convention of the not-ables, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord North, Edmund Burke, Charles Fox, the Prince of Wales, and others attempting to break into the royal treasury. The Library has two impressions one colored and one b&w. Catalogue of prints and ... More

The sick prince. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Print shows the Prince of Wales on a deathbed with members of the opposition on one side, Thurlow among them with raised dagger, wishing him a speedy death, and supporters on the other side wishing him a speedy... More

Nouvelle place de la Bastille - A drawing of a man holding a baby in f...

Cartoon shows Louis XVI standing on a pedestal with one foot on the hydra of despotism(?) from which five of seven heads have been severed; on the left, a clergyman offers him a gold coin, and on the right, a S... More

Il faut faire 3 choses - A drawing of three men standing next to each ...

Print shows figures of the estates general; a member of the clergy and a nobleman each place a hand on short pillar labeled "Je tien mon pied de bœuf"; a peasant, representing the third estate, places both of h... More

Trois tetes sous l'meme bonnet - A painting of a man sitting in front ...

Print shows a neatly dressed man sitting on a bundle surrounded by implements of the Third Estate and holding a large triangle topped with a liberty cap, within the triangle are images of a cleric, an aristocra... More

Le peuple sous l'ancien Regime - A drawing of a man being carried by a...

Cartoon shows Louis XVI, a bishop, and a member of the aristocracy riding on the back of a man, representing the people, who's blindfolded and in chains and crawling on his hands and knees. de Vinck, 10309 Pur... More

Révolution française : Journée du 8 Thermidor An II ou 26 juillet 1794...

Robespierre à la société des Jacobins (26 Juillet 1794) (Inscribed title), Juillet 1794 : De la bravoure à la Guadeloupe à l'exécution de Robespierre. (Serie's title) Oeuvre fixée sur un montage avec le G.29013... More

An analysis of modern patriotism performed by public opinion & display...

Print shows two views of Charles James Fox, on the left, as a member of parliament supporting the policies of Lord North, and on the right, when out of office, on a platform before a crowd arguing against the p... More

The tomb-stone. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

Print shows several men, George Grenville, Lord Bute, the Duke of Bedford, and, as a small dog wearing clerical robes, Dr. W. Scott, labeled "AntiSejanus", dancing on a sarcophagus with bas-reliefs of "Britanni... More

The late auction at St. Eustatia - by R-- & V--

Print shows the interior of an auction house where Admiral Rodney and General John Vaughan are disposing property seized from citizens on the island of Saint Eustatius which the British captured from the Dutch.

[Bank note vignettes showing surrender of General Burgoyne, George Was...

In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 57. Public domain photograph of an official portrait, meeting, ceremony, group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Attend Soviet party Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Wage-Hour Administrator ...

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Finland Minister arrives for Soviet reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. ...

A black and white photo of two men in suits and hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At Soviet reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Henrik De Kauffmann, le...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

China well represented at Soviet Embassy. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Ar...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife of CIO leader attends Soviet Reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7....

A black and white photo of a woman in a fur coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mexican Peace Commissioners José María Pino Suárez, Dr. Vazquez Gomez...

J155892 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Scott Photo Co. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Provisional executive committee of the State Duma

Photograph shows the nine members of the provisional executive committee, among them are, seated on the right at the desk is Mikhail Rodzianko, seated next to him is Alexander Guchkov, standing in the back row,... More

Oath of the members of the provisional government

Photograph shows a document with typed text at the top and handwritten statements at the bottom.

Hoover with Sons of American Revolution, 10/25/29

A group of men standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Five receive Polish decoration. Acting in behalf of the Polish governm...

A group of men in suits standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale, depuis la baye d'Hudson jusqu'au M...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Carte de la route des lacs depuis Montréal et St. Jean jusqu'à la Rivi...

Public domain scan of a 17th-18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

The patriot - dedicated to the freeholders of Middlesex, British Carto...

One of several prints depicting John Wilkes and Henry Luttrell and the election for the seat in Middlesex. This print shows a statue of John Wilkes on a pedestal, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap; the ... More

The closet / Bute invt. ; Germaine ext. ; Mansfield sculpt., British C...

Print shows in vignette, top right, George III in his secret chamber, "the closet", with Lord Bute, to whom the Devil whispers, Lord Germain, and Lord Mansfield; on the bottom right, a man holds a pistol to his... More

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Morris v. White

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Watson v. Walton and...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Deschant v. LeBruen

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Thurman, Thurman, an...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Thurman v. Knox

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Garrick and Westphal...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Rikeman, James

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Bloodgood v. Launey

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Beekman, Beekman, an...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Hopkins v. Valentine...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Blair v. Vanderlocht

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Bibbey v. Lawrence

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Webb v. Nathan

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Jackson ex dem. Jay ...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Field v. Beamun

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Van Ranst, Sears, an...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Union Turnpike Corp....

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Scribner v. Hickok

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; ...