Portrait of a Roman, (terra cotta), Roman, first century B.C.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Roman sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
F. Holland Day - [Young man in renaissance costume, in studio]
On mount: "black & yellow" pencil, c.; "58S41a" ink, upper left, "n" pencil, upper right. Image content features: COSTUME renaissance; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compile... More
South West gate leading into Indapendance [i.e., Independence] Square,...
Framed. Accompanying labels detached from cover glass: "27" and "11." Label from back of frame: Daguerreotypes are "mirror Reflections" and show the picture in reverse. This is an entrance to Independence Squar... More
[Entrance to Independence Square, Philadelphia]
Framed. Accompanying labels on cover glass: "28" and "12." Label from back: Daguerreotypes are "mirror reflections" and thus show the ac... picture in reverse. This picture is the South West entrance to Indepen... More
Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...
Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More
[Eh bien, Messieurs! deux millions], Political Cartoon
Print shows Napoleon Bonaparte motioning toward a statue, one of the many treasures he brought back from his first campaign in Italy in 1797, and addresses a group of men, possibly of the Directory. Title from ... More
The Union Club / Js. Gillray, invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print
"A drunken debauch in the new Union Club, see No. 9698..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints an... More
A pretty copy, British Cartoon Print
"A H. L. caricature portrait of Dr. Isaac Gossett, leaning his elbows on a table at a book auction, holding an open book, Hudibras, and gazing to the right ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... More
The Farmers toast, British Cartoon Print
British cartoon showing six fat farmers eating and drinking at a table. The farmers are 'monopolists', accused of holding corn in hopes of a still higher price. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More
Mr. Braham in the character of Orlando / Drawn, etchd. & pubd. by Digh...
"Braham, in fantastically elaborate dress as an Italian price, steps to the left, his head in profile, singing, right hand on breast ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catal... More
Advantages of wearing muslin dresses! / Js. Gillray,inv: & ft., Britis...
A fat lady, sitting with a man and woman at a tea table, reacts in horror as a hot poker from the fire falls on her dress and sets it on fire. The man sits helplessly while the second woman upsets the table in ... More
Mr. Spéroni, nonce apostolique, porte-croix de Notre St. Père Le Pape
Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback being led by a guard, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. He is following the papal carriage carrying th... More
Mr. Speroni nce. apostolique, porte croix du Pape, précédant sa sainte...
Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback passing between two guards, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon... More
Charming-well again, British Cartoon Print
The convalescent sits full face behind a small dinner-table. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction, and is about to carve a bird. He wears his nightcap. Behind his chair stands a stout footma... More
Theatrical amusement or Tossing - up for the young Roscius !, British ...
This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More
National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts., British Ca...
Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar la... More
Matrimonial harmonics, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray
The couple torment each other in the breakfast room..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George with revisions. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department ... More
Billy in the salt box / [Williams].
"A monstrously fat cook stands looking sideways in consternation at her salt-box which hangs against the wall in the accustomed place next the fire ..." (Source: George)
Voilà la plus cuite, mon Empereur!
Print shows Napoleon stopping at an evening mealtime bivouac to converse with the rank and file soldiers who offer him one of their potatoes. Déposé. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More
Comfort of a Bed of Roses, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray
Charles Fox, in bed with his wife, having a nightmare. To the right, Napoleon jumps to the bed from a cannon with the words "Pour subjugeur le Monde" inscribed on the muzzle; behind him are seen pikes and a ban... 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
Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London / Rowlandson, scul., British ...
"Two designs on one plate. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall...Below, three members of the orchestr... More
News from Worthing. In a letter from a beast of burden to her brother ...
"A young woman sits a donkey which is in the sea, refusing to move; she flourishes her parasol ..." (Source: George) Heading to printed verses By Robert Bloomfield. From the Monthly Mirror for April, 1807. Last... More
A Spanish joke !!! / Cruikshank, del., British Cartoon Print
Print shows Spanish men and women tossing King Joseph I in the air as a French man complains about his ill treatment. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 16... More
A new drop scene for D. L. T. / Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & scul...
"A fantastic scene on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre. Tradegy and Comedy are being done to death by the management, while dogs and imitation animals are made ready to perform ..." (Source: George) This record ... More
Boney at Bayonne blowing a Spanish bubble, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Napoleon convincing the Spanish royalty, who are enclosed in a bubble, of his friendship as he fires a cannonball at Madrid. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Soc... More
King Joe disposing of his Spanish crown !!!, British Cartoon Print
Print shows King Joseph I attempting to auction off his crown. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British M... More
Boney bringing home the truth from Spain, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Napoleon assuring his subjects, who have animal faces, that all is well in Spain; one animal/man wonders why Napoleon fails to mention his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, whom he installed on the Spanish... More
The house that Jack-built / I Spy I, delt., British Cartoon Print
"Seven designs in two rows, three above and four below, the verses etched across the upper part of each ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. [Williams]. Catalogue of Political... More
The centaur-ian manager / the caricaturist general fecit., British Car...
A satire on the equestrian performances at Covent Garden, with John Philip Kemble, as a mount for Mrs. Sarah Siddons, as a tragedy queen, with raised dagger. Behind the centaur's kicking hind-legs lies Comedy o... More
Wonders! Wonders!! Wonders!!! / Woodward, del. ; Rowlandson, scul., Br...
"Ten figures arranged in two rows, each with a caption ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Filed in Caricature Magazine, London (260-285). Catalogue of Political and Personal... More
True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...
Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More
The modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat / E. Delaney del. ; Crui...
Cartoon shows Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, wearing the Duke of York's military cloak, extending it to cover a crowd of miniature soldiers, civilians and clergymen clustering around her with outstretched arms; Mr. Wad... More
A parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre, British Cart...
Kemble as Macbeth, in Highland dress, declaims before the footlights; holding out a coin in his left hand, he staggers back, left leg forward. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Con... More
Counsellor O. P.--defender of our theatric liberties / Js. Gillray, ft...
"Counsellor Clifford, realistically drawn, stands in profile to the left, his feet together, holding behind his back a flaming fire-brand, emitting thick clouds of smoke ..." (Source: George) This record contai... More
The life of William-Cobbett, --written by himself. No. 8, British Cart...
Cobbett surrounded by flames and beset by ghosts, starts back in his chair, overturning his writing-table and dropping his pen... (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of ... More
Secret influence or a peep-behind the screen / [Williams]., British Ca...
"George III (right) sits under a draped canopy, his face concealed by a folding screen which extends across much of the design ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue o... More
The gig shop or kicking up a breeze at Nell Hammiltons hop / Rowlandso...
"Scene in a dance-room, which is roughly panelled, has a low platform across one end, and a small gallery (right) with a fiddler and a man blowing a French horn; it is lit by a hanging chandelier..." (Source: G... More
Pidgeon hole. A Convent [sic] Garden contrivance to coop up the gods /...
"A close-up view of one of the 'pigeon holes' which flanked the upper gallery at Covent Garden..." (Source: George)
The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant / G. Cruikshank, fect.
A satire on the Covent Garden pantomime of 1812-13, which caused a sensation by the performance of an elephant. The elephant crushes under a fore-foot a bust of Shakespeare and a number of open books. Baron Ger... More
The cowpox tragedy - scene the last / G. Cruikshank, sculpt., British ...
Funeral procession showing coffin labeled "Vaccina aged 12 years" on which stands a golden calf; four vignettes, two on each side, present realistic scenes related to cow pox. Caption: Dedicated to the Associat... More
The chamber of genius / Rowlandson, inv., 1812.
British cartoon shows an artist wearing nightshirt and painting a picture at his home/studio while his wife, children, and a cat are neglected. Among the pictures on the wall in the background is a balloon "Ara... More
The father of the family takeing [sic] his eldest boy from school, Bri...
Print shows Napoleon being taken away "from school" by the devil ascending into the sky. No. "365" printed in upper right corner of plate. Tegg reproduction. Probably 1813-1815, after Leipzig but before Waterl... More
Preparing John Bull for general congress / G. Cruikshank, fect., Briti...
"John Bull, a giant beset by pigmies, sits on a bank with his back against a massive oak, his legs wide apart..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Pe... More
The gay Lothario the great and celebrated amatuer of fashion / E---s [...
"Coates in a pose suggesting Harlequin in a fencing-match (and like that of the clown in No. 9003), sits on the stage, his trunk almost at right angles to his legs which slant stiffly towards the stagebox (left... More
The spirit of the book - or anticipation of the year 1813, British Car...
A satire on the pending publication of "The Book" part of a campaign to attack the Regent through his wife, showing a figure, draped in white, supporting on outstretched arms the open pages of a huge book. He s... More
The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...
Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road "to Elba" from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farew... More
An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Ca...
Print shows Napoleon I standing on a slip of land labeled "Elba" yelling at George, Prince of Wales, who is standing on a patch of land labeled "England." Napoleon complains that the British have deprived him o... More
Le Carnaval de 1814, ou Le marcaroni Impérial
Cartoon shows Napoleon and Cambacérès as a harlequin and punch, respectively; between them is a table on which is a map of Europe. Cambacérès ladles out a macaroni soup comprised of the unpopular actions and ev... More
A Curiosity in Ireland / C.W., British Cartoon Print
Cartoon showing a woman sitting on settee by fireplace. She wears a small hat trimmed with a feather, a short braided hussar jacket, a limp skirt draping her knees, with a long boa and large muff of white fur. ... More
Le tigre enchainé - A group of men in uniforms standing next to each o...
Cartoon showing Napoleon I as a tiger in chains held by a British officer holding a whip; two men representing Russia and Austria play musical instruments nearby. DeVinck, 9800 Forms part of: French Political C... More
Hodges explanation of a hundred magistrates / Rowlandson, del., Britis...
"A yokel in a long smock (right) stands, hat in hand, before three elderly J. P.s in old-fashioned dress; he tugs at his rough hair ..." (Source: George) Another impression filed in Caricature Magazine, London ... More
The old maid and her tom cat / [G. Cruikshank]., British Cartoon Print
"A court of law, purporting to be 'At the Old Baily September 4. George I. The King V.----' ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Heading to a printed broadside. Price One Shil... More
Royal Methodists in Kent & Sussex---or the dissenters too powerful for...
"Dissenters, led by Collyer, and encouraged by the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, attack the Church of England..." (Source: George)
Et l'on revient toujours A ses premiers amours.
Cartoon showing Napoleon I stepping down from throne into a marsh filled with frogs; in his left hand he holds a long pike with a liberty cap on top at which he is looking. DeVinck, 9541 Purchase; S. Emmering; ... More
John Bull's three stages or, from good to bad & from bad to worse / G....
Three section print showing John Bull and his family eating a large meal before the war, eating less during the war, and with bones on plates during peace time. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More
State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ;...
Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and the gouty Regent. Broug... More
The modern Job! or John Bull and his comforts! / Marks del et sc., Bri...
John Bull, in tattered clothes, seated on a stool, gazing gloomily at a book on the ground: "The Extraordina[ry] Red Book". He is surrounded by the Regent with two gouty legs supported on crutches, Liverpool, M... More
George Cruikshank - Economy, British Cartoon Print
Brougham, in the guise of John Bull, appears to the Regent, holding up a broom which points towards a small scene surrounded by clouds. The Regent, who has been revelling over a large bowl of punch, falls back ... More
The king's friend boarded at sea, or the wife defeating her enemies, B...
Cartoon showing Mrs. Rowley, in a military uniform, discovering Admiral Rowley rising from bed where another woman lies sleeping. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Cross examination of a witness in a case of crim con, British Cartoon ...
British cartoon showing lawyer saying, to woman, "The lady cried out murder you say - now madam - look at his lordship and tell me on your oath - did she cry out, murder? - or further? - answer that question." ... More
A German mountebank blowing his own trumpet at a Dutch concert of 500 ...
"Logier, the music-master, is delivering one of his musical lectures with demonstrations by his pupils..." (Source: George); with integral text leaf. The title continues: or A natural [followed by A natural in ... More
The Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing / K...
"Members of the Royal family at an informal dance, the centre couple being Princess Elizabeth, grotesquely stout, and the Prince of Hesse-Homburg, who grasps her dress, unable to reach her waist..." (Source: Ge... More
The freedom of election or hunt-ing for popularity and plumpers for Ma...
Print shows two candidates in the Westminster election, Henry Hunt and Murray Maxwell, addressing a crowd (Source: George) Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and D... More
The Logierian system, or unveiling the new light to ye musical world!!...
"Logier, with two supporters, stands on a platform, drawing aside a curtain from irradiated woman's head, with classical features and a laurel wreath..." (Source: George)
The blessing of new taxes!!! / Marks fect., British Cartoon Print
John Bull, holding a pipe and a frothing tankard, is beset by the Regent and Ministers. Sidmouth furtively takes the pipe from his hand, looking over John's head at the Regent who extends his hand to seize the ... More
The funeral procession of the rump / G. Cruikshank invt. et fect., Bri...
A satire on the defeat of Hobhouse by Lamb at the Westminster Election. The Rump, or remnant of Reformers, is represented by the hind-quarters of a cart-horse, with its hoofs in the air, carried on a knacker's ... More
The spirit moving the Quakers upon worldly vanities!! / Yedis, invt., ...
"Many quakers ride velocipedes, see No. 13399, towards a plain building, with Society of Friends Meeting House over the door..." (Source: George) Library of Congress copy is hand-colored. British Museum record... More
The Massacre of Peterloo! Or a specimen of English liberty, August 16t...
Print showing the Manchester Yeomanry slashing and beating a crowd gathered to demand parliamentary reform as the Riot Act is read from a window. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Divisio... More
Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature...
"From two huge green bags, pear-shaped and broad-based, emerge respectively the heads of the King and Queen..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Dedicated to Old Bags [Eldon]. ... More
The sailor's description of a chase & capture / J Sherm, invt. [Lieut....
"A burly sailor (right) sits with five other sailors, one a negro, and two perhaps being petty officers, drinking grog at a plank-table slung from the roof ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... More
Monday after the "Great St. Leger." or Heroes of the turf paying & rec...
Quadrangle at Tattersalls filled with groups of betting men including Mr. Tanfield, Lord Sefton, Col. Hylton Jolliffe, Sir L. Skeffington, and John Gully, the ex-pugilist. A Jewish man sells wares from a basket... More
Wolves triumphant or A fig for public opinion / R C [Cruikshank]., Bri...
"A corner of the stage (right) at Drury Lane, with a section of the pit in the foreground (left). Kean, as Richard III, postures before his tent, frantically flourishing his sword, and exclaiming Richard is not... More
How to spell Harrowgate / Shortshanks, fecit., British Cartoon Print
"A judge wearing a small hat and short powdered wig sits in profile to the right, pen in hand, holding a letter signed P ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. [Seymour]. Catalo... More
Le pierrot je ne sais pas ... Mais la pierrette, pour etre la femme c'...
Drawing of a man with a long, pointed nose, in ragged clothes and a cap, standing behind and to the right of a masked figure, with a pot on his head, perhaps the mime, Pierrot. No copyright information found wi... More
La patrie est en danger / F. d'Orléans, j[ui]n 1830.
French political cartoon uses a scene from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to compare the situation surrounding the 1830 July Revolution in France to the time when l'Assemblée (the French revolutionary gove... More
The aristocracy of color - Drawing. Public domain image.
Signed in stone: J. Cn. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Great solar eclipse. To be seen every day at West's observatory, No. 7...
Print shows an advertisement for West's Blacking Climax with five adults, a child, and a dog using smoked glass to observe West's Blacking logo eclipse the sun. The man on the left states, "What an awful eclips... More
Soloque. Emperor of Hayti, creating a grand duke
Published & for sale by J.L. Magee, no. 34 Mott St, NY. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Slavery. Freedom, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
"Two contrasted scenes divided by a huge cask in which stands, full-face, an obese and repulsive preacher with a heavy jowl, pig's eyes, and a thatch of hair over a low forehead..." (Source: George) This record... More
Chevy Chase or the bank runner (how Burrows ran on the 1st of Novr. & ...
Entered according to the Act of Congress by William Kelly, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of the City of New York. Inscribed in ink above image: Depos... More
The downfall of Mother Bank - Public domain drawing
A pro-Jackson satire applauding the President's September 1833 order for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The combined opposition to this move from Bank president Nicholas Bid... More
Political Quixotism shewing the consequences of sleeping in patent mag...
Print shows President Jackson, sword in hand, during a nightmare, fighting a hydra with many fierce heads labeled "U.S. Bank", "Deposits", "Bribery", "Pensions", "[...] of the People", and "Corruption of the [.... More
A minister extraordinary taking passage & bound on a foreign mission t...
The second of two prints surrounding the scandalous trial of Methodist minister Ephraim K. Avery for the brutal murder of factory girl Sarah Maria Cornell. (See "A Very Bad Man," no. 1833-13). Contrary to Weite... More
The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshan...
A burlesque parade, led by Andrew Jackson and satirizing various aspects of his administration. The procession moves from right to left. At its head is Jackson, seated on a horse with Martin Van Buren cross-le... More
A very bad man - Drawing. Public domain image.
The first of two prints formerly thought to be anti-Jackson satires, but actually dealing with the sensational trial of Methodist minister Ephraim K. Avery in May 1833 for the murder of Sarah Maria Cornell. (Se... More
Set to between Old Hickory and Bully Nick
Satire on the public conflict between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States, and the former's campaign to destroy it. The print is sympathetic to Jackson, portrayi... More
"The government." No. 1, [Eye] take the responsibility
A satire on Andrew Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet," the pejorative name given his informal circle of close advisors. The print appeared during the heated controversy incited by Jackson's discontinuation of federal ... More
The National barber - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows a sailor, identitied elsewhere as Samuel W. Dewey, having sawn the head of Andrew Jackson off the figurehead of the U.S.S. Constitution, passes it to another sailor awaiting in a rowboat alongside t... More
The people putting responsibility to the test or the downfall of the k...
A prediction of dire consequences to follow from Jackson's withdrawal of federal funds from the Bank of the United States, initiated late in 1833. The artist is harshly critical of Jackson's move to distribute... More
Southern ideas of liberty - Political cartoon, public domain image
An imaginative portrayal of the violent suppression of abolitionist propagandizing and insurrectionism in the South. The print may have been stimulated by several instances during the early 1830s of hanging, ta... More
All fours-important state of the game-the knave about to be lost
The presidential campaign of 1836 viewed as a card game by a satirist in sympathy with the Whigs. Opposing candidates Martin Van Buren (Democrat) and William Henry Harrison (Whig) face each other across a card... More
The debilitated situation of a monarchal government . . .
A pointed comparison of French and American governments, prompted by events surrounding American efforts in 1836 to force France to honor spoliation claims for American shipping losses suffered during the Napol... More
Houston, Santa Anna, and Cos - A cartoon of a group of men with skis
An imaginative portrayal (with overt propaganda value) of an event in the Texas war of independence --the surrender of Mexican commander Santa Anna and his brother-in-law General Martin Perfecto de Cos, to Amer... More
High places in government like steep rocks only accessible to eagles a...
Campaign satire predicting Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison's ascendancy over Democrat Martin Van Buren. In the center of the print is a mountain with a statue of George Washington, "Pater Pat... More
A gone case. A scene in Wall-Street
A comic scene representing two New York city political factions, the Whigs and the radical Democrats (or "Loco Focos"), as scuffling newsboys. The scene takes place before the half-built Customs House, where se... More
Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman
A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More
On the way to Araby! - Political cartoon, public domain image
Satire on the Jackson administration's continuing battle against the Bank of the United States. The print was specifically occasioned by the re-chartering of the Bank by the Whig-controlled Pennsylvania Legisla... More
Illustrations of the adventures of the renowned Don Quixote & his doug...
A burlesque history of the Jackson administration, with particular reference to his campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States. The narrative, in a series of twelve episodes, is based on Cervantes's "Don... More
Comme je te trouvé engraisse depuis que tu veux mourir
A sullen-looking young man and young woman stand face-to-face. The man holds a top hat at his hip and is formally dressed. The woman wears a bonnet and an apron covers her skirt. No copyright information foun... More