The OP spectacles / Cruikshank del., British Cartoon Print
Satire showing head of Clifford with two circles representing huge spectacles, "Old house old prices & no private boxes" and "Old house old prices & no pigeon holes," over his eyes. Each circle contains a symme... More
The doctor indulged with his favorite scene, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows cleric Dr. Richard Price, kneeling on a crown with a demon on his back, peering through a peep-hole into the royal bedroom at Versailles, watching ruffians destroy the Queen's bed and bedroom in s... More
Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.
Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More
A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--in...
An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", ... More
She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Spain", possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggling to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Cuba", armed with a gun and sword, and the other label... More
Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labeled "Spain". Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain) Stand back... More
The monstrous hydra, or virtue invulnerable, British Cartoon Print
Print shows William Pitt holding a paper labeled "Regency limitations & restrictions" encircled by a hydra labeled "Private Views" with eleven heads, among them Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, and one blindfol... More
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
Brentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. Bu...
"An etching showing four horses running towards "St. Stepn's Chapel", a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table..." (Source: Stephens)
A council, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
"An engraving showing the Privy Council, or that portion of it which was known to include "the King's Friends", seated round a table, on which lie rolls of paper, being petitions presented to the King from "Mid... More
La physique confond l'ignorance Dedié aux souscripteurs.
French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbé Miollan), walks away pulling up his trousers. In the background, men are in... More
A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print
Print shows King George III, speechless (his caption balloon is empty), seated on the right in a high-backed chair at a table, with Lord North seated opposite presenting a paper to the King that states "for the... More
The Orangerie; - or - the Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of P...
William V, Prince of Orange, as a fat, naked Cupid, reclining on a platform of grass and flowers and leaning on a bag of money marked 24,000,000 ducats. In the foreground are a number of orange plants with each... More
Roast beef & port or Bully Bramble Esqr., Justice of Peace in Wasp Tow...
"Portrait, W.L., of a stout man facing T.Q. to right, looking to left over his right shoulder. His left hand is thrust under his buttoned coat; his right (gloved) rests on a cane..." (Source: George) No. 24. Ca... More
Messieurs Delaunay, Flexelles, Berthier, Foulon, et les deux Gardes du...
Print shows Charon accepting the baker Sr. Remy, mistakenly beheaded, into his boat while rejecting several government officials and guardsmen, all who carry their severed heads atop pikes; on the opposite shor... More
Je tient mon pied du bœuf - il faut faire trois choses Le calculateur ...
Print shows (on the left) an aristocrat and a clergyman, each with a hand on a low post, and a member of the Third Estate placing both of his hands on top of the others. "Pied de Bœuf" is a pun on "Œil de Bœuf"... More
Monsieur veto - A drawing of a group of people on a street
Print shows a monstrous giant, representing monarchical veto powers, is welcomed at an entryway by a nobleman; he has scales on his hands and feet, carries a bar used to enchain prisoners, symbolizing despotism... More
The heroic Charlotte la Cordé, upon her trial, at the bar of the revol...
Print shows Charlotte Corday standing before the judges of the Revolutionary Tribunal with the body of Marat which lying between them. She responds to the Tribunal, "Wretches, I did not expect to appear before ... More
L--d Shel--, begging Monsieur to make piss or p--e, British Cartoon Pr...
Print shows Lord Shelburne holding a chamber pot up to a Frenchman, saying "Monsieur, be so obliging as to make piss with us." The Frenchman is kicking the pot, saying, "By the House of Bourbon, with the war we... More
The fumbler's clubb, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a group of men, a nursemaid and a housemaid admiring a "baby" which is actually a cat wrapped in swaddling. Text under image is satire of man, unable to father children, who thinks a cat is his chil... More
Revolution, or Johnny Bull in France
Print shows a large bull labeled "Tiers Etat - Orleans" referring to Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orleans, tossing Marie Antoinette into the air as Louis XVI kneels in prayer on the left; standing behind the bu... More
The convention makers, British Cartoon Print
"The interior of a room; a picture called A Convention, depicting the Convention between England and Spain on the Falkland Islands, is falling from a broken cornice inscribed National Honour, onto four prostrat... More
The village barber / H. J., British Cartoon Print
"A barber is dressing the hair of a woman seated in profile to the right ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Depa... More
The Female frizzler, British Cartoon Print
British cartoon showing woman, seated on huge hairdo of another woman, as she works on the hairdo. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Loon na werk 1780, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a large dog (representing England) muzzled and chained being attacked by several men (representing the countries of the armed neutrality league and the allies, a Swede, a Dane, a Frenchman with an u... More
Small talk for the benefit of the Wells / designed by Shortskirts ; ex...
Print shows a man wearing a mortar board and gown standing on the left expressing concern, "Oh dear - damnation! - what will become of my poor NEDDY." Another man, possibly Edmund Burke, labeled "Fop", is strik... More
William Humphrey - The modern paradise, or Adam and Eve regenerated. C...
Print showing Adam and Eve, (probably representing the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert), naked except for elaborate wigs, standing by the "Tree of life", surrounded by the trappings of fashionable customs ... More
A lobby flesh-monger treating with a saleswoman for a prime piece, or ...
Print shows a man and a woman negotiating the fee for the services of a young woman standing to the right; they are outside the "New Tea Room" with entrance through an arch labeled "Designed by Avarice ... Exec... More
A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a woman playing cards with a monkey dressed as a man, two figures in masquerade attend to them, above and in the background are a musician, a man and a woman, and a cuckold, also seated is an owl sm... More
British resentment, or The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg / L. Boit...
"Britannia, seated on a throne inscribed,---"Nemo me impune lacessit", attends to the complaints of injured Americans, and affords them protection..." (Source: Stephens)
The fate of city Rem- - -ces, British Cartoon Print
"An engraving showing George III. seated at a table approached by his son, the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., who, taking off his plumed coronet, says to his father:---"Papa, I want some Paper to make ... More
Hell in triumph or The devil has got his own / Peepo Mellico, scratcha...
Print shows Sir Hugh Palliser, a naval admiral and accuser of Admiral Augustus Keppel following the inconclusive battle off the coast of Ushant in 1778, being pulled off a cliff by demons toward the open mouth ... More
Quinquanpolix, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
"This engraving is a Dutch satire on John Law of Lauriston, promoter of the Mississippi Company and other bubble schemes of the year 1720; it is No. 21 in vol. i. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a colle... More
Enthusiasm display'd: or, the Moor Fields congregation, British Cartoo...
The print shows evangelical Methodist minister George Whitefield preaching at Moorsfield, London.. He is supported by two females, one holding a mask and labeled "Hypocrisy", the other a Janus-faced "Deceit". O... More
Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...
Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... More
The way to keep him, or the female flagellants attacking the platonic ...
Print shows a smiling man, "platonic love", on one knee as three women beat him with whips made of bulrushes(?); on the wall in the background are two portraits, "The Maid of Drury" and "The Maid of the Oaks." ... More
Consequences of a successful French invasion / Sir John Dalrymple, inv...
French soldiers pillaging and destroying the House of Lords. A guillotine takes the place of the throne and above it hangs a Liberty Cap. A French soldier carries away the mace while others rip and burn the tap... More
A smuggling machine or A convenient cosauway for a man in miniature, B...
Print shows "A portrait of Richard Cosway, R.A., standing under the wide hooped petticoat of a tall lady, his wife, Maria, who puts her arms round him..." (Source: George) Color impression Partially trimmed to ... More
Sous la gloire des augustes maisons de nos princes, Minerve deésse pro...
Print shows Minerva, gazing fondly heavenward, standing on the top level of a tiered checkerboard, holding a pike with banner and a shield with the likeness of Medusa on it; in a pastoral setting is a member of... More
High life at noon, British Cartoon Print
Print shows an interior view of a room in which two men and two women are taking tea; on the left, a man with an extremely long ponytail attempts to prevent the entrance of a messenger carrying a bill from "Lor... More
A contented cuckold in the new fashion, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a half-length portrait of a cuckold counting his wealth in the form of jewelry that his unfaithful wife receives as gifts from her suitors; through a window in the upper right corner can be seen the... More
Fowls of a feather flock together / K., fecit, 1785.
Scottish cartoon shows a group of men conversing as balloons sail overhead. Possibly Scottish balloonist James Tytler and Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi.
The coffee-house patriots, or news, from St. Eustatia / H. Bunbury Esq...
Print shows interior view of a coffeehouse, presumably in London, where several man of commerce appear disgruntled at the news of the successful campaign to capture Saint Eustatius, a port used by British merch... More
![Oh qui goose-toe! [O che gusto!], British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvb2gtcXVpLWdvb3NlLXRvZS1vLWNoZS1ndXN0by02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "Oh qui goose-toe! [O che gusto!], British Cartoon Print")
Oh qui goose-toe! [O che gusto!], British Cartoon Print
"A companion print to No. 5905. Vestris fils, as in No. 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling ..." (Sou... More
Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the ye...
Detail showing convicts consisting of lords, esquires, and attorneys, in chains, boarding ship, for transport from England to Georgia, under the reign of King George III. Detail of British Museum Cartoon Collec... More
The night mare, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows a scantily clad woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers, as one of her arms hangs to the floor near a chamber pot written on it... "Source of N... More
John Bull fighting the French single handed / P.F.L.B. fecit., British...
Print shows John Bull rapping a French soldier on the head with a cudgel, stomping on a French officer with his right foot, and using his left foot to kick the French nobility out of England and back to France ... 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
The drunkard's coat of arms, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a coat of arms devised for a drunkard. A poem, entitled "The Drunkard - display'd" is printed below the image. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
De verslagen actionist in de stoel met rinkels, overreeden geweest van...
"This engraved satire on the South Sea Company and other bubble schemes of 1720, and shortly before, is No. 38 in vol. i. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a collection of Dutch satires on the schemes in ... More
De eklips der zuider zon doet veele in't duister zitten veroorzaakt do...
"This engraving is a Dutch satire on the failure of the South Sea Company, Mississippi Company, and bubble schemes of Jonn Law and others, 1720..." (Source: Stephens) Title translated: [The eclipse of the south... More
De inventeur der windnegotie, op zyn zegekar, British Cartoon Print
"This engraved satire on the Mississippi Company and other financial bubbles of 1720 is No. 55 in vol. i. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a collection of Dutch satires on these schemes..." (Source: Step... More
Mr. Alexander Pope - Public domain print
Medley print shows pictures lying as if carelessly placed one over the other. All images relate to Alexander Pope. The center image is a portrait of Pope. Underneath the images is "An Encomium on Mr. Pope and... More
Whipping John of Islington, British Cartoon Print
Print shows an interior view of a room in which a man holds a bare-bottomed woman with a pained look on her face on his back as another woman holds up the woman's dress and points to her naked backside; a man, ... More
The prodigals nurse, or modern heir / M. Iackson, invt. ; Boitard scul...
Print shows an interior view of a room in which a dapperly dressed young man, "Booby Squander, Esq.", turns over the deed to the family estate, his inheritance, to a money lender, the usurer "Solomon Thrifty", ... More
To the tune of a cobler there was
Caricature of a man, seated, three-quarter length, squinting, and poem starting, "A colonel there was, tho' he is not for now, if you want to know why, I'll soon tell you how ..."
The harlots nurse, or modern procuress / Boitard sculpt., British Cart...
Print shows an interior view of a room in which a tightly corsetted courtesan admires herself in a mirror as her maid, or procuress, views her from behind. This scene is mirrored by a cat toying with a mouse un... More
A reply, for the present, to the unknown authors of Villany detected, ...
Print shows Dr. Robert James, inventor of a patent "fever powder," giving his medicine to a sick man as a quack doctor steals the medicine from the doctor's pocket and a ghost denounces the thief. "... Dr. Jam... More
A club of artist's, British Cartoon Print
Etching shows four persons seated at a table, a waiter drawing a cork from a jug, and William Hogarth, "A", standing, saying, "Give me some waste paper Jack." Two artists at the table offer him their work to be... More
A sceene of sceenes. Elizabeth Cannings dream for ye good of her nativ...
Print shows Elizabeth Canning, transported to America, seated in a room. She looks alarmingly at an old crone pointing to a soldier's uniform. Through the open window can be seen British soldiers marching up a ... More
The merry accident, or a print in the morning a chair, a chair, for th...
Print shows the well-known courtesan Catherine Maria "Kitty" Fisher sprawled on the ground after falling off her horse; several men quickly gather at the scene of her misfortune as another on horseback leaps a ... More
(1756). Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Pr...
"A view of a street where an effigy of an unpopular Minister on horseback is conducted to be burned by a cheering mob, with a gallows and a bundle of faggots..." (Source: Stephens) This record contains unverifi... More
The Cato: of 1757. (No. 1) / L da Vinci, invt. et sculp., British Cart...
"Mr. Fox, seated at his desk, meditates on a halter and a deed of "Revrsion--I--d of 2000£. pr An. for me & Mine"..." (Source: Stephens) Imprint from item. This record contains unverified data from Stephens, wi... More
We are all a comeing or Scotch coal for ever / Sawney McAdam, invt. et...
"This etching exhibits the road "From Edinbr. to Londo[n]" and many coaches, carts, and other carriages, going southwards..." (Source: Stephens) [By the Marquis Townshend] Related to event dated 1761 in Stephen... More
The glorius minority in 1763, with the Head of the Majority Blason'd, ...
"An engraving representing a curtain, or "Tappeserie Du Roy", on which are worked pictures and emblems of various subjects, including, on our left, the British Lion furiously storming a breach in the wall of a ... More
Jonathan's Coffee House or An analysis of change alley with a group of...
"An engraving by the hand which produced "Dr. Squintum's Exaltation", No. 4005, showing the interior of "Jonathan's Coffee House", Change Alley, Cornhill, London, a place frequented by dealers in stocks, public... More
Antisejanus Drink deep, or taste not the Porterian Spring., British Ca...
Cartoon shows a full-length portrait of a man (possibly Dr. W. Scott) reading from a book, "The Perils of Poetry." In the background a winged donkey flies over a stream spilling from a barrel, labeled "Trin : C... More
The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765
Print shows George Grenville holding a balance with scales "Debts" and "Savings", the debt far outweighs savings; among those in line to contribute their savings is a Native American woman representing America,... 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 repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvdGhlLXJlcGVhbC1vci10aGUtZnVuZXJhbC1vZi1taXNzLWFtZXN0YW1wLTBkNzg2ZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print")
[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print
Print shows a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames, with warehouses in a line in the background, one of which is inscribed "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now ship'd for America." George ... 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
A political, anatomical, satirical, lecture on heads and no heads; as ...
Print shows the Earl of Bute holding up a bust of William Pitt as the starting point of his lecture on "Heads and No Heads"; on a table before him and on a shelf to the left are several busts identified by numb... 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 Scots triumph, or a peep behind the curtain, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows the entrance to a large building furnished with columns, from which heavy curtains are suspended. In the distance is the dome of St. Paul's to signify that the scene is in London. A coach, which i... 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
Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition, British Cartoon Print
Broadside showing, above three columns of text (comprising the petition), George III seated on his throne receiving several men, one, kneeling before him, presents the petition, on May 24th 1769. Catalogue of ... 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
High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print
Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains around the bed can be seen a bare-breasted duchess. On t... 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
High life at midnight, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a street scene: five upper class men and women returning home after an evening of entertainment are attacked by a group of lower class men armed with staffs intent on robbery. One of the well dresse... 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 pleasures of the married state / W. Proud del. et sculp., British ...
Print shows a family gathering around a table, the husband, seated, is instructing a son who stands next to him with an open book, and the wife, seated opposite, holds an infant daughter, the children mimic the... More
The courtiers assembled, on hearing the news of the death of the Rt. H...
Print shows a group of ministers seated around a table commenting on the news of William Beckford's death. Depicted are Jeremiah Dyson, John Montagu Sandwich, William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augu... More
Venison & Claret, or Sr. Humpy. Haunch, Bart. of Glutton Hall, British...
"A W.L. figure standing towards the left looking over his left shoulder. He is stout with an enormously protruding stomach..." (Source: George) V. 2. 22. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in... More
![[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvaGliZXJuaWEtaW4tZGlzdHJlc3MtMTEwNDVjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print")
[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print
Print shows Hibernia, a woman representing Ireland, lying on the floor holding a broken harp, Lord Townshend is holding her down with his left foot; on the left, Lord North reaches into a money bag labeled with... More
Shah Allum in distress, British Cartoon Print
"A design in two compartments illustrating an article in Biblical phraseology, 'The First Chapter of the Book of Kings' and 'The Lamentations'. In the upper part is depicted a meeting of the General Court of th... More
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
A new method of macarony making, as practised 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
![The dissolution of P[arliamen]t](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWRpc3NvbHV0aW9uLW9mLXBhcmxpYW1lbnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "The dissolution of P[arliamen]t")
The dissolution of P[arliamen]t
Print shows members of Parliament riding in a large carriage past a building commemorating "John Wilkes Esqr."
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
The Scotch Butchery, Boston, 1775, British Cartoon Print
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
Ecce homo / B-b-y., British Cartoon Print
Print shows an enraged, wild-eyed and possibly demented man, identified (in the British Museum CPPS) as William Austin, violently reviling "Damn your foolish caricatures" posted in the window of Matthew Darly's... 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
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
Bunkers Hill or America's head dress
Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman, right profile, with exaggerated coiffure supporting three redoubts with infantry and artillery firing at close range, tents, an artillery train, and a sea battle i... More
Take your choice Historic map, Library of Congress
Print shows two designs topped with crowns, on the left, a pyramid, labeled "Natural and civil liberty", and on the right, the scaffolding which supports the pyramidal structure; from a pedestal labeled "Army",... More