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Putti Playing with Hoops (Cartoon for a Fresco in the Parma Cathedral)

Putti Playing with Hoops (Cartoon for a Fresco in the Parma Cathedral)

Public domain image, 16th-17th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Putti Playing with Hoops (Cartoon for a Fresco in the Parma Cathedral)

Putti Playing with Hoops (Cartoon for a Fresco in the Parma Cathedral)

Public domain image, 16th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monsieur Perrukesmore a French cavalier, & Sir Penitent Pig-back a Catalonian pilgrim

Monsieur Perrukesmore a French cavalier, & Sir Penitent Pig-back a Cat...

Two Lilliputian figures, a French landholder, and a Catalonian pilgrim headed for the Holy Land confront each other. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial border.

An election entertainment at Brentford, British Cartoon Print

An election entertainment at Brentford, British Cartoon Print

A party of freeholders of Middlesex, seated at a table, dining, during the election of a M.P. for the county, Dec. 1768, when Sergeant Glynn, Wilkes's friend and counsel, opposed Sir William Beauchamp Proctor,... More

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)

Public domain image, 16th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court

Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court

Possibly by William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London) Public domain scan of English 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court

Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court

William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London) Public domain scan of English 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion / Js. Gy. design et fecit., British Cartoon Print

A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion / Js. Gy. design et fecit....

Caricature of George IV as the Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leaning back in an arm-chair, at a table covered with remains of a meal, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a ... More

Fee Simple, a councellor and Beau Bungey, a cringing courtier, British Cartoon Print

Fee Simple, a councellor and Beau Bungey, a cringing courtier, British...

Two Lilliputian figures, a lawyer and a courtier, or landholder, stand discussing the means by which the courtier will settle his estate. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial borders. Forms p... More

The twelve months represented by Lilliputian figures, British Cartoon Print

The twelve months represented by Lilliputian figures, British Cartoon ...

Scene in January, showing couple keeping warm in winter clothing; and scene in February, showing couple, in masquerades, holding hands. Each scene framed by elaborate ornamental and pictorial borders. Forms par... More

The Triumph of Mordecai - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Triumph of Mordecai - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Contrast a French prisoner in England, an English prisoner in France., British Cartoon Print

The Contrast a French prisoner in England, an English prisoner in Fran...

Political cartoon showing French prisoner in England seated at table with plum pudding and woman serving him a large beef roast; in France a skinny English prisoner looks with disgust at food being served to hi... More

Mr. Timothy Rack Rent, an old miserable landlord, & his neighbour Lease-hold, a country attorney

Mr. Timothy Rack Rent, an old miserable landlord, & his neighbour Leas...

Landlord telling leaseholder he is raising his rent. "Printed for John Spilsbury, engraver, map and print seller, in Russel-Court Covent-Garden." No. 6. Unprocessed in PC 3 - Addenda (A size).

Councellor double-fee, British Cartoon Print

Councellor double-fee, British Cartoon Print

Man dressed in legal robe probably judge, sitting at table stacked with legal books & documents, saying, "open to all parties", and holding out to two men who are giving him money. Forms part of : British Carto... More

The Reforming constable, or, The biter bit / Capt H---invt ; Cap B-- Sculp., British Cartoon Print

The Reforming constable, or, The biter bit / Capt H---invt ; Cap B-- S...

Cartoon showing constable entering house, "in search of the sons and daughters of the Devil", and finding his wife committing adultery in a brothel. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ... More

Destaing. Shewing how he cut the English mens head off

Destaing. Shewing how he cut the English mens head off

Charles Henri Estaing holding cat by tail in one hand and sword in another.

The Young repentent brought to a bed of justice, British Cartoon Print

The Young repentent brought to a bed of justice, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing blindfolded judge seated alongside a second judge, who is pointing to a pregnant girl. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

A Methodist, love feast. The gosple wife, or the bellows lecture, British Cartoon Print

A Methodist, love feast. The gosple wife, or the bellows lecture, Brit...

Political cartoon showing man and woman at door and priest hiding under table. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The butchers wife dressing for the Pantheon / P. Dawe, st., British Cartoon Print

The butchers wife dressing for the Pantheon / P. Dawe, st., British Ca...

Political cartoon showing wigged woman at dressing table looking in mirror. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The Head of--an alderman finished by cupid, British Cartoon Print

The Head of--an alderman finished by cupid, British Cartoon Print

Political cartoon showing man being amorous to woman stopped while making painting of another man which is being finished by cupid hovering above the painting. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection ... More

The Sally from Mincing Lane to Little - Hell, British Cartoon Print

The Sally from Mincing Lane to Little - Hell, British Cartoon Print

Political cartoon showing man riding on carriage "annuities" over human skull by marker "5 miles to Epsom" Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress)

The Accomplish'd maid, British Cartoon Print

The Accomplish'd maid, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing woman with elaborate hairdo playing keyboard instrument and singing(?). Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection. (Library of Congress) No. V2, 65.

A side box, British Cartoon Print

A side box, British Cartoon Print

Two elegantly-dressed women seated in theater box, with man offering fruit to one woman. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Judge Thumb, or - patent sticks for family correction: warranted lawful!, British Cartoon Print

Judge Thumb, or - patent sticks for family correction: warranted lawfu...

Judge Buller walking in foreground, carrying bundles of rods; in the background, a man with a rod raised over his head is about to strike a woman who is running away from him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Pr... More

Francisco Goya - Boy on a Ram - Public domain dedication, Art Institute of Chicago

Francisco Goya - Boy on a Ram - Public domain dedication, Art Institut...

Public domain scan of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes work - Spanish painter, printmaker, and draftsman who lived during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picr... More

Such things are--Such things were, British Cartoon Print

Such things are--Such things were, British Cartoon Print

Six figures comparing "modern" fashions to "ancient" fashions. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris

Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris

Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More

La France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les presentent à Louis Seize et à Mr. Necker

La France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les...

Allegory showing France as a woman receiving from the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) the wishes of the nation and presenting them to King Louis XVI and Jacques Necker, who was recalled to offi... More

Sans vous je périssoit - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Sans vous je périssoit - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...

Allegory showing three soldiers saving "France" who is falling from a cliff and a monument to the taking of the Bastille in the background. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Holland in 1790. Source:... More

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotisme et les abus du regne feodal qui terrassaient le peuple

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...

Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More

Le Souhait accompli v'la comme j'avions toujours désiré que ça fut.

Le Souhait accompli v'la comme j'avions toujours désiré que ça fut.

Cartoon showing three men representing the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) embracing and standing on red, white, and blue sheets marked "haine," "grandeurs," and "benefices." (National Assembly... More

House-breaking, before sun-set, British Cartoon Print

House-breaking, before sun-set, British Cartoon Print

British caricature showing man with musket "constitution" shooting bullets "resolve" from Treasury at man "truth" with hatchet and staff "loyality", man with axe "presumptive rights", man with crowbar "begum so... More

Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car l'opression de mes fers me donnions le cochemar un peu trop fort

Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...

Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.

Le Pied de nez ou l'aristocratie ecrasée

Le Pied de nez ou l'aristocratie ecrasée

Aristocrat with crown, clergy with long noses, triumphant figures of the Republic, destruction of the aristocracy.

France ; England. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

France ; England. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Political cartoon showing "France" with man kneeling and presenting crown to old woman on throne with other women standing, three of them with heads on poles. "England" with man sitting on crate "general excise... More

Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden, British Cartoon Print

Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden, British C...

British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta... More

The End of Pain. The last speech, dying words, and confession of T.P. / T.O. [Ovenden] fecit., British Cartoon Print

The End of Pain. The last speech, dying words, and confession of T.P. ...

Cartoon showing Thomas Paine being hanged. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

L'Anarchiste. Je les trompe tous deux / Son. Petit, peintre, sculpsit.

L'Anarchiste. Je les trompe tous deux / Son. Petit, peintre, sculpsit.

Two faced figure of anarchist deceiving figures representing Republicans and Jacobins.

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print

Four town criers peddling "shillelees, ballads, Bedfordshire tails, and Scotch whiskey." Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress)

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et sculp., British Cartoon Print

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et sculp., British Cartoon Print

Four town criers peddling "lily white sand," "Scotch crowdy," "roses and lilies," and the last crier announcing the theft of "five hundred guineas." Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ... More

New peers of Lilliput!!, British Cartoon Print

New peers of Lilliput!!, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing two British men wearing crowns talking to each other; a spoof on British peerage. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print

Four town criers announcing "Rare news! bloody news! Ireland is sunk in the bog of Allen! The ... French Army is totally destroyed ..." ; "Any-bad-schillings!" ; "Bill o' the play, your honour" ; "Rare Norfolk ... More

The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder,-scene. The borough, in imitation of Mr. Southey's sapphics,-Vide. Anti-Jacobin, p. 15, British Cartoon Print

The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder,-scene. The borough, in i...

George Tierney and a knife-grinder pushing his wheelbarrow in front of an ale-house. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Jacques Bonnefoy - La Machine infernale / gravé par Bonnefoy.

Jacques Bonnefoy - La Machine infernale / gravé par Bonnefoy.

Man with knife lighting powder keg on wagon at Rue Nicaise, a reference to the attempt of Napoleon's life in late 1800. "Enregistrè á la Bibliotheque Nationale."

A lilliputian auction / Woodward del ; Cruikshank st., British Cartoon Print

A lilliputian auction / Woodward del ; Cruikshank st., British Cartoon...

Comic scene: an auction of painting of Queen Cleopatra painted by Corregio; a parody of connoisseurship. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The caricaturist's apology / Giles Grinagain in.et f., British Cartoon Print

The caricaturist's apology / Giles Grinagain in.et f., British Cartoon...

Large man holding a club and caricature of himself, threatens a kneeling caricaturist. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

British vessels. Described for the use of country gentlemen, British Cartoon Print

British vessels. Described for the use of country gentlemen, British C...

British cartoon showing seven women, with different shapes and different types of clothing described as ships. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress)

Armed-heroes / Js. Gillray inv. & f., British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Armed-heroes / Js. Gillray inv. & f., British Cartoon Print, James Gil...

Cartoon showing Addington, saying "Who's afraid? ...", and Napoleon facing each other defiantly across a narrow channel. Behind Addington on the front bench in the House of Commons is Hawkesbury saying, "Ah who... More

French invasion - or - Buonaparte landing in Great-Britain, British Cartoon Print

French invasion - or - Buonaparte landing in Great-Britain, British Ca...

Cartoon showing Napoleon and his army, on seashore, fleeing from English soldiers with a British flag and two cannons on a low sandy cliff. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress)

Buonaparte, 48 hours after landing!--Vide John Bulls home-stroke, armed en masse / Js. Gillray des. & fect., British Cartoon Print

Buonaparte, 48 hours after landing!--Vide John Bulls home-stroke, arme...

Head of Napoleon dripping blood, held high on a pitch fork by a British volunteer soldier, "John Bull." Other volunteers gather around. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion-with the kind offices of young Clysterpipe & Little Boney - a hint from Gil Blas / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.

Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion-with the kind offices of...

Cartoon showing Addington saying, "courage John Bull-courage", as he bleeds arm of John Bull, who is supported by Hawkesbury, who repeats "courage Johnny". Napoleon holds out his hat to catch the blood, "West I... More

Death of the Corsican fox--Scene the last of the Royal-Hunt / Js. Gillray. inv & fect.

Death of the Corsican fox--Scene the last of the Royal-Hunt / Js. Gill...

King George III as a huntsman, holds up to a pack of hounds a fox with the head of Napoleon. Hounds' collars inscribed with names of naval leaders "Nelson," "Sydney S. Gardner," "Cornwallis." Men on horseback l... More

Destruction of the French gun-boats-or-Little Boney & his friend Talley in high glee, British Cartoon Print

Destruction of the French gun-boats-or-Little Boney & his friend Talle...

Cartoon showing Napoleon, sitting on the shoulder of Talleyrand, gleefully peering through a large rolled document, "Talleyrand's plan for invading Great Britain", at the channel, where the French flotilla is b... More

The Corsican-pest;-or-Belzebub going to supper, British Cartoon Print

The Corsican-pest;-or-Belzebub going to supper, British Cartoon Print

The Devil with demons roasting Napoleon on a pitchfork in the flames of Hell. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Evacuation of Malta, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Evacuation of Malta, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Addington squats over cocked hat into which he evacuates papers including "Egypt," "Guadeloupe," and last, "Malta," Napoleon holds him by the cravat and threatens him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Co... More

An Experiment with a burning glass, British Cartoon Print

An Experiment with a burning glass, British Cartoon Print

Caricature showing British soldier frying small figure of Napoleon with light through a magnifying glass. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver

King George III in military uniform, holds a tiny Napoleon in the palm of his hand while inspecting him with a spy-glass.

German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray inv. & fct., British Cartoon Print

German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray in...

Cartoon showing Count Starhemberg riding past Napoleon, sniffing snuff, failing to pay his respects to him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

John Bull offering Little Boney fair play, British Cartoon Print

John Bull offering Little Boney fair play, British Cartoon Print

Bare chested sailor, "John Bull," standing in English channel with arms akimbo, looking at Napoleon, whose head looks over top of fortification on the French coast. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Colle... More

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, British Cartoon Print, James Gil...

King George III and Queen Charlotte seated on chairs of state, watch a small rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his boat. Lord Salisbury stands behind king's chair. Four princesses and three p... More

The genius of France nursing her darling / T.B.:-d-lle delt., British Cartoon Print

The genius of France nursing her darling / T.B.:-d-lle delt., British ...

Cartoon showing France, a savage virago, dandling a tiny Napoleon seated on her hand and wearing a royal robe over his military dress. Above her head she holds a rattle with bells surmounted by a crown. She gri... More

Ci-devant occupations-or-Madame Taliah and the Empress Josephine dancing naked before Barrass in the winter of 1797.-A fact! / Js Gillray dest & fect., British Cartoon Print

Ci-devant occupations-or-Madame Taliah and the Empress Josephine danci...

Josephine and Madame Tallien dance naked behind transparent drapery while Napoleon and Barras watch. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Blowing up the new opposition / Argus Invt., British Cartoon Print

Blowing up the new opposition / Argus Invt., British Cartoon Print

Group of men, possibly the Foxite faction of Parliament, shooting guns and arrows at another group of men, the "new opposition," whose guns are misfiring. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Li... More

Is this a rattle which I see before me / Cruikshank., British Cartoon Print

Is this a rattle which I see before me / Cruikshank., British Cartoon ...

John Philip Kemble, caricatured, plays the dagger scene in Macbeth. In front of him is magically suspended a large watchman's rattle, labelled "a word to the wise". Text refers to the personal attack made on th... More

The soldiers definition of madness / Cawse fecit., British Cartoon Print

The soldiers definition of madness / Cawse fecit., British Cartoon Pri...

Four frames showing how love leads soldiers to sadness which leads to drink which leads to madness. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

The theatrical atlas / G. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print

The theatrical atlas / G. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print

Edmund Kean, as the humpbacked Richard III, standing on a large book labeled Shakespear, with a model of Drury Lane Theatre, a massive block labeled Whitbreads Intire, on his head. Forms part of : British Carto... More

Lodgings to let / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Lodgings to let / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing a fashionably dressed man standing in a well-furnished sitting-room, speaking to a pretty and elegant young woman. He wears a tophat, Hessian boots, and carries a large rough walking-stick. He... More

The rival Richards or Sheakspear [sic] in danger, British Cartoon Print

The rival Richards or Sheakspear [sic] in danger, British Cartoon Prin...

Political cartoon showing Edmund Kean and Charles Mayne Young, both dressed as Richard III, struggling for Shakespeare, who stands between them. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Vive le roi! ou, Les spéculateurs & les politiques en défaut

Vive le roi! ou, Les spéculateurs & les politiques en défaut

Three men reading broadside from Louis XVIII and addresses of the provisional government of France.

The Dutch Apollo!, British Cartoon Print

The Dutch Apollo!, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing the Prince of Orange, dressed like a Dutchman in (English) caricature, kneels with arms extended imploring at the feet of Princess Charlotte. He wears Apollo's wreath, decorated with small orang... More

La Poire était mûre - A drawing of a pear on a branch

La Poire était mûre - A drawing of a pear on a branch

A ripe pear, with profile of Napoleon between leaf and branch, falling from a branch.

La Consultation. Book illustration from Library of Congress

La Consultation. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cartoon showing ailing Napoleon losing crown while "Le Cardinal Fesch" takes his pulse. Napoleon asks: "Dear Cousin, how do you find my state?" The Cardinal replies: "Sire, it cannot endure; your Majesty has a ... More

Dandies dressing / I. R. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print

Dandies dressing / I. R. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print

Six men dressing in grotesque attire. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress)

Queen Caroline. Britain's best hope!! England's sheet-anchor!!!, British Cartoon Print

Queen Caroline. Britain's best hope!! England's sheet-anchor!!!, Briti...

British cartoon showing people praising Queen Caroline, who holds anchor, representing the Magna Charta, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the people. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection(L... More

Pandemonium college, or The battle of the bulls, bears, and lame ducks, as fought in 'C--ge- Alley, British Cartoon Print

Pandemonium college, or The battle of the bulls, bears, and lame ducks...

Political cartoon showing animals as humans at stock market, and poem decrying stock jobbing. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ofg Congress).

[A Bailiff and an attorney--a match for the Devil], British Cartoon Print

[A Bailiff and an attorney--a match for the Devil], British Cartoon Pr...

A satire on attornies and bailiffs. Lawyer, in his office, holding papers marked, "Middlesex to Wit -- Jno. Doe & Richd. Doe ..."; he converses with a rough man, with a cudgel under his arm, who holds case insc... More

[Three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French peasants, union of the Three Orders (clergy, aristocracy, and people), and miserable plight of peasants]

[Three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French pe...

Print shows a three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French peasants, union of the Three Orders (clergy, aristocracy, and people), and miserable plight of peasants Possibly purchased by Ge... More

Derniere procession constitutionelle pour l'Enterrement du serment civique qui se fera le 1792

Derniere procession constitutionelle pour l'Enterrement du serment civ...

Procession of priests with long noses, with Archbishop of Paris, Gobel, in front and mythical creature holding casket of civil oaths bringing up rear. Represents priests who were against the civil constitution ... More

Dédiée l'Assemblée Nationale--Liste de MMr. les Deputes de Paris a l'Assemblée nationale / Laurent Guyot.

Dédiée l'Assemblée Nationale--Liste de MMr. les Deputes de Paris a l'A...

Deputies of the Third Estate in a carriage drawn by two sheep and two bulls on their way to the Versailles directory; dishevelled lion; figure of the Republic with anchor on low platform behind; list of deputie... More

Coffee all out and no where to straggle to

Coffee all out and no where to straggle to

Title inscribed left margin. Inscribed right margin: The Veteran Coffee boiler Now they are going to have another fight I ain't spoiling for a fight But I don't see any help for it, I've boiled coffee till I ha... More

[A series of small scenes that illustrate various ways of getting money]

[A series of small scenes that illustrate various ways of getting mone...

Title devised. Inscribed: Robbery; Forgery; Burglary; Highway robbery; CHECK BOOK. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0512) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[The soldier returns to the hearth]

[The soldier returns to the hearth]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.233) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

I totes for de Brig - Public domain portrait drawing

I totes for de Brig - Public domain portrait drawing

Two full length portraits of soldiers, one carrying buckets. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-60. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.987) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and General McClellan standing before a playbill which reads: Every day this week onward to Richmond by a select company of star generals]

[Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and General McClellan standing before a pla...

Also shows Abraham Lincoln standing behind General Scott and next to Edwin M. Stanton, inscribed over them: War Department. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.... More

The rebel chivalry as the fancy of "My Maryland" painted them; as "My Maryland" found them.

The rebel chivalry as the fancy of "My Maryland" painted them; as "My ...

Cartoon contrasting man in fine military uniform and soldier in tattered clothing in front of horse labeled "C.S.A.". Illus. from Harper's Weekly, 1862.

The furloughed man a prisoner - Public domain scan / drawing

The furloughed man a prisoner - Public domain scan / drawing

Officer on horseback taking furloughed man from his family. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200. Formerly Waud no. B-25. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.... More

[Columbia and Jonathan at home]

[Columbia and Jonathan at home]

Cartoon shows Columbia (symbolizing the United States) after her marriage to Brother Jonathan (symbolizing U.S. citizens). Columbia gestures sorrowfully towards African Americans (portrayed in ethnic stereotype... More

[The Kansas row] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[The Kansas row] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows a Puritan rolling up his sleeves to fight a Cavalier (with features strongly resembling Senator Stephen Douglas), who is kicking African Americans in Kansas back across a fence into Missouri and s... More

[The Uprising of the North] - Public domain dedication image

[The Uprising of the North] - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows "a night scene. Columbia stands on a balcony draped with the United States flag, with the American Eagle beside her, wings outspread. She brandishes her sword, and below her, mounted knights salut... More

[The massacre at New Orleans] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[The massacre at New Orleans] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows President Andrew Johnson "as a king, crowned and in velvet and ermine. His alleged royalist ambition had been the theme of much Radical rhetoric." Nast is attacking Johnson because he and others b... More

Impeachment in a horn [Cartoons regarding the impeachment of Andrew Johnson] [n. p. 1867?].

Impeachment in a horn [Cartoons regarding the impeachment of Andrew Jo...

Cartoon. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 236, Folder 21.

[King Cotton], Confederate States of America.

[King Cotton], Confederate States of America.

Cartoon shows "a skinny old king with hair and beard of cotton, a huge oversize crown on his head, a whip in his hand, sitting on his throne, while African American slaves bring him cool drinks and female slave... More

Caricature, The Street car question again, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The Street car question again, public domain cartoon image

Cartoon showing woman standing, and men, seated, reading newspapers, on streetcar; and cartoon showing men trying to get on moving streetcar; on page of advertisements. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1868 Feb. 1, p. 80.

The Central Park. A delightful resort for the toil-worn New Yorkers

The Central Park. A delightful resort for the toil-worn New Yorkers

Cartoon showing two children in park full of signs; e.g., "Keep off the grass." Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1869 June 19, p. 221.

[Two cartoons: one showing clerk saying, "I am very sorry, but my orders are ...", and tourist saying, "Yesh, yesh, I know all about your orders; but how voz it dot you knowed i wozn't a Ghristian?" ; the other An Oirish opinion, showing Irish woman saying, "Faix, there's no gintlemen in time I ride in a car I'll walk, so I will."; on page of advertisements] / Woolly(?).

[Two cartoons: one showing clerk saying, "I am very sorry, but my orde...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 July 28, p. 592. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism. An aesthetic reception / from sketches by a staff artist.

Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism. An aesthetic reception / fro...

Oscar Wilde at an "aesthetic reception". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1882 Jan. 21, p. 381.

St. Louis Exposition 1882, grand commercial race free to all

St. Louis Exposition 1882, grand commercial race free to all

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Gast (A.J.G?.) & Co., printer. Category designatio... More

Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism / from sketches by a staff artist.

Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism / from sketches by a staff ar...

Two portraits of Oscar Wilde, titled "Let me tell you the reason why we love the lily and the sunflower", and "Satire is the romance whic ignorance pays to genius". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspap... More

New York entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.  Evidently the "elevated" gentleman intends to stay / W.A. Rogers.

New York entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. Evidently the "elevated" ge...

Cartoon showing man on stilts, probably J.A. Roebling, over entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, on page of text. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 Nov. 24, p. 743.

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