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
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...
Telegram regarding conviction for piracy
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
The able doctor; or America swallowing the bitter draught
Cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America" whose arms are... 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
![D. Philip. IV. Hisp. et Ind. regi opt. max. Ioannes de Solorzano Pereira..., [Title page]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE2MzkvMTIvMzEvZC1waGlsaXAtaXYtaGlzcC1ldC1pbmQtcmVnaS1vcHQtbWF4LWlvYW5uZXMtZGUtc29sb3J6YW5vLXBlcmVpcmEtdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1jOTk0ZGYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "D. Philip. IV. Hisp. et Ind. regi opt. max. Ioannes de Solorzano Pereira..., [Title page]")
D. Philip. IV. Hisp. et Ind. regi opt. max. Ioannes de Solorzano Perei...
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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](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."
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
Petition to George III, King of Great Britain, 1775
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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]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzYvMTIvMzEvY29tbW9uLXNlbnNlLWFkZHJlc3NlZC10by10aGUtaW5oYWJpdGFudHMtb2YtYW1lcmljYS10aXRsZS1wYWdlLWFkOTQxMy02NDAuanBn/40/59/webp "Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America, [Title page]")
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 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
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
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 sitting around a table](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODAvMDEvMDEvYXNzb2NpYXRpb24tbWVldGluZy1hdC15b3JrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Association meeting at York] - A drawing of a large group of people sitting around a table")
[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.
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
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
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
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
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
Premiere assemblée du congrès / dessiné par le Barbier Peintre du Roi ...
Print shows session of the First Continental Congress, September 1774, in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hillia... 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
