Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingPizarro contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian mine Print shows Richard Sheridan as Francisco Pizarro entranced by all the gold coins in his helmet.- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1799
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Photo, Print, DrawingMcLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No. 19 or The Looking Glass 1 print : lithograph. | Sheet of 7 political cartoons by Seymour.- Date: 1831-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA few small temples still retain their lines of classic beauty. With the recollection of Greece's ancient glory one may spend pleasant hours in the Acropolis The prime minister, Colonel Gonatas of … 2 photographic prints (1 page) : gelatin silver. | Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter with the Prime Minister of Greece, Colonel Stylianos Gonatas, Athens, Greece.- Contributor: Williams, C. - Knight, Charles - Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George)
- Date: 1923-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingIn the late afternoon shadows steal over the surfaces of ancient columns of the Acropolis softening their worn and ragged edges These columns standing for centuries despite the elements and are huge … 2 photographic prints (1 page) : gelatin silver. | Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter putting his arms around a column, Athens, Greece.- Contributor: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George) - Gillray, James
- Date: 1923-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe continental shaveing shop 1 print : engraving, colour ; plate mark 24.5 x 34.8 cm, sheet 25 x 35.5 cm. | "Napoleon is the barber who shaves in his shop the powers of Europe with the help of Talleyrand ..." (Source: George)- Date: 1806
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Photo, Print, Drawing[The monster melo-drama] Prints shows a four-footed monster, with the heads of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, John Philip Kemble, Joseph Grimaldi, and Harlequin, suckling playwrights in front of Covent Garden and Drury Lane theaters.- Contributor: De Wilde, Samuel - Tipper, Samuel
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingComedy in the country. Tragedy in London 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. | "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 orchestra play, grotesquely weeping ..." (Source: George)- Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas
- Date: 1807
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Photo, Print, DrawingNews from Worthing. In a letter from a beast of burden to her brother Jack 1 print : engraving, color. | "A young woman sits a donkey which is in the sea, refusing to move; she flourishes her parasol ..." (Source: George)- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac - Bloomfield, Robert
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe porcupine's den 1 print : etching ; sheet 208 x 326 mm. | Print shows William Cobbett, Sir Francis Burdett, and John Horne Tooke as monsters.- Contributor: De Wilde, Samuel
- Date: 1808-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAn old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places 1 print : engraving, colour. | "George III stands on a low rectangular platform placed upon a boarded floor and is approached from all sides by gaping jaw A Mouth of Guile..." (Source: George)- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1809
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Photo, Print, DrawingTrue reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in new Palace Yard 1 print : engraving with watercolor ; 30.7 x 42.3 cm (sheet) | 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 "Sedition" while three creatures add to the flames. James Boswell, Samuel…- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe life of William-Cobbett, --written by himself. No. 8 1 print : engraving. | Cobbett surrounded by flames and beset by ghosts, starts back in his chair, overturning his writing-table and dropping his pen... (Source: George)- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingExamination at Golgatha or the college of skulls 1 print : engraving, color ; sheet 21.3 x 39.2 cm.- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1811
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Photo, Print, DrawingPreparing John Bull for general congress Satirical print depicts John Bull standing, arms outstretched, as he is hacked apart by small figures representing both domestic and international issues, including France's Napoleon. A tub of a ship, the frigate USS President, sails toward him at left, battle weary with a tattered American flag. The dialogue refers to naval battles during the War of 1812. "John Bull, a giant beset by pigmies,…- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1813
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Photo, Print, DrawingThree great actors all the world a stage & all the men are mearly players [sic] Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available 1 print : engraving, color. | "Three W. L portraits (left to right): Wellington, Blücher, Kean..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Heath, William
- Date: 1814-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA whole family lost 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 435 x 279 mm. | "A bell-man or town-crier stands full-face in the middle of the street, shouting his news, bell in his right hand, left arm raised. His cocked hat, long coat, and flapped waistcoat are gold-laced. His large figure fills the greater part of the design; words cover the upper part of the print: 'O…- Contributor: Williams, Charles - Williams, Charles, Active
- Date: 1814-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe imposter, or obstetric dispute 1 print : engraving, coloured ; sheet 25.6 x 38.4 cm. | "A scene outside Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam). Joanna Southcott, grotesquely pregnant, bestrides a dog wearing clerical gown and bands, its collar inscribed Tozer..." (Source: George)- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingRoyal Methodists in Kent & Sussex---or the dissenters too powerful for the established church 1 print : engraving, colored. | "Dissenters, led by Collyer, and encouraged by the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, attack the Church of England..." (Source: George)- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1815-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing 1 print : engraving, coloured. | "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: George)- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA German mountebank blowing his own trumpet at a Dutch concert of 500 piano fortes!! 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; 32.5 x 24.9 cm (folded) ; 32.5 x 49.8 cm (open) | "Logier, the music-master, is delivering one of his musical lectures with demonstrations by his pupils..." (Source: George); with integral text leaf.- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Logierian system, or unveiling the new light to ye musical world!! With the discovery of a general thoro' base [altered to bass]discord in the old school 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; 28.4 x 41.6 cm (sheet) | "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)- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAn interesting scene, on board an East-Indiaman, showing the effects of a heavy lurch,---after dinner.--- 1 print : hand-colored engraving ; plate mark 257 x 356 mm, sheet 300 x 477 mm. | "Passengers seated at a table in the state cabin under six windows in the stern, are flung violently about as the ship slants steeply to the left..." (Source: George)- Contributor: Cruikshank, George - Marryat, Frederick
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA dandyess Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available 1 print : lithograph, coloured | "A comely young woman, fashionably dressed, stands on the pavement, stooping forward and holding up an eyeglass, attached to her neck by a long chain and the same woman, wearing a patched chemise, and with her hair in curl-papers, sits at a table cheerfully ironing her gown..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Marks, John Lewis
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLanding the treasures, or results of the polar expedition 1 print : hand-colored engraving ; plate mark 223 x 544 mm, sheet 230 x 562 mm. | "A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left..." (Source: George). Print shows items brought from Captain John Ross' expedition to…- Contributor: Cruikshank, George - Marryat, Frederick
- Date: 1819-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingMuch wanted a reform among females!!! 1 print : engraving, coloured. | "Four women, all eagerly amorous, look down on a densely packed crowd from a platform (right) in a rural setting..." (Source: George)- Date: 1819-01-01