Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingMal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard - sujet mémorable des révolutions de l'univers
A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778 1 print : etching and engraving. | Cartoon shows a man with feathered cap labeled "Ameriquain" (representing America) cutting the horns off a cow labeled "Commerce d'Angleterre" (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman labeled "Hollandois," two men labeled "Francois" and "Espagnol" (representing France and Spain) are standing toward the rear of the cow holding bowls of milk. In the foreground,...- Date: 1778-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe Boureau 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows George Tierney dressed as an executioner standing next to a guillotine with a crowd of liberty-capped citizens in the background.
- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1798-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingRepresantant d'une grande nation 1 print : aquatint, colour with small applications of gold leaf. | "A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of L'Arbre de Liberté (right) with upraised hands. The tree, Emblême de l'Arbre de Connoissance, has withered branches in which fantastic serpents are twined. One of these, having a human head and arms...is evidently Talleyrand..."...
- Contributor: Cooke, J.
- Date: 1799