Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingBunkers Hill or America's head dress 1 print : etching. | 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 involving two or three ships; large flags flying over the redoubts are decorated with a monkey, two women, and a goose.
- Contributor: Darly, Matthew, Active - Darly, Matthew
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPoor old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children 1 print : etching ; plate 24.6 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 38.3 cm. | Print shows England as an old man with wooden leg and crutch tugging on strings hooked onto the noses of five American men across a divide labeled "The Atlantic Ocean"; the men resist, shoot pellets at, and taunt old England. Includes a quote attributed to Shakespeare, "And...
- Contributor: Darly, Matthew, Active - Darly, Matthew
- Date: 1777-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe commissioner's interview with congress 1 print : etching. | Print shows three members of "congress" standing beneath palm trees outlining their demands for peace to three members of the peace commission, the Earl of Carlisle, Baron Auckland, and George Johnstone. Lord Bute is standing in the background between the two groups.
- Contributor: Darly, Matthew, Active - Darly, Matthew
- Date: 1778-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA view in America in 1778 1 print : etching ; (plate) 24.8 x 35.3 cm, (sheet) 28 x 38.5 cm. | Print shows an African man lying on the ground, wounded by cannon shot, over him are standing several men, on the left is a congressman clearly suffering from a visual disorder (strabismus or walleye and also, perhaps, blindness to the needs of the military), center is a military...
- Contributor: Darly, Matthew, Active - Darly, Matthew
- Date: 1778-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPrattle 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | 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 America.
- Contributor: Darly, Matthew, Active - Darly, Matthew
- Date: 1779-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingMiss Carolina Sulivan - one of the obstinate daughters of America, 1776 1 print : etching. | Cartoon shows Sullivan's Island, portrayed as a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman who looks like William Pitt, right profile, with large hairdo meant to conceal fortifications, cannons, and several battle flags.
- Contributor: Darly, Matthew, Active - Darly, Matthew - Darly, M. (Mary)
- Date: 1776-01-01