Print shows view of home and property of Moses Gill, with men gathering hay in the foreground. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. More
Print shows second trial by Dr. John Sheldon, anatomist, to launch a balloon at Lord Foley's grounds in Portland Place, London, which resulted in the balloon's destruction by fire (Source: L.T.C. Rolt, The Aero More
Print shows a view looking across the Richelieu River at St. John, a cluster of buildings and fortifications used by the British. Illus. in: Travels through the interior parts of America : In a series of lette More
Engraved for Massachusetts Mag. March 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no. More
"Portrait, W.L., of a stout man facing T.Q. to right, looking to left over his right shoulder. His left hand is thrust under his buttoned coat; his right (gloved) rests on a cane..." (Source: George) No. 24. Ca More
Illus. probably from: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan More
A number of small scenes on one page, various subjects. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures More
Print shows a woman sitting in a chair, one physician checking her pulse while another bathes her left foot, six additional physicians gesture wildly, presuming her illness to be incurable. Forms part of: Fren More
Print shows Charon accepting the baker Sr. Remy, mistakenly beheaded, into his boat while rejecting several government officials and guardsmen, all who carry their severed heads atop pikes; on the opposite shor More
Print shows Charlotte Corday standing before the judges of the Revolutionary Tribunal with the body of Marat which lying between them. She responds to the Tribunal, "Wretches, I did not expect to appear before More
Print shows a nobleman dressed as a knight and a bishop standing on either side of a globe which is resting on the shoulders of a member of the Third Estate, indicating that the burden of supporting the state w More
Print shows a man with a copy of "Harris's list" open to the page for "Miss Love" standing in front of Miss Love's establishment; there is a young woman standing at the door, one leaning out a first floor windo More
Print shows a smiling man, "platonic love", on one knee as three women beat him with whips made of bulrushes(?); on the wall in the background are two portraits, "The Maid of Drury" and "The Maid of the Oaks." More
French soldiers pillaging and destroying the House of Lords. A guillotine takes the place of the throne and above it hangs a Liberty Cap. A French soldier carries away the mace while others rip and burn the tap More
Print shows, on the left, Louis, the Duke of Burgundy, identified as Louis Le Petit, sitting at a table outside a tent. In his right hand, he appears to be holding a Louis d'Or coin, and with his left hand he h More