Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.
Print shows interior view of a coffeehouse, presumably in London, where several man of commerce appear disgruntled at the news of the successful campaign to capture Saint Eustatius, a port used by British merch More
Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Includes image of Blanchard's balloon demonstrating his experiments with balloon navigation. Tissandier collection.
"A game of billiards is being played on a table, one corner of which only is visible, so curiously elongated that it gives the impression of a triangular table..." (Source: George) No. 4 of a series. This recor More
"An engraving in stipple, printed in sepia tint, and representing the examination of three military recruits by a young officer in a barrack yard, or on the road in front of "The Old Fortune" (of War) tavern... More
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi. "Si vende da Luigi Maresculchi alla Stamperia di Musica nel Pallazzo nuovo che fa Cantone ai Gradoni di Chaija" printed below title. Tissandie More
Print shows Ezra Stiles, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left; in oval. Stauffer, 1380 Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Cong More
Two girls with chickens and chicks. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Print shows playwright Elizabeth Inchbald writing "puffs" at a table with a bottle of gin and the writings of Aristotle, Rochester, and Congreve as a dog defecates on a paper on the floor. The title refers to t More
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Representing Revolution : French & British Images, 1789-1804" at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachuset More