Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man...
Print shows Edmund Burke sitting at a desk on a crescent moon, holding a quill pen, an open "pamphlet" and an inkwell are on the desk, broken chains hang from his wrists; a scene on the front of the desk, label... More
Man and child, lantern slide - An old photo of a man holding a child
SFFf-1992078.0005..Description: The girl is probably Anna Øye, later married Nordang (1906-1997). The man holding her is Elling J. Øyehol (born 1841) from Heimste-Holen...Photographer: S. J. Beckett...http://ww... More
The doctor indulged with his favorite scene, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows cleric Dr. Richard Price, kneeling on a crown with a demon on his back, peering through a peep-hole into the royal bedroom at Versailles, watching ruffians destroy the Queen's bed and bedroom in s... More
Un peuple est sans honneur, et mérite ses chaines Quand il baisse le f...
Print shows a nude woman pulling back the curtain to a tent to reveal a female figure or mermaid on a bed stabbing a king sitting in a chair; a bust of a satyr is at the head of the bed, and two-faced Justice s... More
A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--in...
An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", ... More
![[Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment with sword]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvY2FwdGFpbi1hdWd1c3R1cy1jLXRob21wc29uLW9mLWNvLWctMTZ0aC1nZW9yZ2lhLWluZmFudHJ5LXJlZ2ltZW50LXdpdGgtc3dvcmQtNDYzMGFlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/48/webp "[Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment with sword]")
[Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment...
Photo shows soldier believed to be identified as Augustus C. Thompson. Case: Berg, no. 3-22. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: B.G. "Chip" Newman, Broker of Fine Antiquities, Mad... More
![[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, with books and sign reading Victory or Death!]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvcHJpdmF0ZS1zaWxhcy1hLXNoaXJsZXktb2YtY28taC0xNnRoLW1pc3Npc3NpcHBpLWluZmFudHJ5LXJlZ2ltZW50LXdpdGgtYm9va3MtMDVhOGY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/44/webp "[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, with books and sign reading Victory or Death!]")
[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment...
Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; central oval and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Matthew Fleming, Milan, Ohio, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fa... More
Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field
Print shows Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed monster pulling in opposite directions; Louis wears the horns of a cuckold and Marie Antoinette has the head of Medusa wearing ostrich feathers. de Vi... More
L'assembleé des aristocrates - A drawing of a large group of people
Print shows a tightly composed group of caricatured heads, including a few animal heads, of the aristocracy. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Tout irait bien si tout le mond riort comme moi
Title translated: All would be well if all the world would laugh like me. NOTE: Not about Fr. Revolution. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Possibly purchased by George IV from Willi... More
Journée memorable de Versailles le lundi 5 Octobre 1789
Print shows market women of Paris riding on a cannon drawn by two horses, one with rider, during the memorable journey from Paris to Versailles, accompanied by members of the National Guard and others carrying ... More
Consultation de la faculté sur la maladie de la princesse de l'aristoc...
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
Messieurs Delaunay, Flexelles, Berthier, Foulon, et les deux Gardes du...
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
Je tient mon pied du bœuf - il faut faire trois choses Le calculateur ...
Print shows (on the left) an aristocrat and a clergyman, each with a hand on a low post, and a member of the Third Estate placing both of his hands on top of the others. "Pied de Bœuf" is a pun on "Œil de Bœuf"... More
Monsieur veto - A drawing of a group of people on a street
Print shows a monstrous giant, representing monarchical veto powers, is welcomed at an entryway by a nobleman; he has scales on his hands and feet, carries a bar used to enchain prisoners, symbolizing despotism... More
La France Figurée sous un Globe est soutenu du Peuple La Noblesse et l...
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
Decret de l'assemblee national qui supprime les ordres religieux et re...
Print shows monks and nuns enjoying their new found liberty, some are loading possessions onto horses and wagons, some embrace, one couple kisses while another rides off together on horseback. Caption continue... More
Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...
Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More
Assemblée des Capucins l'Assemblée des aristocrates, ou l'harmonica de...
Print shows a Capucin monk standing on a platform covered with money bags, ringing a bell, with a bird perched on his head, amid a collection of various jugs, jars, vases, pots (aristocratic dolts or blockheads... More
Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son
Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More
En reviendra-t'elle? - A painting of a group of people sitting around ...
Print shows seven royal physicians in consultation over the health of a female figure, representing the new French constitution, slumped in a chair; a clergyman is washing her feet.
Danse aristocrate Il ne sçait sur quel pied danser.
Print shows Abbé Maury walking a tightrope, attended by the devil disguised as a jester, as nobles encourage him from the left, and on the right, a man and woman, representing members of the Third Estate, attem... More
![[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a beggar laid on top]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDIvdHJvbXBlLWxvZWlsLW9mLWZyZW5jaC1yZXZvbHV0aW9uYXJ5LWFzc2lnbmF0cy13aXRoLWEtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1iZWdnYXItYWI4NDg2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/48/webp "[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a beggar laid on top]")
[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a ...
Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795, with a full-length portrait of an old man, possibly a beggar, facing left,... More
Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...
Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More
Plan de la Ville et de la Citadelle de Lille, assiegée l'année passée ...
Partially hand colored engraving presents five images. The largest image shows a plan of the fortified city of Lille, France surrounded by formations of troops during the siege in 1708. Descriptive text in inse... More
Vue du port Philadelphie - dans l'Amérique - graveé d'aprés le tableau...
Print of an idealized, European view of the port of Philadelphia showing buildings on the waterfront of the Delaware River, a boat in the foreground, and a windmill on the right.
A view of the lines thrown up, on Boston Neck, by the Ministerial Army...
Print with legend shows and identifies several locations in the vicinity of Boston, including John Hancock's house, Beacon Hill, the British encampment on McHill, and a blockhouse. Illus. on map: To the Hone. ... More
![[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzcvMDEvMDEvY2xpZmZzLWF0LXNhaW50LW1hcnktYmF5LW5vdmEtc2NvdGlhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]")
[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]
Prints show a ship approaching cliffs on the right, passing between cliffs at entrance of the "Grand Passage," and passing cliffs on the left, at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, p... More
Review of the York Regiment / P. Canon delt. ; T. Parson sct., British...
Print shows William Markham, Archbishop of York speaking to Britannia while gesturing toward British troops wearing clerical bands and low-brimmed hats, he says, "Madam a noble Corps, True and Staunch Friends t... More
A view taken from the entrance of Louisbourg harbour
Print shows a small island at the entrance to the harbor at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... L... More
Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique / dressée ... par L...
Print shows cartouche with a Native woman wearing feathered headdress and skirt reclining against a tropical tree laden with fruit and behind which grows corn; she is looking over her right shoulder at a battle... More
The siege of Rhode Island, taken from Mr. Brindley's house on the 25th...
Print shows General John Sullivan's troops advancing on the British at Newport, Rhode Island; includes identifying letters that may correspond to a key or legend possibly published along with the print in The G... More
Les Anglois molestes et chatiees, Political Cartoon
Print shows 1. a beaming sun with fleur-de-lis shining on 2. a man who resembles George Washington, wearing military uniform and hat labeled "Congress" and "Washington," holding a raised lash in his right hand ... More
Matthew Darly - Prattle / MD., British Cartoon Print
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 Ameri... More
The political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during...
Print shows a man directing a boy to view a peepshow of events and actions of the British government, as well as international affairs involving England. The peepshow presents 12 views in three columns; number ... More
The desponding hero of the Coldstream - a military madrigal, British C...
Print shows dejected members of the Coldstream Guards sitting around a banquet table bemoaning a possible assignment in America. Includes five stanzas of verse. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More
A vieu of Plymouth, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Lord Amherst, Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, wearing military uniform, looking into a peepshow for a view of the progress of the war in America. As Jeffery looks, the showman says, "There you s... More
Den Engelsman op zyn uiterste l'Anglois a toute extremitez., British C...
Print shows the interior of a bedroom where an Englishman is vomiting over the left side of a bed into a bowl held by a Dutchman, two men are standing on the right side of the bed, one labeled "Dr B Franklin" a... More
The f--x and H--d or rival candidates - humbly address'd to the worthy...
Print shows Charles James Fox standing on the left and Lord Lincoln on the right, facing each other as candidates in the Westminster elections. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division ... More
Argus. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Pri...
Print shows George III seated in a chair asleep, on the left stands a judge (possibly the Earl of Mansfield) with his left hand on the crown, behind the throne stands the Earl of Bute, speaking to Mansfield, he... More
The budget, political cartoon - An old book with a drawing of a man in...
Print shows three headless men riding on the back of a two-headed beast which says, "I will support my friends, I have head enough for them all"; with one arm it devours a paper labeled "20 millions more" and w... More
The late bombardment of government castle / C. Goodnight sculp.
Print shows members of the new ministry besieging a fortress where members of the old ministry, including George III, have taken refuge; the ministries are bombarding each other.
Prince Stadhold--r resuming his deliberation, British Cartoon Print, T...
Print shows a caricature of Prince William V of Holland as a slightly obese man, of deficient intellect, with empty ("MT") trouser pockets, and holding a sword by the blade against his breast, while notes and v... More
![Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvZXhwZXJpZW5jZS1hZXJvc3RhdGlxdWUtZmFpdGUtdmVyc2FpbGxlcy1sZS0xOS1zZXB0LTE3ODMtODBlZDRmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/30/webp "Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783")
Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783
Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only pa... More
St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...
Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. At the bottom, shows an o... More
Coalition arms / JN: 1784., British Cartoon Print
Print shows Lord North and Charles James Fox standing with a large escutcheon between them which rests on the back of George III. North is holding a flag in his right hand inscribed "Coalition" with two demons ... More
1. Americanischer scharffschütz oder Jäger (rifleman) 2. regulaire inf...
Print shows German versions of an American rifleman and a soldier with the Pennsylvania infantry, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform, holding rifles. Illus. in: Allgemeines hist... More
1. General Washington's reitende leibgarde 2. die independent company,...
Print shows German versions of a member of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard and a company soldier under Washington's command, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform.
Gallant behavior of an English sailor in offering a sword to an unarme...
Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. from: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. C... More
Figure exacte et proportions, du globe aërostatique, qui, le premier, ...
Print shows elaborately decorated balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes in ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (Source: A... More
Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man in a red coat and a lion
Print shows a man playing a bagpipe, behind him lies a lion on a chain which is draped over his right arm, his left foot rests on a gameboard, at the far end of which is a peg with string attached, the string r... More
Portrait d'aprés nature du Sr. Humbert, Compagnon Horloger, natif de L...
Print shows Sr. Humbert and Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, leaders, respectively, of the second and first assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, half-length portrait, facing each other, each in o... More
Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris
Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More
L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple...
Print shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class, members of the three estates, dining together and drinking a toast to "la santé d'not bon Roi" in a rural setting. Possibly purchased ... More
Le jeu de quilles - A drawing of a man in a blue coat and a man in a p...
Print shows a member of the nobility complaining to a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, while a member of the working class, or third estate, bowling in the background, appears to be monop... More
Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789
Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More
Il faut en Goûter - A drawing of a group of people hanging on to a pol...
Print shows a winged globe with fleur-de-lis topped by a green liberty cap labeled "Liberté"; hanging beneath the globe is a balance supporting, on the left, members of the National Assembly demanding "Veto abs... More
Pal sangué Mr. l'Prieur v'la l'coup
Print with two scenes, one labeled "Le jeu de hazard" shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class; the other labeled "Le goute patriotique" shows members of the three estates dining toge... More
L'accord parfait - A painting of three men in period clothing
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate playing musical instruments. The nobleman, on the left, is playing a bagpipe, the cleric, on the right, is playing a recorder an... More
"Rosine! Rosine! Ma chère Rosine! Je jure que je t'adore"
Print shows an abbé rushing into the bedroom of "Rosine" professing his love for her, the woman (possibly intended to be a caricature of Marie Antoinette) stands to receive him with open arms, saying "Non, non,... More
Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground
Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More
Portrait d'apres nature du Sr. Harné natif de Dôle en Franche Comté Gr...
Print shows Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, and Sr. Humbert, leaders, respectively, of the first and second assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, full-length portrait, standing, facing each other... More
Patience Margot j'auront bientot 3 fois 8
Cartoon about the French Revolution showing man seated next to menu 'Desires for 1790,' which lists price of bread, meat, and wine as 8 each. Picture on the wall is called reunion of the three orders, and the w... More
Nouvelle place de la Bastille - A drawing of a man holding a baby in f...
Cartoon shows Louis XVI standing on a pedestal with one foot on the hydra of despotism(?) from which five of seven heads have been severed; on the left, a clergyman offers him a gold coin, and on the right, a S... More
Il faut faire 3 choses - A drawing of three men standing next to each ...
Print shows figures of the estates general; a member of the clergy and a nobleman each place a hand on short pillar labeled "Je tien mon pied de bœuf"; a peasant, representing the third estate, places both of h... More
La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...
Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More
Quand ce ra la Poule au Pot - A drawing of a man holding a bird in his...
Print shows a poor old man sliding a chicken onto a long spit. Trimmed within plate mark. de Vinck, 2890 Blum, 27 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
![[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvMy1vcmRlcnMtcHJvY2VlZGluZy10by12ZXJzYWlsbGVzLW1heS0xNzg5LTVjZjNiZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]")
[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]
Print shows ornate carriage in which are riding well-dressed people with horns growing out of their heads. The carriage is drawn by two horned deer; standing on a platform at the rear is a women holding a baton... More
La coup des bois - A drawing of a man falling off a horse
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, possibly a woman, kneeling on top of a fallen friar, cutting wooden branches or horns from his head. Caption continues: Quel besogne, Grand Dieu ni moi ni mes petits e... More
Fraternité des Soldats de la Garde Prisienne des Dragons et du Regimen...
Cartoon about the French Revolution. Title translated: The fraternity of soldiers of the Parisienne Guard, the Dragoons, and the Regiment of Flanders with the body guards at the time of their arrival in Paris ... More
Trois tetes sous l'meme bonnet - A painting of a man sitting in front ...
Print shows a neatly dressed man sitting on a bundle surrounded by implements of the Third Estate and holding a large triangle topped with a liberty cap, within the triangle are images of a cleric, an aristocra... More
Journée memorable du 6 Octobre 1789
Print shows members of the Gardes du Corps who had been disarmed, joined by the National Guard, and the market-women of Paris who had marched on Versailles in the preceding days, now making the return trip to P... More
Nom de MM les deputes de la ville de Paris, a l'Assemblée National
Print shows the deputies from Paris to the National Assembly aboard a large, ornate carriage being drawn by a bull, lion, sheep, and a snake; ahead of them, leading the procession, are three female figures, one... More
Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...
Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.
Honneurs rendus à la Pauvreté en l'Eglise de St. Jacques de la Boucher...
Print shows draperies being hung on the walls of Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie as a crowd of working class men, women, and children, many carrying torches, accompany a coffin carried by two men during a... More
J'suis du Tiers-ètat - A drawing of a man holding a glass of wine
Print shows a cobbler, representing the Third Estate, walking to the right, holding up a bottle and a glass. Trimmed within plate mark. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Holland in 1790. Source: Kat... More
Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux
Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More
Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, British Cartoon ...
Print shows Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance. Includes e... More
Menagerie nationale - A drawing of a group of people standing in front...
Print shows a harlequin standing on a makeshift stage with three cages on it containing members of the clergy and the nobility, and flying a banner "Collection d'Animaux Feroces et Traitres". The first cage is ... More
Le maitre de danse des aristocrates, allons donc l'Abbe cochon en mesu...
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with a turkey-cock at his side, beating a drum and wielding a whip to make dance a pig dressed as an abbot and a dog dressed in Spanish clothing. de Vinck, 3677 Blum, ... More
Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, who h... More
![Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvY2VsYS1uZS1zZS1kaXQtcGFzLW1haXMtY2VsYS1zZS1kZXZpbmUtYXYtbW9ub2dyYW0tNzMyYTFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/62/webp "Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].")
Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].
Print shows an aristocratic-looking couple in a street or courtyard. The woman is standing, facing front, next to a wall, urinating beneath her dress. She holds the hat, umbrella, and walking stick (emblems of ... More
Smelling out a rat; or the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his ...
Print shows Richard Price seated at a desk, he turns to look over his right shoulder at a vision of an enormous Edmund Burke, his spectacles, nose, and hands emerge from the haze, a crown in one hand and a cros... More
Le Pied de nez ou l'aristocratie ecrasée
Aristocrat with crown, clergy with long noses, triumphant figures of the Republic, destruction of the aristocracy.
Le corps Aristocratique sous la figure d'une femme expirant dans les b...
Print shows a plainly-dressed female figure dying in the arms of a man, representing the nobility, as two other men, one checking her pulse, stand nearby.
Le concert L'essentielle est d'accorder nos instruments pour que l'har...
Print shows three men playing musical instruments; they represent the clergy, the aristocracy, and the third estate. Trimmed within plate. de Vinck, 2050/2051 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection... More
Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma do...
Print shows a group of ecclesiastical figures departing a church with what remains of their belongings (following the November 1789 decree by the National Assembly regarding church property); at the center of t... More
Les moines aprenant à faire l'exercise
Cartoon showing four men, monks, wearing the uniform of the National Guard marching in a disorderly manner. Caption continues: ...avec de la patience nous en viendrons about et avec le temps nous marcherons com... More
La visite du camp par les commissaires aristocrates
Print shows an aristocrat and a clergyman at a military camp to inspect the troops are confronted by three jeering soldiers. de Vinck, 3682 Blum, 528 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More
Le tems donnant les cendres à la noblesse et au clergé
Print shows Father Time flying past an altar on which the privileges of the nobility and the clergy are being burned; he is annointing the forehead of one priest with the ashes of the consummed documents as ano... More
Confederation Nationale du 14 Juillet 1790 Aux deux soutiens de la lib...
Print shows a central scene at the National Federation festivities recognizing the union of the three estates with a display on a tiered stage illuminated by torches and with many figures making salutory gestur... More
Enjambée de la sainte famille des Thuilleries à Montmidy
Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis ... More
L'entreé-franche - je me suis ruine pour l'en gresser - la fin du comp...
Print shows Louis XVI as a pig with fish on his head forming the horns of cuckoldry, on a hind leg is a tether held by a man of the Third Estate. de Vinck, 3989 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collecti... More
Ha je seront ben content quand j'aurons tous ces papiers la - le treso...
Print shows a cleric, an aristocrat, and a member of the Third Estate who is pulling on a rope tied to a bundle of papers including the "Nouvelle Constitution" and "Vœux de la Nation" which are held aloft by a ... More
Bréf du Pape en 1791 - A cartoon of a man in a blue coat and hat
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with cockade on his hat and a big smile, using a Papal letter to clean himself after defecating on papers of Le Clerc de Juigné on the ground; Abbé Royou, with glass, a... More
The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degre...
Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of suga... More
La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, who were against the reforms of the revolution, walking in procession along the Rhine River toward a man, on the left, holding a paper that... More
L'Attaque de la constitution - A painting of a group of people on a be...
Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, carrying flags labeled "Vive la noblesse et le Clerge", "Lettre Pastorale", and "Voincre ou Courir", attacking a rock, identified as the "C... More
The abolition of the slave trade Or the inhumanity of dealers in human...
Print shows sailor on a slave ship suspending an African girl by her ankle from a rope over a pulley. Captain John Kimber stands on the left with a whip in his hand. Attributed to I. Cruikshank in BM CPPS. Cat... More
Frederick William - L'enjambee imperiale
Print shows Catherine II, Empress of Russia, bare-breasted, holding a scepter and sphere, taking a large step from a piece of land on the right labeled "Russie" to a crescent moon atop a steeple or minaret labe... More