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Photo reproduction of portrait of Sir William Wallace

Photo reproduction of portrait of Sir William Wallace

Photo reproduction of portrait of Sir William Wallace. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Search night - or - state watchmen mistaking honest men for conspirators

Search night - or - state watchmen mistaking honest men for conspirato...

The interior of a bare, poverty-stricken room with a raftered roof. Pitt and Dundas, as watchmen, batter down the upper timbers of a door (right) which has been strongly bolted, locked, and barricaded. Both hav... More

Gott seegne sic euch meine Kinder! Sagte die Mutter

Gott seegne sic euch meine Kinder! Sagte die Mutter

Print shows a military officer standing on the left, addressing a family on a walk along a river; he is pointing toward a young man who is holding his mother as she responds to the news that her son is needed f... More

Dumourier dining in State at St. James's on the 15 May, 1793

Dumourier dining in State at St. James's on the 15 May, 1793

Dumouriez (right) sits in a gothic chair (reminiscent of the Coronation chair), at the royal dinner-table. Three cooks advance towards him, wearing bonnets-rouges with tricolour cockades, aprons, and over-sleev... More

Arms and armor: Halberd, Flanders, public domain image

Arms and armor: Halberd, Flanders, public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steel arm, weapon, sword, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Emanuel Frockas, Count of Feria. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconography')

Emanuel Frockas, Count of Feria. From Icones principum virorum ('The I...

Public domain image of portrait, 17th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Habit of the Tchorbadgi or captain of the Janesaries, in 1700. Captaine des Janissaires.

Habit of the Tchorbadgi or captain of the Janesaries, in 1700. Captain...

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Habit of a commander of a body of 100 men, who act as tipstaves to the courts of justice. Le chiaoro bachi ou chef des huissiers 1749.

Habit of a commander of a body of 100 men, who act as tipstaves to the...

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Habit of the Janesary aga, or chief commandant of the Janesaries. L'Aga des Janifsaires.

Habit of the Janesary aga, or chief commandant of the Janesaries. L'Ag...

Public domain scan of French 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Israel Putnam, Esq'r. - major general of the Connecticut forces, and commander in chief at the engagement on Bunckers-Hill near Boston, 17 June 1775 / J. Wilkinson pinxt., British Cartoon Print

Israel Putnam, Esq'r. - major general of the Connecticut forces, and c...

Print shows Israel Putnam, three-quarter length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly right, with right arm resting on the barrel of a cannon, cannons firing in the background. Catalogu... More

Charles Lee, Esq'r. - major general of the Continental Army in America / Thomlinson pinxt., British Cartoon Print

Charles Lee, Esq'r. - major general of the Continental Army in America...

Print shows Charles Lee, three-quarter length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly left, gesturing with right hand, cannon firing in the background next to flag "An Appeal to Heaven." ... More

David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army against Quebec, British Cartoon Print

David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army agai...

Print shows David Wooster, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, holding pike in right hand, left hand resting on cannon. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collec... More

George Washington, Esq'r. - general and commander in chief of the Continental Army in America / done from an original, drawn from the life by Alex'r. Campbell, of Williamsburgh in Virginia ; Ioh. Martin Will excud. Aug. Vind., British Cartoon Print

George Washington, Esq'r. - general and commander in chief of the Cont...

Print shows George Washington, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, gesturing with right hand toward battle in background. Formerly filed under: PGA - Will, J.M. Geo... More

George Montgomery, Esq'r. major general of the American armies - kill'd at Quebec Decr. 31st. 1775

George Montgomery, Esq'r. major general of the American armies - kill'...

Print shows Richard Montgomery, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, leaning against hillside and holding sword in right hand. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Com... More

Gen'l. George Washington, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

Gen'l. George Washington, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congre...

Print shows George Washington, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; framed medallion on pedestal with nameplate. Published in: The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to... More

Major general John Sullivan - Public domain portrait engraving

Major general John Sullivan - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows John Sullivan, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, holding spear in right hand, left hand on hip.

Charles Lee Esq'r. - Americanischer general-major

Charles Lee Esq'r. - Americanischer general-major

Print shows Charles Lee, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, facing left; in oval. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84, p... More

David Wooster, Esqr. - commandr beÿ der provincal armee in America

David Wooster, Esqr. - commandr beÿ der provincal armee in America

Print shows David Wooster, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing left, holding pike in right hand. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nü... More

Israel Putnam, Esq'r. - general-major der Americaners

Israel Putnam, Esq'r. - general-major der Americaners

Print shows Israel Putnam, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly right, leaning on unseen object. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich ... More

Benjamin West - The glorious Washington and Gates

Benjamin West - The glorious Washington and Gates

Print shows George Washington and Horatio Gates, head-and-shoulders portraits, profiles, facing each other. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1778, title page (cover). Published in: The A... More

Gen'l. George Washington, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

Gen'l. George Washington, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congre...

Print shows George Washington, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; framed medallion on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. in: The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to th... More

Friedrich von Germann - An American Officier

Friedrich von Germann - An American Officier

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, English, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The Hon[ora]ble S[i]r William Howe, Knight of the Bath and commander in chief of his magesty's forces in America / Corbutt, delin; se bend chez J.M. Will, à Augsbourg.

The Hon[ora]ble S[i]r William Howe, Knight of the Bath and commander i...

Print shows Sir William Howe, three-quarter length portrait, in uniform. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5405.

Robert Rogers - commandeur der Americaner, engraving, Library of Congress

Robert Rogers - commandeur der Americaner, engraving, Library of Congr...

Print shows Robert Rogers, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly left, with musket nestled in crook of left elbow, and Native American standing in the background. Illus. in:... More

General Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

General Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform and hat; in oval. Engraved for Murrays History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the pres... More

General Putnam. Book illustration from Library of Congress

General Putnam. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows Israel Putnam, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right and gesturing to the left with both arms, wearing military uniform and feathered cap with skull and crossbones over the words "or... More

Le Général Washington ne quid detrimenti capiat res publica - gravé d'après le tableau original appartenant a Mr. Marquis de la Fayette peint par L. Le Paon peintre de bataille de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Condé ; gravé par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des Sciences et Arts de Rouen

Le Général Washington ne quid detrimenti capiat res publica - gravé d'...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing outside tent, wearing military uniform, holding the Declaration of Independence and the treaty of alliance with France in front of tent, at his feet... More

Charles Lee Esq'r. - major general of the American forces

Charles Lee Esq'r. - major general of the American forces

Print shows Charles Lee, full-length portrait, standing, facing left and gesturing with right arm, holding baton. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and her colonies, ... More

View of the British fortress at Stoney-Point, stormed and carried by a party of the light corps of the American army, under the command of General Wayne, on the morning of the 16th of July last

View of the British fortress at Stoney-Point, stormed and carried by a...

Print shows the British fort at Stony Point with American forces positioned for the assault. Includes legend. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1780, verso of title page. Published in: Th... More

Colonel Seahan, Thomas Rowlandson

Colonel Seahan, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

G. Washington, generaal der Noord-Americaanen / Reinr Vinkeles, sculp. naar een origineel schildery, by den Wel Ed. Heer P. van Winter, Nic:z.

G. Washington, generaal der Noord-Americaanen / Reinr Vinkeles, sculp....

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in frame hung on wall above base with nameplate. A hat, olive branch, and baton rest on the base, a sw... More

General Lee / R.P. sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

General Lee / R.P. sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Charles Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in A... More

Admiral Keppel, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Admiral Keppel, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, left profile, in oval. Engraved for Murrays History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the presen... More

Major General David Wooster - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Major General David Wooster - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Print shows David Wooster, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, holding pike in right hand, holding glove in left hand. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, ... More

Major Gen'l. Rich'd. Montgomery slain in storming Quebec Dec'b'r. 31st, 1775 / J. Norman sc.

Major Gen'l. Rich'd. Montgomery slain in storming Quebec Dec'b'r. 31st...

Print shows Richard Montgomery, full-length portrait, standing facing right, wearing military uniform, right hand on chest, holding baton in left hand.

The honle. Henry Knox, Esqr., major general of the artillery in the American Army / J. Norman sc.

The honle. Henry Knox, Esqr., major general of the artillery in the Am...

Print shows Henry Knox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in oval.

Lt. Col. Tarleton. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Lt. Col. Tarleton. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows Banastre Tarleton, bust portrait, facing right; medallion on pedestal featuring cavalry scene. Illus. in: The Westminster magazine, 1782 (March), p. 115. Published in: The American Revolution in dr... More

The amiable Miss W-bb [and] the intrepid partizan

The amiable Miss W-bb [and] the intrepid partizan

Cameo portraits of Miss W-bb and Banastre Tarleton; in ovals with ribbons at top. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. London : Print... More

G. Washington / J. Trumbull pinx. ; Ta. le Roy sculp.

G. Washington / J. Trumbull pinx. ; Ta. le Roy sculp.

Print shows George Washington full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing uniform, holding hat in left hand; on the left, an African man holds Washington's horse (reverse of the Trumbull pain... More

General Montgomery, Head and Shoulders Portrait

General Montgomery, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Richard Montgomery, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform, facing slightly left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the w... More

The hon'le. Anthony Wayne, Esqr., major general in the American Army / J. Nor sc.

The hon'le. Anthony Wayne, Esqr., major general in the American Army /...

Print shows Anthony Wayne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United Stat... More

General Putnam, Head and Shoulders Portrait

General Putnam, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Israel Putnam, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform, facing slightly left; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in... More

The hon'le. B. Lincoln, Esq., major general in the American Army / J. Norman sc.

The hon'le. B. Lincoln, Esq., major general in the American Army / J. ...

Print shows Benjamin Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United S... More

Major general Baron Steuben / B.B.E., engraving, Library of Congress

Major general Baron Steuben / B.B.E., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Baron von Steuben, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile; in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illust... More

George Washington commander in chief of ye armies of ye United States of America / engraved by W. Sharp, from an original picture.

George Washington commander in chief of ye armies of ye United States ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval with olive branch on the right, a rattlesnake and liberty cap at top, and flags and cannon bar... More

His excellency General Washington commander in chief of the united States of North America &c. / B.B.E.

His excellency General Washington commander in chief of the united Sta...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile; in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illus... More

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and S... More

Balaam, or the majesty of the people, James Gillray

Balaam, or the majesty of the people, James Gillray

Design in an oval. A satire on tithes and the clergy. A tall, thin military officer, wearing a hat, gorget, and sword, carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands. The officer wa... More

The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt of the English army, in Morris Country, New Jersey, 1776 / Hamilton delin. ; Hawkins sculp.

The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt...

Print shows Charles Lee at his capture by British troops. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward... More

The drum major of sedition, Thomas Rowlandson

The drum major of sedition, Thomas Rowlandson

The portrait of Major John Cartright, one of the most energetic and disinterested Reformers, is given under this title. The Major is firmly grasping a pole of Liberty in his right hand, and is holding forth in ... More

John Singleton Copley - Major general Warren / J. Norman sc.

John Singleton Copley - Major general Warren / J. Norman sc.

Print shows Joseph Warren, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front; in medallion. After Copley portrait ca. 1765. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Mass. : Norman & White, 1784 April, opp. p. 221. Publ... More

1. General Washington 2. General Gates 3. Dr. Franklin 4. Präsid Laurens 5. Paul Jones / D. Berger sculp. 1784.

1. General Washington 2. General Gates 3. Dr. Franklin 4. Präsid Laure...

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of George Washington and Horatio Gates in right profile, Benjamin Franklin facing left, and Henry Laurens and John Paul Jones facing right. Illus. in: Allgemeines histo... More

John Singleton Copley - [George Washington] / J. Norman sc.

John Singleton Copley - [George Washington] / J. Norman sc.

Allegorical print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front; in medallion surrounded by Nature, Genius of Liberty, Fame, and Astrea. After Copley portrait ca. 1765. Illus. in: The Bost... More

Suffrein / Walker sculpt., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Suffrein / Walker sculpt., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform; medallion with nameplate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland... More

Commanders engaged at sea, Thomas Rowlandson

Commanders engaged at sea, Thomas Rowlandson

It appears from this print, which in the coloured editions is judiciously tinted to make it resemble a drawing, that the inactivity of our commanders at sea was attracting popular censure. In the plate we find ... More

The loss of Eden, - and Eden, lost : N.B. Every man has his price.' Sir Robert Walpole's politicks.

The loss of Eden, - and Eden, lost : N.B. Every man has his price.' Si...

This caricature gives the portraits of two would-be benefactors of their country, who, the satirist is inclined to hint, were not acting from purely disinterested motives. General Arnold, dressed in his uniform... More

Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, left profile, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.

General Washington / J. Trenchard scpt.

General Washington / J. Trenchard scpt.

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; in oval above nameplate with crest and ribbon "Exitus Acta Probat." Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadel... More

Dumourier dining in State at St. James's on the 15 May, 1793

Dumourier dining in State at St. James's on the 15 May, 1793

Dumouriez (right) sits in a gothic chair (reminiscent of the Coronation chair), at the royal dinner-table. Three cooks advance towards him, wearing bonnets-rouges with tricolour cockades, aprons, and over-sleev... More

A Colonel of the Janizaries, James Gillray

A Colonel of the Janizaries, James Gillray

A bald man with a thick beard and moustache, in profile to right, hands joined in front of him, wearing a long ermine-trimmed gown and a hat with a full plume providing a broad canopy and a small flag. In a dou... More

Geo: Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Geo: Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing military uniform; in oval. Printed at top: Engraved for the Ladies Mag. Portion of a watermark on bottom left: WL. Baker, 429 ... More

Any thing will do for an officer

Any thing will do for an officer

Public domain image of a military forces, uniform, officer, military commander, European armies, free to use, no copyright restrictions -Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th ... More

The esplanade, James Gillray - Drawing. Public domain image.

The esplanade, James Gillray - Drawing. Public domain image.

George III walks in back view with an awkward shuffle, his head turned in profile to the left to greet a tall general who bows. On the right, another officer waits, hat in hand, for recognition. They are Lord C... More

Meeting of the monied Interest. Constitutional opposition to ye 10 pr cent - ie - John Bulls friends alarm'd by the new tax

Meeting of the monied Interest. Constitutional opposition to ye 10 pr ...

Fox stands, declaiming violently to his supporters, who surround him. He holds out a paper. His clenched right fist is raised. He is dishevelled and ragged, with a padlocked 'Begging Box' slung round his should... More

Fighting for the dunghill - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte, James Gillray

Fighting for the dunghill - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte, James G...

A British sailor, firmly planted astride the globe, is severely punishing Bonaparte, who, with one knee precariously on 'Turk[ey]' (Egypt), is about to fall backwards into space. Bonaparte wears a huge cocked h... More

A man of importance, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray

A man of importance, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray

Lord Moira, rigid and impassive, stands in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots. Clouds, so coloured as to... More

Los Caprichos. Plate 76. ¿Esta umd... pues, como digo.. eh! Cuidado! si nó... (You understand?... well, as I say... eh! Look out! otherwise...)

Los Caprichos. Plate 76. ¿Esta umd... pues, como digo.. eh! Cuidado! s...

Public domain scan of 18th-century genre print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing left, in medallion cut from larger print

George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facin...

Inscribed in pencil on verso: A 43618. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Portrait, General Henry K. Oliver, 1800-1885, from painting at City Hall by J. Harvey Young

Portrait, General Henry K. Oliver, 1800-1885, from painting at City Ha...

A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salem, 142 Federal Street, exterior detail, doorway, General Henry K. Oliver house

Salem, 142 Federal Street, exterior detail, doorway, General Henry K. ...

Public domain photograph of New England house, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German luxury - or - repos a l'Allemande, James Gillray

German luxury - or - repos a l'Allemande, James Gillray

A German officer lies on his back on a truckle bed in a poverty-stricken room. He smokes a long curved pipe, emitting clouds of smoke. His bare feet project from the striped duvet which is his only covering. On... More

Captain Bowling introduced to Narcissa : Hogarthian Novelist. Plate 6. Vide Roderick Random, Vol. II, Chap. XX[XII]

Captain Bowling introduced to Narcissa : Hogarthian Novelist. Plate 6....

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Lieut. Bowling pleading the cause of young Rory to his grandfather : Plate 1st. Vide Roderick Random, Vol. I, Chap. III.

Lieut. Bowling pleading the cause of young Rory to his grandfather : P...

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

The passengers from the wagon arriving at the inn : Hogarthian Novelist. Plate 2. Vide Roderick Random, Vol. 1, Chap. XI.

The passengers from the wagon arriving at the inn : Hogarthian Novelis...

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Buonaparte leaving Egypt, James Gillray

Buonaparte leaving Egypt, James Gillray

Bonaparte stands on the sea-shore, about to embark (on 23 Aug. 1799) in a boat (left) which will take him to a ship in full sail (the 'Muiron'). He looks with a sly leer to the right, where a little band of rag... More

Democratic gratitude ; Democratic religion, James Gillray

Democratic gratitude ; Democratic religion, James Gillray

Two panels from a sequence of eight designs, arranged in two rows, titled "Democracy - or - a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte." [Left] Democratic Gratitude. Buonaparte heading the Regicide Banditti which had d... More

Democratic glory ; Democratic consolations, James Gillray

Democratic glory ; Democratic consolations, James Gillray

Two panels from a sequence of eight designs, arranged in two rows, titled "Democracy - or - a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte." [Left] Democratic Glory. Buonaparte as Grand Consul of France receiving the adula... More

Democratic gratitude ; Democratic religion, James Gillray

Democratic gratitude ; Democratic religion, James Gillray

Two panels from a sequence of eight designs, arranged in two rows, titled "Democracy - or - a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte." [Left] Democratic Gratitude. Buonaparte heading the Regicide Banditti which had d... More

Democratic courage ; Democratic honor, James Gillray

Democratic courage ; Democratic honor, James Gillray

Two panels from a sequence of eight designs, arranged in two rows, titled "Democracy - or - a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte." [Left] Democratic courage. Buonaparte deserting his Army in Egypt for fear of the... More

Integrity retiring from office, James Gillray

Integrity retiring from office, James Gillray

The resigning Ministers issue from the arched gateway of the Treasury, led by Pitt (right) who, with an oratorical gesture, holds out a document. Behind him is Dundas (Secretary of State for War), holding Pitt'... More

Advantages of wearing muslin dresses!, James Gillray

Advantages of wearing muslin dresses!, James Gillray

After the title, "dedicated to the serious attention of the Fashionable Ladies of Great Britain." An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-h... More

Germans eating sour-krout, James Gillray

Germans eating sour-krout, James Gillray

Five Germans seated at a round table, gormandize savagely on cabbage and sausages. Three are grossly fat and coarse-featured and plebeian; one of these (r.) has tucked the table-cloth round his neck. A lean mil... More

German-nonchalence - or - the vexation of little Boney, James Gillray

German-nonchalence - or - the vexation of little Boney, James Gillray

After the title: 'Vide. The Diplomatique's late Journey through Paris.' Count Starhemberg (left), Austrian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to England, drives in a post-chaise drawn by two gallo... More

Germans eating sour-krout, James Gillray

Germans eating sour-krout, James Gillray

Five Germans seated at a round table, gormandize savagely on cabbage and sausages. Three are grossly fat and coarse-featured and plebeian; one of these (r.) has tucked the table-cloth round his neck. A lean mil... More

A hint to young officers, James Gillray

A hint to young officers, James Gillray

Lord Moira, a candle in each hand, stands in the doorway of his house. He wears a dressing-gown in place of a coat He has opened the door to a young officer, who steps forward unsteadily raising his cocked hat.... More

A morning ride, James Gillray - Drawing. Public domain image.

A morning ride, James Gillray - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Prince of Wales and McMahon ride side by side (r. to left.) past Carlton House, followed by a groom. The Prince, stout and dignified, sits very upright on a high-stepping horse. McMahon's much smaller mount... More

A morning ride, James Gillray - Drawing. Public domain image.

A morning ride, James Gillray - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Prince of Wales and McMahon ride side by side (r. to left.) past Carlton House, followed by a groom. The Prince, stout and dignified, sits very upright on a high-stepping horse. McMahon's much smaller mount... More

More pigs than teats - or - the new litter of hungry grunters sucking John Bulls-old sow to death

More pigs than teats - or - the new litter of hungry grunters sucking ...

An old sow lies exhausted on a pile of straw outside a sty roofed with dilapidated thatch. She is beset by thirty-two voracious piglets with human heads. John Bull, a clumsy yokel in a smock, holding a pitchfor... More

The magnanimous minister chastiseing Prussian perfidy, James Gillray

The magnanimous minister chastiseing Prussian perfidy, James Gillray

Fox, wearing a military cocked hat, with civilian dress, threatens Prussia (or Frederick William III) with his sabre, while he puts a foot on the sword that Prussia has dropped. The latter, a grotesque figure w... More

Pacific overtures - or - a flight from St Cloud's "Over the Water to Charley." A new dramatic peace now rehearsing

Pacific overtures - or - a flight from St Cloud's "Over the Water to C...

The stage, flanked by the stage-boxes, extends across the design, the base of which is the orchestra, where the new Ministry perform. George III has stepped on to the stage from the royal box (l.) and confronts... More

Pacific overtures - or - a flight from St Cloud's "Over the Water to Charley." A new dramatic peace now rehearsing

Pacific overtures - or - a flight from St Cloud's "Over the Water to C...

The stage, flanked by the stage-boxes, extends across the design, the base of which is the orchestra, where the new Ministry perform. George III has stepped on to the stage from the royal box (l.) and confronts... More

Practical education, Thomas Rowlandson

Practical education, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known fo... More

General Washington engrav'd by J. Heath from an original picture by Stewart

General Washington engrav'd by J. Heath from an original picture by St...

Print shows George Washington, bust portrait, facing slightly left, in oval, from an original painting by Gilbert Stuart. Trimmed to within the plate mark on both sides. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Gift L.M.... More

A kick at the broad-bottoms! i.e. Emancipation of "all the talents"

A kick at the broad-bottoms! i.e. Emancipation of "all the talents"

George III (l.), just risen from the throne, kicks Grenville from the presence, holding him by the pigtail, and raising the sceptre to smite. Other members of the Ministry flee in confusion, their gestures show... More

A kick at the broad-bottoms! i.e. Emancipation of all the talents

A kick at the broad-bottoms! i.e. Emancipation of all the talents

George III (l.), just risen from the throne, kicks Grenville from the presence, holding him by the pigtail, and raising the sceptre to smite. Other members of the Ministry flee in confusion, their gestures show... More

The pigs possessed - or - the Broadbottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition

The pigs possessed - or - the Broadbottom'd litter running headlong in...

George III, as a farmer in a smock, drives his pigs, now very plump, out of his farmyard and down a cliff into a turbulent sea. They have burst through a rotten paling; the foremost are struggling in huge waves... More

Military tactics for continental service : A hint to corpulent officers

Military tactics for continental service : A hint to corpulent officer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the ... More

An Irish leap : Or a pat reply to a plain question

An Irish leap : Or a pat reply to a plain question

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Delicious dreams - castles in the air - glorious prospects, James Gillray

Delicious dreams - castles in the air - glorious prospects, James Gill...

After the title: 'Vide. An Afternoon Nap, after the Fatigues of an Official Dinner.' The five chief members of the Cabinet sleep round a small round table on which are punch-bowl (decorated with the Royal Arms)... More

The valley of the shadow of death, James Gillray

The valley of the shadow of death, James Gillray

Napoleon, advancing down a gently sloping causeway of rock which traverses water and flames, is halted by 'Leo Britannicus' who bounds savagely towards him. He drops a short chain attached to the nose of the 'R... More

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