Title: [United States Soldiers at Camp William Penn. lithograph]
United States Soldiers at Camp William Penn. lithograph.
GLC09742
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Title: [Charge of the Color Troops--San Juan]
Print, Charge of the Color Troops--San Juan.
GLC09743
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Engraving
Title: [Engraved portrait of African American members of Reconstruction Congresses]
Engraved portrait of African American members of Reconstruction Congresses.
GLC09746
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1702
Schenk, Peter (1660-1718 or 9)
Title: Nieu Amsterdam, een Stedeken in Noord Amerikaes Nieu Hollant [In Dutch]
View of New Amsterdam from the water. Hand colored engraving in the first state. Framed to 40 x 44 cm.
GLC03022
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1703
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de
The plates depict American Indians in various scenes. In upper left a small map of Canada's East cost and a profile view of Quebec.
GLC09517
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1755 ca.
Frye, Thomas (1710-1762)
Title: His most Sacred Majesty George IIId, King of Britain, &c.
This document is a mezzotint depicting King George III. Three names are associated with the making of this print. The first, which is noted in the lower left corner of the engraving, is T. Frye. The note next to his name reads "ad vivum delineavit", which in Latin translates to "vividly depicted [by]". Frye is the artist who originally drew the portrait of King George III. The second name is noted in the lower right corner and reads "W. Panther fecit", which translates to "made [by]".
GLC05694
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1768
Kirk, J. (fl. 1768-)
Engravings
From the rear of Col. Rutgers House East River
GLC08878.0026
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1770
Revere, Paul (1735-1818)
Engravings
Engraving of the Boston Massacre, hand-colored, first edition. Crispus Attucks is colored in, indicating that he was an African American. The depiction of the event and a poem printed below the engraving vilifies the British Army. The casualties, described as "unhappy sufferers," are listed at the bottom.
GLC01868
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1772
Bowles, Carington (1724-1793)
Title: The Young sweep in love, or the house-maid's conquest [mezzotint with color]
Mezzotint printed by Carrington Bowles, 7th May 1772. Depicts a short and filthy chimney-sweep embracing a house-maid, while an obscured figure watches in the background (and puts food in his mouth). The poetry appears to be a parody of Dryden's "Alexander's Feast."
GLC04961.02
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1776
Watson, James
Title: Sir Jeffery Amherst [mezzotint by James Watson, after Joshua Reynolds]
Sold by Ryland and Bryer at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill. Printed by J. Watson. Sir Jeffery Amherst (Smith IV, 1488.2). Mezzotint based on a painting by Joshua Reynolds.
GLC04951
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1776 ca.
Habermann, Francois Xaver (1721-1796)
Title: La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck [New York]
New York Sons of Liberty destroying a statue of King George III. Highly imaginative scene with late Baroque buildings more characteristic of Germany or Austria or perhaps Holland. Hand-colored. Background shows a full-length statue (it was equestrian) and many turbaned slaves. (Slaves were, in fact, involved in pulling down the statue.) Plate mark "Aaaa no. 2" at bottom. Part of a series of Vues d'Optique printed at Augsburg; other prints in the series include Landing of the British troops (GLC 5860) and fire in New York (GLC 7754). Fowble, Two Centuries, 172.
GLC06952
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1776 ca.
Habermann, Francois Xaver (1721-1796)
GLC07754
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1777 ca.
Habermann, Francois Xaver (1721-1796)
Shows debarking British troops in a highly imaginative setting. Hand-colored engraving, in watercolor, by Francois Xaver Habermann. Title in French and German. Full title: "[German] Die Anlandung der Englischen Troupen zu Neu Yorck." and "[French] Debarquement des Troupes engloises [sic] a nouvelle Yorck". The French title at top center has been printed backwards, in the manner of a "Vue d'Optique." From the "Collection des Prospects" (LC-USZ62-45372).
GLC05860.01
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1780
Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des (1722-1824)
Title: Castle William [near Portsmouth]
An unusual image: a very small one for the huge sheet.
GLC03103.07
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1780
Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des (1722-1824)
Title: Untitled view of New York City, known as "the woody heights view"
GLC03103.09
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1780
Smillie, J. (fl. 1780-)
Engravings
Title: West Point and its Fortifications in 1780
GLC08878.0027
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1780
Moran, Percy (fl. 1780-)
Engravings
The Return of Lafayette with Assurances of Good Will from France
GLC08878.0085
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1781 ca.
Leizel, Balth Frederic (ca. 1781)
Title: L'arrive Du Prince Quillaume [sic] Henry a Nouvelle York en Amerique
Print from "Collection Des Prospects." Handcolored "Vue d'Optique" depicting a ship at habor, in billowing waves. A view of New York harbor (imaginary?), showing a ship arriving in a stormy sea, but said to be (per imprint) based on a painting by Richard Wright. It is supposed to show the third son of George III, Prince William Henry, visiting New York. Collateral to GLC04386, George Washington to Odgen, on a plan to kidnap the crown prince.
GLC07436
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1781
Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des (1722-1824)
Title: A View of Boston taken on the road from the Dorchester, May 30 1776
GLC03103.06
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circa 1783
Lodge, John (fl. 1783)
Title: View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775
Marked that it is engraved by Lodge, but drawn by a Mr. Millar. Engraved for Edward Barnard's book "New Complete & Authentic History of England," which was published in 1783. Shows the bombardment, from both land and sea, of Charles Town. The town was bombarded after house-to-house fighting failed to dislodge the American militia. Officers asked that hot shot be fired at the town, which was done from ships and from Copp's Hill in Boston. The engraving shows the subsequent conflagration.
GLC01450.169.05
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