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View of the City and the Valley of Mexico, from Tacubaya This panoramic vista of the Valley of Mexico depicts Mexico City in the background, lying low in the landscape and surrounded by short vegetation and plants. A small Spanish church stands in the... Engraver: Clark, John Heaviside Delineator: Bullock, William 1825	Crowning Himself Emperor of France Pope Pius VII, decked in religious garb, stands at the forefront of this image. To his left is Napoleon who is depicted standing on a platform as he places a crown upon his head. To the pope’s right... Engraver: Cruikshank, George Delineator: Cruikshank, George Author: Combe, William 13 December 1814	A Nobleman Listening to Music The art historian Pramod Chandra describes this miniature as follows: [T]he man, seated on a chair, listens to a group of musicians squatting on a striped blue carpet. He is attended by... Artist Unknown 1870	Portrait of Lord Byron This print portrays Lord Byron as the quintessential Romantic poet. He sits in three-quarter view, his face turned in profile to the left and resting on his right hand in the archetypal thinking pose... Painter: Westall, Richard Engraver: Longacre, James Barton 1841	Raglan Castle The façade of a brick structure—with a sidewall jutting out to form a kind of corner—and a tree with a serpentine trunk take up the right half of the oval-shaped image. Light shining through the... Artist Unknown Author: Gilpin, William 1800
John Joseph Merlin, the Celebrated Mechanic This engraving appears as a full-page plate accompanying R. S. Kirby’s description of Merlin’s biography and famous inventions and automata. It depicts an oval bust portrait of John Joseph Merlin... Engraver: Harding, George Perfect Delineator: Harding, George Perfect 3 July 1803	Eliphalet Terry Painter: Morse, Samuel 1824	Boats in a Swell Among Ice The image portrays a sea dark with swells—no whitecaps—interrupted by large, sharp-edged, wildly-shaped icebergs that have been carved out at their bases by the incessant motion of the waves. Two... Engraver: Finden, Edward Francis Delineator: Back, Sir George 1828	N-Nightmare, Cruikshank's Comic Alphabeth The illustration depicts a man sleeping in bed with his mouth open; he wears a nightcap, and only his face is visible above the covers. A miniature sultan, with a dark visage and an immense moustache... Illustrator: Cruikshank, George 1836	Man holding a staff Painter: Barker, Thomas c. 1800
The Temptation on the Mountain Satan and Jesus are silhouetted on the right at the edge of a cliff. A serpent hangs from a cliff on the left. Cities and rivers are revealed far below them, from the bottom of the print to about 2/3... Engraver: Cousen, John Illustrator: Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1835	9th. 10th. & 11th. Windows North Aisle The titular 9th, 10th, and 11th windows of the North Aisle of Westminster Abbey form the background of the print. In the foreground, a variety of people walk around and look at the monuments along... Engraver: Bluck, John Delineator: White, John Author: Combe, William 11 October 1812	View of Warwick Castle from a Distance Fielding’s "view" of the castle occurs at sunset, and is taken from the banks of a river flowing in the lower register of the painting. A large tree seems to grasp the right riverbank with its... Painter: Fielding, Anthony Vandyke Copley 1816	Gilded pages of Grellmann's Dissertaion on the Gipseys Gilded pages of Grellmann's Dissertaion on the Gipseys (London, 1807). Artist Unknown 1807	The Volcanic District Bounded by the Rivers Nette and Bruhl on the Lower Rhine Depicting roughly 35 miles of the Eifel mountain range, this topographic map is color coded to indicate rock type. Volcanoes are depicted by sets of lines, each which culminates in a circle to... Illustrator: Hibbert-Ware, Charlotte Author: Hibbert, Samuel 1832
The Indian Fruit Seller The woman depicted is named, like the image, by her work: “the fruit seller.” The fruit seller stands in the foreground, leaning against the pole of a stand, her breasts exposed and her head lowered... Painter: Daniell, William Engraver: Woodman, Richard 1835	A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot This image portrays three ships and a row boat, presumably transporting the pilot to the central frigate. The ocean is rough with small waves, and the sails of the ships billow with wind. Both the... Painter: Anderson, William 1797	Ruins of the Palace, Madura [Madurai] The ruins of an elaborate entrance to the Palace at Madurai dominate the left register of the picture plane. Intricate stonework and molding decorates the inside of the edifice, while the outside is... Painter: Daniell, Thomas Engraver: Daniell, William c. 1797-98	The Chronometer and Planetarium System The Chronometer and Planetarium System plate is accompanied by an explanatory key on the preceding two pages of the text. Most of the bottom of the print is taken up by Fig. 5, a rectangular... Delineator: Balleis, Macarius 1791	Views of Parts of the Coast of North West America; Point Grenville This plate offers seven profiles (or cross-sections) of fragments of the coast of north-west America, as if seen from a passing ship or small boat, which range from Cape Mendocino (the westernmost... Engraver: Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas Delineator: Skyes, J., Alexander, William 1798
St. James' Park with a View of Westminster Abbey Painter: Girtin, Thomas c. Early 19th century	Pneumatics This image comes from a text called, Illustrations of Natural Philosophy, which depicts the many properties of air. The central images feature a rendering of all of the highest mountain ranges... Artist Unknown 10 December 1850	Abraham and the Angels Abraham kneels on a flat plain before three winged angels who stand conversing among themselves. Some hills and trees stand in the distance, and the sky is furrowed with thick, wavy lines that... Engraver: Skippe, John 1782	A SHILLING WELL LAID OUT. Tom and Jerry at the Exhibition of Pictures at the... In a room in Somerset House, a throng of people view the Exhibition. Well-dressed couples mingle and inspect paintings with catalogues in hand. The couple in the center stand with their backs to the... Engraver: Cruikshank, Isaac, Cruikshank, George Delineator: Cruikshank, Isaac, Cruikshank, George Author: Egan, Pierce 1 July 1821	Automaton Swan In his A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Andrew Ure provides a lengthy explanation for the mechanical workings displayed in this simple line-drawing. He begins by describing its... Artist Unknown Author: Ure, Andrew 1839
Iceberg Adhering to Icy Reef, with the View to Seaward A jagged icy cliff on the left descends to a pool of water; beyond these immediate ice formations, a plain of ice or water extends to the far horizon, where more cliffs rise against building clouds.... Engraver: Finden, Edward Francis Delineator: Back, Sir George 1828	Dover Castle from a Market Stall on Castle Street A woman in a black cloak with a young bonneted girl behind her stands in a covered, open-air market filled with baskets of fruits and fresh goods. The woman grips a large basket of grapes and looks... Painter: Shepherd, George Sidney 1835	Napoleon and His Army Effecting a Wonderful Passage of the Alps, at Mount St.... Napoleon on his characteristic white horse is at the forefront of this image, which depicts the French army’s early attempt to cross the Alps. Other men, who are both on horseback and on foot,... Artist Unknown Author: Ireland, William Henry 1828	[“A general Beautifier,” in a friendship album belonging to E. Boyes, circa... Within the elaborate frame printed on one page of
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