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Explorable Archive of Art from the Romantic Era

Section Editors: Theresa M. Kelley
, Jacob Leveton
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The American Naval Songster

Boy riding on the back of an eagle

Unknown

This image, which presented viewers with the image of a boy riding an enormous eagle high above a sea coast, above the title “The Art of Lying Burlesqued in an Account of A Wonderful Flight or Journey from France to Gibraltar, America, &c.

The Art of Lying Burlesqued in an Account of A Wonderful Flight or Journey from France to Gibraltar, America, &c. Related by an Eminent Author

Image of Ashmolean Museum

John Le Keux
In collaboration with Frederick Mackenzie

The engraving depicts the exterior of the “Old Ashmolean” building at the University of Oxford. We see it at a slight distance, with a good view of the street on which it is stationed. Three figures can be seen in the foreground. One is a scholar, dressed in cap and gown.

The Ashmolean Museum

View from a balloon over Hellsbye Hill

Unknown

The primary subject of this image is Thomas Baldwin's "Balloon Excursion," from Chester to Warrington, which it depicts just 50 minutes after it began, as seen from "a high Field, at the End of Sutton-Causeway" (iv, 29).

The Balloon Over Hellsbye Hill in Cheshire

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The Banks of Wye: a Poem in Four Books

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the Bible

Engraving of House near Volcano

Charles Graf

This image of Mount Helena marks a turning point for volcanic depictions in Romantic culture. The fear and awe once evoked by images of rampant volcanoes is little more; instead, Mount Helena is seen as powerless and at rest.

The Briars St. Helena

Two lovers in a dark room

Edward Calvert

This intimate domestic scene portrays two lovers who, because of their profound absorption in each other, are simultaneously spectator and spectacle.

The Chamber Idyll

A crowd bets on a cock fight

William Hogarth

This image depicts a cockfight, with special emphasis on the diversity of spectators in attendance and their singularity of purpose (gambling).

The Cockpit

Boat in Midst of Battle

Tudor Horton

The battle between the Constitution and the Guerrier resulted in an American victory. The prominence of the British and American flags emphasizes not only the nationality of the victor, but also of the defeated.

The Constitution and Guerrier

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The Cruikshankian Momus

A Death's Head Moth

Unknown

This image depicts a death's-head moth on a white background, with wings outstretched.

The Death's Head Moth

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