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Explorable Archive of Art from the Romantic Era

Section Editors: Theresa M. Kelley
, Jacob Leveton
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The Penny Magazine

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The Poetical Works of John Milton

Printing Machine Image

Unknown
In collaboration with Andrew Ure

In this drawing of a printing machine patented by “Messrs. Applegath and Cowper,” two men work at the press while one man operates a fly-wheel pulley system. The figure at the back of the machine piles sheets of paper while

The Printing Machine

Pyramid at Uxmal

George Endicott

This lithograph depicts a portion of the ruins of Uxmal.

The Pyramid, Uxmal Ruins

A portrait of an Indian woman

William Daniell
In collaboration with Richard Woodman

The Queen of Candy, the Candian king’s daughter, poses in a chair, legs crossed, against a mountainous landscape. Her elongated neck is covered with exotic, shell-like jewelry. Her hair is bound tightly back and garnished with a loop of flowers.

The Queen of Candy

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The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder

An Indian woman in bridal clothing

William Daniell
In collaboration with Richard Woodman

Similar to the central figure of A Hindoo Female, the subject of The Rajpootnee Bride is initially striking on account her size; the female body fills the space of the image.

The Rajpootnee Bride

Vase and Lamb

Unknown

Although the two drawings on this plate clearly unite objects from different categories of the British Museum’s collections—the vessel in Figure 1 is man-made, an artificial production, while the lamb in Figure 2 appears to be a product of nature—the so-called “Scythian lamb” further confuse

The Sallad Earthen Vessel, and the Scythian Lamb

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The Schoolmaster's Tour

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The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation

A women sits on a cannon and her skirts fly up as it shoots

James Gillray

As a social caricature satirizing a scandalous failure of the upper-class and nobility, The Siege is a piece of entertainment that relays the scandal a la mode to its viewers. It also provides one vehicle for chastisement of its victims’ behavior.

The Siege of Blenheim, or the New System of GUNNING Discover'd

Sketch of Artist Near Lava

John Richardson Auldjo

This depiction of Mount Vesuvius represents Romantic culture’s new, more scientific approach to volcanoes, which began to be seen as an attraction for volcanologists and tourists alike.

The Small Cone, from the S.E. Summit of the Great Cone

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