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Cavallo's Plate II

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Diagram describing how balloon inflation works
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This book and image are part of Cavallo's work on the study of air and it properties. This image offered readers a chance to understand the technical side of balloon flights by providing a detailed account of how they were inflated.

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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

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Boy riding on the back of an eagle
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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.

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Moonlight, Uxmal Ruins

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Moonlight at the Uxmal Ruins
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This lithograph depicts a portion of the ruins of Uxmal.

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The Pyramid, Uxmal Ruins

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Pyramid at Uxmal
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This lithograph depicts a portion of the ruins of Uxmal.

A single large pyramid stands covered in vegetation, crowned by a small, exposed temple. The pyramid is surrounded by a variety of trees and bushes, and is fronted by a small clearing.  Two men stand in the center foreground, one gazing up at the pyramid while the other kneels beside him.

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Governor's House, Uxmal Ruins

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Ruins at Uxmal
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This lithograph depicts a portion of the ruins of Uxmal.

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Uxmal: House of the Dwarf and House of the Nuns

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Ruins at Uxmal
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This image—rendered using a camera lucida—depicts ruins of the city of Uxmal in Mexico.

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Stone Idol, front view (from Copán)

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Stone idol from Copán
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This image—rendered using a camera lucida—depicts a monument from the pre-Columbian Maya city, Xukpi, now known as Copán.

A large stone stela, facing forward, depicts a Maya deity decorated with myriad visual embellishments, its fists clenched upon its chest. The background depicts the small clearing in which the stela now stands, fading back into a thick forest.

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Gigantic Head (from Copán)

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Giant head from Copán
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This image—rendered using a camera lucida—depicts a monument from the pre-Columbian Maya city, Xukpi, now known as Copán.

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A Description of a view of Thebes, now exhibiting at the Panorama, Broadway, corner of Prince and Mercer Streets, New-York

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A description of a view of Thebes
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This image, created by Robert Burford, gives panoramic views of both the Temple of Karnak and the city of Thebes. It was based upon the original drawings of Frederick Catherwood, unique in that they were created with the help of a camera lucida.

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Hadleigh Castle (Progress Proof b)

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Ruins of Hadleigh Castle
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This image depicts the ruins of Hadleigh Castle. A reformulation of Constable's earlier painting of the same scene, this mezzotint explores new possibilities for the symbolic manipulation of landscape, specifically through the application of chiaroscuro. 

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