Library of Congress Open Archive Initiative Repository 1
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This is an extensive repository containing material relating to the American experience, a large portion of it digitised from the Library of Congress' collections. It includes, but is not limited to, images, monographs, sheet music, sound and visual recordings, pamphlets and posters. It is subdivided into over 100 thematic collections based on original documentation format, subject, author or donor. The site also benefits from an extensive range of background documentation and information on the creation, maintenance and development of this repository. Individual sections of the collection are periodically highlighted, and materials advising on the use of this repository's contents in a classroom situation are also provided. Each major subsection has a discrete site design and interface, although they are all part of the overarching whole.
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161.
The blessed effects of venality
Print shows a man, possibly George III, chopping a leg "Commons" of a three-legged stool, "Lords" and "Privy Council" being the other two legs, which may represent the Parliament and its openness to corruption, especially in regards to its policies toward the American colonies; in the foreground, on the left, Britannia has fallen into a slumber, a man representing Holland is standing facing out with his hands in his pockets, and two men, representing Spain and France, discuss the activity taking place in the background.
162.
The closet
Print shows in vignette, top right, George III in his secret chamber, "the closet", with Lord Bute, to whom the Devil whispers, Lord Germain, and Lord Mansfield; on the bottom right, a man holds a pistol to his head, another, Charles Yorke, lies on the ground, dying, a headless man holds a paper "An hble Address from the Loyal Town of Manchester ...", and a fourth figure, a fool, is carrying two firebrands and arrows.
163.
The commissioner's interview with congress - Darly, Matthew, fl. 1741-1780, publisher.
Print shows three members of "congress" standing beneath palm trees outlining their demands for peace to three members of the peace commission, the Earl of Carlisle, Baron Auckland, and George Johnstone.
164.
The Englishman in Paris
He is eating the goose which he has taken off the serving platter on its way to a table around which sit two men and a woman who display varying degrees of coiffured hair.
165.
[Emblematical print adapted to the times]
In the background, Fame, carrying a British flag, flies above the British fleet engaged in battle with the French fleet, recently allied with the American colonies.
166.
Review of the York Regiment
Print shows William Markham, Archbishop of York speaking to Britannia while gesturing toward British troops wearing clerical bands and low-brimmed hats, he says, "Madam a noble Corps, True and Staunch Friends to the Cause, have learned their Exercises at the Loyal Schools at Oxford" to which Britannia responds, "This Gate is not ye Door to your Master's Sheepfold, he that entereth not by ye Door is a thief & robber.
167.
The birth-day ode* - as it was preformed before his M--, on the 4th of June, by the Royal Band
Print shows three musicians, Lord Sandwich on kettle drums, Lord North on violin, and Lord Germain on flute, accompanied by four singers as they present "The distresses of the nation: an ode performed in honor of his Majesty's Birth Day." The asterisk in the title notes: "As several spurious copies of the Birth-Day Ode made their appearance in the Newspapers, that the Public may be no longer deceived, they are here presented with the genuine Ode, as it was actually performed on the 4th of June." Includes text of the ode.
168.
The European diligence - Humphrey, William, ca. 1740-ca. 1810.
Print shows a Dutchman rolling a wheelbarrow over Britannia; along for the ride are France represented by a man leaning over the front of the wheelbarrow with a sword ready to stab Britannia, America represented by a woman with feathered headdress who says to the Frenchman, "My good & great ally strike home", a figure wearing a cloak and hat, probably representing Spain, and a fourth figure who speaks to the figure in the cloak, "Now Brother of Portugal join the confaderacy and agrandize our family." Standing behind the prostrate Britannia is a large, imposing Russian soldier holding rifle with fixed bayonet intent on stopping the forward progress of nations conducting business with America.
169.
A privy council
Print shows a meeting of the George III, portrayed as an ass wearing an ermnie robe, and his council of ministers, portrayed as various animals; whispering into the king's ear is Lord Bute represented by a bird-of-prey, Lord North is a bear asleep at the table, other animals around the table are a boar, a bull, and a goat, seated in the background are a dog, a monkey, and possibly a cat, a muzzled mastiff sleeps in the foreground.
170.
The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button
Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut labeled "North America"; the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Mansfield, and George Germain are standing behind North, and in the background, on the right, the Pope and Charles Edward the Pretender are standing in an embrace, and hanging on the wall behind them is a painting "Flight into Egypt" which shows the royal family with large retinue passing a sign "To Hanover.".
171.
The present state of Great Britain
Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain is attempting to pick Great Britain's purse; a Scotsman with his left arm over the shoulders of Great Britain and holding the staff with his left hand, fends off a Frenchman approaching from the left.
172.
By his majestys royal letters patent - the new invented method of punishing state criminals
Print shows Britannia drawn and quartered at a crossroad by ropes attached to three horses, one labeled "Tyranny" racing down the road "to America", another labeled "Venality" racing down the road "to Spain", and the third labeled "Ignorance" racing down the road "to France", the fourth rope is attached to a post labeled "court influence" on the road labeled "Despotism".
173.
The bull roasted: or the political cooks serving their customers
Print shows George III, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Sandwich roasting a bull which Lord North is serving to a Frenchman, a Native (representing America), and a Spaniard who are seated at a long table; sitting on the floor in front of the table is a Dutchman.
174.
[Association meeting at York]
Print shows an allegorical representation of a meeting of the Association of York during which all disputes were amicably settled.
176.
Prerogatives defeat or liberties triumph
Print shows Charles James Fox helping John Dunning walk on the prostrate bodies of the Earl of Bute and Lord North; a Scotsman attacks Dunning from behind, and in the background on the left, an Irishman and America (represented by a Native wearing a feathered headdress) are commenting on the scene taking place in front of them.
178.
Westminster election 1780
Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodney, with Neptune, during the Westminster election; a large crowd fills the foreground.
179.
The late auction at St. Eustatia - by R-- & V--
Print shows the interior of an auction house where Admiral Rodney and General John Vaughan are disposing property seized from citizens on the island of Saint Eustatius which the British captured from the Dutch.
180.
The state nurses - Colley, Thomas, fl. 1780-1783, publisher.
Print shows the Earl of Mansfield, seated, and the Earl of Sandwich keeping watch over the British lion asleep in a cradle around which are four barking dogs labeled "Holland", "America" who is urinating on a paper labeled "Tea Act", "France", and "Spain"; in the background, on the left, Gibraltar is under siege by the Spanish, and on the right, men (possibly George III) and dogs are hunting for stag.
161.
