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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Counsellor O. P.--defender of our theatric liberties - Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
"Counsellor Clifford, realistically drawn, stands in profile to the left, his feet together, holding behind his back a flaming fire-brand, emitting thick clouds of smoke ..." (Source: George)
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The weeping audience
This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470.M4. Vol.1).
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Blowing up the Pic Nic's;--or--Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets - Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where these enemies advance ..." (Source: George)
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A new drop scene for D. L. T.
"A fantastic scene on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre. Tradegy and Comedy are being done to death by the management, while dogs and imitation animals are made ready to perform ..." (Source: George)
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Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces
Print shows Horatio Gates, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, standing at table in tent, with tents and a flag with horizontal stripes in the background.
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I say, Jenky, this Paine's book is all abuse!
This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470.M4. Vol.1).
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The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring & feathering - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Print shows five men forcing a tarred and feathered customs officer to drink from a teapot, a bucket and a liberty cap are on the ground at his feet. They stand beneath the "Liberty Tree" from which a rope with a noose hangs; in the background, shadowy figures on a ship dump tea overboard.
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The Bostonians in distress - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Print shows Bostonians held captive in a cage suspended from the "Liberty Tree"; three British sailors standing in a boat feed them fish in return for a bundle of papers labeled "Promises"; around the tree and in the background are cannons and British troops.
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Eiffel Tower
Photograph shows lower section of Eiffel Tower and unconstructed plaza beneath.
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Parachute renversè de Henin
Print shows man standing in the basket of an ascending balloon which features an elaborate system of sails and a reversed parachute underneath the basket.
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Le globe volant
Illustration shows a man navigating a balloon with an attached oar and rudder while seated in the basket.
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