Bridgeman Education

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ID: HGP956739

Viking Warriors, 9th century historical re-enactment

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ID: SXT956900

Picnic beside a motor car (b/w photo)

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ID: SXT956904

Man and woman in a vintage car (b/w photo)

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ID: SXT956909

Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird, 1931 (b/w photo)

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ID: SXT956910

The Railton Mobil Special, 1930s-40s (b/w photo)

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ID: LZT1012572

Design for the New Gallery of Busts and Pictures, and So Far Will I Trust Thee Gentle Kate, Henry 4th, Part 1st , Gillray, James, 1756-1815, Engraving 1792, Interior View of a Portrait Gallery with Busts of Demosthenes and Cicero, Both Frowning, and Between Them a Bust of Charles J. Fox; Hanging on the Wall above Are Two Prints Showing Catherine II of Russia, in One, Titled Justice, She is About to Stab a Sultan, in the Other, Moderation, She is Facing a Map of Moldavia, Bessarabia, and Wallachia, which She Embraces with Outspread Arms; Hanging above the Bust of Fox is a Crowned Circle Inscribed Conjugal Love. A Cure for the Haemerroidical Cholic Within which is a Rope Noose.

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ID: LZT1012575

The Genius of France Extirpating Despotism Tyranny and Oppression from the Face of the Earth or the Royal Warriors Defeated, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764 1811, Engraving 1792, a Woman Wearing a Liberty Cap, Representing the Genius of France, Holding a Cat O' Nine Tails in One Hand and the Reins of a Donkey in the Other; on This Donkey and Another Bucking in the Background Are Several Monarchs Identified As Prussia, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Brunswick, Turkey, Spain, and, Falling to the Ground, China; Louis XVI Lies on the Ground Beneath the Donkey Held by the Woman; in the Left Foreground, Sitting on the Ground Tearing Her Hair is Marie I of Portugal.

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ID: LZT1012581

The Modern Job! or John Bull and His Comforts!, Engraving 1816, John Bull, in Tattered Clothes, Seated on a Stool, Gazing Gloomily at a Book on the Ground: The Extraordinary Red Book. He is Surrounded by the Regent with Two Gouty Legs Supported on Crutches, Liverpool, Mahon, Canning, Sidmouth, Ellenborough, the Duke of York, and the Dukes of Kent and Cambridge.

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ID: LZT1012592

Sick of the Property Tax or Ministerial Influnza, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Artist, Engraving 1816, Ministers, Among Them Vansittart and Castlereagh, Vomiting Taxes Into a Large Bag Labeled Budget. The Prince Regent Stands Nearby, Supported on Crutches Labeled More Money and Increase in Income, Holding Rolled Documents Under His Arms Labeled with Descriptions of Some of His Extravagant Expenses.

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ID: LZT1012598

Florizel and Perdita, En Sanguine Engraving 1780s, a Bust Portrait Divided Vertically by a Line Down the Center of the Face, Left Half of Face Representing the Prince of Wales, and Right Half Representing Mrs. Robinson, or Perdita.

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ID: LZT1012603

General Monkey and General Wolfe, Holland, William, Active 1782-1817, Engraving 1803, Napoleon I, Wearing a Large Hat, Carrying a Long Sword, and Having a Body Where His Shoulders Rest on His Waist, Cowering Before the Large Ogre-Like Figure of John Bull.

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ID: LZT1012606

A Return from an Invasion, or, Napoleon at a Nonplus, Engraving 1803, Napoleon I Coming Ashore at Calais, France, Defeated at Every Turn, Without Men and Ships, to Face the Ridicule of Fisherwomen, the Governor, a French Soldier, and an English Sailor Who Says, Take One Kick at Parting & Thank Your Own Insignificance the English Suffer'D You to Return to France Alive.

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ID: LZT1012611

Noah's Ark Improved, or an Attempt to Land in the Teeth of the Wind, Holland, William, Active 1782-1817, En Sanguine Engraving 1790, British Satire on Charles Stanhope's Toleration Bill of 1789 which Was an Attempt to Remove the Yoke of Religious Obligations on Persons Seeking Public Office (Cf. Test and Corporation Acts). Despite the Fact that a Person Seeking a Position in the Clergy Was Bound by the Same Obligations, the Clergy Was Opposed to Passage of Stanhope's Bill, As is Shown in This Image in which Two Bishops, Standing on Shore, Prevent Stanhope and His Ark, Filled with Three Sacks Bearing Labels Pertaining to the Penal Laws, from Landing.

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ID: LZT1012618

The Ghost a Christmas Frolic Le Revenant, En Sanguine Engraving 1814, a Boy with a Mannequin Ghost Holding a Candle Frightens Several Guests at an Intimate Party.

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ID: LZT1012620

A High Wind in the Park! Engraving 1819, a Strong Wind Blowing Down Men, Women, and Children, Catching Up Dresses, Hats, and Umbrellas, and Tearing Limbs from Trees.

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ID: LZT1012621

Characters in the New Piece Now Poforming at the Theatre Royal Cotten Garden 1820, 16 Vignettes Regarding the Collection of Evidence, the Infamous Green Bags Documenting the Affair Between Caroline and Bartolomeo Bergami, for the Attempt by George IV to Divorce His Wife.

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ID: LZT1012625

The Orangerie or the Dutch Cupid Reposing after the Fatigues of Planting, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, Engraver, London, Engraving 1796, William V, Prince of Orange, As a Fat, Naked Cupid, Reclining on a Platform of Grass and Flowers and Leaning on a Bag of Money Marked 24,000,000 Ducats. In the Foreground Are a Number of Orange Plants with Each Orange Bearing the Likeness of the Prince. In the Background, As If in a Dream, Are Many Heavily Pregnant Women: A Milkmaid, a Fishmonger, a House Maid, and Many Farm Women.

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ID: LZT1012629

Gloria Mundi, or the Devil Addressing the Sun Pare. Lost, Book IV, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, Artist, London, Engraving 1782, En Sanguine Engraving Showing Charles James Fox Standing on a Roulette Wheel Perched Atop a Globe Showing England and Continental Europe, the Implication is that His Penniless State, Indicated by Turned-Out Pockets, is Due to Gambling He Looks Over His Left Shoulder Up at a Bust of Shelburne Who, Like the Sun, is Beaming Radiantly. Like Edmund Burke, Fox Resigned His Position As Foreign Secretary in Protest at the Appointment of Shelburne Following Rockingham's Death.

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ID: LZT1012673

Prodigal Son, Scene in a Bordello Where the Prince of Wales Lounges on a Sofa Next to a Large, Bare-Breasted Woman, Probably Representing Charles James Fox. A Second Bare-Breasted Woman,Lounges at the Feet of the Prince, While a Third Holds a Man Who is Leaning on a Chair Vomiting.

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ID: LZT1012681

Ah! Sure Such a Pair Was Never Seen So Justly Form'D to Meet by Nature Old Sherry, Cruikshank, George, 1792 1878, Engraving 1820, from Two Huge Green Bags, Pear-Shaped and Broad-Based, Emerge Respectively the Heads of the King and Queen

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ID: LZT1012683

De Verslagen Actionist in De Stoel Met Rinkels, Overreeden Geweest Van'T Gelauwerd Paard Van Troje, En Sanguine Engraving 1720, Satire on the South Sea Company and Other Bubble Schemes of 1720, and Shortly Before, is No. 38 in Vol. I. of Het Groote Tafereel Der Dwaasheid, a Collection of Dutch Satires on the Schemes in Question

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ID: LZT1012687

The Commissioner's Interview with Congress, Darly, Matthew, Active 1741-1780, En Sanguine Engraving 1778, 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. Lord Bute is Standing in the Background Between the Two Groups.

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ID: LZT1012688

The Old Maid, En Sanguine Engraving

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ID: LZT1012694

The American Rattle Snake, En Sanguine Engraving Shows American Snake, the Emblem Used by Americans As a Device on Their Flag Before the Adoption of the Stars and Stripes, with Two of Three Coils Around Units of British Soldiers, Commanded by Burgoyne and Cornwallis at Time of Their Surrender. Gillray is Lampooning the British War Effort. The Verse Printed below the Image Reflects the Widespread Sympathy in England for the American Cause.

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ID: LZT1012702

The Repeal or the Funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp, En Sanguine Engraving 1766, a Funeral Procession on the Banks of the Thames, with Warehouses in a Line in the Background, One of which is Inscribed the Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods Now Ship'D for America. George Grenville Carrys Coffin Inscribed Miss Ame-Stamp B. 1765 Died 1766. On the Quay Are Two Large Bales, One of which is Inscribed, Stamps from America, I.E., Stamps Returned to England As No Longer Needed, Because of the Repeal of the Stamp Act. The Other is Marked, Black Cloth from America, Intended for the Funeral Procession which Follows.

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ID: LZT1012708

John Bull, the Leviathan of the Ocean or the French Fleet Sailing Into the Mouth of the Nile!, Engraving 1798, John Bull Eating French Sailing Ships, a Satire on the French Defeat During the War of the Second Coalition, Possibly Refers to the Battle of the Nile.