A sketchbook with ninety-six leaves of wove paper containing thirty drawings documenting some of the places visited by Gustave de Beaumont and Alexis de Tocqueville during their 1831-1832 tour of the United States and Canada. The views are dated but n...
Description:
Gustave de Beaumont (1802-1866), French author and prison reformer, made a nine-month-long tour of the United States with his colleague Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) between May 9, 1831, and February 20, 1832. The pair traveled by steamboat, horse...
Subject (Geographic):
France., United States, Choctaw Nation, Fort Howard (Wis.), Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.), Mobile Bay (Ala.), Montmorency River (Québec), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Newport (R.I.), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Ohio River, Oneida Lake (N.Y.), Québec (Québec), Saint Lawrence River, Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.), Sing Sing (N.Y.), Stockbridge (Mass.), Superior, Lake, and Wheeling (W. Va.)
Subject (Name):
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866., Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859., Auburn Prison, and Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Choctaw Indians, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, Prisons, and Description and travel
"Portrait in Van Dyck dress, reclining on steps turned in profile to left, with his knees bent and legs drawn up, right hand at his breast, looking at the viewer, swathed in a cloak with a plumed, broad-brimmed hat, with a book labelled 'Vita Di Ruben...
Alternative Title:
Richardus Cosway Armiger R.A.
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 20th, 1786, by Mno. Bova & E. Diemar, No. 114 Strand
Satire on portrait painting: a middle-aged English couple sit together on a dais, each holding a bird in their hand. Their bored son, dressed as Cupid, is seated on a stool in front of them, yawning. They are being painted by an enthusiastic artist we...
Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1754?]
Call Number:
754.00.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the conflict between artists campaigning for a public academy and those who were opposed. William Hogarth (A), shown as the leader of the latter group, rides a peacock. He is followed by (B) probably intended for the journalist Bonnell Thorn...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791, Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, and Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Journalists, Supernatural beings, and Peacocks
Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1754?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the conflict between artists campaigning for a public academy and those who were opposed. William Hogarth (A), shown as the leader of the latter group, rides a peacock. He is followed by (B) probably intended for the journalist Bonnell Thorn...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791, Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, and Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Journalists, Supernatural beings, and Peacocks