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1.
Original air balloon [graphic].

Published / Created:
[29 December 1783]
Call Number:
783.12.29.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An air balloon inscribed, "America," floats above a group of spectators who include, on the left, a Spaniard and a Frenchman, tied together with a chain and padlock and, on the right, a Dutchman with little devils climbing out of his pocket. Between t...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs Decr. 29, 1783 by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Washington, George, 1732-1799., Deane, Silas, 1737-1789., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658., and Aitken, James, 1752-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Balloons (Aircraft), Demonology, Gallows, and Ghosts
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Original air balloon [graphic].

2.
Sedition and atheism defeated [graphic].

Published / Created:
[18 March 1790]
Call Number:
Drawer 790.03.18.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"design in two strips, one headed the intention, the other (below), the fact. Each strip is divided into three compartments of unequal width. [1] Two councils sit, each round a circular table. On the left is 'An Infernal Council'. The Devil, irradiat...
Description:
Title from caption below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 18, 1790, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Priestly, Joseph 1733-1804, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808, Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Deane, Silas, 1737-1789, and Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sedition and atheism defeated [graphic].

3.
The captivating Miss B- The American negotiator. [graphic]

Published / Created:
Octr. 1, 1783.
Call Number:
783.10.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of a Miss B. (a courtesan) and Silas Deane
Alternative Title:
American negotiator
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Deane, Silas, 1737-1789,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The captivating Miss B- The American negotiator. [graphic]