Political Commentary and Art

Prints featuring poetic tributes and satirical commentaries on political events from the 17th and 19th centuries, blending text and artistic designs.

Caption: German-American Alliance members wave German flags during the National Convention celebration of German Day in the United States. The photograph was taken by Theodor Pinther in San Francisco, California. The event highlights the unity and strength of the German community in America, emphasizing their pride in their German heritage and their commitment to freedom and justice.
Caption: German-American Alliance members wave German flags during the National Convention celebration of German Day in the United States. The photograph was taken by Theodor Pinther in San Francisco, California. The event highlights the unity and strength of the German community in America, emphasizing their pride in their German heritage and their commitment to freedom and justice.
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Cover for 'El 23 de Infanteria', three infantry soldiers standing in a line holding rifles and a flag. Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (14.8 × 20 cm). Publisher: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1850-1917, Mexican). Date: ca. 1912. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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2005.0962 Plate B. Book - Bisset's Poetic Survey Round Birmingham, 1800. 'A Magnificent Directory Comprising the names &c. of upwards of three hundred professional gentlemen, merchants, bankers, tradesmen, manufacturerers &c. of Birmingham.'. Complied by James Bisset.. A private collector, James Bisset founded the first museum and art gallery in Birmingham.. .
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Zotvers on Pieter Gosse, 1781, Anonymous, 1781 text sheet Text sheet with a spotlight on the publisher Pieter Gosse, following the edition of the Orangist magazine, entitled for a short time on 31 December 1781, entitled the 'Old -fashioned Nederlandsche Patriot'. paper letterpress printing
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Spotvers on Mayor Joachim Rendorp, 1786, Anonymous, 1786 text sheet Spotvers on the Amsterdam mayor Joachim Rendorp (nicknamed the bridge maker) who voted against the deprivation of the command about The Hague to the Prins (proposal of September 1785, the final decision on this, however, dates from July-September 1786). Fresh of eighteen rules within a framework. Northern Netherlandspublisher: Utrechtpublisher: Utrechtpublisher: Rotterdampublisher: The Hague paper letterpress printing Amsterdam
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KermiSprent of the Amsterdam Court delivery for the year 1851; COURANT-TRANSFERS Fairground Wesch (...) 1851. KermiSprent on behalf of the surroundings of Courses (newspaper deliverers) in Amsterdam, September 8, 1851. At the top a face in an Amsterdam street with various shops and businesses. A row of people is waiting at the building of the city center of the Amsterdamsche Courant in the Nes. At the bottom of a poem in three columns. From the Courantombrenger: H.J. Van Gelder.
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Postcard
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Spotvers on the departure of the actor J. Punt to Rotterdam, 1773, Anonymous, 1773 printed matter Double folded sheet with a spot poem on four pages in 8 verses on the departure of the Amsterdam actor J. Punt to Rotterdam, 1773. Northern Netherlands paper letterpress printing Schouwburg Leidseplein (1774-1890). Rotterdam
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Allegorical show on the occasion of the marriage of George de Visscher and Eva Elizabeth Lynslager in 1739. The bridal couple is guided by the wedding god Hymen to an altar, where Amor stood out his torch. Left will receive Juno, with her peacock beside himself, the bridal couple. The performance is caught in an ornamental list with the middle above a minnecoed puttipaar and in the middle of a torque pigeons. On the left the text sheet with the explanation to the print.
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Information panel with text and images; Exhibition Adriaen van Wesel. .
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Songs on the flight of the Patriots from Utrecht and in honor of Prince Willem V, 1787, Anonymous, 1787 text sheet Double folded sheet with two songs on four pages. Song on the flight of the Patriots from Utrecht in September 1787 and a song in honor of Prince Willem V. Above the second song a woodcut with the Wapen van Holland in the Dutch garden. Northern Netherlands paper letterpress printing fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus' Utrecht
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Los Cocineros The Cooks. Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913. Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, 1852-1917. text. Prints, Broadsides, Illustrations, Ephemera. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Politics and culture , Mexico, Political satire, Mexican
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Poem, 1887, by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901); Almanacs, Great Britain
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A poem by Kate Greenaway, published in 1883, related to almanacs in Great Britain
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Informative text with images of Japanese prints, called what is on a Japanese print, In Dutch and English; Hogaku exhibition: Traditional Japanese music. Caption when printing: Rijksprentenkabinet Japanese prints IV Hiroshige and Utagawa school
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Circular printing with a portrait of Adam Mickiewicz according to the Dagerotype from 1842 and the poem by Franciszek Konarski entitled At the foot of the prophet; National Zak Ossoli (Lviv); 1898 (1898-00-00-1898-00-00);
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Treurdicht Op the death of Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, (...) Died 17th March 1849, Tilburg, 1849 poem Treurdicht on the death of King Willem II on March 17, 1849 Tetilburg and his funeral on April 4, 1849 in Delft. Fresh in two columns, a vignette with a burial monument at the top. Netherlands paper letterpress printing Delft. new church
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Photo album "Memory of Sylt" (Leprello). Cover, in front, dedication
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The Heroine of Frederick, MD. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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I hear thee speak of the better land ,. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera
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The sleeping farmer from Stolwijk, 1707; Pertinent image of the Sleptenden Boer to Stolwijk, Tempered and dedicated to all peaceful doctors. The sleeping farmer from Stolwijk, or the so-called Sleeping Stolk Boer. Dirk Klaasz de Bakker slept from June 29, 1706 to January 11, 1707 (27 weeks) and was falling after waking until March 15, 1707. De Boer sleeping in his bed, in the room a few doctors and visitors. Printed on the leaf under the plate a verse in 2 columns in which the gullibility of the doctors and visitors is mocked.
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España. Catalunya. Primera guerra mundial. Folleto con la poesía de Ignacio Iglesias dedicada a los voluntarios catalanes de la Gran Guerra (1914-1918). Editada por el Comisariado de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Año 1937.
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An introduction to the Carte-de-Visite Album cartes-de-visite
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Los Nuevos Versos de Carlos Coronado The New Verses of Carlos Coronado. Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913. Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, 1852-1917. text. Prints, Broadsides, Illustrations, Ephemera. 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Politics and culture , Mexico, Political satire, Mexican
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. Leaf with the text of a song of 40 couplets on the repair of Stadholder Willem V in 1787. At the top a vignette with the Dutch lion and two orange trees.
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Feest-Cantate on the occasion of the opening of the international colonial and output trade exhibition in Amsterdam. - May 1, 1883, 1883 text sheet Magazine with the text of the festive song in honor of the opening of the World Exhibition (International Colonial and Importance Exhibition) on the Museumplein in Amsterdam on 1 May 1883. Music by Joahnnes Verhulst, words by J.J.L ten Kate. Double folded leaf printed on all sides. Netherlands paper letterpress printing world fair, world exhibition Amsterdam. Museum square
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The Last Judgment. Coloured woodcut with letterpress, 1858.
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Grafschift for Johannes Rannink, 1747; Graf-Script: Op den Dapperen Kanonnier Johannes Rannink. Leaf with a burial for Johannes Rannink, captain of the axes, the rebellious Orange-Gezinde Amsterdam shipymen who revolve on the island of Kattenburg against the patriot city council. Sustain courts on May 30, 1787 and buried on December 8, 1787. Text in two columns printed within a frame.
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La Marseillaise. National anthem of France by Rouget de Lisle. 1792. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France.
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Sampler made at a charity school. Culture: British. Dimensions: H. 5 3/4 x W. 4 inches (14.6 x 10.2 cm). Maker: Rebekah Rowe (British). Date: 1731.The earliest British charity schools for poor and orphaned children were founded around the country by local gentry, to support and educate children whose families lived in the vicinity. In the eighteenth century, the number of institutions increased significantly. Arguably the most famous of these is the Foundling Hospital in London established by Thomas Coram in 1741; the charity still exists today as the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. This small sampler is a rare example from the first half of the 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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'In Old New Mex', Arthur Chapman , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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New Year's wish from the Mosterdman in The Hague, 1740, 1739 - 1740 print New Year's wish for the year 1740 of the Mosterdman to all residents of The Hague. At the top a picture of a mustard man with his keg and a New Year's singing in hand. On the magazine under the album a song in twelve verses in two columns. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing mustard (+ foodstuffs in other container, e.g.: barrel, can, cask, tin, etc.)
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Amsterdam, Blankhart, J., Coldewijn, Jacob, Newspaper deliverers Heil-Wensch 1849, Fairground print of the Amsterdam newspaper deliverers for the year 1849, verso - stamped, Fairground print on behalf of the newspaper deliverers in Amsterdam, September 10, 1849. At the top three medallions with a view of the Palace on the Dam in the center, on the left the Schreierstoren, on the right the Leidsepoort. At the bottom a poem in three columns. From the newspaper deliverer: Anna Loggen., print, picture, fairground picture, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 555 mm, width 442 mm, 1796-07-03 - 1855-01-28, print maker, printmaker, 1849 - 1849, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, Dutch, printer
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Letter to Miss -- from Miss --, Page 11, 1810, Worthing, Publisher, Printed by C. and W. Phillips for the authors; and sold by J. J. Stockdale, 41, Pall-Mall, and all other booksellers
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LITERATURA INGLESA-SIGLO XVI SHAKESPEARE, William (Stratford-on-Avon 1564-1616) "EL RAPTO DE LUCRECIA". Portada de los poemas editados en el año 1593. Biblioteca de Cataluña. Barcelona.
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The cart-whip, 1837. Published by R.G. Williams for the American Anti-Slavery Society. Serial issuance related to slavery and juvenile literature in the United States
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Amsterdam, Renkink, Ludolf, Haas, J. de, Nimweegen, E. van, Kempen, B. van, Garden song, At the entrance to a lush garden, with flowers and plants, a man sits with a flower in his hand. Printed on the sheet under the plate is a verse in three columns. The verse shows that the man is singing a song of praise to the garden and the various plants and flowers in the garden. The song should be sung to the melody of 'O Kersnagt schooner dan de dagen'., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 519 mm, width 331 mm, Dutch, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1699, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, letterpress printing, Work conception, after a design by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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The legend of Mr. Thiers
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Sampler (England); silk embroidery, linen foundation; Warp x Weft: 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe; 1941-69-259
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Allegory of the love affair between Gabriel Lalande and Elisabeth Lestevenon, 1661, Crispijn van de Passe (II), 1661 - 1662 print Allegory of the love affair between the French merchant Gabriel Lalande and the young Amsterdam wife Elisabeth Lestevenon, July 1661. Justice (Themis) acts as a judge in the case between the two former lovers. Under her an image of the love couple. Before her kneel both parties on either side, left Lalande with the truth, on the right Lesteveon with love (Venus); Furthermore, many bystanders. Under the album a long advocacy of Venus and Cupido and the lawyers in this case. Amsterdam paper engraving Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. end of a love affair Amsterdam
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Buildings in Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Churches in Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Drawings of Saxony, Klingenbergtalsperre, Sheet music for song, 1920, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Klingenberg, Heimatlied, Germany
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The Devilse Fight, 1676, 1676 print Anti-Catholic cartoon. A Lutheran shepherd Johan kills a monk dressed as a devil and drives the angel, 1676. Night scene with a shepherd who, with his staff, knocks down a man -decreasing man, an angel is driven away by the shepherd dog on the right. According to the caption, outside Isenborg near Halverstadt (Halberstadt). The print can be interpreted as an allegory in relation to the Amsterdam Lutheran Domninee Volckard Visscher or an allegory in favor of Balthasar Bekker and his ideas. Under the plate a verse in 2 columns in a kind of fake germs. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Halberstadt
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I don't know as I can better serve the cause I love so well than to die for it , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, 19th century
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I don't know as I can better serve the cause I love so well than to die for it , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, 19th century
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The Civil War, I'm Going to Fight Mit Sigel. Sheet music celebrating the German immigrant support of the Union under General Sigel. In German dialect. ca. 1861-1862
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Poem, 1887, by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901). Almanacs, Great Britain
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'I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I shall ever deny my lord and master, Jesus Christ and I should deny him if I denied my principles against slavery.' , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History