Vue du port Philadelphie - dans l'Amérique - graveé d'aprés le tableau...
Print of an idealized, European view of the port of Philadelphia showing buildings on the waterfront of the Delaware River, a boat in the foreground, and a windmill on the right.
![[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation. Whereas unrestrained liberty of landing or bringing into this Cityrum, brandy and other spirituous liquors, for sale, may be attended with](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-sir-william-howe-k-b-general-and-commander-in-chief-7-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation. Whereas unrestrained liberty of landing or bringing into this Cityrum, brandy and other spirituous liquors, for sale, may be attended with")
![Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major General Arnold. Lewis Nicola, T. N. [Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken 1777].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/standing-orders-for-the-garrison-of-philadelphia-by-order-of-major-general-640.jpg "Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major General Arnold. Lewis Nicola, T. N. [Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken 1777].")
![Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major General Arnold. Lewis Nicola, T. N. [Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken 1777].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/standing-orders-for-the-garrison-of-philadelphia-by-order-of-major-general-1-640.jpg "Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major General Arnold. Lewis Nicola, T. N. [Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken 1777].")
![[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation. Whereas unrestrained liberty of landing or bringing into this Cityrum, brandy and other spirituous liquors, for sale, may be attended with](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-sir-william-howe-k-b-general-and-commander-in-chief-2-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation. Whereas unrestrained liberty of landing or bringing into this Cityrum, brandy and other spirituous liquors, for sale, may be attended with")
![[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-sir-william-howe-k-b-general-and-commander-in-chief-5-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How")
![[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-sir-william-howe-k-b-general-and-commander-in-chief-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How")
![[Road from Philadela. to Washington, seg. 17-18.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/road-from-philadela-to-washington-seg-17-18-4b858e-640.jpg "[Road from Philadela. to Washington, seg. 17-18.]")
![[Road from Philadela. to New York, seg. 6-7.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/road-from-philadela-to-new-york-seg-6-7-b368d1-640.jpg "[Road from Philadela. to New York, seg. 6-7.]")
![[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 12-13.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/road-from-philadelphia-to-new-york-seg-12-13-87de9f-640.jpg "[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 12-13.]")
![[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 10-11.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/road-from-philadelphia-to-new-york-seg-10-11-30666e-640.jpg "[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 10-11.]")
![[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 14.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/road-from-philadelphia-to-new-york-seg-14-d1675e-640.jpg "[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 14.]")
![[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 8-9.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/road-from-philadelphia-to-new-york-seg-8-9-1faf5d-640.jpg "[Road from Philadelphia to New York, seg. 8-9.]")
![[Road from Philada. to New York, seg. 15.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/road-from-philada-to-new-york-seg-15-4774e9-640.jpg "[Road from Philada. to New York, seg. 15.]")
![A view of the first cities of the United States; [Detail of Baltimore section]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1817/12/31/a-view-of-the-first-cities-of-the-united-states-detail-of-baltimore-section-5d6ed1-640.jpg "A view of the first cities of the United States; [Detail of Baltimore section]")
![A view of the first cities of the United States; [Detail of Baltimore section]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1817/12/31/a-view-of-the-first-cities-of-the-united-states-detail-of-baltimore-section-e16298-640.jpg "A view of the first cities of the United States; [Detail of Baltimore section]")
![A map of the states of Connecticut and Rho[de Islan]d with pa[rt of] New-York, Ma[ssachusetts and New Jers]ey](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1821/12/31/a-map-of-the-states-of-connecticut-and-rhode-island-with-part-of-new-york-massachusetts-6439bc-640.jpg "A map of the states of Connecticut and Rho[de Islan]d with pa[rt of] New-York, Ma[ssachusetts and New Jers]ey")
United States slave trade, 1830
An abolitionist print possibly engraved in 1830, but undocumented aside from the letterpress text which appears on an accompanying sheet. The text reads: "United States' slave trade, 1830. The Copper Plate from... more
![The Philadelphia visiter's [sic] companion : a new and correct plan of the city and its districts.](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1834/12/31/the-philadelphia-visiters-sic-companion-a-new-and-correct-plan-of-the-city-7a910f-640.jpg "The Philadelphia visiter's [sic] companion : a new and correct plan of the city and its districts.")
Uncle Sam sick with la grippe
A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... more
New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost
Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... more
The three days of May 1844. Columbia mourns her citizens slain
A memorial to nativist casualties of the violent clashes occurring between anti-foreigner "Native Americans" and Irish-American Catholics in Kensington, Philadelphia, May 6 through 8, 1844. The female figure o... more
See our torn flag still waving
An illustrated sheet music cover glorifying the nativist cause, produced shortly after the bloody anti-Catholic riots in Kensington, Philadelphia, of May 1844. The song was composed and arranged by James W. Po... more
Knock'd into a cock'd hat
Zachary Taylor's presidential nomination at the Whig national convention in Philadelphia on June 9, 1848, is represented as a severe blow to Lewis Cass, nominated by the Democrats a few weeks earlier. The extre... more
The available party trying to get their villany endorsed by the every ...
Again partisan bitterness, over the perceived Whig betrayal of Henry Clay's hopes for the presidential nomination and over subsequent efforts to obtain Clay's endorsement of Zachary Taylor's candidacy, is vente... more
The assassination of the Sage of Ashland
The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia. The convention's act was... more
![[Philadelphia]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1855/01/01/philadelphia-6-640.jpg "[Philadelphia]")
[Philadelphia]
Print shows vignette views of prominent buildings in Philadelphia, such as, the Custom House and the Penitentiary, the Alms House and the U.S. Mint, also the Exchange, the Hospital, Independence Hall, Insane As... more
Philadelphia / des. eng. & pub. by Jas. Queen ; P.S. Duval & Co. Lith....
Print shows vignette views of prominent buildings in Philadelphia, such as, the Custom House and the Penitentiary, the Alms House and the U.S. Mint, also the Exchange, the Hospital, Independence Hall, Insane As... more
