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- Title
- Das erste Burger-Blut, zu Grundung der Americanischen Freyheit, vergossen bey Lexington am 19ten April 1774
- Description
- Scene depicting the Battle of Lexington showing British soldiers firing into an undisciplined group of Massachusetts militiamen., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 84., Plate 3 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.3]
- Title
- Die erste formliche Action zwischen den Americanern und Englandern bey Bunkers-Hill am 17ten Junius 1774
- Description
- Inscribed upper left corner: S. 88., Plate 4 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.4]
- Title
- Der Congress erklart die 13 vereingten Staaten von Nord-America fur independent. am 4ten July 1776
- Description
- Continental Congress meeting in the Pennsylvania state house, later known as Independence Hall., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 99., Plate 5 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.5]
- Title
- Die Americaner machen das Corps des General Bourgoyne zu Gesangnen, bey Saratoga. am 16ten Octobr 1777
- Description
- Inscribed upper left corner: S. 119., Plate 7 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.7]
- Title
- Dr. Franklin erhalt, als Gesandter des Americanischen Frey Staats, seine erste Audienz in Frankreich, zu Versailles. am 20ten Martz 1778
- Description
- Franklin bows before the French King Louis XVI., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 121., Plate 8 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.8]
- Title
- Landung einer Franzosischen Hulss Armee in America, Zu Rhode Island. am 11ten Julius 1780
- Description
- Landing of Comte de Rochambeau's army at Newport, Rhode Island., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 136., Plate 9 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.9]
- Title
- Major Andre, von drey Americanern angehalten zu Tarrytown am 23ten Septembr 1780
- Description
- Capture of Major John Andre near Tarrytwon, New York by three volunteer militiamen, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 142., Plate 10 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.10]
- Title
- Die Americaner machen den Lord Cornwallis mit seiner Armee zu Gesangnen, bey Yorktown den 19ten Octobr 1781
- Description
- Inscribed upper left corner: S. 137., Plate 11 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, engraver
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.11]
- Title
- Ende der Feindseeligkeiten. Die Englander raumen den Americanern Neu-Yorck ein - 1783
- Description
- Includes Native American family., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 144., Plate 12 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.12]
- Title
- Die Americaner wiedersetzen sich der Stemple Acte, und verbrennen das aus England nach america Gesandte Stemple Papier zu Boston im August 1764
- Description
- Scene depicting a riot in the town square of Boston protesting the enactment of the Stamp Act in 1765. Cheering spectators and participants, including a woman and an African American man, surround a bonfire, and brandish farm tools, and throw stamped paper onto the flames. Others watch from building windows overlooking the square., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 61., Plate 1 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.1]
- Title
- Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins a Meer am 18 December 1773
- Description
- Scene depicting the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Protestors board and dump barrels of tea from English ships as spectators watch from the shore. Among the spectators is an African American man sitting on a barrel and a Native American man smoking a pipe., Inscribed upper left corner: S.74., Plate 2 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.2]
- Title
- Die Hessen vom General Washington am 25ten Dec. 1776 zu Trenton uberfallen, werden als Kriegsgefangne in Philadelphia eingebracht
- Description
- Scene depicting General George Washington and his bodyguard on horseback marching the Hessian prisoners captured on Christmas 1776 over a Philadelphia drawbridge. Spectators line the bridge, including a woman and an African American man., Inscribed upper left corner: S.iii., Plate 6 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log. 5059.D)., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
- Creator
- Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.6]
- Title
- Ne suis - je pas ton frere?
- Description
- Profile view of a half-kneeling slave figure facing right. His ankles and wrists are shackled and chained; his hands are clenched together and raised in a beseeching manner., Title page vignette in Adresse a l'Assemblée nationale, pour l'Abolition de la Traite des noirs (A Paris: De l'imp. de L. Potier de Lille, rue Favart, no. 5., 1790)., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
- Date
- [1790]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1790 Soc 1979.O.6 title page vignette, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2683
- Title
- Soyez libres et citoyens
- Description
- Allegorical figure representing liberty blesses and grasps the hand of a male slave who kneels before her. One of the slave's shackles lies broken on the ground, the other remains on his leg. Behind him, a group of enchained slaves look on as they wait to approach the figure of Liberty., Frontispiece for Benjamin-Sigismond Frossard's La Cause des esclaves nègres et des habitans de la Guinée (A Lyon: De l'imprimerie d'Aimé de La Roche, imprimeur de la Société royale d'agriculture, 1789)., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
- Creator
- Boily, Charles-Ange, 1738 or 9-1813, engraver
- Date
- [1789]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1789 Fross 1971.O frontispiece, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2681
- Title
- Am I not a man, and a brother
- Description
- Profile view of a half-kneeling slave figure facing right. His ankles and wrists are shackled and chained; his hands are clenched together and raised in an imploratory manner., Title page vignette in James Field Stanfield's Observations on a Guinea Voyage (London: printed by James Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, 1788)., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
- Date
- [1788]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1788 Sta 67036.D title page vignette, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2680