Social Life Collection (#6)

HOUS2A-00064
Christmas feast in a baronial hall. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration by Caldecott

HOUS2A-00047
Coffee-house orator in London, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19t9h-century illustration

Neighborhood concert in a French-Canadian village, 1900
French-Canadian villagers enjoying impromtu music, circa 1900. Digitally colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

GCAN2A-00014
Dining hall of the French colonists at Annapolis Royal, Canada, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

BUSN2A-00166
French fur traders and Native Americans dancing at a rendezvous in the north woods. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

XJF2906504 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906503 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906502 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906501 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906500 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906499 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906498 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906496 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906495 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906494 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906493 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

XJF2906492 by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

Patent for Knighthood: Henry Dundas and Sir James Stirling, 1792 (engraving)
XJF2906491 Patent for Knighthood: Henry Dundas and Sir James Stirling, 1792 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info)

Byrne, the Irish Giant, Mr. Watson, Mr. McGowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun
XJF2906490 Byrne, the Irish Giant, Mr. Watson, Mr. McGowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun, 1784 (engraving) by Kay

Three Giants with a group of spectators, 1784 (engraving)
XJF2906489 Three Giants with a group of spectators, 1784 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info)

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1779 (engraving)
XJF2906488 Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1779 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: By Mrs Sarah Harrington, a profilist working in London); English

Mr C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, c. 1781 (engraving)
XJF2906487 Mr C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, c.1781 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Precentor John Campbell)

Dr John Brown, 1786 (engraving)
XJF2906485 Dr John Brown, 1786 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

Joseph Black, 1787 (engraving)
XJF2906484 Joseph Black, 1787 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

Angelo Tremamondo, 1788 (engraving)
XJF2906483 Angelo Tremamondo, 1788 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

Philosophers, 1787 (engraving)
XJF2906482 Philosophers, 1787 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Hutton and Joseph Black Probably from A series of original portraits)

Citizen M. C. Browne, 1794 (engraving)
XJF2906481 Citizen M.C.Browne, 1794 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

David Downie, 1794 (engraving)
XJF2906480 David Downie, 1794 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay)

Newhaven (Edinburgh) Oyster Girl, 1812 (engraving)
XJF2906479 Newhaven (Edinburgh) Oyster Girl, 1812 (engraving) by Kay, John (1742-1826); Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably from A series of original portraits)

The English Tea (le The a l Anglaise) and a Society Concert at the house of the
XIR26529 The English Tea (le The a l Anglaise) and a Society Concert at the house of the Princesse de Conti, Palais du Temple, Paris with the Young Mozart at the Clavichord

2634708; out of copyright

The Assembly under Peter the Great (oil on canvas)
BAL244818 The Assembly under Peter the Great (oil on canvas) by Chlebowsky, Stanislaw (1835-84); State Russian Museum, St

English Tea in the Salon des Quatre Glaces at the House of the Prince de Conti (1717-76)
XIR169558 English Tea in the Salon des Quatre Glaces at the House of the Prince de Conti (1717-76) Palais du Temple, detail of the guests, 1766 (oil on canvas) by Ollivier or Olivier

Grover Cleveland at a banquet, 1889
Former president Grover Cleveland speaking at a banquet, 1889. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

BUSN2A-00167
Riverside camp of voyageurs, or French fur traders. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

White House reception, 1850s
Reception at the White House by President James Buchanan, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Independence Day festivities in New York City, 1834
Fourth of July celebration in New York City, looking south on Broadway from Cortlandt Street, 1834. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00130
Rural July Fourth celebration, with patriotic speeches, dancing, and socializing, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00124
Festooning a Civil War memorial statue on Decoration Day in New York City, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00078
A Kentucky wedding, about 1800. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GEUR2A-00069
Cabaret du Chat Noir, Paris, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00043
Fashionable supper party, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00058
Holiday guests toasting the New Year in New Amsterdam, 1640. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00081
Large team of oxen pulling a barn at a moving-bee, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Romance on a city rooftop, 1800s
Woman hanging laundry talking with a mason on a city rooftop, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00135
Ladies enjoying their sewing circle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Romance on the way to school, circa 1900
Boy walking a girl to school on a winter morning, early 1900s. Halftone of a color illustration by Howard E. Smith

HOUS2D-00057
Womens sewing circle reenacted at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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