Handcolored Gallery

ROBERT FULTON (1765-1815). American engineer and inventor

ROBERT FULTON (1765-1815).
American engineer and inventor. Fulton's first experiment with paddle wheels, attached to a small fishing boat on the Conestoga River, Pennsylvania, summer 1779. Lithograph, American, c1850

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ELIZABETH CANNING (1735-1773). English indentured servant in America. Convicted of perjury

ELIZABETH CANNING (1735-1773).
English indentured servant in America. Convicted of perjury, Canning is shown being sentenced in 1754 at the Session's House of the Old Bailey, London, to one month's imprisonment and transportation for seven years to...his Majesty's Colonies in America. English etching, 1754

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SUFFRAGE CARTOON, 1920. The Poison and the Antidote. American cartoon by Calvert Smith

SUFFRAGE CARTOON, 1920.
The Poison and the Antidote. American cartoon by Calvert Smith, 1920, expressing optimism that the enfranchisement of women will reduce the ability of political party machines to corrupt the political process

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