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Image Credits

Images used throughout the edition

Library and Surgeons Hall

Library and Surgeons Hall

William Russell Birch (1755-1834), "Library and Surgeons Hall" in The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania North America; As It Appeared in the Year 1800 (Philadelphia, 1800). Engraving, American Philosophical Society.

Manuel Godoy, 1800-1808

Manuel Godoy, 1800-1808

Agustín Esteve y Marqués (1753-c. 1820), Manuel Godoy, 1800-1808, oil on canvas, bequest of Joseph Winterbotham, Art Institute of Chicago.

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1800, oil on canvas, White House Historical Association.

View of the château de La Roche-Guyon

View of the château de La Roche-Guyon

Hubert Robert (1733-1808),Vue du château de La Roche-Guyon, vers 1773-1775, huile sur toile, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.

Portrait of Alexandrine-Charlotte-Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, then marquise de Castellane

Portrait of Alexandrine-Charlotte-Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, then marquise de Castellane

Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), Portrait d’Alexandrine-Charlotte-Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, puis marquise de Castellane, 1789, pastel on paper mounted on canvas, private collection.

The street and home of Thomas Jefferson in Paris

The street and home of Thomas Jefferson in Paris

François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-c. 1800), Image of engraving of the street and home of Thomas Jefferson in Paris (1799), engraving, Library of Congress.

A View of Paris from the Pont Neuf

A View of Paris from the Pont Neuf

Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1715-1793), 1763, A View of Paris from the Pont Neuf, oil on canvas, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Map of Madrid

Map of Madrid

Plan Géométrique et Historique de la Ville de Madrid et de ses Environs, 1761, from the British Library archive.

The First Meeting of Washington and Lafayette—Philadelphia, August 3rd, 1777

The First Meeting of Washington and Lafayette—Philadelphia, August 3rd, 1777

Currier & Ives (1857-1907), 1876, The First Meeting of Washington and Lafayette - Philadelphia, August 3d, 1777, hand-colored lithograph, bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Continental note, five dollars, 1776 November 2

Continental note, five dollars, 1776 November 2

Hall & Sellers (Philadelphia), 1776, Continental note, five dollars, paper money, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon.

Siege of the Bastille

Siege of the Bastille

Charles-François-Gabriel Le Vachez (17?-c. 1841), Siège de la Bastille, prise en 2 heures et demie, le 14 juillet 1789, engraving, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie.

 

The comet

The comet

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783) after Charles Eisen (1720-1783), La comète, engraving and etching, Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art.

View of the

View of the "Dam" in Amsterdam

Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde (1638-1698), Ansicht des "Dam" zu Amsterdam, c.1670, oil on oak wood, Old Masters Picture Gallery, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresen.

View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City

View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City

William James Bennett (1787-1844), View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City, c. 1827, The Edward C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Le Havre

Le Havre

Nicolas-Marie Ozanne (1728-1811), Nouvelles vues perspectives des ports de France, 1776, engraving, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie.

"Patrick Henry Arguing Parsons’ Cause at Hanover Courthouse," by George Cooke

George Cooke, Patrick Henry Arguing Parsons' Cause at Hanover Courthouse, c. 1834, oil painting, Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

Historical map of Europe

Historical map of Europe

Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) published by Jan Barend Elwe, Europe, composé par G. de L'isle, et corrigée selon le plus nouvelle observations, 1792, David Rumsey Map Collection.

Storming of the Bastille

Storming of the Bastille

La prise de la Bastille, 1789, oil on canvas, Museum of the History of France, Versailles.

Historical map of Philadelphia

Historical map of Philadelphia

John Hills and John Cooke, Plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs (showing the improved parts), 1797, map, Library of Congress.

Silhouette of William Short

Silhouette of William Short

Auguste Edouart (1788-1861), William Short, 1843, silhouette, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.

William Short

William Short

Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), Portrait of William Short (1759–1849), 1806, oil on canvas, Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary; Gift of Mary Churchill Short, Fanny Short Butler, and William Short.