mezzotints (prints)

Hand-colored mezzotint. This cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Attributed to Philip Dawe (British, 1745?–1809?).

Mezzotint on paper engraved by Bernard Lens after sketches by Bernard Lens the Younger to commemorate the visit of four Native Americans to England in 1710. The four "kings", three Mohawk chiefs of the Iroquois Confederacy and one Mahican of the Algonquian peoples, are identified on the print as: Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row, Emperour of the Six Nations; Sa Ga Yean Qua Rah Tow, King of the Maquas; Oh Nee Yeath Tow No Riow, King of Ganajoh-Hore; and E Tow Oh Kaom, King of the River Nation. The print includes a manuscript note, "Sold by I. Clark, Grays Inn [London]".

This unique copy of William Burgis's hand-colored mezzotint view of Fort George is the first known engraved view of New York City from the west and the first mezzotint view of the city. It emphasizes English control of Manhattan island with an oversized Union Jack, which is repeated on the warship in the harbor.