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Map of Gran Colombia
Image by Agostino Codazzi

Map of Gran Colombia

A map of the Republic of Colombia (1819-1831), a state that covered much of northern South America after independence from the Spanish Empire, by Agostino Codazzi, 1840. The map depicts the Republic of Colombia divided into 12 administrative...
Benjamin Russell
Image by S.A. Scheff

Benjamin Russell

Portrait of Benjamin Russell (1761-1845), the journalist who first coined the term 'Era of Good Feelings' to describe the period of national unity among citizens of the USA, by S.A. Scheff, 1852.
Election Day 1815
Image by John Lewis Krimmel

Election Day 1815

Election Day in Philadelphia, a cityscape depicting the excitement and festivity of the election, oil on canvas by John Lewis Krimmel, 1815. Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Delaware.
Independence Day Celebration in Centre Square, Philadelphia
Image by John Lewis Krimmel

Independence Day Celebration in Centre Square, Philadelphia

Independence Day Celebration in Centre Square, Philadelphia, depicting the celebrations of 4 July 1819, painting by John Lewis Krimmel, c. 1819.
Proclamation of the Independence of Peru
Image by Juan Lepiani

Proclamation of the Independence of Peru

Proclamation of the Independence of Peru, oil on canvas by Juan Lepiani, 1904. Lepiani depicts José San Martín (1778-1850) declaring Peruvian independence on 28 July 1821 in Lima, Peru. National Museum of Archeology, Anthropology and History...
Miguel Hidalgo
Image by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs

Miguel Hidalgo

Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811), Catholic preist and leader of the Mexican independence movement, print portrait by an unknown artist. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public...
French Resistance Fighter Execution
Image by Imperial War Museums

French Resistance Fighter Execution

A French Resistance fighter, smiling in defiance, faces a German firing squad during the occupation of France in the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Museums
Simón Bolívar
Image by National Portrait Gallery

Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar (1793-1830), Venezuelan military officer and statesman, mezzotint portrait by Charles Turner, 1827. Known as "The Liberator", Bolívar led several countries in South America to independence from the Spanish Empire in the 19th...
Record of the Trial of Denmark Vesey
Image by Lionel H. Kennedy and Thomas Parker

Record of the Trial of Denmark Vesey

An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, charged with an attempt to raise an insurrection in the state of South-Carolina preceded by an introduction and narrative: and, in an appendix, a report of the trials of four white persons...
Haitian Revolution
Image by Auguste Raffet

Haitian Revolution

Attack and take of the Crête-à-Pierrot (4-24 March 24, 1802) during the Haitian Revolution. Original illustration by Auguste Raffet, engraving by Ernst Hébert, published in Histoire de Napoleon, by M. de Norvins, 1839.
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