New York Public Library Digital Gallery

NYPL Digital Gallery’s Georgain era collections

William Blake: Illustrated Books

Libri Amicorum: Friendship and Autographs 
A single gem of a “friendship book” from the circle of Percy Byssche Shelley, created by Anne Wagner in the early 19th century.

Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era
Several dozen images, including book illustrations and print series, reflecting literary and cultural history and the role of women during the late 18th and early 19th centuries

Empire and Regency: Decoration in the Age of Napoleon 
More than 1,400 images from twenty primary source illustrated pattern books, scrapbooks, and a set of original French goldsmith’s drawings from the late 18th to early 20th-centuries which feature interior decoration, furnishings, furniture patterns, and views relating to the Empire and Regency Styles. 

“Penny Plains” and “Two-pence Coloured:” English Theatrical Portraits 1799-1847 
306 toy theatre prints portraying plays and actors in character, from the early- to mid-19th century

Nature Illustrated: Flowers, Plants, and Trees 
Gardens 1700-1800 
A collection of roses from nature 1799 
Pomona Britannica ; or, A collection of the most esteemed fruits…with the blossoms and leaves 1812 

Classic Illustrated Zoologies
La botanique mise à la porteé de tout le monde 1774 
The British miscellany : or coloured figures of new rare, or little known animal subjects 
Cabinet du petit naturaliste 

Atlas celeste de Flamsteed, publie en 1776

Designs on various ornaments 1777-84

Regency Costume 
English Dress 1800-1810  
English Dress 1810-1820
French Dress 1800-1810 
French Dress 1810-1820