Download or read book The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures of the Revolutionary period between 1765 and 1790 represent the immediate record of a major event in world history. Mostly European products from England, France, and Germany, they reflect propagandistic tones and hasty inaccuracies, but they also give a feeling of vital immediacy and show how men saw the Revolution while it was happening. We find few prints made in America during those years because type, steel, lead, paper, presses, and skilled manpower became scarce during the war, and only the most heroic printers continued their productions on a smaller scale. -- Preface.