LOC's Public Domain Archive
The objects in this archive are from Library of Congress - the nation’s first established cultural institution and the largest library in the world, with millions of items including books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library provides Congress, the federal government and the American people with a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage them and support their intellectual and creative endeavors.
Disclaimer: A work of the Library of Congress is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress, https://www.picryl.com
![[Sheldon painting] - Public domain portrait drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc2hlbGRvbi1wYWludGluZy0xLTEwMjQuanBn/320/403/jpg "[Sheldon painting] - Public domain portrait drawing")
![[F.P.G. Guizot, full-length portrait], engraving, Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZnBnLWd1aXpvdC1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[F.P.G. Guizot, full-length portrait], engraving, Library of Congress")
![[Sheldon painting] - Public domain portrait drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc2hlbGRvbi1wYWludGluZy02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Sheldon painting] - Public domain portrait drawing")
![[Copy of bust portrait painting of man]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvY29weS1vZi1idXN0LXBvcnRyYWl0LXBhaW50aW5nLW9mLW1hbi02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Copy of bust portrait painting of man]")
![[Design drawing for mural with the Ascension]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLW11cmFsLXdpdGgtdGhlLWFzY2Vuc2lvbi0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for mural with the Ascension]")
![[Design drawing for a Good Samaritan triptych]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLWEtZ29vZC1zYW1hcml0YW4tdHJpcHR5Y2gtMS02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Design drawing for a Good Samaritan triptych]")
![[Self-portrait of the artist] - Public domain portrait drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvc2VsZi1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi10aGUtYXJ0aXN0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[Self-portrait of the artist] - Public domain portrait drawing")
![[Artist painting portrait of unidentified man]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvYXJ0aXN0LXBhaW50aW5nLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLXVuaWRlbnRpZmllZC1tYW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Artist painting portrait of unidentified man]")
