1795

Chōkōsai Eisho - Tsuruya uchi tsurunou - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a courtesan with two attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō bijin awase : A series of beauties... More

Billy's poll-tax; or, King's place all in an uproar!, British Cartoon ...

Print shows two bare-breasted women in a boudoir, one appears to have been fixing or powdering the hair of the other who sits before a mirror; a box of hair powder has fallen to the floor spilling its contents;... More

Jeu géographique de la République Française : présenté à la Convention...

Scales vary. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Consists of maps of the departments of France in a spiral arrangement designed as a game. Includes text of game rules and indexed table of admin... More

Araihari. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two women hanging laundry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fujin tewaza jūnikō : Twelve occupations of ... More

Sandiaime bandō hikosaburō (no obiya chōmemon to) yodaime iwai hanshir...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

Midnight revels. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

An elderly couple, wearing nightcaps, lean out of window to chase cats that are gambolling on their roof. The woman holds up a broom, the man holds a pot. In the background is a square gothic church tower. Aqua... More

Ortelius Improved, or a new map of Ireland : Wherin are inserted the p...

HLAS, 24-14 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Engraved frontis. illus. to each of four volumes of Swift, Voyages de...

Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships.

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "20." John Tayloe House. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Joseph Jones to James Madison, June 19, 1795.

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November 12, 1795, Miscellaneous, Plea for sheriff, when appointing gr...

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November 16, 1795, Halifax, For sale of glebe lands. [10 identical pet...

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Isaac Cruikshank - Royal recreation, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Catherine II seated on a throne receiving the decapitated heads of the people of Poland from the military officer in charge of the Russian forces during the defeat of Poles in 1794; other men brin... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "21." John Tayloe House. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Nidaime sawamura yodogorō (no kawatsura hōgen to) bandō zenji (no oni ...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

Sandaime ichikawa yaozō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Yaozō III, bust portrait, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. ... More

The Combat. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Engraving by Elkanah Tisdale. Illus. in: John Trumbull's M'Fingal. New-York, 1795. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412AA. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rare B... More

Henjō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the poet Henjō with two other women reading poetry.

Kemâliyle nakş olunmuş cümle cihan numûnesi /

Relief shown pictorially. Text states the map was translated into Turkish in 967 (Oct. 1559 to Sept. 1560). Map based on Oronce Fine's cordiform map of 1534, according to Shirley's Mapping of the world, 1993. H... More

Parachute par Mr. A.J. Garnerin

Technical illustration shows a man, possibly André Jacques Garnerin, standing in the basket of a descending parachute. "Fig. 10" from an unidentified publication. Tissandier collection.

The State of New Jersey, compiled from the most authentic information.

Scale ca. 1:600,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Trimmed to border deleting author, engr... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

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Kōrohō no yuki, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Fan-shaped print shows "two court ladies on the veranda." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: fan-shaped Nishikie Surimono. Kyok... More

Isaac Zane, June 17, 1795. Will of Brig. Gen. Isaac Zane of the militi...

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... An act supplementary to the act, intituled "An act establishing a ...

Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third of November, one thous... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Samuel Spring to James Madison, September 12, 1795.

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November 16, 1795, Halifax, For sale of glebe lands. [10 identical pet...

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

... An act to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of ...

Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third of November, one thous... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "21." John Tayloe House. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Louis De Parme to Thomas Pinckney, November 2, 1795, in French

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Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II / painted by Franci...

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Thomas Jefferson, May 1795, Discovery of the American Turkey

Discovery of the American Turkey Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

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Shinpan kameido tenmangū keidai no zu

Print shows many people crossing the bridge to, and on the grounds of, the Kameido Tenmangū Shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Vermont, from actual survey. - Public domain old map

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on verso: "Put 10 Blank leaves after this For John Mayos House, Volney's Philosophiere, My own house. & Sketches" Notations include computations. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of... More

Beethoven - [Leaf of unidentified sketches].

William Blake - The book of Ahania.

L.C. copy imperfect: frontispiece wanting; hand-colored frontispiece from another copy accompanies book. Printed in dark brown on 6 leaves, from engr. plates. Illustrated t.p. and tailpiece hand-colored. The on... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscriptions on recto: "Garden plan of the Tayloe's house in the Foederal City" "Put 2 Blank leaves before this" "16" "Negro Quarters" "Coachhouse" "Stable" "Breakfast room" "Library" "lodge." T... More

Sandaime sawamura sōjūrō (no ōgishi kurando)

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart, May 17, 1795

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Tōto ryōgokubashi yūsuzumi no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows crowded waterfront scene with pedestrians on the promenade, on the Rogoku Bridge, and waiting in stalls, possibly for boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

[Self portrait] / Franco. Goya y Lucientes, pintor.

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[Medallion portraits of Washington and Lafayette, on plinth draped wit...

Purchase, 1983, (DLC/PP-1983:147.2). Public domain photograph of chair, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rokkasen, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Murasaki with five elderly men, all wise men and/or poets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Nishiki... More

Sandaime ōtani oniji shodai ichikawa omezō

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

[Allegorical scene of female figures in clouds atop columns]

Unfinished drawing shows three female figures and three cherubs in clouds atop columns, perhaps a design for a certificate. In the center a woman wearing a head scarf holds and touches three cherubs. To her rig... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "29." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

William Branch Giles to Thomas Jefferson, December 9, 1795

Isaac Cruikshank - Royal recreation, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Catherine II seated on a throne receiving the decapitated heads of the people of Poland from the military officer in charge of the Russian forces during the defeat of Poles in 1794; other men brin... More

To the citizens of New-York. The inhabitants of this City having been ...

Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. to Thomas Jefferson, November 22, 1795

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Giovanni Luder fioro, asceso in aria per mezzo di un globo aereostatic...

Half-length portrait of Italian balloonist Giovanni Luder, standing in a ballon basket during an ascent over Florence, Italy. Tissandier collection.

Shodai arashi ryūzō (no yakko ukiyo matabei to) sandaime ōtani hiroji...

Print shows actors Arashi Ryuzo I and Otani Hiroji III. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern ... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A drawing of a man holding a red flag, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscriptions on recto: "Attic" "South front" "18." John Tayloe House. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Thomas Knox to James Madison, December 12, 1795.

William Blake - The book of Ahania.

L.C. copy imperfect: frontispiece wanting; hand-colored frontispiece from another copy accompanies book. Printed in dark brown on 6 leaves, from engr. plates. Illustrated t.p. and tailpiece hand-colored. The on... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Fuefuki okina. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows an old man kneeling on the ground playing a flute. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Tsutsumi Tōrin III. Fo... More

Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, May 26, 1795

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James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, December 13, 1795.

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William Blake - The song of Los.

LC copy printed in green on eight leaves, from plates containing both text and illustrations. Hand colored. ESTC T64903 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Keynes, G.L. Bibliogra... More

The prophet of the Hebrews, the prince of peace conducting the Jews to...

Print showing Richard Brothers holding a Bible turned to Book of Revelations, carrying on his back a "Bundle of the Elect" containing Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Stanhope, and Lord La... More

Okamotoya uchi sayagata, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sayagata, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

L'Intérieur du comité révolutionnaire. Scène derniere

Print shows two men pointing out others among a group of revolutionaries to be arrested, perhaps as a backlash to the reign of terror instigated by Robespierre and his followers. Overlooking the scene from a sh... More

Design for Columbia in lieu of the original figure in the transparency...

Purchase, 1983, (DLC/PP-1983:147.1). Exhibited in "New for You," 1985, Library of Congress.

Toyohiro Utagawa: Yatsushi chōkaro - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman entertaining a chid, possibly a young Zhang Guo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie.... More

Otomo Kuronushi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the poet Otomo Kuronushi and two women on a veranda.

Joseph Jones to James Madison. 1795. James Madison Papers.

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[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscriptions on recto: "15.1" "LACMIHI NON AESTATE NOVOM NON FRI GORE DESIT." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Concerning G.B. debits, August, 1795. & Notes-British Debts.

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Thomas Jefferson to F. D. Ivernois, February 6, 1795, with Copy

with Copy Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "21." John Tayloe House. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Istoriia raznykh slavianskikh narodov

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Utagawa Toyokuni - Kaidan o oriru onna

Print shows a woman descending a staircase, she has a small roll of cloth or paper in her mouth. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

Map of the World from the best authorities.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "View in Perspective of Wm Pennock's hall & staircase." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

James Grant to Stockley Donelson

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "26." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Washington, Landscape view print, engraving, Library of Congress

Cart on road overlooking Potomac River. Reference copy in LOT 4386-56. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.

George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, March 26, 1795

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Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II / painted by Franci...

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II / painted by Franci...

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sandaime ichikawa yaozō (no fuwa banzaemon to) sandaime sakata hangorō...

Print shows actors Ichikawa Yaozō III and Sakata Hangorō III. Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting male actor in kabuki theater scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions image... More

... An act to provide some present relief to the officers of governmen...

Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third of Novemver, one thous... More

Georgia, from the latest authorities.

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography." Shows the present states of Georgia, Alabama, and Missi... More

Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, January 8, 1795

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Fouquier-Thinville jugé par le tribunal révolutionnaire, le 12 Floréal...

Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville on trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal in the third year of the Republic. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez A... More

William Blake - The book of Ahania.

L.C. copy imperfect: frontispiece wanting; hand-colored frontispiece from another copy accompanies book. Printed in dark brown on 6 leaves, from engr. plates. Illustrated t.p. and tailpiece hand-colored. The on... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

John Harvie House, Richmond, Virginia. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

James Monroe to James Madison, June 13, 1795. contained clerk's copy o...

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[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscriptions on recto: "Chamber Story" "Basement Story" "Ladies Drawing room" "Drawing room" "Housekeeper" "Servants Hall" "Butlers room" "Gallery" "17." Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Arc... More

William Blake - The song of Los.

LC copy printed in green on eight leaves, from plates containing both text and illustrations. Hand colored. ESTC T64903 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Keynes, G.L. Bibliogra... More

Istoriia raznykh slavianskikh narodov

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Le cric de la France - A drawing of a woman holding a shield and shiel...

Allegorical print shows a female figure representing France wearing a helmet, breastplate, and shield emblazoned with fleur-de-lis, and holding a spear which rests on a liberty cap on the ground; she is turning... More

[The plundering of the King's cellar, Paris, 10th August, 1793 (i.e., ...

Engraving after contemporary history genre painting depicting events in Paris, France, on August 10th 1792 [date as given in title is incorrect], in particular, the aftermath of the storming of the Tuileries Pa... More