1800

High Street, with the First Presbyterian Church - Philadelphiadelphia

Pedestrians; carriage and cart in street. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800 Plate 9. Ref. copies may be in LOT 4384 D and ... More

Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphiadelphia

Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 19. Ref. copies may be in LOT 4384 D and H. This record contains unverified, old ... More

Columbia / John E. Sheridan. - American Art Poster

Columbia student, full-length, seated, facing front, smoking cigarette. Promotional goal: U.S. K3. 1902. Copyright by Art Dept. of Barron G. Collier, New York.

Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia

Walled property; passers-by; soldier holding reins of rearing horse. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 26. Ref. cop... More

Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia

Walled property; passers-by; soldier holding reins of rearing horse. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 26. Ref. cop... More

New York from Hobuck Ferry House New Jersey / Alexander Robertson deli...

Print showing landscape around the Hobuck Ferry House in New Jersey, with distant view of New York in the background. Stamped in lower right corner: Map Division Mar 2 1908 Library of Congress. Library has two... More

Chʻŏnha chido. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Title from label on cover. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Disbound. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Printed text on verso of each sheet unrelate... More

Chʻŏnha chido. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Title from label on cover. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Disbound. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Printed text on verso of each sheet unrelate... More

Arch Street, with the Second Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Declaration of American Independence [seal] in Congress, July 4th, 177...

On verso: 1300C 23N 60. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 150, Folder 2a.

[Actors performing] - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors, on the right, one appears to be climbing out of his costume to take the lid off a basket while the other actor crawls to the left. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby... More

[Three men in basket of ascending balloon with flag attached]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Delicata squash with plant vines growing in the background]

Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[The day's folly] / A. Se., f. - Engraving, Public domain image

Humorous print shows two women and a man trying to capture a man wearing nightgown before he flies through an open window. Title pencilled on verso of mount next to "A.F. Sergent" (possibly the artist). Pencill... More

[Blue bird about to land on a branch of a fruit tree]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

James McNeill Whistler - [The bucking horse]

Kennedy, 315. Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Balti... More

James McNeill Whistler - [The embroidered curtain]

Kennedy, 410 (sixth state). Signed with butterfly in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Balt... More

Hojo Katei - Tori awase - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a large section of text and two men holding roosters and a woman feeding a rooster. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Form... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Fosco]

Kennedy, 99. Signed in pencil by artist and S. Haden. Coll. marks: Howard Mansfield (on recto and on verso, Lugt 1342); H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Title and other information from Beall. American pri... More

Sunset view of Fort Sumter before the bombardment [1861]

Engraving by N. Orr [?] of drawing by H. Fenn. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Civil War Forts Sumter 1861; Shelf.

Le globe volant. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows a man navigating a balloon with an attached oar and rudder while seated in the basket. "Page 164." Illus. from an unidentified book or periodical. Tissandier collection.

Par autorisation de M. Le Maire de la ville de Rouen. Le Sieur Bollé, ...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at the Place de la Cathd́rale, Rouen, France. Tissandier collection.

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart, engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain scan of a map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain scan of a map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crowd of passengers wave from basket of ascending balloon]

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Jefferson, 1800, Note on Books from London

Note on Books from London Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Nicholas Gouin Dufief to Thomas Jefferson, December 23, 1800, in Frenc...

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

Bank of the United States, with a View of Third Street, Philadelphiade...

Boy with dog running across street; pedestrians. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 17a. Ref. copy may be in LOT 438... More

James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, January 4, 1800

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

[Sheet of playing cards, "Jeu de drapeaux" (i.e., game of flags)]

Playing cards, titled in French, show soldiers of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia, bearing flags which show the card's suit and rank.

South East Corner of Third, and Market Streets - Philadelphiadelphia

Street vendors, shoppers. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 8. Ref. copies may be in LOT 4384 D and Q. This record ... More

South East Corner of Third, and Market Streets - Philadelphiadelphia

Street vendors, shoppers. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 8. Ref. copies may be in LOT 4384 D and Q. This record ... More

[The boy] - A drawing of a woman sitting in a chair

Kennedy, 135 (sixth state). Signed with butterfly on plate. Coll. marks: Howard Mansfield (Lugt. 1342) and H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Li... More

[Cadenzas for the first and last movements of the D minor piano concer...

Foreign Relations, April 28, 1800, Orion Ship with Record

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

[Chŏlla-do chido. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:600,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. Warner purchase 1929, no. 6. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2

Vol. I. Pictorial history of the cause of the great rebellion. Witchcr...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 100, Folder 46. Copy scanned: 1

High Street, From the Country Market-place, Philadelphia

Woman and child watching meat vendor; wagons; cart. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 11. Ref. copies may be in LOT... More

New Market, in South Second Street, Philadelphia

Cow decorated with flowers led by small group of people. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of paint... More

The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillr...

Cartoon shows full-length view of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), inventor of the Rumford stove, standing with his back to the fire, his coat-tails spread to permit enjoyment from the warmth. Forms part of :... More

Arch Street Ferry, Philadelphiadelphia - Public domain engraving

Activitiy on wharf; ships. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 4. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4348 C and Q. This record c... More

Daikon - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Yamada Dōan. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

James McNeill Whistler - [The fur cloak]

Kennedy, 332 (second state). Signed with butterfly in pencil on recto and on verso. Coll. marks: H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a) and Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342). Title and other information from Beall. Am... More

Société d'expériences aérostatiques Direction 24 rue Maubeuge, Paris.

Advertisement showing a balloon with several persons standing in the basket, one climbing the ropes just above the basket. Tricolor banners hanging from the balloon announce the "Société d'expériences aerostati... More

[Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

The tomb of Washington / engraved by W. Woodruff Cunr. for the Ladies ...

View of brick wall around the tomb of President George Washington. Published by Wright & Swormstedt Gni.

Map of the city of Jerusalem : exhibiting the location of the most imp...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

James McNeill Whistler - Little Smithfield

Kennedy, 160. Signed with butterfly in pencil. Coll. mark: B. B. McGeorge (Lugt 394). Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled ... More

[Red peppers with plant growing in the background]

Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

P.J. Barthez / Pigueron., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of scientist P.J. Barthez, whose locomotion studies served as a precursor to the study of aerodynamics. Tissandier collection.

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - searching the house], F...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with two men about to engage in combat inside a dwelling, disrupting a woman playing the koto and knocking down partitions. Title ... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Nora Quinn]

Kennedy, 333 (first state). Signed with butterfly on plate, in pencil and on verso. Coll. marks; H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a) and Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342 on verso. Title and other information from B... More

[French actor, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, right hand...

Inscribed in ink on lower right: Louis[?] Opera 1770. Paper has a portion of a watermark on the right side. No. 44044 2.

Fr. Chaussier, professeur à la faculté de médecine de Paris, ... membr...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Francois Chaussier, who conducted some of the first experiments to develop navigational systems for balloons. Tissandier collection.

[Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony]

Print shows a man or demon, holding sword in his mouth, struggling with two women at a tea party beneath a tree. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congr... More

Carte conjecturale de l'Atlantide : d'après le Colonel Bory de St. Vin...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Frontispiece showing young man seated, with Genius holding a plaque]

Mitchell collection of American book illustrations and portrait prints Formerly found in: PAGA 4 - 1921 : R1 - Tiebout Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1921:R01, Container 16.

La Sirène, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows the balloon "La Sirène" flying with one man on board. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection.

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain scan of a map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart, engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alms House in Spruce Street, Philadelphiadelphia

Walled property; cart with pigs going by on dirt road; 3 men catching escaped pig. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plat... More

Alms House in Spruce Street, Philadelphiadelphia

Walled property; cart with pigs going by on dirt road; 3 men catching escaped pig. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plat... More

[Military academy. Principal story, floor plan]

Inscriptions on recto: "Principal of a Military school" "Haha Ditch" "Dining Hall" "Lecture Room" "BHLatrobe architect Jany 26 1800" "No II." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benja... More

[Humorous portrayal of a man who flies with wings attached to his tuni...

Public domain scan of 15th-16th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Humorous portrayal of a man who flies with wings attached to his tuni...

Public domain scan of 15th-16th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[House ("Octagon--Tayloe House"), 1799 New York Avenue, N.W., Washingt...

Inscription on recto: Plan no. 2 Inscription on verso: Sketch for octagon/Tayloe house (not final plan adopted). Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R). Conservation control number 2.89.257.18 ; 8.99.815.11

Ch'ŏnha chido. Historic map, Library of Congress

Gift; Robert A. and Rosalinda Yangas; 2011. Leaves are joined end to end in a scroll. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes description of 13 provinces in China. Im... More

The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillr...

Cartoon shows full-length view of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), inventor of the Rumford stove, standing with his back to the fire, his coat-tails spread to permit enjoyment from the warmth. Forms part of :... More

Yŏjido. Historic map, Library of Congress

Romanized. Purchased from Shannon McCune in 1982. Annotated catalogue of old Korean atlases and maps in the Library of Congress, p. 11, McCune #6 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Paris--Vue du Palais de Justice / dess. d'ap nat. par Deroy ; lith. Be...

No. 435. Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in France, French architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Caesar Augustus Rodney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 28 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nationa... More

Pinetti, Philadelphia und Enslin, oder, Die enthüllten Zauberkräfte

The 3. Aufl. was published in 1808-1810. Cf. NUC pre-1956, v. 459, p. 35. LC copy imperfect: misbound: p. [109]-114 bound in between the t.p. and p. [1]. Ink stamp of H. Houdini. Also available in digital fo... More

Francois Seraphin Delpech - Gay-Lussac / lith. Delpech., Head and Shou...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French scientist and balloonist Gay-Lussac who tested several hypotheses on the earth's atmosphere. Tissandier collection.

Canal Grande dall' Accademia - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph shows the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, with Cavalli Palace, Barbaro Palace, Dario Palace, and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute. No. 76. Notation on verso: G.L.B. Coll. Accession box no. PR 06... More

[Spectators in an arena viewing the ascension of a balloon driven by p...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - [The Thames towards Erith]

Kennedy, 165 (fourth state). Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. mark: Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342). Pencil note: Greenhithe? Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Libra... More

Fountain of Egeria. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Signed in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 106.

[Kyōgen play with three characters, two with swords, the third lying d...

Signature or inscription in upper right corner. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

James McNeill Whistler - [Old clothes shop, no. 1]

Kennedy, 257 (second state). Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. mark: H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : ... More

[Parsnips or carrots with plant growing in the background]

Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Kyōgen play with four characters, two wear hats, one possibly portray...

Drawing shows an actor on the left, wearing a hat, approaching three actors, one also wearing a hat, sitting on the right.

Le Colonel Coutelle, chef des aérostiers, en 1794 / Pelletier, del. ; ...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Jean Marie Joseph Coutelle, commander of the first military balloon observation unit in 1794. Tissandier collection.

James McNeill Whistler - [Steps, Amsterdam]

Kennedy, 403 (second state). Signed with butterfly on plate in pencil and on verso. Coll. marks: Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342) and H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Title and other information from Beall. Am... More

[Lace pattern with flowers] - Public domain dedication image

Print shows overall lace pattern in blue and white with hand-colored flowers in the center; possibly a greeting card. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by La... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Rag-shop, Milman's Row]

Kennedy, 272 (first state). Signed with the butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. mark on verso: H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Inscription on plate in reverse apparently an address (not described in K... More

[Map of Las Ormigas Grant, Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana].

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the present-day Sabine and DeSoto Parishes in eastern region of the Sabine River, Louisiana. Names of places and features in Spanish. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title derived fr... More

Hojo Katei - Suisha - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a large section of text and a man operating a manual waterwheel by stepping on the paddles of the wheel. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

[Bird perched on a branch of a blossoming tree]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Two men struggling next to a stone lantern, upsetting a teapot]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).