Corinthian column and capital From the monument of Lysicrates : Fig. 1...
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Thad: Kosuiszko, the friend of Washington / A. Girard, 1839.
Print shows three-quarter length portrait of Thaddeus Koscuiszko standing between a cannon and maps piled on a drum. 64 U.S. Copyright Office. Signature inscribed on stone. Copyright by A. Girard.
Pehriska-Ruhpa Mönnitarri krieger im auzuge des hundetanzes = Guerrier...
Hidatsa warrior wearing ceremonial costume for the Dog Dance. Public domain photograph of costume design, costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Andrew Jackson, May 15, 1839 - Public domain document scan
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
In Washington City--1839 - Public domain scenic drawing
Man with two horses and cart selling produce. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rhode Island Legislature. January session 1839. Reports of the select ...
Page Order: Uncut Quarto 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 169, Folder 1a.
Joel M. Smith to Andrew Jackson, June 26, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Bank of Columbia, Georgetown, D.C.
Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Colonel Crockett / engraved by C. Stuart from the original portrait by...
Print shows David Crockett, holding a racoon skin hat and a rifle, with three dogs. 878 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in upper right: Deposited Decemb [sic] [?] 1839 at the Clks [i.e., Clerks] Office of Sou... More
East branch of Potomac R. Washington
Landscape shows the pastoral setting of the east branch of the Potomac River, today known as the Anacostia River. Two bulls stand lower center, while several sailboats, rowboats and even a steamboat navigate the water.
Andrew Morrison to Andrew Jackson, May 11, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Unidentified portrait of a man, facing front]
The date of the image is based on the plate's lack of gold toning. Case: Plain leather grain. Attributed to William G. Mason. Paper label adhered to cover glass: "49." Labels on case: "65," "36." Purchase; Mari... More
Principal front of the Capitol, Washington / W.H. Bartlett, R. Brandar...
Engraving showing Capitol building in background; people walking or riding in carriages on Capitol grounds. Image found in N. P. Willis, American Scenery, p. 288, 1839. Engraving by R. Brandard after drawing by... More
Map of Georgia & Alabama exhibiting the post offices, post roads, cana...
Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:650,000. From his The American Atlas (London, J. Arrowsmith, 1839) ... More
[Soldier from the First City Troop, Philadelphiadelphia, in uniform an...
(DLC/PP-1995:140.48) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 48. Title devised by Library staff from inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).
Martin Van Buren, President of the United States / from life & on ston...
Print shows Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing front; includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Li... More
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge. Senator from New-York / from life & on stone b...
Print shows Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, half-length portrait, facing left; includes facsimile signature. 820 U.S. Copyright Office. No known restrictions on publication. Printed below title: "The Credit System is ... More
Elizabeth Dixon Love to Andrew Jackson, March 5, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Rhode Island Legislature. January session 1839. Reports of the select ...
Page Order: Uncut Quarto 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 169, Folder 1a.
Cotillion party. E. Pluribus Unum. The pleasure of your Company is res...
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Andrew Jackson to Francis Preston Blair, September 5, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
South gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C.
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
East branch of Potomac R. Washington
Landscape shows the pastoral setting of the east branch of the Potomac River, today known as the Anacostia River. Two bulls stand lower center, while several sailboats, rowboats and even a steamboat navigate the water.
Behold! The President of the United States is expected in the 11 o'clo...
On verso: 26 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 196, Folder 25.
Albany medical college 1858 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hobart & Duthie.
Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establishe...
Shows block numbers, wards, and government buildings. Facsimile. Original version: W.J. Stone sc. Wash'n. [Washington? : s.n., 1839?]. Includes indexed table of "References." In left upper margin: No. 3036 pric... More
Chef der Blut Indianer. Kriegs Chef der Piekan Indianer. Kutana Indian...
Print shows half-length portraits of a man from the Blood Indians, a man from the Piekann Indians, and a man from the Koutani Indians, posed as though they were conversing amongst themselves. Illus from: Reise... More
The summer is coming -- Shall I compare thee? Give me back my heart -...
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 182... More
Polonaise, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
Washington city north of Capitol in 1839
Landscape drawing shows a horse with two ponies in a field north of the Capitol (not pictured). A house sits on a rise in the distance, upper right.
Washington city north of Capitol in 1839
Landscape drawing shows a horse with two ponies in a field north of the Capitol (not pictured). A house sits on a rise in the distance, upper right.
Semi-centennial celebration of the inauguration of Washington. Ode. Ap...
Verse.; Title. 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 231, Folder 23.
Original manuscript, controversy with Charles D. Jackson regarding the...
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J. Hartshorn to Andrew Jackson, Jr., February 9, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, po...
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also... More
Arlington House. Situate in Kings County, Long Island, 7 miles from Ne...
Picryl description: Public domain historic document related to New York State, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The loss of the Pennsylvania New York packet ship; the Lockwoods emigr...
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Near Pennsylv. Ave. and 7th St. At Washington City
Cityscape drawing shows two men standing lower center near Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street in the northwest quadrant of Washington, DC while a cow lies on the ground nearby. A man on horseback rides toward t... More
L'esprit et la bont ̌ - Public domain American sheet music
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
Independence declared 1776. The Union must be preserved / designed and...
A memorial to the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution, with distinctly pro-Democratic overtones. Below the title "Independence Declared" are bust portraits of the first eight Presidents, wit... More
Away to the hills, a ballad - Public domain American sheet music
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
' Twas a dream! 'Twas a dream! - Public domain American sheet music
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
New Orleans, sketched from the opposite side of the river upon a mast ...
Topographical view of New Orleans from the Mississippi River shows skyline with sidewheel steamboats, ferries, and three-masted sailing ships in the foreground. Title and creator name inscribed below image. Inc... More
Elevation of the eastern front of the Capitol of the United States / d...
Print showing exterior of east front of the U.S. Capitol building with landscaped lawn in the foreground. Secondary support contains imprint and copyright statements, and scale. Entered according to act of Con... More
Bank of Columbia, Georgetown, D.C.
Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C.
Boats on river and at wharf. Reference copy in LOT 4386-46. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.
Called to account, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
Once more the House of Representatives investigation of Treasury practices under the Van Buren administration in connection with the Swartwout embezzlement scandal. (See above nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The print... More
Favorite Tyrolean waltz - Public domain American sheet music
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
In Washington City--1839 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Man with two horses and cart selling produce. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potomac River, Chain Bridge at Little Falls
Reference copy in LOT 4386-4. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.
Frédéric Chopin autograph letter to Julian Fontana, 1839 Oct. 4
The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Music Division, Library of Congress. In ink, signed "Twój fr." On writing paper monogrammed G.S. (George Sand). Written from N... More
One mile from Washington City Hall
Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
J. Hartshorn to Andrew Jackson, Jr., February 9, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Old Iron Sides on a lee shore The U.S. Frigate Constitution Captn. Ell...
327 U.S. Copyright Office. "Illustrative of a sketch, in the Democratic Review, of May 1839, by the author of "the log of Old Ironsides"." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839, by Dow & Duval, ... More
Abolition frowned down. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A satire on enforcement of the "gag-rule" in the House of Representatives, prohibiting discussion of the question of slavery. Growing antislavery sentiment in the North coincided with increased resentment by so... More
Fuegian (Yapoo Tekeenika). Book illustration from Library of Congress
Natives of Tierra del Fuego. Illus. in: Robert Fitzroy. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages ... London, 1839, v. 2, frontispiece. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... More
The meeting at Saratoga. "Like boxers thus before the fight, their ha...
The second of two prints by "HD" portraying scenes from President Van Buren's visit to the resort at Saratoga Springs, New York, during the summer of 1839. (See also "The Cut Direct," no. 1839-3.) The satire co... More
[Robert Cornelius, self-portrait; believed to be the earliest extant A...
Daguerre announced his invention of a photographic method to the French Academy of Sciences in August 1839. That October, a young Philadelphian, Robert Cornelius, working out of doors to take advantage of the l... More
Pehriska-Ruhpa Mönnitarri krieger im auzuge des hundetanzes = Guerrier...
Hidatsa warrior wearing ceremonial costume for the Dog Dance. Public domain photograph of costume design, costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Paul Negrin to Andrew Jackson, Jr., December 24, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Andrew Jackson to Francis Preston Blair, September 23, 1839
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One mile from Washington City Hall
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Bank of Columbia, Georgetown, D.C.
Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Martin Van Buren, president of the United States
Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right. Reproduction of 1839 painting by Henry Inman.
Thomas Shotter Boys - Pavillon de Flore, Tuileries / T. Boys.
Print shows a street scene in Paris, France, between the River Seine (left) and Tuileries royal palace (right). Plate 21 from: Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen &c, Drawn from Nature & on... More
Le souper. Ou les mauvaises maniéres des gens bien élevś
Two men try to escape an angry crowd which attempts to pass through a doorway all at once. One of the men crawls under a table set for dinner, while the other is seized by his coat tails and yanked backwards b... More
A brisk gale, bay of New York - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...
679 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bennett, Williams James. Southern District of N.Y.: Apr. 1, 1839. Check 500 field.
F. R. Gleaves to Andrew Jackson, October 1, 1839
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[Officer from the First Troop, Philadelphiadelphia, seated by a tent i...
(DLC/PP-1995:140.47) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 47. Title devised by Library staff from inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).
Dixon H. Lewis, Representative from Alabama
Print shows Dixon H. Lewis, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding papers in his right hand, with a map of Alabama printed in the background; includes a facsimile signature. 320 U.S. Copyright Offic... More
Jagd auf Grizzly Bären Chasse au grizzly bear = Hunting of the grizzly...
Print shows men in a rowboat coming ashore on the left on a desolate coastline to shoot ravaging bears, seen in center at a carcass and on the right fleeing from the approaching hunters. Illus from: Reise in d... More
The Francisca waltzes - Public domain American sheet music
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
Joseph Cinquez, the brave Congolese Chief, who prefers death to slaver...
Joseph Cinquez was the leader of a revolt among African slaves aboard the Spanish ship "Amistad" en route to Cuba in June 1839. The slaves seized control of the ship but were soon recaptured and charged with mu... More
The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail road...
Relief shown by hachures. Title from title sheet. "Entered according to the act of Congress, July 10th 1839, by David H. Burr, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Phillips,... More
The clifton waltz - Public domain American sheet music
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
Frédéric Chopin autograph letter to Julian Fontana, 1839 Oct. 4
The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Music Division, Library of Congress. In ink, signed "Twój fr." On writing paper monogrammed G.S. (George Sand). Written from N... More
South gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Boz / D. Lawrence delt. ; E. Brown Jun. lith.
Print showing Charles Dickens, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J. W. McClung to Andrew Jackson, January 26, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Andrew Jackson, Jr. to Planters Bank of Tennessee, January 30, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Animal magnetism - A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair talking to an...
A swipe at President Van Buren's independent treasury system and his continuation of the monetary policies of predecessor Andrew Jackson. The artist, clearly in sympathy with the Whigs, links corruption in the ... More
Love, honour and obey, a southern melody
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
Joseph Cinquez, the brave Congolese Chief, who prefers death to slaver...
Joseph Cinquez was the leader of a revolt among African slaves aboard the Spanish ship "Amistad" en route to Cuba in June 1839. The slaves seized control of the ship but were soon recaptured and charged with mu... More
William Berkeley Lewis to Andrew Jackson, October 6, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Draw at Longbridge, Washington City
Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.
The main question - Victorian era public domain image
Satire on the escalation of tensions during the Maine-New Brunswick border conflict in February and March 1839. The dispute involved the claim to valuable, timber-rich territory in the Aroostook region. The are... More
Report of the Holden slave case, tried at the January term of the Cour...
Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Capitol and part of Washington City
Landscape shows houses and buildings of Washington DC in the foreground, with the Capitol building, before the addition of the dome, rising on the hill above.
Andrew Jackson to Amos Kendall, April 19, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Francis Preston Blair to Andrew Jackson, August 20, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Edward Howard to Andrew Jackson, January 19, 1839
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Elevation of the eastern front of the Capitol of the United States / d...
Print showing exterior of east front of the U.S. Capitol building with landscaped lawn in the foreground. Secondary support contains imprint and copyright statements, and scale. Entered according to act of Con... More