1847

[Samuel Washington Woodhouse, head and shoulders portrait, facing righ...

Case: tendrils and floral motif. Label on case: "50"; label on cover glass: "47". Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.15). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms par... More

Spring cure. Doctor Quenaudon's extract of green herbs for purifying t...

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 198, Folder 16.

The soldier's wife - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

His royal highness Prince Albert, K.G. &c. &c. &c. / painted by John L...

Print showing Prince Albert, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding scepter and hat. Published at the Albion Office, New York.

The Diadem 1847 / Reverend W.H. Furness ; John Sartain.

Print shows a young boy walking between tall flowers in a grassy field and stopping to look at a butterfly on a flower blossom. Includes verse from "Song of the Flowers" by "Leigh Hunt": "The dear lumpish baby ... More

Pursuit of the Mexicans by the U.S. Dragoons: under the intrepid Col. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 1...

Inscriptions on recto: Third story ; John Haviland Archt Philadelphia 1847 ; Gentlemen's stair ; Ladies stair. Building originally Fountain Inn, then Irving Hotel (1848), then The Kirkwood House (1854). Demolis... More

Map of the residence & park grounds, near Bordentown, New Jersey : of ...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes index. "To be sold at auction by Anthony J. Bleecker, on Friday 25th, June 1847, at 1 o'clock P.M. on the premises" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

Genl. James Irvin: Whig candidate for governor of Pennsylvania

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2510

Susan - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6384

Battle of Cerro Gordo - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Print shows American soldiers advancing on Mexican infantry and cavalry, and artillery during the Battle of Cerro Gordo, in Mexico. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed at bottom cent... More

"Letter to Henry Clay," North Star

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

"Letter to Henry Clay," North Star

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1847-1849

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Drink from the mountain spring - 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

The farmer's boy, 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

John Henry Frederick Sachse - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows reproduction of daguerreotype portrait of Sachse. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heights of Monterey, from the saltillo road looking towards the city. ...

Prints show soldiers marching in formation on the Saltillo road, with thatched roof structures on the right, mountains and Monterrey in the background. Caption continues: (Worth's Division" moving into positio... More

Thomas Corwin: the peoples choice for twelfth President of the United ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6494

Allegorical representation of the dying Christian / N.E. Talcott pinxt...

Man, on his deathbed, surrounded by Jesus Christ, angels, and others. Copyright by Talcott & Kimball.

Zachary Taylor, major genl. of the U.S. Army / F. Michelin Lith. 111 N...

Print showing Zachary Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile. 124 U.S. Copyright Office. Facsimile signature "Z. Taylor" at head of title. Inscribed in ink: 124. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for... More

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Pearlette valse - 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

The sailor's return - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5747

Meiyo migi ni tekinashi hidarijingorō, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congr... More

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (2122a), center (2122b), right (2122c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (2122a), center (2122b), right (2122c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

The jolly flat boat men / painted by G.C. Bingham, esq. ; engraved by ...

Group of men on flatboat in river, playing musical instruments, relaxing, and dancing. "From the original painting, distributed by the American Art Union in 1847; published exclusively for the members of that y... More

There's something on my lip, love, cavatina [from] opera L'elisire d'a...

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

Scene in Vera Cruz during the bombardment, March 25, 1847

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

Jesus: and the twelve apostles / El Señor y sus disipulos

Print shows Jesus Christ in the center surrounded by images of his twelve disciples; each disciples' name is in English and Spanish. 320 Southern District Court, State of New York. Currier & Ives : a catalogue ... More

Our father who art in heaven - Public domain drawing

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flight of Santa Anna--At the Battle of Cerro Gordo / lith. & pub. by R...

Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Gen...

279 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. B&w copy Inscribed in ink at bottom: 279. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York July 23, 1847. Color co... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

Bound volume---18 May 1847-28 January 1848

Jackson at New Orleans / Lossing - Barritt.

Print shows Andrew Jackson rallying his troops as the British advance on the barricades at the battle of New Orleans, January 8th, 1815.

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music ...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Lib... More

Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn - Public domain portrait engraving

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

Coronation of the virgin - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

[Grace Church (Brooklyn, New York). Side elevation] / Rich Upjohn, arc...

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

Fruit vase - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2382

Elements of national thrift and empire

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card, with subsequent revisions. Associated name on shelflist card: Weber, E. & Co. Lithograph by Edward Weber & Co. of Baltimore after Joseph Goldsboroou... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1847-1849

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Fourteenth appearance in this country of the celebrated New Orleans Et...

"This evening, Tuesday, March 16th, 1847, the performances will commence with Bellini's celebrated opera, in three acts, La Sonnambula." At head of title: Princess's Theatre, J.M. Maddox, sole lessee and manage... More

The U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com..re M.C. Perry--Going out to t...

Naval Portfolio No. 1. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut. U.S. Navy. Copyright by Sarony & Major.

The Hebrew maidens lament - Public domain American music sheet

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More

Steam ship Washington: belonging to the Ocean Steam Navigation Company...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6212

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Storming of Monterey. Attack on the bishop's palace

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kelloggs & Thayer. Entered 1847 by Kelloggs & Thayer. E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. D. Needham, Buffalo. Copyright deposit... More

Account Books (by Douglass), 1847-1850

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adam naming the creatures/Adam Llamo los Animales

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0045.

Genl. Taylor, at the Battle of Buena Vista / lith. & pub. by Sarony & ...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The sailors adieu - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Four actors (right to left): Kurḡoda Ukinaga, Saitogo Kunitake and Onna Gyōja, and Nagata no Tarō Nagamune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Genl. John E. Wool: at the battle of Buena Vista Febr. 23, 1847

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2511

Naval bombardment of Vera Cruz: March 1847

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4775

Christ before Pilate / Jesus Condenado por Pilatos / Jesus Condamné pa...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle of Cerro Cordo April 18th 1847

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0436.

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Gen...

279 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. B&w copy Inscribed in ink at bottom: 279. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York July 23, 1847. Color co... More

General Z. Taylor: "rough & ready"

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2479

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

History of Mons. Lajaunisse or the pic nic / J.B. Sparke.

Drawings depict the experiences of Mr. Lajaunisse just prior to and following the receipt of an invitation to a picnic from his friend L'Embêtant. Gift; J. Arthur Wood, Jr.; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:120). Several pa... More

Bound volume---18 May 1847-28 January 1848

Plantation melodies / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Music cover showing two boys seated on bench, with one of them playing a flute, and the other holding book of music.

Maxime Lalanne - [Landscape with house] / Lalanne.

This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Stamp on back: ERP. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Bequest; Pennell Estate; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:R01) Conserved, 8.86.848.58.

Gale's Arenaceous Concrete, for cleansing, whitening, and beautifying ...

Illustrated with picture of Zachary Taylor beside horse. LOT subject: Cosmetics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by M. D. Gale. Copied by permission from Howland's ... More

Calvary Church, erected 1846-7 - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott (G.W.) & Co.

Mr. Clay taking a new view of the Texas question

Illustration shows Henry Clay, dressed in doublet and breast plate with a brace of pistols at his waist, holding a carving knife and fork, at an open door in which a tiny "Mexican" cowers on a shelf. Below the ... More

Right Revd. John Hughes, D.D. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico, California &c. : segun lo organi...

Shows Mexico and the southern United States. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridian: Washington. Gift; Thomas W. Streeler; Dec. 28, 1937. Includes distance chart, distance list, and 2 profile... More

General Taylor and staff: the heroes of Palo Alto, Reseca de la Palma,...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2459

U.S. dragoons: cutting their way through a Mexican ambuscade

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6817

North Star Ledger Book, 1847-1849

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1847-1849

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1847-1849

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1847-1849

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

The government house, engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Gallant charge of the Kentuckians at the Battle of Buena Vista, Feby. ...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yes Beda! thus Beda! - 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

Miyamoto musashi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Man holding up a magnifying glass to look at the famous samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More

The comet - Public domain American sheet music

I'm dreaming pleasant dreams, Willie - American sheet music, 1870-1885

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

The warrior bard, or, The standard bearer

The ferry boat / F. Palmer, del. ; N. Currier Lith. N.Y.

Illustration shows a ferry, carrying four men and horses, approaching dock in right foreground; a man standing on the dock, with a dog, helps the boat ashore; a row of trees lines the shore. Currier & Ives : a ... More

[Three English Church Pieces, for Solo Voices and Chorus, op. 69], Jub...

With many corrections and a passage omitted from the published version. English language texts as suggested by Vincent Novello (1781-1861)

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Crucifixion La Crucificazion = La Crucifixion.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1445.