1852

Skylight for Room 87 n.w. and Room 79 s.w.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

G. Washington / P.F. Rothermel pinx ; A.H. Ritchie sc.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, right hand on book, left hand holding sword. Includes facsimile signature. Entered according to Act of Congress in the yea... More

Pillars in pillasters of drum of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Sculpture of man and boy reading book]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of sculpture, statue, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Les Aliments - Public domain image related to music prformance, engrav...

People fishing, carrying food, cooking and eating. Engraving by Bertall. Illus. in: Jean Antheime Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du Gout (Paris, 1852). Ref. copy may be in Leonard Back, Two "Loaf-Givers", front a... More

Washington Aqueduct, Bridge 6 - Public domain architectural drawing

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Plaster decoration] - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Registers in gallery fronts, Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...

Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... More

Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y

A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The ... More

Shinkoku fukui butoku anmin, Okatame taihei kagami : Izu, Sagami, Musa...

Shows coast defense of Tokyo Bay in 1852. Pictorial map. Includes notes describing the troops and list of names of Samurais in charge of defense of Tokyo Bay on an attached sheet, pasted on bottom of map. Avail... More

Soliciting a vote - Political cartoon, public domain image

A cynical view of party competition for the working man's vote in the presidential campaign of 1852. In a polling place, four candidates struggle to force their own election ticket on a short, uncouth-looking c... More

Frank Pierce / engrd. by W.L. Ormsby from a daguerreotype.

Franklin Pierce, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daniel Webster - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1485.

Details of boiler fronts - Public domain architectural plan drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Two men near a tower]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Boston, Oct. 23, 1852. Dear Sir, The headquarters of the Whigs of Ward...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 61, Folder 10.

Religious revival meeting at Eastham, Massachusetts., 1852: Exhortatio...

Halftone reproductions of wood engravings in unknown book. Illus. in: [Original wood engravings in] Gleason's Pictorial..., (1852) v. 3. Reference copy may in SSFGr - 4400A - RELIGIOUS GROUPS CAMP MEETINGS. Thi... More

Details of arcade of connecting corridor, south wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Patent drawing - Aérostat dirigeable système Vaussin Chardanne, brevet...

Scaled design drawings for patent issued to Vaussin Chardanne in 1853 for an airship operated by means of six propellers and having accommodations for passengers on two levels. Airship proposal presented to the... More

Washington Aqueduct, front elevation

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The great American steamer, General Washington, the largest boat in th...

Stamped lower left: 24 July 1852. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnica liniment. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Advertisement label, without illustration. LOT subdivision subject: Printing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by J. R. Burdsall. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Patent medicines.

[Demolition of the Pont Neuf]. France. 19th century stereoscope card.

Written on label on back: No. P. Pont neuf en demolition. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson coll... More

The fish question settled - Public domain print

A facetious, and somewhat racist, look at public opinion surrounding the controversy over American fishing rights in British-controlled waters off North America. (See also "John Bull's Fish Monopoly," no. 1852-... More

John C. Calhoun / painted by T. Hicks ; likeness from a dage. by Brady...

"Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y. 1852." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Do they miss me at home? - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congr...

LOT subdivision subject: Eating and Drinking. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Oliver Ditson. Lithograph by Thayer & Co., Lith, Boston.

Barn-burners in a fix - Political cartoon, public domain image

A satire on the Barnburners, a radical faction of New York State Democrats, led by John Van Buren, whose commitment to social and monetary reforms was likened to a farmer's burning his barn to rid it of rats. H... More

[Child seated beside table with table cloth holding a black rag doll]

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 195. Purchase; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:058). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Vendor: Dennis Waters

Position of the Democratic Party in 1852. "Freemen of America, how lon...

A crudely drawn satire bitterly attacking Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and appealing to the "Freemen of America." The print, possibly executed by a free black, criticizes the Democrats' pla... More

Map of Jefferson County, Virginia / - Public domain map

Shows Jefferson County before the formation of West Virginia in 1863. Relief shown with hachures. Oriented with north at upper right. "Entered according to act of Congress in ... 1852 by S. Howell Brown in ... ... More

Family register - Print, Library of Congress collection

No. 74 (red dress). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2008

Deem not the maiden heartless = Quel guardo il cavaliere, cavatina fro...

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

Mr. Joker and Miss Jester quadrilles, 3rd set

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 Severn 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

New York Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the industry of all nati...

Copyright by Theodore Sedgwick. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Menzel & Co. Copyright deposit: Nov. 5, 1859 [inscribed]; Jan. 23, 1852 [stamped]

Peri raikō - Public domain print

Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Cally polka, arranged with introduction and variations

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

St. Lawrence - Print, Library of Congress collection

Trotting horse. Copyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4669.

Crambambuli, op. 5, no. 2 - Public domain American piano sheet music

Sweet music fills my heart, or, Joys of the Tyrol

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

Alboni schottisch, op. 36 - 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

My mother she is aged now - 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

[A country church] - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed: J. Whistler. On back, in pencil, in unknown hand: By J. McN. Whistler, signed, from the collection of George Delano Whistler. Title from catalogue raisonné. Tan wove paper; no watermark. James McNeill... More

Eva and Topsy / Louisa Corbaux delt. et lith.

Print show Eva and Topsy seated on floor. Caption continues: I love you because you haven't had any father, or mother, or friends because you've been a poor abused child! vide "Uncle Toms Cabin".

Mazourka caprice, op. 17 - Public domain American piano sheet music

Mr. Ira Aldridge as Aaron - Public domain portrait engraving

Illustration shows full-length portrait of Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus." Caption: "He dies upon my scimetar's sharp point, / That touches this my first-born son and heir!" Act 4, sc... More

The great industrial exhibition of 1851. Plate 3. The British nave

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Love's confession - 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

[Union case manufactured by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. showing America...

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver lake waltz, no. 51 - 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

A bird's eye view of the city of New York View of Galveston, Texas.

Illustration showing a bird's eye view of New York City looking toward Battery Park (?) and a view of Galveston from the bay, boats and ships in foreground. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 2, no. 20 (1852 M... More

Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife on their wedding day, Dec. 30, 1852

Reproduction of daguerreotype. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Unveiling of the statue of George Washington by Thomas Crawford, in Ri...

Source unknown. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dynometer for fan experiments - Public domain drawing

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image

A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically... More

Vue de l'entrée du côté du nord

Print shows entrance hall of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with groups of men in traditional and military dress.

Cross braces between pillars in drum of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Men working in deep pit with stone wall]

This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...

Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes open on an axis exten... More

Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes in open position exte... More

Heat and ventilating, boiler fronts

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of front steps - Public domain architectural plan drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of Members' retiring room, south wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Washington Aqueduct, details of 48 inch water gate

Drawing. Public domain photograph of French architecture design drawing, building plan, Paris, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. General Post Office Building, boilers for heating and ventilation

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain scan of decorative drawing, decor elements, art design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dome of U.S. Capitol, horizontal braces between main ribs

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol ... More

The gladiators of the Senate! The bulley's of the House

The artist parodies recent outbreaks of violence in Congress, and offers a pointed comparison between the elevated rhetorical sparring in the Senate and a more physical brand of combat in the House of Represent... More

The poor soldier & his ticket for soup

The presidential aspirations of Whig general Winfield Scott during the 1852 election are again belittled. Scott, in a tattered uniform and supporting himself on a crutch, extends his feathered cap toward the fi... More

Design for clock for Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was c... More

Loco Foco candidates travelling, on the canel system

Several prospective Democratic presidential candidates travel along a canal in the "Salt River Barge," named after the proverbial river of political defeat. The passengers are (left to right): Lewis Cass, secre... More

[Washington Aqueduct] - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boilers for heating and ventilating

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Persia Arabia &c. / Historic map, Library of Congress

Divides Persia in sub-boundaries, including Afghanistan and Beloochistan. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerk's Office of t... More

View of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. / Drawn from nature by B. Hess.

344 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winfield Scott: whig candidate for fourteenth President of the United ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7261

Grand, national, democratic banner - press onward - portraits from dag...

Print shows a presidential campaign banner featuring bust portraits of candidates "For President Franklin Pierce" and "For Vice President William R. King" in ovals with laurel wreaths beneath a bust portrait of... More

Old rosin the bow - Public domain American sheet music

For piano

Epithalame wedding 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

Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man presenting a city plan to the emperor at court with many ministers seated nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Tr... More

Searcher of hearts, Thy will be done

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

Clifton house polka - Public domain American piano sheet music

Early lost, early saved - Public domain American sheet music

music up to pg 5 missing 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 volume... More

U.S.M. steam ship Baltic. Collins line builders, hull by Brown & Bell ...

Print shows a port side view of the U.S. Mail Steam Ship Baltic at sea.

Dance Emma Gray quick step - Public domain musical sheets

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

Daniel Webster - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Wagstaff. Copyright Deposit, District Court of Mass.: 1852. Check 500 field.

The lament of an Irish mother - 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

[A country church] - Public domain historic place drawing

Signed: J. Whistler. On back, in pencil, in unknown hand: By J. McN. Whistler, signed, from the collection of George Delano Whistler. Title from catalogue raisonné. Tan wove paper; no watermark. James McNeill... More

Chicago in flames: Scene at Randolph Street Bridge

People fleeing burning city. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1125.

The prairie hunter: "one rubbed out!"

Artist: A.F. Tait. O. Knirsch 1852 (signature in reverse on print). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5271

Off for Baltimore - Public domain American music sheet

The Battle of Baton Rouge, La. Aug. 4th 1862

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0428

Washington, D.C. with projected improvements

Print showing bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C., with proposed Washington Monument. Exhibited: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Conservation control number 8.89.811.

In the days when we went gold hunting! Ballad

My mother dear, beautiful ballad - 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

Dome--exterior, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Fac̜ade principale de Ste. Sophie, prise de la cour du médressé

Print shows madrasah courtyard and exterior of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, ancient Greek ablution fountains in the foreground; with groups of men in traditional dress. Title from plate... More

Pilaster capital, full size, interior of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of screen, back of fan of Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.