1852

The American steamship Columbia, of New York for Europe

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Iron risers of steps in Senate Chamber, n.w.

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

Cross braces, Washington, D.C. - Public domain architectural plan draw...

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

Plan of foundations, Washington, D.C.

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

Plan of air ducts, heating and ventilating apparatus

U.S. General Post Office? (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Plan of basement story - Public domain architectural drawing

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

Curbs for coal-hobs - Public domain architectural drawing

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

[Four men on a hill overlooking a construction site with a lamp post]

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

Details of arcade of connecting corridor, north wing

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

Details of floor plates under colonnade

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

Map of Marion County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 652 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations. LC copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth backing, halved to enable folding.

Details of paneling above peristyle, engraving, Library of Congress

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

Details of coils, Post Office ext.

U.S. General Post Office (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Diagonal tie rods between main ribs, dome of [U.S.] Capitol

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

Plan of dome showing ceiling of peristyle and horizontal cast iron cro...

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

Iron backs of corner seates of gallery, Senate

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

[Capital for a column]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Building in courtyard, post office extension

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

Four designs of chimney-tops - Public domain print

No reference copy location listed. Repr. of architectural drawings by Downing, ca. 1852. Illus. in: The architecture of country houses / A.J. Downing. New York : Appleton, 1850, p.329. This record contains unve... More

Topographical map of Seneca County, New York /

General-content county map showing towns (townships), town survey sections (numbered), rural buildings, and householders' names. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown... More

"I know that my redeemer liveth"

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kellogg, E.C.

Marion crossing the Pedee / Painted by W. Raney; Engraved by C. Burt.

Print shows Francis Marion "the Swamp Fox" and his band of irregulars in boats preparing to cross the Pedee River. 407 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JF.

Diamond schottisch - 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

Dance St. Louis Greys quick step - Public domain musical sheets

Maiden! Awake from thy slumbers, serenade

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

The old homestead - Public domain American music sheet

Vue de la nouvelle tribune impériale, prise entre les colonnes d'Ephèz...

Print shows the gallery and imperial tribune of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with columns of Ephesus in the foreground, and groups of men in traditional and military dress and a few vei... More

Billy Grimes the drover - Public domain American sheet music

Pap, soup, and chowder - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...

Artist: J. L. Magee, del. (signature on item). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5094

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

Charity waltz. Charles Grobe - 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

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

Saratoga quadrilles - 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

O, would I were a boy again, chanȯn vari,̌ op. 79

Donizetti Haste Leonora = Vien Leonora, cavatina

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 / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...

A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More

[Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Interior pe...

Inscription on recto: Interior View, Library of Congress, Tho. U. Walter Architect, U.S. Capitol. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor's Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006.

Social qualities of our candidate, Political Cartoon

Reports of his alcoholism haunted Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce during the 1852 campaign. The matter is taken up here with mocking reference to the Maine Liquor Law of 1851, a landmark prohibition measur... More

Family register - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

Ceremony of "Turning the Sod" of the New Masonic Temple, Thanksgiving ...

J245245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; December 15, 1920. Similar to PAN SUBJECT - Events, no. 11, street sign in foreground has been eliminated from negative.

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.

Comin' thro' the rye, Scotish ballad

[Union case for daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype showing patriotic...

Case: Berg, no. 1-133. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, ... More

A contested seat, US Democratic party

The artist anticipates a Whig victory in the 1852 presidential contest. The scene takes place in an interior, carpeted or tiled with a grid-and-star pattern. At left, Whig candidate Winfield Scott, in military ... More

[Mary, Queen of Scots, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing...

After painting by J.B. Wandesforde. Copyright by George Trehern. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irish Brigade of New York / [...] F. D'Avignon, 323 Br[...]Way ; on st...

Print showing four men standing and one on horseback in front of troops standing in formation; the men are identified as, from left, No. 1. Irish Volunteers, Col. Ferris, 9th Regiment, No. 2. Napper Tandy Light... More

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...

Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More

[Portrait of George Burtis Lee sitting on a chair]

Housed in a plain brown frame. Purchase; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008:080). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Air-duct for Senate Chamber, north wing

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

[Side view of relief work of chair or bench]

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

Vue extérieure de la mosquée, prise de la cour du chadirvan

Print shows courtyard and exterior of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, ablution fountain to the right; with groups of men in traditional dress. Title from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia, ... More

Cross braces to connect the inner and outer entablature of dome

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

Plan of gallery of Hall of Representatives

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

Coil for U.S. Gen'l Post Office

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of French architecture design drawing, building plan, Paris, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More

Details of boiler fronts - Public domain architectural plan drawing

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

Design for chairs of Halls of Congress

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

Stairs to cellar, east end, south wing

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

Stairway to cellar of north wing

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

Plan of base of dome - Public domain architectural drawing

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

Details of skylights in ceiling of Senate Chamber

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

[Capital of a column] - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Union case for daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype depicting a weddi...

Reverse side of the case is an oval design with ornate scroll framing. Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-10; (back): Berg, no. 3-4. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

[Bridge under construction] - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron risers of steps in Senate Chamber, n.w.

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

Dome of U.S. Capitol, section showing one of the main ribs extending f...

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

[Masthead showing dirigible airship]

Illus. in: Aerial Reporter, Washington, D.C., 14 Aug. 1852 (vol. I, no. 6). No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD; Newspapers...; Air-ships; Shelf.

Iron backs of corner seates of gallery, Senate

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

Cross braces to connect the inner and outer entablature of dome

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

Details of dome, Washington, D.C.

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

Pillars in drum of dome - Public domain drawing

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

Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate

A satire on the Democrats' or "Loco Focos'" 1852 pursuit of Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. At the foot of the White Mountains in the "Dismal Swamp," an immense, swampy region of North Carolina... More

Sam Houston / lith. of E.C. Kellogg, Hartford, Conn.

Print shows Sam Houston, full-length portrait, standing with arms crossed, facing front. Includes facsimile signature and quote "I wish no epitaph to be written to tell that I survived the ruin of this glorious... More

Grand, national, Whig banner - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2731

William R. King: democratic candidate for Vice President of the United...

After a daguerreotype by Mathew B. Brady. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7238

Reverend George Duffield D.D. / engraved by John Sartain ; the origina...

Rev. George Duffield, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. Copyright by A. Bradish.

View of Newburgh, N.Y., Landscape view print

343 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Wiltsie & Hess.

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Bill for Injunction in Connelly & Way v. Van de Velde et al, [Law pape...

Summary: Connelly and Way retained Lincoln and Herndon and sued Van de Velde, Kavanaugh, and Myers in an action for an injunction. Connelly and Way owned two lots with residences and out buildings in Herndon an... More

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Satirical drawing showing a cadet lining up three men in civilian clothes. Drawn when Whistler was a cadet at West Point. Probably from the Alexander Webb album. Signed: J.W. On front, in pencil, lower right, ... More

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Political cartoon, public domain image

Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott is pictured as a fighting cock with human attributes. The cock wears fringed military epaulets, a sword, spurs, and a plumed hat. He is just emerged from an egg marked... More

The great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) ov...

Satire on the presidential election of 1852, showing Winfield Scott, Daniel Webster, and Franklin Pierce competing in a footrace before a crowd of onlookers for a $100,000 prize (the four-year salary for a pres... More

Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th. 1777

Print shows British General Burgoyne surrendering his sword to General George Washington after the Battle of Saratoga.

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.

Dulcina polka - 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 lone star waltz - Public domain American sheet music

Our favorite polka mazurka, op. 34

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

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.

Serenade -- Will no maiden marry me -- Air

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

Dark eyes - 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

Social qualities of our candidate, Political Cartoon

Reports of his alcoholism haunted Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce during the 1852 campaign. The matter is taken up here with mocking reference to the Maine Liquor Law of 1851, a landmark prohibition measur... More

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

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.

Tableau explicatif général. Les effets du vol aérien actif / / lith. S...

Technical illustration shows 21 figures about aeronautics: the mechanics of insect flight (Figs. 1, 3-5), wing design (Figs. 7-9, 13-15), the effects of propellers (Figs. 2 & 6), and a man-powered device design... More

The great industrial exhibition of 1851. Plate 4. The transept

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Iron backs of corner seats of gallery, Senate

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

Columbia and her rejected suitor, Political Cartoon

A fond yet sardonic tribute to the aging Massachusetts statesman Daniel Webster, whose final bid for the Whig presidential nomination was defeated by Winfield Scott in 1852. The artist is wryly critical of the... More

Mme. Anna Thillon, de l'opeŕa comique

232 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Grozelier.

Genji monogatari 54 Andō Hiroshige

Japanese print showing scene from Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji with elaborately dressed woman and man separated by a screen. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Hiroshige I was alive in 1852. It is less likely that t... More

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.