1853

I make me no gaudy chaplet, with brilliant variations, op. 46

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

Ukiyo-e triptych showing the story of Chinese Baron Kan-u playing go while the famous Dr. Kada operates on his arm and the Baron Shujo looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Other love with scorn disdaining = Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani

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

L'espřance, romance - 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

[Rebecca Gratz, three-quarter length studio portrait, seated, facing f...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La polka de grace - 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

Convention between Her Majesty and The United States of America, for t...

1837-1901 (Victoria).; U. S. Treaties, etc. 1850-1853 Fillmore. 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. Print... More

A dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work ...

An imaginative and biting satire on Harriet Beecher Stowe and her recently published antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Printed serially beginning in June 1851, the novel first appeared in book form in 1852... More

Henrietta polka - Public domain American piano sheet music

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

Public domain photograph of musical performance, musicians, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poor Robin's growing old - 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

There is sunshine in my heart, ballad

[Freemasons membership certificate] - Print, Library of Congress colle...

75 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Menzel (G.A.) & Co.

A standard time table Part I. for males' wages per day, from 2 shillin...

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 93, Folder 29a.

Washington at Princeton. Jany. 3rd. 1777 / Painted by Brückner; D. McL...

Print shows General George Washington, on horseback, leading his soldiers during the battle of Princeton. Reference copy in LOT 4412 DC.

Art of dining.

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'addio, musical notation - Public domain American music sheet

Battle of Hermannstadt / sketched by Capt. Ed. Scheifele ; drawn on st...

Print showing a battle scene with Russian, Austrian, and Hungarian troops standing in formation, shooting at each other across an open field. Caption continues: Where the Hungarians (March 11th 1849) under Gen... More

Representation of the famous Washington market, New York City

Print shows exterior view of the Washington market in New York City with people and wagons in the foreground. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 4, no. 10 (1853 March 5), p. 160.

[Government Hospital for the Insane (Saint Elizabeths Hospital), Washi...

Subject and date suggested by provenance, and by similarities to item number 2007.2.3. Sheet no. 5. No. 339B in pencil on back. No. 2212. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Founda... More

Vicinity of Boston, from Bunker Hill monument, 1853 / engraved by Jame...

Print showing a bird's-eye view, looking north and west, of the city of Boston and notable landmarks of the surrounding communities. Includes numbered key identifying prominent features.

[Government building ("Custom House and Post Office"), Bath, Maine. Fr...

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

United States mail steam ship "Pacific"

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Day & Son.

Example of column in U.S. Capitol

Photograph of architectural drawing showing a column with corn plants on the capitol.

West Point Hudson River - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch shows West Point, New York from across the Hudson River. The United States Military Academy is in the distant hills above the river. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the Unite... More

Rhinebeck, Kingston, Shawagunck Mountains [e.g. Shawangunk], Hudson Ri...

Sketch shows sailboats on the Hudson River near Rhinebeck and Kingston, New York. The Shawangunk Mountains rise in the distance on the far side of the river. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign O... More

Shankland's American fashions for spring & summer of 1853, 100, Chesnu...

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, nine men and two children are standing in a large room, all but one of the men either wear or are holding hats, and at bottom, seven men, two children, and one woma... More

J. De Cordova's map of the state of Texas /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows counties. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 28th day of July 1848 by J. De Cordova in the Clerks Office of the United States District Court for the District of Texas."... More

Mutsu, matsushima fūkei, tomiyama chōbō no horizu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view of many small islands and sailboats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokujū ... More

Wreck & burning of the steamer Independence on the island of Margarita...

Pictorial lettersheet shows rescue attempts being made on burning and sinking ship; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 337. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.16

Mutsu, matsushima fūkei, tomiyama chōbō no horizu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view of many small islands and sailboats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokujū ... More

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

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

Come journey with me, or, The lovers call - by I.Woodbury

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

Beware = Diebstahl - 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

Tadolini waltz - Public domain American sheet music

composer handwritten on title pg - "Ricci, L." From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical... More

Passaic waltzes, No. II - 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

San Francisco. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old folks at home - 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

Cora Lee, 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

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

Ukiyo-e triptych showing the story of Chinese Baron Kan-u playing go while the famous Dr. Kada operates on his arm and the Baron Shujo looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

Ukiyo-e triptych showing the story of Chinese Baron Kan-u playing go while the famous Dr. Kada operates on his arm and the Baron Shujo looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Johnny Sands, comic ballad - Public domain American music sheet

Stuyvesant polka redowa - Public domain American piano sheet music

The introduction 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

Delta Kappa Epsilon 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

First Baptist church, N.W. cor. of Broad & Arch Sts. Philada.

"Copyright Deposit, Eastern District of Penn.: 1853." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: *.

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

La sicilienne - 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

[Occupational portrait of a woman working at a sewing machine]

Photographer unidentified. Published under the title: "Seamstress." Case: variant of Rinhart 124. The daguerreotype is housed in an unmatched case provided by the vendor. Purchase; 1991; (DLC/PP-1991:219). For... More

Theodore Roosevelt, the master mason. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Roosevelt wearing freemasonry accessories standing with gavel. J10119 U.S. Copyright Office On image: ©1912 J. L. Phelps, Spokane; on border of photograph: copyright 1931, by Paul V. Bunn, New... More

American farm scenes: No. 1 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0146. Artist: Fanny Palmer.

Galileo / engraved by Robt. Hart., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Galileo, half-length portrait, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of Niagara Falls, reversed view]

Reversed view from prospect point on the American side, toward the Horseshoe, or Canadian falls, showing the Terrapin Tower in the background, and eight male figures standing, in the foreground. Scratched on fa... More

[View of Niagara Falls, reversed view]

Reversed view from prospect point on the American side, toward the Horseshoe, or Canadian falls, showing the Terrapin Tower in the background, and eight male figures standing, in the foreground.

Life of George Washington--The farmer / painted by Stearns ; lith. by ...

Washington standing among African-American field workers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background. Reference copy in Presidential File. Reference copy in Lot 4434 B.

Speech (by Douglass) - Public domain document scan

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

12 pieces of harmony - 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 Love Star Schottisch by Francis Brown

Music cover illustrated with praying angel over sun. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Religion. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J.E. Gould & Co. Lithograph... More

Albany, N.Y. / on stone by Hatch & Severyn ; J.W Hill.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hatch & Severyn.

[Trinity Chapel (New York). Choir stalls. Elevations and plan. Renderi...

Architectural drawing showing choir stalls as elevations and plan; rendering. Signed. Item in PR 13 CN 1996:111.31.5

De Soto -- Tampa Bay, Florida--1539 / Drawn by Capt. S. Eastman, U.S.A...

Print shows Hernando De Soto and other soldiers at Tampa Bay. Illus. in: Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States / Henry R. Schoolcraft. Philadelph... More

[The Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building]

Photograph of an engraving. Title and date from Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897 / Helen-Anne Hilker. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980, p. 60, no. 8.

[Government building ("Custom House and Post Office"), Bath, Maine. Tr...

Drawing no. 7. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poughkeepsie - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows Poughkeepsie, New York from the north across the Hudson River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with... More

Map of Morris County, New Jersey : from original surveys /

General-content county wall map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize township boundaries. Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined to form ... More

Luigi Piana, aereonauta Bolog̀nese / Corso 145.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Luigi Piana. Includes a map of his various balloon ascents from Rome, with a note that he was killed on his fifth ascent on November 27, 1853. A vignette showin... More

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

The long, long weary day = Den lieben langen tag

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

Riding on a rail - 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

Knickerbocker, musical notation - 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

Abstracts of Titles - Public domain document scan

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

"Centreville" and "Black Douglas": Centreville Course L.I. July 21st 1...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1049.

Paris 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

Rail road gallop - 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

Emblematic chart and Masonic history of F[ree] and A[ccepted] M[asons]...

Depicts numerous emblems of masonry including all seeing eye, ark, beehive, lamb, globes on top of columns, square and compass, trowel, and anchor. 5697U(?) U.S. Copyright Office.

Forest glade polka - Public domain American piano sheet music

Gentoku uma o odorashite tankei o koeru zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) on horseback struggling to cross the swiftly flowing Caoqi river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptyc... More

Bohemian polka - Public domain American piano sheet music

The newsboy - Print, Library of Congress collection

56 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Winner, W. Title written in pencil 2 copies, 1 col. Published in: Viewpoints; a selecti... More

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The wind is a bachelor - Public domain American music sheet

Life of George Washington--The farmer / painted by Stearns ; lith. by ...

Washington standing among African-American field workers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background. Reference copy in Presidential File. Reference copy in Lot 4434 B.

Willie my brave, 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

Brook Street, Ragged and Industrial School

London; 2 scenes of interior of trade school for juvenile delinquents. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1853 Dec. 17, p. 520. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638. This record contains unverified, old data ... More

[Emlen Cresson, bust, facing slightly left]

Plain leather grain frame. Hand-colored rainbow background. Paper label adhered to cover glass: "Emlen Cresson 1853." Labels on frame: "18," "20." Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.4). Forms pa... More

[Unidentified Liberian man in suit and bowtie]

The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle African-Americans in Liberia. Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress). Forms part of: American Coloni... More

A. J. Cross, Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Liberian man in suit and tie with hat. The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle African Americans in Liberia. Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph... More

Carte figurative et approximative des quantités de céréales qui ont ci...

Signed by Charles Minard at upper right. Includes note. Accompanied by text: Carte du mouvement des céréales en 1853 sur les voies d'eau et de fer de l'Empire Francais. 8 p. ; 33 cm. Available also through the ... More

[Ethan Allen Hitchcock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Attributed to Mathew Brady's studio. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Government building ("Custom House and Post Office"), Bath, Maine. Co...

Drawing no. 9. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan of castle garden: as arranged for the Italian opera season 1853

Artist: F.B. Helmsmuller. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5194

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. South Wing. Hall...

Scaled. No. 929. 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 complete... More

[Agnes Y. McAllister, three-quarters length, seated in ornate chair, w...

Written on back: Agnes Y. McAllister, Dec. 1853. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (L... More

[Government building ("Custom House and Post Office"), Bath, Maine. Ro...

Drawing includes details of vault door and iron window shutters. Drawing no. 10.

[Government Hospital for the Insane (Saint Elizabeths Hospital), Washi...

Title in graphite, possibly later hand: Female Receiving Department, Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington, D.C., Second floor plan. Date suggested by provenance, and by similarities to item no. 2007.... More

The Potomac morning June 26 - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia, probably from a boat. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's ... More

Section through dome of U.S. Capitol

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 12. No. 1901. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Plateforme aérienne cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Char...

Scaled design drawing shows a system for navigating an airship using propellers. Includes plans of dirigible platform body and complete platform assembly, and identification key. Tissandier collection.