1856

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfo...

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain city architecture drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Souvenir d'ecosse, Roslyn Castle, Fantasie de salon

Title on cover pg - "Souvenir d'ecosse, Roslyn Castle"; transcription From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page image... More

James Buchanan: Democratic candidate for fifteenth President of the Un...

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Norway, the steamer parting the fjord

Drawing shows a sidewheel steamship from behind, as it passes out of a Norwegian fjord. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper... More

Warwick Castle: on the Avon - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

Artist: Frances F. Palmer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7024

Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856

Fremont and his abolitionist supporters are ridiculed. In particular, the artist condemns the Republican candidate's alliance with New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley and Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher's r... More

A Clipper ship in a hurricane - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1272

[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.

The spring bird's carol 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

The Memnonium - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Man standing in rubble amidst temple columns in Egypt. No. 1860. On verso: Thebes. The Ramesseum. Hall of Columns.

Great tubular bridge, Grand Trunk Railway, Montreal, Canada

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 Dec. 20, p. 41. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arch. Colls; Canada Montreal; Railroad bridges; Geogr.; Shelf.

[Bank note illustration showing colonists praying for deliverance from...

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Koum Ombos - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Remains of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris (Ombos). No. 1836. On verso: Temple of Kom Ombo.

The three white kittens: peace - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese settlement in the suburbs of San Francisco, California / ... F...

Humble dwellings along bay. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 June 21, p. 21.

Hospital and cemetery at Scutari / W. Simpson del. ; J. Needham, lith....

Print shows the cemetery with view of the hospital in the background, Üsküdar (Istanbul), Turkey. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 33.

The New York beauty - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain image - 18th-19th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

The calamity of the night of July 1st/56

Drawing showing the collapse of the Reed Street wharf on the Delaware River in the Southwark section of Philadelphia. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Sunny side: the residence of the late Washington, Irving near Tarrytow...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6356

[Chalet of the Viceroy] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Chalet of the viceroy overlooking the Suez Canal. No. 1777. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Incident in Cherry Valley - fate of Jane Wells / from the original pic...

Jane Wells is pleading for her life, and a man attempts to protect her from an Indian who is about to kill her. House behind them is being burned by Loyalists and Indians led by Major Walter Butler and Mohawk C... More

The Boston and Cambridge new horse railroad / .

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial (1856 June 7). Title and other information transcribed from unverified data in Pictorial Americana (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1955), p. 63.

John Milton - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3533

[Gen. Wm. Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Gen Santos Guardiola, President...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 46 (1856 Oct. 25), p. 321. Reference copies may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

English fisherman in Norway. Playing him out

Drawing shows a Englishman fishing in Norway. This humorous image shows the man standing in a stream, with his fishing line caught on trees and hooked to the seat of his pants. Bayard Taylor traveled through No... More

Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Wash...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 19, p. 88.

Our pets: fast asleep - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Print shows two young children asleep on a bed; one is holding a doll. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5043 Forms part of: Popular gra... More

Carrier Dove: The departure - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0924

The Bay of Annapolis: Nova Scotia

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0494

The lovers walk - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4143

Home sweet home - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3113

A serviceable garment--or reverie of a bachelor

Democratic presidential candidate James Buchanan is depicted as a poor bachelor in his squalid quarters. Though indeed a confirmed bachelor, Buchanan in reality was hardly needy. After serving as American minis... More

The road to the holy cross: le chemin de la tres Ste. Croix

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5610

Lieut. General Winfield Scott: General in Chief of the U.S. Army

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3768

The blessing of a wife - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0634

View from Fort Putnam: West Point Hudson River, N.Y.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6890

Bastion du Mat, from the central bastion / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker...

View of the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the far left of the British lines, showing a portion of the battery, French soldiers and Zouaves, and a network of trenches. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate f... More

Marriage evening - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4351

King William III: Prince of Orange. born November 4th 1650, died March...

Print shows King William III, Prince of Orange, bust portrait, facing slightly left, wearing hat. Includes lengthy text below title. Inscribed in ink on verso: 410053. Stamped on verso: L.C. Fine Arts Division... More

Beatrice Cenci - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0501

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

Disperso il crin = With tresses loosed [from] opera L'etoile du Nord

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

La belle fleur polka redowa - Public domain American piano sheet musi...

Song of Christian pilgrimage - 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

Bear Hunting: close quarters - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0498

The most Reverend John Hughes, D.D.: first archbishop of New York

Public domain photograph of bishop, priest, clergy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance The Agnes May quickstep - 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

City of New York / sketched and drawn on stone by C. Parsons.

Bird's-eye view of New York City with Battery Park in the foreground and Brooklyn Heights in the lower right corner. Copyright by N. Currier, New York. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More

Col. John C. Fremont, Republican candidate for the President of the Un...

Proof for a large woodcut banner or poster for Republican presidential candidate John C. Fremont. Fremont, a distinguished soldier and explorer, is mounted on a rearing horse in a mountain setting. Dressed in b... More

Shasta, Shasta County, Cal. / drawn by Kuchel & Dresel ; print by Brit...

Bird's-eye view of Shasta, California. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James M. Priest, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at ...

Vice President of Liberia under Daniel Bashiel Warner, 1864-1867; third president of Liberia, 1867. Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Written on back of plate: James M. Priest, Senator from Sinoe... More

Hiawatha polka - by C.L.Peticolas - 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

[John Hanson, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, wear...

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Written on back of plate: John Hanson, Senator from Bassa Co. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Lib... More

The Trinity church bells, fantasie - 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 echoing horn - by T.Wood - 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

From shore to shore - Public domain portrait engraving

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2332

The young cavalier - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7402

Auguste de Gas, Pére de l'artiste

A. Goldsmith's B. G. Driver, by Volunteer: Record 2:201/2

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0072

Bound volume---30 January-5 October 1856

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Shells of the ocean redowa. Charles Grobe

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

[James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters v...

Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Arrived in Liberia in 1833. Secretary of State of Liberia, 1856-1860. Senator, Grand Bassa County, 1868-1869. Vice president under Edward Roye, 1870-1871. Superinte... More

Commo. Perry meeting the imperial Commissioners at Yokuhama / from nat...

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan... in... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under...M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Perry; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : Nicholson P... More

[Alfred Francis Russell, three-quarter length portrait, full face, sea...

Russell was born in Kentucky and moved to Liberia in 1833. Vice President of Liberia from 1878 to 1883. Became President in 1883. Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: A.F. Russell, Senator fro... More

The Banner of the free - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Bound volume---6 October 1856-7 July 1857

Saratoga Springs - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subterranean stables - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows four horses from behind in a cave, perhaps in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper left: 2/3 width of ... More

Washingtons Head Quarters - Brandywine / / Fr'ric Stevenson '56

Landscape drawing shows the house that served as Washington's headquarters at Brandywine, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. On the eve of the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 Washington established his h... More

Asukayama kita no chōbō Andō Hiroshige

Print shows people picnicing and viewing cherry blossoms and pine trees along the banks of a river with view of mountain in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th Nov.1856; for o...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shibaura no fūkei, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a view of the bay at Shiba with birds flying above the water, sea walls on the right, and boats anchored in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Millard Fillmore. American candidate for the presidency

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Crehen, C.G. No. 438. Check 500 field.

Horie nekozane, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the thatched-roof buildings of two fishing villages, Horie and Nekozane, with distant view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...

Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background. Colnaghi's Authentic S... More

[Wilhelm Weber, half-length portrait, facing front] / Rud. Hoffmann, 1...

From volume: Gallerie ausgezeichneter Naturforscher. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2 illus.: 1. Virgin Bay - slaughter of Americans and burning of the pi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 23 (1856 May 17), p. 361. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.... More

Jews in Cracow - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows two elderly Jewish men in the Polish city of Cracow. They are dressed in long robes or coats, have long hair and beards, wear round hats and lean against canes. Bayard Taylor may have traveled thr... More

Wady Saboua - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Two statues and three sphinxes in the desert near the Sabou River. No. 1801. On verso: Colossi & Sphinxs.

Snow plow - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a man carrying a scythe walking past a large wooden snow plow leaning against rocks. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Insc... More

Assouan, Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Aerial view of Aswan area on the Nile River, seen through trees. No. 1833. On verso: Assouan.

"Descent from the Cross," after Rubens, represented by Keller's troupe...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 19 (1856 Apr. 19), p. 304. Reference copy may be in LOT 4443-C. Caption card tracings: Rel... More

Ho! For the Kansas Plains during American Civil War

Music cover showing Indian and settler with inset scene of battle between pro- and anti-slavery forces. Composer: Jas. G. Clark. LOT subdivision subject: Pre-Civil War. Title and other information transcribed f... More

Negro expulsion from railway car, Philadelphia

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Sept. 27, p. 314. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Syria - Ruin of Phoenician Temple at Hibbaryeh, near Banias] / F.F. &...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Egypt - Thebes - Deir-el-Medineh]

Temple carved into mountainside. No. 1853. On verso: Thebes. Temple & rocks.

[Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1...

Drawing shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." Title from lithograph published after this drawing. (... More

The southern beauty - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6028

Little Jennie - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3939

Ira D. Sankey: the evangelist of song

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3366

Lake Mohonk - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3682

The resurrection - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5555

Harvesting the last load. - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2976

Grand United States centennial exhibition 1876: main building, Fairmou...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2766

The source of the Hudson: in the Indian pass, Adirondacks

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6026