1856

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

United States steam-frigate "Merrimac", engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 Nov. 29, p. 393.

Bay of Wodowara / from nature by Heine[,] shipping by Walke ; lith. of...

Print shows two American side wheel steam frigates and a large rowboat during rough seas in the Bay of Wodowara. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... ... More

Mosque of Asha. Jerusalem - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Exterior view of al-Aqṣá Mosque. No. 586. On verso: Mosque of Aksa. Jerusalem.

[The freshwater canal at Ismailia]

Small boats moored at water's edge in tributary to the Suez Canal. No. 1774.

New York & Erie railroad. The great double track, and only broad gauge...

Transportation.; Handwritten on verso: 1854. 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 62, Folder 18.

Fallen Colossus. Memnonium - Public domain scan / print

Four headless statues standing before colonnade, on right bust of larger statue laying face down. No. 1864. On verso: Thebes. The Ramesseum. The fallen Colossus.

View from the hills. Assouan - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Shallows and rocky outcroppings on the Nile River. No. 1830. On verso: Assouan.

[Jean M. Lander, half-length portrait, seated]

Written in ink on photograph: To my loving friends, Jean M. Lander, 1856 ...

Molde, Norway - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows, in the distance, Molde, a Norwegian village on the Moldefjorden, an arm of the Romsdalfjorden. Most of the houses, churches and buildings hug the shoreline. Sailboats dot the water. Taylor visite... More

Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...

A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... More

Map of Hamilton County, Ohio : exhibiting th various divisions and sub...

LC Land ownership maps, 633 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes property tax statistical table, insets of Madisonville, Harrison, Sharon, Storrs Township, Mill Cr... More

Dinsmore's complete map of the railroads & canals in the United States...

Map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada showing drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, and proposed, projected, and operating railroads. Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Another edition, ... More

Senzoku no ike kesakakematsu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a large pine tree with fence around it and shrine nearby on the edge of a lake, with teahouse and travelers in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsor... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei

Print shows pedestrians on a commercial street at night beneath a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho e... More

At Dendarah - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Wall with bas-relief and hieroglyphics. No. 1903. On verso: Egypt. Dendarah, sculptures at.

Abou Simbel, façade of the Temple

View of colossal figure, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt

[Egypt - Karnak - Hall of Columns, side view]

No. 1879. On verso: Thebes. (Karnak) Hall of Columns. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Henry Hudson descending the Hudson River

Illustration shows Henry Hudson and his companions trading with Indians on the shore; in background, Hudson's ship and a canoe. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10 (1856 April 12), p. 233. Reference copy avai... More

National political map of the United States.

Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's rail road map of the Eastern States.

Map of New England, part of eastern Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, most of Maryland, and part of Virginia. Shows drainage, some relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. "Nam... More

Court of Shishak. Carnac - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1877. On verso: Thebes. (Karnak) Court of Shishak. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More

The morning after the election--November 1856

The victorious James Buchanan sits under a trellis of grape vines, holding reports of election returns on his lap. He reflects, "What a happy morning for my country and myself. Here I find returns for myself & ... More

Maj. Genl. Philip H. Sheridan: U.S. Army

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4230

Poster - Mind your lesson Fido - Public domain lithograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4496

Frolicsome pets - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2331

The old ruins - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4965

Prize fat cattle - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5356

The believer's vision - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0540

Lily Lake: near St. John N.B. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3810

The farewell - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2037

Monument - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4537

The Buffalo hunt: "Surrounding the herd"

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0813

The Buffalo hunt: "Surrounding the herd"

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0813

Isolina, ariette - Public domain American sheet music

translated, adapted by Theodore T. Barker 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... More

Theresa varsoviana - 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

Kate Kearney's waltz - by Francis H. Brown

date approx; no publication info 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 boun... More

Winter nights - Public domain American music sheet

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

John Martin & Co., Sheffield, England. File and steel manufacturers & ...

Wentworth Works, with busy street scene in foreground. Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Martin & Co., Sheffield, England. File and steel manufacturers & ...

Wentworth Works, with busy street scene in foreground. Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La belle Hľn̈e, polka de salon, op. 4

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

[C.H. Hicks, in profile, seated at desk]

Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: C. H. Hicks. Eng. Clerk of the Hs. of Rep. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-19... More

Regent of Lew Chew / dag. and drawn by Brown ; Ackerman Lith., 379 Bro...

Portrait of regent of Lew Chew and two other men. 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. Per... More

Central Park-the Bridge - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1043

Chicago, as it was - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1124 Exhibited: "A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry, 1860-1960" at the Yeshiva Univ... More

On the St. Lawrence: Indian encampment

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5007

Hours there were - 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

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, Ando 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 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 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, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scenic 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

Valse impromptu -- Pastorale -- Idylle -- Scherzino -- Etude pour le t...

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