Harmony Hall, 10500 Livingstone Road (10511 Livingstone Road), Friendl...
City/Vicinity has been changed twice. Original location was Broad Creek, the second location was Friendly vicinity, & the third location is Fort Washington, all in Prince George's County, Maryland. Significanc... More
Vernon House, 46 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Vernon House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark based upon its significance as an outstanding example of 18th-century architecture. The house in its present form, as ... More
Vernon House, 46 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Vernon House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark based upon its significance as an outstanding example of 18th-century architecture. The house in its present form, as ... More
A view of Fort George with the City of New York from the SW / I. Carwi...
Exhibit loan 4106-L. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD
Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More
Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD
Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More
Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD
Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More
Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD
Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More
Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD
Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More
Rockledge, Mill Street, Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia
Significance: The grist mill at Occoquan was justly celebrated and Rockledge was the home of builder, John Ballendine and later of Thomas Ellicott who developed Merchant's Mill (q.v.) to such a high state late ... More
Rockledge, Mill Street, Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia
Significance: The grist mill at Occoquan was justly celebrated and Rockledge was the home of builder, John Ballendine and later of Thomas Ellicott who developed Merchant's Mill (q.v.) to such a high state late ... More
Belle Grove, State Route 727, Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia
Significance: Belle Grove is a distinguished example of a late 18th century Virginia manor house, with the added interest of Jefferson's influence. His advice was sought by the builder, and judging from the st... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Gloucester Women's Club, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 14, Gloucester, G...
Significance: The original 18th-century core of the building is a 1-room, side passage structure that was altered and enlarged during the 19th and 20th centuries. This form is one of the basic plan types of 18t... More
Gloucester Women's Club, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 14, Gloucester, G...
Significance: The original 18th-century core of the building is a 1-room, side passage structure that was altered and enlarged during the 19th and 20th centuries. This form is one of the basic plan types of 18t... More
Gloucester Women's Club, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 14, Gloucester, G...
Significance: The original 18th-century core of the building is a 1-room, side passage structure that was altered and enlarged during the 19th and 20th centuries. This form is one of the basic plan types of 18t... More
John Mark Verdier House, 801 Bay & Scott Streets, Beaufort, Beaufort C...
Significance: A late 18th century house where Lafayette was a guest in 1825, with elegant architectural features. Survey number: HABS SC-139
John Mark Verdier House, 801 Bay & Scott Streets, Beaufort, Beaufort C...
Significance: A late 18th century house where Lafayette was a guest in 1825, with elegant architectural features. Survey number: HABS SC-139
James McCrea Houses, 108-110 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: The James McCrea Houses were attached twin middle-class late 18th century residences with their original fabric largely intact and unaltered by modernization including rare-to-find intact twin fro... More
Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...
Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More
Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...
Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More
Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...
Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More
Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...
Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More
Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...
Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More
Marshall Hall, State Route 227 at Potomac River, Bryans Road, Charles ...
Significance: Marshall Hall was built ca. 1725 by Thomas Marshall on property that had, in part, been acquired by his grandfather in 1650. The western portion of the house constituted the original part, and wa... More
Cadmus House, 159 Fairfield Avenue, West Caldwell, Essex County, NJ
Significance: Representative of the "block-and-wing" type house found throughout northern New Jersey from the end of the 18th century until about the middle of the 19th century. Survey number: HABS NJ-918
A smuggling machine or A convenient cosauway for a man in miniature, B...
Print shows "A portrait of Richard Cosway, R.A., standing under the wide hooped petticoat of a tall lady, his wife, Maria, who puts her arms round him..." (Source: George) Color impression Partially trimmed to ... More
Okumura masanobu no kakejiku o miru yūjo
Print shows an interior scene with two courtesans admiring a screen painting of an actor or beautiful woman by the painter Okumura Masanobu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More
[Nishiki brocade with cherry blossoms and wave designs on red backgrou...
Drawing shows stylized flower (cherry blossom) designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: J... More
[A beauty with an umbrella], Kiyomasu Torii
Print shows the actor Nakamura Sanya as a young woman standing beneath an umbrella, wearing a head covering and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
High life at noon, British Cartoon Print
Print shows an interior view of a room in which two men and two women are taking tea; on the left, a man with an extremely long ponytail attempts to prevent the entrance of a messenger carrying a bill from "Lor... More
[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of t...
Frontispiece and title page in: Travels through North & South Carolina / William Bartram. Philadelphia : James & Johnson, 1791. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More
Les Plaisirs de Village (Village Pleasures)
after a painting by Nicolaes Berchem, called van Haarlem, landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher, 1620-1683 (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Berchem, Nicolae... More
Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.
Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More
Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...
Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More
Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage
Print shows two views of a "Truck carriage." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIV. Published in: The American Revolution... More
La Sainte Vierge (The Holy Virgin)
after a painting by Francesco Trevisani, called Romano, history painter, 1656-1746 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Trevisani, Francesco, 1656-1746, called Romano (original arti... More
An escape a la Francois! - Public domain dedication image
"A burlesque representation of the flight to Varennes; the royal family in a two-wheeled carriage drawn (left to right) by four galloping horses with two postilions..." (Source: George)
[A large bull or ox] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[A willing letter writer] - Public domain drawing
Print shows a man with two women, one of the women is writing a letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Jacques Philippe le Bas - Le Fluteur (The Flutist)
after a painting by David Teniers, the younger, painter and engraver, 1610-1690 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) draughtsman, etcher, and engraver (artist role) Teniers, David, the younger, 1610-1690 ... More
Engawa no wakai danjo, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. Signed Suzuki Harunobu. Modern Reproduction, but apparently NOT ba... More
The harlots nurse, or modern procuress / Boitard sculpt., British Cart...
Print shows an interior view of a room in which a tightly corsetted courtesan admires herself in a mirror as her maid, or procuress, views her from behind. This scene is mirrored by a cat toying with a mouse un... More
Sawamura Sōjūrō no Soga no Jūrō to Ichikawa Yaozō no Soga no Gorō
Print shows two actors (possibly Sawamura Sōjūrō, 1685-1756, and Ichikawa Yaozō) in the roles of two brothers who attempt to revenge their father's murder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More
Le transport du grand soleil - Public domain dedication image
Native porters transporting the tribal leader whom they worshipped as the sun. Illus. in: Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terr... More
[Two men, possibly actors] - Public domain drawing
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 18th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kiyomitsu Torii - Yukidama o tsukuru musume
Print shows a young woman, wearing high geta and a kimono with hat designs, rolling a large snowball. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More
Ichikawa danzō no shinozuka gorō [to] sakata hangorō no omo
Print shows two actors struggling over an anchor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: R. Leices... More
Charles Willson Peale - [Silhouette of man facing left, no. 8]
Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. He wears a wig with a ponytail and has a prominent nose. Reverse image of DRWG/US - Peale, no. 21 (AA size). (DLC/PP-44431).
Iwai hanshirō no shirabyōshi - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a shirabyōshi dancer (as a woman dressed as a man). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Taira no Kanemori, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan
Print shows a mother reclining next to her child and an elderly woman sitting nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More
Ōeyama monogatari, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print
Print shows at the top, two warriors setting out in pursuit of a young woman whom they catch up to at the bottom of the print. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More
Kanda sairei no dashi no gangu o hiku haha to ko
Print shows a woman holding a child who pulls a string attached to a toy float, and another child standing next to the float. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More
An Inland view in Atooi / Webber del.
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yamashita kinsaku no senjichauri omiya - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Kamisuki - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a worker making paper by dipping the frame into a vat of water and pulp. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata ... More
Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie jūnidan kangen no zu
Print shows a long hall receding into the background for a perspective view, with eight women playing musical instruments arranged along the sides and in the rear is a woman playing a koto; in the foreground, o... More
Tako age suru danjo - Public domain drawing
Print shows a young man holding a string attached to a kite held by a young woman standing on a veranda above him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
Satsuki hototogisu, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a young woman arranging blossoming branches, she has turned to look at a cuckoo as it passes her window. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More
Sukeroku shirozak euri, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seiro niwaka kyogen : Comedy bursting from the green houses. Format: vertical Chuban ... More
Geta no yukitori, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman holding an umbrella while a female servant removes snow from her geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi mode... More
Robert Rogers - commandeur der Americaner, engraving, Library of Congr...
Print shows Robert Rogers, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly left, with musket nestled in crook of left elbow, and Native American standing in the background. Illus. in:... More
Hagi no tamagawa, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing
Print shows three women, one holding a lantern, looking at bushclover on the banks of the Tama River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More
Baika no nijo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fujidana no sanbijin, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows three women and a young boy walking beneath a wisteria arbor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel from a set... More
1. Americanischer scharffschütz oder Jäger (rifleman) 2. regulaire inf...
Print shows German versions of an American rifleman and a soldier with the Pennsylvania infantry, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform, holding rifles. Illus. in: Allgemeines hist... More
1. General Washington's reitende leibgarde 2. die independent company,...
Print shows German versions of a member of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard and a company soldier under Washington's command, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform.
Vaux-Hall / drawn by T. Rowlandson ; aquatinto by F. Jukes ; engraved ...
Print showing large crowd gathered before a pavilion in Vauxhall Gardens where Mrs. Weichsel (Billington) is singing, in the lower left, Dr. Johnson is seated at a table, eating, facing front, with James Boswel... More
Michiyuki tamagawa no dan - Torii Kiyonaga
Print shows a man squatting next to a stream with a long piece of cloth in his hands, which he may be washing, and a woman standing next to him, also holding a long piece of cloth. They may be servants of the m... More
Hanami, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two women and a young female student or attendant at the Yoshiwara looking at cherry blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More
Katsukawa Shunchō - Kaka no yūjo - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a courtesan with two young attendants standing beneath a cherry tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban... More
The poor blacks going to their settlement, British Cartoon Print
Print shows the Prince of Wales and several British ministers (Burke, Fox, North, George Hanger, and possibly Sheridan) portrayed as poor Blacks, shabbily dressed and being driven toward debtor's prison depicte... More
Retail traders not affected by the shop tax, British Cartoon Print
Print shows three women standing inside the entrance to an establishment labeled "Neat lodgings for men" over which is a bust of a Turkish(?) man on a pedestal labeled "Bagnio"; a notice in the window states "F... More
Matsubaya uchi Utahime, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Utahime, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishik... More
The Tories and the Whigs pulling for a crown, British Cartoon Print
Print shows George, Prince of Wales, seated on a throne in the background waiting the results of a tug-of-war over the crown (and regency for the Prince) between the Tories represented by Edward Thurlow and Wil... More
Hamayumi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a woman holding bow and arrows draped in a cloth, standing before a young boy.
Mad Tom, or The man of rights / Hannibal Scratch, fecit., British Cart...
"Tom Paine sits in an arm-chair beside a small writing-desk, pen in hand, his right arm and left leg raised in excitement, his left hand held to his face..." (Source: George) Pl. to Attic Miscellany, ii. 417, w... More
Doctor Phlogiston, the priestley politician or The political priest / ...
"Priestley walks right to left, diagonally away from the spectator; his face, turned in profile to the left, has a sinister smile..." (Source: George) Attic Miscellany. Political Portraiture No. 4. From Attic M... More
His royal highness George Prince of Wales / Painted by J. Russell ... ...
George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, King of England, half-length portrait, standing, facing right.
Naniwaya okita, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows Naniwaya Okita, a teahouse waitress, half-length portrait, turned to the left, carrying a bowl on a tray. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More
Sotoori hime, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain print
Print shows the princess Sotoori catching a spider with a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Yatsuhi sanpukutsui : ... More
Goshoguruma - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows three female attendants next to a royal carriage, one seated, holding a pair of shoes.
Segawa tomisaburō [as yadorigi, wife of ogishi kurando]
Print shows Segawa Tomisaburō, an actor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in the role of Yadorigi, the wife of Ogishi Kurando. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More
Chōkōsai Eisho - Tsuruya uchi tsurunou - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a courtesan with two attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō bijin awase : A series of beauties... More
Billy's poll-tax; or, King's place all in an uproar!, British Cartoon ...
Print shows two bare-breasted women in a boudoir, one appears to have been fixing or powdering the hair of the other who sits before a mirror; a box of hair powder has fallen to the floor spilling its contents;... More
Araihari. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows two women hanging laundry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fujin tewaza jūnikō : Twelve occupations of ... More
Sandiaime bandō hikosaburō (no obiya chōmemon to) yodaime iwai hanshir...
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More
The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder,-scene. The borough, in i...
George Tierney and a knife-grinder pushing his wheelbarrow in front of an ale-house. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Yodanme, Forty Seven Rōnin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows an old man (possibly Yuranosuke), a woman (probably Lady Kawayo), and a young man (possibly Rikiya).