18th century

[Demon, possibly Ibaraki, opening a box]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Canaletto - Le Preston. V / A. Canal. f.

Print shows pedestrians on the walkway of the waterfront with the canal on the right and buildings and a bridge on the left. Constable, no. 14 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (Library of Congr... More

[Religious ceremony with rooster]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

John Erskine, Earl of Marr [sic] / Sir Geoffrey Kneller, pinxt; Page, ...

John Erskine, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing armor and wig.

[Actors or musicians standing next to a large, decorated cylindar with...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Butterflies and moths] - Public domain drawing

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Settso. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

The rival gardeners, Charles Williams

King George III of England and Napoleon I tend to their respective plants on opposite sides of a stream labeled "The Channel." A cudgel marked "British Oak" floats down it. Napoleon bends over his drooping po... More

German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray in...

Cartoon showing Count Starhemberg riding past Napoleon, sniffing snuff, failing to pay his respects to him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

John Bull offering Little Boney fair play, British Cartoon Print

Bare chested sailor, "John Bull," standing in English channel with arms akimbo, looking at Napoleon, whose head looks over top of fortification on the French coast. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Colle... More

Comfort of a Bed of Roses, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Charles Fox, in bed with his wife, having a nightmare. To the right, Napoleon jumps to the bed from a cannon with the words "Pour subjugeur le Monde" inscribed on the muzzle; behind him are seen pikes and a ban... More

Boney bringing home the truth from Spain, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon assuring his subjects, who have animal faces, that all is well in Spain; one animal/man wonders why Napoleon fails to mention his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, whom he installed on the Spanish... More

Et l'on revient toujours A ses premiers amours.

Cartoon showing Napoleon I stepping down from throne into a marsh filled with frogs; in his left hand he holds a long pike with a liberty cap on top at which he is looking. DeVinck, 9541 Purchase; S. Emmering; ... More

Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman

A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More

Funérailles de l'Empereur Napoléon. Intérier de l'église des Invalides...

Interior of the Church of Invalides, service in progress. Hubbard Collection.

[Fan-shaped drawing of fish swimming upstream]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negati...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Full-length rear view of a man dressed in an early 18th century coat,...

[Alexander's Column, St. Petersburg, Russia] view, photochrome print p...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8929". Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland,... More

Baptismal font in the church at Ajaccio where Napoleon was baptized

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Life of Napoleon" by William M. Sloane, Century, 48:3 (Nov. 1894).

Christian chapel belfry, St. Catherine i.e., Monastery of St. Catherin...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from the buildings overlooking the middle alley o... More

"After you, Teddy!" / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt on his way to the "Hall of Fame" is passing between two rows of kings, emperors, military leaders, statesmen, and others, including on the left, possibly Ramses I, King of ... More

Sinaihalbinsel Westseite, ʻAjûn Mûsā (Mosesquellen), südöstlich von Su...

Plate 100 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff. Photograph taken from Sinai's wester... More

Henry Getty Chilton at 168th Ann. of birth of Edmund Burke, [1/12/25]

A group of people standing in the snow. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["York Hall," Captain George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main ...

Site History. House Architecture: Griffin & Wynkoop, for Captain George Preston Blow, additions to 18th century brick house, the home of Thomas Nelson Jr., 1738-1739, after purchase by Blow in 1914. Landscape: ... More

Interior view of the Spanish Governor's Palace in San Antonio, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building is the last visible trace of the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar and the only remaining example in Texas of an aristocrati... More

Courtyard of the Spanish Governor's Palace in San Antonio, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building is the last visible trace of the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar and the only remaining example in Texas of an aristocrati... More

Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, T...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally built to be the church for the Mission San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718. The church was built by Spanish F... More

Blacksmith shop outside the reconstructed fort at Prickett's Fort Stat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park commemorates life on the Virginia frontier (when West Virginia was part of Virginia) during the late 18th century. Prickett's... More

[Henry Latimer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 467 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Napoleon Emperor of France - Public domain print

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4750

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: Although the original 18th-century design of the Custom House is discernible, both in the building's over-all form and in its details, the addition of a front gallery and a hipped roof above the p... More

Tide Mill Yacht Basin, Kirby Lane, Rye, Westchester County, NY

Significance: An 18th century tide mill which retains many structural elements. Survey number: HABS NY-6145

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "20." John Tayloe House. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More

Vuë de Boston. Prospect der Könnig Strasse gegen das land thor zu Bost...

Print shows view of King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un de l'Academie... More

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virgin...

Significance: The Archer House, on Lot 107, is currently the only visible structure on the Yorktown waterfront with colonial associations. The fire of 1814 has been assumed to have destroyed the house but short... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Dorsey House, 113 Cherry Avenue, West Brownsville, Washington County, ...

Significance: Good example of a well preserved 18th century house. Survey number: HABS PA-5176

Estate Annaberg, Sugar Factory, Adrian, St. John, VI

Significance: Estate Annaberg Sugar Factory is an 18th century mill. The factory contains remains of 18th and 19th century construction and reveals traces of several remodellings. Builder is unknown. Unproce... More

Sayrelands, Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, NY

Significance: It was probably built in the late 18th century by Captain Nathan Post, its center-hall plan, clapboard front facade with shake-covered sides and rear, and white oak framing characterize it as typi... More

Sayrelands, Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, NY

Significance: It was probably built in the late 18th century by Captain Nathan Post, its center-hall plan, clapboard front facade with shake-covered sides and rear, and white oak framing characterize it as typi... More

Sayrelands, Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, NY

Significance: It was probably built in the late 18th century by Captain Nathan Post, its center-hall plan, clapboard front facade with shake-covered sides and rear, and white oak framing characterize it as typi... More

Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More

Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More

The bull roasted: or the political cooks serving their customers, Brit...

Print shows George III, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Sandwich roasting a bull which Lord North is serving to a Frenchman, a Native (representing America), and a Spaniard who are seated at a lon... More

Towns of West Creek & Staffordville, U.S. Highway 9, West of Forsythe ...

Significance: West Creek is significant as an early industrial town which developed around Westecunk Creek in the early 18th century. Typical of 18th century bay towns, West Creek depended on a combination of m... More

West House, Westerhouse Creek, Bridgetown, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Probably built by the Westerhouse family in the early 18th century, this small farmhouse with its massive exterior end chimney is in an advanced state of deterioration. Survey number: HABS VA-544

Stride-Madison House, 429 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: A Philadelphia row house of the late 18th century where James Madison, Jr., Fourth president of the United States, and his wife resided from November 1795 until June 1796 while he was a member of ... More

Derby Summer House, Glen Magna Estate (moved from Elias Derby Farm, Pe...

Significance: To quote its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, "The Derby Summer House is a rare and excellent example of a formal 18th century garden house designed with the lightness of de... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop, 71 East Town Street, Norwichtown, N...

Significance: This is an interesting example of a small frame silversmith's shop built 1772-1774, representative of the extensive silver and pewter industry that flourished in the Town of Norwich during the 18t... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

106 Calle San Jose (House), 106 Calle San Jose, San Juan, San Juan Mun...

Significance: It is a building with the typical construction features and plan of the 18th century San Juan dwelling house. The builder and the exact date of construction is not known. Survey number: HABS PR-1... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie isedaijingū ryōsho daidaimikagura no zu

Print shows a perspective view in the shrine at Ise with a ceremony taking place before the royal throne. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

San Jose de Gracia Church, Trampas, Taos County, NM

Significance: The church is probably the best preserved of the 18th century Spanish Colonial churches in New Mexico. Historical documentation on the structure is relatively complete, and the edifice has not bee... More

Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency Gener...

Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform and holding two swords in left hand while directing American troops during the battle at Yorktown; a black soldier... More

Benjamin Blackiston House, County Road 131, Blackiston, Kent County, D...

Significance: Built in the last third of the 18th century, the Blackiston House (also known as Deer Park) is an unusually well documented example of vernacular housing. An 1803 Kent County Orphans Court Return... More

A Vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Farm, Kitchen, Creek Road, 1 mile East of Easton Road, Pipersvill...

2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: The 19th century High Farm complex is attributed to Abraham High, owner from 1837 to 1853 and built upon an 18th century settlement site. The stone house, 18... More

November 12, 1795, Miscellaneous, Plea for sheriff, when appointing gr...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Hackensack Reformed Dutch Church, State Route 376, .4 mile north o...

Significance: The New Hackensack Reform Dutch Church is significant historically and architecturally. Its long history in an important area of Dutch settlement and culture in lower Duchess County identifies as ... More

New Hackensack Reformed Dutch Church, State Route 376, .4 mile north o...

Significance: The New Hackensack Reform Dutch Church is significant historically and architecturally. Its long history in an important area of Dutch settlement and culture in lower Duchess County identifies as ... More

Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 West Main Street, Trappe, Montgomery Cou...

For more information see HABS PA-175. Significance: Augustus Lutheran is the oldest unaltered Lutheran church in the United States. Constructed in 1745, the church illustrates 18th century German vernacular tra... More

Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 West Main Street, Trappe, Montgomery Cou...

For more information see HABS PA-175. Significance: Augustus Lutheran is the oldest unaltered Lutheran church in the United States. Constructed in 1745, the church illustrates 18th century German vernacular tra... More

The colonies reduced - its companion, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two illustrations on a single sheet, on the top, Britannia, as the Roman general Belisarius, is dismembered, her torso leaning against a globe with a banner "Date Obolum Belli Sario" (give a penny f... More

Boswell's Tavern, Route 22 vicinity, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virg...

Significance: An important example of a Federal tavern building of the 18th century. Frequent meeting place of such notables as Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and James Madison. In 1781 the Marquis de Lafaye... More

Boswell's Tavern, Route 22 vicinity, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virg...

Significance: An important example of a Federal tavern building of the 18th century. Frequent meeting place of such notables as Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and James Madison. In 1781 the Marquis de Lafaye... More

Green Springs (Main House), Near Routes 617 & 15, Trevilians, Louisa C...

Significance: The original seat of the Morris family in the district, Green Springs is a significant representation of 18th Century architectural design and craftsmanship. The mineral springs from which the ar... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

St. Helena Island Parish Church Ruins, Junction County Roads 45 & 37, ...

Significance: The St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease is significant as an intact example of mid-18th century tabby construction as for its association with St. Helena Episcopal Parish, both as a primary and secon... More

Robinson-Murray House, Limestone Road, Milltown, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Robinson-Murray House was a remarkably well-preserved early 18th century log house which contained much of its original woodwork and one original casement sash. Survey number: HABS DE-169 Bu... More

Robinson-Murray House, Limestone Road, Milltown, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Robinson-Murray House was a remarkably well-preserved early 18th century log house which contained much of its original woodwork and one original casement sash. Survey number: HABS DE-169 Bu... More

Zook Barn, King Road (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester Coun...

Significance: This "Switzer Barn" is a typical 18th century Pennsylvania barn type. Survey number: HABS PA-1218 Building/structure dates: after. 1700- before. 1798 Initial Construction

Mount Vernon in Virginia / Alexander Robertson delineavit; Francis Juk...

George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, exterior view, showing facade facing the Potomac River. Reference copy filed under: PRES FILE - Washington, George, 1732-1799 Mt. Vernon.

Robert Ferguson House, 636 Chestnut Hill Road, Newark, New Castle Coun...

Significance: House characteristic of small scale vernacular architecture of the early 19th century. One of the few structures of the time period in northern Delaware that is still standing and in good conditi... More

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Ramparts, 6539 San Jose Road,...

Significance: The ramparts were an important part of the San Jose Mission, for their sole purpose was to protect the mission inhabitants against attacks by hostile Indians. All 18th century Spanish missions inc... More

Sandaime segawa kikunojō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, body turned to the left, facing right.

Hext House, 207 Handcock Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC

Significance: An early 18th century house, thought to be the oldest remaining in Beaufort, with notable architectural features. Survey number: HABS SC-289 Building/structure dates: after 1700 Initial Construction

Hext House, 207 Handcock Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC

Significance: An early 18th century house, thought to be the oldest remaining in Beaufort, with notable architectural features. Survey number: HABS SC-289 Building/structure dates: after 1700 Initial Construction

Theatre de Voltaire; dessins par Gravelot

Title lettered on case. 45 mounted pencil and pen sketches for the illustrations to the Collection complète des oevres de Voltaire, Genève, Cramer, 1768-96. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collectio... More

Theatre de Voltaire; dessins par Gravelot

Title lettered on case. 45 mounted pencil and pen sketches for the illustrations to the Collection complète des oevres de Voltaire, Genève, Cramer, 1768-96. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collectio... More