19th century

Andrew Jackson, president of the United States / painted by W.J. Hubar...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, with legs crossed and hands on lap.

Shrine of the Annunciation Nazareth April 20th 1839 / David Roberts, R...

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 5-6, p. 1. Surroga... more

[Masonic chart]

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Humphreys.

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

[William Howard Taft, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in...

Copyright Alex. Washn. Lodge #22, A.F.& A.M., Alexandria, Va.

[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. "$10,000"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Dude sweet music, superb costumes.

Harry Montague's Comedy Company. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Holstengate, Lubeck, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "1879". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

U.S.S. Chicago, one of the crew

[Da Mulla Palace, Venice, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6997". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... more

[Harry Houdini, King of Cards]

Déesse 16, rue Halévy, Paris / / PAL.

Poster shows semi-nude goddess in flight holding bicycle above crowd of bicyclists from all over the world. Title from item.

Gillender Building, New York City

Historic Sites

Advertisement: Victor Records: the Benson Orch. of Chicago

[Warren G. Harding, half-length portrait, seated in vehicle, facing ri...

National Photo Company Collection.

City Hall subway station, New York

[Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634.

[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and cerami...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634.

Kellar

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634.

[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and cerami...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634.

Kellar

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Newland / Zeuner collection

William Augustine Newland (1813-1901), Philadelphia organist, choirmaster, conductor, and music teacher. Charles Zeuner (1795-1857), student of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, settled in Boston in the 1820s and became w... more

Arriere garde du Pape, ou la frayer du reverend pere caporal

Print shows the ragged rear-guard troops of the Pope's army cowering as they retreat from the advancing French army lead by the handsome and well-dressed Napoleon Bonaparte emerging on the left through billowin... more

[Eh bien, Messieurs! deux millions]

Print shows Napoleon Bonaparte motioning toward a statue, one of the many treasures he brought back from his first campaign in Italy in 1797, and addresses a group of men, possibly of the Directory. Title from ... more

Le traité de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour ...

Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I, holding a bundle of dried twigs and telling the cat to retract its claws, resulting in the Treaty... more

Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck.

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

Bonaparte, premier consul de la Republique Française -- revue du quint...

Print shows Napoleon Bonaparte, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in medallion above scene depicting troop review. Title from item. Déposé à la Bibliotheque Nle. le 29 Thermidor An X. Trimmed to within ... more

La Machine infernale / gravé par Bonnefoy.

Man with knife lighting powder keg on wagon at Rue Nicaise, a reference to the attempt of Napoleon's life in late 1800. "Enregistrè á la Bibliotheque Nationale."

Vie de Bonaparte, premier Consul de la République française / dessiné ...

Print shows twenty-four numbered scenes depicting events in the life of Napoleon I. Scene number two shows Napoleon with his sword endeavoring to cut a hole in a balloon in which he was not allowed to ascend. ... more

Toenmei

Print shows a woman sitting with a young girl and a young boy, the boy is wearing a mask of the devil. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... more

Haru no noasobi

Print shows two women standing, one offering a pipe to a person squatting near a pillar. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokon... more

Nidanme

Print shows the young samurai Rikiya placing a gift in front of Konami with her mother standing behind her and Honzo observing from behind a screen, from act 2 of the chushingura. Title and other descriptive in... more

Fukubiki

Print shows two women standing, holding small boxes for a lottery game, with a man kneeling between them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... more

Gotenyama no umemi

Print shows two women and a child with a telescope viewing plum blossoms from the edge of a cliff on the coast. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... more

Yatsushi gyōja bushō amakawaya gihei

Print shows a woman sitting on a trunk, holding a fan.

Yodaime Iwai Hanshirō

Print shows actor Iwai Hanshirō IV, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed ... more

Kinuta no tamagawa

Print shows a woman daydreaming while leaning on a device for beating cloth; a young boy holding a cage is standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... more

Fuyu no yanebune

Print shows three women on a houseboat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: probably one of a vertical Aiban Nishikie triptypch.... more

Vue de la salle de Walse construite au carré de la laiterie (soixante ...

Print shows celebrations for the anniversary of the founding of the French Republic, July 14, 1801 in two images, including a tent for dancing and a balloon ascension from which André Jacques Garnerin descends ... more

Nagasaki no chizu

Japanese print shows map of harbor area of Nagasaki. Title from item. Nagasaki print. One corner is torn. Backed with sheet of paper covered with Japanese writing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 1... more

Matsubaya uchi segawa

Print shows the courtesan, Segawa, with two young male and female servants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the left ... more

Kanmuri ni hiōgi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of... more

The Farmers toast

British cartoon showing six fat farmers eating and drinking at a table. The farmers are 'monopolists', accused of holding corn in hopes of a still higher price. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collectio... more

A pretty copy

"A H. L. caricature portrait of Dr. Isaac Gossett, leaning his elbows on a table at a book auction, holding an open book, Hudibras, and gazing to the right ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... more

Suehirogari

Print shows two dancers, one holding a fan and the other holding a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. One page from an illustrat... more

Onagadori o motsu onna to kamuro

Print shows a woman holding a rooster to which a young female attendant offers a cup of water.

Zōshigaya miyage

Print shows a man holding an infant and a woman holding a toy to distract or entertain the child. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... more

Yamauba no kami o tsukamu kintaro

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kudanme

Print shows a woman putting on a hat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yatsushi chūshingura : A modern chūshingura. ... more

Daimyō no okuzashiki

Print shows three women sitting in a room with elaborate wall painting of peacocks. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Right pane... more

Partie de raisonnement / Cloquet, sculp.

Illus. in: Traite de mineralogie / Rene Just Hauy. Paris : Chez Louis, 1801, pl. 2. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 212.

Matsubaya uchi yoyotose yoyoginu

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Yamauba no chichi o suh kintaro

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Sake zuki

Print shows a woman pouring sake into a saucer for a man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōsei kōbutsu hakkei : Eigh... more

Bandō minosuke no rikiya

Print shows the actor Bandō Minosuke as the young samurai Rikiya from the Chushingura. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan... more

Fête du 14 juillet an IX vue du temple eleve dans le grand carré des C...

Print shows a celebration on the Champs Elyseés in Paris, France, on Bastille Day, July 14, 1801. Includes spectators watching a balloon ascension. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)

Shōgatsu kazari

Print shows a lobster, ribbon, and tree branches arranged on a box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: full Obosho Nishikie Sur... more

[A Spanish nobleman places the lance]

Print shows a picador about to thrust a lance into the shoulder of a bull charging a bullfighter holding a cape. Title from Viewpoints. The letter "A" is printed in upper right corner of plate. Illus. from: La ... more

Gokuin sen'emon to okuri no onna

Print shows two actors in a kabuki play, one as a woman with a paper lantern standing next to Gokuin Sen'emon, one of the five chivalrous men.

Kemari suru sankanjo

Print shows three women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie Surimono. Attributed to: Hishikawa Sōri.... more

The Union Club / Js. Gillray, invt. & fect.

"A drunken debauch in the new Union Club, see No. 9698..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints an... more

Osono rokusaburō

Print shows a woman handing a pipe to her lover who is behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū aikyō kurabe... more

Ōkarakuri

Print shows a woman working a peepshow box for two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū kodakara awase : A... more

John Bull and his piece

Cartoon of a stout man, tongue hanging out, with one arm around a stout, buxom woman wearing a cap and tattered clothing. He uses his other hand to tickle her under the chin. Imp. Pubd Novr 16the 1801 by SWFor... more

Bijin to otafuku

Print shows two actors, one wearing an otafuku mask and drinking from a cup, head-and-shoulders portrait. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... more

Hinamatsuri

Print shows a woman and children at a tea party.

Ōshima shimajo

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Saishikizuri Kyoka Ehon. Part of an illustrated Kyoka book. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... more

Futamigaura

Print shows three women walking in the surf at the edge of a beach at Futamigaura, with view of one of the Meotoiwa (wedded rocks) and the knotted ropes in the background. Title and other descriptive informatio... more

Haha to musume to chinomigo

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part of: Japan... more

Nikenjaya fujiya onobu

Print shows Onobu carrying a sake pot, walking toward steps outside a building, looking to the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... more

Hanafuji eijo

Print shows Hanafuji Eijo, facing left, sitting, reading. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Saishikizuri Kyoka Ehon. Part of a... more

[Satsuki(?)]

Print shows a domestic scene with a woman carrying a young child on her back, whom she may have been breast feeding, another woman holding a long pipe in her right hand and her left hand covering her mouth, als... more

Urashima tarō

Print shows a man (the fisherman) dancing wearing a kerchief and a skirt with a turtle motif, and a woman playing a shamisen; a fishing pole and the gift box containing time are in the background. Title and oth... more

Ellerson's Mill. Battle-field of Mechanicsville, Va.

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 920.

Kesaubumi uri

Print shows a man carrying love charms hanging from a tree branch over his shoulder, a child appears to dance in front of him, and depicted in a heart-shaped "valentine" in the upper right corner are a woman an... more

Kisen

Print shows Kisen (possibly the poet Kisen Hōshi), full-length portrait, facing left, with right arm raised and carrying a basket under his left arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... more

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi

Print shows Hanaōgi, a courtesan, half-length, holding a portrait of a man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Edo shin-... more

Miyakodori (masski inari)

Print shows a family arriving at a temple or shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: color printed picture book. One page fr... more

John Bull in Paris; or, English guineas for French pleasure!

Print shows John Bull standing between two French women offering them a bag of guineas.

Le Triomphe de la religion

Cartoon shows Pope Pius VII, Cardinal Caprara, and other members of the clergy seeking to receive the spirit of light from the beneficial rays emanating from a dove at top center, parting the dark clouds of ign... more

Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! / [Williams]

"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administed by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her ..." (Source: George) Thi... more

[Portrait of William Cowper after George Romney.n.p., ca 1802?]

The original of the plate engr. by Blake for the frontispiece of W. Hayley's Life and posthumous writings of William Cowper. Chichester, 1803-04. LC copy accompanied by folder (38 cm.) containing 3 different en... more

Ryakuga ōji ebiya no zu

Print shows women exiting sedan chairs and entering a restaurant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertical Ob... more

Kasanui

Print shows a woman sitting with a man who is sewing an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokunin sanjū roku... more

Mr. Braham in the character of Orlando / Drawn, etchd. & pubd. by Digh...

"Braham, in fantastically elaborate dress as an Italian price, steps to the left, his head in profile, singing, right hand on breast ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catal... more

British vessels. Described for the use of country gentlemen

British cartoon showing seven women, with different shapes and different types of clothing described as ships. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress)

Machiya no nyōbō

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Aiban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Tales of wonder! / Js. Gillray, inv. & ft.

Print shows three women sitting at a round table listening intently to a fourth who reads from The Monk by M. G. Lewis, one volume of which lies beside her on the table. (Source: George) Title from item. Catalo... more

[William Duane, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Advantages of wearing muslin dresses! / Js. Gillray,inv: & ft.

A fat lady, sitting with a man and woman at a tea table, reacts in horror as a hot poker from the fire falls on her dress and sets it on fire. The man sits helplessly while the second woman upsets the table in ... more

[Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, M.D. above scroll of his cla...

Illus. in: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus / Robert John Thornton. London : 1807. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress,... more

[Surrey chapel (St. Georges Fields, England) and Independent Church (B...

Inscribed: "Surrey Chapel, St. Georges Fields, circular building, 78 ft. clear" and "Independent Church - Baltimore, 78 ft. square". In: The Bulfinch sketchbook. Drawing has not been definitively attributed to ... more

Dōkanyama shinagawa oki ukie

Print shows view from shore of harbor with people sitting on a bluff in the foreground, others are seen walking along the beach, and ships moored in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compile... more

General Monkey and General Wolfe!!

Print shows Napoleon I, wearing a large hat, carrying a long sword, and having a body where his shoulders rest on his waist, cowering before the large ogre-like figure of John Bull. Title from item. Forms part ... more

St. James's volunteers firing at a target at Kilburn Wells

Print shows British soldiers shooting at a target with Napoleon's picture on it; he wears an oversized hat and carries a large sword. Title from item. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library... more

The washing-tub expedition

Print shows Napoleon I wearing an oversized hat and holding a large sword leading a French fleet of washing tubs filled with French soldiers in an invasion of England. Title from item. Forms part of: British Ca... 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).

Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons /...

Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... more

Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Sc. 4 / H. Fuseli, del. ; I. Neagle, sct.

Scene from William Shakespeare play, with Bass saying, "Why dost thou whet they knife ...?" and Shylock saying, "To cut the forfeiture from that bankrupt thee."