731,004 19th century Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Genkurō Yoshitsune to Musashibō Benkei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two samurai warriors. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tsuchiyama, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three combs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugiri-ban Nishikie. L... More

Tai no yume Ebisu no soroban - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a red snapper in a basket dreaming that Ebisu, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, is using an abacus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts., British Ca...

Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar la... More

Gotenyama no hanami hidari - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows three women, one holding a parasol and one speaking to the third woman who is holding out a pair of zori for the woman exiting a sedan chair (see FP 2 - JPD, no. 2289), with cherry blossoms above an... More

Shya - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man, standing, holding a large bow and an arrow.

Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier, Tissandier Collection, France

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. Printed above portrait: MS C.L. no. 429. Tissandier collection.

[Domestic cat napping with three playful kittens and a saucer on the r...

Signed on lower right "C.F." Printed with number in upper right corner: 6. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 1227 U 5 D 57.

Demand twelve and a half cents in commonwealth's pa- per of

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

The aristocracy of color - Drawing. Public domain image.

Signed in stone: J. Cn. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

[A bird, possibly crow or raven, facing left, standing among leaves wi...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows two actors wearing masks as mountain women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Nō jōgoban : 18 Noh plays. ... More

Pack und transport dampfwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und...

Print showing two views of freight trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with flatbed cars for hauling standard freight and cars with rails and cages for hauling livestock, drawn by steam loco... More

Kiso kaidō ono no bakufu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows travelers looking at the Ono Falls on the Kiso Road, with two buildings set to the sides of the falls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image

A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More

[Winter scene] - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

Native village - Drawing. Public domain image.

View of village showing traditional dwellings. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Collection (Library of Congress).

[Autumn scene with castle] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Signed lower left: Gust. Jahn, Wien. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

[Mrs. Miller, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, facing front]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

[Shows the Chapel of St. Helena] 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, 1842-18... More

The evil tree or hieroglyphics of the natural man

Public domain photo of art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Narcotic poisons / G.E. Madeley, lithog., Wellington St[ree]t, Strand.

Illustration shows plants classified as narcotic poisons, including Deadly Nightshade, Birthwort, White Poppy, Woody Nightshare, Tobacco, Thorn Apple, Water Hemlock, Foxglove, Strong Scented Lettuce, Hemlock, H... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Bethlehem April 6th 1839

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. 2, pts. 11-13, p. 12. Surr... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

Scratched on back of plate: 301. Hallmark: Rinhart 31a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the right]

Alternative identifications: William Beach Lawrence, Gov. R.I.; Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, mayor of N. Y. Scratched on face of plate: Lawrence. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms par... More

[Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, th...

French opera singer. Identification from woodcut in Ballou's Pictorial, June 25, 1859, page 401. Alternative identifications: Madame Sabonde (cat. 5); Villaume. Scratched on face of plate: 213; Mad. Laborde. Sc... More

[Unidentified woman, about 40 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 141. Scratched on back of plate: 98; 190. Corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Alternative identification: Dr. John Warren Hinckley. Scratched on back of plate: 192. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

Front elevation of the Great Temple of Aboosimble Nubia / David Robert...

Text on verso of last leaf; frontispiece. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 1.

Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... More

Pickpocket on the Battery. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Print shows a man picking the pocket of another man in New York City. Also shows page of text. Illus. in: National Police Gazette, New York, 1846 April 4, front page. No ref. copy. This record contains unverifi... More

General view of the ruins of Luxor from the Nile 1838 / David Roberts,...

Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the residence & park grounds, near Bordentown, New Jersey : of ...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes index. "To be sold at auction by Anthony J. Bleecker, on Friday 25th, June 1847, at 1 o'clock P.M. on the premises" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

Pursuit of the Mexicans by the U.S. Dragoons: under the intrepid Col. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Diadem 1847 / Rev. W.H. Furness ; John Sartain.

Print shows a young boy walking between tall flowers in a grassy field and stopping to look at a butterfly on a flower blossom. Includes verse from "Song of the Flowers" by "Leigh Hunt": "The dear lumpish baby ... More

Yokkaichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers around the torii at the entrance to a shrine at the Yokkaichi station on the Tōkaidō Road.

[Walt Whitman, full-length portrait, standing with hand in pocket and ...

From portrait by Black. No. 8242-62. Saunders no. 2. Specimen Days no. 125. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848,...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4446. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street vendors; Gt. Brit. Hist. 1848; Holiday... More

[Shankland's American fashions, 1849]

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, two of the men are dressed for hunting and carry rifles, and at bottom, eight men and ... More

The game cock / el gallo de pelea: in full feather

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Print speciman of botanical illustrations for Aethusa Cynapium, an he...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 6]

Scene in Uncle Sam's Senate. 17th April 1850

A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of the moment during the heated debate in the Senate over the admission of California as a free state when Mississippi senator Henry S. Foote drew a pistol on Thomas Har... More

Medinet-Abou à Thèbes. Debris de l'interieur / P. Sebah, Phot.

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 24. Printed on photograph: No. 79.

Gekka momo ni tsubakura - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows two swallows with peach blossoms and a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Nishikie. Adachi mo... More

Parthenon. Interior - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 15.

[Millard Fillmore, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]...

Similar image in PRES FILE - Fillmore, Millard Photo Three-quarters. NOS 11/96.

[Pylon, Temple of Isis, Philae]

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 26, upper left. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

Entrance. Painted Tomb. Beni Hassan

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 25, lower right. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

[Print speciman of anatomical illustrations of human pelvis and hip bo...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 7]

View of eastern nave - A black and white photo of an old factory

Photograph shows a slightly elevated view of the interior of the Crystal Palace exhibit hall with various items on display and international flags hanging from balcony railings. Salted paper photoprint by Claud... More

The blessings of liberty or how to "hook" a "gentleman of color"

A diverse group of abolitionists try to drag an unwilling black man toward the left with a large gaff hook. Holding the hook are (left to right) an old hag, a Quaker man, and two other homely men. The hag dec... More

Oxygenated bitters. A sovereign remedy for fever & ague, dyspepsia, as...

Print shows a female figure sitting on a large ball with two cornucopia-like vases of flowers as part of a scroll design around the margins. Printed at bottom: Reed, Bates & Austin, Wholesale Druggists, Boston... More

Bridge, with two men and a crane

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of the Prime family] - Public domain portrait

Case: plain leather. Label adhered to velvet inside case: "Julia Germain Prime, Wendell Prime, picture of Eddie Prime (died as a child), S. Irenaeius Prime, Eloisa Lemet Prime, Samuel Thornton Keymes [i.e., Kem... More

Unicorn drops - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Re...

Pictorial lettersheet shows town square and scattered dwellings in California Gold Rush town.

[John James Audubon, 1785-1851, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing ri...

Wood engraving from: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854 - 6:273. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Mrs. Geo. B. McClellan, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War ...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gen. Slocum, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hon. Joshua R. Giddings of Ohio

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anna E. Dickinson, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wm. S. Thayer, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Chanfrau, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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

Madame La Grange, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The cook. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

African American woman in kitchen. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 12, 1856. See LC-USZ62-2571. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsunohazu kumano jūnisha zokusyō jūnisō

Print shows a pond ringed with trees and small raised structures that provide some shelter for tea or meditation, and larger buildings in the lower left, in a pastoral setting. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Abou Simbel - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of colossal figures, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is part of the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt. No. 1794.

Egypt - Beni Hassan - Entrance to Painted Tombs

No. 1909. On verso: Beni Hassan. Entrance to painted tombs. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Ent[rance,] Rock Temple [of] Derr

No. 1799. 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 egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy ... More

[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mining life in California--Chinese miners

Chinese gold miners eating and attending to their hair among tents in camp. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, no. 40 (1857 Oct. 3), p. 632.

[Empress Carlota of Mexico, half-length portrait in cameo, surrounded ...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 4, upper left.

[Design drawing for stained glass window with Archangel Michael and te...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a beautiful creature, angel, wings, mythological scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Baptism of Christ wit...

Public domain photograph of stained glass design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The election--At the polls / W.J.H.

Cartoon of scene at election polls, with 2 people fighting. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, 1857 Nov. 7, p. 712.

Ōkawabashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women walking with view of the Ōkawa Bridge as an insert in upper right corner. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

View from the "Dead Rabbit" barricade in Bayard Street, taken at the h...

View of fight between two gangs, the "Dead Rabbits" and the "Bowery Boys" in the Sixth Ward, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 4, (1857 July 18), p. 108.

To Miss Mary E. Taylor. The Supper Bell Polka. Companion to the dinner...

Family seated around dinner table, holding up glasses. Title continues: As performed by Gilmore's Salem Brass Band. Composed by P.S. Gilmore. Copyright by Russell & Richardson.

The self-propelling steam fire-engine, "J.C. Cary"

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 November 20), p. 749. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Diploma awarded by the Washington County Agricultural and Horticultura...

Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides and bottom showing farm animals (horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, and a turkey), a man standing behind a plow drawn by two horses, the interior o... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

[Sewing machine] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

LOT subject: Dressmaking. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by H. Ballou Carter.

[Proof for bank note vignette, showing eagle and arrows on shield, wit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bird in flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Brown riding on his coffin to the place of execution [Charlestow...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 211 (1859 Dec. 17), p. 36. Wood engraving by Arthur Berghaus. Caption card tracings: A/P/P... More

Rev. Father Pierre Jean De Smet (1801-1873) Catholic missionary to Ind...

Public domain portrait photograph, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gen. Mussey, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Parsloe. Actor, Glass Negative, 1860s

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Full-length portrait of a man dressed as a monk, leaning on a cloth-c...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harikari - Drawing. Public domain image.

Horses pulling pagoda car of Japanese Embassy. Public domain scan of printed performance advertisement, dance, musical, opera, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members of the Military Commission for the trial of Lincoln Conspirato...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Types Algériens. Mozabite / ND.

Mozabite Berber man, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, Algeria. No. 148.

Colosses de Memnon à Thèbes / P. Sebah, Phot.

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 24. Printed on photograph: No. 85.

Salzburg. Cityscape photograph - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

View from Mönchsberg looking south. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 48.

Valencia. Puerta de Cuarte - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

15th century city gate and towers, Valencia, Spain. In album: Spain, p. 53. No. 915.

Prof. John Langston, Howard University, American Civil War Photograph,...

African American educator, diplomat, and legislator. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description