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Set to between Old Hickory and Bully Nick

Satire on the public conflict between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States, and the former's campaign to destroy it. The print is sympathetic to Jackson, portrayi... More

The pipe dance and the tomahawk dance / F. Barinsou ; painted at the t...

Native men performing the pipe dance and the tomahawk dance. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis. Philade... More

Fujisawa zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, watching pilgrims near a bridge and a torii at the 7th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Intérieur d'une cabane de Caloches (Ile de Sitkha, Côte N.O. de l'Amér...

Interior view of lodge or cabin with Natives gathered around fire. Illus. in: Voyage autour de monde, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur Nicolas 1er, sur la corvette le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, ... More

James Madison, 4th president of the United States

Public domain scan of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whig bazaar - Political cartoon, public domain image

Publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N-York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern Distr... More

[Croton Aqueduct, (Westchester Co., New York). Elevation, section, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Baltimore / Swett ; P. Haas sc., engraving, Library of Congress

Print showing a man leaning on a fence, looking in the direction of Baltimore, Maryland. Entered according to Act of Congress by N. Hickman, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland, in the year 1837.

Azuma no mori no yau Andō Hiroshige

Print shows travelers on roadway near the entrance to the Azuma Shrine during a rainstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

The new code of chivalry or what we would have done. As approved by "...

The second of two satires by Chambers on events surrounding the killing of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley by Kentucky Representative William J. Graves in a February 24, 1838, duel. (See also "Scene in Washin... More

Haneda no rakugan, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a narrow strip of land leading to a larger piece of land with a torii and buildings, ships in the large expanse of water around the peninsula, and geese descending toward land. Title and other descr... More

[Unidentified portrait of a man, facing front]

The date of the image is based on the plate's lack of gold toning. Case: Plain leather grain. Attributed to William G. Mason. Paper label adhered to cover glass: "49." Labels on case: "65," "36." Purchase; Mari... More

[Soldier from the First City Troop, Philadelphiadelphia, in uniform an...

(DLC/PP-1995:140.48) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 48. Title devised by Library staff from inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Funérailles de L'Empereur Napoléon. Passage du cortège dans les champs...

Funeral procession of Napoleon passing on the champs Elisées. Hubbard Collection. Signed on stone. No. 5.

Francesco Arban di Lione / Stani[...]é Morelli.

Half-length portrait of French ballonist Francesco Arban standing in the basket of a balloon, waving his hat. Tissandier collection.

Robert Carter Nicholas, Senator from Louisiana

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

[Full-length statue of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, standing faci...

Public domain photo of Italian sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: [asterisk]. Case: back only, Rinhart 163. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, possibly John Bannister Gibson, head-and-shoulders ...

Case: front - Berg 44-55G; back - bouquet of mixed flowers. Label on case: 37. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.13). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part o... More

[Lucy Stone, half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front]

Photographer unidentified. Case: bouquet of flowers. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Blackwell family papers. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Transfer; LC Manuscript Divi... More

[R. McGill, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, with ...

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Case: similar to Rinhart 123. Accompanying hand-written note: R... McGill born in Baltimore, died at Cape Palmas. One of the original trustees of Hall Free Scho... More

Crimson fronted Purple Finch / Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R....

Print shows bird on flowering pea vine surrounded by border of vines, birds, a woman, and a bird's nest. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmit... More

[Unidentified man, possibly David Roberts, three-quarter length portra...

Photographer unidentified. Accompanying note in case: I think this is a photo of David Roberts, father of Coolidge S. Roberts, but I am not sure. I think the mother-of-pearl frame is most interesting. E. C. St... More

[Unidentified man with cat, three-quarter length portrait, full face, ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: front, Rinhart 66; back, urn with leaves. Purchase; 1967; (DLC/PP-1967:040). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the ... More

Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.

Print shows an officer on horseback behind American soldiers as British soldiers storm the barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. Published in Graham's magazine, 27, 1 (July 1845), between p. 40 and 41.

Mansion House, Cheapside &c. / T. Shotter Boys, del. et lith.

Illustration showing people walking in London streets, public coach, and buildings seen from corner of Lombard Street. Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Th... More

View from Mount Holyoke - A black and white drawing of a mountain scen...

Illustration showing view from the top of Mount Holyoke toward the valley and Connecticut River below.

Neko o idaku musume - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman holding a cat against her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. ... More

Satsuki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman holding up a child's coat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Gosseku : The five festivals. Format: ... More

Ruins called Om El Hamed near Tyre April 25th 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. 2, pts. 9-10, p. 11. Surro... More

The enchanted island / painted by Danby ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print shows an enchanted island in a cove with rocks and cliffs on the left and a beach strewn with sea shells in the foreground; there is a figure standing at the entrance to a cave on the island and a woman a... More

Tuko-See-Mathla, a Seminole chief / drawn, printed & coloured at the L...

Print shows Tuko-See-Mathla, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a rifle.

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Sidon looking towards Lebanon

Saga gorō mitsutoki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows Mitsutoki wearing protective padded armor from which several arrows are protruding, prostrating himself onboard a Taira ship. He is reporting to "Tomomori", "Emperor Antoku", and others during the ... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, holding ...

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[John Hill Wheeler, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

U.S. Minister to Nicaragua. Scratched on face of plate: 98; Jno. Wheeler. Scratched on back of plate: 79. Lower corners trimmed. Alternative identification: Hon. John Wheeler of New York (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S... More

[Emlen Cresson, his mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, his wife Priscilla Pri...

Case: bowl of flowers variant. Purchase; 2005; (DLC/PP-2005:020). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Mr. Simms, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Scratched on back of plate: 121. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Truman Smith, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing spectacles]

Whig Congressman from Connecticut, 1839-1843, 1845-1949; Senator, 1849-1854. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Identification ... More

[Unidentified woman, about 35 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 215; Hotchkiss. Scratched on back of plate: 85. Alternative identification: Mrs. Hotchkiss (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreoty... More

[William Kent, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, wear...

Scratched on back of plate: 81; 245. Identified by Owen Blevins 8/2014 based on lithograph by Charles Chester Buttre in the Harvard University Library. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). For... More

[Walter Restored Jones, half-length portrait, nearly in profile to lef...

Founder of Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Co., of New York City. Alternative identifications: Walter Reston Jones, d. 1855; Walter Jones of Washington; Walter James. Scratched on back of plate: 31; [illegible... More

[Unidentified man], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

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

[Hugh Brady, half-length portrait, facing front, in civilian dress]

U.S. Army General. Scratched on face of plate: 150. Scratched on back of plate: Gen. Brady. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). ... More

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

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

[Francis Lister Hawks, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the rig...

Reverend, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, church historian, first president of the University of Louisiana. Alternative identifications: Rev. Hawkes (cat. 5); Thomas Ewing. Scratched on back of plate: 167; Rev.... More

[John Lane Gardner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Colonel, U.S. Army. Scratched on back of plate: 13; Col. Gardner. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Christian & Mohamedan chapels on the Summit of Sinai Feby 20th 1839

Painting drawn at the summit of Gebel Musa (Biblical Mount Sinai), with mostly imaginative mountain landscape for the distribution and shape of the surrounding summits and showing the church and mosque on the s... More

Gotobain, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain drawing

Print shows Emperor Gotoba and another man forging a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hyakuninisshu no uchi : A... More

The convent of St. Catherine Mount Sinai Feb 21st 1839 / David Roberts...

Painting drawn at the central area of Wadi El Dier (Biblical Holy Valley), looking southeast and showing the orchard and fortress of Saint Catherine Monastery in the valley in the foreground from right to centr... More

[Unidentified man, about 70 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...

Scratched on back of plate: 176. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Henry Clay Copied from a daguerreotype portrait by Anthony, Edwards & ...

Print showing Henry Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion and wreath. Inscribed in ink: Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York October 12, 1844. ... More

Shiro, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ukiyo goshiki awase : Set of five colors of the floating world. Format: vertical Ob... More

Kaidō ni shōkin, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Progress of reform!!! No. 1 - Political cartoon, public domain image

A scene in New York, outside the gates of City Hall Park. Two well-dressed men with top hats overturn the table of two apple-women. One of the men (from all appearances a Loco Foco radical Democrat) shouts at t... More

Artilleryist group - Mathew Brady seated on left

Photograph shows group portrait of artists who participated in the art exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City, 1864, held to support the United States Sanitary Commission, "for the relief of the s... More

Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte, &c.&c. / engraved by A.L. Dick ; ...

Engraved for the New York Albion, January 1st 1845. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Dick, A.L.

[George Clinton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / painted ...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two young Algerians] - Public domain drawing

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

[Unidentified Army officer, possibly Brigadier General Thomas Lawson, ...

case: back - scroll design. Label adhered to case: "192". Gift; Wm. B. Becker; 1998; (DLC/PP-1999:003). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Sarah Ann - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5787

John Adams, 2nd president of the United States / on stone by A. Newsam...

John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1846 July 30, to New York from Raritan River

Drawing shows three boats and a floating lighthouse in a detailed view of the upper bay of the New York harbor from New Jersey. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Inscribed on item: New ... More

Fanny Ellsler in the shadow dance

Public domain scan of dance performance poster, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Haghe - The Great Sphinx, pyramids of Girzeh / David Roberts, R....

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 17.

The brilliant charge of Capt. May--At the Battle of Resaca de la Palma...

No. 554. Copyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 772.

Section of revolving catoptric light; plan of revolving catoptric ligh...

Illus. in: Plates Accompanying Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Improvements in the Lighthouse System and Collateral Aids to Navigation, detail of plate 16, (lower left). On lower right: Lith. by... More

Chester Wharf 20 miles below Philadelphia on the Delaware, July 27, 18...

Drawing showing sailboats and rowboat on river. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Alternate title from accompanying caption. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

Francesco Arban di Lione, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Francesco Arban di Lione commemorating his twelfth flight.

Great gateway, leading to the Temple of Karnac--Thebes / David Roberts...

Title page vignette. 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. 2.

Whitlock's collection of Ethiopian melodies. As sung with great applau...

Music cover showing two men on stage, one dancing and one playing banjo.

Plantation melodies / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Music cover showing two boys seated on bench, with one of them playing a flute, and the other holding book of music.

Maxime Lalanne - [Landscape with house] / Lalanne.

This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Stamp on back: ERP. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Bequest; Pennell Estate; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:R01) Conserved, 8.86.848.58.

Gale's Arenaceous Concrete, for cleansing, whitening, and beautifying ...

Illustrated with picture of Zachary Taylor beside horse. LOT subject: Cosmetics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by M. D. Gale. Copied by permission from Howland's ... More

Calvary Church, erected 1846-7 - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott (G.W.) & Co.

Mr. Clay taking a new view of the Texas question

Illustration shows Henry Clay, dressed in doublet and breast plate with a brace of pistols at his waist, holding a carving knife and fork, at an open door in which a tiny "Mexican" cowers on a shelf. Below the ... More

Right Revd. John Hughes, D.D. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

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

Mariko, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the snow-covered village of Mariko during winter on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: T... More

Chiryū, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers leading horses and letting them graze in fields at the Chiryū station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More

Suruga miho no ura Andō Hiroshige

Print shows groves of trees along the coast and the sails of ships on Miho or Suruga Bay, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

[Pair of oxen with their drovers]

Case: variant of Rinhart 138. No electronic surrogate available. Purchase; 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:060). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of... More

Ishiyakushi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on village street with many buildings, street lights (lanterns) and signs, and a large tree at the Ishiyakushi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled... More

Grand patent India-rubber air line railway to California: competition ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2748

Flume ; Elevating water wheel / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, ...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners working next to flume; and (bottom) miners working next to river with water wheel leading to sluice; with attached blank leaf. Baird, Califo... More

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front]

On verso: 1850, Saunders 2. Exhibited: One Life: Walt Whitman, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2006.

[Full-length portrait of a woman, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 46, lower right. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. On verso: Andres Martinez y c[Superscr... More

[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company]

Photograph shows a three-quarter length portrait of a man wearing fireman's uniform with right hand on a speaker trumpet. Inscribed in pencil on mount: fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company. (DLC/PP-1999:... More

Apprentices' library / A. Anderson sc.

Print shows an elderly man, holding a walking stick, directing two young boys to a library that glows on the top of a hill in the distance. Possibly a membership card or bookplate for Colonel James Anderson's M... More

Naniwa Higashibori tekkyō no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows people crossing a bridge on foot and on horseback. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 172; 47623a (white label). Aratame date seal is illegible. Earlier control number: 236.3-15.... More

[Exterior view of stone church with 'stick style' bell tower] / Richar...

Exhibit loan 4105-L. Identified as All Saints Memorial Church, Navesink, N.J., built 1863-64. (Source: C.M. Greiff, 2007).

[Francisco Zarco, full-length portrait, seated, facing front]

On recto: F[Superscript co] Zarco. On recto: Cruces y Campa, 2[Superscript d] S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 24, lower left.

[William Hazard and Moses Augustus Field, three-quarter length portrai...

Case: scroll design. Photographer unidentified. Accompanying note: Wm. H. Field, Moses Augustus Field. Written on inside of case: April 1850. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Fo... More

Tomb - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Relief sculpture of seated woman holding hand of other woman, man in background. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 21, left side.

Grand saloon of the "Atlantic". 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Steamship. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, vol. 16, 1850 May, p. 368. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steamships; Interior.

I'm Weeping O'er My Roses - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...

Music cover showing woman standing on porch on which flowers are growing up and looking downward. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item... More

Castle and village of Stolzenfels

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 28, bottom right.

Shōjiki o mamoru mono wa tenjin kore o sutezu

Japanese print shows a woman seated at a table offering a morsel of food to a young woman; both wear western style clothing. Signature: unidentified. Designed and revised by Toshichika: seals are different. An... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to ...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: either Rinhart 2 or Rinhart 29. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 140; back, Rinhart 120. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).