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Edwin Booth, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Edwin Booth, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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

J.W. Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

J.W. Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actor who played at Soldiers Home night Lincoln was to be kidnapped by Booth. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints an... More

Tuzure no nishiki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Tuzure no nishiki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Kiyogaki nanatsu iroha : Seven types of the alphabet beautifully written. Format: ver... More

McCollough, John, actor, Glass Negative, 1860s

McCollough, John, actor, Glass Negative, 1860s

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

Jefferson, Joseph (Actor). Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Jefferson, Joseph (Actor). Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil W...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 1387, Joe Jefferson, Actor; penciled on emulsion: 2400. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, L... More

L'opinion / lith Van Geleyn. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

L'opinion / lith Van Geleyn. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...

Humorous print shows a theatrical performer on an outdoor stage shooting at a balloon, labeled "L'opinion," as a man leaps from the basket and a woman clings to a rope below the basket. Band members and another... More

[Actor, from Theatre Annamite, full-length portrait, in costume, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Actor, from Theatre Annamite, full-length portrait, in costume, Paris...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Actors on 45th St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Actors on 45th St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection

Public domain scan of manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Alexander as "Alfred Evelyn"

George Alexander as "Alfred Evelyn"

Photo shows English actor and theater manager, Sir George Alexander (1858-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

F. Moran - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

F. Moran - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows American boxer and film actor Charles Francis "Frank" Moran playing cards. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

HARRIS, SAM H., LEFT, WITH GEORGE M. COHAN

HARRIS, SAM H., LEFT, WITH GEORGE M. COHAN

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of Richard Tarlton

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of Richard Tarlton

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

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of John Lowin

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of John Lowin

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

Shakespearean players. Costumed man at piano I

Shakespearean players. Costumed man at piano I

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shakespearean players. Group on actors on stage III

Shakespearean players. Group on actors on stage III

Public domain photograph of a church interior, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Actress Mary Pickford, a strong supporter of women's rights, buys the first sheet of equal rights seals.]

[Actress Mary Pickford, a strong supporter of women's rights, buys the...

Summary: Informal portrait, half-length, Mary Pickford, seated, facing left with head turned toward camera, wearing a suit and hat, and holding a sheet of Equal Rights seals. Title derived by Library of Congres... More

Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with Eddie Dowling, Julie Haydon, Gene Kelly, and Charles de Sheim

Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with E...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

[Sammy Davis, Jr., waving to people as he walks past marshals at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, 1963]

[Sammy Davis, Jr., waving to people as he walks past marshals at the L...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10361, frame 30.

[Actor in the role of a granddaughter in the Peking Opera]

[Actor in the role of a granddaughter in the Peking Opera]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

Actors impersonating various historical figures pose on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.

Actors impersonating various historical figures pose on Pennsylvania A...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Grave of movie actor and war hero Audie Murphy at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia

Grave of movie actor and war hero Audie Murphy at Arlington National C...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

MacMurray Ranch located in the Russian River Valley in northern California

MacMurray Ranch located in the Russian River Valley in northern Califo...

Purchased in 1941 by actor Fred MacMurray who spent time there when not making films, engaging in, among other things, the raising of prize-winning Aberdeen Angus cattle. Title, date and keywords based on infor... More

A portion of the Indian Canyons Golf Resort, once the Canyon Country Club, a favorite haunt of local winterime residents Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, and Jackie Gleason in Palm Springs, California

A portion of the Indian Canyons Golf Resort, once the Canyon Country C...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The resort is now owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. H... More

Likeness of actor Jamie Foxx at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California

Likeness of actor Jamie Foxx at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in the Hol...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

San Antonio, Texas, actor and photographer John Watts Nieto, a collector of medals from the city's annual Fiesta celebration, models one of his two creations exhibited in the "Hats Off to Fiesta!" event, sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antoino's Institute of Texan Cultures, as part of the month-long Fiesta celebration

San Antonio, Texas, actor and photographer John Watts Nieto, a collect...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Organized by the university's fine-arts department, the event rotates the type of fashions from year to year: from hats to medals to ... More

One of several once-popular TV and movie celebrities whose likenesses appear as part of the whimsical decoration at the Canyon 66 Restaurant & Lounge, part of the Ramada Inn motel in Kingman, Arizona

One of several once-popular TV and movie celebrities whose likenesses ...

This is Tonto, the Lone Ranger's "faithful Indian companion" on radio and television. Tonto was played by Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor and athlete. The "66" refers to old U.S. Route 66, a two-lane highway th... More

Muddy Waters, Jr., Chicago; Delia Coy and Douglas Mann, actors, Chicago, Illinois

Muddy Waters, Jr., Chicago; Delia Coy and Douglas Mann, actors, Chicag...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-2, Muddy Waters, Jr., 4333 S. Berkley, Chicago; 3-15, Muddy Waters,... More

It Can't Happen Here (157 Photographs)

It Can't Happen Here (157 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Muddy Waters, Jr., Chicago; Delia Coy and Douglas Mann, actors, Chicago, Illinois

Muddy Waters, Jr., Chicago; Delia Coy and Douglas Mann, actors, Chicag...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-2, Muddy Waters, Jr., 4333 S. Berkley, Chicago; 3-15, Muddy Waters,... More

D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Memphis, Tennessee,

D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...

D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More

It Can't Happen Here (157 Photographs)

It Can't Happen Here (157 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

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[Portrait of George M. Cohan] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of George M. Cohan] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XI E 24. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Charlie Chaplin in the vagabond / Greenwich Litho. Co. N.Y.

Charlie Chaplin in the vagabond / Greenwich Litho. Co. N.Y.

Motion picture poster for "The Vagabond" starring Charlie Chaplin, showing him playing a fiddle for a woman washing clothes in a washtub. "Mutual Chaplin Specials." Copyright 1916 by Lone Star Corporation. Pur... More

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXV B 27. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komatsuya sōshichi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komatsuya sōshichi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors portraying a woman and two men on board a ship; one of the men holds a large ax. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (426a), center (426b), right (426c). Title and other descriptive inf... More

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXV T 13. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

Full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing bowler and pointing to the floor. Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXV B. Also available on microfilm. Gift... More

Ichikawa Ebizō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain  drawing

Ichikawa Ebizō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing

The actor Ichikawa Ebizō, full-length, standing on stage, holding a cannon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie. F... More

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (424a), center (424b), right (424c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

[Portrait of Charles Laughton] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Charles Laughton] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV R 34. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Scene from "Little Italy" showing Minnie Maddern Fiske lying on bed, Frederic De Belleville kneeling beside her, Claus Bogel seated on table chair with head bowed, and group of people in doorway]

[Scene from "Little Italy" showing Minnie Maddern Fiske lying on bed, ...

Illus. no. 6 in album of photographs. No. 13530. Public domain photograph of bedroom, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soga no adauchi - Public domain  drawing

Soga no adauchi - Public domain drawing

Print shows actors portraying the two Soga brothers and other warriors in a Soga kabuki play. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych ... More

Tanizawa tanomo wakatō kihei iwafuji meshitsukai chiyo, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tanizawa tanomo wakatō kihei iwafuji meshitsukai chiyo, Kuniyoshi Utag...

Print shows actors portraying a woman and two men in an episode depicting the ritual suicide of one of the male characters. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (425a), center (425b), right (425c). Title and oth... More

Tanizawa tanomo wakatō kihei iwafuji meshitsukai chiyo, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tanizawa tanomo wakatō kihei iwafuji meshitsukai chiyo, Kuniyoshi Utag...

Print shows actors portraying a woman and two men in an episode depicting the ritual suicide of one of the male characters. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (425a), center (425b), right (425c). Title and oth... More

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, ...

Significance: Piper's Opera House is one of the birthplaces of American stage in the west. The first large Virginia City theatre was Topliffe's on C Street, built in 1862. Tom Maguire's D Street Theatre follow... More

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, ...

Significance: Piper's Opera House is one of the birthplaces of American stage in the west. The first large Virginia City theatre was Topliffe's on C Street, built in 1862. Tom Maguire's D Street Theatre follow... More

Sol Smith Russell's great comedy, A poor relation

Sol Smith Russell's great comedy, A poor relation

"Complete special scenery." "The company: Mr. S.S. Wiltsie ... Miss. Toma Robinson." Caption: Mr. Alden Bass appearing as "Noah Vale." Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New Yo... More

Sol Smith Russell's great comedy, A poor relation

Sol Smith Russell's great comedy, A poor relation

"Complete special scenery." "The company: Mr. S.S. Wiltsie ... Miss. Toma Robinson." Caption: Mr. Alden Bass appearing as "Noah Vale." Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New Yo... More

[ Danny Kaye and other actors sing onstage during the Command Performance at the London Palladium, 1948]

[ Danny Kaye and other actors sing onstage during the Command Performa...

Box marked: DKA_VSBOX7 Folder marked: Palladium, South Africa (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to th... More

Hints to managers, actors and authors / G.M. Woodward, del., British Cartoon Print

Hints to managers, actors and authors / G.M. Woodward, del., British C...

Printed on item: In Holland's Exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admit.ce one Shillg. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available on microfi... More

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (2122a), center (2122b), right (2122c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print showing a man sitting on a raised platform, with a warrior sitting on the left and a warrior standing on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Mr. Henry Ludlowe in The raven the love story of Edgar Allan Poe by George Hazelton.

Mr. Henry Ludlowe in The raven the love story of Edgar Allan Poe by Ge...

Created and "copyright 1908 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print." Direction, Hazelton & North. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō mitsugorō to bandō minosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō mitsugorō to bandō minosuke

Print shows two actors in roles as samurai. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: The right and left panels of a vertical Oban Nis... More

Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows actors portraying the official Kudō Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.

Seki sanjūrō sakata hangorō - Public domain  drawing

Seki sanjūrō sakata hangorō - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors, Seki Sanjūrō and Sakata Hangurō, one with a large sword and the other carrying a large anchor over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Yodaime iwai hanshirō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Yodaime iwai hanshirō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing at the edge of a pond, facing left, portraying a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagaw...

Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto, possibly from the popular play known as Benten Kozō, Tenjuku Tokubei, perhaps the adventurer/magician, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Title and other... More

Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia

Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, Orange Co...

Significance: Montpelier is situated on land granted by patent in 1723 to Ambrose Madison and his brother-in-law Thomas Chew. The patent was divided in 1732 at the death of Ambrose. The Madison family progeny... More

Nidaime bandō mitsugorō no asahina, Shunk Katsukawa

Nidaime bandō mitsugorō no asahina, Shunk Katsukawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Set includes 2234. Forms part of: Japanese prints and ... More

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain  drawing

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows three actors as warrior/metalworkers hammering a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: lef... More

Kiyonobu Torii - Matsumoto kyōzou - Ukiyo e print

Kiyonobu Torii - Matsumoto kyōzou - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Matsumoto Hyōzo, an actor in an onnagata (female impersonator) role, full-length, walking to the right, holding a child by the hand and carrying a parasol in her left hand. Title and other descripti... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

[Portrait of Frank Sinatra, Liederkrantz Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947]

[Portrait of Frank Sinatra, Liederkrantz Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 194...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

Satō norikiyo nyudō saigyo Yoshinaka., Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Satō norikiyo nyudō saigyo Yoshinaka., Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Japanese diptych print shows Saigyo surrounded by men trying to prevent him from leaving his house to become a priest. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Satō norikiyo nyudō saigyo Yoshinaka., Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Satō norikiyo nyudō saigyo Yoshinaka., Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Japanese diptych print shows Saigyo surrounded by men trying to prevent him from leaving his house to become a priest. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Letter from Salmon Portland Chase to Irwin McDowell. March 30, 1865.

Letter from Salmon Portland Chase to Irwin McDowell. March 30, 1865.

Chase resignation mentioned herein was offered to Lincoln June 29th, 1864 and was accepted the next day, June 30th. After assisting Lincoln in the Campaign of 1864, in which Lincoln was re-elected, Lincoln prov... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print

Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several actors in various costume, posture, and roles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left... More

Sawamura sōjūrō no soga no jūrō to ichimura takenojō no soga no gorō

Sawamura sōjūrō no soga no jūrō to ichimura takenojō no soga no gorō

Two actors, Sawamura Sojurō I (1689-1756) in a kneeling position and Ichimura Takenojō (standing), dancing with a tsuzumi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Takenuki gorō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain  drawing

Takenuki gorō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Tokimune Soga (Gorō), uprooting bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Pur... More

Ichikawa danjūrō [to] ichikawa monnosuke - Ukiyo e print

Ichikawa danjūrō [to] ichikawa monnosuke - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as a courtesan and Ichikawa Danjūrō as a merchant.

Sawamura sōjūrō no kudō suketsune [to] ichikawa danzō no soga no gorō

Sawamura sōjūrō no kudō suketsune [to] ichikawa danzō no soga no gorō

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Onoe matsusuke, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Onoe matsusuke, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama tomisaburō [no shinmachi no keisei umegawa]

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu

Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

[French actor, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, right hand raised, skipping or dancing, wearing a plumed turban-like headdress]

[French actor, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, right hand...

Inscribed in ink on lower right: Louis[?] Opera 1770. Paper has a portion of a watermark on the right side. No. 44044 2.

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

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

Hachidanme, depicting Mount Fuji, Forty Seven Rōnin

Hachidanme, depicting Mount Fuji, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Tonase, Honzō's wife, and her stepdaughter Konami passing Mount Fuji on Konami's bridal journey to find Rikiya; many pilgrims are visible behind them traveling on the Tōkaidō Road. Scene from act ei... More

Segawa Kikunojō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Segawa Kikunojō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print showing the actor Segawa Kikunojō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, on a low pier with flowers growing around it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Kataoka nizaemon no sasaki ganryū, Hokushū Shunkōsai

Kataoka nizaemon no sasaki ganryū, Hokushū Shunkōsai

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, Osaka-e print. Formerly attributed to: Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-ca. 18... More

Rokudanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Rokudanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a woman, Osai, owner of a brothel, in a palanquin with porters at the front and back. She has come to Yoichibei's cottage to make the final payment for Okaru, Yoichibei's daughter. She is confronted... More

Shinshō, Shunkōsai Hokushū - Public domain  drawing

Shinshō, Shunkōsai Hokushū - Public domain drawing

Print shows a warrior climbing through a hole busted through a wall; above is a poem by Shunkosai, Hokushū. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Onoe kikugorō no hayano kanpei, Forty Seven Rōnin

Onoe kikugorō no hayano kanpei, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows the actor Onoe Kikugorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in the role of Hayano Kampei (Kayano Sanpei), a retainer of Enya Hangan from the Chūshingura. Title and other descripti... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Nakamura utaemon no katō masakiyo [kiyomasa], Hokushū Shunkōsai

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Nakamura utaemon no katō masakiyo [kiyomas...

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon, head-and-shoulders portrait, as a warrior in the role of Katō Kiyomasa (Masakiyo). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Wolves triumphant or A fig for public opinion / R C [Cruikshank]., British Cartoon Print

Wolves triumphant or A fig for public opinion / R C [Cruikshank]., Bri...

"A corner of the stage (right) at Drury Lane, with a section of the pit in the foreground (left). Kean, as Richard III, postures before his tent, frantically flourishing his sword, and exclaiming Richard is not... More

Issei ichidai nakamura utaemon no shunkan

Issei ichidai nakamura utaemon no shunkan

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon as a priest holding a mirror in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vert... More

Nakamura utaemon no denkaibō - Public domain portrait drawing

Nakamura utaemon no denkaibō - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon portraying Den Kaibō dancing with a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban ... More

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music ...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Lib... More

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