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A leap year drawing room, or the pleasures of petticoat government / Cruikshank fecit., British Cartoon Print

A leap year drawing room, or the pleasures of petticoat government / C...

Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Col... More

"Where are you going my pretty maid?" "I'm going to Keith's Vaudeville, Sir," she said

"Where are you going my pretty maid?" "I'm going to Keith's Vaudeville...

Created by "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith., Cleveland, O.; copyrighted 1905 by L.M. Eirick." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress) Exhibited in: On the edge of your seat: popular theatre an... More

"Where are you going my pretty maid?" "I'm going to Keith's Vaudeville, Sir," she said

"Where are you going my pretty maid?" "I'm going to Keith's Vaudeville...

Created by "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith., Cleveland, O.; copyrighted 1905 by L.M. Eirick." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress) Exhibited in: On the edge of your seat: popular theatre an... More

[Portrait of Shelly Manne, Eddie Bert, Harry Forbes, Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bart Varselona, Conte Candoli, and Shelly Manne, 1947 or 1948]

[Portrait of Shelly Manne, Eddie Bert, Harry Forbes, Milt Bernhart, Ha...

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

The Beauty of the Pacific - Public domain portrait photograph

The Beauty of the Pacific - Public domain portrait photograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0523

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

"Uncle Sam" making new arrangements, Political Cartoon

"Uncle Sam" making new arrangements, Political Cartoon

Probably issued late in the campaign, the print seems to express the growing confidence among Republicans in the election of their candidate Abraham Lincoln. It may also be that like "The National Game" (no. 18... More

[Iron gates. Elevation] - Public domain architectural drawing

[Iron gates. Elevation] - Public domain architectural drawing

Inscription on recto: "Philadelphia, March 27, 1827. Charles Bulfinch, esq., Sir: I have delayed replying to your [...] of the 23rd Inst., to annex a sketch of the Gate at the Bank of the U. States, which I ho... More

Carson House, Eureka, Humboldt County, CA

Carson House, Eureka, Humboldt County, CA

Suggested address, 143 M. Street, not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Considered the most grand Victorian home in America, the Carson Mansion was built from 1884... More

Carson House, Eureka, Humboldt County, CA

Carson House, Eureka, Humboldt County, CA

Suggested address, 143 M. Street, not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Considered the most grand Victorian home in America, the Carson Mansion was built from 1884... More

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenbur...

Significance: Sir Peyton Skipwith VII Baronet moved his family from his "Elm Hill" plantation to the newly completed mansion at "Prestwould" Plantation in 1797. The mansion is situated on land that Sir Peyton ... More

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenbur...

Significance: Sir Peyton Skipwith VII Baronet moved his family from his "Elm Hill" plantation to the newly completed mansion at "Prestwould" Plantation in 1797. The mansion is situated on land that Sir Peyton ... More

[Baron von Steuben drilling Washington's army at Valley Forge]

[Baron von Steuben drilling Washington's army at Valley Forge]

Photograph of a painting by Edwin Abbey in Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg. File print in LOT 4412 ED.

Granger Music Hall, 1700 East Fourth Street, National City, San Diego County, CA

Granger Music Hall, 1700 East Fourth Street, National City, San Diego ...

Significance: The Granger Music Hall, constructed in the 1890s by silver baron Ralph Granger, was an ambitious and highly original attempt to provide a grand setting for musical events in a California town. Gr... More

Granger Music Hall, 1700 East Fourth Street, National City, San Diego County, CA

Granger Music Hall, 1700 East Fourth Street, National City, San Diego ...

Significance: The Granger Music Hall, constructed in the 1890s by silver baron Ralph Granger, was an ambitious and highly original attempt to provide a grand setting for musical events in a California town. Gr... More

His most sacred majesty George III, King of Great Britain, etc. / / Frye ad vivium delineavit, William Pether, fecit.

His most sacred majesty George III, King of Great Britain, etc. / / Fr...

George III, King of Great Britain, bust portrait. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Exhibited: Creating the United States, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2008.

Leo Tolstoy 1897, three quarter length portrait

Leo Tolstoy 1897, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows Leo Tolstoy, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated on a bench. CC38042 U.S. Copyright Office. Stamped on mount: Copyright 1897 by F.W. Taylor. Copyright number and date stamped o... More

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Significance: The Hotel Del Coronado, designed by James W. and Merrit Reid, in 1887, stands as a monument to luxurious resort guesting of the past and present. The hotel has hosted many notable guests including... More

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Significance: The Hotel Del Coronado, designed by James W. and Merrit Reid, in 1887, stands as a monument to luxurious resort guesting of the past and present. The hotel has hosted many notable guests including... More

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Significance: The Hotel Del Coronado, designed by James W. and Merrit Reid, in 1887, stands as a monument to luxurious resort guesting of the past and present. The hotel has hosted many notable guests including... More

City Ballroom or Assembly Room(s), 150 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

City Ballroom or Assembly Room(s), 150 Duke of Gloucester Street, Anna...

Photos are 35mm enlargements. Significance: The present Municipal Building incorporates most of the original City Ballroom/Assembly Room and the attached Revenue Office) all c. 1767) in its building envelope, a... More

[Marie Alexandrovna, wife of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Marie Alexandrovna, wife of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, head-and...

Photo by Levitskii, St. Petersburg. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[Russian soldier on horseback, carrying a sword in right hand, a spear in left hand, and a rifle mounted on his chest with a string extending from the trigger to his mouth]

[Russian soldier on horseback, carrying a sword in right hand, a spear...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Luther lässt 95 sätze gegen den ablass an die scholsskirche zu Wittenberg anschlagen den 31 octbr. 1517 / W. Br. v. Löwenstern del. et exc. ; Küstner lith.

Luther lässt 95 sätze gegen den ablass an die scholsskirche zu Wittenb...

A small crowd has gathered to watch as Martin Luther directs the posting of his 95 theses, protesting the practice of the sale of indulgences, to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. [Plate] No. IV. Pub... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

The cricket match / Eugene Tily.

The cricket match / Eugene Tily.

Village scene showing people socializing outside tavern(?) and cricket game in background. K30508 U.S. Copyright Office. Mezzotint after painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Signed proof. Copyright by Frost & Reed Ltd.

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure, Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia a... More

Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.B., M.P. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.B., M.P. - Roger Fenton's Cr...

George de Lacy Evans, three-quarter length portrait, wearing dress uniform, seated, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with vertical line on left. Alternate title from: James,... More

Wilkie, my son, forgive me - Public domain book illustration

Wilkie, my son, forgive me - Public domain book illustration

Variant title on verso: She dragged herself toward him with her hands clasped in an agony of supplication. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 8 / Monsr. [Key] fecit.

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 8 / Monsr. [Key] fecit.

Print shows a dandy on a Philadelphia street accosting a woman wearing a large coat with a large hood covering her hairdo. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:238). Caption: "Good evening Miss, shall I have the pleasure of... More

Sir William Johnson House, State Routes 5 & 67, Fort Johnson, Montgomery County, NY

Sir William Johnson House, State Routes 5 & 67, Fort Johnson, Montgome...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sir William Johnson House, State Routes 5 & 67, Fort Johnson, Montgomery County, NY

Sir William Johnson House, State Routes 5 & 67, Fort Johnson, Montgome...

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sir William Johnson House, State Routes 5 & 67, Fort Johnson, Montgomery County, NY

Sir William Johnson House, State Routes 5 & 67, Fort Johnson, Montgome...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & Maybank Highway, Johns Island, Charleston County, SC

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & Maybank Highway, Johns Island, Charleston County, SC

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & Maybank Highway, Johns Island, Charleston County, SC

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & Maybank Highway, Johns Island, Charleston County, SC

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & Maybank Highway, Johns Island, Charleston County, SC

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & Maybank Highway, Johns Island, Charleston County, SC

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in America; in right of the Duke of Montagu, and orders, in the year 1722.

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia...

ESTC T98231 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-06-14 update (1 card) digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in America; in right of the Duke of Montagu, and orders, in the year 1722.

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia...

ESTC T98231 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-06-14 update (1 card) digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20

HM the Gyalmo, HH Prince Palden, HH Princess Hope

HM the Gyalmo, HH Prince Palden, HH Princess Hope

Photograph shows Queen Hope Cooke with her children, Prince Palden and Princess Hope Leezum, Gangtok, Sikkim. Palden Thondup Namgyal was the hereditary ruler of the independent Kingdom of Sikkim, located in th... More

[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]

[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]

Illus. in: Nicole Gilles, Les Tres Elegantes...1527. Reference copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Conradus Detlev a Dehn / Hyacs. Rigaud pinxit. ; F. Chereau lainé sculpsit.

Conradus Detlev a Dehn / Hyacs. Rigaud pinxit. ; F. Chereau lainé scul...

Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Full-length standing portraits of Charles, Prince of Wales, the future Charles II of England, James, Duke of York, the future James II of England, and Princess Mary, children of King Charles I of England, with their two dogs
His majesty King George the III - contemplating a medal of King Alfred

His majesty King George the III - contemplating a medal of King Alfred

Print shows King George III, full-length portrait, wearing coronation robes, standing in library with seal of England over the doorway; he holds a medal with portrait of Alfred the Great. Illus. in: The Annual... More

Modern characters from Shakespeare. Macbeth, British Cartoon Print

Modern characters from Shakespeare. Macbeth, British Cartoon Print

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Landung einer Französischen Hülfs-Armee in America, zu Rhode Island, am 11ten Julius 1780 / D. Chodowiecki del. et sculp.

Landung einer Französischen Hülfs-Armee in America, zu Rhode Island, a...

Print shows the disembarkation of French troops, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau, at Newport, Rhode Island, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 136. [Plate] 9. Pu... More

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More

To Commodore Sir Peter Parker... a birds eye view from part of Mount Pleafant...

To Commodore Sir Peter Parker... a birds eye view from part of Mount P...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Faden, William.

The prairie flower, Miss Nellie Grant

The prairie flower, Miss Nellie Grant

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

True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in new Palace Yard / Js. Gillray, inv. & fect.

True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...

Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More

The modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat / E. Delaney del. ; Cruickshank scp., British Cartoon Print

The modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat / E. Delaney del. ; Crui...

Cartoon shows Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, wearing the Duke of York's military cloak, extending it to cover a crowd of miniature soldiers, civilians and clergymen clustering around her with outstretched arms; Mr. Wad... More

Lodgings to let / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Lodgings to let / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing a fashionably dressed man standing in a well-furnished sitting-room, speaking to a pretty and elegant young woman. He wears a tophat, Hessian boots, and carries a large rough walking-stick. He... More

Napoleon I, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing long coat, with his hands behind his back, in a wind-swept wooded area with a small campfire behind him, on the right Charlet 1821 ; gravé par Maile

Napoleon I, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing long ...

Trimmed to within plate marks. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The new code of chivalry or what we would have done.  As approved by "The American:" For 1838

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

[Full-length statue of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, standing facing front]

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

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Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte, &c.&c. / engraved by A.L. Dick ; engraved in mezzotint by H.S. Sadd ; printed by J. Knight, A.R.A. ; printed by J. Neale.

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 III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.

George III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.

Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown. After a Reynolds coronation portrait. Illus. in: An impartial hi... More

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. Scene in a New Hampshire village.--Pierce the good Samaritan

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...

Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More

Garrett Davis: by Glencoe, dam by Sir Leslie

Garrett Davis: by Glencoe, dam by Sir Leslie

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse, animal husbandry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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