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The war in Virginia - Officers and men of Meade's army discovering unb...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 17, no. 424 (1863 Nov. 14), p. 120.

Pickets of the First Louisiana "Native Guard" guarding the New Orleans...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 369.

[The general view of the ammunition magazines in Gülhane] / the photog...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 16. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Workmen laying the new railroad track on the night of September 5th / ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56.

Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism. An aesthetic reception / fro...

Oscar Wilde at an "aesthetic reception". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1882 Jan. 21, p. 381.

New York--completing a great work--lashing the stays of the Brooklyn B...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1883 April 28, p. [149]

[A.K. Kuznetsov, standing inside greenhouse with a tripod-mounted came...

Self portrait by photographer A.K. Kuznetsov. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Massachusetts - incidents of the street-car troubles in South Boston a...

Also includes image of the schooner "Dauntless." Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.64, 1887 March 5, p. 40.

War, northwest gallery / Gari Melchers, artist.

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting men returning home from battle, carrying with them the body at a dead warrior. Copyright 1896 by Gari Melchers. Copley print copyright 1897... More

[Franconia Notch and Echo Lake from artist's bluff, White Mts., N.H.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[John Butler Yeats, Irish artist and father of William Butler Yeats]

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

Princess Olga of Hanover - Public domain portrait painting

Photo shows Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland (1884-1958), from a painting by German artist Alice Boscowitz (1875-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

J.M. Flagg - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows illustrator and artist James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Photograph of Vaslav Nijinsky applying makeup to an artist before a pe...

Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vivian du Mas, Valentine De Saint Point, R. Chennevierre [i.e. Chennev...

Photograph shows French artist Valentine de Saint-Point, (1875-1953), center, with Vivian du Mas, director of lights and scenery, and Rudyard Chennevière, music diretor, who were in New York for a performance. ... More

View of the U.S. Capitol during the fire which destroyed the studio of...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1927 to Feb. 1930, v. 4, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

Call of the Bock beer goat brings 'E. Roe,' artist, out of retirement ...

Photograph shows portrait of Emil Rothengatter. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. Rosen, artist for Polish [...] at World's Fair

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, United States in 1939-194... More

Mr. Rosen, artist for Polish ... at World's Fair

A man standing in front of a drawing on a wall, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives i... More

Signs and trailer with tattoo artist on highway near Fort Beauregard. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Office of War Information poster. Poster distributed by the OWI at pub...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Ready to go is the hug...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. The Arsenal of Democra...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. At the Inglewood, Californi...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cemetery, made by Carol Jackson, an artist from Hinton, West Virginia,...

Event: Mountaintop Removal Rally. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Mountain Top Cemetery," spread out on field in front of Appalachian F...

The Mountain Top Cemetery comprises more than a thousand tombstones made of cardboard. Each is inscribed with the name of a stream buried under valley fill. Jackson has also created protest puppets and costumes... More

Carol Jackson, Hinton artist who created the Mountain Top Cemetery

The Mountain Top Cemetery comprises more than a thousand tombstones made of cardboard. Each is inscribed with the name of a stream buried under valley fill. Jackson has also created protest puppets and costumes... More

Artist Nall poses with his art, Fairhope, Alabama

A Southern artist with an international following, Nall has a unique style that has captivated the attention of the world. The gifted artist grew up in Troy, Alabama and began drawing, arts, and crafts at his f... More

The sculpture "Companion (Passing Through)," by the artist KAWS (Brian...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Widely referred to as "The Modern," the museum collects and displays post-World War II art in various media. The buildi... More

[Levitated Massachusetts by artist Michael Heizer at Los Angeles Count...

Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable... More

"Early Morning on the Goodnight-Loving Trail," a 2005 sculpture by art...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

This tribute to Texas hero Sam Houston was designed and constructed by...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 67-foot concrete- and-steel statue, atop a sunset-granite base, stands alongside Interstate Highway 45 at the Huntsville Visitor ... More

Artist Santiago Calatrava created "Wave," a sculpture installed outsid...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

The Avis, I'se gwine to weep no more, See saw.. [and] Artist

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[Robert Cornelius, self-portrait; believed to be the earliest extant A...

Daguerre announced his invention of a photographic method to the French Academy of Sciences in August 1839. That October, a young Philadelphian, Robert Cornelius, working out of doors to take advantage of the l... More

[Profile portrait of woman draped with a veil] / A.C. Van Buren.

Library owns 2 impressions. Photo no. 1a is 14.9 x 10 cm. mounted on black mat, 29 x 23 cm. Photo no. 1b is 15 x 10 cm. on Rembrandt mount, 31 x 25 cm. Title devised. Signed on mount. Photo no. 1a On verso: A.C... More

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More

[Portrait of Carl Van Vechten, self-portrait]

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

These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St....

Photograph shows half-length portraits of Charles Taylor, Rosina Downs, and Rebecca Huger. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Philip Ba... More

Visual materials from the W. W. Corcoran papers

Miniature self-portrait of Louise Amory Morris, watercolor bust portrait on irregularly shaped oval ivory support. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:272). Forms part of: W. W. Corcoran paper... More

Going into action / W.H. Shelton.

Print shows cavalry and horse artillery troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Includes men riding on a caisson towing a small cannon, a building on fire, and additional cavalry headed... More

[Gilbert Stuart, self-portrait, half-length, right profile, holding pe...

Attributed to Gilbert Stuart. Inscribed on framing material: Portrait of Gilbert Stuart drawn 1783 by himself and given to Thomas Sully about 1817 - from Sully to R. Lambdin 1857. Original frame and framing ma... More

Rembrandt Peale Museum, 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Independ...

Significance: Quite possibly the first "purpose-built" museum building in the United States, the Peale Museum is associated with two prominent members of the Peale artistic dynasty: Rembrandt (who commissioned ... More

Rembrandt Peale Museum, 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Independ...

Significance: Quite possibly the first "purpose-built" museum building in the United States, the Peale Museum is associated with two prominent members of the Peale artistic dynasty: Rembrandt (who commissioned ... More

Rembrandt van Rijn - The angel appearing to the shepherds

Etching by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. Rovinski, 44 (3d state). Bjorklund, 34-I (3d state). Modern impression? Collector's mark of Mary Jane Morgan (Lugt 1879). Gardiner Green Hubbard Collection.... More

[Portrait of a man seated] - Public domain portrait painting

Possible self-portrait of John Rubens Smith, half-length, seated, facing slightly right.

A downtown mural, by artist Crystal Goodman, in San Angelo, the seat o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

The new batteries erected on Morris Island for the defence of Charlest...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 30, p. 293.

Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi, lately held by the rebel General B...

Soldiers on railroad tracks in front of Corinth, Mississippi; bridge on fire. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 14, no. 350 (1862 June 21), p. 184.

Albert Newsam, the deaf & mute artist / J. Queen ; P.S. Duval, Son & C...

Frontispiece from Memoir of Albert Newsam / Joseph O. Pyatt. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1868.

The Fairy Story imp. New Eng. Lith. Co. Boston

Print shows two girls, possibly sisters, reading a fairy tale together. Copyrighted 1869 by Chas. A. Barry. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869 by Chas. A. Barry, in the Clerk's Office of th... More

Globe reflection, Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George / G. S. Irish,...

Stereograph shows self-portrait of photographer with camera on tripod, hotel, and lake reflected in a shiny globe. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:123). Was AP 1005. Vender : Jeffrey Kraus.

The Coming man.--A Chinese cigar manufactory in San Francisco--prepari...

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

The Great fire at Chicago. Scene in Wells Street - the terrified popul...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1871 Oct. 28, p. 97. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Palazzo Casa d'Oro / Otto [artist's stamp].

Print showing the Cà d'Oro in Venice, at the edge of the Grand Canal; gondola in the foreground. Signed below plate with artist's stamp "Otto". Artist stamp on note attached to mount. Venetian series. Exhibite... More

Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism / from sketches by a staff ar...

Two portraits of Oscar Wilde, titled "Let me tell you the reason why we love the lily and the sunflower", and "Satire is the romance whic ignorance pays to genius". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspap... More

New York - a scene at Long Beach, the new and popular seaside resort /...

People on beach and in the water, Long Beach, New York. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 54 (1882 Aug. 12), p. 389.

Evolution of the book, east corridor. Manuscript book / J.W. Alexander...

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting a monk illustrating a manuscript, with two monks in background. Copyright by John W. Alexander.

[Anna Eva Fay, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] / ...

Forms part of: 19th century portraits, ... from the Clara Barton Papers, Manuscript Division.

Portrait of the Artist by William Orpen. Figure in front with nude sta...

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

[Rembrandt, half-length self-portrait], engraving, Library of Congress

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

[Self-portrait of the artist] - Public domain portrait drawing

Full-length, profile caricature of the artist, seated before a wall on which a picture of a monkey and a document hang. Inscribed on document in image: Reward $500. for the one that stole the other Drawing. W.R... More

Rembrandt, half-length self-portrait

Title devised by cataloger. Jacket title: Portrait of a man. Photograph of a painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1640. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09743. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Soil erosion takes a toll of millions of dollars in the United States ...

A woman is painting a picture on a wall, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from negative or negative sleeve. Date span based on active dates of Harris & Ewing, Inc. Gift; Harris & Ewing, In... More

[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, half-length portrait, facing slightly...

Self portrait of the artist. Y60795 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by The August F. Jaccaci Company.

Zelma Baylos studio - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the studio of Hungarian-American artist Zelma U. Baylos (1868-1950) who worked in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

J.M. Montgomery Flagg, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows illustrator and artist James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham B... More

Rembrandt Peale, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head and shoulders, facing slightly right. J188244 U.S. Copyright Office Repro. of self portrait painting copyrighted by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. M 315. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (L... More

Valentine de Saint-Point - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows French artist Valentine de Saint-Point (1875-1953), holding her pet marmoset while on a visit to New York City in November, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

C.E. Moberly, Capitol artist repairing painting of Pocohantas, 1/14/25

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

R. Bruce Horsfall, Artist of Nature Magazine, 3/16/26

Public domain photograph of cabinet, bureau, office, 1920s - 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Callers at White House. Howard Chandler Christy, noted artist, with Mr...

A man and a woman standing on the steps of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line. Gift... More

Exhibition Materials for the artist / / J.R.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shall the artist survive? - Public domain dedication image

Poster announcing forum at the Daly Theatre, 22 West 63 St., featuring speakers Holger Cahill, Dr. Erwin Edman, Elinore M. Herrick, J.B. Neumann, and Dr. Wm. Nunn, chairman. Work Projects Administration Poster ... More

[Frida Kahlo (Senora Diego Rivera) standing next to an agave plant, du...

Date based on Vogue article publication. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

A black and white photo of a group of dogs laying on the floor. Great ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy ...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The four freedoms. The panel is part of an exhibit prepared for the Of...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Serving punch during an evening party at the home of ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Folk artist Bennie Carter (1st cousin of photographer Carol M. Highsmi...

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

"Mountain Top Cemetery," spread out on field in front of Appalachian F...

The Mountain Top Cemetery comprises more than a thousand tombstones made of cardboard. Each is inscribed with the name of a stream buried under valley fill. Jackson has also created protest puppets and costumes... More

Artist paints mural at the Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, Calif...

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

Mural "A Salute to Emergency Medical Services" by artist Alfredo Cuell...

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

Snake artist on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angles, California

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

Mural by Cleburne, Texas, artist Stylle Read in the outdoor eating are...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mural shows two cowboys, including one who looks very much like actor James Dean. In the distance is the facade of Reata, the man... More

Mural by Cleburne, Texas, artist Stylle Read depicting local history i...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[Self portrait?] - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

[Charles Fenderich] - Print, Library of Congress collection

Drawing shows a full-length silhouette of artist Charles Fenderich seated on a chair in a room near an open balcony. Fenderich holds a lithograph crayon in his left hand, a silhouette of a dog sits at his feet... More

C.T. Hibino, artist, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel ...

C.T. Hibino, artist, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding paintbrush and palette, in front of large painting. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original ne... More

Betty Carper and Group in Concert Martha Graham Guest Artist

[Frances Benjamin Johnston (right), full-length self-portrait dressed ...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper suppor... More

Secret meeting of southern unionists / sketched by our special artist,...

Nine men in room. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 4, p. 485.

[Unidentified man, possibly John Jabez Edwin Mayall, three-quarters le...

Case: Rinhart 172. Label attached to case: 209. Identification from Marian S. Carson inventory, possibly a self portrait. Attribution based on table used as studio prop. Hallmark: Rinhart 10. Robert Cornelius: ... More

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. Top of the card has been cut below the red line border. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by R. R. Corson, in the Clerk'... More

A mid-summer day's dream--While our artist sleeps, his favorite subjec...

Cartoon showing the artist, Joseph Keppler, sleeping and dreaming of 10 well-known people of the time, including Butler, Grant, Talmadge, Beecher, Kelly, Bennett, S. Tilden, Whitelaw Reid, Tonans, and Peter Coo... More

Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb / artist, James S. Reid...

View of exterior of the institution surrounded by images of the dormitories, the chapel, the director's room and other interiors, and a head-and-shoulders portrait of Joshua Foster. 8492L : U.S. Copyright Offic... More