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Andrew Jackson, president of the United States / painted by W.J. Hubar...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, with legs crossed and hands on lap.

Circus Maximus, 16th century - Drawing. Public domain image.

from a book by Onofrio Panvinio, historian and archeologist, 1529-1568, published posthumously (artist notes) Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: top edge: (beneath moat, in Latin) POMPAE · CIRCENSIS · A · PRIS... More

" Love stole the pipe of sleeping Pan and play'd / Then with his voice...

after a drawing by Thomas Stothard, history painter, illustrator and designer, 1755-1834 (artist notes) British (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834 (original artist) Recto: t... More

[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with three men in conversation, two are holding long spears, in the left foreground among fragments of buildings, (A) on the left and (B) on the right, with the col... More

Nami ni goshoguruma moyō no tachi bijin

Print shows a courtesan, facing left, wearing a waterwheel and waves pattern kimono.

Kage e. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two geishas entertaining a man, one is making shadow puppets and the other is playing a shamisen.

The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degre...

Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of suga... More

Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia

Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Trimmed to wit... More

Emperor Napoleon's funeral march procession

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Provost, A., artist... More

Theatrical reflection, or a peep at the looking glass curtain at the R...

Print shows the mirrored curtain reflecting the audience at the Royal Coburg Theatre (Old Vic Theatre) and Ramo Samee, a juggler, magician, and sword swallower, juggling on stage. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More

Presentation - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Preciosa D. Huntington ; J. Cheney, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a beautiful young woman, three-quarter length portrait, sitting in a chair at a window, holding an open book on her lap as she looks out the window at the landscape. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of... More

Der Schneider. Der Knopfmacher - Public domain book scan / engraving

Print shows a tailor cutting cloth and two female(?) assistants sewing; on the right is a man making buttons. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Vista del panorama de Mejico tomada desde la torre de Sn. Agustin Pedr...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Mexico City with the cathedral at left center dominating the landscape; shows a street with pedestrians on the lower right. At head of title: 1a. Printed below title: A su Esce... More

Gorge between Holyoke and Tom Mrs. Hitchcock del. ; Pendleton's Lithog...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Connecticut River as it passes between Holyoke and Mount Tom. Pl. IV. Illus. from: Massachusetts. Geological Survey. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts, by Edward... More

Jaffa ancient Joppa April 16th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.

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

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Petra March 10th 1839 / David Roberts.

The ravine. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 16-18,... More

Yui, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a street at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road, with cliffs and view of the sea in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Houses of Parliament / Pearson sc. during American Civil War

Print shows Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, on the banks of the Thames River. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album c... More

Public domain art prints - Public domain scan / print

Minowa kanasugi mikawashima, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two red-crowned cranes, one about to land, in a marsh. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei... More

Holy Roman Catholic faith - Public domain scan of print

Print showing biblical scenes related to the Roman Catholic faith, includes text of prayers, such as The Lord's Prayer, The Apostles' Creed, The Confiteor, as well as The Ten Commandments of God, Virtues, Myste... More

[Tradecard: Child in a boot] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Print shows the head and hands of a young child in a large woman's shoe or boot, with space for advertising text on the right, and a cat warily approaching, on the left, in the background. B8208 U.S. Copyright ... More

Charm of the East--Chewing tobacco--O.P. Shattuck, Worcester, Massachu...

Tobacco label showing half-length portrait of a woman holding a tray with carafe and glass. 1086C(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Allen & Ellis.

Juliet, fine cut, chewing tobacco - James Moran & Co., St. Louis / Ave...

Tobacco package label showing balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet. C6216D U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by James Moran & Co.

J. Austen - Public domain portrait engraving

Jane Austen, three-quarter-length, seated, facing left. Illus. in: Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America ... / by Evert A. Duyckinck. New York : Henry J. Johnson, 1893, vol. 1, oppos. ... More

Public Domain Images - Musique (Music), Dayton C. Miller Collection

after a painting possibly by Emmanuel Noterman, portrait, genre and animal painter and etcher, 1808-1863, or by Zacharias Noterman, genre and animal painter and etcher, 1813-1874; printed by Lemercier et Cie, P... More

The rose of beauty - Public domain portrait engraving

13878 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More

Our father who art in heaven - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5030

Champagne and oysters, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1...

I2384 U.S. Copyright Office " 1 3s. 6d." Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyrighted Feb. 1878 by H.A. Thomas, 865 Broadway, N.Y." Poster with same image but in lighter tones: POS - TH... More

Poster - Little Lord Fauntleroy - Public domain lithograph

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miracle of the loaves and fishes

Title devised by cataloger. "42" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 30898. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Man holding umbrella and another man falling]

V35188 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." No. 11. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Don Quichotte, bouffonnerie équestre: Nouveau cirque, 251 rue St. Hono...

Circus poster for an equestrian performance showing Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

[African American, seated, playing banjo]

X1249 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1892 by Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." No. 16. Title devised. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

Poster - Eugénie Buffet - Ambassadeurs - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing French chanteuse Eugénie Buffet dressed as a Parisian working girl with her hands in her pockets on a snowy street. Poster advertizes her performance at Ambassadeurs.

The cloister and the hearth by Charles Reade, illustrated with 550 dra...

Poster shows a monk seated at a desk and a young woman seated at a hearth.

Joseph Pennell - Le Stryge - A black and white drawing of a man sittin...

Bird's-eye view of French city looking past gargoyle. Etching by Joseph Pennell, 1857-1926. Wuerth, 207. Edition of 25? Pencil note: To Helen....from...P, Xmas '93. Plate destroyed. Source unknown. This record ... More

Easter boom / C.J. Taylor. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a group of well-dressed people greeting the sun at Easter. On the right, an old woman carrying a sack labeled "Hard Times" is overshadowed and forgotten. Illus. from Puck, v. 35, no. 889, (1894 Mar... More

Sidney R. Ellis' Bonnie Scotland

A245419 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Humphrey accuses Buchanan. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti. = New York." No. 6680. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Half sh]eet base ball poster no. 282

Print showing a batter standing at home plate with catcher and umpire awaiting the pitch; portion of the grandstand visible in the background.

Ride a Stearns and be content / J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bld'g, N.Y.

Poster advertising Stearns bicycles, showing a woman cyclist. Promotional goal: U.S. C76.6 1896. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1998:042).

De Wolf Hopper in Wang by J. Cheever Goodwin & Woolson Morse ; managem...

Created by "The Gillin Print Co., N.Y." No. 3827. Gift; Maxine Williams; 1973. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co., established 1824, Bock beer

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Schaefer, F. & M., Brew... More

The tug of war in the far east / Keppler.

Print shows Uncle Sam with John Bull and Meiji, Emperor of Japan, standing beneath a flag labeled "Open Door Policy", in a tug of war contest for "Trade Supremacy" with "Russia" (Nicholas II), "Germany" (Willia... More

The pigtail has got to go / Dalrymple.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Civilization" pulling the pigtail labeled "Worn Out Traditions" of a man labeled "China"; she is holding a pair of scissors labeled "19th Century Progress" and is about to c... More

The jilted fiancée / Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

Print shows a dejected female figure labeled "France", wearing a phrygian cap and a tri-color dress, sitting on a bench, watching as a tall, blond queen is escorted by "J.B." and "Russia"; there is a paper at h... More

John Robinson's big feature ... Louis Cyr - The Canadian strongman. $2...

Circus poster showing Louis Cyr with arms crossed. Copyright deposit. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three dancing women in red costumes and feathers]

33247 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 590. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co. direct from Weber & Fields Music Hall, New ...

Caption: Frank Gardiner. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2790. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Blue jeans "will never wear out" : written by Joseph Arthur, author of...

"The mighty thrilling theatrical triumph of 2 continents." Caption: The big 4 famous features of the play that has made all America talk: Feature no. 1: "The big political barbeque." Feature no. 2: "Thrilling s... More

Secchū mimeguri - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a torii with two trees in a winter landscape, also a bridge in the distance.

[Orestes pursued by the Furies, 1862]

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Magdalen at the tomb of our Saviour

Picryl description: Public domain photo of religious art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cupid panel for screen decoration four cupids fishing

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Tenet, L., designer. Ca... More

Belle Archer in Jess of the Bar Z

D16863 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The arrival of Jess at the ranch. Created and "copyright, 1900, by the U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, Fred E. Wright. No. 4695... More

Hexacoralla. - Sechsstrahlige Sternkorallen. Book illustration from Li...

Illustration shows corals. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibendem Text, allgeme... More

J.J. Coleman presents "that odd fellow" Mr. Harry Beresford in Our new...

Caption: I may suggest the Wild West, but my dearest enemy could not accuse me of being woolly. Created and "copyright 1904 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7947. Fo... More

Soignons la basse-cour. Je suis une brave poule de guerre, je mange pe...

A black hen sitting on top of a large pile of eggs. Translation of title: Let's take care of the poultry. I am a fine war hen. I eat little and produce a lot. From a group of posters designed by school childre... More

Women of Britain say - "Go!" / E.[P.?] Kealey ; printed by Hill, Siffk...

Poster showing two women and a child looking out a window, as soldiers march away. Poster no. 75. W. 1689 10 M. 5/15. Exhibited: "The Mobilization of Imagery" at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Steintorplatz... More

"Send more men." Won't you answer the call / Stone Ltd.

Poster showing a soldier using telephone apparatus. No. 1. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deutsche Kriegsausstellung Hamburg / EP.

Poster shows a stylized German flag(?). Text announces a war exhibition sponsored by the Central Committee of the Association of the German Red Cross and the Hamburg Regional Association of the Red Cross. Locat... More

U.S. Marines, Uncle Sam's right hand / R. McBride.

Poster showing a Marine against the outline of a hand. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Poster - Venezia Travel Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing the decorative prows of gondolas on a canal in Venice. Ente Nazionale per le Industrie Turistiche.

Public domain art prints - Public domain scenic print

Ilka Kolsky's woodblock print. (General) Public domain photograph of 20th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walt Whitman commerative 5 cent postage stamps

Four identical stamps from Famous Americans series show portrait of Whitman with hat.

Adolf Hitler - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designatio... More

Our Bill of Rights is everybody's business / Stanley Dersh.

Print shows an early American courtroom scene labeled "Trial by Jury" with a man, possibly a jury foreman, standing next to the jury box, presenting a statement; another man sits in the foreground, at a desk on... More

A view in the Island of Jamaica, of the spring-head of Roaring River o...

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

Just married - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3586

Prang's aid for object teaching--Carpenter

Men building two houses. No. 14001E U.S. Copyright Office. Trades & occupations, plate 1. Copyright by L. Prang & Co.

The landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Dec. 22nd 1620

Print shows the first arrival on land of a small group of Pilgrims; they are met by a Native standing on the left, wearing snowshoes. The Mayflower is anchored offshore on the right. G4811 U.S. Copyright Office... More

I am the Lord thy God ... / drawn with pen by Van Leeuwen.

Print shows the Ten Commandments as if written on stone tablets. A picture of a Bible and the names of twelve sons of Abraham (or twelve tribes of Israel) are listed between the two tablets. The title is surro... More

Join me - the first to fight on land and sea - U.S. Marines

Poster showing a soldier's face, framed by uniform collar, hat, and rifle.

The Black Panther : All power to the people

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

The prayer at Valley Forge / painted by H. Brueckner ; engd. by John C...

Print showing George Washington, kneeling on one knee, praying in a grove of trees, his hores nearby, with soldiers gathered around a campfire on the right and a man watching from behind a tree with a mill in t... More

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto - Public domain drawing

Print shows folk hero Yamato Takeru no Mikoto about to stab a man with a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yos... More

Books wanted for our men in camp and over there; take your gifts to th...

Print shows a soldier carrying a stack of books in his arms. Promotional goal: U.S. G6.J7. 191-.

Happy Hooligan it is to laugh : nothing but fun.

Caption: Help! I'm poisoned - it's tea! Created and "copyright 1902 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 6555. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Amerikakoku, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain engraving

Japanese triptych print shows the American consul and several women watching the Japanese navy test balloon aircraft in front of the American consulate in Tokyo, Japan. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attri... More

Poster - The Hungry heart, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for "The Hungry Heart" shows a butterfly with the shape of a woman (actress Alice Brady?) hovering near roses. Caption: From the famous play "Frou Frou." Copyright 1917, World Film Corporation.

New Orleans from the lower cotton press 1852 / J.W. Hill & Smith, del....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a harbor, sailing ship, boat, city building, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Quincy Adams / sketch'd by Arthur J. Stansbury Esqr. a few hours ...

Sold by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St., N.Y. Copyright 1848 by A.J. Stansbury. Library has two impressions: Full print PGA - Currier & Ives John Quincy Adams; and print trimmed and attached to sketchbook in Unproc... More

The Fairie's home - Print, Library of Congress collection

Gale no. 1958. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frederick Bancroft, prince of magicians

A245924 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Act II - The magnificent Orient and the wizards enchantments. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti=N.Y." No. 6693. Forms part of: Magic poster co... More

The first landing of Columbus in the new world / J.J. Barralet, del. ;...

Print showing Christopher Columbus and crew kneeling before priest during religious service. G13288 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1876 by Geo. S. Lang in the Office of... More

Aerialists supreme, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870...

Created and "copyright 1892 by The United States Ptg, Co., Russell & Morgan Factories, Cincinnati, Ohio." No. 1518. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Nordyke, Spokane Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The angel of prayer - Public domain portrait painting

Angel carrying torch and spreading incense over town. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0238

For her children's sake by Theo. Kremer : the companion play to The fa...

Caption: If you strike my mother, I'll shoot! Created and "copyright 1902 by The U.S. Lithograph Co, Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Management, Sullivan, Harris & Woods. No. 6504. Forms part of: ... More

Acapulco Gold rolling papers by Amorphia, the cannabis co-op

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

A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...

A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More

My protector - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a young boy holding the leash of a large dog. D14236 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright number and date taken from b&w copy. Library has two impressions, one color and one b&w proof.

[Lewis, Vancouver Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Panorama of Constantinople, and environs ... / drawn on the spot by He...

Prints show a 360° view, from an elevated vantage point, of Constantinople and the Bosphorus Strait, with many rooftops, minarets, mosques, and other buildings, passageways, and boats and ships.

Déesse 16, rue Halévy, Paris / / PAL.

Poster shows semi-nude goddess in flight holding bicycle above crowd of bicyclists from all over the world.

[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Pete...

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

[The interior of a kabuki theater]

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

The night mare, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows a scantily clad woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers, as one of her arms hangs to the floor near a chamber pot written on it... "Source of N... More

La Flûte lui tint lieu de Lyre chez Admète (The Flute took the place ...

after Hubert François Bourguignon d'Anville, called Gravelot, painter, draughtsman, engraver, 1699-1773 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon d'... More