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Le cric de la France - A drawing of a woman holding a shield and shiel...

Allegorical print shows a female figure representing France wearing a helmet, breastplate, and shield emblazoned with fleur-de-lis, and holding a spear which rests on a liberty cap on the ground; she is turning... More

Decret de l'assemblee national qui supprime les ordres religieux et re...

Print shows monks and nuns enjoying their new found liberty, some are loading possessions onto horses and wagons, some embrace, one couple kisses while another rides off together on horseback. Caption continue... More

[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other

Print shows a man, possibly Armand-Gaston Camus, wearing a garment fashioned entirely from "assignats" (French paper money before the livre), several men (identified by number in the caption) are standing aroun... More

Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...

Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More

[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a ...

Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795, with a full-length portrait of an old man, possibly a beggar, facing left,... More

The signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance betwee...

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

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...

Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More

Smelling out a rat; or the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his ...

Print shows Richard Price seated at a desk, he turns to look over his right shoulder at a vision of an enormous Edmund Burke, his spectacles, nose, and hands emerge from the haze, a crown in one hand and a cros... More

Reponce à l'auteur de la chronique, qui appelle bombe la bulle du Pape...

Print shows the Pope sitting on the right blowing bubbles representing Papal briefs condemning members of the clergy who took the oath to the new civil constitution, and on the left, an allegorical figure repre... More

Le meâ culpâ du Pape / S. L'amerique inv. sculp.

Print shows Pope Pius VI on his knees being reprimanded by God, in the form of a bird, after giving up art treasures as a result of the Treaty of Tolentino. de Vinck, 6899 Forms part of: French Political Carto... More

Société d'expériences aérostatiques Direction 24 rue Maubeuge, Paris.

Advertisement showing a balloon with several persons standing in the basket, one climbing the ropes just above the basket. Tricolor banners hanging from the balloon announce the "Société d'expériences aerostati... More

Fête des victoires, combat des jeunes élèves au Champ de Mars. Le 21 O...

Print shows a victory celebration festival with a reenactment of a battle on the 21st of October 1794 Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution Française. Paris : Chez Auber, 18... More

Premiere séance de l'institut National ; le 15 Germinal, An 4eme de la...

Print shows a large group of men seated in two u-shaped rows along the sides and back of a large hall with a barrel ceiling and with statuary in alcoves set off by columns, a crowded third row of standing-room-... More

The genius of France nursing her darling / T.B.:-d-lle delt., British ...

Cartoon showing France, a savage virago, dandling a tiny Napoleon seated on her hand and wearing a royal robe over his military dress. Above her head she holds a rattle with bells surmounted by a crown. She gri... More

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Print shows an author lying on a bed being comforted by a friend after being accused of plagiarism by Truth hovering overhead; on the left is a male figure wearing a horned crown labeled "Plagiar[...]; on the l... More

Les quatre éléments. Louis était un enfant léger qui n'apportait aucum...

French comic strip shows a young boy, "Louis," who decides to apply himself at school after unfortunate experiences with the four elements. Louis learns about fire by getting burned while working for a baker; a... More

[The return home] / Lalanne ; Maxime Lalanne inv. & sc.

Signed on plate. No. LC 1041. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La Romaine aristocratique - A drawing of a man in a green outfit

Print shows a monstrous figure holding a scale weighing a member of the Third Estate; in the background a plump clergyman and a nobleman walk away with a large pig between them. de Vinck, 2749 Blum, 116 Forms ... More

The man that blocks up the highway.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drum major, France, 1853 Cigarette Card

Print shows a French drum major in 1853, wearing uniform, on cigarette card issued by Kinney Tobacco Company as an insert with the Sweet Caporal brand cigarettes. At head of title: Illust'd Sweet Caporal. Illu... More

[Balloon with two passengers ascending over a town square, with French...

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harbor of St. Pierre, Miquelon - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0069.9). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Ah dame! Si jáurais une femme comme a̧ moi non plus jenv́endrais pas d...

A fashionably dressed man and woman walk away from a man selling newspapers. Inscribed below image: Vt. d'[?] No. 19 premier une page. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Jacques Vil... More

[Examination of luggage on automobile, by Customs(?), France]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of a car accident, car crash, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of car crash... More

Chaque piéce d'or apporté á la banque avance d'une heure la victoire f...

Soldier with one hand on clock, the other holding a gold coin.

Pour la France versez votre or. L'or combat pour la victoire

A large gold coin with the Gallic cock on it crushing a German soldier. Translation of title: Deposit your gold for France. Gold fights for victory. Signed: Abel Faivre. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1915. Item is ... More

La Grande guerre - le prix de la maison du passeur / Gravure sur Bois ...

Print shows French soldiers and African soldiers charging the German lines during battle. Caption: Les Zouaves et les Joyeux d'Afrique. In portfolio: La Grande Guerre. Paris : A. Tolmer et Cie, 1915, 2me series, no. 48.

The Y.M.C.A. A dug-out in France / Edgar Wright.

Poster showing a sandbag shelter, a YMCA canteen, with soldiers relaxing out front with cups of coffee.

Compagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine. Hâtez l...

Depicts columns and a pediment in classical style. In the center is a medallion of Victory on horseback. Translation of title: Compagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine. Hasten victory by s... More

Exposition de tableaux de maîtres contemporains . . . vente au profit ...

A wounded soldier relaxing in an easy chair. Translation of title: Exhibition of paintings by contemporary masters . . . A sale on behalf of the association for relief to wounded or ailing soldiers. Galerie Ge... More

Exposition des peintres de la mer . . . á la Ligue Navale française . ...

A large seagull flying over the water. Translation of title: Exhibition of painters of the sea . . . at the Ligue Navale fradçnais . . . to profit the Comités de Secours aux Marins Mobilisés. Signed: André Ver... More

Pour l'orphelin de la guerre souscrivons á l'Emprunt

People outside orphanage, with orphaned children. Translation of title: For the war orphan let us subscribe to the Loan. Signed: V. Prouvé, 1917. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1917. Item is no. 65 in a printed che... More

La guerre et les humoristes. Exposition . . .

A caricature of a person, with pointed ears and wings, holding a large pair of scissors. Translation of title: The war and the humorists. Exhibition . . . Signed: M. Leroy. Exchange, Imperial War Museum, London... More

[Panoramic view of almost totally destroyed town; crude sign reads, "t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pour le dernier quart d'heure . . aidez-moi! Les souscriptions á l'Emp...

Gen. Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) overseeing his troops as they march across the battlefield. Foch was appointed commander in chief of the Allied armies in 1918. Translation of title: For the last quarter hour .... More

Comment ils écrivent l'histoire

French soldiers on a battlefield; includes vignette of mother surrounded by children, reading letter. Translation of title: How the soldiers write history. Signed: V. Prouvé, 1918. Promotional goal: Fr. J44. 19... More

France. Flanders field, Flanders

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

Industries de guerre. Exposition organisée par l'oeuvre. L'assistance ...

Interior view of a factory. Translation of title: War industries. Exhibition organized by charity. Aid to the disabled. Promotional goal: Fr. K92.J7. 1918. Item is no. 239 in a printed checklist available in t... More

Banque L. Dupont & Cie. Emprunt Nat[ioanl] souscrivez

Three men on a scaffold attaching a French flag to the top of a building's spire. Translation of title: Banque L. Dupont & Cie. Subscribe to the National Loan. Signed: L. Jonas. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1920.... More

Emprunt National 1920 - Compagnie Algérienne

Foreground, Algerian men with a flock of sheep on a pier watching men load a boat with goods. Translation of title: National Loan 1920 - Compagnie Algérienne. Signed: Henri Villain. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 19... More

["Pavillon Colombe," Edith Jones Wharton house, 33 rue Edith Wharton, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1942:0018). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The New York Times.

On a reconnaissance Waiting for A Co. C.O. at Capt. Trescott's O.P.

Sketch showing a landscape in France. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 8, [p. 5] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

Road cross - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sketch showing monument with Christian cross atop, probably in Manche, France. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 7, [p. 51] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

Sgt. Walter P. Goworek, Jersey City, N.J., treats two little French la...

Caption continues: The little ladies are wearing costumes for a Fourth of July observance in La Mine, France. The sign in the background indicates the feeling of the French for their American liberators. July ... More

House near Crasville - Public domain historic place drawing

Sketch showing wall and house near Crasville, Manche, France. Public domain scan of 18th century French drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ouverture des Etats-généraux á Versailles (5 Mai 1789) / peint par Cou...

The States General at Versailles, France. Printed at top left: Galrie. histque. de Versailles. Printed at top center: 455. Printed at top right: Sie. IV. Printed at bottom: Dessiné par Sandoz ; Diagraphe et Pa... More

Bridgnet Michelin bombarding airplane ready to ascend, France

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18920. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Carte de France / Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain document scan of map of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nadar / And. Gill., Nadar Collection 1850-1910

French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar, standing next to his camera and holding a quill pen in right hand. A balloon hovers in the background. Illus. in: Les hommes d'aujourd'hui, no. 8, 1st no... More

Missarum Joannis Mouton, liber primus

4 vol. one for each part: Soprano, alto, ténor, basse. Missa sine nomine -- Alleluja -- Alma redemptoris -- Ite[m] alia sine nomine -- Regina mearum.

John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...

A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More

La frayeur de Gonnesse [i.e. Gonesse], contre-danse franc̜oise / mis a...

Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying balloon. Possibly ... More

Les ballons du Siège de Paris, septembre 1870 - février 1871 / A. Tiss...

Broadside about balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris, with categories for name of balloon and balloonist, date and time of departure and arrival. Surr... More

Les ballons du Siège de Paris, septembre 1870 - février 1871 / A. Tiss...

A republican belle - a picture of Paris for 1794 / IC., British Cartoo...

Print shows an old woman, a sansculotte, in ragged dress, her arms folded across her chest, holding a pistol in one hand, which she fires at a man lying on the ground, and a dagger in the other. There is a skul... More

Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

Laurent Guyot - La verite triomphante, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows, on the upper right, Jacques Necker wearing a toga and standing on clouds above a wall or sarcophagus, holding aloft with his left hand a bust portrait of Louis XVI, and holding at his right shoulde... More

Chasse à la grosse bête - A drawing of an elephant attacking a man on ...

Print shows members of a citizen's militia attacking and severing heads of a great beast, the many-headed Hydra of despotism. The Bastille appears under siege in the background. Includes a long caption, "Couple... More

Il voudrait abbattre ce qui les soutient

Print shows, on the far left, Louis XVI sitting on a throne on a raised pedestal with Jacques Necker at the base holding balance scales and appealing for justice. At center, the clergy, the parliament, and the ... More

Portrait d'aprés nature du Sr. Humbert, Compagnon Horloger, natif de L...

Print shows Sr. Humbert and Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, leaders, respectively, of the second and first assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, half-length portrait, facing each other, each in o... More

Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris

Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More

L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple...

Print shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class, members of the three estates, dining together and drinking a toast to "la santé d'not bon Roi" in a rural setting. Possibly purchased ... More

Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux

Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More

Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, British Cartoon ...

Print shows Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance. Includes e... More

L'Anarchiste. Je les trompe tous deux / Son. Petit, peintre, sculpsit.

Two faced figure of anarchist deceiving figures representing Republicans and Jacobins.

Mr. Spéroni, nonce apostolique, porte-croix de Notre St. Père Le Pape

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback being led by a guard, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. He is following the papal carriage carrying th... More

Attaque de la Convention Nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 Vendémiai...

Print shows an uprising in Paris on October 5, 1795 on the rue Saint-Honoré, in front of the Church of Saint-Roch, between factions after the vote on the constitution was announced. Plate from: Collection comp... More

Le pied de nez de Milord Pit - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows Napoleon I, wearing laurel wreath and ermine robe, pushing down one side of scale with his sword, which lifts two frightened monarchs, on the other side, off the ground; in the background stands a... More

Les formes acerbes / Me. Poirier de Dunkerque, avocat, invt., publié l...

Print shows Joseph Le Bon, as a shirtless, crazed madman, standing on a pile of decapitated bodies between two guillotines, he is drinking blood from a chalice as he fills another chalice with the blood spewing... More

Le tigre enchainé - A group of men in uniforms standing next to each o...

Cartoon showing Napoleon I as a tiger in chains held by a British officer holding a whip; two men representing Russia and Austria play musical instruments nearby. DeVinck, 9800 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Bal masqué. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Animals wearing caricature masks of prominent persons. Reference copy in LOT 4624. Illus. in: Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard / Un autre monde; transformations, visions, ..., 1844, p. 43.

Ascension de la colossale Montgolfiére L'Aigle conduite par Eugène God...

Admission ticket to Eugène Godard's ascent in the balloon "L'Aigle" from a location in France. Includes a picture of a balloon decorated with flags and an eagle emblem. Tissandier collection.

Ascension du 26 septembre 1876, 700 mètres / Albert Tissandier.

Drawing shows Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their balloon, "Zénith." (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82)

[Woman taking picture of French peasants]

Title devised by cataloger. Probably for Kodak advertisement. (DLC/PP-1935:0064). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine / - Exposition Univer...

From Edison films catalog: This panoramic scene is taken from a Seine steamboat and gives a rapid view of the banks of the river. The launch steams under six bridges and past the Street of Nations. The United S... More

"Sour grapes!" / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a fox labeled "France" and the Russian Bear walking away from a grape arbor labeled "Anglo-Japanese Alliance"; they have tried the grapes and found them not palatable. Illus. in: Puck, v. 51... More

La Revue Comique par Jehan Testevuide, no. 33-36

Four satirical vignettes. In the first vignette two women look at a newspaper headline about the pilot, Paulhan. One women wishes to marry him, but her companion tells her that he is already married and offer... More

Économisons le pétrole, l'essence / Marie Louise Jeanningros, 13 ans.

Poster showing gas containers of different sizes. Translation of title: Let's save gas [petrol]. From a group of posters designed by school children and others, some marked "Affiche composée par les enfants de... More

Demain, il y aura du tabac et des cigarettes; un peu de patience, fume...

Two men arguing with two children standing behind a policeman. Translation of title: Tomorrow there will be some tobacco and some cigarettes. Smokers, a little patience, and let's restrain ourselves today. Sig... More

L'Emprunt des 'Dernières Cartouches.' Français, encore un effort . . ....

A man and a little girl in a trench handing a box of cartridges and a grenade up to a soldier who is on the front line. Translation of title: The 'Last Cartridges' Loan. Frenchmen, another try . . . ! Signed: T... More

Faites préserver vos enfants contre la tuberculose par le vaccin B.C.G...

A nurse holding a young child. Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale. Crédit Lyonnais. Souscrivez

A French soldier sticking a flag with the word Libérté on it into a large globe.

A view looking northwest, from the mouth of a coal pit, showing the de...

J233239 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address : 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. No. 9. Copyright deposit; Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.); May 10, 1919.

Cavallier (side view) - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows French soldier, whose face was disfigured in World War I, wearing a mask made by Anna Coleman Ladd. No. 2725. Forms part of the American Red Cross Collection (Library of Congress)

Crédit Lyonnais. Souscrivez au 4e Emprunt National

A male 'allegorical' figure armed with a sword pulling the French flag away from the Imperial eagle. Translation of title: Crédit Lyonnais. Subscribe to the 4th National Loan. Signed: Abel Faivre. Another issu... More

Emprunt de la Libération 1918. Souscrivez!

Marianne holding the imperial eagle by the neck. Translation of title: Liberation Loan 1918. Subscribe! Signed: B. Chavannaz. "Bonbright & Co., Paris." Woodward & Lothrop, donor. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1918.... More

With compass and T-square during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations perform mechanical drafting without the need for prostheses. Poster caption: For one-armed men, mechanical drafting has proved a good ... More

British Red Cross ambulance in French service. Northern France

J236503 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18703. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emprunt National 1920. Société Centrale des Banques de Province

Depicts a burning city and cathedral. Framing this scene are coats of arms of French cities. Translation of title: National Loan 1920. Société Centrale des Banques de Province. Signed: Wielhorski ; border sign... More

One of the 4-men German patrol who didn't get back / Victor A. Lundy.

Sketch showing German soldier lying dead on the ground in France. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 8, [p. 9] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

Maison où vit Jean le Jean et Roget, St. Martin d'Audeville

Sketch showing house in France. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 6, [p. 47] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

[House] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sketch showing house probably in Manche, France. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 7, [p. 31] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

Church in St. Germain de Tournebut

Sketch showing exterior of church in St. Germain de Tournebut, Manche, France. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 7, [p. 3] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

Bringing in the wounded "on stretchers stiff and bleared with blood"

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18869. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Fidélité au Roi. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows soldiers swearing loyalty to the French king. Translated title: Loyalty to the king. Déposé á la direction de l'Imprimerie Royale &c. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

Le calculateur patriote - A drawing of a man sitting at a table

Print shows an accountant sitting at a desk on which are six severed heads, recording a tally of the heads taken and the number that remain due. Henderson, pl. 27 de Vinck, 1615/1616 Blum, 566 Forms part of: F... More

On me raze aujourd'hui - je me marie demain &cc. / A.P.

Print shows, at center, a head on a pole with a wig topped with the horns of cuckoldry awaits the monk, on the right, who is sitting in a chair holding a tray under his chin, a member of the French Guard, about... More