4e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale
The allied flags bearing down on Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). Translation of title: The 4th National Defense Loan. Signed: Abel Faivre. Another issue: POS - Fr .F35, no. 8 (same image and different text; 79 ... More
Masks, showing different stages in the work done by Mrs. Coleman Ladd ...
Photograph shows casts taken from the soldiers' muitilated faces; the lower row shows the faces which Mrs. Ladd modelled on the foundation of the life mask with help of photographs taken before the wound was re... More
Souscrivez au IVéme Emprunt et le drapeau tricolore, á Strasbourg, ann...
Three French soldiers on a hillside in a forest overlooking Strasbourg. In the distant horizon is an enlarged Strasbourg Cathedral with a French flag hanging from it. A German observation balloon is tethered a... More
[Companies M and K, Three hundred and twenty-sixth Infantry, Eighty-se...
Title from United States. War Dept. General Staff. Catalogue of Official A.E.F. photographs, volume 2, page 56. No. 18772.
Four years in the fight. The women of France, we owe them houses of ch...
Women working in a factory. Signed: L. Jonas. Promotional goal: U.S. G2. 1918//Fr. F34.J7. 1918. Item is no. 180 & 234 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading ... More
This grim reminder wends its way northward, from Chateau Thierry to So...
Snakelike trench winds through war ravaged land. J272799 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by W.E. Troutman, Inc. No. 5141.
"Kentucky," Finey Towery - Public domain portrait drawing
Sketch showing portrait of soldier in France. Annotation at page bottom: "In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines." In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 8, [p.... More
French lines captured from the enemy by the Marine Fusileers
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18665. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More
Shells bursting in ruined French village
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18898. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More
Carte de France / Historic map, Library of Congress
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The reception of Benjamin Franklin in France
Print shows Benjamin Franklin standing with a man and a woman outside building next to a river, with boats carrying passengers, and bridges spanning the river in the background. T1847-O U.S. Copyright Office. ... More
The reception of Benjamin Franklin in France
Print shows Benjamin Franklin standing with a man and a woman outside building next to a river, with boats carrying passengers, and bridges spanning the river in the background. T1847-O U.S. Copyright Office. ... 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.
The genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppression from t...
Cartoon shows a woman wearing a liberty cap, representing the genius of France, holding a cat-o'-nine-tails in one hand and the reins of a donkey in the other; on this donkey and another bucking in the backgrou... More
Bombardement de tous les trônes de l'Europe et la chûte des tirans pou...
Print shows members of the French National Assembly exposing their posteriors, from which streams labeled "Liberté ca ira" pour down on the heads of rulers of Europe, while Liberty ignites a cannon labeled "Vio... More
"After you" - Public domain portrait drawing
Bismarck and Louis Napoleon motion simultaneously to each other to enter the door of peace first. A female figure holding an olive branch, opens the door. Inscribed below image: Watermark 1823 Richard Doyle 18... More
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
Emprunt National 1918. Souscrivez pour la victoire qui vient!
Soldiers standing on a tank. Tank warfare was first introduced into WWI by the British in 1916. The word 'tank' was originally a security name given to these 'land ships' or 'land cruisers.'
[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, ...
Newspaper clipping from French serial La Nature? Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Atelier de Mr. Lachambre fabricant de ballons de baudruche, aerostats,...
Drawing shows the interior of Henri Lachambre's balloon manufacturing facility, with balloon bags and maquettes of various sizes. Four women at the right sew balloon fabric. Tissandier collection.
Commemoration de la prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1792 / Prieur ...
Print shows a large bonfire of items related to the nobility as part of the celebration commemorating the fall of the Bastille. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution ... More
Desespoir des ennemis de la France a la decouverte de leurs complots
Print shows a 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Dra... More
Liquer Cordial-Médoc, G. A. Jourde - Bordeaux / L. Cappiello.
Poster showing a woman holding a bottle and grapes, against a background of grapes.
Le ballon de Mr. Godard! - Public domain scenic drawing
Humorous drawing shows a woman pointing up in surprise at a cow and person apparently falling from a balloon associated with Godard's experiments with lighter-than-air flight. Another cow stands nearby. "Dièu d... More
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]...
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]...
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]...
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]...
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
Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man with a lion on a leash
Print shows a member of the Third Estate playing a bagpipe, standing next to a tame lion, representing the monarchy, and manipulating marionettes, representing the clergy and the nobility, on a string tied to h... More
Pal sangué Mr. l'Prieur v'la l'coup
Print with two scenes, one labeled "Le jeu de hazard" shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class; the other labeled "Le goute patriotique" shows members of the three estates dining toge... More
L'accord parfait - A painting of three men in period clothing
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate playing musical instruments. The nobleman, on the left, is playing a bagpipe, the cleric, on the right, is playing a recorder an... More
"Rosine! Rosine! Ma chère Rosine! Je jure que je t'adore"
Print shows an abbé rushing into the bedroom of "Rosine" professing his love for her, the woman (possibly intended to be a caricature of Marie Antoinette) stands to receive him with open arms, saying "Non, non,... More
Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground
Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More
Enjambée de la sainte famille des Thuilleries à Montmidy
Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis ... More
L'entreé-franche - je me suis ruine pour l'en gresser - la fin du comp...
Print shows Louis XVI as a pig with fish on his head forming the horns of cuckoldry, on a hind leg is a tether held by a man of the Third Estate. de Vinck, 3989 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collecti... More
France ; England. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...
Political cartoon showing "France" with man kneeling and presenting crown to old woman on throne with other women standing, three of them with heads on poles. "England" with man sitting on crate "general excise... More
Vue de la montagne elevée au champ de la reunion
Print shows the Festival of the Supreme Being, inspired by Robespierre, planned by Jacques Louis David, to commemorate the second year of the Republic; a female figure, representing France, riding on a cart wit... More
La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle quil la faudr...
Print shows four bare-bottomed men, the ministers of finances, sitting around a table restoring their good health on the produce of other nations; as they consume the "Eau de la Plata" and "Eau du Sénégal," the... More
General Monkey and General Wolfe!!, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Napoleon I, wearing a large hat, carrying a long sword, and having a body where his shoulders rest on his waist, cowering before the large ogre-like figure of John Bull. Forms part of: British Cart... More
Théodore Rousseau - [River landscape, the Seine at Chateau-Gaillard] /...
Title, attribution, date, subject, and physical description by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Inscriptions: Lower right in graphite: "T.H.R." Verso: all in graphite: "Rousseau. River Landscape/ 33-4/ Th.R (4)"; LC B st... More
Funérailles de L'Empereur Napoléon. Passage du cortège dans les champs...
Funeral procession of Napoleon passing on the champs Elisées. Hubbard Collection. Signed on stone. No. 5.
Maxime Lalanne - [Landscape with house] / Lalanne.
This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Stamp on back: ERP. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Bequest; Pennell Estate; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:R01) Conserved, 8.86.848.58.
Girl reading a letter dessiné par J.B. Huet peintre du Roi par son trè...
Print shows a young girl, half-length portrait, in right profile, reading a letter; in a framed medallion with leafy boughs at top. Printed at bottom: Dédié a Me. Huet. Printed on lower right: No. 408. (DLC/PP-44149)
A faut esperer q'eu se jeu la finira bentot
Print shows the nobility and the clergy, representing the estates general, riding on the back of a man representing the working class, or third estate; the man is bent under their weight and supports himself by... More
Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delar...
Print shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting on rocks on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Signed on stone on lower l... More
A gentleman in a fix -- An unnatural parent
Cartoon showing Napoleon holding baby "Intervention", as the mother "Bull" runs away. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 15, no. 380 (1863 Jan. 10), p. 256.
Départ du Marquis de le Guillois / A. Bonnard.
French caricature shows the "Marquis de le Guillois," possibly the publisher or editor of "Le hanneton," departing in a balloon and dropping an envelope sealed with a cockchafer or maybug ("le hanneton"). Among... More
Voyages aèriens de M.M. Albert et Gaston Tissandier. Tentative de reto...
Drawing shows the balloon "Jean Bart," flown by Albert and Gaston Tissandier descending over the Seine with tow ropes hanging into the river where landing was attempted during the Siege of Paris. "D'après natur... More
Usine à gaz de Vaugirard, 3 octobre 1870. Depart remis. Calme plot. En...
Drawing shows the balloon manufacturing facilities of Henri Lachambre in Vaugirard, a section of Paris, France. A balloon is being inflated with gas in preparation for a flight to Tours.
[Sailboats at a wharf] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0062.14). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Maria Antoinette Dauphine - Public domain portrait engraving
Print shows Marie Antoinette, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing an elaborate necklace; in oval medallion with crown at top, roses on the left and lilies on the right, button with monogram MA a... More
Caricature, A division of labor / Keppler., public domain cartoon imag...
Print shows the British Lion labeled "England" lying in the foreground with a concerned look on its face, while in the background, a man labeled "France" is talking on the telephone to a man labeled "Russia", o... More
Le petit coquin, dessert exquis / L. Cappiello.
Poster showing a girl eating a cookie as a parrot watches. Exhibited: "Toulouse-Lautrec and the Posters of Paris" at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, June 1 - September 9, 2012.
What has happened is droll beyond imagining
(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Recrudescence of Madame Vic" by Thomas A. Janvier, Harper's magazine, 112:524 (March 1906).
Another sort of war ruin - after several days in the trenches
A British Red Cross orderly escorting a wounded, captured, German soldier to a field hospital for treatment. National Photo Company Collection. Photo by Central News Photo Service. No. 8800A.
Aux femmes françaises. La guerre a été déchaînée par l'Allemagne malgr...
Broadside. Translation of title: To French women. The war has been unleashed by Germany in spite of the efforts of France, Russia, England to maintain the peace. Promotional goal: Fr. J2. 1914//Fr. F34.J7. 191... More
Pour que papa vienne en permission, s'il vous plait
A young girl in a Red Cross nurse's uniform and a small boy wearing a red cap, carrying a collection cup and selling medals, respectively. Translation of title: So that papa may come home on leave, please. Sig... More
Journé du Poilu. 25 et 26 décembre 1915. Organisée par le parlement
A poilu embracing a girl. Behind them is a sewing machine, and a tipped chair; a little dog is in the left-hand corner. Caption: Enfin seuls . . .! Alone at last . . .! Translation of title: Poilu Day. Dece... More
Comité d'assistance en Alsace-Lorraine. Tombola artistique. Exposition...
Two girls [Alsace and Lorraine] running towards the figure of Minerva. Translation of title: An auction and exhibition organized by the Relief Committee in Alsace-Lorraine April 7-30, 1916 at the Musée des Art... More
2me Emprunt de la Defense Nationale
People bringing money to the feet of La Marseillaise and Marianne. Translation of title: 2nd National Defense Loan. Signed: A. Robaudi. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1916. Item is no. 70 in a printed checklist avai... More
Debout dans la tranchée que l'aurore éclaire, le soldat réve á la vict...
A soldier standing in a trench. Translation of title: Standing in the trench illuminated by the first rays of the sun, the soldier dreams of victory and of his home . . . Subscribe to the 3rd National Defense ... More
Qui calcule prévoit. Qui prévoit souscrit á l'Emprunt
Family reading and writing under a lamp. Translation of title: Whoever thinks ahead provides for himself. Who provides for himself subscribes to the Loan. Signed: V. Prouvé, 1917. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 191... More
Emprunt National 1917. Bonbright et Co. Paris
An officer on horseback is leading troops of French foot soldiers past a statue of the personification of Strasbourg. Translation of title: National Loan 1917. Bonbright et Co. Paris. Signed: Dusin or Cousin? ... More
The Frenchwoman in war-time - Drawing. Public domain image.
Scene depicting French women in war-time. One woman is working in a factory, one is nursing her child, and another woman is hoeing in the field. In the background is an outline of Victory. French women made up ... More
American warehouses in France - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
Public domain photograph related to American politics and World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
I lose-a my baggage, I shouted loudly. You savvy? baggage heap gone! ...
(DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Arm and the Wallop" by William Slavens McNutt, Collier's weekly, 61:7 (June 29, 1918).
Semez du blé. C'est de l'or pour la France / Suzanne Ferrand.
A large sickle, a sheaf of wheat, and a French flag in the background. Translation of title: Grow wheat. It is gold for France. Another issue: POS - Fr .E26, no. 9a (with same title; 55 x 35 cm.). From a grou... More
Mon cher foyer, je t'aime tu es la maison de chacun le chez soi pour t...
A soldiers' home set in the woods. Outside soldiers are relaxing and playing games. Translation of title: My dear home, I love you, you are the home for each of us a poilu. Signed on stone on lower right: L... More
Mangez moins de viande pour ménager notre cheptel
A fish on the end of a line dangling from a fishing pole with stream in the background. Translation of title: Eat less meat and save our livestock. Signed: Marthe Picard, 16 ans. Promotional goal: Fr. J72. 1918... More
Repairing telephone lines during gas attack at the front, France
J240884 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 19205. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Banque Privée. Souscrivez á l'Emprunt de la Reconstitution
Victory, with her arm around a boy who is carrying a basket of fruit through a wheat field. A ruined village is behind them. Translation of title: Banque Privée. Subscribe to the reconstruction loan. Signed: A... More
German dead, scene near Belleau Wood
J269617 U.S. Copyright Office. Dead soldier outstretched in open field. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Famous French Renault tanks going through Vaux
J269575 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by W.E. Troutman, Inc. No. 5108.
[Villa Torre Clementina, Louis Antoine Stern house, Avenue Impératrice...
Site History. House Architecture: Lucien Hesse, commissioned 1904. Landscape: Raffaele Mainella. Associated Name: Ernesta [Mrs. Louis] Stern. Today: Private house and garden, restored, a French historic monumen... More
Belleau Woods. Americans and their captives--A few who escaped the bay...
J283580 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Over There Review, Inc. No. 52.
Church in Crasville - Drawing. Public domain image.
Sketch showing exterior of church in Crasville, Manche, France. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 7, [p. 17] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).
The terrible desolation of once fertile hills and valleys, France
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18935. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More
Off for Berlin! High power autotruck delivering large cannon to the fi...
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18631. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More
Court society at Versailles A.D. 1731 / painted by De Troy ; engraved ...
Men and women socializing in a garden. 33392V U.S. Copyright Office. .
Lait pur stérilisé de la Vingeanne / Steinlen.
Poster showing a little girl drinking milk from a bowl, with cats begging at her feet. Guillot Frères, Montigny sur Vingeanne, Côte d'Or.
Nadar / A. Humbert ; relief Marchandeaux., Nadar Collection 1850-1910
French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar hanging onto his balloon, "Le Géant," as it drifts with the wind currents. The basket of the balloon is depicted as a camera. Illus. from unidentified per... More
Il 18. brumale, anno VIII - A drawing of an elephant in the middle of ...
Italian print published on the occasion of Napoleon's coming to power in France, November 9, 1799, following his successful campaign in Egypt. Image depicts France as a giant sphinx wearing the cap of Liberty a... 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.
Louis XVI, avoit mis le Bonnet rouge, il avoit crié vive la nation, .....
Louis XVI drinking toast to the nation after angry crowd invaded the palace and made the King put on the traditional revolutionary phrygian cap.
L'aristocratic écrasée. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a bust portrait of Louis XVI atop a pedestal with engraved text "A Louis XVI Pere des Français et Roi d'un peuple libre." A reclining female figure, aided by Father Time, is engraving text on plaque... More
Liquer Cordial-Médoc, G. A. Jourde - Bordeaux / L. Cappiello.
Poster showing a woman holding a bottle and grapes, against a background of grapes.
The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National A...
Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled "Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism," riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the "Dodsley Bookseller" the publis... More
Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des ...
Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from P... More
[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]
Print shows ornate carriage in which are riding well-dressed people with horns growing out of their heads. The carriage is drawn by two horned deer; standing on a platform at the rear is a women holding a baton... More
La coup des bois - A drawing of a man falling off a horse
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, possibly a woman, kneeling on top of a fallen friar, cutting wooden branches or horns from his head. Caption continues: Quel besogne, Grand Dieu ni moi ni mes petits e... More
L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].
Allegorical print showing Father Time parting the stormy skies of recent days to reveal Louis XVI eagerly accepting the truth offered by Justice and the arrival of Jacques Necker, recalled on 16 July 1789, as F... More
Trois tetes sous l'meme bonnet - A painting of a man sitting in front ...
Print shows a neatly dressed man sitting on a bundle surrounded by implements of the Third Estate and holding a large triangle topped with a liberty cap, within the triangle are images of a cleric, an aristocra... More
Le corps Aristocratique sous la figure d'une femme expirant dans les b...
Print shows a plainly-dressed female figure dying in the arms of a man, representing the nobility, as two other men, one checking her pulse, stand nearby.
Le concert L'essentielle est d'accorder nos instruments pour que l'har...
Print shows three men playing musical instruments; they represent the clergy, the aristocracy, and the third estate. Trimmed within plate. de Vinck, 2050/2051 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection... More
Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma do...
Print shows a group of ecclesiastical figures departing a church with what remains of their belongings (following the November 1789 decree by the National Assembly regarding church property); at the center of t... More
Les moines aprenant à faire l'exercise
Cartoon showing four men, monks, wearing the uniform of the National Guard marching in a disorderly manner. Caption continues: ...avec de la patience nous en viendrons about et avec le temps nous marcherons com... More
Ha je seront ben content quand j'aurons tous ces papiers la - le treso...
Print shows a cleric, an aristocrat, and a member of the Third Estate who is pulling on a rope tied to a bundle of papers including the "Nouvelle Constitution" and "Vœux de la Nation" which are held aloft by a ... More
Quel bonheur de retrouver ce que l'on aime
Print shows a line of monks emerging from a monastery and a line of nuns emerging from a convent, at center is a citizen, wearing a cockade on his hat, getting married to a nun, on the left two married couples,... More