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Matsubaya uchi matsūmura yosoi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows two courtesans, bust portraits, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Aiban Nishikie. Forms part o... More

Nakamura tomijūrō no ōiso no tora

Print shows the actor Nakamura Tomijūrō, full-length portrait, holding a bonsai on a tray, in the female role of Ōiso no Tora.

Monsieur Perrukesmore a French cavalier, & Sir Penitent Pig-back a Cat...

Two Lilliputian figures, a French landholder, and a Catalonian pilgrim headed for the Holy Land confront each other. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial border.

The twelve months represented by Lilliputian figures, British Cartoon ...

Scene in January, showing couple keeping warm in winter clothing; and scene in February, showing couple, in masquerades, holding hands. Each scene framed by elaborate ornamental and pictorial borders. Forms par... More

Okamotoya uchi sayagata, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sayagata, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows two women, one writing on a scroll, both wear many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō mutama... More

Paper hanging 51. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Fifty One. Ground pin work, ornamented with a garland of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, between each garland a palm ornament, on... More

Paper hanging 49 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty Nine. Ground in Arabic style, composed of an Arabesque ascending in the centre--the sides lighted and shaded by horizontal lin... More

Daimonjiya uchi ichimoto - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Ichimoto of Daimonji-ya, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, looking to the right, wearing many hairpins and a kimono with a fish design.

Nakamaru matsue no keisei miyako - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakamura Matsue in an onnagata role as the keisei (courtesan) Miyako, standing at a gate in the wall around a city, beating a small drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

Chōyō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women looking at flowers, one is holding scissors. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Beauties having fu... More

Woman wearing feathers in her hair looking off into the distance

G6557 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Title possibly ha... More

Woman with green dress and silver necklaces with pendants

H169 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Trowitzsch, Sobo U... More

The Presidents of the United States. Liberty and union / lith. of G. &...

A commemorative print published after the inauguration of President James K. Polk. The design incorporates oval bust portraits of the eleven Presidents arranged in an oval with Washington in the center and Polk... More

Declaration of Independence. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

A facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, in an ornamental oval frame with medallions of seals of the thirteen original colonies, and medallion portraits of John Hancock, George Washington, and Thomas Jef... More

Tobias Conrad Lotter - Mappa totius mundi / Mattheaus Albrecht Lotter ...

Print shows title ornamentation with four female figures representating the four continents, America as a Native wearing a skirt made of feathers and a feather headdress. Illus. in: Atlas géographique de cent ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Kaidan o oriru onna

Print shows a woman descending a staircase, she has a small roll of cloth or paper in her mouth. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

Yamabuki ōgiya uchi takigawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows Takiqawa, a courtesan at Ōgiya, with a female attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Kitagawa Utamaro... More

Shin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows several women, with many hairpins and elaborate headdresses, walking down a corridor in a brothel, followed by a man wearing a mask. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Kadoebiya uchi taisei, Sadahide Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Taisei, with many hairpins, and a young girl. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tsuki yo yosh... More

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Major General George B. McClel...

Addressed to Mr. John Stiles, Linden, Genesee Co., N.Y.; postmarked at Batavia, N.Y. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, November 20t...

Accompanying typed manuscript claims it is the earliest dated bill to be ornamented with the Lincoln lineaments. Handwritten note to bottom of manuscript indicates there is a bill earlier than that dates August 10, 1861.

Ornamental penmanship - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Beadles, J. E., artist. Category designation on or... More

No. 31 fountain, 7 feet 6 inches high

Photograph showing ornamental ironwork fountain with draped, standing boy holding a bird. F1781 U.S. Copyright Office. Illus. in: Illustrated catalogue, ornamental iron fountains / J.W. Fiske, manufacturer of ... More

Imprimerie Eb-uz-zia, Constantinople, fondée 1881

Print shows vignettes of cherub-like figures setting type, printing, reading, and taking a photograph. On board mount: Türkische und egypt Drucksachen 1890-1900. Printing specimen for Imprimerie Ebüzziya. Print... More

Debutante - Print, Library of Congress collection

G17367 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Campbell, Metzger & ... More

[Civil War envelope with poem "I love but thee" in ornamental border]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Uwaki no sō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman with combs in her hair and a shawl draped over her bare shoulders, exposing her breasts. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et f...

Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man, half-length portrait, wearing necklace and head ornaments, and with facial markings, facing slightly left. Parthey, 2009 Published in: Many nations: A Library of C... More

Ōgiya takihashi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Takihashi, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with several large hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Prize designs for fret sawing. Williams' ornamental series. No. 20

894 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams, Henry T., cop... More

The Republican Christmas tree / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a large Christmas tree decorated with ornaments labeled with political offices and presidential appointments; Thomas C. Platt and Matthew S. Quay, who is dressed as a woman, are standing in front of... More

Matsubaya uchi matsūmura yosoi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

[Civil War envelope with poem "I love but thee" in ornamental border]

Picryl description: Public domain image of stamped postal envelope, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Nakano chō no sakura - Public domain print

Print shows three women, full-length portrait, standing, each with a different animal represented on their kimono, on the left should be a Chinese lion, center should be a tiger, and on the right is a turtle.

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et f...

K N quick step dedicated to the Know Nothings

A sheet music cover illustrated with an ornamental vignette and motifs alluding to the Know Nothing party. In the center a nocturnal procession of men in tricornered hats, holding bayonets and a banner with a s... More

Ushiro muki oiran zu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a view from behind of a woman with many ornamental hairpins in her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: part of... More

William Speiden journals: Vol. 1, Mar. 9, 1852-July 2, 1854 (includes ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richardus I. Rex Anglorum Vertue del. sculp

Richard I, King of England, bust portrait, facing front, in crown and mantle, holding battle-axe, with ornaments. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of England / Paul de Rapin-Thoyras & N. Tindal. London, 1732.

Roman column at Igel near Treves drawn by S. Prout ; ornament by F.W. ...

Print shows the Roman column at Igel, Germany. At head of title: Continental annual by Prout 1832. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso: 43734. Print has six thread-holes where sheet was... More

Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engr...

Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles. Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822. Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822. Osborne Coll.... More

John Fletcher, English dramatist, head-and-shoulders portrait, in orna...

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Signed and dated on plate. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carte du théatre dela guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Trieze Co...

Print shows title cartouche and ornament; flags and ordnance frame title as troops engage in battle before burning town. Illus. in: Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Trieze Colonies... More

Paper hanging 41 - A piece of cloth with a design on it

Wallpaper design acccompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty One. Ground. Star closely set, printed in grey and white, on a lighter grey ground enclosed on each side with a garland of je... More

Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the s...

Print shows title page with ornamental border and two decorative plaques, one containing tuğra (signature) of Sultan Abdülmecit and the other containing a view of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia S... More

Winter, Head and Shoulders Portrait, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a young woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a hooded shawl, pearl necklace and a jeweled ornament with a strand of pearls on her hair. A5130 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication... More

The dream of Cavalry - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

2877 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Bridgman, E.C., copyri... More

Prize designs for fret sawing. Williams' ornamental series. No. 10

884 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams, Henry T., cop... More

From an actual survey made by Nichos. Scull surveyor of the province o...

Print shows title ornament on a map with a Continental soldier standing next to a wall which bears title inscription and forms the base for two broken pillars, his left arm is pointing to the right. Illus. in:... More

Santō Kyōden - Segawa - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the courtesan Segawa standing next to a hibachi with two young attendants wearing elaborate hair arrangements. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Decorative fretwork design with leaves

13112 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Trump Bros., copy... More

Ōtawaraya uchi wakamastsu, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Wakamatsu of Okawara-ya, a courtesan, full-length, walking, turned to the right, with several young apprentices walking with her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

[Ornament for the title page of The European magazine showing the godd...

Illus. in: The European Magazine. London : Philological Society of London, v. 3, 1783, title page. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library... More

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Segawa michisaburō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Segawa Michisaburō, full-length portrait, body turned to the right, facing left, holding a board in raised left hand, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Ōmonguchi no rakugan, ōgiya uchi tsukasa

Print shows the courtesan Tsukasa, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with several hairpins, and two young attendants; includes view in picture in background of geese descending at the Ōmon Gate.

Decorative borders, models for photograph and postal card case ornamen...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Art Interchange Co., copyright claimant. Category ... More

Prize designs for fret sawing. Williams' ornamental series. No. 19

893 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams, Henry T., cop... More

In loving memory of our martyred President McKinley

[G]4822 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Greaves, J.W., copy... More

Nakano chō no sakura - Public domain scan / print

Declaration of Independence. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

Henricus I. Rex desig. et sculpt. G. Vertue

Henry I, King of England, bust portrait, left profile, with ornaments and vignette below depicting dungeon scene. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of England / Paul de Rapin-Thoyras & N. Tindal. London, 17 .

Francis Beaumont, English dramatist, head-and-shoulders portrait, wear...

Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[America, 1771 - title page ornamentation showing Native wearing skirt...

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

Mitsuhata senzan misayama itotaki oribae, Eishi Hosoda

Print shows four geishas or courtesans. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Parr's writing desk - Print, Library of Congress collection

7950 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Parr, George, copyrigh... More

Peacock comb, no. 2295, orange, green, black

K127580 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams (Chas. W.)... More

Nidaime yamashita kinsaku - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Gov. Morton's grand march - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...

An allegorical design on the cover of a piano-music composition dedicated to the newly elected Democratic governor of Massachusetts, Marcus Morton. The illustration's central motif is based on the state seal, s... More

Tourmaline, no. 2260, yellow, green

K127579 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams (Chas. W.)... More

Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engr...

Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, the wind shifted from the north to t...

Print shows Sir Philip Francis(?) standing, facing right, with dagger in left hand, on the far right, Warren Hastings, wearing a turban, is standing amid bags of money beneath a flag "India Preserved" and again... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nihonzutsumi o miru yūjo

Print shows a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part... More

Chōjiya hinazuru hinamatsu, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Hinatsuru and Hinamatsu of Chōji-ya, courtesans, half-length, one holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More

Isaiah Thomas esq. designed and engraved on copper by F.S. King

Print shows Isaiah Thomas, half-length portrait, turned to the left, facing front, in medallion with lavish ornament, including bust portraits of Johann Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin. Caption continues: Prin... More

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