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Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg

Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed: 87. Date derived from historical sources. Similar to Waud, no. 311. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.442) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

Main Street, 400-700 Blocks (Commercial Buildings), Calvert, Robertson County, TX

Main Street, 400-700 Blocks (Commercial Buildings), Calvert, Robertson...

Significance: Once a thriving railhead for the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, the small town of Calvert, Texas is today known mainly for its many antique stores. Founded in 1868 by a group of businessmen w... More

Log cabin anecdotes. Illustrated incidents in the life of Gen. William Henry Harrison / J.F. Trow, printer, 114 Nassau St.

Log cabin anecdotes. Illustrated incidents in the life of Gen. William...

A Whig campaign broadside, with text describing a series of 12 incidents in the life of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with wood-engravings. The incidents are (counterclockwise from upper left): "Harrison'... More

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson;  Engraved by C. Tomkins.

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson; Engraved by C. Tomkins...

Print shows Washington, his officers and troops hailing a provision wagon train as it approaches their encampment. H4922 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in LOT 4412 N.

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run

Troops marching past house, damaged bridge in background. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: VIII 6. Shalers brigade. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1864, p. 13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (D... More

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... grand illumination gala of 45,400 lamps!! and day and night fete. Mr. Green will ascend, for the 283rd time, in his balloon ...

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... grand illumination gala of 45,400 lamps!! ...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, England, on Monday, September 5th, 1842. Text also describes concerts and other activities taking p... More

Pilgrims' progress. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Pilgrims' progress. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Democratic party war-horse Andrew Jackson appears frequently in the satires of the 1844 election campaign. Here, wearing a long frock coat and tall hat, he leads a donkey carrying Democratic candidates Polk and... More

Bank of the United States, in Third Street, Philadelphiadelphia

Bank of the United States, in Third Street, Philadelphiadelphia

Pedestrians, carts. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 17. Ref. copies may be in LOT 4384 D and F. This record conta... More

[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven]

[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civ...

President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859. Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, ... More

Pocohontus [sic] capturing blockade runner Antonia. Mobile

Pocohontus [sic] capturing blockade runner Antonia. Mobile

Rough sketch of two ships under sail. Title inscribed below image. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.458) Reference Print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. Forms pa... More

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit ; gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizel.

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More

Culpepper [i.e., Culpeper], Virginia--Stacking wheat / E.F.

Culpepper [i.e., Culpeper], Virginia--Stacking wheat / E.F.

African Americans stacking wheat near Culpeper Courthouse, Va. Reference copy in: Civil War Drawings - Miscellaneous. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.187) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

The caricature reflects the bitter antagonism between Kentucky senator Henry Clay and President Andrew Jackson, during the protracted battle over the future of the Bank of the United States from 1832 through 18... More

Hearst. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Hearst. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Design drawing for a lotus pipe stove. Front and top]
Alice Barber Stephens - [Mausoleum, Charlottenburg]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Alice Barber Stephens - [Mausoleum, Charlottenburg]. Book illustration...

Title from mat. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0012). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

South Main Street, Block 43 (Commercial Buildings), South Main & Washington Streets, South Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

South Main Street, Block 43 (Commercial Buildings), South Main & Washi...

Significance: The buildings of South Main Street as a unit form a very harmonious and decorative street facade, relative to a pedestrian scale and representative of the late 19th century style. Individually th... More

Wool-gathering. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Wool-gathering. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's second reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 133.

City Market House, South Sixty & A Streets, Richmond, Wayne County, IN

City Market House, South Sixty & A Streets, Richmond, Wayne County, IN

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS IN-24-14 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

Title devised from N.Y. Illustrated News. Published in: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217, with caption: Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New Yor... More

Wm. H. Harrison, President of the United States / drawn on stone by Chas. Fenderich ; from a painting by Mr. Franquinet.

Wm. H. Harrison, President of the United States / drawn on stone by Ch...

President William Henry Harrison, half-length portrait, facing right. 1289 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Chas. Fenderich & Co. P.S. Duval's Lith. Press, Phila. Library has two copies: no. 142 and no. 142a... More

Battle of Winchester, decisive charge upon the rebels at the stone wall

Battle of Winchester, decisive charge upon the rebels at the stone wal...

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Many of the soldiers without caps and arms at the [rear?]. Published with description in: Harper's Weekly, April 12, 1862, p.... More

[House, Richmond, Virginia. Perspective rendering of house and landscape]

[House, Richmond, Virginia. Perspective rendering of house and landsca...

Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

News from the front / EF. - Public domain monumental decor drawing

News from the front / EF. - Public domain monumental decor drawing

"Rappahannock Station, Va." on item. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.111) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Heinrich Ibsen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Heinrich Ibsen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Alexander the Great at the altar-fire on the eve of the Battle of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331 B.C.] / A. Castaigne.

[Alexander the Great at the altar-fire on the eve of the Battle of Gau...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Alexander the Great" by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Century, 58:233 (June 1899). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Floor plan, Supreme Court, vestibule - Judiciary]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Floor plan, Supreme Court, ve...

Inscriptions on recto: "GROUND FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the Walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a deeper red, the ... More

[Draftsman drawing a lute] / AD [monogram], 1525.

[Draftsman drawing a lute] / AD [monogram], 1525.

Print shows two men in a room using a perspective apparatus to draw a lute accurately. Woodcut illus. and surrounding text in: Underweysung der Messung / Albrecht Durer. [Nuremberg], 1525. Title from Bartsch. I... More

Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki - Ukiyo e print

Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three men, two seated and one standing, possibly Commander Anan, age 54; Perry, age 49; Captain Henry Adams, age 59. May be text of President Fillmore's letter to Emperor. Annotations, sta... More

The state tinkers. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The state tinkers. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

Three men breaking a large bowl which is cracked and patched. Lord North is shown chiselling inside the bowl, behind the bowl is Lord Sandwich, next to Lord Sandwich is a man identified as Lord George Germain. ... More

"A little more grape Capt. Bragg"--General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista, Feby 23d, 1847 / Cameron ; lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

"A little more grape Capt. Bragg"--General Taylor at the Battle of Bue...

Print shows General Zachary Taylor on horseback, in midst of battle, pointing his sword toward artillery and says to "Capt. Bragg", who is standing before him, "A little more grape." The artillery is directed t... More

The trial of the honourable Colonel Algernon Sidney, 1683. painted by F.P. Stephanoff, Esq. [London] 1835

The trial of the honourable Colonel Algernon Sidney, 1683. painted by ...

Two line dedication to William Spence Cavendish. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Painting by F. P. Stephanoff, Esq. [London]. Print by John Charles Bromley, 1795-1839. Reference copy may... More

Genl. Franklin Pierce, democratic candidate for the presidency

Genl. Franklin Pierce, democratic candidate for the presidency

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, engraving, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Chinese primary school classroom with teacher, smoking a long pipe, and students; includes Chinese language characters]

[Chinese primary school classroom with teacher, smoking a long pipe, a...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 316. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr. Vincenzo Lunardi nell'Anfiteatro Correa il di 8 luglio 1788

Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr...

Print shows Vincenzo Lunardi in the gondola of his balloon during an unsuccessful balloon ascension from the amphitheater in Rome. He experimented with oars for navigation. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 198... More

Guerilla warfare. Unarmed Union soldiers fired at by farmers on the James River

Guerilla warfare. Unarmed Union soldiers fired at by farmers on the Ja...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Prime block. See similar image by William Waud in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper August 2, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DL... More

Horizontorium - Print, Library of Congress collection

Horizontorium - Print, Library of Congress collection

378 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Barker, J. J.

Rebs, Confederate States of America, American Civil War.

Rebs, Confederate States of America, American Civil War.

Rear view of two soldiers. Title inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.385) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The slave driver. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The slave driver. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 463.

A common council man of Candlestick Ward, and his wife, on a visit to Mr. Deputy - at his modern built villa near Clapham, British Cartoon Print

A common council man of Candlestick Ward, and his wife, on a visit to ...

Print shows a "common" councilman and his wife who are shocked by the jumble of architectural styles in the "modern built villa" which includes a Georgian entry, gothick and venetian windows, chinoiserie tower ... More

A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in America / I. Carwitham sculp.

A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in Americ...

Print shows view of Boston from the harbor, with ships in the foreground. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. No. 34. Published in: The American Revolut... More

Macdonough's victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 17th 1814 / painted by H. Reinagle ; engraved by B. Tanner.

Macdonough's victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army ...

Print shows the naval battle that ensued on Sept. 11, 1814, between American forces commanded by Thomas Macdonough and British forces commanded by Captain George Downie. The Americans emerged victorious and the... More

[Couple dancing, Peru]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Couple dancing, Peru]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hartford City Public Library, 314 North High Street, Hartford City, Blackford County, IN

Hartford City Public Library, 314 North High Street, Hartford City, Bl...

Significance: The Hartford City Public Library is one of the many libraries in the State of Indiana that was established with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie gave Hartford City a gift of $16,000 on Janu... More

[Military academy. North elevation, rendered]

[Military academy. North elevation, rendered]

Inscriptions on recto: "North elevation of a Military Academy" "BHLatrobe" "No. V." Mounted on paper. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

The perilous situation of Major Mony [i.e. Money], when he fell into the sea with his balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, off the coast of Yarmouth ...

The perilous situation of Major Mony [i.e. Money], when he fell into t...

Print by John Murphy (artist, publisher), after painting by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833). This record contains unverified, old data from PGA shelflist card, with subsequent revisions.

Pursuit of Lee's army. Scene on the road near Emmitsburg - marching through the rain / Edwin Forbes.

Pursuit of Lee's army. Scene on the road near Emmitsburg - marching th...

Long column of troops marching along a road after the Battle of Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.292) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[House, Washington, D.C. Floor plan]

[House, Washington, D.C. Floor plan]

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their raid

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

[House, Richmond, Virginia. Site plan and landscaping]

[House, Richmond, Virginia. Site plan and landscaping]

Inscriptions on recto: "City of Richmond" "Shockoe Creek" "Stable yard & offices." "BHLatrobe archt." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. Powhatan

Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. Powhatan

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below title: put in more boats ad libitum; evening effect misty; Inscribed upper left Atlanta 3 ports on a side. Sunset; rebel ram Atlanta. G... More

His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the armies of the U.S. of America & president of the Convention of 1787 / painted & engrav'd by C.W. Peale.

His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the ar...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, in uniform, facing slightly right; in oval. Gift; Jane Bethune Craig Hawkins, great granddaughter of Genl. John Neville 4th Virginia and wife of Genl.... More

The battle of Gettysburg / EF. - Public domain scan / drawing

The battle of Gettysburg / EF. - Public domain scan / drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.276) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washin... More

Viva la república! Viva el Cura Hidalgo! Una página de gloria

Viva la república! Viva el Cura Hidalgo! Una página de gloria

Broadside shows bust portrait of Father Miguel Hidalgo in an oval medallion at center of sheet. Text surrounds the image in a square, celebrating Mexican Independence. On the verso are two images of Mexican sol... More

General Patricks punishment for gamblers

General Patricks punishment for gamblers

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863, p. 717 as : The Army of the Potomac-Gamblers at the Provost Marshal's Headquarters. Gift, J.P. Morgan... More

[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monsters]

[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monste...

Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Magenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 79.

[Aeneas' ship landing on an island]

[Aeneas' ship landing on an island]

Illus. in: French ed. of Virgil's Aeneid, publ. in Lyon in 1483 by Guillaume Le Roy. Reference copy may be in LOT 4714. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Herodotus. Historia. Venezia...1494

Herodotus. Historia. Venezia...1494

Person placing laurel wreath on head of scribe in library. One of 15th century Italian prints dealing with books and reading reproduced in: Max Sander, Le Livre a Figures Italien, v. 5. Reference copy may be in... More

[Crowned Greek astronomer Ptolemy and his Renaissance translator Regiomontanus, seated beneath an armillary sphere and surrounded by decorated border]

[Crowned Greek astronomer Ptolemy and his Renaissance translator Regio...

Frontspiece in: Epytoma in Almagestum / Regiomontus. Venice : J. Hammam, 1496. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 29.

[Title page of Witelo, De Natura, illus. with composite of various phenomena of natural science: mirror; man wading in water to show refracted light; box balanced at fulcrum on another box; sunlight shining through glass to start fire; rainbow]

[Title page of Witelo, De Natura, illus. with composite of various phe...

Illus. in: Witelo, De Natura, 1535. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rainbow; Light; Natural phenomena; Science; BI Works; RBD; Shelf.

[Man's head, showing anatomy of brain; and surrounding text]

[Man's head, showing anatomy of brain; and surrounding text]

Illus. and text in: De humani corporis fabrica / Andreas Vesalius. Basileae :[Ex Officina I. Oporini], 1543, p. 605 Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congr... More

[Exercises of youth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Exercises of youth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere ... anno MDLXIIII. Qvae est secvnda pars Americae ... / Auctore Iac... More

Of the unicorne [sic] - Public domain dedication image

Of the unicorne [sic] - Public domain dedication image

Unicorn facing right with one leg in air. Illus. and text in: The historie of foure-footed beastes / Edward Topsell. London : W. Laggard, 1607, p. 711. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno.... More

[Title page of Nova Brittania: offering most excellent fruits by planting in Virginia, illustrated with sailing ship]

[Title page of Nova Brittania: offering most excellent fruits by plant...

Illus. in: Nova Brittania: offering most excellent fruits by planting in Virginia (London, 1609) Johnson, Robert, fl. 1586-1628, supposed author. File print on back of VA. HISTORY COLONIAL PERIOD card. This rec... More

Marcus Sadeler - Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc.

Marcus Sadeler - Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc.

Landscape, with dead and live animals, baskets of fruit, and man standing holding dog on rope. Bradley Collection.

Il [mondo] e [per] lo piu [gabbia] di [matti] / Giuseppe Ma. Mitelli inv. dissegno, et int. In Bologna 1654.

Il [mondo] e [per] lo piu [gabbia] di [matti] / Giuseppe Ma. Mitelli i...

Print shows a large cage containing all manner of men, from scientists and musicians to the dregs of society. Sitting outside on the top of the cage are Fortune, whom all desire to reach, and the artist, busily... More

Wenceslaus Hollar - [Horse, rose, narcissus, etc.]

Wenceslaus Hollar - [Horse, rose, narcissus, etc.]

Animalium, ferarum et bestiarum, florum, etc., no. 12. LeBlanc 2 (101-112) Parthey 2075.

[Murder of the missionaries by the Indians]

[Murder of the missionaries by the Indians]

Illus. in: Historiae Canadensis - New France. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Canada; Relig. Missionaries; Indians & w.; Shelf.

Wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the trials of several witches, lately executed in New England...by Cotton Mather

Wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the trials of seve...

Title page; no illus. No ref. copy. Illus. in: Wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the trials of several witches, lately executed in New England...by Cotton Mather. This record contains unverifi... More

[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, tilling soil into raised humps, and sowing seeds, North America]

[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, till...

Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîne [etc.], 1724, vol. 2, pl. 7, opp. p. 154.

El almirante Christoral Colon descubre la Isla Españ̃ola, iy haze poner una Cruz, etc. / P. B. Bouttats fec., Aqua forti.

El almirante Christoral Colon descubre la Isla Españ̃ola, iy haze pone...

Etching shows Christopher Columbus being greeted by native people upon his landing on the island of Hispanola. In the background, soldiers plant a cross and native women flee from the arriving sailors. Illus. i... More

While nature lies around deep--lull'd in noon / Schmolze.

While nature lies around deep--lull'd in noon / Schmolze.

Tree and riverbank in country setting. Reference copy also available in LOT 4638-A. Illus. in: Nivelon, F. / The rudiments of genteel behavior, p. 127.

Cavalcade de Masquea. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cavalcade de Masquea. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows 8 vignettes with figures on horseback identified by various attributes, such as the figure at top left, "Le Marquis de la triste figure" or the melancholy marquis followed by "Le pere la Joie", "Mr.... More

[Socrates] standing before seated group in temple portico; large crowd behind him

[Socrates] standing before seated group in temple portico; large crowd...

Engraving by L.P. Boitard. Illus. in: Cooper, The Life of Socrates, London, 1750, p. 115. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Sir Isaac Newton, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Sir Isaac Newton, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Mezzotint by James McArdell after Enoch Seeman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Orig. in Hubbard Coll. 5415-11 "A".

A view of the of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of St. Laurence - two leagues to the southward of Gaspée Bay Vuë de l'Isle Percée, rocher remarquable dans le Golfe St. Laurent a 2 lieues au sud de la Baye de Gaspe / / drawn on the spot by Capt. Hery. Smyth ; engraved by P. Canot.

A view of the of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of ...

Print shows a warship in the foreground approaching rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corne... More

The hon. James Otis, jun. Esq. - Public domain portrait engraving by James Otis

The hon. James Otis, jun. Esq. - Public domain portrait engraving by J...

Print shows James Otis, bust portrait, flanked by Hercules crushing a snake with his foot and Minerva holding a staff topped with a liberty cap. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1770, ti... More

Paul Revere - [The coffin of Patrick Carr]

Paul Revere - [The coffin of Patrick Carr]

Print shows section of newspaper column with illustration of the coffin bearing skull and crossbones and the initials of Patrick Carr, who died from wounds received during the Boston Massacre. Illus. in: The B... More

[Title page of An argument in the case of James Sommersett ...]

[Title page of An argument in the case of James Sommersett ...]

Text in: Hargrave, Francis. An argument in the case of James Sommersett,... London : Printed for the author and sold by W. Otridge ..., 1772, title page. Published in: Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bi... More

A Methodist, love feast. The gosple wife, or the bellows lecture, British Cartoon Print

A Methodist, love feast. The gosple wife, or the bellows lecture, Brit...

Political cartoon showing man and woman at door and priest hiding under table. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck

A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced work...

Print shows open countryside looking toward Dorchester, Massachusetts, with soldiers in redoubt on the left. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph... More

A machine for delivering persons from burning houses / R. Aitken sculp.

A machine for delivering persons from burning houses / R. Aitken sculp...

Print shows two men manipulating a large wooden device with pulleys and a large basket attached for the rescue of persons from burning buildings. Title from related article in The Pennsylvania Magazine. For the... More

David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army against Quebec, British Cartoon Print

David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army agai...

Print shows David Wooster, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, holding pike in right hand, left hand resting on cannon. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collec... More

Charles Lee Esq'r. - Americanischer general-major

Charles Lee Esq'r. - Americanischer general-major

Print shows Charles Lee, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, facing left; in oval. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84, p... More

[Jeremiah]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Jeremiah]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Etched study for wing of altarpiece made for Royal Chapel, Windsor. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... More

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and S... More

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lio... More

Sarratoga [sic] / dessiné par Fauvel ; gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Academie Impériale et Royale de Vienne &c.

Sarratoga [sic] / dessiné par Fauvel ; gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Acad...

Print shows the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777; includes text. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Eta... More

The Royal Society. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The Royal Society. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

"The Prince presides at a carouse round a circular table..." (Source: George) One of a set of prints on the marriage of the Prince of Wales, see No. 6924, &c. This record contains unverified data from George. C... More

View of a pass over the South Mountains from York Town to Carlisle / Bedwell delt. ; [Thackara sc.]

View of a pass over the South Mountains from York Town to Carlisle / B...

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788 May, opp. p. 236. Fielding, 1570 Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

Maria Antoinetta van Oostenryk. Koningin van Frankryk / L.A. Claessens, sculp. ; Curtus, pinx.

Maria Antoinetta van Oostenryk. Koningin van Frankryk / L.A. Claessens...

Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abolition of the slave trade, or the man the master, British Cartoon Print

Abolition of the slave trade, or the man the master, British Cartoon P...

Illustration shows the reversal of roles for slaves and slave masters, with former slaves now in the role of the slave master. No known restrictions on publication. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collect... More

La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, who were against the reforms of the revolution, walking in procession along the Rhine River toward a man, on the left, holding a paper that... More

Fountain of Egeria. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Fountain of Egeria. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Signed in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 106.

New York from Brooklyn - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

New York from Brooklyn - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...

Bird's-eye view with Brooklyn Bridge on right. Copyright by Irving Underhill. No. D-420.

An American having struck a bear but not killed him, escapes into a tree

An American having struck a bear but not killed him, escapes into a tr...

Bear looking up at man in tree. Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the year... More

John Wesley Jarvis - Thomas MacDonough U.S.N.

John Wesley Jarvis - Thomas MacDonough U.S.N.

Print shows Commodore Thomas MacDonough, half-length portrait in uniform. Engraving by J.B. Forrest from the original by J.W. Jarvis. Illustrated in: The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans / ... More

Enterprise and Boxer. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Enterprise and Boxer. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the American warship Enterprise engaged in battle with HMS Boxer. In decorative border with anchors, American flags, ship rigging, an eagle, and cameo portraits of two ships.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, section]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, section]

Inscriptions on recto: "Section of South wing of old Capitol as rebuilt looking north" "342." Verso obscured by lining. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Libr... More

Mr. Burchell's first visit, Thomas Rowlandson

Mr. Burchell's first visit, Thomas Rowlandson

Eight people seated around dining table in large kitchen. Reference copy also available in LOT 4638-C. Illus. in: Goldsmith, Oliver / The vicar of Wakefield, 1823, p. 33. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturi... More

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