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Saints Peter and John curing the sick

Print shows the apostles Peter and John raising their hands to heal a cripple seated on the floor in front of them while a group of people watch. Anonymous artist after Raphael. Title from Graphic sampler / com... More

[Woman bending over cradle] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0202). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Section, North Wing looking n...

Inscription on recto: "Section of the North Wing of the Capitol East and West looking North." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Masonic Temple, Boston - Print, Library of Congress collection

205 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Annin, Smith & Co.

Storming the line. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed upper left: To the left of Ft. Mahone. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.416) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part of: Morga... More

Constitution d'Angleterre. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a critical response to the British political system by showing Prime Minister William Pitt standing on the British crown, which is possibly being flattened by the weight of his authority; he is hold... More

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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[Asylum and hospital ("Marine Asylum & Hospital"), Washington, D.C. Fl...

Inscriptions on recto: "Design for a Marine Hospital in the City of Washington. Respectfully to the Commissioners of the Hospital fund by BHenry Latrobe Engr. to the Navy Dept. UStates July 1, 1812." "1. Stewar... More

Wounded escaping from the burning woods of the Wilderness

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. 357. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.535) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

Disgusted with life, she retired to the society of books

Signed with artist's monogram. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The A.O.I.B.R." by Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye, Harper's young people, 10:... More

Washington city north of Capitol in 1839

Landscape drawing shows a horse with two ponies in a field north of the Capitol (not pictured). A house sits on a rise in the distance, upper right.

Manuscript and print version of the 1815 listing of Thomas Jefferson's...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The last request - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a woman on her deathbed speaking to her distraught husband.

Adeline - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0049.

[African American woman ironing]

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

Genl. Andrew Jackson, 1828. Protector & defender of beauty & booty, Or...

Print shows a campaign portrait of Andrew Jackson issued during the presidential election of 1828. An oval bust portrait of Jackson is surrounded by the words "Protector & Defender of Beauty & Booty. Orleans," ... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ground story - stairs, Suprem...

Inscriptions on recto: "Courtroom of the Supreme Ct." "Benjm. Henry Latrobe Surveyor of the Pblic Bldgs U States 1806." "Principal stairs" "Ground Story of the Capitol U.S." Reference copy available in LOT ... More

The belle of Point Lookout - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows young woman partially identified as Miss Bidlack, probably a relative of William Wallace Bidlack, a surgeon at Point Lookout during the Civil War.

Residence, chief quartermaster, Third Army Corps, Brandy Station / neg...

Photograph showing the residence and business office of the Chief Quartermaster of the Third Army Corps with attendants. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... More

Residence, chief quartermaster, Third Army Corps, Brandy Station / neg...

[Head of Christ on the cross] - Public domain portrait engraving

Drawn in Flanders or Italy. Title, attribution, date, subject, and physical description by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Copy: Engraving by J.C. Loedel (Wurzbuch, I, p. 472, no. 276). In the 1883 catalogue of the Rudo... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with c...

Inscription on recto: "North Wing arcade and colonnade." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Un employé du gouvernt., sortant de chez lui avec sa famille ; Une dam...

Illustrations showing government worker leaving home with family and servants following behind him; interior with woman sewing, girl reading, black servants and infants sitting on floor, one servant carrying dr... More

John Harris House, 4000 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS MO-31-16 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction

[Martin caught it and threw it to Bat, who was flying near the ground]

(DLC/PP-1936:0107). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Old Crow and his Friends / Katharine B. Judson. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1918, p. 55.

Robin reached softly into his bosom and took out the warrant

Title on verso. Later version published in Robin Hood, his book / Eva March Tappan. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1903, p. 98. (DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[The itinerant monk Shintoku cures a mute girl]

Illustration showing girl sitting on a mat surrounded by her parents and Shintoku with people working nearby. Illus. in: Shintoku Nara miyage. Gekan. [Kyoto] : Nakajima Matabē han, 3-nen mi [1713?]. Published ... More

[Bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsy...

Inscription: North & South Front including the Streets East & West B. Henry Latrobe 1818. Exhibit loan 4105-L.

Cattle Raid. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on a separate sheet of cream paper: Confederate cattle raid Sept. 16th 1864. Genl. Wade Hampden [sic] suddenly appeared at Coggins point in th... More

President's Levee, or all Creation going to the White House / Robert C...

Crowd in front of White House during Andrew Jackson's first inaugural reception in 1829. Reference copy in WASHINGTONIANA - LOT 4386 59E. Illus. in: The Playfair papers. London : Saunders and Otley, 1841, v. 2,... More

[Bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsy...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Cielings [sic].__" "BHenry BLatrobe" "6." Lined with paper. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Inklings of travel, up Salt River

A broad satire, ridiculing all of the candidates in the 1848 presidential campaign. Swimming up "Salt River" and pulling the "Salt River Barge" is fox Martin van Buren. Seated in the barge are (left to right):... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Inner house dome framing plan...

Inscriptions on recto: "Rise, on versed line of the dome..." "Mean & Radius of the blocking course of the Senate chamber..." Graphite sketch, section, in upper right hand corner. Notations include computation... More

[Football game]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Debutante reading with cat and owl:] ahh, abash, accouchment, ape, ac...

Includes Eve and snake with apple, woman smoking, stork with infant, ape, acorn, and oak tree. Part of title devised by cataloger. Preparatory drawings for title page, alphabet illustrations; later versions pub... More

[U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. East elevation, low dome]

Inscription on recto: East Elevation of the Capitol. Inscription on verso: Modified plan after Hallett's discharge Thornton's East Elevation. Drawing no. 27. History of the United States Capitol / Glenn Brown. ... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Cellar story, south wing]

Inscriptions on recto: "For Wm Lenthall, Clerk of the Works." "Plan of the Cellar Story of the South Wing of the Capitol at Washington. BHenry Latrobe Furveyor of the public buildings April 1803." "The 3 st... More

Marse George lead her out on de porch

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: In Ole Virginia / Thomas Nelson Page. New York : Charles Scribner's sons, 1895, p. 69.

Kyō kudari osagawa tsuneyoshi [to] ichimura kamezō no soga no jūrō

Print shows two actors, one portraying a woman and the other in the role of one of the Soga brothers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Our country and flag. ... Words & music by Richard Culver / T. Sinclai...

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

[Washington and his generals] / drawn and engraved by A.H. Ritchie.

Print showing General George Washington and other Revolutionary War generals meeting in a large room. LC-USZ62-3977 is a key to identifying the men in the print. Title from related item. Reference copy in Presi... More

Gaol, in Walnut Street, Philadelphiadelphia

Print showing a 10-horse team moving wooden building mounted on wheels. The two-story structure being moved was a former blacksmith shop that was purchased by the Rev. Richard Allen, who moved it to Sixth and L... More

Levi Coffin House, Main Cross & Mill Streets, Fountain City, Wayne Cou...

Survey number: HABS IN-79 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000009

Alice Barber Stephens - [Hallway and staircase]. Book illustration fro...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Winslow Homer - War songs. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Series of images relating to war songs. Mainly soldiers marching, but also African Americans hauling sacks on their backs. Julia Ward Howe, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," is in center. Title inscribe... More

The City of Philadelphiadelphia...as it appeared in the year 1800

Title page. Hand-col. engr. title page by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as it appeared in the year 1800. File print may be in LOT 4384 Q. This record contains unverified, old data from ... More

Queen Victoria. 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).

Discrepancy in noses makes no difference

(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. 429.

5th excelsiors. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Sketch of two soldiers. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.251) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Lipstick. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Deb's Dictionary / Oliver Herford. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1931.

[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath ...

Tissandier collection.

A good view of the spectre - Public domain book illustration

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State-House Garden, Philadelphiadelphia, engraving, Library of Congres...

Weeping willows; strollers, children. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 23. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4384 M. This re... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Petra March 7th 1839

El Khasne. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 14-15, ... More

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

A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea V...

Print shows view of the Hudson River at a point where it broadens to form a lake called Tappan Sea in New York.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, variant ...

Inscription on recto: 4 ft. to an inch. Date: 1818-1820 (William Allen). Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).

She had wrung it from him ... - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph of 18th019th-century cartoon print, satirical portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A-listnin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about

Photograph shows a young girl with her hands clasped in front, staring intently forward. Photograph was an illustration for James Whitcomb Riley's poem "Little Orphant Annie" printed in Brownell's Dream childre... More

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781

Print shows Major General O'Hara, surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JJ. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by... More

Protected steel cruiser Philadelphia, United States Navy

Print shows three U.S. Navy cruisers under steam at sea. Y43227 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on ... More

[Portrait of Leontyne Price, Porgy & Bess]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII KK 20. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

[Bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsy...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Principal Story" "BHLatrobe 1918." "4" "Bank" "Stockholder's Room." Lined with paper. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Arch... More

Tom reached and clawed down the hole after him

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Water Babies / Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, p. 186. Exhibite... More

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Public domain book illustration

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

The noble sons of Ireland - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows men prominent in Irish history, each identified below the print, all standing before the viewer, wearing the particular dress of their times. Includes eight lines of verse. C7169D U.S. Copyright Off... More

"La tete decapitee" every afternoon & eve'g. : all other entertainment...

E6267 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "S. Booth, Pictorial Engraver and Printer, 201 Centre Street, New York." Poster contains only text. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). East front elevation, archi...

Referred to as "The Fancy Piece" by Hallet. Exhibited: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor's Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, ... More

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). East front elevation, archi...

William Sharp - Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; Sharp sc.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washing... More

The council of the rulers, & the elders against the tribe of ye Americ...

Print shows a group of men in the Hall of Commons, several seated around a table, on the wall is a map labeled "North America" which has burst into flames, in the foreground stands Lord North passing banknotes ... More

New York from Staten Island Brooklyn City Jersey City New York from St...

Print shows two views from Staten Island. Above: Jersey City and New York. Below: New York and Brooklyn City. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: C... More

[United States Capitol ("Federal Capitol"), Washington, D.C. Cross sec...

Presentation drawing showing scheme "E" for cross section of the U.S. Capitol. Inscription on recto: E-1 A ground plan accompanied this which Doc. Thornton sent for together with the plan in pencil. Inscripti... More

[Military academy. West and east elevation]

Inscriptions on recto: "West and East Elevation of a Military School" "BHenry Latrobe Archt." "Jany 26th 1800" "No. VI." Inscription on verso: "Mr. Latrobe s drawings & remarks on [...] for a Military Ac... More

Wilkie, my son, forgive me - Public domain book illustration

Variant title on verso: She dragged herself toward him with her hands clasped in an agony of supplication. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in... More

Fight at Mechanicsville [changed to] Beaver Creek between McCalls divi...

Title inscribed above image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 26, 1862, p. 470 as "The Army of the Potomac-The Battle of Beaver Creek, June 26, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.694) Reference ... More

Alice Barber Stephens - [Unable to withdraw her attention from the kne...

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Marble Faun / Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York : Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1900, vol. 2, p. 348.

Reformed Episcopal Church of the Rock of Ages, 1210 West Lanvale Stree...

Significance: One of the youngest congregations on the Square, Emmanuel Christian Community Church dates to 1934, the year the congregation moved into its present home here at the intersection of West Lanvale S... More

The platypus / O. Herford. - Public domain book illustration

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

Washington arsenal, Insane Asylum in the distance

View across the Potomac toward the arsenal, ships at anchor. Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: the arsenal stands on a point running out into the river at the junc... More

William Penn's treaty with the Indians, when he founded the province o...

Illustration shows William Penn standing with a group of settlers and Native Americans.

He was evidently on exhibition - Public domain book illustration

Variant title on verso: He was talking to her with studied affectation. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Clique of Gold by Emile Gaboriau,... More

Property protected--à la Françoise, British Cartoon Print

British satire of Franco-American relations after the XYZ Affair in May of 1798; 5 Frenchmen plunder female "America", while five figures representing other European countries look on. John Bull sits laughing o... More

Picket in front of Ft. Mahone - Public domain scenic drawing

Guard in canvas-covered trench in foreground, fort in background. Title inscribed below image. Rough sketch of trench or breastworks on verso. See also Waud, No. 120. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.2... More

A sharpshooter's last sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania / Alex. Gardner,...

Photograph showing a dead soldier and his gun. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 40. Copyright by A. Gardner.... More

Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charles...

Title inscribed below image. Attributed to William Waud. Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud no. 36 (A size). Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.525) Reference prin... More

Jean de Tournes - Pourtraits divers, 16th century

Title supplied from 1557 edition, cf. Brunet. Brunet, IV, column 850. Cartier, A. Bib. des. éditiones des de Tournes no. 353 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1057 Also available in digital... More

Explosion at City Point - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed lower right: A R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 27, 1864, p. 545. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.361) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawi... More

[Fiddlehead fern]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ukiyo-e print illustration for haiku shows with fiddlehead ferns sprouting from the ground. Page in: Zoku Koya bunko. Kōto [Edo] : Maekawa Rokuzaemon ... [and 5 others] ; Bishū [Nagoya] : Fūgetsu Magosuke, [179... More