A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!
Cartoon showing a Russian holding up small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him.
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi--Gallant charge of the 17th Iowa, 80th ...
24058 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi--Gallant charge of the 17th Iowa, 80th ...
24058 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The women of '76: "Molly Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth
Reference print in LOT 4412 G. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7302.
The battle at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th, 1862 Charge of Crawford's Brig...
Union and Confederate soldiers on battlefield. Print caption: Between the Corps d'armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and a vastly superior number of the Rebels u... More
[Attack on Fredericksburg] - An old picture of a village with a horse ...
Union troops landing on shore of river, pulling up pontoon bridges and maneuvering in foreground; buildings burning in background. Title devised. Published in: Evert A. Duyckinck, National History of the war fo... More
Taking up position. Cold Harbor. June 2, 1864
Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Printed(?) in black ink upper left: Ed. May 2nd. 1864. Inscribed on verso Advance upon the left Hancock. Formerly Waud no. B-24. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC... More
[Landing pack ponies at Chemulpo for advance on Seoul]
H43585 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904.
Buckland from Mr. Huntons house - Public domain scan / engraving
Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Scene of a cavalry engagement with Stuart. 63. Published in: Harper's We... More
Fort McHenry, Soldiers' Barracks No. 2, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone ...
Significance: This structure in its original form, served as one of the Soldiers' Barracks for the garrison during the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note materi... More
Fort McHenry, Soldiers' Barracks No. 2, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone ...
Significance: This structure in its original form, served as one of the Soldiers' Barracks for the garrison during the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note materi... More
Battery No. 1.--100 and 200 pounder Parrots opposite Yorktown and Glou...
Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed within image: River. Inscribed upper right: Yorktown in distance as in sketch No 6. guns firing. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 7, 1862, ... More
Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves before the expiration of their...
Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Baskets house burning. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 412. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.743) Reference... More
Gen. Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. Warn...
Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More
Couch's Corps forming line of battle in the fields at Chancellorsville...
Title inscribed below image. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Inscribed on verso: Battle May 1-3, 1863 Chancellorsville, Va. 11; Corps ... 26 Wisconsin; 25 Ohio; 82 Illinois; 55 Ohio; No II 2. MJB 32. Gift, J.P... More
The Lexington of 1861 - A painting of a group of men fighting a man on...
Massachusetts Volunteers fighting in streets of Baltimore on march to defense of the U.S. Capitol. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3754
Theodore Bender House, East of Herr's Ridge Road, West of Buford Avenu...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Skirmish between the Brooklyn 14th and 300 Rebel Cavalry [sic]
Drawing shows a scene that apparently didn't happen. The Brooklyn 14th did not fight in areas where there was Confederate cavalry. (Source: Antietam, by the editors of Time-Life Books, 1996, p. 69) Inscribed on... More
Storming of Independence Hill at the Battle of Monterey / Kelloggs & T...
Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battle of Chickamauga--Sept. 19' & 20' 1863--Federal ... (General Rose...
19407 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1890 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, U.S.A.
Sheridan's final charge at Winchester / Thulstrup ; fac-simile print b...
Philip Henry Sheridan leading troops in battle. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...
Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More
Ely's Ford - Public domain drawing
Wagons and cavalry fording river in foreground, while infantry cross pontoon bridge in background. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Poplars. Inscribed lower left... More
Ely's Ford - Public domain scenic drawing
Wagons and cavalry fording river in foreground, while infantry cross pontoon bridge in background. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Poplars. Inscribed lower left... More
[Just before the opening of the engagement, El Pozo]
Title from donor letter dated Oct. 27, 1962. No accession number. Signed "W. Glackens, El Pozo." Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Fight for Santiago" by ... More
The battle of Cedar Mountain (Slaughters Mountain)
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.271) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Battle of Atlanta--Death of General James B. McPherson--July 22d 1864-...
27019 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1888 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, U.S.A.
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Battle of New Orleans - A painting of the battle of new orleans
General Andrew Jackson on horseback in foreground commanding troops in battle against British troops commanded by General Pakenham, Jan. 8, 1815; ships in background. Copyright by Kurz & Allison.
Bridge on the Appotomax [sic]--Train of Cars and workshops burned by t...
Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: South side of R.R. workshop. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.450) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file... More
Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864
Title inscribed below image. Very similar to Waud no. 433, which may have been traced from this drawing. References: Ray, plate 68. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.432) Reference print available in th... More
Gen Butler, Adgt Gen Thomas, Adgt Gen Schout[sic]& staff watching the ...
Title inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 19, 1864, p. 740, as: Gen. Butler and Staff watching the Battle from Johnson House, October 27, 1864. Reference print available in the Civil War... More
Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union by N. Mendal Shaf...
Print shows the outline of 42 states and Indian Territory, a Civil War battle scene, and Liberty holding U.S. flag and sword riding on the back of an eagle, Lincoln and his cabinet (the secretaries linked to im... More
The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864--Wilderness ...
"The Army of the Potomac crossing the Rapidan River at Germanna Ford The first day's advance of the Army of the Potomac in its great and last campaign against Richmond" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1... More
Capture of four 20 lb Parrotts at Deep Bottom by Gen Miles
Inscribed below image: William Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: see daily papers this is called the fight at Strawberry Plains. Inscribed upper right: When our men charged the Gunners fl... More
[L'assaut général des Anglois à la citadelle]
Lieure, 658 (3d state, trimmed). Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Obsidio Vrbis Monasterii in Westphallis, Ao. M.D.C.LVII Eigentliche De...
Print shows birds eye view of Münster under siege from August until October 1657. Locations of different troops are numbered 1 through 51 and activities are labeled A-D and are identified along the left and rig... More
Napoleonic era battle scene showing soldiers fighting at close-quarter...
Inscribed in pencil on verso: Found in Hopkinson silhouette book. (DLC/PP-2000:095) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Libr... More
[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gr...
Print shows Napoleon I on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers; in the lower right foreground are defeated Mamlu... More
Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.
Print shows an officer on horseback behind American soldiers as British soldiers storm the barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. Published in Graham's magazine, 27, 1 (July 1845), between p. 40 and 41.
Saga gorō mitsutoki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Print shows Mitsutoki wearing protective padded armor from which several arrows are protruding, prostrating himself onboard a Taira ship. He is reporting to "Tomomori", "Emperor Antoku", and others during the ... More
The brilliant charge of Capt. May--At the Battle of Resaca de la Palma...
No. 554. Copyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 772.
[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...
Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting ovation for George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, and allegorical medallion of peace and agriculture, from bottom of left valve. In album: Benjamin... More
[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...
Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting the battle of Yorktown and gallantry of Alexander Hamilton, and allegorical medallion of war, depicting Hessian soldier and New Jersey farmer, from bot... More
Fall of Lieut[enan]t Col[one]l Henry Clay, Jun[io]r / Designed by T.H....
Print shows soldiers carrying a dying Henry Clay, Junior, away from the Battle of Buena Vista, Coahuila, Mexico, February 23, 1847, during the Mexican-American War. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War e... More
The Battle of New Orleans / designed by W. Momberger ; engraved by H.B...
Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans.
[Kneeling rifleman] - Public domain portrait drawing
Title devised. Inscribed left margin: Oct 2 1887. (Not in Waud's hand?) Formerly matted with Waud nos. 576 and 577, with inscription "1862 Army of the Potomac, 6 sketches." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More
Lacy House, Fredericksburg - Public domain scan / drawing
Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-163. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1090) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahe...
Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being... More
Rebel cavalry driving captured horses through, while still smoking Emm...
Study for street scene at Emmitsburg, MD. Title inscribed above and below image. Formerly Waud no. B-88. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.852) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Attack on the center. Chickamauga
Title Inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Chickamauga. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.664) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Port Hudson from the opposite bank of the river The Union forces enter...
Two illustrations showing Port Hudson and the arrival of Union troops to take possession of the fortifications following the siege which ended with the formal surrender by the Confederate forces on July 9, 1863... More
Grant's campaign south of the James--reinforcements to General Warren ...
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hare house, Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing
House and landscape. Title inscribed below image. Green sheet and white sheet joined, sketch on green sheet only. Formerly Waud no. B-145. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.909) Forms part of: Morgan co... More
The invasion of Maryland--capture of a train on the Philadelphia, Wilm...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 July 30, p. 289.
Grant's Great Campaign--Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves
Attributed to A.R. Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 412. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.743a) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Kiralfy Bro's. "Michael Strogoff"
N16297 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy, 1882." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
"The independents fought nobly!" / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows David B. Hill draped over a cannon and Charles A. Dana with many New York politicians, identified as "Croker, Grant, Hinckley, Sheehan, Gilroy, Murphy, McLaughlin, Smyth, [and] Divver", and the Tamm... More
Dai yon gō, Qingdao China - Public domain scan / drawing
Print showing scenes related to the war between China and Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Senjigahō : Illustra... More
"Alma" (storming the great redoubt)
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Woodville, R. Caton, artist. Graves (Henry) & Co.,... More
Insurgents' camp at Guantanamo after capture, June 14, 1898
Public domain photograph of Cuba, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Graves of Marines killed in battle at Guantanamo, June 14, 1898
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marine encampment at Camp M'Calla [i.e. McCalla], Guantanamo, June, 18...
Public domain photograph of Cuba, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The Japanese cavalry advancing through fields toward a walled city in...
Print shows a Japanese soldier on horseback engaging four Boxer troops as the cavalry crashed through a field outside a walled city in China. Title from accompanying material.
The fall of the Pekin castle, the hostile army being beaten away from ...
Print shows the allied armies advancing toward the Boxer forces outside the imperial castle in Beijing, China. Title from accompanying material. From series: Boxer Rebellion picture series. No. 21.
The 11th regiment of infantry launch a general offensive on Tientsin, ...
Battle scene of the Boxer uprising. No. 1. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jap troops landed at Chemulpo after naval battle and waiting to be sen...
H43597 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904.
[Within a damaged Russian battery (Fort No. 3) just after a fierce ass...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Embarkation of New England troops under Governor Pepperell during the ...
Reproduction of painting by Charles Delort. Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Waiting / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows birds of prey wearing crowns labeled "Germany, Austria, Italy, England, France, [and] Russia" perched on the sides cliffs awaiting the outcome of a fight between two men with swords labeled "... More
[Cavalry on battlefield] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Drum," by E. Sutton, Scribner's magazine, 56:644 (Nov. 1914).
Banzai, banzai, the fall of Tsingtau, Qingdao China
Print shows Japanese soldiers attacking German soldiers at the German port of Tsingtau (also known as Tsingtao and Qingdao), China. Captions in Japanese and English. Forms part of: The Illustration of the Grae... More
U.S. Marines - first to fight in France for freedom Enlist with the "s...
U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing a group of marines rushing into battle carrying the American flag and the flag of the Marine Corps.
337th Co, 13 Bat 505th Reg--French tanks passing thru Rampont, Fr. Oct...
Convoy of tanks leaving Rampont in the French countryside. No. 26501. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
The Arditi make things hum / photographs by Helen Johns Kirtland, staf...
Illustrations showing battlefield near Capo Sile with troops moving under heavy smoke, an Italian soldier with a flame thrower, and Italian shock troops pole-jumping over barbed wire fences. Illus. in: Leslie'... More
The remnants of an army, Serbia, 1915 Les ombres de l'armée, Serbe, 19...
Print shows several Serbian soldiers marching through the snow in a mountainous area in Serbia. Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff : The five-years war - The Serbs... More
L'armée françoise Mouillée auprès de l'ance Molenieu dans l'isle de la...
Photograph shows the French fleet in the bay before the town of Saint George's on the island of Grenada, British reconnaissance vessels, and at far left, on the horizon, the British fleet. Caption continues: P... More
Vue du fort et ville de St. George dans l'isle de la Grenade et du Mor...
Photograph shows the French fleet in the bay before the town of Saint George's on the island of Grenada and French troops making an assault on the hill in the foreground; a British battery fires on the fleet fr... More
Spangler Farm, Emmitsburg Road (U.S. 15), Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: The farm is located approximately 2 miles south of Gettysburg, and 300 yards west of the Emmitsburg Road. The farm house was originally a rectangular log structure with a stone summer kitchen dire... More
Wahre Abbildung der Stadt und Vestung Gross-Waradein samt umständliche...
Birds-eye view print shows view of the city of Grosswardein (Oradea, Romania) under siege. Smoke rising from the cathedral and along the city wall is visible, cannons are firing from across the river. Troops in... More
The siege of Vicksburg, the fight in the crater of Fort Hill, after th...
Print shows Union soldiers in trench and behind wooden walls and gabions as an assault is made on Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Includes a "description of the position" with a key that i... More
Fredericksburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan; positive by A....
Row of cannons with men positioned to load each cannon before the next round of bombardment. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [... More
The Allied Armies launch a general offensive on Pekin Castle
Print shows American, British, and Japanese troops storming Peking during the Boxer Rebellion, August 14, 1900. Print from album published in Tokyo. No. 5. Library of Congress copy mounted on paper.
Gründtlicher Bericht von Eroberung der Stadt vnd dess Schloss Würtzbur...
Print shows Gustavus Adolphus with his Swedish army poised to conquer Würzburg, Germany in October, 1631. Print shows a birds-eye view of the walled city of Würzburg, Germany with its castle on the hill on the ... More
Repulse of Leslie at the Old North Bridge
Photograph of a painting signed "Bridgman, 1901" at Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 078017. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The 24th Corps charging a fort to the left.
This image may depict the final assault on Petersburg, at Fort Gregg, 2 April 1865. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: [B]attery Greig[sic]. Inscribed above image: Reb... More
Halt of Wilcox's Troops in Caroline street prevous[sic] to going in to...
Troops lounging on furniture and debris in foreground, battered dwellings in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Battle field; smoke from Battle field. Published in: New York Illustr... More
Chasing the Rebs through Strasburg
Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0440) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More