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Notre drapeau / Alfred Le Petit.

French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, holding the French flag and a telescope, seated atop a captive balloon, possibly at the Exposition universelle de 1878 in Paris. Caption below i... More

An acquisitive reformer - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

Caricature, "The public be ---!, public domain cartoon image

Cover illustration shows caricature of William Vanderbilt relaxing in a luxurious railroad car surrounded by books on trotting horses and art sales as trains crash outside his window. Illus. in: The Daily Grap... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[M. Eiffel, our artist's latest tour de force, June 29, 1889] / Linley...

Caricature of Gustav Eiffel in the form of the Eiffel Tower, which he built for the Exposition universelle in Paris in 1889. A balloon is in the background. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Illus. fo... More

[Please go 'way and let me sleep]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. New York, "Lord Cassidy" selling pools, anniversary of Santiago...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Le comble de la direction du ballon / dessin par Hervè Lomm.

Caricature of Brazilian scientist, Alberto Santos-Dumont (at right), discussing the control and direction of his latest airship with an unidentified Parisian gentleman at left. Santos-Dumont's dirigible no. 6 c... More

The whole Dam-ocratic Party. Hail, hail, the gang's all here ...

Postcard showing six caricatures of William Jennings Bryan representing the Democratic Party(left to right): "Master Initiative & Referendum Democracy", "Old-time Socialist Democracy", General Democracy", "Mrs.... More

Tracks in the political jungle Big game. The president - But these are...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt, holding a rifle, looking at oversize tracks labeled "The third term idea." An elephant hides nearby in the brush. Signature: Bart. On verso of PRES FI... More

Caricature, Thumbs down, public domain cartoon image

Photograph of a political cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt being attacked by a laughing lion as "Nature Fakers" and "Ananias Club" members, illustrated as jungle animals, look on. Illus. in: Life (1919 April... More

L'autre prie Emperor Franz Joseph

Postcard shows caricature of Emperor Franz Josef as a skeleton, praying, in lotus position, amid skulls and crosses. Gravure originale. Édition Perlac. Série G.

Celestial empire in California : Miners ; gamblers Lith. & published b...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) caricatured Chinese miners in camp eating and nitpicking; and (bottom) playing a game of chance; attached leaf contains an annotation. Baird, Calif... More

Nixon - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon

Caricature of President Richard M. Nixon with folded hands, seated before a microphone in front of an American flag, showing the president making one of his talks to the American people attempting to explain th... More

Arnold Bennett / O. Herford. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Celebrities," American magazine, 75:75 (Jan. 1913); and Confessions of a ca... More

[Man singing] - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rudyard Kipling. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Caricature of Rudyard Kipling. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

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

Darkies' day at the fair / F. Opper.

Composite of caricatures of black people, many of them in various costumes, at Chicago World's Fair. Illus. in: Puck, 1893 Aug. 21, pp. 186-187. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Title transcribed from item.

The Trollope Family, from a sketch taken from life, made in Cincinnati...

Print shows a caricature of Mrs. Trollope seated on floor with her book, Refugee in America, which caused much resentment. Six other people are present in the room, with an artist making an equestrian painting ... More

Pere-scie / AB ; lith. de Becquet, rue Childebert No. 9.

Print shows Jean-Charles Persil wearing minister's robes, with long saw-toothed nose with which he attempts to decapitate Charles Philipon who is lying on a stack of "La Caricatura" volumes with his hands bound... More

Roosevelt's idea of reorganization / Mirs.

Cartoon showing Vice President Theodore Roosevelt fiercely grinding policemen with mortar and pestle. Illus. from: The Verdict, 1899 March 13, cover.

Un Sans culotte instrument de crimes dansant au milieu de horreurs ...

Print shows a sansculotte waving banner labeled "Fête du 21 Janvier" at a female figure labeled "Humanité"; in the background is a scene of murder and mayhem. Satire on the death of Louis XVI. Forms part of: F... More

[Caricature of musician or actor dancing, with a cat at his feet]

Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

--Cater ... an amateur of music well known at the Queen's Arms concert...

Print shows an elderly man sitting on a bench, holding a violin, with a music stand in front of him.

Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, British Cartoon ...

Print shows Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance. Includes e... More

Isaac Cruikshank - Familiar ghosts. Sketch 1. Ghost of a village lawye...

Cartoon of a well-dressed man with a large head being kept at a distance by peasant man holding a pitchfork. Imp. London Published by SWFores No 50 Piccadilly June 4 1799-Folios of Caricatures Lent. No copyrigh... More

The gridiron "The honorable member solemnly declared in writing that w...

Print shows John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer and Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, leading William Cobbett to an oven as Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, holds the gridiron. Illus. in: Poli... More

Bal masqué. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Animals wearing caricature masks of prominent persons. Reference copy in LOT 4624. Illus. in: Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard / Un autre monde; transformations, visions, ..., 1844, p. 43.

Moritz von Schwind - Die guten Freunde. Book illustration from Library...

Illustration shows six scenes: 1. Wie der Fuchs mit der Kasse ewige Freundschaft schleist, bei der erften Gefahr aber von ihr im Stich gelassen wird showing dog chasing fox as cat climbs a tree; 2. Wie der Wolf... More

"As if he had been in a bottle strongly corked" / W.H.T.

Photographic reproduction of drawing shows caricature of Brigadier General Benjamin Franklin Butler inside a corked bottle referring to a quotation about Butler by U.S. Grant: "... as completely shut off from f... More

"Bill passed providing for two new military posts" by the generous Dem...

Cartoon showing Indians with skulls of U.S. Army soldiers. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Aug. 5, p. 632.

Camille Pissarro - [Sketches of heads]. Book illustration from Library...

Four sketches of male heads in profile. Three have large noses. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: C.P. Title devised. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:... More

Robert Roosevelt will not be minister to Holland this time but ministe...

Caricature of minister to Holland (1888), Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Th: Nast. This version of Nast's caricature appears to be cut out and added to... More

Multi-millionaire McLean escapes his just and legal share of taxation ...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. J.S., artist. Allied Printing, publisher. Category... More

Wall Street bubbles; - Always the same / J. Ottmann Lith. Co. ; Kep.

Caricature of John Pierpont Morgan as a bull blowing bubbles "inflated values", for which group of people are reaching. Illus. in: Puck, v. 49, no. 1264 (1901 May 22), centerfold. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Theodore Roosevelt - Observations / Bart., Political Cartoon

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt accompanied by another man, possibly John Muir, looking at mountain sheep through binoculars. A ram looks back at Roosevelt through a telescope. The she... More

No common carrier Uncle Sam - I don't know as it matters how I get the...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Uncle Sam riding atop a hybrid between a donkey and an elephant, labeled "Railroad Rate Bill." The creature is being driven by Benjamin Ryan Tillman, holding a pitchfork, ... More

Next on the waiting list of the Roosevelt club / McCutcheon.

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing a large 'Roosevelt Club" atop the smarting heads of men labeled Insurance Grafter, R.R. Rebates, Oil Trust, Anti-Jap Movement, Coal, and Swollen Fortunes. A started man "O... More

Guillaume II Weal - Public domain portrait print

Print shows reproduction of watercolor caricature portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Forms part of: Straight collection of French graphic art relating to World War I (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP... More

"Dat's a remarkable fine chile, Mis' Peebles, what name have you giv h...

A cartoon of a black man in tattered clothing conversing with a black woman surrounded by her family, as she hangs her laundry to dry in her front yard. Her husband sleeps in a chair next to the front door. A... More

Fuori i tedeschi! - A poster with a cartoon of a man holding a knife

Poster shows a caricatured Adolf Hitler with blood on his hands hanging from a bayonet. No. USP 1 - 2.

H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtland St. Caricatures & prints

A tradecard or printed signboard for caricature publisher Henry R. Robinson. The image of an eighteenth-century wig is surely a pun on Robinson's Whig political alignment. The print must have been produced betw... More

Nixon - Drawing. Public domain image.

Bernard Shaw--"say, Einie, do you really think you understand yourself...

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 78:7 (July 21, 1921). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed / Published...

Caricature of Frances "Fanny" Wright, British-born activist, exponent of female suffrage, and outspoken critic of slavery. The title's reference to Wright as a "gabbler" probably alludes to her sensational Ame... More

Drink to your favorites / J.A. Wales.

Composite of two caricatures of James G. Blaine and John A. Logan toasting each other, and of Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks toasting each other.

A war president. Progressive democracy

A caricature of Democratic candidate Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, suggesting that his expansionist leanings would lead the United States into war. Cass (dubbed "General Gas" by the unfriendly press... More

A war president. Progressive democracy

[Prodigal son], British Cartoon Print

Print shows scene in a bordello where the Prince of Wales lounges on a sofa next to a large, bare-breasted woman, probably representing Charles James Fox. A second bare-breasted woman,lounges at the feet of the... More

[African American banjo player]

Print shows an African American man playing a banjo and singing. V35185 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5. Copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich.

[Dollar Mark Hanna] - Public domain portrait drawing

Bust-length caricature of Hanna dressed in a suit studded with dollar signs and smoking a cigar. Image is part of a note dated Jan. 4th 1900. Inscribed, lower right: To Mr Chas H Daniels from Homer Davenport. N... More

The big type war of the yellow kids / Leon Barritt.

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, full-length, dressed as the Yellow Kid, each pushing against opposite sides of a pillar of wooden blocks that spells WAR. Illus. in Vim, v. 1, no. 2 (29 June 1898).

A literary debate in the Darktown Club--Settling the question / Tho. W...

Caricature of two African American men in a political debate. One is in front of pictures of G. Washington and "A. Linkum," and the other is in front of picture of U.S. Grant.

Fisk, Jr.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Grandes fêtes aérostatiques le mardi 14 juillet 1868 gayant sʹélevant ...

Balloon on left identified as "Le Jupiter". Hand-colored lithograph mounted on letterpress poster. Bella C. Landauer collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

An old fox tarr'd and feather'd

Print shows title page illustration of caricature of John Wesley as a fox in clerical robes. Illus. in: An old fox tarr'd and feather'd / Augustus Montague Toplady. London : Printed for M. Lewis [etc.], 1775, ... More

Very slippy-weather / etch'd by Js. Gillray., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows an elderly man who has slipped and fallen on the sidewalk outside Humphrey's printing establishment at No. 27 St. James's Street, London. He is holding a thermometer which he manages keep upright,... More

Love and beauty--Sartjee the Hottentot Venus, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Sarah Baartman, a South African woman known as the Hottentot Venus, mostly naked, holding a long pole and smoking a pipe. A cupid sits on her exaggerated derriere saying "Take care of your hearts." ... More

The crow quadrilles--Arranged for the pianoforte by Robt. Ashley, Esq....

Music cover with seven vignettes of caricatures of African-Americans. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ishibashi yama, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a samurai (Yoritomo?) falling or pushed out of a cave on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought refuge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Histoire de la Sainte Russie - Public domain book illustration

Page with 3 illustrations showing darkness, sketchy lines representing the beginning of Russian history, and polar bears illustrating that nothing of interest was occurring at that time; also includes quotes by... More

Mr. J. Ross Browne, our artist "correspondent at large" The iron-clad ...

Caricature of J. Ross Browne holding umbrella on horseback and view of the iron-clad Montauk engaging the rebel Fort McAllister. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 321 (1863 Feb. 21), p. 125.

Nadar / And. Gill., Nadar Collection 1850-1910

French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar hanging onto the rope netting around a balloon which appears to have lost its basket. Illus. in: La lune, no. 65, 2 juin 1867, cover. Tissandier collection.

Léon Gambetta / Yves & Barret, sc. ; And. Gill.

French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, leaning on the back of a chair and looking up at vignettes of himself. He escaped the Siege of Paris in the balloon, "L'Armand Barbes" October 7,... More

Ulysses passing Coney Island - Public domain dedication image

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Modern mythology" by Metcalfe, Life magazine.

[Mr. Morse of Massachusetts] - Public domain portrait drawing

Three-quarter length caricature of Congressman Elijah A. Morse. Inscribed on verso: An aerogonous, cryptogamous plant on Plymouth Rock. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Th: Nast. T... More

[A federal bayonette and saber Lodge porcupine]

A caricature of Lodge as a hedgehog with swords and bayonets labeled "U.S." replacing some of his bristles. He stands on a document inscribed, "A 'Force' Bill, to Keep a Party In."

The Emancipation Proclamation. Book illustration from Library of Congr...

Caricature of Abraham Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 25.

Bernhard i.e. Bernard Shaw - Drawing. Public domain image.

Caricature of Irish playwright and Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw. Shaw's creativity not only served as a form of entertainment for the public, it also provided him an outlet to express his social and ... More

Do it now! The President would jump right into river improvement and g...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt deeping the Mississippi River with a shovel. Inthe background Uncle Sam is digging the Panama canal and a man labeled Germany says "Der selfish pig vas g... More

The great surrender America surrenders the great commissioners - Engla...

Photograph shows reproduction of montage with portrait photographs of heads of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, James Murray Mason, John Slidell, and William H. Seward on caricature drawings of bodies at seashor... More

Strong's dime caricatures. No. 3, South Carolina Topsey in a fix

The third in Thomas W. Strong's "Dime Caricatures" series of antisecessionist prints published early in 1861. Here Topsy, the impish slave child in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," personifies the s... More

Josiah the first / Wm. Charles, Sc.

Caricature of wealthy American politician and civic reformer Josiah Quincy, an outspoken apologist for Great Britain and an opponent of the War of 1812. Quincy stands stiffly on a rocky shore while fish frolic... More

Hitler wants us to believe that: democracy is dying; our armed forces ...

Caricature of Adolph Hitler and a propaganda message made by him. Promotional goal: U.S. J49. 1942. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942-O-476330.

New morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Th...

Print shows French politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie la Révellière-Lépaux standing on a three-legged stool perched upon a stone dais reading Religion de la N[ature] to surrounding caricatures of peo... More

McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No. 19 or The Looking Glass

Sheet of 7 political cartoons by Seymour. See: British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, v. 11, p. 500 to 502 (catalogue entry nos. 16720-16726). This record ... More

The globe-man after hearing of the vote on the Sub-Treasury bill

Evidently a companion to "The Globe Man Listening to Webster's speech on the Specie Circular" (no. 1838-3), the small, bust-length caricature of Democratic editor Francis Preston Blair shows him looking even m... More

Scene in Washington. Sunday Feby. 25. 1838

A caricature of James Watson Webb, prominent Whig editor of the "Morning Courier and New York Enquirer." Webb is shown parading, armed to the teeth, along Pennsylvania Avenue. He carries a sword cane, a musket,... More

[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferso...

Addressed to Mr. David F. Gorham, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Les auteurs de la belle Bourbonnaise / G. LaFosse.

French caricature shows two men in a balloon basket shaped like a tri-corner hat attached to a balloon with the face of a man (possibly Italian statesman Francesco Crispi) labeled "La belle Bourbonnaise" for an... More

Ascension de Madame Garnerin, le 28 mars 1802

French fashion magazine caricature shows fashionably dressed spectators watching Jeanne-Geneviève Garnerin fly in a balloon. A few years earlier, Garnerin had been the first woman to ascend in a balloon without... More

Caricature, Caricatures of popular songs, public domain cartoon image

13310 71 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford's (John H.) Sons.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Irish industries / F.O. - coin, public domain photograph

Four frame cartoon showing: "Infernal machine manufacturing" (two men making bombs), "The Irish vote manufacturers" (men at polls), "The landlord killing industry" (man shooting landlord from behind wall), and ... More

A desperate attempt to solve the Mormon question / Mayer, Merkel & Ott...

Composite of four caricatures on Mormonism by Gillam, Keppler, Opper, and Graetz. Illus. in: Puck, 1884, Feb. 13, pp. 376-377.

Rye and rock Thomas Worth - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows an African American man, bundled in clothing for winter, sitting atop a column of rock on the coastline of the ocean, holding a fishing pole; he is buffeted by strong winds as he drinks from a bottl... More

Caricature, Living easy, public domain cartoon image

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Bum (?)" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08852. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[William Randolph Hearst, full-length portrait, facing front, seated w...

William Randolph Hearst took charge of his father's paper, the San Francisco Examiner in 1886 when he was 23. In 1895, he acquired the New York Morning Journal. Hearst was instrumental in the development of w... More

When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing a man labeled "Railroad Magnate", possibly J.P. Morgan, dressed as a monk, knocking on the door of "Doctor Roosevelt" at the White House. Cartoon refers to Roosevelts effor... More

Caricature, Golferinos, public domain cartoon image

Title transcribed from item. "559" on negative. Also available as photographic print in LOT 6350 with copy negative LC-USZ62-77635 (b&w film neg.). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018480. Gift; State Historical Soci... More

Caricature, Golferinos, public domain cartoon image

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Melon-cholic days have come, the gladdest of the year

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

Like stopping a pig in an alley The president seems to be having a har...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt herding a pig "Delegate" into a pen labeled "The Taft Lot." Cartoon refers to Roosevelt's efforts to wrangle delegates for William Howard Taft in the 190... More

Peter Dunne / Herford. - Public domain portrait drawing

Full-length profile of Peter Dunne playing harp. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Celebrities I have not met... More

White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Tho...

A black and white photo of a sign that says dewey or don't we. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richard the lyin' harded sic :The only man in Washington who knows wha...

Cf. POS 6 - U.S., no. 1057. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

Oscar the apostle. Puck's "Wilde" dream of an aesthetic future for Ame...

Cartoon showing Oscar Wilde, with people and things dealing with aesthetics. Illus. in: Puck, 1882 Jan. 11, p. 308.

Bernard Shaw--"say, Einie, do you really think you understand yourself...

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 78:7 (July 21, 1921). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

Star Whiskey Distilled and warranted pure by C.L. Dixon, Cynthiana, Ky...

Advertisement for whiskey shows a caricature of an African American man holding a jug, saying "It 'zackly suits dis chile!" Date based on year lithographic studio was active.

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