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

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

Alas, poor Yorick .. - 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.

"Tammany will send a full delegation to the state convention" - New Yo...

Print shows John Kelly driving a wagon labeled "Tammany" overloaded with rowdy delegates to the New York state convention in Syracuse; the wagon is being pulled by the Tammany tiger. Several men are drinking al... More

Puck's coaching parade, 1883 / F. Opper.

Illustration shows eight stagecoaches in a procession, each jammed with passengers; riding in the first coach, labeled "Republican Harmony Coach", are Chester A. Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, James G. Blaine, John A... More

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

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

Now let the show go on! / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Mrs. Lockwood", holding papers that state "Nomination for Pres. Womens' Rights Party", bursting through an opening in the floor of a stage to appear next to a clown labeled "... More

The honor of the country maintained

"Respectfully adapted by (non)permission of Puck from its cartoon of October 29th, 1884, entitled 'The Honor of the Country in Danger.'" No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverifi... More

The national hall of statuary - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Group of proposed Trilby statuary for portico of executive mansion

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Hands across the sea - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

A painful prophetic vision / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a well-dressed, grand old woman sitting in a chair, with a comb labeled "Republican Party" in her hair, and newspapers on the floor around her with headlines "Evening Reporter - Commerce Picking Up ... More

Pondering - 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 / 860224.

A very sick patient - he pays well, but the senaotrial quacks can't sa...

Print shows several legislators as quack physicians trying to cure a large sick man labeled "Protection" with a packet of "Boodle" on his lap; from left, "Hill, Pugh, Vest, Chandler, Brice, Hoar, Peffer, Gorman... More

Caricature, Next!! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a prisoner labeled "McKane" sitting on a bench labeled "Reserved for Bosses who Steal Elections" at Sing Sing prison; McKane is holding a large pair of scissors, a measuring tape, fabric and thread,... More

Welcome! And let us hope you will be a real happy new year / J.S. Pugh...

Print shows Puck welcoming a cherub representing the New Year who arrives ahead of a whirlwind of dark clouds labeled "Panic 1894" showing the face of a harpy. Illus. from Puck, v. 36, no. 930, (1895 January 2... More

"Peanut Dave, the little defender" / Dalrymple.

Print shows David B. Hill sitting on a large pail labeled "Growler" that is lying on its side, spilling the contents; Hill is using a rolled up paper labeled "Let the Workingman Have His Sunday Beer" to swat a ... More

Horatius at the bridge - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Distressing predicament of the honorable John Boyd Thacher ..

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Doing the split - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

History repeats - 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 / 860224.

"We won't do a thing to it!" / Dalrymple.

Print shows two masked legislators labeled "Anti-Administration Senator" and "Jingo Senator" holding long knives labeled "Hatred of Cleveland" and "Hatred of England", standing outside the "U.S. Senate, waiting... More

They expect the impossible / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President William McKinley as Moses with two rays of light emitting from his top hat, and wearing a red cape labeled "McKinley", standing next to a large rock labeled "Prosperity" that has split and... More

Firing up the wrong boiler / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President McKinley holding an oil can labeled "Patronage" and turning the crank on a "Prosperity Engine" while Nelson Dingley shovels coal into a damaged "Protection Boiler" labeled "High Tariff Def... More

Lohengrin Reed is wanted in New York / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Thomas B. Reed in the role of "Lohengrin" arriving to rescue "Elsa" as the "Republican Party of New York", with Thomas C. Platt in the role of "Telramund" and Lemuel E. Quigg in the role of "Ortrud"... More

Patient waiters are no losers / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam wearing a sombrero, standing beneath an apple tree where the apples are labeled "Hawaii, Canada, Cuba, [and] Central America", with a large basket to catch the apples when they fall; apple... More

After many years / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows Britannia and Columbia shaking hands from the bows of British and American battleships; dark clouds behind Britannia are labeled "Eastern Question" and behind Columbia are the dark clouds of war lab... More

The next thing to do / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam standing at the top a wall labeled "Prohibitive Tariff" on land labeled "U.S.", looking across a body of water at the "Chinese Wall" being torn down by European and Japanese rulers labeled... More

The "logical" candidate and his logic / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Willliam Jennings Bryan standing in front of a tree labeled "Business", looking up at three men, labeled "Manufacturing Trust," "Labor Trust," and "Farmer Trust," on a limb labeled "Combinati... More

The gospel according to St. William / Keppler.

Illustration shows William II, Emperor of Germany, with a Bible propped up on a gatling gun, reading aloud from the gospels; there is a box of ammunition at his feet. Illus. in: Puck, v. 48, no. 1229 (1900 Sep... More

Puck magazine cover - Germany's "Katzenjammer" / Keppler.

Illustration shows William II, German Emperor, suffering from over-indulgence, sitting in a chair with a block of ice on his head with his crown on top and his feet in a tub of hot water; in a bucket in the for... More

Misery loves company; - but they hope soon to be out of it / Dalrymple...

Illustration shows John Bull standing up to his knees in a morass labeled "Boer War £16,000,000 yearly" and Uncle Sam stepping through a similar morass labeled "Philippine War $80,000,000 yearly." Illus. in: P... More

Caricature, After the fight / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a bruised John Bull offering a "Tonic" of "Financial Help" and "Liberal Treatment" to an injured and battered Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic, following the end of the f... More

Canal business is business / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a bloated old man, his hat labeled "Trusts", sitting on the "U.S. Customs" building, the tiny figure of Leslie Shaw in his vest pocket, and anchored to a man bound by the "Dingley Tariff", is... More

End of the summer show / Hassmann ; Ehrhart.

Illustration shows putti and actors and actresses breaking down the scenery and putting away props and costumes at the end of the summer theater season; also shows a young woman learning that her engagement rin... More

Old Dr. Roosevelt / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as a doctor examining Philander C. Knox as other potential candidates for the uncoming presidential election await their turn Charles Evans Hughes, Joseph B. Foraker, Charl... More

Puck magazine cover - In the political gallery / Kep.

Illustration shows Puck arranging portrait paintings on a gallery wall, placing "C.E. Hughes" and "J. Johnson" side by side; among the other portraits are William Jennings Bryan, Charles W. Fairbanks, William H... More

New Year's eve at the hotel prosperity / Kep.

Illustration shows waiters Joseph G. Cannon and James S. Sherman turning away a man labeled "Average Citizen" and a woman at the "Hotel Prosperity" dining room because all the tables have been reserved; there a... More

The fare sex / Gordon Grant '09.

Illustration shows three well-dressed women with large bonnets discussing the fare on a street railroad while the conductor discreetly turns away. Illus. in: Puck, v. 66, no. 1715 (1910 January 12), cover. Cop... More

[Old man and dog] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon of an old man smoking a corn cob pipe, wearing a coat, scarf, mittens, and a wide-brimmed hat. Apparently cold, he warms himself by standing with his back to a wood-burning stove. His droopy-looking d... More

Jack the giant-killer / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows two giants, one labeled "Taft" and the other labeled "T.R.", standing back to back, nervously perspiring, as a young boy holds aloft a sword labeled "Tariff Revision" with his right hand whil... More

The Hut Club. Joe went after the big ones

Six-frame cartoon sequence in which a man named Joe shines shoes and describes his bad experience fishing to a customer. He had gone fishing in Montauk, but a swordfish speared his rowboat. Fortunately, a wha... More

Saint Sam and the dragon / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a knight on horseback, carrying a lance labeled "Anti-Fly Crusade", charging toward a gigantic fly emerging from a container, with a small child at its feet. Caption: A challeng... More

Their monument - Public domain drawing

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

"Here they are! Red hot! Red hot! Red hot!" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Wilson as a chef roasting hot dogs labeled "Congress" on a grill labeled "Washington in Summer" at a beach, with bathing house and lighthouse in the background. Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

Jean Louis Forain - Noël ! Aujourd'hui c'était sur l'Église qu'il fall...

Published in: L'Opinion. Public domain scan of cartoon drawing, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman, labeled "The state" leading children away from a factory and to...

Caption from NCLC caption card: Cartoon. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3779. No location or date recorded on caption card; date estimate based on captions for photog... More

The weaker sex? / Chamberlain. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a Red Cross nurse bandaging a wounded soldier on a battlefield. Caption: "Woman's place is in the home" Anti-Suffragists. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1966 (1914 November 7), p. 5 (bottom). ... More

[Father reduces his weight, no. 2]

An overweight man stretches his arms above his head, bending slightly, as his bewildered daughter watches from the doorway of the room. No copyright information found with item. Second in a sequence of ten cart... More

The pied piper of America / Nelson Greene ; painted by Nelson Greene.

Illustration shows a large baseball player using a baseball bat as a musical pipe to play music and draw a large crowd of people of all ages into a baseball stadium. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1944 (1914 June... More

[Father reduces his weight, no. 4]

An overweight man jumps rope, burying his mouth in the neck of his shirt, as a surprised male servant watches from the doorway of the room. Fourth in a sequence of ten cartoons. No copyright information found w... More

Premier Mai. Quand on pense que, l'année dernière, nous fraternisions ...

Published in: L'Opinion. Public domain scan of cartoon drawing, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suffrage kewpies O'Neill

Illustration shows infant "Kewpies", one holding a banner that states "Votes for Our Mothers", and an infant sitting on the right, crying "I'm a girl baby and I'm going to be taxed without representation." Titl... More

Jean Louis Forain - Le Royaume de Pologne retabli

Published in: Le Figaro. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

En famille. TINO - Tu es trop difficile !... Ta soeur est ravie

Published in: Le Figaro. Public domain scan of cartoon drawing, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le zeppelin. C'est pas encore avec ça qu'ils feront tourner mon lait !

Published in: Le Figaro. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Louis Forain - Le Repli Allemand Mars 1917

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Louis Forain - Le séance fut secrete

Public domain scan of cartoon drawing, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Louis Forain - Assez cause le Russes! Fandrait vous y remettre

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceux qui restent a Noyon. Hein Fritz! Il y a un mois on les fo... par ...

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La Vérité en marche. Qu'est-ce qu'il dit, votrre chiffon de papier, he...

Public domain scan of cartoon drawing, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La train de Berne. Ils vont demander aux Allemands qui a commence l gu...

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Louis Forain - Sans Rancune. Pourgais sic cette froideur?!!

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A nervous wreck - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, June 5, 1919.

Jean Louis Forain - La douloureuse. C'est lourd une plume

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Who's to blame, schools or parents?

(DLC/PP-1970:R322.551) This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. jr / 860507.

Arab oil wealth: Black Africa still waits... and waits...

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The mother of the trusts -- H.G. Havemeyer

Sketch of pig on verso; not recorded on videodisc. Gift; Mrs. Robinson Brown; 1957; (DLC/PP-1957:R3.14) This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985.... More

Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chines...

Alternate title from online source. Signed on block by artist on right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai ... More

Down and out - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

The ballance [sic] of power / RS [monogram].

British cartoon shows a scale on which Britannia outweighs a Frenchman, a Spaniard, America (represented by a Native woman wearing a feathered headdress), and a Dutchman. Includes ten lines of verse.

Stealing off; - or - prudent Secession, British Cartoon Print - James ...

Charles Fox fleeing the House of Commons in terror, accompanied by a fierce greyhound wearing a collar marked "Opposition Grey-hound". A small animal with the head of M.A. Taylor runs behind. In the background,... More

An hieroglyphycal epistle from [Britannia toe] Admiral [Rodney], Briti...

Print shows a rebus letter from Britannia to Admiral Rodney. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no.5658 Forms part of: British Cartoon Pr... More

When it comes to the lion business between Ben -- Jim, it's nip and t...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 28:575 (Sept. 6, 1884). Exhibit loan 4207-L.

The gay Lothario. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A homely, elderly man dressed in fashionable clothing ogles a pretty young woman standing opposite him, with her hands in a large muff. Inscribed above image: I am Informed Madam, your present protector is an O... More

Ô qu'el d'Estain - A black and white drawing of a lion and a bird

Print shows in a medallion, within an oblong frame, a cock, a lion, and a rattlesnake attacking a leopard - this scene labeled "Tu la voulu"; outside the circle, in the four corners of the oblong frame, are the... More

Cartoon. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the ... More

Mr. Dinglety goes huckleberrying, Political Cartoon

Title from Harper's bazaar. (DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as four-part comic in: Harper's bazaar, 28:628 (Aug. 3, 1895).

The American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, Brit...

Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoy... More

Tom Paine's nightly pest / Js. Gy. design et fect. - pro bono publico....

Tom Paine asleep, having a nightmare in which three faceless judges, illuminated by rays of light issuing from the scales of justice, unfurl scrolls listing charges and punishments; behind judges are gallows an... More

The Orangerie; - or - the Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of P...

William V, Prince of Orange, as a fat, naked Cupid, reclining on a platform of grass and flowers and leaning on a bag of money marked 24,000,000 ducats. In the foreground are a number of orange plants with each... More

A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows King George III, speechless (his caption balloon is empty), seated on the right in a high-backed chair at a table, with Lord North seated opposite presenting a paper to the King that states "for the... More

The conference. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

Print shows William Beckford rebuking Thomas Harley beneath which is printed a petition containing 14 points, "Instructions given to Sir Robert Ladbrooke, Knt. William Beckford, Esq; the Right Hon. Thomas Harle... More

The cork-rump the support of life, British Cartoon Print

"A lake on which a boating accident has just occurred, the overturned boat partly visible on the extreme right..." (Source: George) Possibly issued ca. 1776. This record contains unverified data from George. Ca... More

The burthens of plenty / H. (or N.) R. ; J. T. [?]., British Cartoon P...

"An enormously fat man walks (left to right) towards an eating-house followed by a lean and ragged man bent with the weight of a basket laden with food which he carries on his head and shoulders..." (Source: Ge... More

The desponding hero of the Coldstream - a military madrigal, British C...

Print shows dejected members of the Coldstream Guards sitting around a banquet table bemoaning a possible assignment in America. Includes five stanzas of verse. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More

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

Print shows the Earl of Mansfield, seated, and the Earl of Sandwich keeping watch over the British lion asleep in a cradle around which are four barking dogs labeled "Holland", "America" who is urinating on a p... More

The polygamical doctor, British Cartoon Print

"Dr. Madan (pilloried as the author of Thelyphthora a treatise on female ruin ... which advocated polygamy) is seated on a chair against the wall (right) at the back of the room; he rests his chin on two books ... More

The political rat catcher or Jack Renegado's new patent trap's / Annib...

"The rat-catchers sits in the doorway of a bare, ramshackle room, on the floor of which are large steel traps and rats, some already caught..." (Source: Stephens) [Collings?] This record contains unverified dat... More

Enter cowslip with a bowl of cream. Vide Brandenburg Theatricals / Js....

"An enormously fat lady stands in profile to the left, holding a bowl (resembling a punch-bowl), her left hand on her hip, holding up the frilled apron which drapes her quilted petticoat..." (Source: George) Th... More

Les incommodités de Janvier 1786 Virginia ; Etch'd. by I. Barlow, Brit...

"A lady stands in profile to the right, her hands in an enormous globular muff, on which rests the projecting gauze which covers her breast..." (Source: George) This impression is hand-colored. Catalogue of Po... More

News from Worthing. In a letter from a beast of burden to her brother ...

"A young woman sits a donkey which is in the sea, refusing to move; she flourishes her parasol ..." (Source: George) Heading to printed verses By Robert Bloomfield. From the Monthly Mirror for April, 1807. Last... More

The house that Jack-built / I Spy I, delt., British Cartoon Print

"Seven designs in two rows, three above and four below, the verses etched across the upper part of each ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. [Williams]. Catalogue of Political... More

Jew---[king] depreciating bank notes / [Williams]., British Cartoon Pr...

"Lord King, with Jewish beard and profile, sits at a writing-table in a counting-house or estate-room to receive his rents ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of P... More

The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant / G. Cruikshank, fect.

A satire on the Covent Garden pantomime of 1812-13, which caused a sensation by the performance of an elephant. The elephant crushes under a fore-foot a bust of Shakespeare and a number of open books. Baron Ger... More

How to spell Harrowgate / Shortshanks, fecit., British Cartoon Print

"A judge wearing a small hat and short powdered wig sits in profile to the right, pen in hand, holding a letter signed P ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. [Seymour]. Catalo... More

Mr. Golightly, bound to California, Political Cartoon

Caricature of man riding on rocket with items to sell to gold miners. Copyright by A. Donnely. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.

[Benjamin Harrison or a senator named C. D.]

"C.D" on button of shirt. Title devised by cataloger. Title on shelflist card: Benjamin Harrison. Portrait of C.D. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustratio... More

The Queen's own! Wimbledon style!! C.M. Vergnes 1875

Print shows a female figure representing Britannia holding in her right hand a silver cup labeled "Britannia Metal", known as the "Wimbledon Cup", and with her left hand the British flag, the "Elcho Shield" han... More