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E. Butterick & Co.'s quarterly report of New York fashions, for fall 1...

C10521 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Butterick (E.) & Co.... More

Haha to ko, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa

Print shows a mother and her son with an open book; the boy is resting on top of the book, preventing his mother from reading it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

[Two women gathering lotus blossoms], Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print...

Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Minazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a bench at a teahouse overlooking the Sumida River, the waitress standing before him holding a fan and teapot, is looking over her left shoulder. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie shin-yoshiwara sōjimai no zu

Print shows many women gathering together, some still entertaining men, in a large open hall in the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Komusō, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman standing beneath a wisteria tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishikie. Forms part of: Japane... More

Rakugan Matsubaya Somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Somenosuke, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with two attendants/trainees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Katsukawa Shunzan - Ueno no hanami - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, two women, and a young child viewing cherry blossoms at Ueno. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

Ryūka no odoriiko, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a full-length portrait of a woman holding a parasol, standing beneath a willow tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. For... More

Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Hitomachi with another woman and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Shiokumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women carrying buckets of salt suspended from shoulder poles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūzok... More

Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women, two standing and one sitting on a bench next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Street walkers / RST ; etch'd by B. Smith., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows a well dressed man wearing large hat, possibly George Hanger, walking at the corner of Bond Street and Piccadilly, there he meets the gaze of a fashionably dressed young woman, a prostitute(?), al... More

Koto to shō, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women playing musical instruments, one playing the koto and the other panpipes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Okamotoya uchi shinateru - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Shinateru with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakana no hat... More

Tamaya uchi shizuka - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows Shizuka, a courtesan, bust portrait, holding a book, facing slightly right, with many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Parisian ladies in their winter dress for 1800, British Cartoon Print

"A group of women standing close together display their persons, which are decorated rather than veiled by transparent figured draperies; one is in back view..." (Source: George) Catalogue of Political and Per... More

Saru no ikigimo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman with two children standing on the seashore watching a monkey riding on a turtle (or jellyfish).

[Portrait of a woman] - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows a woman, princess or empress, full-length portrait, facing front. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese pri... More

Gotenyama no hanami hidari - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women, one holding a parasol and one speaking to the third woman who is holding out a pair of zori for the woman exiting a sedan chair (see FP 2 - JPD, no. 2289), with cherry blossoms above an... More

Himegimi no gozabune, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows a princess and two servants on a boat, one holding a parasol and one holding a small box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Karasaki no yau, Eizan Kikukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, holding an umbrella and a paper lantern, as it rains on a village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Lee Moorhouse - Lucy Coyote - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows Lucy Coyote, an American Indian woman, half-length portrait, facing right. 1810 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Photo by Lee Moorhouse." Copyrighted Jan. 19, 1900 by Lee Moorhouse. No. 98. WSUNA

Segawa Rokō no Matsukaze - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Segawa Roko, an actor, as Matsukaze, one of two sisters, with a shoulder pole carrying salt water from the sea.

A Curiosity in Ireland / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing a woman sitting on settee by fireplace. She wears a small hat trimmed with a feather, a short braided hussar jacket, a limp skirt draping her knees, with a long boa and large muff of white fur. ... More

Iwai hanshirō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō portraying a woman dressed as a wandering monk. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical O... More

Ofusa tokubei, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a full-length portrait of a Ofusa, a young woman about to depart on a suicide journey in order to spend eternity with her lover Tokubei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Fumi o motsu onna - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors wearing masks as mountain women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Nō jōgoban : 18 Noh plays. ... More

[Woman, possibly a courtesan, sitting next to a flowerpot, facing left...

Attributed to a group of drawings referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two travelers and a porter next to a rice paddy with two herons and a view of Mount Fuji at the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Kiichi hōgen no musume minatsuru hime

Print shows Princess Minatsuru, full-length, standing, facing right, holding a scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertica... More

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back; a portrait and a partially unrolled scroll, and a tablet with a poem on it are in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

[Shankland's American fashions, 1849]

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, two of the men are dressed for hunting and carry rifles, and at bottom, eight men and ... More

American fashions autumn and winter 1852 by Genio C. Scott

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Scott, Genio C., copyright claimant. Category desi... More

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

Ōkawabashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women walking with view of the Ōkawa Bridge as an insert in upper right corner. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

Sagami Enoshima iriguchi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women passing through the gateway to a shrine on the bank of a river with distant view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

American fashions (fall annd winter 1860-61) by Genio C. Scott

Types Algériens. Jeune fille marchande de pain / ND Ph.

Young woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with platter-shaped bread carrier on her head, Algeria.

Types Algériens. Fileuse de laine / ND.

Woman, full-length portrait, seated on ground, facing right, spinning wool, Algeria. No. T. 249.

Cairo. Native girl - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 167A. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More

Ichikawa kuzō sawamura tanosuke nakamura shikan

Print shows three actors, one in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie tr... More

The shoemaker - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Photograph of a staged scene showing a shoemaker assisting a woman. An observer can be seen standing behind the curtain. Card number: "No. 476." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection ... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese families, a bridesmaid and a teahouse]

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

[Japanese curio shop, a street cart and portraits of a Japanese family...

Captions on front of item: "Interior of Japanese curio shop" (upper left); "Street cart" (upper right)"; "A Japanese Daimio's family group in state dress" (lower left); and "Japanese high officers" (lower righ... More

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Evreiki. Laula

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 30.

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Uzbechki. Makhtab ai

Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a Uzbek woman.

Odezhda Kirgizok Golovnoi ubor "seukara [sic]

Photograph shows a portrait of a Kyrgyz woman, seated. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 2.

Rosa Mendez - Public domain portrait print

Rosa Mendez, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 30, lower left. On verso: Andres Martinez y C[S... More

[Two women, full-length portrait, standing, turned slightly toward eac...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 29, lower right. On recto: Andres Martinez y c[Superscript a] Fotografos, Mexico, C. de las Escalerillas... More

[Chinese men playing "Chai Moi" (finger game), street vendors with ca...

Captions on front of item: "Chinese game of Chai Moi" (upper left); "Street vendors" (upper right); "Street vendors" (lower left); and "Groups of figures" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Chinese game... More

Long dresses in the ball-room - A black and white drawing of a crowd o...

Dancers falling after tripping on long dresses; accompanying text criticizes the tyranny of fashion that calls for such expensive and hazardous clothing. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1872 July 27, p. 589.

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1) Bulgarian woman of Ahi Tchèlèbi; (2) Greek woman of Hasskeuı̈ (Khaskovo); and (3) peasant woman of Baı̈djas. Ahi Tchèlèbi and Khaskovo are outside of Plodiv, Bulgaria. French caption: Andrinople: Figure 1:... More

[Japanese women, half-length studio portrait, facing slightly right]

No. 810. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 3] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some may ... More

Hawaii album, p. 47, portrait of a woman

Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a Hawaiian woman, possibly Queen Emma. In album: [Hawaii album], p. 47. Forms part of: [Hawaii album] Accession box no. DLC/PR 13 CN 1978:158, container 1

Puck Christmas 1904 / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows Santa Claus reviewing his list, his bag of gifts next to him, while sitting in an automobile that is being driven by two women standing on the back, dressed like chauffeurs. Illus. in: Puck,... More

Canada as "Mother Mandelbaum" / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam dressed as a policeman standing on the U.S. side of a "'Fence' for American Defaulters" and staring at Fredericka Mandelbaum who is standing on the Canadian side, dressed as a Nativ... More

Bufford's vegetable cards, no. 790-3 [wheat] / Bufford.

Print shows a young woman holding a sickle over her head, wearing a skirt made of leaves and the heads of wheat plants, facing slightly right, with wheat growing in the background. S24954 U.S. Copyright Office.... More

1883 - Spring & Summer - 1883 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

772[2]0 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Root & Tinker, copy... More

Quarterly report of metropolitan fashions, autumn 1889

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Butterick Publishing Co. (Limited), copyright clai... More

Alexandrie. Ejiptiéne / Dumas Ph.

Egyptian woman, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing a veil. No. 2088. No. 586. On verso: Africa. Natives. Egypt, Alexandria.

Mattie Lucas, near Merna, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Note: The young lady for sleeping for long periods original size: 6x8

Quarterlt report of metropolitan fashions, winter 1892-93

Portrait photograph of Porter, Mrs. C.F, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Excelsior fashions. Fall and winter

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Phillips (Robert) Co., copyright claimant. Categor... More

Drapery study for figure of Physics

Study drawing shows dress and drapery for the allegorical figure of "Physics," from the side, for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jeffer... More

Young America to the rescue / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows young women and men dancing at a summer resort. Caption: Hops as they now are at our fashionable summer resorts. Illus. from Puck, v. 42, no. 1067, (1897 August 18), centerfold. Copyright 1897 by K... More

Honor to whom honor is due, Jas G. Johnson & Co., importers, jobbers a...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Johnson, Jas. G., advertiser. Colton, Thos. J., ad... More

[Two African American women, half-length portrait, facing each other]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 100. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Woman descending the stairs with her white dog] / M. Prall.

Title devised by staff. FBJ label no. 76. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Published... More

Calls in Cranford. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph for book illustration shows a woman dressed in mid-19th century period costume descending stone stairs. Published title. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in ... More

[Young woman wearing high collared blouse and mutton-sleeved jacket, f...

Title devised by staff. Blind stamp on item. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948.

Christmas number / Frank A. Nankivell '00.

Illustration shows a fashionably dressed young woman holding onto a Christmas tree as Puck chops it down with an axe.

Reflections - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Woman in undergarments sits in dressing room, two mirrors reveal different profiles of her. 1091 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith. Copyrighted by William H. Rau. No. 2692.

The rise of the kitchen tyrant; - and how she may fall / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows the evolution of the domestic servant from country housewife to an employed domestic through seven scenes beginning with the barefooted housewife receiving "the summons to the land of the fre... More

[Alice Roosevelt Longworth, full-length portrait, wearing hat and fur ...

H15491 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Zuni water carriers]. Book illustration from Libra...

Two females, full length, wearing blankets, pots on heads. H37678 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 810. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Cu... More

"Keb, Lady?" / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows an elderly woman labeled "Democracy" standing next to a trunk labeled "Old Issues" and with a tag that states "To the White House"; standing at the curb are several cab drivers labeled "Parke... More

The girl of the hour / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a fashionably-dressed young woman ice skating on a pond in a park; she is being admired by several men and boys standing on the left, while on the right four women, a golfer, an automobile dr... More

Puck Easter / L.M. Glackens. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a young woman playing a lute as a group of rabbit cavaliers dance around her. Two monks whisper to each other at the entrance to a monastery. Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1413 (1904 March 30)... More

Edward S. Curtis - A Taos woman

H70938 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1636-05. Inscribed on verso: Parbea. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seat... More

Supplement to "The American Ladies' Tailor" spring and summer

G15406 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Mitchell (Jno. J.) C... More

Supplement to "The American Furrier"

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Mitchell (Jno. J.) Co., copyright claimant. Americ... More

Pakit--Maricopa, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of a Maricopa woman, wrapped in a blanket.

[At the water's edge--Arikara] - Public domain book illustration

Young Arikara Indian standing in shallow water, wearing buckskin dress, with trees in background, North Dakota.

The girl with the olla, Native American woman portrait

Photograph showing a young Isleta woman standing with a ceramic pot. H109803 U.S. Copyright Office.

The pottery vendor, gelatin silver print

Photograph showing a woman with a ceramic pot. H109961 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Abbey Jackson, seated, and Celene DuPuy ice skating on reflecting poo...

Good news - Public domain portrait engraving

The manicure / W.E. Hill '10. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat, smoking a cigarette, and getting a manicure from a man wearing a suit.

[Cayuse woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, braids, s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Young woman in colonial dress on steps in Colonial- American home]

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

[Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg, half-length portrait, facing right]

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This is the man who tells his wife that "woman's place is in the home"...

Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat and a red dress sitting at a table in a nightclub with a man who is holding her hand across the table.

Caricature, After the hug / W.E. Hill '12., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat standing next to a man wearing a tuxedo and top hat. Caption: He You smashed two cigars in my inside pocket just then! / She That's nothing! You bent a whole pa... More

Built for speed; 1912 model / W.E. Hill 1912.

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman, fashionably dressed with large hat, standing before a group of wealthy men, looking back over her right shoulder; includes an escutcheon showing an automobile, lobste... More

A game of chess / Baumann Studio, New York.

Two women playing chess on floor, while two other women watch, wearing brocaded robes, turbans, and long ropes of pearls. J197714 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Baumann Studio, New York.

The kidnappers / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows at center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnapping the "G.O.P." elephant (this figure can be rotated 180° to show Roosevelt being kidnapped by the "G.O.P."); around this image are vignette scenes showi... More

A live wire / Modest Stein ; painted by Modest Stein.

Illustration shows a fashionably dressed young woman talking on a telephone with multiple lines that are connected to twelve men. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1953 (1914 August 8), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck... More

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