country life

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - October P. Stephani inven

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of October, showing baskets of grapes being brought in for crushing, large barrels for the juice, and grapes being harvested in the middle distance. Includes th... More

Marcus Sadeler - Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc.

Landscape, with dead and live animals, baskets of fruit, and man standing holding dog on rope. Bradley Collection.

Cleijnen bijgaerden. Book illustration from Library of Congress

People walking and conversing; village in background. Title translated: The small garden. Bradley Collection.

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Momiji mi sanpukutsui

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Benizuri-e. Three Hosoban images on a single sheet. Forms part of: Japanese pr... More

Minazuki, Toyomasa Ishikawa

Print shows several boys playing around a pole with a platform on top on which are flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the s... More

Yatsushi kusakari sanro, Toyomasa Ishikawa

Print shows two boys riding on the back of a cow, one is playing a flute; another boy is holding a rope tied to the cow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

A view of the harbour and city of the Havana, taken from Jesu del Mont...

Print showing a two-wheeled coach without horse, a saddled horse grazing nearby, two men sitting on the ground resting, and a woman approaching them; distant view over many palm trees of the harbor and city of ... More

A view of the city of the Havana, taken from the road near Colonel How...

Print showing a group of people resting or having a picnic, with distant view of the harbor and city of Havana. Title from item. Trimmed within plate mark.

A view of the harbour and city of the Havana, taken from Jesu del Mont...

Print showing a two-wheeled coach without horse, a saddled horse grazing nearby, two men sitting on the ground resting, and a woman approaching them; distant view over many palm trees of the harbor and city of ... More

Takema no uguisu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two young women on a country path gathering plants and listening to a warbler in bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

The grinning match, a humourous scene at a country fair

A man stands on a chair beneath a large, spreading tree on which a tri-corn hat hangs from a limb, his grinning face framed by a horse-collar, a woman and a man look on in the foreground, the man applauds, whil... More

The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly calle...

Print shows a cartouche of a New Jersey scene of trees, a fox, and a farm in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans.... London... More

À Vietri suite de IV vuës dessineés dans le Roïaume de Naples et grave...

Print shows travelers stopping near a tree on a road through the mountains to Vietri sul Mare, with the tops of buildings, ship masts, and the harbor at center, and mountains in the background. Title from item.... More

La balle a frappé son amante / dessiné par le Barbier peintre du Roi ;...

Print shows the death of Molly, a scene from the fictional "Histoire de Seymour & de Molly." After the wedding ceremony joining Seymour and Molly, and as the wedding feast is about to begin, British troops burs... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Osome hisamatsu chikai no jūshichiya machi

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

A new method of reaping

Print shows men and women working in a field harvesting grain. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788... More

Perspective view of the country between Wilmington and the Delaware - ...

Print shows panoramic view of farms and farmland with the Delaware River in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswo... More

View from the Green Woods towards Canaan and Salisbury, in Connecticut

Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1789 June, opp. p. 366. Engraving attributed to James Trenchard. St... More

View of the seat of the hon. Moses Gill Esqr. at Princeton, in the Cou...

Print shows view of home and property of Moses Gill, with men gathering hay in the foreground. Title from item. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainmen... More

A view of the seat of the Hon. Selah Strong, Esqr., St. George's Manor...

Print shows view of manor house in Sussex County, Long Island, New York. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (October). Reference copy in LOT 4385-EO.

The saw-mill of Henry Livingston Junr. near Poughkeepsie / H.L. delin....

Print shows view of a sawmill on a stream with a man fishing in the foreground. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (August). Reference copy in LOT 4397-I.

A view on the Mohawk River / H. Livingston d. ; Tiebout s.

Print shows view of mountains and farmland along the Mohawk River. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1793 (March). Reference copy in LOT 4385-E.

A view at Pahaquarric, Sussex County, New Jersey / drawn on the spot b...

Print shows view of countryside with log buildings in Sussex County, New Jersey. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1794 (February). Reference copy in LOT 4385-C.

A view, at Minisink, New-Jersey / drawn on the spot by I. Hoffman ; Sc...

Print shows view of countryside with farm buildings along roadway in New Jersey. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1794 (June). Reference copy in LOT 4385-C.

Kerbo, Fra Veien Imellem Bragnæs og Christiana malet af C.A. Lorentzen...

Print shows a view from an elevated vantage point looking down a hillside at a lake or river with two persons standing at the end of a small peninsula, with farm buildings in the middle distance, and trees and ... More

Bucolica, Parisiis, In aedibus Palatinis, excudebam Petrus Didot, nat...

Oharame, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows the head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman carrying bundle sticks on her head. The bundle appears to be bound by a small cut-out figure in the shape of a man. Title and other descriptive information... More

A return from a march or a false alarm in a country village!! / Woodwa...

Print shows a group of British citizens mustered in response to an alarm that the French were attacking England which proved to be false; they complain of soiled, torn, or lost clothing, and one reads a list of... More

Winter. No. 5. Impeded travellers in a pine forest [...]

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bennett, W.J.

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - discover Kira's hiding ...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 Rōnin; the samurai discover Kira's hiding place. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Villagers clearing out rubbish!!! / engrav'd by Hixon., British Cartoo...

Print shows three villagers transporting a parson, a doctor, and a lawyer to another parish to cries of "Huzza" from other villagers. Title from item. "Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening." Forms par... More

[Woman, with chickens and ducks in baskets, facing another woman at wa...

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - searching the grounds],...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai searching the grounds for Kira. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - searching the grounds],...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai searching the grounds for Kira. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - headed for the shrine]

Drawing shows a few men confronting by the 47 rōnin on the Ryogoku Bridge over the Sumida River during the night on their return after attacking Kira Yoshinaka's home and beheading him.

Summer. No. 3. A road accident [...]

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bennett, W.J. Check 050 and 245 field.

Kisen, Shunman Kubo

Print shows Kisen (possibly the poet Kisen Hōshi), full-length portrait, facing left, with right arm raised and carrying a basket under his left arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Machiya no nyōbō, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

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

Sanshi no seiran

Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed buildings in a mountain village and villagers, near a river.

Heisa rakugan

Print shows a cluster of buildings in the shadow of mountains and along the shore of a body of water; a flock of geese has landed on the sandy shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Seta no sekisho

Print shows clusters of thatched-roof buildings, bridges spanning an inlet, boats in the harbor, during evening in Seta.

Toyohiro Utagawa: Inakaya no ume

Print shows bird's-eye view of large plum tree in courtyard of a country dwelling; several people standing outside the courtyard are looking at the tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Vue de la Lendt dans le Pays de Salzbourg Ansicht von der Lendt im Sal...

Print shows a pastoral scene with a boy with two cows on shore of a river in the foreground, and a view of Lendt with mountains in the background. Title from item. Label mounted on verso.

Vue de Berchtolsgaden dans le Pays de Salzbourg Ansicht von Berchtolsg...

Print shows a pastoral scene with a young man or boy on horseback with three farm animals on a dirt road in the foreground, and a view of Berchtesgaden with mountains in the background. Title from item. Label m... More

William Berryman - Quashie Adams' ford ... Jamaica

On verso: "Jamaica scenery."

Yabase no kihan, Yajima Gogaku

Print shows a small boat, possibly a ferry, being unloaded at two small buildings on the coast. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

Kameido umeyashiki

Print shows two men and two women and a child inside the walls of a country villa.

Shiohigari

Print shows a large group of people gathering seashells in a tidal pool. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Oban Nis... More

View of the water gap and Columbia Glass works - River Delaware T. Bir...

Print shows, in the foreground, men in a boat on the Delaware River, with views of the water gap in the distance and of the Columbia Glass works across the river. Title from item.

William Guy Wall - Newburgh / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hi...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from a dirt road where oxen pull a wagon, with a view across the river of Newburgh, New York, and rolling hills in the background. Title from item. No. 14 of the Hudson Ri... More

Fort Edward / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

Print shows a view of the Hudson River at Fort Edward, New York, with a broad view of the river, pasture land where cows are grazing, rolling hills and buildings in the background, and in the foreground, a dirt... More

Baker's Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

Print shows a view of the Hudson River at Hudson Hill with a mill at center, on the far bank; also shows a man standing on the rocks at river's edge and trees in the left foreground.

Hadley's Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by J.R. Smith ; finis...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River at Hadley's Falls where it passes through forested cliffs, near Jessups Landing in Corinth, New York; also shows two people on the far left enjoying the scenery. Title fro... More

View near Jessups landing / painted by W.G. Wall ; finished by I. Hill...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River as it passes through rolling hills with forest and pasture lands, and a dirt road with travelers on foot, near Jessups Landing in Corinth, New York. Title from item. No. 3... More

William Guy Wall - Hudson / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from the shore with a view across the river of Hudson, New York; also shows two men pulling a fishing nets ashore, men in a rowboat, sailboats, and on the right a steamboa... More

View near Fort Montgomery / painted by G.W. [i.e., W.G.] Wall ; engrav...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River with several men on a log raft; also shows the steep hillsides that form the banks of the river. Title from item. No. 18 of the Hudson River Port Folio. Stamped lower righ... More

Glenns Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

Print shows a view of the Hudson River at Glenns Falls with a building on an island and a bridge spanning the river and passing through the building; also shows people on the island. Title from item. No. 6 of t... More

View near Fort Miller painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by J. Hill

Print shows a view of the Hudson River near Fort Miller, New York, with a large tree in the foreground, houses and people along the shore in the background, and people in a row boat on the river. Title from ite... More

William Blake - [Four wood engravings illustrating Ambrose Phillips' I...

Illustrations showing pastoral scenes. Illus. in: The pastorals of Virgil, with..., / Publius Vergilius Maro. 1821, vol. 2., p. 15.

View near Sandy Hill / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

Print shows a view of the Hudson River near Sandy Hill with small buildings, possibly mills, on the far right side, and a dirt road, on which a woman is walking, in the center foreground; also shows a small for... More

Rapids above Hadleys Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hil...

Print shows a view of rapids on the Hudson River with cliffs along one side; also shows a man fishing off a bank in the foreground. Title from item. No. 4 of the Hudson River Port Folio. Stamped lower right: Ma... More

William Blake - [Four wood engravings illustrating Ambrose Phillips' I...

Illustrations showing pastoral scenes. Illus. in: The pastorals of Virgil, with..., / Publius Vergilius Maro. 1821, vol. 2., p. 16.

View near Hudson / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by J. Hill.

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from an elevated vantage point on a dirt road with trees, rocks, and a fence along the roadway; also shows sailboats on the river and rolling hills in the background. Titl... More

View from Fishkill looking to West Point / painted by W.G. Wall ; engr...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from above Fishkill, New York, looking south along the Hudson River toward West Point. A sidewheel steamship heads south on the river, and a cowherd tends three cows at th... More

From atop the Indian leap towards the imbankment [sic] which forms the...

Drawing shows a bird's-eye view of the reservoir at Deep Gap, North Carolina, with mountains and forest. Title from item. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 641. (DLC/PP-1992:217.12). Forms part of: John Ru... More

The junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson Rivers / painted by W.G. Wall...

Print shows the confluence of the Sacandaga and Hudson rivers with some rapids at the junction; also shows a broad view of the landscape with pasture lands, rolling hills, and buildings near a bridge, with carr... More

View near Fishkill / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from a roadway, with two men are tending fishing nets and stone buildings on the hillside above the road. Title from item. No. 17 of the Hudson River Port Folio. Stamped l... More

Nieder=Oesterreich Wien dr. v Kunike ; gez v. J. Alt

Print shows a landscape view of the country side with sightseers and pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, a woman carrying a basket on her back, possibly one of the farmworkers from a field at center, the Danub... More

Vue intérieure d'une partie du Moscou, prise des Hauteurs à droite de ...

Print showing a view of the countryside from along the "Yaousa" River with the city of Moscow in the distance. Title from item.

A view of the residence of the late Richard Jordan taken from Newtown ...

Print shows a man, possibly Quaker preacher Richard Jordan, walking along a cart path with fenced areas to the right and left and his house in the background with outbuildings on both sides; a large cow or ox i... More

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. D bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letter "D" formed by a man entwined by large serpents, with examples "Droschke" showing a man boarding a carriage; "Duell" showing two men dueling with swords; and "Dorf" showing people and farm... More

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. E bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letter "E" formed by two men, one standing and looking through a telescope, the other sitting and drinking from an odd shaped bottle, with examples "Eberjage" showing hunting dogs attacking a wi... More

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. XYZ bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letters "X" formed by a man taking a large step forward with his sword extended to the rear, "Y" formed by an acrobat upside down, standing on his shoulders with his legs spread apart, and "Z" f... More

Oharame, Katsushika Hokusai

Print shows an oharame from Ohara carrying bundles of reeds on her head and leading an ox laden with bundles of reeds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Rokudanme, Sadahide Utagawa

Print shows a person in a sedan chair leaving a residential compound and being stopped by a samurai warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Bushū tamagawa, Katsushika Hokusai

Print shows a man with a pack horse walking along coast, men in a boat just off shore, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Bushū tamagawa, Katsushika Hokusai

Print shows a man with a pack horse walking along coast, men in a boat just off shore, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Shimo-meguro, Katsushika Hokusai

Print shows rooftops, pilgrims on roadway, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fugaku s... More

Aoyama enza no matsu

Print shows travelers sitting on a bluff above a grove of pines with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Tōto aoigaoka no taki

Print shows travelers at a roadside rest stop with several buildings, possibly a tearoom, near a waterfall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Shibaura, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows landscape with pilgrims at roadside rest stop and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Minakuchi, Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a woman hanging gourd shavings to dry and another appears to be cutting large gourds as a traveler passes the Minakuchi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Koganeibashi no sekishō, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a bridge across a canal with flowering cherry trees along the banks, a small cluster of low buildings, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

Earl of Uxbridge T.C. Wilson delt. 1838

Print shows a man, the Earl of Uxbridge, facing left, standing in a field, holding a walking stick in his right hand. Title from item.

Beaufort T.C.W - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a man standing in a field, holding a riding crop under his left arm, with a coach and four passing in the background. Title from item.

Man holding a riding crop T.C. Wilson delt. 1838

Print shows a man, facing left, leaning against a wooden hurdle, holding a riding crop under his left arm, watching a jockey on a horse ride at a racetrack. Title devised by Library staff.

Tamagawa no shūgetsu, Andō Hiroshige

Print shows people on shore and in boats fishing on the Tama River beneath a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Man standing, waiting for his horse T.C.W

Print shows a man, facing left, standing in front of a building, waiting for the stable-hand to bring his horse. Title devised by Library staff.

Asukayama no bosetsu, Ando Hiroshige

Print shows people walking in the snow, one leading a horse, past a hillside with snow-covered trees and several small shrines, low buildings on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Ludwig Richter - Wie Isegrim krank darnieder liegt

Illustration for a story showing "Isegrim" the Wolf lying in bed, with his wife "Dame Gieremund" attending to the wounds he sustained during his defeat in the wrestling match with Reynard the Fox. Title from it... More

Wie Reineke mit Grimbart auf dem Wege nach des Königs Hofe bei einem K...

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox traveling to the King's court accompanied by Grimbart the Badger, as they pass a monastery Reynard spies a chicken outside the walls and attacks it, much to the ... More

Wie Reineke zum Tode geführt wird und seine Freunde den Hof verlassen

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox being led up a ladder leaning against a makeshift gallows with a rope around his neck, pulled toward the top by "Braun" the Bear and pushed by "Hinze" the Cat, "... More

Wie Reineke seine Reise antritt und sich sehr traurig anstellt, und wi...

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox accompanied on his journey by the "Bellyn" the Ram and "Lampe" the Hare. Title from item. Illus. from: Volksbücher. 15, 16, 17 / Heransgegeben von G.O. Marbach. ... More

Ludwig Richter - Wie Reineke sich todt stellt v. Ritschl

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox lying on the ground among dandelions, pretending to be dead, with the crow and his wife "Sharpbeak" looking at him. "Sharpbeak" will get too close to Reynard's m... More

Ludwig Richter - Wie Isegrim der Wolf wider Reineken klagt

Illustration for a story showing "Isegrim" the Wolf sitting on the ground complaining to Reynard the Fox who is sitting on a small mound in the background. Title from item. Illus. from: Volksbücher. 15, 16, 17 ... More

Wie der Kampf beginnt und welcher Lift sich Reineke bedient

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox and "Isegrim" the Wolf wrestling in a fight-to-the-death before the Royal Court to solve the differences between them. Reynard brushes his vinegar soaked tail ac... More

Wie Reineke erzählt, dass er den Wolf unter die Meerkatzen gebracht, w...

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox at home with his wife "Dame Ermelyn" and two children "Rossel" and "Reynardine." Title from item. Illus. from: Volksbücher. 15, 16, 17 / Heransgegeben von G.O. M... More

Landscape with natural bridge

Print shows travelers resting in the foreground with a low natural bridge formation over what was once a riverbed, in the background. Title devised by Library staff. Stamped in lower left: From the file of Jame... More

Recoleta J.D - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a man standing next to a row of two-wheeled carts with a church within a walled compound on a hill in the background. Title from item. Signed on stone "J.D." at bottom left. Reference copies (stats)... More