death and burial

View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...

Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.

[Four illustrations concerning the conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cort...

Four illustrations from: Harper's Monthly, 1855, vol. 12. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death of Genl. Ross at Baltimore / from the original painting by Chapp...

Print shows British General Robert Ross, on horseback, mortally wounded, on September 12th, 1814.

[Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, General Miguel Miramón, an...

Written on verso: Death of Maximilian (purported to be). Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1939 May 19.

[John Alexander Logan's funeral at Hutchinson's vault, Washington, D.C...

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

Escort of French officers, with President Roosevelt, Admiral Sands, Se...

Photograph shows French officers escorting President Theodore Roosevelt during re-interment ceremonies for John Paul Jones at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. H77055 U.S. Copyright Office. Another copy of th... More

[President Warren G. Harding, members of his cabinet, members of the S...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christian Liljenquist poses at the grave of a soldier ("Nath'l Shoup, ...

Before the Liljenquist Family donated the ambrotype photo of Nathaniel Shoup to the Library of Congress, they took the photo to Shoup's grave site. Shoup died of typhoid fever in 1862 while serving in the 84th ... More

First view of the battle of Patapsco Neck dedicated to those who lost ...

Print showing American soldiers in the foreground, Boulden's house, and the British troops, as well as General Robert Ross being shot, his horse rearing, and the retreat of the British, with Ross, back to the w... More

Death of Genl. Z. Taylor / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Taylor on his death bed, in the White House, July, 1850. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1615.

The death bed of the martyr President Abraham Lincoln. Washington, Sat...

Print shows 18 people gathered around Lincoln when he died. Text below the image identifies (left to right): Genl. Halleck, Genl. Meigs, Miss Harris, Mrs. Lincoln & son, Vice Prest. Johnson, Secy. Stanton, Post... More

Walt Whitman Papers: Literary file; Prose; "As to nationality in our l...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Walt Whitman Papers: Family papers; Whitman family letters, 1848 , 186...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Walt Whitman Papers: Miscellany; Chronological file, 1881-1885 , 1896-...

Picryl description: Public domain image of stamped postal envelope, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Walt Whitman Papers: Miscellany; Chronological file, 1881-1885 , 1896-...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Stonewall Jackson's last words - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

First military execution in Washington; hanging of a private for shoot...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Snow on the ground. Regiment on the left without overcoats and carrying their knapsacks-. Inscribed left margin: Prime. Published in: Harper's Weekly, Jan. 25... More

The fall of Reynolds - Public domain print

See DRWG/US - Waud, no. 242 for original drawing. Studies also DRWG/US Waud no 410 (A size) and 411 (A size). Signed lower left: AR Waud. Title printed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-23. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1... More

The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns....

A sentimentalized allegory "Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln" of the reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Kimmel and Forster also produced two si... More

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvan...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

Col. Ellsworth's requiem march - Public domain American piano sheet mu...

[Lincoln's coffin on view at State House, Springfield, Illinois]

Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Inscribed below image: old. Within image: pink, white. Inscribed on bunting: The father; Sooner Than Surrender These Principles I Would Be Assassinated on this. Gift, J.P. Mo... More

[Head of Christ on the cross] - Public domain portrait engraving

Drawn in Flanders or Italy. Title, attribution, date, subject, and physical description by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Copy: Engraving by J.C. Loedel (Wurzbuch, I, p. 472, no. 276). In the 1883 catalogue of the Rudo... More

[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, ...

Newspaper clipping from French serial La Nature? Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death of President Lincoln: At Washington, D.C. April 15th 1865. The N...

Print shows President Lincoln on his death bed. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1631 Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham... More

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounte...

Print shows the battle of Thames with Colonel Richard M. Johnson and the Kentucky volunteers on the left engaged in battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Prominent figures, including Col. Richard M. Johns... More

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounte...

Print shows the battle of Thames with Colonel Richard M. Johnson and the Kentucky volunteers on the left engaged in battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Prominent figures, including Col. Richard M. Johns... More

The moment of reflection or a tale for future times / IC., British Car...

Cartoon shows Catherine II horrified at the visions that beset her at the moment of death; a cloud entering at left depicts the many victims of her wrath; a skeleton, Death, stands behind her ready to plunge hi... More

Lincoln obsequies, San Francisco, [no.] 721

Photograph shows a view from a hill of a crowd observing a tribute to Abraham Lincoln on the street below. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1... More

[Illinois statehouse, Springfield, Ill, with details showing draped bu...

Drawing shows the Illinois statehouse where President Abraham Lincoln lay in state in Springfield, Ill., May 3-4,1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2010) Inscribed as descriptio... More

View of Queretaro, Mexico--Execution of Maximilian, Mejia, and Miramon...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Aug. 10, p. 497. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Execution of John D. Lee, 19th century Utah stereoscope card.

Officers, soldiers, and spectators at Mountain Meadows, Utah, following the execution of John D. Lee.

Execution of John D. Lee, 19th century Utah stereoscope card.

Officers, soldiers, and spectators with covered wagons at Mountain Meadows, Utah, prior to the execution of John D. Lee, who is shown (center) speaking with Chaplain Stokes. H4233 U.S. Copyright Office. Title f... More

Jefferson Davis' funeral car, New Orleans, December 11th, 1889

38499 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit; 1889 Dec. 17. Public domain photograph of funeral procession, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Colby Suther lying in state

11917 U.S. Copyright Office.

The Arrival of William McKinley's remains at the courthouse, Sept. 18,...

H10847 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Funeral of James Abbott McNeill Whistler in Chelsea, London, July 190...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General of the Armies John J. Pershing lies in state in the rotunda of...

#8. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol bui... More

Remains of President Garfield lying in state in the rotunda of the U.S...

14593M U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1881, by C. M. Bell, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. No. 3.

Funeral of Quanah Parker, Chief of the Comanches, at Post Oak Mission,...

Photograph shows large crowd of mourners attending funeral with pallbearers in middle holding casket. J153117 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1911 by Edward Bates.

Walt Whitman Papers: Printed matter; 1935-1939 , 1954

Public domain scan of American book, magazine, or newspaper related to Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jesus raised on the cross / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie.

Jesus Christ and two men on crosses, Mary and others mourning below. Copyright by J. Baillie. Caption in English and Spanish.

Ich sahe ein Lamm heben ober auf dem Berge Zion

Pennsylvania German fraktur labeled with verse from Revelations 14:1, I saw a lamb on Mount Zion, shows Jesus Christ bleeding from crucifixion wounds.

[Drawing of the death bed scene of President Abraham Lincoln, with Cha...

Photograph of a drawing by Hermann Faber; one of two drawings he made at the death bed in 1865. "During the Civil War he served as an artist on the Surgeon General's staff of the Union Army and illustrated the ... More

Arrival of President Theodore Roosevelt at the armory

Photograph showing automobiles arriving as a military band awaits them. Relates to the re-interment of John Paul Jones at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

Arrival of President Theodore Roosevelt at the armory

Photograph showing automobiles arriving as a military band awaits them. Relates to the re-interment of John Paul Jones at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

Decorating buildings on lower Broadway, NYC for Lincoln funeral proces...

Photograph shows an aerial view of buildings on Broadway near Bowling Green draped with mourning cloth in preparation for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).... More

Jefferson Davis funeral in New Orleans, La.

Photo shows coffin in horse-drawn wagon as the "funeral procession for Jefferson Davis winds through the French Quarter in New Orleans on December 11, 1889. An estimated 200,000 people lined the streets. Davis ... More

Death of Abraham Lincoln, April 15th 1865 / E.B. & E.C. Kellogg ; F.P....

Print shows Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by large group of men, each identified on the print. No. 259. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2005-2006.

Isaac Cruikshank - Royal recreation, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Catherine II seated on a throne receiving the decapitated heads of the people of Poland from the military officer in charge of the Russian forces during the defeat of Poles in 1794; other men brin... More

[Portraits of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, Tomás Mejía, and Miguel Mi...

Title taken from above item in notebook. On recto beneath Maximilian's feet: his final words in Spanish. On verso: shield with cross in center, crown above, below: Fotografia de A. Cordiglia, Esquina de la 1[su... More

Man of sorrow, 15th century - Public domain book illustration drawing

Print shows Jesus Christ on the cross. Public domain scan of 14th-century print, drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The entombment, Parmigianino. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italia...

Print shows Jesus Christ being supported by Joseph of Arimethia as Mary Magdalene gives comfort to the grieving Virgin Mary. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Funérailles de L'Empereur Napoléon. Passage du cortège dans les champs...

Funeral procession of Napoleon passing on the champs Elisées. Hubbard Collection. Signed on stone. No. 5.

Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Wash...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 19, p. 88.

Fall of Lieut[enan]t Col[one]l Henry Clay, Jun[io]r / Designed by T.H....

Print shows soldiers carrying a dying Henry Clay, Junior, away from the Battle of Buena Vista, Coahuila, Mexico, February 23, 1847, during the Mexican-American War. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War e... More

[Corpse of Tomás Mejía, full-length, in a chair]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 19, lower right. On recto: A. Peraire.

Charles Sumner / Matt Morgan. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows Columbia laying a laurel wreath on the casket of Charles Sumner as African Americans kneel to mourn; an angel in the distance carries a plague stating "Equal rights to all." Illus. in: Frank ... More

Lynching of MacManus - A large group of people standing in front of a ...

Photograph shows Frank McManus hanging from a leafless tree surrounded by a large mob. Copy negative made from original stereograph filed in STEREO SUBJ FILE - Executions Lynchings.

President Roosevelt and escort at the depot, Canton, O. / Photographed...

Stereograph showing President Roosevelt and others arriving in Canton, Ohio, for the funeral of President McKinley; photographer filming in corner. H9886 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14568.

Crowds at the Temple of Music where President McKinley was assassinate...

H9881 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14563. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President McKinley's funeral cortege at Buffalo, N.Y. /

"This starts with the funeral procession leaving the Milburn house on Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y., headed by the mounted police of Buffalo, followed by Companies I and F, of the 14th U.S. Infantry, under per... More

President McKinley's remains passing the Guard of Honor, leaving the W...

H12557 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Close-up of charred corpse of Jesse Washington hanging from tree after...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available. Photo by Gildersleeve.

Body of the late President Harding leaving the White House

Funeral cortege for President Harding with the north portico entrance to the White House in the background. In album: Warren G. Harding, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, v. 2, p. 52, no. 25570. Forms... More

All-American news. 1945-04, no. 4

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

General of the Armies John J. Pershing (1860-1948) lies in state in th...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[It is finished] - Public domain dedication image

Photograph shows Day posed as dead Christ with crown of thorns, head partially out of frame. Title published in Seven Words series: It is finished, from Seven Words series. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Da... More

Walt Whitman Papers: Literary file; Prose; "Idea of Piece Peace in a S...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Title devised from inscription on verso. Inscribed below image: 8 [officer?], 9 Dr. Pyne, 6 Lincoln, 7 Seward; 1 General Scott, 2-3 General Officers, 4 Sumner, 5 Reporters, Sentries 71st reg. Gift, J.P. Morgan,... More

Jesus raised on the cross / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie.

Jesus Christ and two men on crosses, Mary and others mourning below. Copyright by J. Baillie. Caption in English and Spanish.

Death of Colonel Ellsworth After hauling down the rebel flag, at the t...

Colonel Ellsworth shot as he descends a stairway carrying a flag by a Rebel sympathizer who is confronted by a Zouave carrying a rifle fixed with bayonet. 1992 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogu... More

The tombs of the generals on Cathcart's Hill - Roger Fenton's Crimean ...

Cemetery on Cathcart's Hill showing graves and a man standing at the grave of Brigadier General Thomas Leigh Goldie who was killed in action at the Battle of Inkerman. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Fr... More

The procession approaching Union Square. New York (state) 19th Century...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway heading towards Union Square. The building on the left is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. (Sour... More

Building Erected for the reception of the body of the President at Cle...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed vertically left margin: House where the first subscription to the "Boston Liberator" was got up. Inscribed above image: I have made the flags drooping it was raining hard ... More

Lincoln's funeral - Public domain scan / drawing

Four separate rough sketches. Drawing shows the public receiving vault at Springfield Oak Ridge Cemetry, Illinois, for the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln, May 4, 1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Hist... More

Funeral car of President Lincoln New York, April 26th, 1865.

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvan...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

[Engine "Nashville" of the Lincoln funeral train]

Photo shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad engine, with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln mounted on the front. The engine was one of several used to carry Lincoln's body from Washington, D.C., to Spri... More

The funeral procession of the celebrated Mr. Jonathan Wild Thief-Taker...

A poem, "The Complaint of Jonathan Wild," surrounded by images of a funeral/procession, rows of people hanging from gallows, and other scenes. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congres... More

Military on Broadway. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph shows soldiers on Broadway, men in trees and crowds lining the street during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, New York City, N.Y.

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

[President Abraham Lincoln's catafalque, New York City, N.Y., April 24...

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The death of General Wolfe / painted by B. West, historical painter to...

Print shows Gen. James Wolfe, lying mortally wounded on field, surrounded by soldiers and a Native, during the siege of Quebec in 1759. At head of title: To the King's most excellent Majesty. This plate.... Ca... More

Capitol of Illinois, no. 26 - An old photo of a building with a clock ...

Photograph shows the Illinois State House draped with black and white mourning cloth for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in text and pi... More

Battle of Atlanta--Death of General James B. McPherson--July 22d 1864-...

27019 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1888 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, U.S.A.

The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived tha...

Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier.

Battle of the Thames - death of Tecumseh / painted by A. Chappel ; eng...

Print shows the death of Tecumseh from a bullet fired by Colonel Richard Johnson at the Battle of the Thames in Ontario, Canada, on October 5th, 1813.

Memories of the Union - execution of Nathan Hale on the site of east B...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 Nov. 24, p. 745. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Die Schlacht bei Springfield in Nord-Amerika

Print shows the death of General Nathaniel Lyon during the battle at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. Purchase; Detrich Hecht, 2009 (DLC/PP-2009:039.0800) Forms part of: Dietrich Hecht collection of Bilderbogen. Exhi... More

Lincoln's funeral, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Drawing shows Ford's Theatre, 10th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. decorated with funeral bunting for President Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Title inscribed below image. Formerly matted with Waud no. 572 (may be r... More

Funeral honors to President Lincoln - the catafalque passing up Broadw...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 May 13, pp. 120-121.

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865

Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of marchers in Lincoln's funeral procession proceeding down Broadway away from the viewer. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T Anthony & Co., ... More

Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by mourners

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Portr... More

The garden flag at half mast for General Grant

The Gardiner Greene Hubbard home, "The Homestead" in Manchester, Massachusetts. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album:... More

The old and the new year / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Father Time presenting the new year labeled "1886" to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil; behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland'... More

Ceremonies at the grave of James G. Blaine, Oak Hill Washington, D.C.,...

Copyright 1893 by J.F. Jarvis. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex.

Execution of Silan Lewis, at Wilberton, I.T., Nov. 5th, 1894

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Funeral procession ascending to grave on the little knoll in the rusti...

J233996 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 11947.

[Woman holding a child and getting into a car at the Arlington Nationa...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Funeral for RB-47 Pilot, JTB 8-4-60." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 4719, frame no. 34.