Execution of Gordon the slave-trader, New York, February 21, 1862
Illustration shows Nathaniel Gordon being prepared for hanging as a crowd of men looks on. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. VI, no. 271 (1862 March 8), p. 157 (bottom).
Home of Mr. Petersen, opposite Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., where...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after Albert Berghaus. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 503 (1865 May 20), p. 132.
The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865
Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of the crowd lining Broadway in New York City for Lincoln's funeral procession; a few men in uniform stand in the street. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18... More
[Jesse James dead; clothed; 3/4 length]
Photo by R. Uhlman, St. Joseph, Mo. Slightly different angle from LC-USZ62-4049. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
State funeral of President McKinley. The body lying in State Rotunda o...
H9008 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. No. X4517.
Removal of Lincoln's body
Workmen using crane to remove slabs covering Abraham Lincoln's grave. H3899 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6.
Harvey Logan 'in death' - Public domain monumental decor print
Inscribed on item back: Harvey Logan after suicide Rifle, Col. 7/9/1904 following hold up of Denver Bank Rio Grande train #5 at Parachutte, Col., July 7th, 1904. From: Pinkerton's National Detective Agency collection.
Christ Church - the old country church of Sagamore Hill where Col. Roo...
J233993 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 11944.
[President Warren G. Harding's body lying in state in the East Room o...
Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Funeral of General of the Armies John J. Pershing Caisson bearing the ...
Picture no. 7. U.S. Army photograph. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current ... More
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
Theory. Practice. Effect - Print, Library of Congress collection
An unusual, three-part wood engraving attributing John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the influence of the proslavery secret society, the Knights of the Golden Circle. Lincoln was shot by Bo... More
Stonewall Jackson's last words - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Confederate side
Union Square, Lincoln's funeral. New York (state) 19th Century Stereos...
Stereograph showing view of horse-drawn carriages in Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway proceeding toward Union Square. New York City printed in lower right corner of right half. From series: American vi... More
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.
General D.E. Sickles and staff at 14th Street. General U.S. Grant's fu...
Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ellsworth's avengers - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Lincoln lying in state / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago.
Funeral procession entering(?) Cook County Courthouse in Chicago where President Abraham Lincoln's body lay in State.
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
[Funeral of James Abbott McNeill Whistler in Chelsea, London, July 190...
Photograph shows pallbearers carrying casket. Photographic print made by Library of Congress in 1977 from a glass negative borrowed from Mark Fondersmith.
[Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, 18 year-o...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Death bed of Lincoln / A. Brett & Co. 83 Nassau St.
Print shows the interior of a room with Abraham Lincoln lying on a bed surrounded by cabinet members, generals, and family members, from left: William Dennison, Post Master General, Sec. John P. Usher, Sec. Gid... More
[Funeral of James Abbott McNeill Whistler in Chelsea, London, July 190...
Photograph shows women gathered in cemetery. Photographic print made by Library of Congress in 1977 from a glass negative borrowed from Mark Fondersmith.
The body of the martyr President, Abraham Lincoln. Lying in state at t...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0651.
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
[President Abraham Lincoln's railroad funeral car] / S.M. Fassett, pho...
Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
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.
Jenny Wade, the heroine of Gettysburg
Music associated with the Union side
The death of Pontiac / De Cost Smith ; Goupil & Co., Paris.
Pontiac lying on ground; Indian with tomahawk standing over him. 73560C(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Little, Brown, & Co.
Lincoln lies in state, Springfield, May 1865
Photograph shows a group of citizens entering the grounds of the Illinois state house to view the body of Abraham Lincoln on May 3 or 4, 1865. Two soldiers stand near the specially built arch. The African Amer... More
The entombment / Raff. da Reggio invent. Andrea Andreano Mant. intagli...
Print shows Jesus Christ being supported by Joseph of Arimethia as Mary Magdalene gives comfort to the grieving Virgin Mary. After Raffaellino da Reggio. Dedication: All Mm. et Cccmo. Sigr. Don Giovane Medici 1... More
P. Joannes Ogilbeus / C.S. d. ; M.K. f.
Illustration showing John Ogilvie hanging from the gallows while the executioner cuts open his abdomen with a large knife. Illus. in: Societas Jesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, [...] / Math... More
Triomphe de Voltaire, le 11 Juillet 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthaul...
Print shows a funeral procession moving Voltaire's remains to the Panthéon in Paris from an abbey in Champagne. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez ... More
Peace - burial of Wilkie / Turner ; F.E. Jones.
Print shows a steamship illuminated by flames during burial at sea of David Wilkie. Caption continues: Engraved expressly for the Ladies' Repository. Illus. from: The Ladies repository; a monthly periodical de... More
The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...
Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More
Burial of Cornelius Vanderbilt / Mente ; from a sketch by Charles Ment...
Illustration shows mourners gathered around as the coffin of Cornelius Vanderbilt is carried to the tomb. Signed on block, "Mente", in lower left corner. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1048 (1877 Janua... More
[Jesse James dead; clothed; 3/4 length]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[The White Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of John Ericsson, Ne...
Engraving after the painting by Moran, dated 1898 and located at the U.S. Naval Academy. Title and date based on the painting. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.
[Large crowd watching crane lift box containing Abraham Lincoln's body...
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death Tombs...; Cranes,...; Ill. S-; Pres. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.
TR's return from Africa, 1910 [2] /
TR returns from his African hunting trip through the countries of Sudan, France, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Great Britain, and finally his reception in New York City. There are views of: 1) his riverboat on the ... More
TR on Fifth Avenue, New York, near St. Patrick's Cathedral after atten...
As an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of former New York City Mayor John P. Mitchel on July 11, 1918, TR appears with other funeral participants on Fifth Avenue. Surrounded by men in formal dress, TR speaks ... More
Grave of Theodore Roosevelt who answered the final call of taps Jan. 6...
J233702 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 11950.
Funeral of General of the Armies John J. Pershing Secretary of the Arm...
Picture no. 2. U.S. Army photograph. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current ... More
[Women getting into a car, probably the family of Willard G. Palm, a R...
Contact sheet folder caption: "Funeral for RB-47 Pilot, MST 8-4-60." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 4721, frame no. 5.
[Demonstrators with signs, one reading "Let his death not be in vain",...
Contact sheet folder not on shelf (6/8/2011). U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 18935, frame no. 10A/11.
Death of Harrison, April 4 A.D. 1841
William Henry Harrison on his deathbed with Rev. Hawley, a physician, niece, and nephew in attendance, as well as Thomas Ewing, Secretary of Treasury, Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and Francis Granger (wa... More
Execution of Robert Emmet in Thomas Street, [Dublin], 20th September 1...
Scene following the beheading of Robert Emmet, Dublin, 1803, with mounted soldiers overseeing the horrified spectators. J3448 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption: "When my country takes her place, among the nations ... More
Walt Whitman Papers: Photograph of Whitman by Frank Pearsall, copy, 18...
Public domain scan of a poetry manuscript, poem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Life of George Washington The Christian death / / painted by Stearns ;...
George Washington on his death bed attended by family and friends. Copyright by M. Knoedler, New York. "Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y. 1853." The Christian (Death) from series: The life of Geor... More
A view of Col. Johnson's engagement with the savages (commanded by Tec...
Print showing the battle between American forces under the command of Colonel Richard M. Johnson and Natives allied with the British under the command of Tecumseh. At center is detailed action with Johnson on h... More
In memoriam - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
A correct view of the battle near the city of New Orleans, on the eigh...
Prints show British troops advancing across open ground toward the American troops behind earthworks in the background during the Battle of New Orleans; at center foreground, mortally wounded British General Ed... 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
Stuart!, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Confederate side
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.
The body of the martyr President, Abraham Lincoln. Lying in state at t...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0651.
Where General McPherson was killed during American Civil War
Stereograph showing animal bones, three cart wheels, spent shells, various clothing items, and a sign nailed on a tree in the forest where Union General James Birdseye McPherson was killed on July 22, 1864, in ... More
"Lincoln's Funeral," Philadelphia / taken by Ridgeway (i.e. Ridgway) G...
Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's casket conveyed by funeral car through the crowd on Broad Street in Philadelphia, April 22, 1865. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in... More
[President Abraham Lincoln's hearse, Springfield] / S.M. Fassett, phot...
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Funeral obsequies of the late Pres't A. Lincoln, Columbus, O., April 2...
"Entered according to Act of Congress, by J. H. Studer ...1865 ... Ohio." "Filed July 9" 1865" penned at bottom of print.
Funeral ceremonies of the late President Harding, U.S. Capitol, Washin...
Copyright deposit; E. DeSouza. Copyright claimant's address: 467 Pa. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. No. 2.
The 164th N.Y.V charging Colonel killed
Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower right within image: Rebel dead. Inscribed lower left: June 3. Inscribed on verso: McMahons regiment is in Gibbons division wears a Zouav... More
The 25th of April 1865 in New York
Print showing the funeral car and procession for President Abraham Lincoln in front of City Hall on April 25th, 1865. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Am... More
Death of General Polk Pine Mountain, Kennesaw
Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed upper right: 51. Action at Pine Mountain took place in the course of the general assault associated with Kennesaw Mountain. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.500) ... More
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
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.
[Death of the Virgin]. Rembrandt van Rijn
Title from shelflist card. Rovinski, 99 (2nd state). Bjorkland, 39-A (3rd state). Ex. coll.: Friedrich Kalle (Lugt, 1021). Library has two impressions. No. 99a: Hubbard Collection. No. 99b: Etching ; 41.1 x 31.... More
Frakturs illumination - Crucifixion of Jesus Ange or Auge Palus? fecit
Drawing shows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; two angels, representing Fame, appear at the top corners, one holds a banner labeled "Engel Palus"[?]; two horsemen with swords enter from the sides at the base; t... More
The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.
Print shows Joseph Warren on bended knee, right hand over chest, left hand on rifle for support, after being mortally wounded during the battle of Bunker Hill, three soldiers stand nearby. Illus. in: The battl... More
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. Briggs Coll. 41499.
[The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17th 1775] / [painted by J. Trumbul...
Print shows British and American soldiers in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Bunker Hill; among the soldiers depicted are Major General Joseph Warren, Captain Thomas Gardner, Major Andrew McClary, Colo... More
The lynching of Frank McManus in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Photograph shows the body of McManus hanging from a tree after being lynched by a mob. 9713 U.S. Copyright Office.
In memoriam U.S. Grant / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows the body of Ulysses S. Grant lying in state in front of an angel joining the hands of two female figures, one labeled "North" and the other labeled "South" under the heading "Let Us Have Peac... More
George Meadows, murderer & rapist, lynched on scene of his last crime
Photograph shows African American man with hands bound hanging from a tree. Photo by L. Horgan, Jr., Birmingham.
Mort de Louis XVI, le 21 janvier 1793 Place de la Concorde - on voit à...
Louis XVI being led to the guillotine at the time of his execution. Extrait des Révolutions de Paris. In album: French Revolution. Forms part of: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress).
The execution of the Inca / A.B. Greene.
Spaniards burning Atahualpa, Inca river at stake with monk holding crucifix to right of Inca. Illus. in: The New World heroes of discovery and conquest / by D.M. Kelsey. Philadelphia, Pa. : National Publishing ... More
[Casket, visitors, and flowers in throne room, at funeral of Liliuokal...
J227283 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Edgeworth. Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scene at St. Patricks Church during the funeral of Senor J. Antonio Lo...
Photograph shows procession carrying coffin of J. Antonio López Gutiérrez into St. Patricks Church. In album: 2 October 1922 to 15 November 1922, v. 9, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 51, no. 212... More
Generals march in funeral procession in final tribute to General of th...
#5. Official U.S. Army photograph. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, whic... More
[Interior view of Audubon ballroom where Malcolm X was shot] / World T...
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Lincoln's house draped in mourning with his horse "Old Robin" in front...
Possibly photographed by F.W. Ingmire. Tax stamp on verso. Label on verso: "From Smith & Bro.'s Fancy Bazaar, Springfield, Ills." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased... More
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.
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-...
Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
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
A view of Col. Johnson's engagement with the savages (commanded by Tec...
Print showing the battle between American forces under the command of Colonel Richard M. Johnson and Natives allied with the British under the command of Tecumseh. At center is detailed action with Johnson on h... 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
Battle of the Thames. Respectfully dedicated to Andrew Jackson Esq. Pr...
Print shows American forces fighting Tecumseh's Indian confederation. In the center Col. R. M. Johnson shoots Tecumseh who has raised his tomahawk. A legend at the bottom describes the men pictured and describ... More
John Quincy Adams / sketch'd by Arthur J. Stansbury Esqr. a few hours ...
Sold by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St., N.Y. Copyright 1848 by A.J. Stansbury. Library has two impressions: Full print PGA - Currier & Ives John Quincy Adams; and print trimmed and attached to sketchbook in Unproc... More
[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvan...
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.
The death of Tippoo or Besieging the haram!!!, British Cartoon Print
Several British officers, "Harrah my Honey now for the Black Joke" and "Cheer up my girls we'll supply his place well", take liberties with the women in the harem of Tipu Sultan after his death during the fight... More
Mina / from Childs & Inman Lith. Press.
Print shows Carolino Amalio Estradas de Mina, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, held in prison for the murder of William Chapman. 239 U.S. Copyright Office. From a drawing by E. Wellmore taken in his... More
Mina / from Childs & Inman Lith. Press.
Print shows Carolino Amalio Estradas de Mina, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, held in prison for the murder of William Chapman. 239 U.S. Copyright Office. From a drawing by E. Wellmore taken in his... More
The death of General Montgomery at Quebec La mort du General Montgomer...
Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (1766-1803) copied this painting from the print by J.F. Clemens according to Thieme-Becker v. 20, p. 222. Painting by Trumbull of the same title painted in 1786 now in the collecti... More
The death of General Montgomery at Quebec La mort du General Montgomer...
Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (1766-1803) copied this painting from the print by J.F. Clemens according to Thieme-Becker v. 20, p. 222. Painting by Trumbull of the same title painted in 1786 now in the collecti... More
Funeral car of President Abraham Lincoln passing the State House at Co...
Public domain scan of architectural print, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Funeral of James Abbott McNeill Whistler in London, July 1903]
Photographic print made by Library of Congress in 1977 from a glass negative borrowed from Mark Fondersmith.
Down Broadway, from below Wall St.
Photograph shows an aerial view of buildings on Broadway draped with mourning cloth in preparation for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. From series: Anthony's Instantaneous Views, no. 2974. Purchase; Robi... More
[Burial of Latane] / [...] by W.D. Washington ; engraved by A.G. Campb...
Engraving after a painting by William Dickinson Washington shows the funeral of William D. Latané, a cavalry captain who was the only Confederate killed during J.E.B. Stuart's raid around the Union army near Ri... More
The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865
Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of the hearse carrying Lincoln's coffin during the funeral procession down Broadway in New York City. Anthony's instantaneous views, no. 2950, 2951, 2958. Emporium of Americ... More