The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skys...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 33-story building was developed by Cousins Properties from November 2001 to December 2003. It was the first high- rise building t... More
Sculpture "Eagle; Justice Above All Else" at Jacob K. Javitz Federal B...
Artist: Theodore Roszak, 1970. Bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogr... More
Glass blower Susan Knecht and her associate Allison Smith create art i...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Blacksmith shop at the Heritage Farmstead Museum, a living-history sit...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
For some reason, large metal chickens are popular yard art throughout ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Metal yard art for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Marble F...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Design drawing for stained glass memorial window with The Resurrection...
Annotations on drawing: SM #48. DGS Slide no. 1678. Sticker: 2 Gothic Stamps, CL. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.
Watercolor at the Thomas F. Eagleton, U.S. Courthouse, St. Louis, Miss...
Artist: John Steuart Curry. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the... More
[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baldassare Franceschini - [Studies for a church]
Inscribed in pencil: Lot no. 8, srB. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Exhibi... More
[First sketch for the chapel of Bonaventura at Potenza (Italy), in (ch...
Inscribed: Primo schizzo p[er] la capella dal Bonaventura a Potenza in S. Francesco. Drawing not signed; attribution to Franceschini (known as "Il Volterrano") based on Walker Collection files. Item conserved ... More
[Paris receiving the golden apple from Hermes]
The subject of this drawing is Hermes handing the golden apple of the Hesperides to Paris, who is to judge the greatest beauty among the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. In return for judging Aphrodite t... More
[Hunting lodge with pavilions. Gateway, piers, and fencing. Plan and e...
Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing monumental fence and gateway for a hunting lodge or castle, in plan and elevation. No. 16. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehous... More
Bas relief "Bienville, Founder of New Orleans, 1718," by Auguste De Fr...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
[Italian composer in England], Thomas Rowlandson
Drawing showing a caricature of a man playing piano and singing loudly as a bird, possibly a parrot, sings on a windowsill. Title from acquisition records; also referred to as "Italian composer in London" in ac... More
Judge Thumb, or - patent sticks for family correction: warranted lawfu...
Judge Buller walking in foreground, carrying bundles of rods; in the background, a man with a rod raised over his head is about to strike a woman who is running away from him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Pr... More
Charles Willson Peale - JRS - Public domain portrait drawing
Bust silhouette portrait shows John Rhea Smith (fl. 1785-1809), son of continental congressman Jonathan Bayard Smith (1742-1812) and brother of Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845), facing left. (DLC/PP-44431).
[Theater and hotel building ("Theatre, Assembly Rooms and an hotel"), ...
Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the S.W. Flank, being the FRONT of the HOTEL." "Elevation of the N.E. Flank, being the FRONT of the ROOMS," "VIII." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: B... More
Napoleonic era battle scene showing soldiers fighting at close-quarter...
Inscribed in pencil on verso: Found in Hopkinson silhouette book. (DLC/PP-2000:095) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Libr... More
F P Blair - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sartain.
[Kyōgen play with two characters]
Drawing shows an actor on the left with short sword and holding a fan, on the right is an actor wearing a hat and standing on a bundle with his arms spread, as though about to fly. Signature or inscription in ... More
[Scallions with plant growing in the background]
Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
The prairie flower, Miss Nellie Grant
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: McGoffin.
William Berryman - [View from hill]
Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.
William Berryman - [Landscape with storm, Jamaica]
Title transcribed from finding aid. Descriptive details on bottom of drawing.
William Berryman - Oven mango at 4 Paths looking S.E. by E.
Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.
William Berryman - [Large banana or plantain tree]
Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.
[Squares] - Architectural drawing, public domain image
In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... More
Architectural drawing for alterations to a church ("St. John's Church"...
Working drawing showing church as section. UNIT title devised. Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance. Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files. Church originally designed by Latrobe. Forms pa... More
Meadowlark - Public domain engraving
Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vols. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. II, Pl. 136. This record contains unverifi... More
[Study for bank-note vignette: three youths]
Purchase; John Carbonell; 1980, (DLC/PP-1981:026.5). Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Study for bank-note vignette: Finance or Security]
Purchase; John Carbonell; 1980, (DLC/PP-1981:026.2). Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[U.S. custom house, Boston, Massachusetts. Elevation]
Inscribed in pencil: "Boston Custom House" and "I. [sic] B. Young Archt." Blind stamp: Geo. W. Rapp, architect & sup., Cincinnati, Ohio. Stamp: B9. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectu... More
Cows grazing in lowlands near stream, houses in the background, on the...
Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More
Clerk, Egypt - Public domain document scan of drawing
Humorous drawing shows a customs house clerk asleep at his desk. Bayard Taylor made extensive travels to Europe and Egypt between 1844 and 1878. Original title: A custom house clerk. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; ... More
1846 July 30, to New York from Raritan River
Drawing shows three boats and a floating lighthouse in a detailed view of the upper bay of the New York harbor from New Jersey. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Inscribed on item: New ... More
Chester Wharf 20 miles below Philadelphia on the Delaware, July 27, 18...
Drawing showing sailboats and rowboat on river. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Alternate title from accompanying caption. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086
Maxime Lalanne - [Landscape with house] / Lalanne.
This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Stamp on back: ERP. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Bequest; Pennell Estate; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:R01) Conserved, 8.86.848.58.
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Charles Willson Peale - [Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 5]
Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified woman facing left with a bun in her hair, and strand of hair over her forehead. Blind stamp below image: Peales Museum. (DLC/PP-44431).
Title page - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illus. in: The Federalist vol. 1 (N.Y. John Tiebout, 1799). See: LCQJ, Spring 1980. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
[Alterations to the U.S. Capitol including extensions and new dome, Wa...
Public domain image of architecture, drawing building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air-duct for Senate Chamber, north wing
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
[Side view of relief work of chair or bench]
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Iron risers of steps in Senate Chamber, n.w.
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Dome of U.S. Capitol, section showing one of the main ribs extending f...
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Cross braces to connect the inner and outer entablature of dome
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Details of dome, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Pillars in drum of dome - Public domain drawing
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
The falls of Niagara from near the suspension bridge
Drawing shows Niagara Falls and a barely visible Terrapin Tower through the trees from a vantage point near the suspension bridge, which is not visible. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office... More
The falls of Niagara from the rock above the ferry, American side
Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the American side looking across to the Canadian side. Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and destroyed in 1873 hovers between the American and Canadian falls. Wallis was a British C... More
The calamity of the night of July 1st/56
Drawing showing the collapse of the Reed Street wharf on the Delaware River in the Southwark section of Philadelphia. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.
English fisherman in Norway. Playing him out
Drawing shows a Englishman fishing in Norway. This humorous image shows the man standing in a stream, with his fishing line caught on trees and hooked to the seat of his pants. Bayard Taylor traveled through No... More
Nancy Hart, a heroine of the Revolution / Drawn by Darley ; engr. by F...
"Engraved expressly for the Ladies Repository." Reference file print is in LOT 4412 NC. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
Revolutionary War-themed mural inside the Greenbrier Historic Resort H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For most of its history, the hotel was owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and its successors, including the CSX Corporation. Follo... More
Cotton press - Public domain drawing
Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-138. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1065 verso) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Building facade probably a city residence]
Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-70. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.835) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Horseman at the head of a column of infantry]
Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.632) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Man walking with arms away from body]
"Fande (?)" on item. Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
[Sketch of two children, the girl has her feet bound, and unfinished s...
Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 32. Public domain photograph - young girl, female portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Partial border design for a page with birds, cherries, and other frui...
Inscribed in pencil: 4 x 4 birds, 3 x 5 leaves, 4 times 2 cher[ries], 1 x 7 peaches, 2 x 6 duck[s]. Title devised. Inscribed in pencil upper left: =8. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.110) Forms part o... More
[Longboat] - Public domain decorative drawing, engraving, Library of C...
Broadside view of men rowing longboat. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.61) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Tecumseh saving prisoners - A black and white drawing of a man on a ho...
Print shows Tecumseh shielding prisoners from another Native American on horseback wielding a tomahawk during the War of 1812; another Native is about to scalp a dead soldier. Entered according to act of Congr... More
[Unidentified officer on horseback]
Possibly an image of Sheridan. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.559) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Bird's-eye view of a church in a walled compound in Beijing]
Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 323. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).
[Two sketches of horse outside tent]
Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.828) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Harriet Lane. Warship photograph collection
Broadside view of steam frigate, sailboat and longboat. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.92) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Principal church, Charleston - Public domain city architecture drawing
Drawing shows men, women and children walking past St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina on the eve of the Civil War.
[Six bust sketches: Benjamin Butler and others]
Title devised. See also Waud, no. 863a. Formerly Waud no. B-100a. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.864) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Bivouac of Confederate Troops on the Las Moras, Texas [March1861]
Wood engraving after pencil sketch by Carl G. von Iwonski. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 June 14), p. 375. File print in LOT 4420-P. Negative of original pencil and brown wash drawing: LC-USZ62-1062. ... More
Great siege train at Yorktown, Virginia
Rows of mortars and field guns in foreground. Stereo half by Brady, #2358. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865.
[Kneeling rifleman] - Public domain portrait drawing
Title devised. Inscribed left margin: Oct 2 1887. (Not in Waud's hand?) Formerly matted with Waud nos. 576 and 577, with inscription "1862 Army of the Potomac, 6 sketches." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More
Rising of the people. "The drum-tap rattles through the land"
A patriotic scene on the cover of a music sheet for a song written by N. P. Beers and composed by M. Colburn. In a middle-class domestic interior a young soldier (center) prepares to go off to war for the Union... More
Richmond newsboy announcing the rebel success!!!
Death as skeleton running and carrying newspapers announcing defeat of Federal Army. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862. Reference copy may be in: LOT 4421-E. This record contains unverified, old data from captio... More
Lacy House, Fredericksburg - Public domain scan / drawing
Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-163. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1090) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Young lady's call on outpost, Alabama
(from back and front of sheet). Code on mat (source unverified): II-45. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress. Purchase; E. Burns Apfeld; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014... More
Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America
Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.990) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Rebel cavalry driving captured horses through, while still smoking Emm...
Study for street scene at Emmitsburg, MD. Title inscribed above and below image. Formerly Waud no. B-88. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.852) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Genl Lees position, 1863, looking
Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.933) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Waiting for the blacksmith. Artillery forge
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.108) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Acquia Creek landing. Depot of supplies for the Army of the Potomac
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1918:R1.1.134) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Heads of the democracy - Drawing. Public domain image.
Purchase; Old Print Shop; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:492). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1985:492.
Huntsville, Alabama, from General Logan's head-quarters
Bird's-eye view of Huntsville, Alabama, with soldiers marching, followed by others on horseback, and two covered wagons. Civil War Collection (Library of Congress). Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1864.
Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...
Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More
Ancient Church. Jamestown 1864 - Public domain scan / drawing
Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-45. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.810) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Interior of Fort Wagner in April, 1865. Charleston Harbor, S.C. Low a...
Brady Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. South Carolina. Civil War, 1861-1865.
Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 38.
Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 60.
Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 55.
Silver's wash powder, saves time, labor, money!
LOT subject: Washing powders. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Ziegler & Smith.
[Lotta Crabtree, full-length portrait in costume for a theatrical role...
Full length, standing, smoking cigar, facing right. Date and photographer based on close similarity to other photos in the BIOG FILE.
Details dʹune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles C...
Scaled design drawing of balloon valve shows 9 captioned views of components and complete assembly. Includes identification key. Tissandier collection.
Miner's shirtings - warranted fast colors, David S. Brown & Co., Phila...
LOT subject: Textile industry and fabrics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by David S. Brown & Co.
Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Mavzolei Rukhabat i Ak-Sarai. Plany, fasady,...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 123.
Flower drawing - Ran - July - Public domain print
Drawing shows an orchid with yellow flowers and long green leaves or fronds.
Alice Barber Stephens - The red coat
Title on verso. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Sakura cherry - Public domain scenic drawing
Drawing shows branch with leaves and cherry blossoms. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sappho - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title on verso. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0188). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
[Kiri branch with flowers and leaves] / by Megata Morikaga.
Drawing shows a branch of the Paulownia or Kiri tree with leaves, flowers, and bark. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More
Flower drawing - Sakoku - June - Public domain scenic drawing
Drawing shows the pink blossoms of a flower on a segmented stem with leaves. Japanese text appears in upper right corner. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray colle... More