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[War of 1812 battle scene with soldiers and Indians]

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Richmond & Reading R.R., Philadelphia - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a rural setting with railroad tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company that may lead to the Port Richmond terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Inscribed in ink on lower left and ... More

Portland, Maine, U.S.A. - Public domain city architecture drawing

Drawing shows spires and buildings of Portland, Maine from across the harbor. Small figures of men and woman stand on the shore in the foreground, watching boats and ships sail. Three steamships travel up and d... More

Brewery on Upper Schuylkill - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a view from the Schuylkill River of a large brewery building on the right and a covered bridge to the left in the background. Inscribed in ink on mount: Brewery on Upper Schuylkill 1856. Inscribe... More

[Soldier peering over a log] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-47. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.812) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Chicken thieves being disciplined by General Alexander McDowell McCook...

Title on mat (source unverified): Camp Nevin Regulars, Chicken thieves being disciplined by order of Gen. McCook, March 1861. "by ord of Gen. McCook" in ink on back of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): II... More

23rd N.Y. Vol - A drawing of a soldier with a rifle

Full-length sketch of soldier. Title inscribed vertically right margin. Inscribed vertically left margin: 8 buttons. Formerly Waud no. B-128. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.892) Forms part of: Morgan... More

View of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.270) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Faroese islanders - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows two Far"e islanders on a rowboat. One stands and pushes against rocks with a long pole while the other sits and rows. Taylor visited the Faroe Islands in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Ch... More

[Dielman's infant daughter]. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 58.

Youths progressive recorder Historic map, Library of Congress

Copyright design drawing shows the Youths progressive recorder, a mechanical handwriting copying machine. Stamped: Copyright library. Inscribed upper right: This map is a design and the title of the writing to ... More

William Kulp antiquary of Philadelphia. E.L.H. ; by E.L. Henry

Drawing shows William Kulp, antiquarian, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, by his friend Edward L. Henry, shortly before Kulp died from tuberculosis. Signed in pencil on sheet with initials on lower l... More

Abandoned farm house, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Seven dollars fo' one hat!!!! : come right out of dis!!! : is you craz...

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows interior of conservatory. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congr... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows rendering of massive interior double fireplaces under elaborately carved overmantel. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More

[Naked lady and man with side whiskers in a garden]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Image blemish on digital file is not on actual item. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Lib... More

[Ventriloquist with two puppets]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Dottie and Lottie]. You'll never guess how I got the roses -- it was...

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Dottie and Lottie : the roses."

Cabin within three squares of the Capitol - 1882

Drawing shows a cabin with many additions built against a small slope in Washington, DC. An African American woman stands outside the front door. A study for this drawing is: DRWG/US - Gedney, no. 46 (AA size).... More

[Walt Whitman as an old man, half-length portrait, seated, facing fron...

Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Saunders, 49 Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man painting under umbrella and sailboat]

Title devised by cataloger. Sketch for Rudder Grange / Frank Stockton. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. (DLC/PP-1933:0054). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

An experienced performer : Ring-master Platt--Now Chauncey, have you e...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 32:440 (June 16, 1888).

Mrs. Le Fay. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 187.

[Two wolf pups and bird] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Robin - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0071 or DLC/PP-1938:0075). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The cloister and the hearth by Charles Reade, illustrated with 550 dra...

Poster shows a monk seated at a desk and a young woman seated at a hearth.

[A horrible monster glared at them]

A fierce, ogre-like man with spectacles and a book under his arm clenches his fist at a group of small, frightened children who are seated on the ground before him. Illustration for Chapter XX, "The Woog and th... More

The sea-serpent comes ashore - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Drapery study for figure of Sculpture

Study drawing shows the dress and drapery for the allegorical figure of "Sculpture" for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. ... More

Detail - Library of Congress - Public domain drawing

Study drawing shows a detail of drapery for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. In the painting the drapery is right center.

Astronomy - Public domain drawing

Study drawing shows the half of the allegorical figure of "Astronomy" with preliminary shading of the drapery above her head for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in ... More

Nude study for figure of Poetry

Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figure of Poetry for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the drawing.

Astronomy - Public domain portrait drawing

Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figure of "Astronomy," holding her calipers, for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Buil... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Refugees on levee, April 17, 1897 / photo by Carroll's Art Gallery.

Photograph shows an African American family group camped on a levee on the Mississippi River. Mississippi Archives has the same image, called "Awaiting the reflief boat on the Miss. River, April 2nd, 1897," Gre... More

History - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Drawing for mosaic by Frederick Dielman in the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Copyright by Curtis & Company, Boston. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 292

[The Georgia Negro] Illiteracy. - Exposition Universelle International...

Graph shows percentage of illiterate African Americans from 1860 to 1900. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris ... More

C. Stanislavski [i.e., Konstantin Stanislavsky, director of the Moscow...

A black and white photo of a woman in a coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - [The gold moon]

Italy, Venice. As described in Wuerth, "View from the Redentore, foreground heavily shaded, on opposite shore the Salute and other buildings in heavy gray mass against a brilliant rose and gold sunset sky and t... More

They talked -- about the clothes worn by the grand dames of the Repub...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Capital of our Democracy" by Henry Loomis Nelson, Century, 64:30 (May 1902).

The pug: Say, Percy Montmorency, what kind of anti-fat do you use anyw...

A greyhound and a pug dog engage in conversation, each wearing hats, ties, and collars. Inscribed in pencil lower left: Life for March 27. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: E.G. Lutz... More

Why Annie, he exclaimed - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Into Action" by Beulah Marie Dix, Harper's magazine, 105:688 (Oct. 1902).

Do you wish me to kill you where you stand?

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

El Callejon del Padre Lecona - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title translated: The lane of Father Lecona. (DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Legends of the City of Mexico" by Thomas A. Janvier, Harper... More

[Cats in the dormitory] - Public domain drawing

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cats in the dormitory - Public domain drawing

Title from jacket. Photograph of drawing signed "Louis Wain." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 029199. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cats decorating Christmas tree - Public domain scan / drawing

Title devised by cataloger. "Forfeits, kiss me quick," "Santa Claus is a darling," and "Christmas comes at the right moment" on signs on wall. Photograph of drawing signed "Louis Wain" labeled for publication i... More

[Bethlehem Steel], panoramic postcard

Postcard shows a photographic reproduction of a drawing of the Bethlehem Steel factory, near the river and railroad tracks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. H 111707 U.S. Copyright Office. Division of Prints No. 4351... More

[Boy with large book and Puck and owl in woods]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Cold Iron" by Rudyard Kipling, Delineator, 74:196 (Sept. 1909).

The athletic team - Drawing. Public domain image.

Variant title pencilled on mat: A moment of silence followed. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Games in Gardens, by Myra Kelly, Woman's h... More

[That night he paced the floor for hours with Trixie in his arms]

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Trixie" by Frances A. Ludwig, McClure's magazine, 36:448 (Feb. 1911).

This must be the house ... - Public domain book illustration

"3654." Title from book. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Coming of the Prince," Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse / Eugene Field.... More

Cousin William said you'd forgotten all about them, Samuel

"Little lost children of Lusitania, sunk by German submarine, May 7th, 1915" on sign. "Austria" on hat of man in black. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).... More

And then the two men who had loved each other like brothers, struck ea...

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Cage Door" by Mary Heaton Vorse, McClure's magazine, 47:32 (July 1916).

Where, in the name of Chaucer, did you get this comprehension -- of li...

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Joy Rider" by Joseph Hergesheimer, Saturday evening post, 189:18 (Dec. 23, 1916).

[France as woman with outstretched hands with banners of liberty, equa...

Public domain scan of 18th century French drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ach, Gott! it will kill me! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Military officer (Foch) and man in bathrobe (Germany) standing next to bathtub, "Versailles cold baths," filled with ice. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress... More

[Leopards and bacchantes in torch procession to water with Pan in back...

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as border for: "Bacchus is Gone" by Harvey Allen, Li... More

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, drawing caricature sketches in booth at cha...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: New York Long ... More

[Squirrel approaching mushrooms]

Title devised by cataloger. Illustration for "Bannertail" by Ernest Thompson Seton, Ladies home journal (Feb.-May 1922); not published. (DLC/PP-1934:0097). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Libra... More

[Adolf Hitler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

By Bain News Service, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Reproduction of drawing.

Nude study: woman lying on a pillow

Printed by Bolton Brown. Bellows, 130. Signed on stone; signed in pencil by artist and printer. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection /... More

Bloomers. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Deb's Dictionary / Oliver Herford. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1931.

[Boy with drum and seated girl by open trunk]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as table of contents heading in: Louisa Alcott's People. New York : Charles Scri... More

The governor's palace Williamsburg, engraving, Library of Congress

Drawing shows the governor's palace rising above a stone wall. Three people in colonial dress stand before the wall or at the gate. The Governor's Palace was completed in 1722, after 16 years of fitful building... More

B-17 waist gunner - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a World War II gunner wearing an oxygen mask as he stands before an open slot in a B-17 airplane firing his machine gun during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Signed: Sgt. Howard Brodie. Gift, Sgt. How... More

Jean Harris & attorneys and more testimony being read by court reporte...

Drawing shows Nancy Borko, Bronx County Assistant District Attorney, using a doll during questioning of a young child at the trial of Albert Algarin, shown at lower right, for child molestation; also shown is N... More

The Crying Towers - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing submitted by Sequoyah Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Folklife Center: No No

Drawing submitted by Sequoyah Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adrift in spite of rock and tempests roar ... Coffin

Democratic Party Congressmen Benjamin Franklin Butler, William Steele Holman, Samuel Jackson Randall, William Ralls Morrison, and others in sinking boat "Democracy" sailing between the Scylla of "protection" an... More

The Civil Service Cerberus and the Hercules of spoils

Includes cutout prints of three heads. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

If you boys can agree you may get something from Santy

Cartoon shows President Coolidge talking to three farmers labeled "Farmers' Union," " National Grange," and "Farm Bureau Association." They hold papers reading "Brookhart Proposition," " McNary Haugen," and "C... More

[Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., with the Washington Monu...

Drawing shows architect Maya Lin and artist Paul Stevenson Oles in the foreground. Oles recalled about his role in the initial phase of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: "... shortly after we had learned our entry... More

Nancy Borko A.D.A. asks questions of child on stand with doll to demon...

Design drawing for stained glass memorial window with text "Thou Art M...

Annotations on drawing: B 93. DGS Slide no. 1294. Sticker: Stained Glass Association of America, 20thN. Note artist's fingerprints. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

The tired soldier - a sketch from life at Petersburg during the siege ...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.242) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Modesty. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Civil War battle] - A black and white drawing of a group of men on ho...

Title from shelflist card. Possibly published in Collier's magazine. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Circus sketches: clowns and elephants]

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rathengatter.

[Surveys and drawings of Chile, Peru, Nicaragua, and El Salvador] /

Relief shown pictorially. Title and date from Luso-Hispanic World in Maps, 1999. Date on spine 1825-8. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Bound in marbled paper over cardboard with red leather spine and corners. Losses al... More

[Yellow Jack monster] / Matt Morgan.

Cartoon drawing shows a woman representing the state of Florida laying on the ground in the clutches of a monster labeled "Yellow Jack." Columbia, wearing a phrygian cap, stands above them, one arm upraised in ... More

[Head of girl with long blonde hair]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Image appears closely related to cover of: Hearst's international magazine, Oct. 1923. Exhi... More

A stormy march--(Artillery)--Spotsylvania Court House

Horses pulling cannon on wagon uphill. "A hard pull" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.225) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Couple at the races / Plummer. - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a young, well-dressed couple walking their dog at the horse races.

The millenium in Wall St. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sheep jumping off plank "elastic currency" over rhinoceros "the new finance" onto pillo "unlimited credit." Variant title on verso: A New Year dream in Wall Street. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of... More

Dreams of a rarebit fiend. "Why, dearie! They look like horns to me! H...

Nine-frame comic strip. A man's wife confirms that he is growing horns. A doctor says that he has hornitis, which, it soon becomes apparent, everyone has. He sees horns on his wife, the family pets, horses a... More

A sutler's tent near H.Q.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Detailed sketch of the interior of a sutler's tent, with several full-length portraits of unidentified officers drinking at a bar in the foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Aug 1862. ... More

Niōzō [ungyō] - Public domain portrait painting

Drawing shows Ungyō, the Buddhist niō protector or temple guard with mouth closed, full-length portrait, standing, facing front; (companion god to Agyō, the open-mouthed niō protector). Title and other descript... More

[Easter lilies]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 36:362 (1892).

[U.S. Capitol after burning by the British]

Drawing shows the ruins of the U.S. Capitol following British attempts to burn the building; includes fire damage to the Senate and House wings, damaged colonnade in the House of Representatives shored up with ... More

Rita was not at home when Valerie came into their little apartment : t...

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Common Law" by Robert W. Chambers, Cosmopolitan, 51:436 (Sept. 1911).

[Kitty's first tee]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as: "Kitty's at the first tee" in Life and Character / W. T. Smedley.... More

Center Glatt, shopping mall, hotel, and high-rise offices, Glatt, near...

Title devised by cataloger. Attribution based on similarity of drawings to reference source. Planning and design done in cooperation with the stores Globus, Jelmoli, and Migros, with rentable area of ca. 90,000... More