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[Figure of a woman with raised hand, possibly Sybil in the Sistine Cha...

This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Attributed on mat: "follower of Polidoro da Carravaggio according to Jana Brabcová́, Nat'l Gallery, Prague. Farinato (H.R.)" In pencil on mat: "After Michelan... More

Daikon - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Yamada Dōan. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[A man carrying a large object]

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of Japanese art, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Red peppers 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).

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

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with two men about to engage in combat inside a dwelling, disrupting a woman playing the koto and knocking down partitions. Title ... More

[Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony]

Print shows a man or demon, holding sword in his mouth, struggling with two women at a tea party beneath a tree. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congr... More

William Berryman - Part of Kellits

Drawing shows a horse being led down a mountain path with a mountainous landscape in the background. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Equites Achivi Machaon Swallowtail

Typed on label attached to verso: Painted by William W. Thackara 1791-1839 water colors. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary draw... More

[Study for bank-note vignette: textile industry]

Purchase; John Carbonell; 1980, (DLC/PP-1981:026.1). Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Philadelphia as seen from top of Great Ship House, Augt. 1829 ...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.12) Notations below, above and within image identify types of ships and places. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 152. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

Sō, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Drawing showing a monk seated, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Hokusai School. Forms part of: Japanese ... More

[A discharge of filth] - Public domain drawing

"Road to ruin" at left. Title from handwritten notation on mat. Drawing for etching, plate 3, published in "Scraps" #2, 1830. Purchase; Childs Gallery; (DLC/PP-1984:367). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illu... More

Flower arrangement with white rose, fuchsia, and petunia

(DLC/PP-1998:151.38) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

[Butterfly and moth], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

[Castle Garden from the water] - Public domain city architecture drawi...

Drawing shows Castle Garden, now known as Castle Clinton in Battery Park, in lower Manhattan, New York, from the water.

Branch of a shrub with needle-like foliage and small pink blossoms

Inscribed in pencil below drawing: Erica. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Table Mountain. Date inscribed in pencil on lower left. (DLC/PP-1998:151.38) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Mabel Payne and Luke Harvey - Public domain book illustration

(DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece for: "The Quaker City."

[Cabin in landscape] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Appraiser, Egypt - Public domain portrait drawing

Humorous drawing shows a public documents appraiser, from behind, asleep at his desk, a frowning crowd has gathered on the other side of his window. Bayard Taylor made extensive travels to Europe and Egypt betw... More

Dome--exterior, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Pilaster capital, full size, interior of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of screen, back of fan of Hall of Representatives

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.

Cross braces, Washington, D.C. - Public domain architectural plan draw...

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Plan of foundations, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Plan of air ducts, heating and ventilating apparatus

U.S. General Post Office? (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Plan of basement story - Public domain architectural drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of arcade of connecting corridor, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Building in courtyard, post office extension

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain scan of drawing related to architecture design, elements of decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The American falls, Niagara, from the steamboat

Drawing shows Niagara Falls on the American side from below. Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and destroyed in 1873, hovers above the falls on the right. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office t... More

Ohio and Monongahila [i.e. Monongahela] Rivers from the suspension bri...

Drawing shows a view of the hills along the Ohio and Monogahela rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with buildings along the shore and a steamboat on the water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreig... More

Hudson River above Albany - Public domain drawing

Sketch shows the Hudson River above Albany, New York. Ships and ships' masts rise above trees and buildings that line the waterfront. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United Stat... More

[Self portrait] - Public domain portrait print

Bust portrait of nineteenth-century poet and traveler Bayard Taylor, looking over his shoulder. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

Road through the Drivsdalen - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a man driving a cart along a road that runs through a Norwegian valley past a log cabin and a small waterfall. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed a... More

[Views of ships and a mill] - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Broadside views of five ships. Titled devised. Inscribed below images: Minnesota Mill in Newport News Va. Hunter Woodis. Flagship of Butler. Inscribed vertically in right margin: Flagship of Buttler [sic] Gift,... More

Catten[a?] and Jerome Napoleon - Public domain drawing

Broadside views of two steamships and a longboat. Title devised from inscriptions. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.335) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

No title of nobility - Public domain monumental decor drawing

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

Missionhouse at Cavalla, West Africa; 184-

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Pencil drawing. Caption card tracings: Africa, Liberia; Immigration; Missionaries; Blacks; Shelf.

[Assembled officers] - Public domain drawing

Signed. Title devised. Formerly Waud no. C-77. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1004) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Sketches of two officers] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Inscribed within image, color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-68. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.833) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Joseph Whitney - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Image of stern of ship, with view above and below water, with longboat rowing out to meet it. Details of ship's exterior also on recto, but upside down. Title inscribed vertically left margin and lower left. Gi... More

It's killing me but I like it - Public domain dedication image

No publication information, possibly a caricature. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Two sketches of tent interior] during American Civil War

Title devised. Inscribed with color indicators. 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.

The Pawnee - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.108) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Five broadside views of steamships and a sailboat]

Two steamships are labelled: Louisiana and Susquehannah. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.103) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ornament on pilasters of dome, second story / Tho. U. Walter, arch't.,...

Print shows front and profile views of detail of architectural ornament on the pilasters of the dome on the U.S. Capitol at Washington, D.C. No. 1941.

Colonel Bully - Public domain architectural drawing

This appears to be a front view of the house depicted in DRWG/US - Waud, no. 1064 (A size) Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-138. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1065) Forms part of: Mo... More

[A wrecked boat] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.626) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[An interior, perhaps an assembly hall]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.582) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Three sailboats on Chesapeake Bay]

Title devised. Inscribed below image: Chesapeake Bay. Inscribed below image: Turn over sketch of Sumerville [sic] Pond. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.58) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More

[Broadside and bow views of eight ships and boats, and an unidentified...

Title devised. Two ships inscribed: C.P. Smith and Magnolia. Formerly Waud no. C-38. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.965) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

U.S. Steam Frigate "Susquehannah" [and] U.S. War Steamer "Bienville"

Broadside view of two sidewheel steamships. Title inscribed below images. Inscribed below image of Bienville: N.B. The "De Soto" is just like the above. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1099 verso) For... More

[Scene with conquistadors] - Public domain document scan of drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-7. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.772) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[A boat] - Public domain drawing

Oblique view of steamship. Faint inscription upper right, possibly ship's name. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.338) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Brady - Public domain scan / drawing

Landscapes with two shores of river. Title inscribed within image. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

U.S. Gun Boat "Daylight" - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: has Latteen Sails (a sort of Bolucca rig). Formerly Waud no. C-43. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.970) Forms part of: ... More

Sargeant Paul Lamberg, 32nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. With drawing (on front): Major William Schnackenburg. Title on mat (source unverified): Sargt. Lennbay 32nd Regt. Indiana Volunteers, 1861. Code on mat (source unv... More

On the Carolina coast nr. Hatteras

Shipwreck, figure and flotsam in foreground. Title inscribed below image. Faint image of man carrying yoke, inscribed below image: Woods[awyer?] Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.62) Forms part of: Morg... More

Sumter, 61 - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-112. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.876) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

5th Excelsior - Public domain portrait drawing

Full length portrait of soldier at attention. Title inscribed below image. Sketch was formerly mounted with Waud nos. 639, 640, and 642. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.641) Forms part of: Morgan coll... More

Steam Sloop Pensacola brought to Washington under canvas from Pensacol...

Broadside view of frigate. Signed upper right: Waud. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-54. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.819) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The sorrel horse the Prince of Wales rode at Boston, 1860

Drawing shows full-length portrait of a horse, standing, facing right, with blanket or saddle. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: from life Washington [...] June 1861. Inscribed in pencil on lower right: War h... More

[John N. A. Griswold house (now Newport Art Museum), Newport, Rhode Is...

Inscribed in pencil J. Griswold [?]. Stamp: This drawing to be returned. Notation on verso: HWM1.1.3. Also: P.49-BR. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/P... More

Kirk G boe Inn & ruins Faroe Island

Drawing shows an inn next to the ruins of a church on one of the Danish Faroe Islands. Taylor may have visited the Faroe Islands in 1862, en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

Pittsburg landing - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.677) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Interior of Redoubt No 3--Fair Oaks

Three sketches depicting plan, interior, and distant view of military redoubt. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

An Icelandic bog - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows three men on horses or burros in a bog in Iceland. One man stands on two tussocks of grass above his horse. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1... More

Position of ft. Henry on Tennessee River

Steamboat on river heading toward fort. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-27. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.792 recto) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

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

Headquarters on Orange & Alexandria R.R. -- in Brandy Station Headquar...

Title inscribed below image. Sketch on verso inscribed: Nr. cattletts Picket posts on Orange & Alexandria R.R. 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.560) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The town of Warrenton, Virginia, from the east

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.23) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The captured flags in the O - Public domain drawing

Flags in Capitol for celebration of Washington's birthday. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 8 1862, p.156 as "Rebel Flags in the Old Hall of Representatives." Gift, J.P. Morgan,... More

Genl Rawlings[sic]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed lower left. Rawlins was promoted to Brigadier General, 11 August 1863. Purchase; Conner & Rosenkranz; 1986; (DLC/PP-1986:108).

Jericho Mills - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-134. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.898) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Narrow escape of Genl. Meade 1864

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title (continued on verso): Some cavalry dashing out of the woods suddenly upon the genl. and his attendants came very near cutting off their retreat and making a ca... More

Grants' Great Campaign-the New York 14th Heavy Artilery crossing Chest...

Title printed below image. This is the illustration that Harper's published on June 25, 1864, p. 404. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.305) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Pamunky [e.g., Pamunkey] River Virginia during American Civil War

Drawing shows Union soldiers sitting on the shore of the Pamunkey River in Virginia near a tent and out-buildings, and two other soldiers sitting near a supply boat during the American Civil War. Inscribed lowe... More

Jerico Mill, pontoons, etc - Public domain scan / drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.229) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Osada i shturm ukrieplennago goroda Chimkenta s 19 po 25 Sentiabria 18...

Topographic map showing the Russian battle plan for the siege of Shymkent. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, p. 22.

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

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 57.

[Dogs]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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. 26.

A hint for the horticultural society. Great show of "chignons." Medal ...

Cartoon showing a group of gentlemen, examining the hairstyles of participants in a chignon competition. Inscribed above image: Chignon unnaturelle pastrubfranes, chignon vulgaris, chignon dressairia, chignon c... More

Interior of a palace hotel car used on the Pacific Railroad / sketched...

Interior of dining car on railroad. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 May 29, p. 348.

The lost cause. Book illustration from Library of Congress

"Henry Mosler, author & er.;" possibly illustration for book by Mosler. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Alice Barber Stephens - He listened as one may listen to a reprieve

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Bearded man on horseback] - Public domain portrait print

Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Frost, no. 72 (A size). No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

When the auto first came into ...

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

William Tell -- will not surrender or bow to the old hat

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Toby Tyler in hat and coat] - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A colonial fence in Alexandria - Public domain dedication image

"No. 16." No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Church in the mountain side - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a small village tucked into a valley in the side of a mountain. The church rises about the other buildings. The location may be Europe. Formerly DRWG/US - Gedney - 85. Gift, Ralph Gedney 1926 (DLC... More

The noon recess [Teacher and boy reading; children are seen through wi...

Wood engraving after drawing by Winslow Homer. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 17 (1873 June 28), p. 549. Ref. copy in NE1215.H58G4 (P&P Ref.) Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption c... More

The Tale of a Wedded Life, in Ten Scenes, by Cassius M. Collidge [coup...

Repro. of cartoon drawing signed "Kash," copyrighted by C.M. Coolidge. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons, U.S. 1877; Marriage; Manners and customs; Saloons.

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

[Bow, arrows, and quiver, also arrowheads and armband]

Accompanying text appears outside image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray... More

Awa - goma / Kanemori. - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows two plants, a type of millet and a stalk showing sesame seeds and leaves. From the "Agriculture" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japa... More

[Design drawings for rectangular seals or stamps]

Inscribed in pencil beneath each sheet on paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From "Trade & commerce; coins, etc." series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanes... More