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Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

Sunday April 3d 1859 - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows a man, facing left, wrapped in a blanket and trudging through snow on the Great Plains, perhaps in far eastern Kansas on the Santa Fe trail. Daniel Jenks wrote in his diary at Camp No. 5 - 110 Cre... More

Battle of Winchester, decisive charge upon the rebels at the stone wal...

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Many of the soldiers without caps and arms at the [rear?]. Published with description in: Harper's Weekly, April 12, 1862, p.... More

Richmond Firemen pushing down the remains of the burnt dwellings Capit...

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.328) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file A. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War d... More

Secession - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A close...

Picture shows an African American boy and mother with a bundle running. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 20; illustration of black mother and child; mother has animal-like head. "E20" inscribed o... More

Taking his comfort - Public domain portrait drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.141) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

View of the bend in the James river round Farrars Island above Dutch G...

Birdseye view of an ironclad and steamships on the James River. Signed lower right:[?] Title devised from inscription above image. Inscribed above image: This bend is commanded by the Howlett House (Rebel) Batt... More

Battery Creighton. Jacksonville, Fa.

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-52. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.817) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Brother! -- to dirt like this!

(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. 363.

The Republican drag "Free Whiskey"

Man standing in foreground possibly James Blaine. "This way for the temperance and morality line" on banner. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congr... More

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments o...

Pencilled on back: "Encampment of the Revolutionary Army on the Hudson River." Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compi... More

Two Mile Reservoir, Santa Fe River, intersection of Canyon & Cerro Gor...

Documentation produced as part of the Southwestern Water Resources Project. Significance: Two Mile Dam, constructed in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1893, embodies the distinct characteristics of a tamped earth dam, ... More

[Lt. Custer wading in the Chickahominy River]

Custer wades across the river to determine the position of the enemy, as requested by Barnard (on horseback). Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.223) Reference print available in Ray, Plat... More

U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence. U.S. Frigate Minnesota

Broadside view of three ships. Title inscribed below ships. Inscribed below image: U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence (an old style ship) rigged like I'll not be quite sure about this ships being the St. L. it is here o... More

Newspapers in camp. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.322) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Newcastle, Del. - Public domain scan / drawing

View of Newcastle from the water. Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed below cityscape. Inscribed below image: Buoy boat. Inscribed above clouds in image: bigger. Reference pring available in the Ci... More

[Parade] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Julia Ward Howe" by Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott, Delineator, 88:... More

Upon Fone a school-master - Public domain dedication image

Caption below illustration: Fone sayes those mighty whiskers he do's weare, Are twigs of birch, and willow, growing there; Is so, we'll think too, when he do's condemne Boyes to the lash he do's whip them." (DL... More

Beefsteak rare, near Petersburg, Virginia

Man holding pan with long handle over campfire. Three corners missing with some loss to image and text in lower right corner. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.199) Forms part of: Morgan collection of C... More

[Later they met the lovers in the street]

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Also published in: Harper's magazine, 99:376 (Aug. 1899). Published in: Their Silver Wedding Journ... More

Can love be controul'd by advice? Will Cupid our mothers obey?

A distraught woman wearing a polka dot dress kneels, with handkerchief in hand, before a woman in a bonnet and apron, pointing her finger in a scolding gesture. No copyright information found with item. Title i... More

On the east side melodrama flaunts its eternal lure

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Majestic Movies" by Harrison Rhodes, Harper's magazine, 138:192 (Jan. 1919).

On the east side melodrama flaunts its eternal lure

Bridge through the Chickahominy Swamp

Two cavalry men and a soldier crossing a "corduroy" log bridge. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed "[...] only." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.177) Forms part of: ... More

Jewish market. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cf. CAI - Rogers, no. 82 (A size). Date from original backing (removed). Handwritten title on mat: The candle merchant. Later version published in "A Friday Night in the Jewish Quarter," Harper's weekly, 34:296... More

Sweetest story ever told - Public domain drawing

Illustration shows a young woman standing and playing the violin. (DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 45:8 (August 13, 1910... More

Fair Oaks after the battle, burying the dead--and burning the horses. ...

Signed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: After the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. June 3rd 1862. No II 8. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 19, 1862, p. 453. Gift, J.P. Morg... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor[sic], Confederate States of America.

Exterior view of Fort Sumter, a Confederate flag flying as part of the fort explodes. Signed lower left: A. Vizitelly. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower left: 1863. Formerly listed as DRWG/US - B - Fo... More

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly. Inscribed over image: The R.R. Bridge was burned [?]. Trees too high. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.548) Re... More

Too chary of their complexions to brave the sun

(DLC/PP-1934.0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Goldfish," Saturday evening post, 186:19 (Jan. 10, 1914). Exhibited: American beauties: drawings fro... More

Rebel advance through the smoke, and seizure of a part of the breastwo...

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: between 4 and 5 PM 9th May '64. Inscribed on verso: One rebel color bearer stood up on the log with his flag. how much farther he got... More

Owen House - Public domain architectural drawing

Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.567 verso) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Joseph Pennell - Lagoon, Venice

Italy, Venice. High horizon with skyline of buildings in black, purple, pink, blue, orange. Large, masted ship in upper right of image surrounded by gondolas in upper middle area of sheet. Saint Mark's and the... More

Death of Reynolds--Gettysburg - Public domain architectural plan drawi...

Three men on horseback in foreground, soldiers in background. Title inscribed lower left. A narrative and a map on cream lined paper accompany the drawing (on the verso). The text reads: The Fall of Reynolds/ L... More

The gates Pedro Miguel / J. Pennell.

Drawing shows construction of the Pedro Miguel lock gates at the Panama Canal. [Panama Canal series] Edition of 50. Signed and titled on stone on lower right. Signed and titled in pencil on center and lower le... More

White House or bust - Drawing. Public domain image.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt is pictured standing atop "Sagamore Hill," his home near Oyster Bay, N.Y., trying to take off on his "Big Stick." He sports two large wings marked "Down with Peace" and "Hur... More

Casemented fort in front of Petersburg

Title inscribed in blue crayon above image. Inscribed on verso: This is the only casemented fort on the line. I was not allowed to make a sketch of it, so this is a stolen one. Across the nigh part of the work ... More

Aboard the N. Carolina - Public domain print

Title inscribed below image. Possibly by William Waud. Unidentified image on verso, inscribed upper right: Charleston, N.C., No III 15. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.49). Forms part of: Morgan colle... More

[They arrived in time to find Bill holding up at the point of his rifl...

An English, French, and American soldier capturing a group of German soldiers. Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Three... More

Scene in the old Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., showing pres...

Print shows crowded conditions at the Library of Congress shortly before it moved across the street from the U.S. Capitol into its new building. Men and women fill every chair at the tables and the books are in... More

[Members of the French Academy, the Académie française, after a sessio...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Artistic Paris" by Richard Whiteing, Century, 60:406 (July 1900). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

[Man and woman dancing close] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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).

The bucktail's last shot - Public domain drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.237) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Landscape] - Public domain drawing during American Civil War

Title devised. Cursory unidentified sketch on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-37. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.802) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The matinee line is a study in democracy

Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed: Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge [thro'] two enfiladed lines. (a dusty place). Inscribed on verso: Long bridg [sic?] Stockade & gate closing the ... More

[Man reading letter to old lady and man across a table]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Rebel officers coming into Richmond by the ponton [sic] bridge to give...

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.362) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More

Ward McAllister. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Sketches of man with dollar sign on verso; not on digital file. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Elihu Vedder - Pace, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, W...

Study drawing shows drapery and details of feet and an elbow. This is a study for the allegorical figure of Peace in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson ... More

Ruins of church at Hampton, Virginia / McIlvaine.

Scene of Zouaves, soldiers, and civilians outside the gate of a ruined church. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

Discovering the bodies of the slain in the Potomac river

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Rough sketch of troops moving through mountain pass on verso. Battle of Balls Bluff (Va.) fought 21 October, 1861. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Freedmans village--Greene Heights Arlington, Virginia

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 7, 1864, p. 293. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.507) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings... More

Entrance Hall of Mr Chas. Green's house, Savannah Ga, now occupied as ...

Title inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 40. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File K. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2) Forms part of: Morgan c... More

Battlefield of Chancellorsville / E. Forbes.

"The Army of the Potomac marching from the Wilderness to Spotsylvania. Passing the ruins of the Chancellorsville House burned during the battle of Chancellorsville" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More

[Man in a hat] - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a man, half-length, apparently seated with his arms resting on the arms of a chair (not shown), wearing a hat and a light scarf. Title and date from catalogue raisonné. Signed in pencil: J. Whistl... More

Scouting in the Blue Ridge, Library of Congress drawings collection

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Escaping from the fire in the woods--"Wilderness"

Study sketches for DRWG US Waud no. 535 (A size) Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.681) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[House ("Pope House") for John Pope, Lexington, Kentucky. Basement & p...

Inscriptions: "Plan of the Principal Story." "Plan of the Basement story." "Wash & Bake house" "BHLatrobe Jany. 1811." Watermark: "JWhatman 1801". Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benj... More

Rebel fort & line of works near Burgess Mills evacuated by the rebels ...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso under title: The 6th Corps flanked them out./ AR.W./ 2n Apr. 65,/ On my way to Petersburgh.[sic]. Inscribed on recto, indicating key Spots: Woods. Pines. Oaks. Pines... More

Mill nr. Stannardsville containing grain for the C.S. Government

Burning mill with cavalry in foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.235) Reference print available in the Civil ... More

The sick man hears burglars - Public domain book illustration

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

Surrender of the Spanish Forces to General Shafter

Drawing shows the surrender of the Spanish forces under General Toral, on the right, to General William R. Shafter and the American forces, at center and on the left; General Toral moves to present his sword to... More

[Schoolmaster about to whip a small boy]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse eleva...

Inscriptions on recto: "Transverse Elevation" "September 29th 1808" "Boiler" "Flue" "Chimney flue" "Cylinder selle" "Cistern" "Ash pit." Delineator: James Smallwood. (Source: The Engineering Drawi... More

[Studies of soldiers in various positions]

Title devised. Rough sketch of man on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-34. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.961) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Sheridan receiving reports after the battle Sept. 19

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on the verso: Make with all of B[ ] out. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.394) reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file L. Forms part of: Morg... More

[Battle of the North Anna, from the hill above Jerico Ford showing Con...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.222) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The sanctuary - Public domain drawing

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.335) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Selections from the poetry of Robert Herrick

Title page illustration shows a young woman wearing a long dress and cloak walking outdoors and reading a book, presumably poetry. (DLC/PP-1935:0076). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of... More

[Union soldiers exchanging salutations with the Confederates at Freder...

Rear view of soldiers on bridge, one is waving a copy of Harpers. Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1862, p. 792-3. Details of two hands holding swords on verso. In... More

Starving refugees from Santiago congregating at El Caney

Drawing shows a mob of mostly women and children, refugees from Santiago, seeking food at El Caney. Title from mount. Illustration for McClure's magazine; not published. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabi... More

Fairmount [Waterworks on the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylva...

Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gathering history: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana / Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1999, p.87.

Sabine gazed at it for a few moments--

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The human lizard and the human frog

Humorous drawing shows vaudeville performers backstage applying makeup and stretching. One man stretches a leg high in the air while grasping hooks on a coat rack. Another walks on his hands with his legs twist... More

A rainy day on picket - Public domain print

Two vignettes about picket duty during the American Civil War on one sheet. Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.302) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Harvard College] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Old college songs," Century, 76:228 (June 1908).

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

Will want to dance - Public domain drawing

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

The boy Martin Luther and companions singing for alms at the portal of...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Martin Luther and His Work" by Arthur C. McGiffert, Century, 81:172 (Dec. 1910).

Jersey troops breaking the ground for a fort to defend Washington, on ...

Title on verso. Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Inscribed on verso: "I have a better sketch taken next day when the 7th had their turn General Mansfield and Capt. Meigs looking [...]. Similar image published in N... More

A Whig parade during the Hard Cider Campaign

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Hard Cider Campaign of 1840," Century, 84:680 (Sept. 1912). Exhibit loan 4193-L.

G.T. Thomsen house, Ojai, Calif.

Title devised by cataloger. Signed. Scale 1/4 in. to 1 ft. Dimensioned. "Res. for Mr. & Mrs. G.T. Thomsen." Gift of Mary Craig Skewes-Cox, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Gift; Mary Craig Sk... More

Aiming a Mortar, in Jacksons Connecticut battery

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 505 as part of a series: In the trenches before Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.451... More

Horses swimming ashore at landing at Daiquiri

"No. 2." Illustration for McClure's magazine; not published. No accession number. Right section view of two-part panoramic drawing of American landing operations; cf. CAI - Glackens (W. J.), no. 25 (B size). Fo... More

[Palais des Faculté de Théologie, des Lettres, et des Sciences. Elevat...

Item received and remains framed. Date and dimensions from donor inventory. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. The drawing was scanned in two parts, the scans were then digitally stitched to reproduce the entire dr... More

"Your men bin stealing my hogs"

Full length sketch of older woman. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bird after bee] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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).

5th Mich. Charging at Opequon--Sept 19

Title inscribed below image. Three faint sketches of buildings on verso. Inscribed on verso: Opequon, Va/ Sep 19- 64. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.236) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The Devil's Den Gettysburg - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: C[entury] W[eekly] No. 20, pg 323. The struggle for Devil's Den, Gettysburg. Inscribed lower right: Vincents brigade driven in. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-19... More

Old clothes market. Moscow - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows two men selling clothes in an outdoor market in Moscow. One wears several hats and animal skins, while the other has boots tied around his neck. Bayard Taylor served as charg d'affaires of the Ru... More

Inherited ideas are curious things

The battle of Gainesville, Virginia / E.F.

Attack of Genl. King's Division; McDowell's Corps on Genl. Jackson's command; sketched from a point to the left of the Warrenton turnpike looking towards Centreville. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.3... More

Tower of St. Peter's Church Virginia

Drawing shows Union soldiers standing guard and sitting by the tower of St. Peter's Church in Virginia during the American Civil War. Inscribed lower left: St. Peters Church, Va. McIlvaine 1864. See: DRWG/US - ... More

Funeral 1st Massachusetts Arty Harrisons landing

Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.299) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file I. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Funeral 1st Massachusetts Arty Harrisons landing

Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.299) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file I. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Couch's Corps forming line of battle in the fields at Chancellorsville...

Title inscribed below image. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Inscribed on verso: Battle May 1-3, 1863 Chancellorsville, Va. 11; Corps ... 26 Wisconsin; 25 Ohio; 82 Illinois; 55 Ohio; No II 2. MJB 32. Gift, J.P... More

A luckless bull-frog lost his voice while talking in his sleep, and no...

(DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as comic in: "A Deep Voice," Harper's round table, 17:668 (May 5, 1896).

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