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A letter to his most Excellent Majesty, George the third, King of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, and Emperor of North America, &c. May it please your Majesty. [Asserting that Parliament has usurped his authority by imposing taxes upon the c

A letter to his most Excellent Majesty, George the third, King of Grea...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 10118.; On verso, Piece 1: NY 1765 66 S.; On verso, Piece 2: Gift Albert C. Read, Mar 19, 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile pa... More

General Monkey and General Wolfe!!, British Cartoon Print

General Monkey and General Wolfe!!, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon I, wearing a large hat, carrying a long sword, and having a body where his shoulders rest on his waist, cowering before the large ogre-like figure of John Bull. Forms part of: British Cart... More

Napoleon I, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing long coat, with his hands behind his back, in a wind-swept wooded area with a small campfire behind him, on the right Charlet 1821 ; gravé par Maile

Napoleon I, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing long ...

Trimmed to within plate marks. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gros ; gravé par Vallot.

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gr...

Print shows Napoleon I on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers; in the lower right foreground are defeated Mamlu... More

Funérailles de L'Empereur Napoléon. Passage du cortège dans les champs Élisées (15 Decembre 1840) / Dessiné par Ferogio et Girard ; Lith. Coulon.

Funérailles de L'Empereur Napoléon. Passage du cortège dans les champs...

Funeral procession of Napoleon passing on the champs Elisées. Hubbard Collection. Signed on stone. No. 5.

[Full-length statue of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, standing facing front]

[Full-length statue of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, standing faci...

Public domain photo of Italian sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena

The tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena

Illus. in: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854, v. 6, p. 352. Reference copy may be available in BIOG FILE - Napoleon I, emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Tomb. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More

Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delaroche

Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delar...

Print shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting on rocks on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Signed on stone on lower l... More

Milan. Arch of the Simplon. Commenced by Napoleon I. 1807

Milan. Arch of the Simplon. Commenced by Napoleon I. 1807

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 111, back. No. 216.

[Castle tower and Emperor William's Monument, Konigsberg,  East Prussia, Germany (i.e., Kaliningrad, Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)]

[Castle tower and Emperor William's Monument, Konigsberg, East Prussi...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "8211". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[The Monument of Emperor William I, Stettin, Germany]

[The Monument of Emperor William I, Stettin, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "8349". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

Arnold Genthe - Poster of Protect the Emperor Society, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - Poster of Protect the Emperor Society, Chinatown, San ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor leaving camp.

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor lea...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Napoleon I. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Napoleon I. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Portrait, bust, facing right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emperor Franz Josef, on horse back

Emperor Franz Josef, on horse back

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children of Czar of Russia - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Children of Czar of Russia - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Czar and Czarewitch, cameo portrait

Czar and Czarewitch, cameo portrait

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Czar as officer of Artillery, while he was czarewitsch, in uniform

Czar as officer of Artillery, while he was czarewitsch, in uniform

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

The European Partingtons / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

The European Partingtons / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows John Bull, representing "England", and a line of European rulers with the attributes of the Nicholas II "Russia", William II "Germany", Franz Joseph I "Austria", Emile Loubet "France", Victor... More

The beautiful Temple of Heaven, where the Emperor worships at the solstices, (looking N.), Seoul, Korea

The beautiful Temple of Heaven, where the Emperor worships at the sols...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Churches; Ph. Ind.; Geogr.

Kaiser on the field - Public domain portrait print

Kaiser on the field - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part ... More

Emperor Franz Josef at wedding of Carl Franz Josef and Zita

Emperor Franz Josef at wedding of Carl Franz Josef and Zita

Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. N. Longworth & Prince Henry

Mrs. N. Longworth & Prince Henry

Photograph shows Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980), daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, with Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929), a younger brother of German Emperor William II. (Source: Flickr Co... More

King Emperor's Hunt in India - Public domain portrait photograph

King Emperor's Hunt in India - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows George V of England, who traveled to India in December 1911 to be installed as King-Emperor of India, on a hunting trip in Nepal, December 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Ti... More

The Arch of Triumph built to commemorate victories of Napoleon I, Paris

The Arch of Triumph built to commemorate victories of Napoleon I, Pari...

Automobiles in front of the Arc de Triomphe. No. U-132787.

Czar & Czarewitch, 3/16/17 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Czar & Czarewitch, 3/16/17 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Czar Nicholas II and his son Alexei Nikolaevich in Russian Army uniform, March 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY. EMPEROR WILHELM

GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY. EMPEROR WILHELM

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

[Man in suit, member of Haile Selassie's entourage?]

[Man in suit, member of Haile Selassie's entourage?]

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man in military uniform and man in suit jacket, members of Haile Selassie's entourage?]

[Man in military uniform and man in suit jacket, members of Haile Sela...

Public domain photograph - military officer, member of armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.H. Egberts of Nat'l. Museum with gowns of Emperor and Empress of China, 2/20/25

W.H. Egberts of Nat'l. Museum with gowns of Emperor and Empress of Chi...

Public domain image of a Chinese empress, ruler, China history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen of Abyssinia, Sept. 26, 1933

Queen of Abyssinia, Sept. 26, 1933

Photograph shows Empress Menen Asfaw (1883-1962), wife of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia probably in Jerusalem. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

William A. Hill, Boston, Attorney for Howard C. Hopson, utility emperor, appears before the Senate Lobby Investigating Committee in the morning. In the afternoon the committee asked for a contempt citation for Hill, after the committee had asked for a similar citation for Hopson. In this picture, from the left, are Sen. Hugh Black, D. of Ala., chairman, Sen. Sherman Minston, D. of Ind., and Sen. Lewis B. Schwellenbach, D. of Wash., and Hill, 8/14/35

William A. Hill, Boston, Attorney for Howard C. Hopson, utility empero...

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

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa - Public domain image of steamship

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa - Public domain image of steamship

Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...

Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...

Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...

Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...

Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...

Photo shows press and photographers waiting for the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I who arrived at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Shahbah (ancient Philippopolis founded by Philip the Arab, 232 A.D.). Mosaics in the emperor's feasting hall. Represent Philosophy & Justice beside Fecundity (marriage)

Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Shahbah (ancient Philippopolis founded by Phi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mosaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American military delegation calling on Haile Selassie. In conference with the American delegation. Left to right: F. N. Plangin, Office of War Information (OWI); Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Baughey; Colonel Edwin Clark; His Majesty, Haile Sellassie, Emperor of Ethiopia; Taffarra Worq (standing), and George Strompl. These picture are the first to be taken for publication since His Majesty's return to become a fighting member of the United Nations

American military delegation calling on Haile Selassie. In conference ...

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Napoleon - Print, Library of Congress collection

Napoleon - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Laugier, Jean Nicholas.

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

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

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

Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William A. Brady.

Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William...

Poster showing newly crowned "champion of the world" boxer James J. Corbett meeting with political leaders and other dignitaries from several European countries. Corbett is shown shaking hands with William E. G... More

Seijō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami - Public domain  engraving

Seijō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami - Public domain engraving

Two sections of a Japanese triptych print showing seated and standing world leaders gathered in a group. Signature: Yōshū Chikanobu fude. "Hori Kame," engraver. Seal date: Meiji, 12th month, 4th year. Incomple... More

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...

Portrait, full length, facing left. Source unknown. Copy photo by J. Malovich, Trieste. Original glass negative (LC-BH824-4754) made by Andrew Burgess, one of Mathew Brady's operators, on a trip to Mexico City.... More

The history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Moguls and Tartars; in four books: containing his life, advancement and conquests; with a short history of his successors to the present time; the manners, customs and laws of the antient Moguls and Tartars; and the late geography of the vast countries of Mogolistan, Turquestan, Capschac, Yugurestan, and the Eastern and Western Tartary. Collected from several Oriental authors, and European travellers; whose names, with an abridgment of their lives, are added to this book. By the late M. Petis de la Croix senior ... and now faithfully tr. into English.

The history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Mogu...

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The Tiburtine sibyl and the Emperor Augustus

The Tiburtine sibyl and the Emperor Augustus

Print shows a female prophet directing Emperor Augustus's gaze upward towards a group of spirits in the clouds. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washingt... More

Napoleon Bonaparte - Print, Library of Congress collection

Napoleon Bonaparte - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

Le traité de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour / S. L'amerique inv. sculp.

Le traité de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour ...

Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I, holding a bundle of dried twigs and telling the cat to retract its claws, resulting in the Treaty... More

Consular coachmanship!!, British Cartoon Print

Consular coachmanship!!, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Josephine standing in a carriage on the left which is drawn by four "unruly" horses, two are labeled "A Jacobin" and "A Royalist"; Napoleon, having been tossed onto the back of a bull, probably repr... More

An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Cartoon Print

An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Ca...

Print shows Napoleon I standing on a slip of land labeled "Elba" yelling at George, Prince of Wales, who is standing on a patch of land labeled "England." Napoleon complains that the British have deprived him o... More

Napoleon and son - Print, Library of Congress collection

Napoleon and son - Print, Library of Congress collection

350 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

[Kiosk of the Emperor Trajan (Pharaoh's Bed)]

[Kiosk of the Emperor Trajan (Pharaoh's Bed)]

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 26, upper right. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cousin John

Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cou...

Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs Jo... More

[Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian, head-and-shoulders portraits nestled in flowers]

[Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian, head-and-shoulders portraits ...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, upper left. On verso: Aubert y C, 2[Superscript a] C. San Francisco, Mexico]

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the November smash-up

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...

Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More

Shoo-fly pralines - Public domain  print

Shoo-fly pralines - Public domain print

Showing caricature of African American and busts of Napoleon III and Eugenie. LOT subject: Confectionery. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.

[Japanese man, full-length, standing, facing right, wearing robes of a nobleman, such as emperor or prince]

[Japanese man, full-length, standing, facing right, wearing robes of a...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Social life" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Monument of Emperor William, Kyffhauser, Thuringia, Germany]

[Monument of Emperor William, Kyffhauser, Thuringia, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "8219". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Emperor William's Monument, Frankfort on Main (i.e. Frankfurt am Main), Germany]

[Emperor William's Monument, Frankfort on Main (i.e. Frankfurt am Main...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "9632". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

Peking - view along wall and Emperor's Palace

Peking - view along wall and Emperor's Palace

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-78829. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor and Empress with Turkish officer reviewing troops.

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor and...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Waiting for the verdict / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Waiting for the verdict / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam standing on the left, leaning against a wall beneath a sign that states "What Killed Spain? Inquest Now Going On"; at center is the body of "Spain" lying on a stretcher and draped with the... More

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor and Empress at garden reception.

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor and...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Our queer way / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Our queer way / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows General William R. Shafter, larger than life, in Europe standing before the rulers of France (Felix Faure), Austria (Franz Joseph I), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto I), and Russia (Nicholas II... More

The dreaded guest / Hassman̄. - Public domain book illustration

The dreaded guest / Hassman̄. - Public domain book illustration

Illustration shows William II, emperor of Germany, standing in the middle of a narrow cobblestone street, possibly in Italy (the pope, wearing the papal crown, is walking down the street, into the background), ... More

Sunjong, emperor of Korea, 1874-1926

Sunjong, emperor of Korea, 1874-1926

3/4 lgth., seated, facing front. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Korea Hist... More

Napoleon - Public domain portrait photograph

Napoleon - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Korea, portrait - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Korea, portrait - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photograph shows Emperor Sunjong of Korea, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing a Korean general military uniform. LOT subdivision subject: Korea. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Libra... More

Emperor of Austria - Public domain portrait photograph

Emperor of Austria - Public domain portrait photograph

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

GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY. EMPEROR WILHELM

GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY. EMPEROR WILHELM

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NICHOLAS II, H.I.M. CZAR OF RUSSIA

NICHOLAS II, H.I.M. CZAR OF RUSSIA

A black and white photo of a man in uniform, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. COPY. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 195... More

FRANZ, JOSEF. H.R.H. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA

FRANZ, JOSEF. H.R.H. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA

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

[Winston Churchill with Kaiser Wilhelm at German Army maneouvers. Both standing, full lgth., in uniforms; Kaiser Wilhelm pointing with sword.]

[Winston Churchill with Kaiser Wilhelm at German Army maneouvers. Both...

J210139 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood in 1916. Exhibited: Churchill and the Great Republic, Library of Congress, 2004, and other venues, 2004-2005. Caption card tracings... More

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...

Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. American colony in Jerusalem public dom...

Photo shows crowds along road (in Haifa or Jerusalem) waiting for the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I who arrived at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, in his study at the palace

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, in his stu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

There is a star in old glory - Public domain World War One sheet music

There is a star in old glory - Public domain World War One sheet music

words by Josephine Keizer Littlejohn / music by Helen Pendleton Jones. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical... More

Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William A. Brady.

Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William...

Poster showing newly crowned "champion of the world" boxer James J. Corbett meeting with political leaders and other dignitaries from several European countries. Corbett is shown shaking hands with William E. G... More

Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; Wm Charles, Sculp.

Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; ...

A War of 1812 satire on Anglo-American and Franco-American relations. England's "lesson" is about the seriousness of American determination to maintain freedom on the high seas, while France is warned of Yanke... More

A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!

A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!

Cartoon showing a Russian holding up small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him.

The history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Moguls and Tartars; in four books: containing his life, advancement and conquests; with a short history of his successors to the present time; the manners, customs and laws of the antient Moguls and Tartars; and the late geography of the vast countries of Mogolistan, Turquestan, Capschac, Yugurestan, and the Eastern and Western Tartary. Collected from several Oriental authors, and European travellers; whose names, with an abridgment of their lives, are added to this book. By the late M. Petis de la Croix senior ... and now faithfully tr. into English.

The history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Mogu...

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Vie de Bonaparte, premier Consul de la République française / dessiné par Nodet ; gravé par Le Beau.

Vie de Bonaparte, premier Consul de la République française / dessiné ...

Print shows twenty-four numbered scenes depicting events in the life of Napoleon I. Scene number two shows Napoleon with his sword endeavoring to cut a hole in a balloon in which he was not allowed to ascend. ... More

Mr. Speroni nce. apostolique, porte croix du Pape, précédant sa sainteté le jour du couronnement

Mr. Speroni nce. apostolique, porte croix du Pape, précédant sa sainte...

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback passing between two guards, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon... More

[Hall of Supreme Harmony - main hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, where the emperor met his ministers each morning; includes inscription in Chinese language characters in right margin]

[Hall of Supreme Harmony - main hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing, C...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 24. Public domain photograph of historic landmark building in China, Chinese temple architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public doma... More

Vienna. Statue of Emperor Joseph. Architecture of 1860s Europe

Vienna. Statue of Emperor Joseph. Architecture of 1860s Europe

Equestrian statue of Emperor Franz Joseph II seated on horse. In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 138, back. No. 270.

Colonne Vendome. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.

Colonne Vendome. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.

Stereograph shows monument to Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz at Place Vendôme, Paris.

[Funeral procession in which numerous bearers carry a coffin decorated with dragons, possibly the emperor's, on long poles]

[Funeral procession in which numerous bearers carry a coffin decorated...

Drawing shows lengthy funeral procession with an enormous sedan chair for bearing the emperor's coffin; includes vignettes of types of sedan chairs for bearing coffins on poles, and three members of a funeral p... More

Emperor Joseph of Austria - Public domain portrait print

Emperor Joseph of Austria - Public domain portrait print

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: Emperor Joseph of Austria. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

A later, altered version of "The Pending Conflict" (no. 1863-10). Albeit more optimistic from the Northern point of view than its earlier couterpart, this version is equally critical of European abetment of t... More

After the safe delivery of a happy "pair of twins" by Napoleon III, he is now suffering fearfully from "after-pains"

After the safe delivery of a happy "pair of twins" by Napoleon III, he...

1230 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lithographing Co.

Surrender of Napoleon III on Sepr. 2d. 1870 Übergabe von Napoleon III.

Surrender of Napoleon III on Sepr. 2d. 1870 Übergabe von Napoleon III.

Print shows Napoleon III handing his sword to Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, after the battle at Sedan. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871 by H. Schile in the Office of the Librarian of Congres... More

History repeats itself / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

History repeats itself / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Julius Caesar or a Roman centurion, in the background, tumbling off a pillar of stones labeled "Rome, Etruria, Britain, Asia, [and] Africa", and in the middle distance, on a bit of land label... More

The "Little Napoleon of Wall Street" in exile / F. Opper.

The "Little Napoleon of Wall Street" in exile / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Ferdinand Ward as Napoleon I sitting on a pile of stones labeled "Ludlow St. St. Helena" in the middle of a river with the New York City skyline behind him; some of the signs on buildings st... More

[The burning of Moscow, September 14, 1812; the retreat of Napoleon]

[The burning of Moscow, September 14, 1812; the retreat of Napoleon]

Reproduction of sepia drawing copyrighted by American Fine Art Company. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Russia; P.I.; Shelf.

Arnold Genthe - Poster of Protect the Emperor Society, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - Poster of Protect the Emperor Society, Chinatown, San ...

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor reviewing Turkish honor guard; birds-eye view

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor rev...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Another revelation of strength / J.S. Pughe.

Another revelation of strength / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam standing on a wharf with five diminutive figures with attributes of the rulers of Austria (Franz Joseph I), Russia (Nicholas II), France (Felix Faure), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto... More

Carolingian The new aspirant / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Carolingian The new aspirant / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows a scruffy man labeled "Russia" carrying a rope and attempting to set a ladder against a pillar labeled "Supremacy" topped with a statue of "Britannia"; at the base of the pillar is a pile of fallen ... More

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Turkish coat of arms presented to Emperor. / American Colony, Jerusalem

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Turkish coa...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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