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Pierres antiques gravees, sur lesquelles des graveurs ont mis leurs no...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Georg Pencz - [The Triumph of Time]

Allegorical representation of Time, winged man, on chariot pulled by two deer. Signed with monogram on plate. Inscription: Tempus edax...aut fuerint. Part of series: Six triumphs described by Petrarch. Bartsch,... More

Man of sorrow, 15th century - Public domain book illustration drawing

Print shows Jesus Christ on the cross. Public domain scan of 14th-century print, drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum

Illus. in: Werner Roelvinck, Fasciculus Temporum (Utrecht, 1480), fol. lxxj. Reference copy may be in LOT 4496 R - Incunabula. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surround...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Viticultural scenes - man crushing grapes in vat with his feet]

Illus. in: Latin ed. of Liber ruralium commodorum by Petrus de Crescentiis, printed at Spier by Peter Drach, 1493. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4434 I. See LCQJ Oct. 1966. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

Illus. of man slicing bread (making communion wafers?) and of a hawk, ...

Illus. in: Hortus sanitatis [minor], Dè grotè herbari (The great Herbarium), Antwerpen, Gheprint bi C. de Graue, 1514. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More

Giulio Romano - Ceiling with three angels / IV.R.,IVE.

Print shows three angels in flight just below a ceiling, surrounded by columns. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, ... More

[St. Christopher with infant Christ], engraving, Library of Congress

Title from shelflist card. Stains. Altdorfer, 85. Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of German 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bor...

Title page in: Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini / Jacopo di Berengario. [Bononiae : Impressum per H. da Benedictis, 1521]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Albrecht Durer - Saint Christopher facing left AD monogram

Print shows Saint Christopher crossing a river carrying infant Jesus on his shoulders. Trimmed to plate mark. Print no. 53 from Marsh Collection.

Albrecht Durer - [St. Christopher, facing right] / AD [monogram].

Saint Christopher walking across river with child on his back, hermit in background. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection (Library of Congress). Hollstein, 52. Meder, 52. ... More

[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]

Illus. in: Nicole Gilles, Les Tres Elegantes...1527. Reference copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Heinrich Aldegrever - [Jan van Leyden], 16th century

Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 182. Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Detail map of Constantinople. 1550]

Illus. in: Cosmographiae, Univ. Libr. VI, p. 340-941. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incunabula; Maps; Geogr.

Concordia, che l'ingegno e la forza ...

Engraving by Andrea Alciati. Illus. in: Diverse Imprese accommodate a diverse moratitá. In Lione,1551, pl. 42. Reference copy may be in SSF - Allegory. This record contains unverified, old data from caption car... More

Exemplum balistæ quadrirotis. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

Print shows two soldiers with a horse-drawn ballista. The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications. The horses are well covered with armor. Illu... More

[Male and female mandrake roots]

Illus. in: Commentarii secundo auct, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis / Pietro Andrea Mattioli. Venetiis : Ex Oficina Erasmiana, V. Valgrisij, 1558, p. 535. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. ... More

[Hunting animals on snowshoes with spears and arrows]

Illus. in: Thevet, La Cosmographie universelle ... (Paris, 1575), vol. 2. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Snowshoes; Wint... More

The entombment, Parmigianino. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italia...

Print shows Jesus Christ being supported by Joseph of Arimethia as Mary Magdalene gives comfort to the grieving Virgin Mary. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]

Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More

[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More

A ship arrives from Brickioka looking for Johannes Staden, the prisone...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, plate 37. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Michelangelo Morigi / Marcellino Minasi incise diretto d'Antonino Mina...

Michelangelo Amerighi da Caravaggio, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.

The Flute Player 17th century - Public domain portrait engraving

after a painting by Otto Vorsterman, painter, 17th century (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Vorsterman, Otto, 17th century (original artist) Recto: u. l.: (engr... More

Christ at the table of Simon the Pharisee / Raphel VRB in Ven, In Mant...

Print shows Jesus sitting at one end of a table at which others are seated. He talks to Simon while another person washes his feet. Earlier attributed to Raphael. Monograpm of Andreani. Title from Graphic samp... More

The Virgin and Child / Bart. Coriolanus Fecit. Bononiae anno 1630.

Print shows Mary and infant Jesus. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, p. 28. Print originally part of Pembroke albu... More

[Dutch soldiers battling natives at Strait of Magellan. Chile. ca. 160...

Illus. in: Theodore De Bry, America, Pt. 9, Frankfurt, 1601, plate VII. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Water; Publ. Ind.; Warfare, Naval; Port. Hist.; Neth. ... More

Carro delle zaffosina. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a mechanical device for transporting small boats from one body of water to another or over unnavigable sections by means of sleds with wheels that run through tracks. Illus. in: Novo teatro di mach... More

Michael Angelvs Bonarotvs Partitivs Florentinvs an - agens LXXIV / Chr...

Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait in oval, facing left, wearing hat. H de T. Stat. stamped in lower right corner.

[4 illus. of Indians: warrior in armor; woman grinding maize; woman we...

Illus. in: Samuel Champlain, Voyages et Descouvertes..., 1619, fol. 87 verso. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Misc.... More

[Detail of A map of Virginia of 1612, showing Powhatan in the royal wi...

Engraving by Robert Vaughan. Illus. in: John Smith's, Generall Historie of Virginia ... London, 1624, plate 13. Reference copy may be in SSF - Indians of North America Dwellings. This record contains unverified... More

Over Muelen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

People walking near mill beside stream with bridge.

Illmo. D.D. Rogerio du Plesseis Dno. de Liancourt Marchioni de Montfor...

Frontispiece illustration shows nude elderly male angel holding scythe and appearing to eat a fragment of a sculpture as two putti stand nearby and hold a coat of arms and a snake bites its tail on the floor. I... More

The presentation (of Jesus) in the temple (oblong)

Hannah approaches Simeon who is holding Jesus. Etching by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. Rovinski, 49. Bjorklund 40-1 (2nd state). Trimmed inside upper platemark. Gardner Greene Hubbard Collection. ... More

[Map of moon showing surface features, with four sets of cherubs and a...

Illus. in: Selengraphia / Johannesevelius. Gedani : Autoris Sumtibuss, Typis Hunefeldianus, 1647. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 44.

[Title p. and frontis. of full length portrait of "Archee, the Kinges ...

Illus. in: A Banquet of jests, new and old, London, 1657. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fools & jesters; RBD; Shelf.

Obsidio Vrbis Monasterii in Westphallis, Ao. M.D.C.LVII Eigentliche De...

Print shows birds eye view of Münster under siege from August until October 1657. Locations of different troops are numbered 1 through 51 and activities are labeled A-D and are identified along the left and rig... More

[Cellular structure of cork plant and cells of a honeycomb, with cork ...

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London : J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 58.

"Bartholomeus de Portugees" - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Head and shoulders, facing right. Illus. in: De Americaensche zee-roovers [Pirates of America] by A.O. Exquemelin. Publ. Amsterdam, 1678, pl. 40. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. C... More

Tabula Decimaquarta. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustrations of 9 marine and submarine navigational and breathing devices. Illus. in: Giovanni A. Borelli, De Motu Animalium, 1680, vol. 1. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, o... More

Martinus Hemskerkus Harl / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Martin Van Heemskerk, half-length portrait, standing, facing left. Illust. from: Academia des sciences et des arts ... /Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1682-1695, LIV. VI., p. 435. LeBlanc, Boulonois no. 51

The Indians marching upon a visit, onto a feast. Lacenta, his lady, [a...

Engraving by I. Savage. Illus. in: Lionel Wafer, A New Voyage ... the Isthmus of America, 1699, p. 140. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Indians.

[Christ standing above views of the earth showing its formation and pr...

Frontispiece in: Telluris theoria sacra / Thomas Burnet. Amstelaedami : Apud J. Wolters, 1699. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 205.

Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour ...

Caricature. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conradus Detlev a Dehn / Hyacs. Rigaud pinxit. ; F. Chereau lainé scul...

Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]

Illus. in: Voyage curieux du R.P. Louis Hennepin / Louis Hennepin, 1704, oppos. p. 100.

Oh--You shall see, vat you shall see

Illustration showing London street crier talking to two children, who are looking into a peepshow box. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The cryes of the city of London after the life. London, 1711, pl. 75. Engravi... More

[Astrological charts]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Engraving by I. Senex. Illus. in: William Derham, Astro-theology. London, 1715. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Religion; Astrology; Pub. Ind.

[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing s...

Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]

Illus. in: Antiquitates italicae medii aevi, sive Dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, magistratibus, legibus, studiis literarum, artibus, lingua, militia, nummis, principibus, libertate, s... More

Full-length standing portraits of Charles, Prince of Wales, the future...

After painting by Sir Anthony Van Dyck.

[Plan of New Ebenezer, Ga., 1742, which was settled in 1736 by the per...

Illus. in: S. Urlsperger, ...Nachrichten von der königlich-gross-britannischen Colonie Saltzburgischer Emigranted in America..., 1741-52, vol. 3. Reference copy may be in LOT 4388 D. This record contains unveri... More

Johann Elias Ridinger - Der Anstand auf einen Hirschen..

The hunter and stag at Schleisheim in 1735. LeBlanc, no. 301-400.

Philip Earl of Chesterfield / Chambars sculp.

Print shows Philip D. Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval medallion. Trimmed to edge of plate on right and left sides. Gift; Estate of J.H. Corning; 1940 June 20.

The burning of the Crisis, British Cartoon Print

People burning a broadside entitled the Crisis. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress).

Imprimerie en lettres, l'opération de la casse / AB s.

Print shows three printers in workshop setting type and examples of type and spacers set for printing. Illus. in: Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société ... More

A sceene of sceenes. Elizabeth Cannings dream for ye good of her nativ...

Print shows Elizabeth Canning, transported to America, seated in a room. She looks alarmingly at an old crone pointing to a soldier's uniform. Through the open window can be seen British soldiers marching up a ... More

Poor Richard's Almanac. Book illustration from Library of Congress

"January 1 month"; leaf 3 verso; 1758. Printed pages by Benjamin Franklin. Illus. in: Poor Richard's Almanac. Rare Book Division - Almanac Collection. No reference copies. This record contains unverified data f... More

[Frontis, showing Act V, scene IV of Rodogune]

Aquatint by Mme. de Pompadour after F. Boucher, 1759; retouched by C.N. Cochin. Illus. in: Pierre Corneille, Rodogune, Versailles, 1760. Reference copy may be in LOT 4618. This record contains unverified, old d... More

The Body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death in Otaheite / Webbe...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

A View of the habitations in Nootka Sound / Webber del. ; Birrell sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island.

A Human sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] / Webber, J. de...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Fontenelle / gravé sur acier par Hopwood.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, half-length portrait, facing front, in rectangular frame.

His majesty King George the III - contemplating a medal of King Alfred

Print shows King George III, full-length portrait, wearing coronation robes, standing in library with seal of England over the doorway; he holds a medal with portrait of Alfred the Great. Illus. in: The Annual... More

A view of Boston from Dorchester Neck / Wm. Pierre delin.

Print shows view across harbor of Boston from Dorchester, Massachusetts. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777... More

The vis a vis bisected or The ladies coop / [M. Darly?]., British Cart...

"The interior of a closed carriage made visible by being bisected longitudinally. In it two young ladies of pleasing appearance sit face to face in profile..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified d... More

General Howe, Esqr. of the Conecticut [i.e., Connecticut] and comander...

Print shows William Howe, wearing military uniform, seated on horse. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Don... More

The entrance of Havannah, from within the harbour

Print shows ship in the foreground in the channel at the entrance to Havana, seen at left behind wall. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published... More

[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]

Prints show a ship approaching cliffs on the right, passing between cliffs at entrance of the "Grand Passage," and passing cliffs on the left, at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, p... More

David Wooster, Esqr. - commandr beÿ der provincal armee in America

Print shows David Wooster, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing left, holding pike in right hand. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nü... More

The honble. Chas. James Fox - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Charles James Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1779 (November), p. 483. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graph... More

General Putnam. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows Israel Putnam, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right and gesturing to the left with both arms, wearing military uniform and feathered cap with skull and crossbones over the words "or... More

Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de S.M.T.C. et correspon...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Tissandier collection.

Westminster election 1780 / E--g inv., British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Lincoln standing on the right of St. Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodn... More

Portrait of General Washington, Print, engraving, Library of Congress

Hart 742. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. "Engraved for Murrays History of the American War" printed above image. Associated name on shelflist card: Robson, T.

John Bulls alternative. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Br...

Print shows John Bull (representing England) standing on his toes on a rock, a rope around his neck and tied to a limb above him; on the right, across a body of water (probably representing the English Channel)... More

The Earl of Shelburne, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows William Petty, Lord Shelburne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left; in oval on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. in: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure [...]. London : Published [.... More

Die Americaner machen das Corps des General Bourgoyne zu Gefangnen, be...

Print shows British troops laying down their arms at the surrender at Saratoga, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. ii9. [Plate] 7. Published in: The American Revolution i... More

Major André, von drey Americanern angehalten zu Tarrytown am 23ten Sep...

Print shows Major John André being taken into custody by three men, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams, near Tarrytown, New York, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolu... More

The discomfited duellists / Collings, del. ; Blake, sculp.

"The interior of a coffee-house. Two young men in regimentals stand near the fireplace (left); one, whose broken sword lies on the ground, is being threatened with a hot poker held to his nose by a man in ridin... More

Vincent Lunardi, Esqr., his dog & his cat

Half-length portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi, shown with his pets and tribute verse below the image. Mounted with separate sheet "First ae̋rial voyage in England" and possibly Lunardi's signature.... More

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More

The funeral of Trade, who died of a mortal stab receiv'd on the 13th o...

"A scene near one of the City quays: empty warehouses on the right; dismantled ships in the background (left) with brooms at their mastheads showing that they are for sale..." (Source: George)

Friedrich der grosse könig von Preussen &c. Frédéric le grand roi de P...

Print showing Frederick II, King of Prussia, on horseback, facing left.

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cis... More

[Child birth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Two images of childbirth: plate 23 (left) shows child in womb with umbilical cord and plate 24 (right) shows forceps being used to deliver child. Illus. in: An abridgement of the practice of midwifery : and a s... More

Law and equity, or A peep at Nando's, British Cartoon Print

"Thurlow, a barefooted penitent draped in a sheet by wearing his Chancellor's wig, approaches a coffee-house bar (left) within which stands a pretty young woman..." (Source: George) [Kingsbury?] This record con... More

[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutio...

May 28 passenger list of ship Charelston from Charleston, including Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Pierce Butler. Illus. in: Pennsylvania Packet. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record contains ... More

[Silhouette of George Washington and bust portrait of Benjamin Frankli...

Print shows right profile head-and-shoulders portrait of George Washington in oval facing oval containing left profile bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscell... More

Pro forma, or an examination in the public schools at Ox-d for a degre...

Print shows three Oxford(?) students seated in the center with perplexed expressions on their faces, from right and left professors address them; in the foreground, a dog urinates on a text open to Aristotle. ... More

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Illus. in: The unive... More

Franc̦ois Pilatre de Rozier, né à Metz le 30. mars 1756, mort près de ...

Oval head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.

France ; England. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Political cartoon showing "France" with man kneeling and presenting crown to old woman on throne with other women standing, three of them with heads on poles. "England" with man sitting on crate "general excise... More

The showman - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a man standing next to his peepshow box, with hand extended to accept a coin from a young boy who is standing in front of the box with a young girl behind him; the children's mother or nanny stands ... More

National Characteristics. Book illustration from Library of Congress, ...

Caricatures of "An Italian Singer", "An American Republican", "A Philadelphia Friend", and "A Welsh Cheesemonger". Dialogue above each figure reads, left to right: "A morir se mi condanna. La'liranna ingrata so... More

The danger of crim con! / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a couple engaged in a "crim[inal] con[versation]"; the woman, seated on a chair, inclined toward a man seated next to her, her hands around his right arm; she says to him, "The good Man is gone a lo... More

La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle quil la faudr...

Print shows four bare-bottomed men, the ministers of finances, sitting around a table restoring their good health on the produce of other nations; as they consume the "Eau de la Plata" and "Eau du Sénégal," the... More

Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : National Portrait ... More

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