engraving

D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electri...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal. After portrait by Cochin. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More

"The day we celebrate" 1876 / painted by F.A. Chapman ; engraved by Jo...

Print shows a large gathering of people picnicking, playing games, and enjoying the Independence Day celebration outdoors among large trees and open lawn, with a distant view of a railroad train passing and of ... More

[Townsman, Peru]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C.

Boats on river and at wharf. Reference copy in LOT 4386-46. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.

Guarding the Road to Windschester [sic]

Signed [T.T.R. Bott[?]]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Occupied by Capt. Wallace of the Fourth Ohio Regiment under Brigadier Genl. Kelley Comand. Romny. Published in the New York Illustrat... More

Five finger exercise which should be discouraged

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's bazaar, 18:296 (May 2, 1885).

A south west view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud...

Print shows 1. The harbour, 2. Nutting Island, 3. Staten Island, 4. Long Island, 5. Rutgars House, 6. South River, and 7. Brew-house. Distant view of the city at right. Plate trimmed. Published in: The America... More

Glimpses at the Freedmen - The Freedmen's Union Industrial School, Ric...

Room of African American women sewing. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 23, 1866 Sept. 22, p. 5. Reference copy filed in: LOT 4422.

Nakamura shikan segawaki kunojō nakamura karoku

Print shows the actors Nakamura Shikan, Segawa Kikunojō, and Nakamura Karoku as samurai, one disguised(?) as a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Fort Hell. On Genl Warrens line

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 17, 1864 p. 605, and credited to William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0396) Reference print ... More

Ercole de Roberti - [The Capture of Christ]

This drawing represents the central portion and main action of the painting--Christ's betrayal by Judas--of the Garden of Gethsemane. Dating is difficult, but it is likely that the sheet belongs to the artist... More

Coat-of-arms. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Dialogus creaturarum. Gouda : Gerardus Leeu, 1480. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Animals in human situations; Incunabula; RBD; Coats-of-arms; Shelf.

Ugo da Carpi - Raphael and his beloved

Print showing Raphael standing before Margherita Luti, seated, looking up at him. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979... More

Full page with illus. of man painting madonna and another making engra...

Illus. in: Hortulus anime cum alijs ... [Lugduni, 1516], verso of p. CXI. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - ARTISTS AT WORK. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists at work.

[Bird's-eye view of a large scale water supply system showing tunnels ...

Illus. in: De architectura / Vitruvius Pollio ; tr. & ed. by Cesare Cesariano. [Como : Impressa p G. de Pōte, a la spese e instantia del magnifico d. A. Gallo e del nobile d. A. da Birouano, 1521] Published in... More

[A folding, pocket-sized sundial]

Illus. in: Rvdimenta mathematica, haec in duos digeruntur libros, quorum prior geometriae tradit principia seu prima elementa .... [Basileae : In officina H. Petri, 1551]. Published in: The tradition of techno... More

[Title page of Quesit et inventioni diverse; with half length portrait...

Title page in: Quesit et inventioni diverse / Nicolo Tartaglia. [Venetia : Per N. de Bascarini], 1554. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 236.

Questo il uero disegno et forma della potentissima armata venetiana pa...

Engraved print shows sailing ships from the Venetian armada in formation from 1570. Title from first line of key caption. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 226B. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 226B. Origin... More

[Procession of domestics serving the cardinals]

Illus. in: Opera di m. Bartolomeo Scappi. Con il discorso funerale che fu fatto nelle essequie di papa Paulo III. [Venetia : M. Tramezzino, 1574?]. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Captio... More

[Obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of S...

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

[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...

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

[Title page with allegorical illustration at top]

Illus. in: Opera omnia tribvs tomis digesta. Mogvntjæ : sumptibus A. Hierat, excudebat I. Volmari, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Wash... More

[The great abundance of fish and game in Virginia; man hunting with mu...

Illus. in: DeBry, Americae XI. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Eygentlicher Abriss dess Scharmützels bey Neuheusel in Hungern daher K...

Print depicts the death of Imperial General Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy in battle during the siege of Érsekújvár (Neuhäusel) on 10 July 1621. Visible are soldiers on horseback brandishing... More

Eigentlicher Abriss der vor vnüberwintlichen gehaltnen vnd in der vnde...

Print shows birds-eye view of the battlefield and troop formations along the confluence of the Neckar River and the Rhine River at Mannheim during the siege of Mannheim which the Duke of Tilly occupied between ... More

[Composite figures in cubist and surrealistic style composed of materi...

50 plates (t.p., frontis., Medici coat of arms to whom the work is dedicated, and 47 etchings). Illus. in: only known complete copy of Bizzarie di varie figure of Giovanni Battista Braccelli, publ. in Livorno, ... More

Schlacht Ordnvng I. May in Schweden vnd I. Chvrf. Dvrchl. Zu Sachsen v...

Print shows two birds-eye views of the battlefield outside of Leipzig, Germany between Swedish and Saxon troops on September 7, 1631. Includes views of troop formations, roads, fields, villages. Includes detail... More

Conterfe dess durchleuchtigen Hochgebornen Fürsten vnnd Herrn Herrn Be...

Birds-eye view engraving shows Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar on charging horse in the left foreground above the valley where the city of Regensburg on the Danube and the hills beyond are seen. Allegorical image... More

Ceremoniae barbaroru in incantationibus

Indian ceremony. Engraving by Theodor de Bry. Illus. in: Americae ..., part 13, p. 25. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Rites and ceremonies. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capt... More

Nieuwe kaerte van Breda belegert door syne Altesa Frederick Hendrick v...

Engraved map of the area around Breda in the Netherlands at the time of the siege and recapture of the city by forces under command by Frederick Henry of Nassau in July 1637. Print shows the walled city of Bred... More

Die Vestung Neu Serin - Public domain book illustration, Library of Co...

Print shows map of the walled fortress of Novi Zrin on the Muhr River and swamp. Also Birds-eye view of the village Legrad, troop locations, including the camp for the company under Montecucule, the Emperor, Cr... More

[Box with rotating rods and a matrix for doing mathematical calculatio...

Illus. in: Organum mathematicum .... Herbipoli : Sumptibus Johannis Andreae Endteri & Wolfgangi Jun. haeredum excudebat Jobus Hertz ... ; Prostant Norimbergae : Apud dictos Endteros, anno 1668. Published in: T... More

[Explanation of frontispiece of Systema Agriculturae. 1669]

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Zekelhyd = Zechelit Situato tre leghe da Varadmo fortissmo fabricato d...

Birds-eye view print shows plan of the fortress of Săcueni (Romania) surrounded by swamp, [ca. 1670?]. The fortress was later completely destroyed. Title from caption at top left corner of the print. Reference ... More

Abbildung der zwo blutigen Seeschlaten sic gehalten, auff den 7. vnd 1...

Birds-eye view engraving shows three views on one sheet. The top and largest picture shows galleon ships involved in battle on the sea. The picture on the lower left shows a plan of the star fortress of "Langac... More

[Ornate tool (for horse-shoeing) - opp. p. 60]

Illus. in: Antonio Galvao de Andrade, Arte de Cavallaria... (Lisbon, 1678). Reference copy may be in LOT 4707. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Blacksmiths...;... More

Eigentliche Vorstellung des verlassenen Esseck und eroberten Walpo wel...

Print shows a birdseye view of a battle scene across a valley. A walled city labeled "Esseck" a bridge and a river (the Drava) is visible in the background. Print shows troops on horseback in the forground, col... More

[Murad (Amurath) IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1612-1640, full-length portr...

Illus. in: Thesaurus exoticurum / Everhardo Gvernero Happelio. Hamburg : T. von Wiering ..., 1688, section 4, between p. 14 and 15.

Wahrhaffte und Eigentlich Abbildung der Linien bey Stollhofen und Ober...

Print shows map of the area around Rastatt and Oberkirch depicting the fortifications on the Sulzbach River between Stollhofen and Bühl, Germany constructed during 1703 during the War of the Spanish Succession.... More

Claude Fleury / Roussel pinx. ; D. Sornique sculp.

Claude Fleury, half-length portrait, facing front, in oval frame. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richardus I. Rex Anglorum Vertue del. sculp

Richard I, King of England, bust portrait, facing front, in crown and mantle, holding battle-axe, with ornaments. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of England / Paul de Rapin-Thoyras & N. Tindal. London, 1732.

An ass loaded wth. preferments, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon satirizing William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (holding whip), for ladening his son-in-law Dr. Lynch (ass) with lucrative ecclesiastical appointments and neglecting the advancement of other clergymen... More

An apology to the town, for himself and the bottle, by J.* Nick-all, B...

"An engraving with three columns of verse in letterpress below it. The former shows a table placed in the middle of a stage-scene for a room; on the table is a quart bottle, in the neck of which is a large funn... More

Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita...

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. LeBlanc, no. 17. Nagler, no. 17. Béraldi, no. 14. Published in: La vedute di Roma / Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1748(?), v. 2, frontispiece.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - [Remains of a Roman sepulchre]

Illus. in: Le antichità romane / opera di Giambatista Piranesi. Roma : Nella stamperia di A. Rotilj, 1756. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Wa... More

Henricus Franciscus D'Aguesseau galliarum cancellarius. Nat. 27 Nov. 1...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. LC copy cut within plate mark. Associated name on shelflist card: Daullé. Gift; Mrs. Maria [?]; 2/22/50.

A Design to represent the beginning and completion of an American Sett...

Finished house; construction of outbldg.; waterwheel. Engraving by James Peake after ptg. by Paul Sandby after design by Gov. Thomas Pownal. Illus. in: Scenographia Americana, London, 1768. Similar imprints in ... More

The cub's frolic at Holland-House or The pig basted, British Cartoon P...

"The interior of a kitchen. A pig is roasting on a spit (left) in front of a large open fire..." (Source: George) From the Oxford Magazine, vii. 276. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue ... More

[Page from The New England Primer Improved, 1773, letters T through Z,...

Illus. in: The New England Primer Improved, 1773. Reference copy may be in LOT 7003. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Alphabets; Primers; Shelf.

[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence r...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4412A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston; US Hist.; Shelf.

Long Island open on the north side of Nicks Mate Island

Print shows islands (Long Island Head, Gallop Island, and Nix's Mate) in Boston Harbor and a distant view, on the right, of Boston. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of G... More

Elevation of a sling cart [and] plan of a sling cart

Print shows two views of a "sling cart." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIII. Published in: The American Revolution in... More

Public ordinary. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Satire on militia camps, especially Coxheath, showing people eating, drinking and dancing; dog seizing sucking-pig; two cocks fighting; tents of a camp in background. Engraving by W. Austin. cf: P&P - NE55.L7A3... More

Contemplez l'ouvrage de pouvoir arbitraire / Le Barbier l'aîné inv. de...

Print shows an imaginary scene depicting the funeral of Joseph Warren. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... Bruxelles : 1782, v. 3 (atla... More

William Pitt - il faut déclarer la guerre a la France / L. Binet del. ...

Print shows William Pitt, half-length portrait, standing with the aid of crutchers behind balustrade, facing front with right arm extended, during speech to Parliament; two men stand in the background. Illus. ... More

[Allegorical cartouche showing a Native man with harpoon and a Europea...

Illus. in: De nieuwe groote lichtende zee-fakkel ... / Claes Janszoon Vooght. Amsterdam : G.H. van Keulen, 1782, no. 37. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 g... More

The Descent of the Air-Balloon J. Lodge sc

Fanciful depiction of the landing of Etienne Montgolfier's balloon near a cottage at Vaucresson after an eight mile flight from Paris, Septembr 19, 1783, carrying three animals in a basket. The cock, the sheep,... More

Die Hessen, vom General Washington am 25ten Dec. 1776, zu Trenton über...

Print shows Hessian soldiers captured during the battle at Trenton enroute to Philadelphia, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. iii. [Plate] 6. Published in: The American ... More

Frontispiece [Fox, Burke, and North, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

Illus. in: The beauties of Fox, North, and Burke, selected from their speeches, from the passing of the Quebec act, in the year 1774, down to the present time ... / Charles James Fox. London : Printed for J. S... More

Offrandes faites au capitaine Cook, aux isles Sandwich Benard direxit

Print shows a Native priest offering a roast pig to Captain James Cook at a dinner with other priests and a few members of Cook's staff, in front of a tall wooden idol and the temple of the God of Agriculture. ... More

Suffrein / Walker sculpt., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform; medallion with nameplate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland... More

Majr. Genl. Greene / Trenchard sculp.

Print shows General Nathanael Greene, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval above various items symbolizing his military career. Engrav'd for the Columbian Magazine. Illus. in: The Columbi... More

John Russell - John Jeffries, M.D. J. Russell, pinxt. ; Caroline Watso...

Print shows Dr. Jeffries in a balloon while flying towards the French shore and checking the barometer during his second voyage with Blanchard in 1785. Gift; Mrs. James Means(?); 1946. Published as the frontis... More

A view of the Pulpit Rocks, between Huntingdon & Bald Eagle Valley, st...

Print shows the rock formations at Bald Eagle (or Sinking Spring) Valley in Pennsylvania. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Tren... More

James Hamilton, M.D. Revd. John Wesley, M.A. Revd. Joseph Cole as they...

Print shows in right profile, from left to right, 1. James Hamilton, 2. Revd. John Wesley, and 3. Revd. Joseph Cole as they walk arm in arm on an Edinburgh street. Printed at top: Eighty seven years have I soj... More

The modern atlass. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

"The Prince of Wales carries on his head the Opera House in the Haymarket (as rebuilt after the fire of 1789)..." (Source: George) [I. Cruikshank?] This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of... More

Joel Barlow, 1754-1812 - Public domain book scan / engraving

Bust portrait. Frontis of A Letter to the National Conv. of France (1793). Engraving by Tisdale. Illus. in: A Letter to the National Conv. of France (1793) frontis. This record contains unverified, old data fro... More

John Hayes St. Leger, 1737-1789

Bust, facing right. Engraving by P. Roberts, from a miniature painted by R. Cosway, in European Magazine, 27:363 (1795). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. C... More

Contrasted husbands / Rd. Newton 1795., British Cartoon Print

Print shows one husband with pipe in hand and a rod raised ready to strike his wife, her arms raised to defend herself, a dog tugs at the man's coat; and another husband who is on his knees begging for mercy(?)... More

Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between His Brittanic Majes...

Illus. in: Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between His Brittanic Majesty and the U...S...A..., t.p, no illus., printed in Phila, Aug. 12, 1795. This record contains unverified, old data from caption ... More

Judgement Day of Tories - Public domain book scan / engraving

Engraving by Elkanah Tisdale. Illus. in: John Trumbull, M'Fingal, 1795. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412AA. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rare Bk. Div.; US... More

John Rhea Smith, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 7 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : National... More

The narrows near New York 1798 / JFP.

Drawing shows view from aboard a ship of another ship passing through the Narrows, pine covered hills with buildings flying the Union Jack, and of the harbor and Stapleton in the background (possibly after a pr... More

Andrew Hamilton, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 163 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

John Dugan, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 169 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Captain Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 419 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

General Washington engraved by W. Ridley, from an original picture in ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing civilian clothing, in oval. Printed at top: European Magazine. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Stuart. Inscribed in... More

The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - the art gallery

Illustration shows people viewing paintings at event in New York City to raise money for the Civil War; page also includes poem "Dead" by Theo. P. Cook and beginning of story "Maritana" by Lizzie Campbell. Ill... More

S.A. Law, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 696 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[Jonathan Brace, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 468 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! / [Williams], British Car...

"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administed by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her ..." (Source: George) Thi... More

Physical air,-or-Britannia recover'd from a trance;-also, the patrioti...

Cartoon showing Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled, sitting on the ground supported by Addington and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. They are on the Dover co... More

Charles Sterett, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Dexter, 346 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : National Portrait Galler... More

The Burning of the fregate the Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli ....

Photograph of original engraving by John b. Guerrazzi shows the United States frigate Philadelphia aflame during the First Tripolitan War, 1803. Original engraving not in LC collection, which has only a black... More

Henry Foxall, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 413 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Henry Burbeck, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 397 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Terror excited by a crow's nest - Public domain engraving

Startled man below crow flying from nest. Engraving by Leney after drawing by Tisdale. Illus. in: The Echo, with other Poems, N.Y., 1807, oppos. p. 154. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4707 B. This record contains unve... More

Blind Sam - "in crowds the ladies ran, all wish'd to see and touch the...

3 women touching the hands and arms of blind Iroquois Indian. Engraving by Leney after drawing by Tisdale. Illus. in: The Echo, with other Poems, N.Y., 1807, oppos. p. 37. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - BLIND 1... More

Robert Gamble, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 598 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

John Mayo II, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 599 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

John C. Hubner, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 564 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Natio... More

Woodlands, the seat of Mr. William Hamilton, Pennsylv.

View of the estate house and grounds; Phila. Drawn, engr. & publ. by William Birch. Illus. in: William Birch, The Country Seats of the U.S. of North America, 1808. This record contains unverified, old data from... More

John Garland Mosby, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. On verso: Under name of W.Y. Nivison. Dexter, 627 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Wash... More

Sedition! Treason!. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Broadside listing the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature, 2 Feb. 1809, in oposition to the Embargo Act of 1808 and the Enforcement Act of Jan. 1809. Reference copy may be in LOT 7009. This record cont... More

[Title p. of a Christmas book for little boys, a collection of convers...

Illus. in: Ein Christags-Geschenk Für kleine Knaben: oder eine Sammlung von verschiedenen Unterretungen, Neumarket [i.e. Newmarket, Va.], Salomon Henkel, 1809, title page. Reference copy may be in LOT 7003. Thi... More

Alexander Macomb, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 637 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

The president, directors, & co. of the Middle District Bank promise to...

Print shows a "Ten" dollar bank note with a large bull standing at center above the words "State of New-York", with symbols of agriculture and and commerce at the right and left margins. Signed on plate at bot... More

[Armory ("U.S. Arsenal"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Principal floor an...

Inscriptions: "Study for the Section of the U.S. Arfenal Pittsburg Oct 17th. 1814" "Plan of the principal floor." "BHLatrobe." Lined with paper. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin... More

Tribute to departed worth -

Print showing Liberty and Freedom aside a funerary monument to Oliver H. Perry. Shows the stern of his ship "Lawrence", a bald eagle, cannons and cannonballs, tridents, military banners and the American flag. ... More

Comre. Oliver H. Perry / engraved by Henry Meyer from an original pict...

Print shows Oliver H. Perry, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform. (DLC/PP-46039). The portrait of Perry painted by J.W. Jarvis between 1814 and 1820 is now in the Collection of... More