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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

[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 - [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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

[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.

[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.

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

[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

[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.

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

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

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 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

[An orrey or planetarium designed by George Adams showing relative pos...

Illus. in: Astronomical and geographical essay. 6th ed., cor. and enl. London : W. & S. Jones, 1812. This plate: London : Printed for & published by W. & S. Jones, Holborn, as the Act directs, 1799 Jany. 1st.,... More

General Washington / painted by Gabriel Stuart 1797 ; engraved by Jame...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, standing in front of a chair, with right arm extended toward a table on the left, and holding a sword in left hand. After a portrait pa... More

A pretty copy, British Cartoon Print

"A H. L. caricature portrait of Dr. Isaac Gossett, leaning his elbows on a table at a book auction, holding an open book, Hudibras, and gazing to the right ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... More

Charming-well again, British Cartoon Print

The convalescent sits full face behind a small dinner-table. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction, and is about to carve a bird. He wears his nightcap. Behind his chair stands a stout footma... More

Joseph C. Lewis II, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 474 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Gabriel Duvall, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 404 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[John Cassin, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 402 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[Charles W. Goldsborough, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 415 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Frontispiece Tisdale del. ; Scoles sculp, engraving, Library of Congre...

Print shows a female figure representing "History" directing George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Alexander Hamilton up a steep mountain roadway toward the Temple of Fame. Trimmed to within plate mark, wit... More

John Leeds Kerr, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 554 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Wonders! Wonders!! Wonders!!! / Woodward, del. ; Rowlandson, scul., Br...

"Ten figures arranged in two rows, each with a caption ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Filed in Caricature Magazine, London (260-285). Catalogue of Political and Personal... More

True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...

Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More

Lodgings to let / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing a fashionably dressed man standing in a well-furnished sitting-room, speaking to a pretty and elegant young woman. He wears a tophat, Hessian boots, and carries a large rough walking-stick. He... More

Second view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè p. ; W.B. Annin sc.

Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More

Honorable Theophilus Parsons, late Chief Justice of Massachusetts / St...

Theophilus Parsons, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Engraved for the Analectic Magazine. Copyright by Moses Thomas.

Mermaid--Mermaids exhibited successively in the Years 1758, 1775, & 17...

Engraved for the Encyclopaedia Londiensis, 1817. Public domain photograph of fantasy reptile drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High life below stairs! / I R C, fecit., British Cartoon Print

"The Regent, very drunk, sups in the kitchen at the Pavilion, at a table close to the fire ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires pre... More

The sailor's description of a chase & capture / J Sherm, invt. [Lieut....

"A burly sailor (right) sits with five other sailors, one a negro, and two perhaps being petty officers, drinking grog at a plank-table slung from the roof ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... More

View of the insulated table lands at the foot of the Rocky Mountains /...

Major Long's expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. Reference copy in LOT 4390-D. Illus. in: James, Edwin / Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains,..., 1822-1823.

Dubois & Stodart Hoogland sc - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a young woman sitting at and playing a "Dubois & Stodart" upright piano. Possibly an advertisement showing a type of piano manufactured by Dubois & Stodart. Signed on plate at bottom center. Forms ... More

Florida Jay - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vol. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. I, Pl. 87. This record contains unverified,... More

General Washington painted by Gabriel Stuart, 1797 ; engraved by James...

Lewis Cass / engraved by T.B. Welch from a drawing by J.B. Longacre.

Lewis Cass, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding book. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stephen Van Rensselaer / engraved by G. Parker, from a miniature by C....

Stephen Van Rensselaer, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. Copyright by James Herring.

[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

Principal front of the Capitol, Washington / W.H. Bartlett, R. Brandar...

Engraving showing Capitol building in background; people walking or riding in carriages on Capitol grounds. Image found in N. P. Willis, American Scenery, p. 288, 1839. Engraving by R. Brandard after drawing by... More

Henry Fielding / engraved by J.C. Buttre.

Public domain scan of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.

Print shows an officer on horseback behind American soldiers as British soldiers storm the barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. Published in Graham's magazine, 27, 1 (July 1845), between p. 40 and 41.

Crimson fronted Purple Finch / Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R....

Print shows bird on flowering pea vine surrounded by border of vines, birds, a woman, and a bird's nest. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmit... More

Dr. Rowand's compound spirituous extract of Sarsaparilla and Burdock r...

LOT subdivision subject: Printing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Dr. John R. Rowand. Caption card tracings: Patent medicines; Shelf.

The enchanted island / painted by Danby ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print shows an enchanted island in a cove with rocks and cliffs on the left and a beach strewn with sea shells in the foreground; there is a figure standing at the entrance to a cave on the island and a woman a... More

[George Clinton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / painted ...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gale's Arenaceous Concrete, for cleansing, whitening, and beautifying ...

Illustrated with picture of Zachary Taylor beside horse. LOT subject: Cosmetics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by M. D. Gale. Copied by permission from Howland's ... More

Inauguration of General Taylor, March fourth, 1849 / W.W. Butt.

President Taylor delivering his inaugural speech, on the steps of the Capitol. "From recent daguereotypes [sic] by Plumbe". Illus. in: Brother Jonathan, p. 1. Ref. copy in PRES FILE - Taylor, Zachary Inauguration.

Kingston, Lake Ontario (Ontario See), engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Kingston on Lake Ontario. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

K. William Ye Conqueror del. et sculp. G. Vertue

William I or 'William the Conqueror', King of England, bust portrait, facing front, holding sword, with ornaments and vignette of Brittania in supplication below. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of Englan... More

George III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.

Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown. After a Reynolds coronation portrait. Illus. in: An impartial hi... More

Cucumis sativus vulgaris, cucumern, engraving, Library of Congress

Illustration shows a Cucumber plant. Public domain scan of drawing, 16th century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Thomas Paine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] / pa...

Facsimile signature: Thomas Paine. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Henry R. Schoolcraft, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Henry R. Schoolcraft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Published in The Popular science monthly. v. 37 (May- Oct. 1890). Possibly engraved by Wellstood & Peters.

Shakespeare--Hamlet--Prince of Denmark / painted by H. Fuseli R.A. ; e...

Act 1, scene 4, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, showing Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost, on platform before the Palace of Elsinor.

The Constitution and Guerriere / drawn by G. White ; engd by J.C. McRa...

Print shows the Constitution, in the background, firing on the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships.

Dr. M.G. Kerr Asiatic Balsam Compund

Patent medicine label showing woman and children beside sickbed. LOT subdivision subject: Nurses and nursing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Advertisement; BI;... More

Chamber of Representatives (Washington) / C.R., DEL, John Poppel, SC.

Print showing House of Representatives in session. Upper left side above image: Ms C. L. No. 1558. Identical image in PPOC with title: Die Congress-Halle im Capitol (Washington); Aus d. Kunstanst d. Bibl Inst.... More

Desperate conflict of American seamen under Decatur, on boarding a Tri...

Illustration shows Stephen Decatur and his men fighting hand-to-hand fight on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the First Barbary War. Illus. in: Life and death on the ocean: a collection of extraordinary adve... More

[Bank note illustration showing colonists praying for deliverance from...

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Incident in Cherry Valley - fate of Jane Wells / from the original pic...

Jane Wells is pleading for her life, and a man attempts to protect her from an Indian who is about to kill her. House behind them is being burned by Loyalists and Indians led by Major Walter Butler and Mohawk C... More

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