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The right honble. Chas. Wolfran Cornwall Esq., Speaker of the House of...

Charles Wolfran Cornwall, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing judicial robes and wig. Illus. in: The London magazine. London : Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilford, 1780 Nov., between pgs. 491-492... More

Son mérite personnel l'emporte sur toutes les considérations / Le Barb...

Print shows an imaginary scene depicting the funeral of Richard Montgomery, killed during the attack on Québec. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Aub... More

General Montgomery, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Richard Montgomery, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform, facing slightly left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the w... More

The monument of Major André - Public domain cabinet drawing

Print shows a sarcophagus resting on a pedestal, on the top, Britannia weeping with the British lion, on the side, a tableau shows the capture of Major André. Illus. in: The universal magazine of knowledge and... More

A Sunday ordinary at Highgate, British Cartoon Print

"Men and women seated on benches on each side of a dinner-table..." (Source: George) The Wit's Magazine, i. 361. Illustration to an article, with the same title, p. 368. This record contains unverified data fro... More

Papiers monnoies et autres de la Republique Française / gravé par I. H...

Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795. Paper is watermarked, but difficult to distinguish.

James Clinton, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 57 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nationa... More

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

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 301 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

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

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 463 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Thomas Truxtun, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 466 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Thomas Rodman, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 282 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Andrew Purviance Hazlehurst, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profil...

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 699 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

George Pepper, head-and-shoulders portrait, righ t profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 176 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Elizabeth Custis Teakle Smith, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profi...

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. On mount: [Smith, Mrs. Robert]. Dexter, variant of no. 747 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Mil... More

Seth Hastings, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 435 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

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

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 505 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

John Peter Van Ness, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 405 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Philip Rootes Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 491 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

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

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 511 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Martha Jefferson Tyler Waggaman, head-and-shoulders portrait, left pro...

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. On mount: Waggaman, Mrs. Thomas Ennalls. On verso of item: Mrs. Thos. E. Waggaman. Dexter 285 (Listed as Miss Wilson). Dexter, 285 Published in: Sai... More

John Coles III, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 576 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Jack in a white squall, amongst breakers--on the lee shore of St. Cath...

"A sailor stands full-face, legs astride, hands plunged through the bottomless pockets of his jacket; he squints violently, one eye turned on an uproar (left), the other on two termagants (right)..." (Source: G... More

Monument on Beacon Hill, Boston / Sully, del. ; K. Turner, sc.

Designed by Charles Bulfinch. Illus. in: Portfolio (Nov. 1811), p. facing p. 409.

Masonic Hall, Philadelphia, Landscape view print

Print showing street view of Masonic Hall in Philadelphia. 617 U.S. Copyright Office. To James Milnor Esqr. R.W.G.M. and Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania this plate is inscribed by their brother W. Strickland. Depo... More

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...

Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More

These certify that blank was leagally admitted a member of the Pilots'...

Print shows a membership certificate for the "Pilots' Charitable Society" showing pilot boats at the entrance to New York Harbor and a vignette at top center showing a female figure as Charity with three childr... More

Humming-birds--or--a dandy trio / J.S. [Sheringham] Esqr. del. ; G. Cr...

Cartoon showing three fashionable dandies singing and playing instruments in a well-furnished room. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

Paul Pry's peep into chancery, British Cartoon Print

"Eldon sits at a large table covered with bundles of documents tied with red tape, which tower above his head and fill the room ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. [Williams]... More

Three - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows many bank note vignettes depicting male and female figures as allegorical images representing commerce, industy, and the arts, also ships and ship building, farm and pioneer life, portraits, and num... More

[Details from the Circensian games] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles s...

Includes men on horseback in arena and chariot and horse race.

Parson Brownlow / Magee. - Public domain portrait engraving

William Brownlow, full-length portrait, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, full-length portrait, standing, fa...

Print shows General Beauregard standing on a terrace. Published in Harper's Weekly, April 27, 1861. General Beauregard - [From a photograph furnished by E. Anthony].

Confederate chieftains Engd. by J.C. Buttre, New York

Head-and-shoulders portraits, in ovals, of Judah P. Benjamin, Henry A. Wise, R. Barnwell Rhett, Alexander H. Stephens, James M. Mason, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, John Slidell, William L. Yancey, Robert Too... More

Danl Webster, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Daniel Webster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval, surrounded by patriotic motif including scenes from his life.

H.B. Stowe From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of ...

Engraving shows portrait of author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, December 2015.... More

The Catskills--Sunrise from south mountain / Harry Fenn ; S.V. Hunt.

8605D U.S. Copyright Office. Steel engraving by S.V. Hunt after painting by Harry Fenn. Copyright by D. Appleton & Co. Illus. in: Picturesque America / William Cullen Bryant. N.Y. :[c1872-], v. 2.

P.H. Sheridan, Brevt 2d Lieutenant, 1st Regiment Infantry / engd. by H...

Lt. Philip Sheridan, half-length portrait, in uniform, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. M. O. W. Oliphant C.K - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing left. "From a photograph by H.S. Mendelssohn, London." Published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 77, no. 467, June 1888, p. 21. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Ph. Ind.

Equitable mortgage company. 19th century, Library of Congress collecti...

Print of advertisement for the Equitable Mortgage Company showing a bird's-eye view of farm house, barn, pasture lands, and men haying.

Isaiah Thomas esq. designed and engraved on copper by F.S. King

Print shows Isaiah Thomas, half-length portrait, turned to the left, facing front, in medallion with lavish ornament, including bust portraits of Johann Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin. Caption continues: Prin... More

The prospect of the colledges (sic) in Cambridge in New England

Print shows Harvard University campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1726. Original engraving by William Burgis. Print was re-engraved by Sidney L. Smith. Copyrighted by Curtis & Cameron, Inc. in 1917. On item: "Re... More

S.E. George Washington - général en chef de armées des etats unis de l...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform; medallion on pedestal with name plate and inscription. Baker, 18 Hart, 39 Published in: The American Revoluti... More

John Paul Jones / dessiné d'après nature au mois de May 1780 par J.M. ...

Print shows John Paul Jones, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform and hat. Includes two lines of text from Moliere, "Gloire du Val de grace." Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

National inauguration ball, March 4th 1865 / designed & drawn by Bruff...

Print shows an invitation to the national inauguration ball with half-length portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson as "President of the U.S." and "Vice President of the U.S.", includes two fasces-like... More

Kurtze vnd einfältige doch auss verträulichen Communication-Schreiben ...

Print shows a birds-eye view of the Battle of Lutter (Lutter am Barenberge) from August 1626 between the troops of Christian IV of Denmark against the troops led by Johan Tzerclaes, Count Tilly who won the batt... More

Guy Carleton engd. by A.H. Ritchie

Guy Carleton, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description