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[Whitehall Court] / J. Pennell imp.

Public domain scan of 19th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - [Railway station, Pittsburgh]

Bird's-eye view of railway station, boats on river, and skyline, Pittsburgh, Pa. Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection.

[The jaws, Chicago] / Pennell.

Drawbridge, raised. Title from American prints in the Library of Congress ... compiled by Karen F. Beall.... Signed in pencil. Wuerth, no. 589 American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the colle... More

Building of the Victor Emmanuel Monument, Rome, 1911

Picryl description: Public domain image of Rome, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The Bridge at Hell Gate] / J. Pennell.

Title from Beall. Signed in pencil. Library has 5 impressions. Plate in LC. Wuerth, 670 (first state) American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... Ba... More

Joseph Pennell - Second Street market

Print shows Philadelphia's Second Street Market. Library has two impressions. No. 748-1: Wuerth, 748. Edition of 50? Plate in LC. Gift; Pennell Collection. Published in: American prints in the Library of Congr... More

Joseph Pennell - [Polo grounds, New York]

Library has two impressions. No. 768a: Wuerth, 768. Edition of 30? Inscription on plate: Joseph Pennell drew this August 1921. Plate destroyed. No. 768b: Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil. Ex. coll.: ... More

The patriot - dedicated to the freeholders of Middlesex, British Carto...

One of several prints depicting John Wilkes and Henry Luttrell and the election for the seat in Middlesex. This print shows a statue of John Wilkes on a pedestal, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap; the ... More

[Scenes from events and battles leading up to and during the American ...

The prints in this set have been cut apart and subsequently arranged in their original order and mounted on two sheets with a single backing. Numbers printed at top left and top right, representing page and pl... More

Eden vale, in Waltham / J. Edes del. ; S. Hill sculp.

Print shows a bucolic farm setting in Waltham, Massachusetts. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. ... More

St. Eustache une des Isles d'Antilles dans l'Amerique du Nord la quell...

Print shows British naval assault on Saint Eustatius. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un. de l'Academie Imperiale... More

Count de Rochambeau - French general of the land forces in America rev...

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5706 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Ame... More

The matrons in hanging-sleeves: or, The enquirer into nature - a satyr...

Print shows women and children of all ages viewing exhibits at the "Wax-works" and "see a Womb, to hear fine Lectures, read on Generation, and all the Arts explain'd of Procreation ..."; in a large display case... More

Washington (Georges), Président de la République des Etats-unis d'Amér...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding hat in right hand, with left hand resting on the barrel of cannon, an aide keeps his horse ready in the background. ... More

A colonial wedding, the marriage of Dr. Francis Le Baron and Mary Wild...

Print shows Francis LeBaron and Mary Wilder during their wedding ceremony, with many guests, in a room, possibly in the magistrate's residence, officiated by a clergyman; includes two remarques, at bottom cente... More

[Sunset from Williamsburg bridge. 1915], engraving, Library of Congres...

Title and date from Wuerth, 674. 2nd state; addition work in sky and on water. Stamp on verso JP/ER (Lugt no. L874a). Exhibited: Pennell Legacy, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1983.

Faneuil Hall, Boston 1870 S.L.S. sc

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1870, with various carts and wagons in the foreground, also includes a vignette of Faneuil Hall as it looked in 1789. Includes a 1-page... More

Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine!, Britis...

Caricature of man and woman seated. She is holding up glass and he is smiling. Hand-colored etching by Richard Newton. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record cont... More

Royalty in a rage or family quarrels / I.R.C. fecit., British Cartoon ...

Print showing George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for the Bill of Pains and Penalties and his divorce from Caroline; he smashes a bottle of... More

[Longhouse, Dyer's, Amsterdam]. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Signed in pencil with butterfly. Public domain scan of Dutch 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism.

Print shows a woman wearing a feathered headdress, representing "America", stepping on Britannia's broken spear and shield, she lunges from the left, at the direction of John Wilkes, toward "Britannia" who is b... More

The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism.

The political cartoon for the year 1775, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows George III and Lord Mansfield, seated on an open chaise drawn by two horses labeled "Obstinacy" and "Pride," about to lead Britain into an abyss represented by the war with the American colonies. ... More

Rufus King, Nat.1755- Ob.1827 / etched by Albert Rosenthal Philadelphi...

Etching by Albert Rosenthal. From the original painting in the Trumbull Collection. Yale School of Art. Exhibited: "Creating the United States," the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012.

Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians / Wm Charles, Ssc.

The citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, are ridiculed in this scene for their lack of serious resistance against the British seizure of the city in 1814. At left two frightened gentlemen kneel with hands folded,... More

London to York / painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etching by James Dobie.

Travelers at a way stop; some around table, one man being shaved, and the coachman by the door.

Le revue [1810] / François Flameng.

Print showing Napoleon I, on horseback, reviewing cavalry troops passing behind the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris, France. Includes a remarque showing Empress Josephine standing on a balcony, signed F (... More

The contrast / R. Dighton, delin., British Cartoon Print

Political cartoon showing two men representing England and France seated and looking angrily at each other. The Frenchman is holding container (of snuff?) and the Englishman is smoking pipe and holding newspape... More

Congressional pugilists. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A crude portrayal of a fight on the floor of Congress between Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold of Connecticut. The row was originally prompted by an insulting reference to Lyon on Griswold... More

New York with the city of Brooklyn in the distance. From the steeple o...

Print shows commercial buildings in New York City, including Brady's Daguerrian Miniature Gallery and Barnum's Museum. The harbor and Brooklyn appear in the distance. Exhibited: A Perfect Fit : The Garment Ind... More

John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...

A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More

A privy council, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a meeting of the George III, portrayed as an ass wearing an ermnie robe, and his council of ministers, portrayed as various animals; whispering into the king's ear is Lord Bute represented by a bird... More

The Yankey torpedo / E-s del & sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a sea-monster discharging flames and missiles against a British ship. British satire reflecting indignation against American's use of torpedoes and other explosive machinery in the Summer of 1813 ag... More

Coblenz / Elsner; A. Carse., Landscape view print

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

The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...

James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More

City election race for the court plate, British Cartoon Print

Print shows on the left P--t [Pitt], labeled "Bank Directorship", banging his head on the Temple Bar before even getting started, the center is filled with N--n [?], labeled "Motion for paying the Prince's Debt... More

Forty etchings, from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North Am...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The tree of liberty,-with, the devil tempting John Bull / Js. Gy. inv....

Round a bare and decayed oak tree is twined a serpent with the head of Fox; he holds a damaged apple inscribed "reform" to John Bull, who is fat and his pockets bulge with golden apples. The trunk of the tree i... More

The postman. ('Twixt hope and fear) / painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etc...

Woman in doorway and a postman delivering mail.

Miss Carolina Sulivan - one of the obstinate daughters of America, 177...

Cartoon shows Sullivan's Island, portrayed as a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman who looks like William Pitt, right profile, with large hairdo meant to conceal fortifications, cannons, and several battle ... More

Going into action / W.H. Shelton.

Print shows cavalry and horse artillery troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Includes men riding on a caisson towing a small cannon, a building on fire, and additional cavalry headed... More

The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillr...

Cartoon shows full-length view of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), inventor of the Rumford stove, standing with his back to the fire, his coat-tails spread to permit enjoyment from the warmth. Forms part of :... More

Loo in the kitchin [sic] or, High life below stairs / Wooddward del. ;...

A group of servants gathered in a comfortably furnished kitchen, ape the manners, language, and vices of their employers.

Veduta del Castello dell' Acqua Paola sul Monte Aureo

Print shows a view of the Castle Acqua Peola, with numbered key. Hind, no. 21 Focillon, no. 736 Exhibited: "From La Serenissima to the Eternal City : The Grand Tour in 18th Century Venice and Rome" at The Mitc... More

The grand coronation procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of Franc...

Caricature showing procession, with Napoleon and Josephine in center, headed by members of the Imperial family, followed by Talleyrand and his wife, and a dejected Pope Pius VII. Napoleon's train is supported b... More

Veduta del Tempio di Antonino e Faustina in Campo Vaccino

Print show a view of the temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Le Blanc, no. 17 Nagler, no. 17 Béraldi, no. 14 Smith College (Mass.) Art Museum Cat., no. 134 Forms part of: Gardiner Greene Hubbard collection (Libr... More

The belligerent plenipo's / T. Colley, fect.

Cartoon shows America, on the right, represented by an Indian, celebrating her new acquisition, half of the English king's crown, while her allies, the King of France, a Dutchman, and a Spaniard complain at hav... More

The general out-generalled, or, first come, first served, British Cart...

Wellington demands attention outside a house, while Duke of Argyll, inside with Harriette Wilson, pretends not to recognize him. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Native Californians lassoing a bear / F.O.C. Darley, fecit ; Francis H...

Print shows three men on horseback lassoing a bear. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by D. Appleton & Co., in the clerk's office of the district court of the Southern district of New York.

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...

William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pit... More

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...

The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, award this diploma ...

Diploma depicting a classical scene with figures. Library has original design drawing for this print (DRWG/US - Billings, no. 2)

A republican belle - a picture of Paris for 1794 / IC., British Cartoo...

Print shows an old woman, a sansculotte, in ragged dress, her arms folded across her chest, holding a pistol in one hand, which she fires at a man lying on the ground, and a dagger in the other. There is a skul... More

Panorama of Constantinople, and environs ... / drawn on the spot by He...

Prints show a 360° view, from an elevated vantage point, of Constantinople and the Bosphorus Strait, with many rooftops, minarets, mosques, and other buildings, passageways, and boats and ships.

Philadelphie - la ville capitale de Pensylvanie province Nord-Americai...

Print shows men in boats and ships along the waterfront in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Caption continues: entre deux fleuves navigables et l'apella Philadelphie, parceque les habitans y vivoient dans une harmo... More

Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Bos...

Print shows the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, two ships at anchor, British soldiers and men working, merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Boston as a typical European city. (as characteristic o... More

The r--l cock and chickens - or the father of his people!!!, British C...

Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi S... More

Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field

Print shows Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed monster pulling in opposite directions; Louis wears the horns of a cuckold and Marie Antoinette has the head of Medusa wearing ostrich feathers. de Vi... More

Death and the Devil surprise two women DH monogram

Print shows Death and the Devil interrupting the lives of two wealthy women. Bradley Collection. Stamped on verso: Tilgungs-Stempel K.K.C. Stamped on verso: Kupferstich-Sammlung der Königl: Museen. Stamped on ... More

Jacques Callot - [Trastullo kneeling before Signorina Lucia]

Part of a set by Israel Silvestre after the Balli di Sfessania by Callot, 1621.

A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a woman playing cards with a monkey dressed as a man, two figures in masquerade attend to them, above and in the background are a musician, a man and a woman, and a cuckold, also seated is an owl sm... More

Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?

Print shows a man, possibly Joseph-François Foullon, on his hands and knees with a woman of the Third Estate, a sword at her side, riding on his back. de Vinck, 2950 Blum, 206 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More

[Landscape with a pilgrim in prayer] / A. Canal. f.

George Lothrop Bradley collection. Constable, 22. Pallucchini, 22. Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A comfortable dish of tea in high-life, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two wealthy and fashionable European women sitting in a room with pets including a dog, a cat, a monkey, a squirrel, and birds being served tea by an African servant. Not found in British Museum Cat... More

Der K:M: von Schweden und dero armee wǔnderbarer zǔg zwölff Meilen übe...

Print of map showing surprise attack of the March across the Belts when Swedish troops were able to cross the frozen water between the islands in Denmark. The winter of 1658 was one of the coldest winters on re... More

Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...

Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More

Canaletto - [The portico with a lantern]

George Lothrop Bradley Collection. Constable, no. 11. Pallucchini, no. 11 (2nd state).

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich - [Castle in ruins]

Marsh collection. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two thatched cottages on the edge of a river]

Marsh Collection. LeBlanc, no. 106.

Map ornament showing a Native family and a large bison, a pelican perc...

Illus. in: Atlas geographicvs maior ... / per Iohannem Baptistam Homannvm. Norimbergae : Curantibus Homannianis Heredibus, 1753-59 [i.e., 1781 ; v. 1, 1759], no. 139. Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

A view of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada, taken partly from...

Print shows warships on the Saint Lawrence River with the city of Québec in the background. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More

The Scots triumph, or a peep behind the curtain, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows the entrance to a large building furnished with columns, from which heavy curtains are suspended. In the distance is the dome of St. Paul's to signify that the scene is in London. A coach, which i... More

A perspective view of the salt works in Salisbury, New England

Print shows view of a salt works on the Merrimack River, near Newburyport, Massachusetts, with large meadow in the foreground. Engrav'd for the Penna. Magazine. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Magazine: or America... More

The taking of Miss Mud I'land, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... More

Gin - engine for drawing the fuzes out of the shell - box with grapesh...

Print shows various devices used with artillery and a cross-section of a petard. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, [PL] XXVII... More

By his majestys royal letters patent - the new invented method of puni...

Print shows Britannia drawn and quartered at a crossroad by ropes attached to three horses, one labeled "Tyranny" racing down the road "to America", another labeled "Venality" racing down the road "to Spain", a... More

A view of the guard-house and Simsbury-mines, now called Newgate - a p...

Print shows a diagram of the guardhouse with sections identified by letter (legend not visible in print); shows shaft leading to underground chamber, "F. A strong trap door opening the descent to Hell" which le... More

Expérience du globe aërostatique du MM. les freres Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Anne-Jean and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, September 19, 1784, accompanied by Colin Hulin. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staf... More

Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Mee...

Print shows citizens of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 74. [Plate]... More

Street walkers / RST ; etch'd by B. Smith., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows a well dressed man wearing large hat, possibly George Hanger, walking at the corner of Bond Street and Piccadilly, there he meets the gaze of a fashionably dressed young woman, a prostitute(?), al... More

General mourning, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Print shows a well-dressed West Indian? couple with big smiles on their faces, in the background is a depressed man (a plantation owner?) holding a piece of paper on which is written "No more credit given by [?... More

While Commerce spreads her canvas o'er the main, ...

Print shows Columbia with two children being welcomed by Minerva. Public domain scan of 18th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subsidiary treaty, or the lion turned ass / designed & executed by Sin...

Print shows a man with a whip driving a donkey with the head of a lion, laden with sacks of money past a pike labeled "Liberty" with a Phrygian cap and a hand pointing the way "to Hesse Cassel." The man says, "... More

View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...

Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.

Encampment of the convention army at Charlotte Ville in Virginia after...

Print shows a panoramic view of the landscape in Charlottesville, Virginia, with British troops, captured at the surrender in Saratoga, engaged in subsistence farming. Illus. in: Travels through the interior p... More

Mirabeau pere du peuple / Lacaille sculp cit.

Print shows Mirabeau, bust portrait, left profile, in medallion. Purchase; Denenberg Fine Arts; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:180). Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

Bréf du Pape en 1791 - A cartoon of a man in a blue coat and hat

Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with cockade on his hat and a big smile, using a Papal letter to clean himself after defecating on papers of Le Clerc de Juigné on the ground; Abbé Royou, with glass, a... More

Compulsion pour ces gens que n'attend pas la libertie / TC.

Print shows a tattered group of soldiers, one with peg leg, following a cart drawn by hooded executioners; chains, an axe, and a gibbet are visible among the items in the cart. On the far right, a pile of dead ... More

The great South Sea caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath butterfly / J...

Cartoon shows the metamorphosis of Sir Joseph Banks from a caterpillar to a butterfly upon his investiture with the Order of the Bath as a result of his South Sea expedition. Draped with the ribbon, and wearing... More

A view of St. Paul's Church, New-York / T. Anderson del. ; Scoles scul...

Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1795 (October). Reference copy in LOT 4445.

Arriere garde du Pape, ou la frayer du reverend pere caporal

Print shows the ragged rear-guard troops of the Pope's army cowering as they retreat from the advancing French army lead by the handsome and well-dressed Napoleon Bonaparte emerging on the left through billowin... More

Isaac Cruikshank - An Irish union / IC., British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Pitt joining the hands of "Paddy," an Irish farmer, and John Bull, neither of whom seem anxious for the union, while Lord Dundas, on the left, reading from a "History of Scotland" says, "dep... More

Milord Pouf montant à cheval - Public domain book illustration, Librar...

Print shows "Milord Pouf", an overweight Englishman, being hoisted onto a horse by three men using ropes, pulleys (block and tackle), and a jack. The horse is looking fearfully wide-eyed at the pospect of succe... More

A view in Spain / Price G.P., British Cartoon Print

Print shows animals dressed as Spanish monks and gentlemen. Listed in an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," co... More

Le Triomphe de la religion - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows Pope Pius VII, Cardinal Caprara, and other members of the clergy seeking to receive the spirit of light from the beneficial rays emanating from a dove at top center, parting the dark clouds of ign... More

Intérieur d'un comité révolutionnaire sous le régime de la terreur / F...

Print shows the interior of a room used by the Revolutionary committee during the Reign of Terror; citizens enter on the left and submit their appeals, then procede along the table where judgment is pronounced ... More

National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts., British Ca...

Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar la... More

An evergreen, British Cartoon Print

Caricature of a lean, green William Pitt standing, full lgth., left profile. Hand-coloured etching by John Cawse, published 1806. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This r... More

Tiddy-Doll, the great French gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batc...

Print shows Napoleon standing before a large "New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread" drawing out a freshly baked kings labeled "Bavaria, Wirtembg, [and] Baden." On the left, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pér... More

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