China Retreat, Pennsyl'a, the seat of Mr. Manigault / drawn, engraved ...
Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-A. DCRM(G) example 1E1 - statement of responsibility
The bassoon with a French horn accompanyment Rowlandson, del, British ...
"A man and woman sleep in a rough wooden bed, heads thrown back so that their nostrils face the spectator..." (Source: George) Repository impression is hand-colored. Filed in Caricature Magazine, London (77-10... More
The spirit of the book - or anticipation of the year 1813, British Car...
A satire on the pending publication of "The Book" part of a campaign to attack the Regent through his wife, showing a figure, draped in white, supporting on outstretched arms the open pages of a huge book. He s... More
Le peuple sous l'ancien Regime - A drawing of a man being carried by a...
Cartoon shows Louis XVI, a bishop, and a member of the aristocracy riding on the back of a man, representing the people, who's blindfolded and in chains and crawling on his hands and knees. de Vinck, 10309 Pur... More
Suspension of the habeas corpus, British Cartoon Print
Print showing John Bull suspended by his feet between two columns labeled "Lords" and "Commons." Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Dandies dressing / I. R. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print
Six men dressing in grotesque attire. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress)
Justice rendue au courage - A drawing of a man standing on top of a ta...
Print shows Minerva or Justice crowning an Ultra royalist on the left with an over-sized candle snuffer or extinguisher and an officer of the empire on the right with a laurel wreath.
Cleopatra morta, a vista dé soui ornamenti Reali / Pinelli inv. e inc...
Roman soldiers enter Cleopatra's chamber as she lay dying. Plate no. 4. LC no. 5.
Panorama of the times, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Med... More
North front of the President's house / etched by W.I Stone, Washn.
Print shows an exterior view of the north front of the White House.
Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus...
Astronomical chart showing an owl, raven, ornate bowl, sextant, snake, cat, wolf, centaur, air pump, and a ship forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 32.
Cancer. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Astronomical chart showing crab forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 19.
Aquarius, Piscis Australis & Ballon Aerostatique / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.
Astronomical chart showing a male figure holding an inverted bowl from which water flows, at his feet appears the back of a fish and a balloon forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 2... More
[John Bull and the Yankee barber]
Title from handwritten notation on mat. Study for etching, plate 1, published in "Scraps" #2, 1830. Purchase; Childs Gallery; (DLC/PP-1984:366). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Leeds - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows a man, possibly the Earl of Leeds, standing in the street, holding an umbrella, with a man wearing a cape walking in front of a classical style building in the background. Also shows a secondary ima... More
Le tiers état confesseur La constitution Française.
Print shows on the left, a member of the Third Estate sitting in a confessional listening to the confession of the clergy from a clergyman reading a long list of sins, a nobleman is departing, carrying a long l... More
Philanthropic Consolations, after the loss of the Slave-Bill
William Wilberforce and Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester, cavort with two black women in a well-furnished room. Wilberforce and a woman, wearing a print dress with her breasts exposed, sit on a couch smoking... More
James McNeill Whistler - [Reading by lamplight]
Print shows Whistler's half-sister, Deborah Delano Haden, née Whistler, reading at a table. Exhibit caption (2014): With deft handling of line and light, painter/printmaker James McNeill Whistler created this s... More
[Miss Columbia with stars-and-stripes shield and eagle]
In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 165. Etching cut from larger sheet. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.
Marcoussis (Corot) / Corot ; Lalanne., engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows the pastoral setting of Marcoussis, France. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vicksburg Canal, Confederate States of America.
Confederates watching Union troops at work building a canal near Vicksburg in 1862-1863. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 29.
Making clothes for the boys in the army
Women spinning, weaving, and sewing to make clothing for Confederate soldiers. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 11.
Shipping on the Giudecca, Venice
Ships and boats with buildings in background. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A night march Plate 16. - A black and white drawing of a train in a fo...
Print shows Union soldiers marching through a pine forest at night by the light of a burning tree. Signed on plate on lower left corner. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed at bottom... More
Palazzo Casa d'Oro / Otto [artist's stamp].
Print showing the Cà d'Oro in Venice, at the edge of the Grand Canal; gondola in the foreground. Signed below plate with artist's stamp "Otto". Artist stamp on note attached to mount. Venetian series. Exhibite... More
A canal in Venice / Otto., Italy
Print showing a canal with boats in Venice. Title from note attached to mount. Signed below plate in pencil "Otto". Artist stamp on note attached to mount. Venetian series, no. 28. Exhibited: "Whistler and his ... More
[The rialto, Venice] - Public domain scenic drawing
Poole, no. 23. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Fonte Nuovo, Siena, Italy] / Jo Pennell.
People bending over fountain or trough near arched structure. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil below plate. Wuerth 82.
Salute from the lagoon / Joseph Pennell.
View of lagoon with boats, Santa Maria della Salute in the distance. Signed in pencil. Wuerth, no. 99 Exhibited: "Whistler and his circle in Venice" at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2003.
[Landscape with cattle]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Print shows cattle grazing near a river. Signed on plate on vellum. Remarque: men at capstan, fish, birds. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the c... More
[Loys Delteil] / Loys Delteil, ad. vivum d&sc.
Title from shelflist card. Pencil note: Hommage M.G. Geffroy, Loys Delteil. Pennell Fund, 510022.
[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 24. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 4. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More
[Charles V, King of Spain and Emperor of Germany, head-and-shoulders p...
Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Stephen Girard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / etched by...
Copyright by the Pennsylvania Historical Publishing Assn. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Hell Gate channel on the East River, New York City, New York, ca. 177...
Y23405 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Joseph Pennell - [Scene at Taormina]
View of Greek theatre in Taormina, Sicily. Wuerth, 658 (trial proof). Edition of 40? Signed in pencil. Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cat... More
Joseph Pennell - Oil refining, Whiting, Indiana
Library has two impressions No. 729-1: [The horseshoe curve, Pennsylvania Railroad], [His Railroad series] Wuerth, 729. Edition of 50? Trial proof. Signed in pencil. Ex coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate destroyed. ... More
The inquisitorial triumph, or the investiture of orator M[ackli]n, Bri...
This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470... More
[Williamsburg, Virginia, ca. 1740], Landscape view print
Print shows two rows of buildings, numbered 1-6, at Williamsburg, Virginia, and plant specimens, insects, and two views of Natives, numbered 7-16, and four tools, numbered a-d, used by the Natives. Inscribed i... More
Vuë de Quebeck. Quebeck - eine stadt in Nord-America, in Canada, an de...
Print shows the wharf at the city of Québec with ship at dock and men working in small boats. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Printed at bot... More
Volcian Campagna / Jno. G. Chapman, fect. Roma.
Print shows a woman praying at a cross as people travel with donkeys through a rural landscape with ruins in the distance. Signed in pencil. Date based on period when Chapman lived in Italy. American prints in... More
First view of the battle of Patapsco Neck dedicated to those who lost ...
Print showing American soldiers in the foreground, Boulden's house, and the British troops, as well as General Robert Ross being shot, his horse rearing, and the retreat of the British, with Ross, back to the w... More
The hermitage, Landscape view print, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows a distant view of the Hermitage, with trees on the left and horses in a fenced pasture in the foreground. Proof with unfinished sky. Trimmed to within plate mark.
Altra veduta degli avanzi dell Pronao del Templo della Concordia Caval...
View of the temple of Concordia, with numbered key. Public domain scan of 16th-17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Hartford Convention or Leap no leap / Wm. Charles, Sc.
Charles's satire attacks the Hartford Convention, a series of secret meetings of New England Federalists held in December 1814. The artist caricatures radical secessionist leader Timothy Pickering and lampoons... More
Vuë de Boston. Prospect der Könnig Strasse gegen das land thor zu Bost...
Print shows view of King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un de l'Academie... More
William Heath - The royal milling match, British Cartoon Print
Caricature showing Lord Yarmouth hitting the Prince Regent in the eye, as Lady Yarmouth looks from behind screen covered with caricatures. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress... More
Maniac-raving's-or-Little Boney in a strong fit / Js. Gillray inv. & f...
Cartoon showing Napoleon in a fury over relations between France and England. Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9998 Forms part of: Brit... 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
A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...
Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More
A consultation previous to an aerial voyage from London to Weilburg in...
Group portrait with balloon in the background of (from left to right) W. Prideaux, J. Hollins, W. M. James, Robert Hollond, Charles Green, and Thomas Monck Mason. Hollond was a sponsor of the 500 mile flight ta... More
The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Ca...
Illustration shows a group of men in a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames River with a row of warehouses in the background, one of which is labeled "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now s... More
Monstrous craws, at a new coalition feast, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows King George, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen; they eagerly spoon the contents, representing gold coins, ... More
The accident in Lombard Street Philada. 1787 / design'd and engraved b...
Print shows Chimney sweeps laughing at girl, who has dropped a pie on the street. The artist's residence and studio appear at left. Includes four line verse: The pye from Bake-house she had brought / But let it... More
Village politicians / painted by D. Wilkie, R.A. ; etch'd by A. Raimba...
Print showing two groups of men discussing politics in a dwelling or public house. Library has three impressions of different states, one dated "First proof, Augt. 30th 1813." Inscribed in ink on undated proof... More
The man of the poeple [sic] attempting another coalition, to creep in ...
A British satire in which Charles James Fox, depicted with two faces, seeks the support of a former enemy, Sir Samuel Hood, while repudiating a former friend, Lord John Townshend. A scene in the background show... More
A march to the bank Vide, the Strand, Fleet Street, Cheapside &c. morn...
Cartoon shows heavily armed British troops arrogantly marching double file through the streets of London trampling and stomping pedestrians and street merchants. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British ... More
Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all nations, by her most...
Print shows an interior view of the Crystal Palace during the Great Industrial Exhibition, with Queen Victoria and the royal family at center, the Archbishop to the left, and many spectators gathered in the win... More
Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en pré...
Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G... More
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
Constitution d'Angleterre. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a critical response to the British political system by showing Prime Minister William Pitt standing on the British crown, which is possibly being flattened by the weight of his authority; he is hold... More
The genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppression from t...
Cartoon shows a woman wearing a liberty cap, representing the genius of France, holding a cat-o'-nine-tails in one hand and the reins of a donkey in the other; on this donkey and another bucking in the backgrou... More
Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...
Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More
Bombardement de tous les trônes de l'Europe et la chûte des tirans pou...
Print shows members of the French National Assembly exposing their posteriors, from which streams labeled "Liberté ca ira" pour down on the heads of rulers of Europe, while Liberty ignites a cannon labeled "Vio... 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
The choir at Westminster Abbey - Victorian era public domain image
Print shows an interior view of the choir at Westminster Abbey. Y45731 U.S. Copyright Office. On label at bottom: "The Choir at Westminster Abbey" ; Original etching by Henry Crickmore; Copyright, 1893, by C. ... More
The happy effects of that grand systom [sic] of shutting ports against...
President Jefferson addressing a group of disgruntled men, as he defends the policy of his Embargo which, combined with the Non-Intercourse Act, was intended to bring about a suspension of foreign commerce. For... More
The happy effects of that grand systom [sic] of shutting ports against...
President Jefferson addressing a group of disgruntled men, as he defends the policy of his Embargo which, combined with the Non-Intercourse Act, was intended to bring about a suspension of foreign commerce. For... More
[Lagoon, noon] / [butterfly monogram].
Print showing sailing ships and boats in the Venice lagoon. Title from Kennedy. Signed in pencil on tab with butterfly. From: Second Venice Set (Twenty-six etchings). Kennedy, no. 216 (second state) American pr... More
A scene from Don Giovanni as perform'd at the Kings Theatre, British C...
Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number ... 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 leap year drawing room, or the pleasures of petticoat government / C...
Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Col... More
Embrâsement déplorable de la machine aërostatique des Srs. Miolan et J...
Print shows the balloon of Abbé Miolan and Janinet on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated for an ascension on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens in Paris. Abbé Miollan, as a cat, and Janinet, as ... More
[Admiral Dewey on the bridge] - Public domain portrait print
Copyright deposit: Oct. 23, 1899 [stamped] [no entry on that date written in pencil] (DLC/PP-44448).
The curious zebra - alive from America! walk in gem'men and ladies, wa...
Cartoon shows a group of men, including George Washington who is standing to the right holding the tail of the zebra, and Lord North, standing on the left gripping the reins, trying to guide the zebra on whose ... More
Nocturne - Drawing. Public domain image.
Marine view showing ship at night. Signed in pencil with butterfly. From: First Venice set. Kennedy, no. 184 (fourth state) Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congres... More
[Theodore Roosevelt, bust portrait, facing front]
Print of etching shows portrait of Roosevelt. K130837 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Holmes Company, Chicago.
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
A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea V...
Print shows view of the Hudson River at a point where it broadens to form a lake called Tappan Sea in New York.
A boxing match, or another bloody nose for John Bull / W. Charles, del...
The artist gloats over naval losses suffered by England early in the War of 1812, in particular the defeat of the warship "Boxer" by the American frigate "Enterprise" in September 1813. King George III stands ... More
Desespoir des ennemis de la France a la decouverte de leurs complots
Print shows a 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Dra... More
Charles aux Thuillieries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII ...
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes balloon in background and large bird in foreground. Tissandier c... More
Protected steel cruiser Philadelphia, United States Navy
Print shows three U.S. Navy cruisers under steam at sea. Y43227 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on ... More
View of the Castello Quarter near Casa Jankovitz, where Whistler lodge...
Exhibited: "Whistler and his circle in Venice" at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2003.
[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Public domain book illustration
Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More
Doctor Syntax, in the middle of a smoaking hot political squabble, wis...
Doctor Syntax and other people drinking and smoking in an English inn. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress). DCRM(G) example 1B2 - source of title note Thomas Rowlandson - En... More
The council of the rulers, & the elders against the tribe of ye Americ...
Print shows a group of men in the Hall of Commons, several seated around a table, on the wall is a map labeled "North America" which has burst into flames, in the foreground stands Lord North passing banknotes ... More
The moment of reflection or a tale for future times / IC., British Car...
Cartoon shows Catherine II horrified at the visions that beset her at the moment of death; a cloud entering at left depicts the many victims of her wrath; a skeleton, Death, stands behind her ready to plunge hi... More
A N.W. view of the state house in Philadelphia taken 1778 / C.W. Peale...
Illus. from: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 July, opp. p. 516. Fielding, 1710 Published in: The American Revolution in d... More
Life in Philadelphia. Plate 8 / Monsr. [Key] fecit.
Print shows a dandy on a Philadelphia street accosting a woman wearing a large coat with a large hood covering her hairdo. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:238). Caption: "Good evening Miss, shall I have the pleasure of... More
Property protected--à la Françoise, British Cartoon Print
British satire of Franco-American relations after the XYZ Affair in May of 1798; 5 Frenchmen plunder female "America", while five figures representing other European countries look on. John Bull sits laughing o... More
New Bedford harbor / L.D. Eldred.
Ships and boats in harbor, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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.
Westminster exterior / J. Alphege Brewer ; Henry C. Brewer.
Parliament with boats on water in foreground. Copyright by Alfred Bell & Co., London, England.
[Landscape with church] / HSL. - Engraving, Public domain image
Title from shelflist card. Signed on plate with initials and dated. Coll. mark: Christian Crucius (Lugt, 548) Second mark illegible. Hubbard Collection.
Vue et description de la ville de Meaco capitale du Japon avec d'autre...
Prints shows views of Meaco (Kyoto) and Saccai (Sakai), scenes of Christians being tortured, a Japanese wedding ceremony, and a temple in Sakai, and a plan of Dejima trading island; also includes descriptions o... More
[Flight into Egypt] / Rembrandt., Rembrandt van Rijn
Second state. Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Mary and Joseph, with the ... More
Rembrandt van Rijn - [Flight into Egypt: night piece]
Print shows Joseph, holding a lantern, leading a donkey on which Mary and Jesus are riding. Title from shelflist card. Paper shows a watermark of three balls on the right margin. Ex. Coll.: J.A. Boerner (Lugt 2... More