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The allies - par nobile fratrum! / Indignatio fecit., British Cartoon ...

Print shows George III sharing a bone with a Native, he is using the top of a skull as a bowl, two Natives on the left drain blood into a skull from the torso of a white infant; on the right are a corpulent bis... More

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Print shows several buildings along street engulfed in flames during fire on September 19, 1776, citizens being beaten by Redcoats, and looting by African slaves. Includes two lines of text in French that list ... More

Christophorus Columbus, portrait print, portrait print

X3434 U.S. Copyright Office. Henri Lefort fecit anno 1891. Printed by A. Salmon & Ardail, Paris.

The colonies reduced - its companion, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two illustrations on a single sheet, on the top, Britannia, as the Roman general Belisarius, is dismembered, her torso leaning against a globe with a banner "Date Obolum Belli Sario" (give a penny f... More

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

Calendrier royal indiquant le cours du soleil

Print shows Louis XIV sitting on a box with fan-shaped back in the center of a sun. The numerous rays of the sun document indignities attributed to the King between 1667 and 1705, such as: "Adultere avec Me. de... 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

[Callowhill Street Bridge] / Jo. Pennell, engraving, Library of Congre...

Signed on mount. Wuerth, no. 19. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fish market, Ostend, Belgium. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

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.

Britannia between death and the doctor's / Js Gillray inv. & fect., Br...

A faint Britannia seated on bed with three "doctors," William Pitt kicking Henry Addington and stepping on Charles James Fox. The figure of death, with Napoleon's head, strides from behind bed curtains. Catalog... More

Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du b...

Vue d'optique shows the unmanned gas balloon, "The Globe," which frightened the villagers in Gonesse, France after landing there on August 27, 1783.

Johnny Bull's defiance to Bonaparte!, British Cartoon Print

Caricature showing John Bull, holding up club, aggressively inviting Napoleon to battle, published when the threat of French invasion was very real. Hand-coloured etching, pub. by William Holland (not in BM). D... More

John Bull, the leviathan of the ocean; or, the French fleet sailing in...

Cartoon showing John Bull eating French sailing ships; a satire on the French defeat during the War of the Second Coalition, possibly refers to the Battle of the Nile. Form part of : British Cartoon Prints Col... More

Isaac Cruikshank - Royal recreation, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Catherine II seated on a throne receiving the decapitated heads of the people of Poland from the military officer in charge of the Russian forces during the defeat of Poles in 1794; other men brin... More

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

Mr. Blanchard accompagné de Mr. Gefferies est parti ... entre Calais e...

Print shows Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot air balloon. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Dollfus 40; Gibbs-Smith... More

Revolutionists, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Print shows George III sitting on a throne atop a mountain labeled "Constitution" which is protected by a "Pit of Circumvention" as British revolutionists climb the mountain bearing a flag and various weapons, ... More

[Niagara Falls from the Canadian side] / drawn on the spot by Captn. J...

191243 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof before letters.

Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité...

British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot r... More

A foot-race - Public domain drawing

A figurative portrayal of the presidential race of 1824. A crowd of cheering citizens watch as candidates (left to right) John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson stride toward the finish. Henry... More

[The dyer] / [butterfly monogram].

Print showing a man dyeing or rinsing a large piece of cloth outside doorway at edge of canal.

The jail, Philada. / Malcolm delt. et sc.

Print shows an exterior view of the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Riva, No. 1, [Italy] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

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

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

[En plein soleil] / Whistler. - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, three-quarter length portrait, holding a parasol, seated in the sun in the sand at a beach(?), facing slightly right. Title from Beall. Signed on plate upper left and lower left. American p... More

The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National A...

Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled "Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism," riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the "Dodsley Bookseller" the publis... More

Matthew Darly - The commissioner's interview with congress, British Ca...

Print shows three members of "congress" standing beneath palm trees outlining their demands for peace to three members of the peace commission, the Earl of Carlisle, Baron Auckland, and George Johnstone. Lord B... More

[The captain], Jacques Callot - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Capitano, a stock character in the Commedia dell'arte, with theatrical stage set and spectators in background. Title from shelflist card. From: Balli di Sfessania. Lieure, 289.

Tout irait bien si tout le mond riort comme moi

Title translated: All would be well if all the world would laugh like me. NOTE: Not about Fr. Revolution. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Possibly purchased by George IV from Willi... More

Louis d'Or au soleil - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows Louis XIV sitting next to a table, head resting on his left elbow which rests on his left knee; he is asleep, though his right hand rests on money bags lying on the table with some loose coins. He w... More

Brentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. Bu...

"An etching showing four horses running towards "St. Stepn's Chapel", a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table..." (Source: Stephens)

[The Holy Family at table] / Jac. Callot, in. et fec., Nancey.

Title from shelflist card. Signed in plate. Lieure, 595 (4th state)

[Rembrandt in flat cap and embroidered dress]

Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rembrandt drawing by a window] / Rembrandt, 1648.

Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A contented cuckold in the new fashion, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a half-length portrait of a cuckold counting his wealth in the form of jewelry that his unfaithful wife receives as gifts from her suitors; through a window in the upper right corner can be seen the... More

View of the court house in Salem Massachusettsachusetts / W. Gray, del...

Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. III, 1790 (March), frontispiece. Published... More

William Baillie - Franciscus Hals pictor / W. Baillie sculp. ; Seipse,...

Print shows Frans Hals, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, after Seipse.

English credulity, or the invisible ghost, British Cartoon Print

A satire referring to the "Cock Lane Ghost" shows the interior of a bed-room crowded with men, some church ministers, one possibly Oliver Goldsmith, commenting on the "Cock Lane ghost". Two small children lie i... More

Vuë de la basse ville a Quebeck. Prospect von der untern stadt in Queb...

Print shows the harbor at Québec, one ship at anchor, men working loading or unloading a boat, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. (as characteristic of opt... More

Vue du port Philadelphie - dans l'Amérique - graveé d'aprés le tableau...

Print of an idealized, European view of the port of Philadelphia showing buildings on the waterfront of the Delaware River, a boat in the foreground, and a windmill on the right.

A perspective view of the town and fortifications of Montreal in Canad...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the fortifications at Montréal from above the Saint Lawrence River. Illus. in: The Annual Register of World Events. Dublin : J. Exshaw, 1774, p. 407. Published in: The American... More

The thistle reel. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Print shows Lords Bute, North, and Mansfield dancing around a large thistle entwined with a garter ribbon bearing the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense"; Mansfield is holding the "Quebec Bill" in his left hand. ... More

Tobias Conrad Lotter - Mappa totius mundi / Mattheaus Albrecht Lotter ...

Print shows title ornamentation with four female figures representating the four continents, America as a Native wearing a skirt made of feathers and a feather headdress. Illus. in: Atlas géographique de cent ... More

The present state of Great Britain / J. Phillips fecit., British Carto...

Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain i... More

The sea fight between Keppel and d'Orvilliers

Print shows a depiction of the naval engagement between the British fleet under Admiral Keppel and the French fleet under Count d'Orvilliers; framed with elaborate border. Engraved for Cowley's history of engl... More

The honle. Horatio Gates, Esqr., major general in the American Army / ...

Print shows Horatio Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the e... More

A Sunday concert, British Cartoon Print

A concert at Dr. Burney's. Musicians grouped round a piano. The pianist is Ferdinando Bertoni and is accompanied by Pacchierotti. Cariboldi stands behind Lady Mary Duncan. Others are: Hayford, Cervetto, Salpiet... More

Paradice lost. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Car...

Print shows Charles James Fox with a handful of switches driving four old ministers (possibly lords North, Germain, Sandwich), and Lord Bute from paradise. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Li... More

The surrender of government castle, in March 1782, to the late besiegi...

Print shows members of the old ministry walking out of the "Government Castle" closely followed by a devil, and members of the new ministry marching in. Caption continues: N.B. The old garrison and placemen ar... More

[Four scenes of men and women courting(?) while riding in balloons cap...

Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of electric motor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

--Cater ... an amateur of music well known at the Queen's Arms concert...

Print shows an elderly man sitting on a bench, holding a violin, with a music stand in front of him.

Die Americaner machen den Lord Cornwallis mit seiner Armee zu Gefangne...

Print shows British troops handing over their weapons to the Americans at the surrender at Yorktown, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution.

A view of the new market from the corner of Shippen & Second-streets P...

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788 February, opp. p. 53. Fielding, 1569 Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

Some body and no body, British Cartoon Print

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

Laurent Guyot - La verite triomphante, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows, on the upper right, Jacques Necker wearing a toga and standing on clouds above a wall or sarcophagus, holding aloft with his left hand a bust portrait of Louis XVI, and holding at his right shoulde... More

Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man in a red coat and a lion

Print shows a man playing a bagpipe, behind him lies a lion on a chain which is draped over his right arm, his left foot rests on a gameboard, at the far end of which is a peg with string attached, the string r... More

Chasse à la grosse bête - A drawing of an elephant attacking a man on ...

Print shows members of a citizen's militia attacking and severing heads of a great beast, the many-headed Hydra of despotism. The Bastille appears under siege in the background. Includes a long caption, "Couple... More

A s.w. view of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R.I. / S. Hill s...

Print shows exterior view of Baptist meeting house. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 178... More

Il voudrait abbattre ce qui les soutient

Print shows, on the far left, Louis XVI sitting on a throne on a raised pedestal with Jacques Necker at the base holding balance scales and appealing for justice. At center, the clergy, the parliament, and the ... More

Portrait d'aprés nature du Sr. Humbert, Compagnon Horloger, natif de L...

Print shows Sr. Humbert and Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, leaders, respectively, of the second and first assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, half-length portrait, facing each other, each in o... More

Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris

Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More

L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple...

Print shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class, members of the three estates, dining together and drinking a toast to "la santé d'not bon Roi" in a rural setting. Possibly purchased ... More

Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux

Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More

Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, British Cartoon ...

Print shows Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance. Includes e... More

The seat of Henry Livingston Esqr. at Poughkeepsie / Tiebout s.

Print shows the estate of Henry Livingston on the banks of the either the Delaware or Schuylkill rivers. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1791 (May). Reference copy in LOT 4385-E.

The saw-mill of Henry Livingston Junr. near Poughkeepsie / H.L. delin....

Print shows view of a sawmill on a stream with a man fishing in the foreground. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (August). Reference copy in LOT 4397-I.

An east view of the new meeting house in Hollis Street, Boston / S. Hi...

Print shows a perspective view of the front and side of the Hollis Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts.

Lady Godina's rout; - or - Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan / Js. Gy. ...

A fashionable crowd playing cards at two tables. In the foreground, four people playing the game Pope-Joan. One of the women is wearing a loose fitting semi-transparent dress with her breasts exposed. Behind he... More

Canaletto - Al Dolo / A. Canal. f.

Print shows gondolas on a canal with pedestrians walking alongside, and buildings on both sides. On plate in lower right corner: FF3. Constable, no. 4 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (Library ... More

The caricaturist's apology / Giles Grinagain in.et f., British Cartoon...

Large man holding a club and caricature of himself, threatens a kneeling caricaturist. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

Mr. Spéroni, nonce apostolique, porte-croix de Notre St. Père Le Pape

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback being led by a guard, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. He is following the papal carriage carrying th... More

Luftfahrt des Herrn Professors Bourguet ; zu Berlin den 23 May Ao 1804...

Bust portrait of Professor Bourguet. Surrounding portrait are illustrations of items related to ballooning including barrels of gas, books and a compass, a balloon, and a parachute. Landauer Collection of Aer... More

Arrestation de Mr. de Launay, gouverneur de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet...

Print shows a mob of revolutionaries after the storming the Bastille, when late in the afternoon, Governor De Launay, of the Bastille, is arrested and taken away, on the lower left, at the beginning of the Revo... More

Pompe funebre de Mirabeau, le 4 Avril 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Bertha...

Print shows the interior of the church of Saint-Eustache in Paris, France, during the funeral of the comte de Mirabeau, with members of the Garde nationale shooting rifles in salute, and in the background, cler... More

The ghost of a guinea! or the country banker's surprise!! / Woodward, ...

Print shows a banker astonished by a guinea coin with King George III on it. The banker says, "Surely my eyes do not deceive me--it certainly must be a Guinea!--I declare I have not seen such a thing since I ha... More

Attaque de la Convention Nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 Vendémiai...

Print shows an uprising in Paris on October 5, 1795 on the rue Saint-Honoré, in front of the Church of Saint-Roch, between factions after the vote on the constitution was announced. Plate from: Collection comp... More

Le pied de nez de Milord Pit - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows Napoleon I, wearing laurel wreath and ermine robe, pushing down one side of scale with his sword, which lifts two frightened monarchs, on the other side, off the ground; in the background stands a... More

Mount Sidney, the seat of Genl. John Barker, Pennsylv'a / drawn, engra...

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.

Captain Clark and his men building a line of huts

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Les formes acerbes / Me. Poirier de Dunkerque, avocat, invt., publié l...

Print shows Joseph Le Bon, as a shirtless, crazed madman, standing on a pile of decapitated bodies between two guillotines, he is drinking blood from a chalice as he fills another chalice with the blood spewing... More

The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...

Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road "to Elba" from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farew... More

Le tigre enchainé - A group of men in uniforms standing next to each o...

Cartoon showing Napoleon I as a tiger in chains held by a British officer holding a whip; two men representing Russia and Austria play musical instruments nearby. DeVinck, 9800 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Psalterium Georgii, Fluvius Eridanus, Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Forn...

Astronomical chart showing a whale, a harp, chemical apparatus, a mechanical device, and a table on which is a bust and sculpting tools forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 28.

Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium / Sidy...

Astronomical chart showing the centaur Sagittarius with bow and arrow, also shows a laural wreath, a telescope, and a microscope forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 24. Exhibited: ... More

Noces de Cana Paul Véronèze pinx. ; Watier del. ; Normand Fils sculp

Print shows the wedding feast at Cana with Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary seated at center with many other wedding guests seated to the right and left; Jesus performs his first miracle, turning water ... More

Illustrations of the adventures of the renowned Don Quixote & his doug...

A burlesque history of the Jackson administration, with particular reference to his campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States. The narrative, in a series of twelve episodes, is based on Cervantes's "Don... More

The national convention. As it met on Monday the 4th of February, 1839...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: National. Etching. Inscribed: Chartist meeting.

High Street, with the First Presbyterian church Philadelphia. Taken do...

Print shows a street view with the High Street marketplace on the left and the First Presbyterian Church on the right, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and service carts on the cobblestone street. Inscribed in... More

Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; H...

View of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 53. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Éxperience du globe ae̋rostatique du MM. Charles et Robert, au Jardin ...

Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... More

Abris dero Schlacht vnd Victorien so in Siebenbvrgen geschehen, den 3....

Picture shows two panels with depiction of a battlefield scene of the Battle of Guruslău that occurred in Transylvania on August 3, 1601 between the Transylvanian forces of Sigismund Báthori and the Hapsburg tr... More

Washington National Monument proposed height in dotted lines, 485 ft. ...

Print showing a drawing of Washington Monument half completed with dotted lines representing the proposed height. Drawing possibly drawn by Fred D. Stuart.

Bords de la Meuse (van Goyen) / Lalanne sc.

Print shows several men in a boat in the foreground, with buildings on the banks of the Meuse River and boats in the background. Title from Beraldi: Graveurs du XIXe siècle, 8-9. Signed on plate. LCF 333. Beral... More

Maxime Lalanne - Animaux au pâturage (Berchem) / Lalanne.

Print shows cows, goats, and other farm animals grazing along the edge of a pond or river, a boat and buildings are in the background. Title from Beraldi: Graveurs du XIXe siècle, 8-9. Signed on plate. Print af... More

The house that Jeff built - Public domain drawing

An extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern slave system. The work consists of a series of twelve vignettes with accompanying verse, following the scheme of the nursery rhyme "The Hous... More

Enlistment of Sickles' brigade - Public domain book illustration

Satire on the disreputable class of men allegedly recruited in New York City by Colonel Daniel Sickles for the Excelsior brigade. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches from the Civil War in... More

Jemison's [sic] Jayhawkers. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Antislavery guerrillas under Charles Jennison attacking civilians in Missouri. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 17.

[Sylvester Rosa Koehler] / W.S., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Sylvester R. Koehler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Signed with initials on plate. Title and other information from Beall. Pencil note: drawn on the plate by Shirlaw and bitten by Koehl... More