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Vista del globo areostatico qe. se hecho ante Ss. Ms. y su Rl. familia...

Print shows Vincente Lunardi ascending from the Royal Palace, Madrid, January 8, 1793 with royal coat-of-arms hanging from the gondola; Lunardi's second balloon ascension in Spain. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC st... More

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta de Campo Vaccino

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins in the foreground of the Campo Vaccino, with the arch of Septimius Severus to the left and three columns on the right. Some of the men appear to be examining the ruins. E... More

Cas du manifeste du Duc de Brunswick

Print shows four figures representing foreign nations responding unfavorably to the manifesto issued by the Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg on July 25 1792. A fifth figure representing Fame (an angel with trumpe... More

Porta S. Paolo ot. Trigemina / /G. Vasi dis. e inc.

The pyramid of Cestius is shown on the left, part of the church of SS Salvatore is on the right, and the gate of San Páolo is in the background. Illus. in: Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna ... / Gius... More

La physique confond l'ignorance Dedié aux souscripteurs.

French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbé Miollan), walks away pulling up his trousers. In the background, men are in... More

Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...

A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... More

Pietro Testa - [Self-portrait] - Public domain portrait engraving

Rittratto di Pietro Testa pictore eccel., delineauit et sculpsit. Romae superiorum permisu Arnoldo Van Westerhout formis. Nagler, 1. Pennell Fund, 65-16. Title from shelflist card.

Dissegno della Città e fortezza di Nitria attaccata, é presa dal Gener...

Birds-eye view print shows plan of the fortress and view of the city of Nitra (Slovakia). Forces under field marshal Count Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches recaptured the city from the Turks in 1664. Includes views... More

Stephan und Joseph, Gebrüder Mongolfier [sic], geb. zu Annonay im Viva...

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists; after the gold medal designed by Houdon. Quotation from Ovid printed below portrait. Tissandier collection.

A perspective view of Montreal in Canada

Print shows a view of Montréal from across the Saint Lawrence River.

The new country dance, as danced at C****, July the 30th 1766, British...

Print shows a number of prominent figures in a line dancing, above the dancers is John Wilkes riding behind a witch on a broom, he is defecating on Lord Bute; other dancers include the Prince of Wales, William ... More

Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition, British Cartoon Print

Broadside showing, above three columns of text (comprising the petition), George III seated on his throne receiving several men, one, kneeling before him, presents the petition, on May 24th 1769. Catalogue of ... More

Antoine de Parcieux, des Academies royales des sciences de France, de ...

Bust-length profile portrait of French mathematician Antoine de Parcieux. Tissandier collection.

Review of the York Regiment / P. Canon delt. ; T. Parson sct., British...

Print shows William Markham, Archbishop of York speaking to Britannia while gesturing toward British troops wearing clerical bands and low-brimmed hats, he says, "Madam a noble Corps, True and Staunch Friends t... More

John Bull triumphant. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Brit...

Print shows a bull tossing a Spaniard into the air, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Mansfield are attempting to hold it back by pulling on its tail; a Frenchman and America (represented by a Nativ... More

Martial motions or military manouevres - prudence

British recruitment poster shows soldiers in uniform, arms and armaments, two soldiers with swords thinking about how they will treat their enemies, and a scene with soldiers appealing to civilians to enlist. I... More

Gloria Mundi, or The Devil addressing the sun - Pare. Lost, Book IV, B...

Cartoon showing Charles James Fox standing on a roulette wheel perched atop a globe showing England and continental Europe, the implication is that his penniless state, indicated by turned-out pockets, is due t... More

The British lion engaging four powers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a lion confronting a spaniel, representing Spain, a fighting cock, representing France, a rattlesnake, representing America, and a pug dog, representing Holland. Catalogue of prints and drawings in... More

A petitioning, remonstrating, reforming, republican / R.S., British Ca...

Cartoon shows a "Republican" squatting over an upturned crown, urinating into an upturned bishop's mitre. He supports himself with a staff on which is a liberty cap with the word "liberty" crossed out and "rebe... More

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...

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. (... More

A new map of the United States of North America with the British Domin...

Print shows a cartouche on a map with several parcels in a natural setting. Illus. in: A new atlas of the mundane system; ... / Samuel Dunn. London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778 [i.e., 1783], no.... More

His excy. William Heath, Esqr., major general in the American army

Print shows William Heath, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, with military encampment in the background. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Gre... More

Dédiée a Monsieur Coustard de Massi, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Mil...

Print shows "Le Suffren," the balloon of Anne-Pierre Coustard de Massy and R.P. Mouchet, ascending from Nantes, France. (Source: Le Temps des Ballons, www.perso.wanadoo.fr.)

A new pantomine - harlequine, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Charles James Fox and Lord North performing on a stage before an audience including the Prince of Wales with his mistress, Mary Robinson, also, Admiral Keppel, the Earl of Portland, Lord Cavendish, ... More

[Arms of the British forces] - Public domain print

Print shows British arms with drum and flag as title page ornament. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 / John Andrews. London : J. Fi... More

Reform and no reform, or the lovely pair's gentle fracas

Print shows "with the Head of Boreas", Lord North, standing to the left of a platform labeled "Reform Janus", and "with the Head of Reynard", Charles Fox, standing on the right; on the platform is a devil/human... More

The armorial bearings of the states of Massachusetts & N. York

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 (October), opp. p. 715. Stauffer, 3280 Published in: The American Revolution i... More

A convention of the not-ables, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord North, Edmund Burke, Charles Fox, the Prince of Wales, and others attempting to break into the royal treasury. The Library has two impressions one colored and one b&w. Catalogue of prints and ... More

A view of Fort Robertdeau, in Sinking-Spring Valley, state of Pennsylv...

Print shows Fort Robertdeau at the lead mines in Sinking Spring Valley in Pennsylvania. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trench... More

Le jeu de quilles - A drawing of a man in a blue coat and a man in a p...

Print shows a member of the nobility complaining to a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, while a member of the working class, or third estate, bowling in the background, appears to be monop... More

[Marquis de Brantco (Vanclure), who was involved in a balloon ascensio...

"Son tableau est fidel et vrai comme lui" printed below portrait. Tissandier collection.

View of the falls of Niagara / del. 1790 ; engrav'd by S. Hill.

Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. VII, 1790 (July), opp. p. 387. Stauffer, 1... More

Laurent Guyot - J.X. Bureaux-Pusy / Trexel, del. ; Guyot, sc.

Half-length portrait of Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy. Tissandier collection.

Menagerie nationale - A drawing of a group of people standing in front...

Print shows a harlequin standing on a makeshift stage with three cages on it containing members of the clergy and the nobility, and flying a banner "Collection d'Animaux Feroces et Traitres". The first cage is ... More

View of the colleges at Cambridge, Massachusetts / delineated & engrav...

Print shows several buildings on the Harvard College campus, (l. to r.) Holden Chapel, Hollis Hall, Harvard Hall, and Massachusetts Hall.

The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degre...

Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of suga... More

Poor Sawney in sweetbriars / Rd. Newton del et fecit.

Illustration shows two grotesquely caricatured Scots passing on the road, one, a peddler of sewing wares, says to the other who is somewhat emaciated, "What the deel is the matter with you Sawney?" to which he ... More

Member of the riding house at Paris, delivering an harangue from the s...

Print shows a member of the new French aristocracy wearing a Phrygian or Liberty cap with circular emblem (Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité) riding on the back of a French citizen; he implores, "Messrs. of the me... More

[View of a city with the tomb of a bishop: large fragment]

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Constable, no. 136. Pallucchini, no. 13.

Vie de Bonaparte, premier Consul de la République française / dessiné ...

Print shows twenty-four numbered scenes depicting events in the life of Napoleon I. Scene number two shows Napoleon with his sword endeavoring to cut a hole in a balloon in which he was not allowed to ascend. ... More

Mr. Speroni nce. apostolique, porte croix du Pape, précédant sa sainte...

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback passing between two guards, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon... More

Is this a rattle which I see before me / Cruikshank., British Cartoon ...

John Philip Kemble, caricatured, plays the dagger scene in Macbeth. In front of him is magically suspended a large watchman's rattle, labelled "a word to the wise". Text refers to the personal attack made on th... More

Captain Clark and his men shooting bears

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

A milling match between decks, British Cartoon Print

Two sailors, tied to a chest suspended between their legs, are about to begin boxing; several other sailors and some loosely attired women observe the match. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (... More

Caffres hunting a lion / Howitt del. ; Clark & Dubourg sculpt.

Print shows Africans with spears surrounding a lion; an injured man lies in the foreground. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1947 Feb. 12.

The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the...

Henry Brougham, John Bull, and the British lion (Leo Britannicus) attacking a hydra representing the property tax. At tail of the monster Mr. Tierney tells Britannia to rise. In the background, Liverpool, the R... More

Theatrical reflection, or a peep at the looking glass curtain at the R...

Print shows the mirrored curtain reflecting the audience at the Royal Coburg Theatre (Old Vic Theatre) and Ramo Samee, a juggler, magician, and sword swallower, juggling on stage. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More

But soon as approaching the land,

Print shows a British slave owner with two slaves kneeling before him whom he was about to whip; Britannia appears with the radiant glow of a goddess, causing the man to drop his whip. Includes four lines from ... More

Veduta di S. Eustachio / N. Matraini del. ; J. Ottaviani inc.

Print shows a distant view of Oranjestad on Saint Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles, with many ships in the foreground. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le migliori carte geografiche, e topogra... More

Bush-Hill, the seat of William Hamilton Esqr. near Philadelphia / J. H...

Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1793 (February). Reference copy in LOT 4384-O.

High-change in Bond Street, - ou- la Politesse du Grande Monde / Js. G...

Fashionably dressed pedestrians on Bond Street. In the foreground, five men crowd a woman and girl off the sidewalk as they leer at them. The women, seen from the back, are oddly dressed. In the background, thr... More

Parachute par Mr. A.J. Garnerin

Technical illustration shows a man, possibly André Jacques Garnerin, standing in the basket of a descending parachute. "Fig. 10" from an unidentified publication. Tissandier collection.

[Aristocrats digging the Champ-de-Mars]

Print shows well-dressed aristocratic women, children, some men, and members of the clergy digging and hauling soil in wheelbarrows in a effort to transform the Champ-de-Mars into a suitable place for the festi... More

Maxime Lalanne - Les chaumières (van Goyen) / Lalanne sc.

Print shows a rural scene with thatched cottages. Title from Beraldi: Graveurs du XIXe siècle, 8-9. Signed on plate. Print after painting by Jan van Goyen. Paper watermarked "HALLINES" beneath shield with "HP".... More

Rome, Italy - Public domain city architecture drawing

Castle(?) ruins. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - [The Japanese dress]

Title and other information from Beall. Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. mark: H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Ex coll. : J. Caldwell. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cat... More

Morte del fratello di Beatrice - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows the execution of Beatrice's accomplice in the murder of her father; the method of execution is to crush his skull with a large club. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right corner:... More

Riva degli Schiavoni, II - Public domain scan / drawing

Bird's-eye view of waterfront in Venice. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[N.Y. City from Jersey City] - Engraving, Public domain image

Print showing view from New Jersey, across the Hudson River, of New York City. Inscribed in pencil: N.Y. City from Jersey City - earliest proof. Painted and etched by Geo. L. Brown, finished by A.H. Ritchie.

Palais du Trocadéro Salle des fêtes - coupe transversale / / Bordet et...

Transverse section of the festival hall at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878. Echelle de 0.m 004 mil pr. mètre. Illus. in: Monographie des palais et constructions diverses de l'Exposition universelle de 18... More

[Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico] / PM.

Kepple, no. 74. White, no. 11. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - [Archway, Siena] / Jo Pennell.

Man with oxcart in street below arch. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil below plate.

In an old orchard. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Print shows sheep lying under trees. R8986 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate. Remarque: a dog's head. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the c... More

Ploughing stubble. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Print shows two men driving two teams of horses pulling plows, tilling the soil in a field, as hens root about in the stubble. T5437 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed in pencil. Remarque: man carrying sheaf. Other... More

[Robert H. Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Etching by Albert Rosenthal, Philadelphia, after J. Trumbull. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sunlight and shadows. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Print shows sheep and lambs in an orchard. W5364 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate. Remarque: birds on branch; another branch. Title and other information from Beall. From label on item: Published by Radtk... More

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 22. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 1. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More

[The golden cornice, I] / J. Pennell.

Street view, New York City(?). Signed in pencil. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Castle of San Cervantes, Toledo, [Spain(?)]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Astor House Broadway, 1867, Society of Iconophiles, 1909 / etched by S...

Etching shows the Astor House, a hotel in a commercial area on the corner of Broadway and Vesey Streets in New York City from an old photograph. Print issued by the New York Society of Iconophiles in 1909. Wat... More

View of the attack on Bunker's Hill, with the burning of Charles Town,...

Print shows four British warships landing troops and firing on Charlestown, a British battery on Copp's Hill in Boston also fires on Charlestown which is in flames, also shows the assault on "Bunker's Hill." I... More

North eaft view of cheapside witht he cross and conduit

Print shows a procession passing a large monument topped with a cross in Cheapside, London, England, with many soldiers accompanying the Queen Mother's transport during a visit to King Charles I and Queen Henri... More

Kings Chapel, Boston D.Y.C - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Print shows a street level view of Kings Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts, after 1790. Includes a 1-page historical note about "Kings Chapel." Signed on plate with initials on top left. Inscribed in pencil on l... More

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

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or,...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, faint and shying away from William Pitt, who appears as Petruchio, and Don Quixote on horseback (a lean and scarred George III whose authority has been usurped by Pitt), seated behin... More

Vue de Boston vers le cale du port / gravé par François Xav. Habermann...

Print shows the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, two ships at anchor, British soldiers and men working, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Boston as a typical European city. Published in: Th... 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 three crosses]. Rembrandt van Rijn

Title from shelflist card. Trimmed to within plate mark. Offset on back. Plate 10 mm. narrower than measurement given by Hind and Bjorklund, LeBlanc, Delteil. Rovinski, 78 (4th state) Bjorklund, 53-A (4th state)

[The three crosses]. Rembrandt van Rijn

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

A new way to pay the national-debt / design'd by Helagabalis ; execute...

Cartoon shows King George III and Queen Charlotte standing before the Treasury, moneybags under their arms, their pockets overflowing and bursting with coins (funds from the Treasury to cover Royal debts), Will... More

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

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

Giuseppe Michele Montgolfier / Pinelli, inc.

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Debarquement des troupes Engloises a Nouvelle Yorck Die anländung der ...

Print shows the disembarkation of British troops at New York. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Exhibited: "Creating the United States," the Library of Congress, Washington, D... More

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cart...

Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at feast with dishes "Bank of England," "St. James," "Tower of London," and "Roast Beef of old England." Napoleon looks in horror at hand of Jehovah pointin... More

The christian amazon, with her invincible target, Alias, the focus of ...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, as an amazon with sword raised and bearing a shield emblazoned with double-headed eagle, battling the Sultan, Selim III, attacking with a rifle fixed with bayonet; Joseph II, an ally... More

Congressional pugilists - Engraving, Public domain image

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

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

The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America / Pub. by...

Cartoon shows a Native, representing America, with a flag and liberty cap, rushing to the arms of Britannia, who holds a shield inscribed "George for Ever." A Spaniard and a Frenchman combine efforts to pull Am... More

Le ballon de Lyon, nommé le de Flesselles de 120 pieds de haut sur 102...

Print shows the balloon, "Le Flesselles" ascending over Lyon, France, on January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC ... More

York town, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows "America" receiving the surrender of Cornwallis in the background, while an emaciated cow representing "English commerce" is robbed of her milk by France, Spain, and Holland in the left foreground... More

Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Car...

A group of resigning ministers, led by Pitt who holds a document entitled "Justice of Emancipating ye Catholicks", leaving through an arched gateway inscribed "Treasury." Following Pitt are Dundas, Grenville, S... More

Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr...

Print shows Vincenzo Lunardi in the gondola of his balloon during an unsuccessful balloon ascension from the amphitheater in Rome. He experimented with oars for navigation. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 198... More

The last of the scaffolding drawn during removal / / Pennell.

Signed in pencil. Wuerth, no. 89. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Surrender of Nieuw Amsterdam in 1664

Print shows Dutch soldiers, lead by Director General Peter Stuyvesant, leaving Nieuw Amsterdam after ceding it to the English. B61245 U.S. Copyright Office

Un Sans culotte instrument de crimes dansant au milieu de horreurs ...

Print shows a sansculotte waving banner labeled "Fête du 21 Janvier" at a female figure labeled "Humanité"; in the background is a scene of murder and mayhem. Satire on the death of Louis XVI. Forms part of: F... More

A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the humane British and their ...

An anonymous copy of a print by William Charles in 1812; cruder but similar in detail. Lanmon cites copies in reverse of the Charles print with the signature "LG," but this copy is neither reversed nor signed.... More

[The bridge] / [butterfly monogram].

Print showing gondolas in canal before bridge in Venice. Public domain photograph - historical image of Venice, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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