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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 view of the great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River, the fall about ...

Print shows view of the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River.

[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 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

Upright Venice, Italy - A black and white drawing of people on a beach

Bird's-eye view of harbor. Public domain photograph - historical image of Venice, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., British Cartoon Prin...

Print shows an interior view of a room at a military academy in which British officers, in a child-like manner, demonstrate skills in hopes of securing a command for the war with the American colonies. Forms p... More

America triumphant and Britannia in distress

A crude allegory of American prosperity and victory over England. Below the image an "Explanation" reads: "I America sitting on that quarter of the globe with the Flag of the United States displayed over her he... 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

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A drawing of a man holding a red flag, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... 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

Louis XVI, avoit mis le Bonnet rouge, il avoit crié vive la nation, .....

Louis XVI drinking toast to the nation after angry crowd invaded the palace and made the King put on the traditional revolutionary phrygian cap.

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

Public characters, British Cartoon Print, Thomas Rowlandson

Heads of well-known people, arranged in a medley, placed behind lines intersecting diagonally which simulate crossed tapes forming a rack for cards or letters. In the center are Fox and Pitt facing each other. ... More

Ô qu'el d'Estain - A drawing of a lion with a bird on it's back

Print shows in a medallion, within an oblong frame, a cock, a lion, and a rattlesnake attacking a leopard - this scene labeled "Tu la voulu"; outside the circle, in the four corners of the oblong frame, are the... 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

Vuë de Boston. Prospect des plazes vor dem rath house zu Boston Vuë de...

Print shows view of street with the old statehouse and other buildings in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á A... 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

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

A view of Bethlem, the great Moravian settlement in the province of Pe...

Print shows view of community of Bethlehem, a cluster of large and small buildings in a bucolic setting. Another impression in: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. Printed for John Bowles at No. ... More

Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad dri...

Cartoon showing Edmund Burke, as an Irish jesuit, seated at a table eating potatoes from a pot labeled "Relick No. 1. used by St. Peter." Upon the appointment of Shelburne, following the death of Rockingham, Bu... More

Nocturne. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

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

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. "Entered according to Act of Congress in th... More

A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in Americ...

Print shows view of Boston from the harbor, with ships in the foreground. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. No. 34. Published in: The American Revolut... 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.

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

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

Vuë de la rue des recolets de Quebeck. Prospect der Strafe gegen der K...

Print shows street view with soldiers marching, and pedestrians in Québec; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Col... More

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

191243 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof before letters. Public domain photograph - historical image of Canada, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, Brit...

Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoy... More

Country clients / W. Dendy Sadler ; painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etche...

Print showing a middle-aged couple seated in chairs in a lawyer's office, the lawyer standing, facing them, with his back to a fireplace. Includes a remarque at bottom center showing a rural setting with dwelli... 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

Caricature curiosity / Woodward, delt., British Cartoon Print

Caricature of a porcine clergyman and a skinny volunteer officer examining caricatures of themselves in what is probably William Holland's printing shop window. Parson Puzzletest is furious, but his companion, ... 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., engraving, Library of Congress

Ships and boats in harbor, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The royal Hercules destroying the dragon python, British Cartoon Print

Print shows George III as Hercules gripping three Whigs on a three-headed Hydra identified as the "dragon python." On the left, Charles James Fox utters, "O! this is my last gasp", on top is Frederick, Lord Nor... More

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

A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--in...

An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", ... More

Daniel Hopfer - [Christ on the cross] / DH.

Original etching: 2nd state. Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Virgin holding the child seated on a cloud]

Title from shelflist card. Signed with initials on plate. Bartsch, 2. LeBlanc, 2. Nagler I: 280. Coll. mark of Bradley Collection on verso. Bradley Collection.

[Wendelinus Dietterlin ...], 16th century, engraving, Library of Congr...

Title from shelflist card. Numerous pencil notes on verso. Ex. coll.: Enzenbert (Lugt, 845).

Le cric de la France - A drawing of a woman holding a shield and shiel...

Allegorical print shows a female figure representing France wearing a helmet, breastplate, and shield emblazoned with fleur-de-lis, and holding a spear which rests on a liberty cap on the ground; she is turning... More

Decret de l'assemblee national qui supprime les ordres religieux et re...

Print shows monks and nuns enjoying their new found liberty, some are loading possessions onto horses and wagons, some embrace, one couple kisses while another rides off together on horseback. Caption continue... More

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich - [Landscape, with six women bathing]

Marsh Collection. Public domain scan of 16th-17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...

Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta del tempio de Bacco

Print shows an exterior view of the Temple of Bacchus in Rome, Italy. Exhibited: "From La Serenissima to the Eternal City : The Grand Tour in 18th Century Venice and Rome" at The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's C... More

A prospect of Bridge Town in Barbados 1695 by Samuel Copen / I. Kip fe...

Waterfront view of Bridgetown, Barbados. Transfer; Map Division.

The humours of Belvoir Castle, or the morning after / Woodward del. ; ...

Print shows a number of encounters, in two panels, between men and women either off to bed or awakened to the horrors of the night before: the first, an old man on the arm of an old woman, says, "Och! Long life... More

A view of Cape Rouge or Carouge, nine miles above the City of Quebec o...

Print shows a ship on the Saint Lawrence River with a rowboat of troops disembarking at a point above the city of Québec. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, ... More

The conference between the brothers how to get rich, British Cartoon P...

Print shows Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe seated at a table discussing how to profit from the war in America. The Devil stands between them and answers their question, "... [H]ow shall we get ri... More

[Interior view of the Temple of Neptune, Paestum, plate 13]

Print shows several men, a cow, and a dog barking at a donkey transporting two barrels, among the columns of the Temple of Neptune in Campania (Paestum), Italy, with lettered key identifying elements of the str... More

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; inset map shows locati... More

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

The prints in this set consist of two uncut sheets mounted on a single backing. Numbers printed at top left and top right, representing page and plate: S. 61 (1), S. 74 (2), S. 84 (3), S. 88 (4), S. 99 (5), S.... More

A view of Ohiopyle Falls, in Pennsylvania

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 February, opp. p. 253. Fielding, 1860 Published in: The American Revolution in... More

The sick prince. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Print shows the Prince of Wales on a deathbed with members of the opposition on one side, Thurlow among them with raised dagger, wishing him a speedy death, and supporters on the other side wishing him a speedy... More

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...

Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More

The whim of the moment, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a royal coach drawn by two horses "Faith" and "Hope" passing through a crowd to shouts of "Huzza"; three figures are seated in the coach, one wearing a crown labeled "German"; a coachman riding on t... More

Charles aux Thuilleries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1e decembre 1783 / P.G. T...

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 banner with caption "Jusq'alors san égal, le monarque des airs, y... More

Smelling out a rat; or the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his ...

Print shows Richard Price seated at a desk, he turns to look over his right shoulder at a vision of an enormous Edmund Burke, his spectacles, nose, and hands emerge from the haze, a crown in one hand and a cros... More

Reponce à l'auteur de la chronique, qui appelle bombe la bulle du Pape...

Print shows the Pope sitting on the right blowing bubbles representing Papal briefs condemning members of the clergy who took the oath to the new civil constitution, and on the left, an allegorical figure repre... More

Gradation de la tête de grenouille jusqu'au profil d'Apollon, d'après ...

Print shows the head of a frog transformed (in 24 stages) into the profile of Apollo. Includes commentary on each facial transformation. Possibly purchased from Colnaghi & Co. in 1803. Source: Kate Heard, Roya... More

College fun, or quizzing the proctor, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a young student, at the instigation of two older students standing nearby, pinning a notice "From all Vain Glory and Hypocracy [sic], Good Lord Deliver us" onto the back of a rotund proctor who is r... More

End of the Irish Invasion : - or - the Destruction of the French Armad...

French warships, labeled Le Révolutionaire, L'Egalité and The Revolutionary Jolly Boat, being tossed about during a storm blown up by Pitt, Dundas, Grenville and Windham, whose heads appear from the clouds. Cha... More

Attaque de la convention nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 vendémiai...

Print shows battle scene on Paris street during the attack on the National Convention. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 129. de ... More

Vue de la salle de Walse construite au carré de la laiterie (soixante ...

Print shows celebrations for the anniversary of the founding of the French Republic, July 14, 1801 in two images, including a tent for dancing and a balloon ascension from which André Jacques Garnerin descends ... More

Death of the Corsican fox--Scene the last of the Royal-Hunt / Js. Gill...

King George III as a huntsman, holds up to a pack of hounds a fox with the head of Napoleon. Hounds' collars inscribed with names of naval leaders "Nelson," "Sydney S. Gardner," "Cornwallis." Men on horseback l... More

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / Prieur ...

Print shows a mob of French citizens looting the Maison de St. Lazare at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Par... More

Fête des victoires, combat des jeunes élèves au Champ de Mars. Le 21 O...

Print shows a victory celebration festival with a reenactment of a battle on the 21st of October 1794 Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution Française. Paris : Chez Auber, 18... More

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, British Cartoon Print, James Gil...

King George III and Queen Charlotte seated on chairs of state, watch a small rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his boat. Lord Salisbury stands behind king's chair. Four princesses and three p... More

Premiere séance de l'institut National ; le 15 Germinal, An 4eme de la...

Print shows a large group of men seated in two u-shaped rows along the sides and back of a large hall with a barrel ceiling and with statuary in alcoves set off by columns, a crowded third row of standing-room-... More

Retour de Varennes. Arrivée de Louis Capet à Paris, le 25 Juin 1791 Pr...

Print shows a royal coach carrying Louis XVI and his family on their return to Paris after their aborted flight to freedom; three men riding on the front of the coach appear to be under arrest as well; large nu... More

An exact representation of the principal banners and triumphal car, wh...

Print shows three men with banners leading a four-horse team drawing a carriage with a statue of Britannia holding a staff topped with a liberty cap, two fasces on a low platform, and Sir Frances Burdett sittin... More

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Print shows an author lying on a bed being comforted by a friend after being accused of plagiarism by Truth hovering overhead; on the left is a male figure wearing a horned crown labeled "Plagiar[...]; on the l... More

The cunning and happy family / J.L. Marks, fect., British Cartoon Prin...

Print shows Lady Conyngham sitting on a sofa with George IV sitting on her lap, kissing her, they are flanked by Conyngham's daughters, Lady Elizabeth, on the right, and Lady Maria, behind the sofa, on the left... More

Canis Major, Lepus, Columba Noachi & Cela Sculptoris / Sidy. Hall, scu...

Astronomical chart showing a dog, a rabbit, Noah's dove, and sculpting tools forming the constellations.

Perseus and Caput Medusæ / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing Perseus holding bloody sword and the severed head of Medusa forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 6.

Camelopardalis, Tarandus and Custos Messium / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a camel, shepherd, and reindeer formimg the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 2.

The Colonel electioneering. How to get a vote, or going fixed for the ...

Print shows a man at center, assumed to be Davy Crockett, standing on a busy commercial street, offering one man a drink and another man tobacco, while campaigning for political office. Two dogs have stopped to... More

Odeon, Tremont Theatre, Athenæum, Washington Statue

Print shows four vignettes of the Tremont Theatre, the Odeon theater, the Boston Athenaeum, and a statue of George Washington in Boston, Massachusetts. Illus. from: Bowen's picture of Boston, or, The citizen's... More

La Romaine aristocratique - A drawing of a man in a green outfit

Print shows a monstrous figure holding a scale weighing a member of the Third Estate; in the background a plump clergyman and a nobleman walk away with a large pig between them. de Vinck, 2749 Blum, 116 Forms ... More

La lanterne magique - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows several women and children viewing a magic lantern, which is a large box set on a stand and manipulated by a man standing on the right. The children appear spellbound by the glow.

Le simoun (Fromentin) / Eug. Fromentin ; M. Lalanne sc.

Print shows palm trees and small buildings during a dust storm, possibly in North Africa. Title from Beraldi: Graveurs du XIXe siècle, 8-9. Signed on plate. Print after painting by Eugène Fromentin. LCF 300. Beraldi, 144

Bay of Naples, Italy - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Francis Seymour Haden - [Battersea Bridge] / S. Haden.

Print shows view of the Battersea Bridge and Old Chelsea from across the Thames River. Title from: The engraved work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, P.R.E. ; an illustrated and descriptive catalogue / by H. Nazeb... More

Il parricidio - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Beatrice Cenci and her mother with two men who are murdering her father by driving a spike into his head while he sleeps. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right corner: 2. (DLC/PP-43735)

Travestimento e fuga di un complice

Print shows Beatrice Cenci's accomplice in the murder of her father, standing among a group of men with pack horses as he attempts to flee prosecution. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right ... More

Via Garibaldi / Otto., Italy. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Print showing a canal in Venice. Signed in pencil with artist's stamp. Artist stamp on note attached to mount. Venetian series, no. 32. Exhibited: "Whistler and his circle in Venice" at the Corcoran Gallery, Wa... More

Joseph Pennell - Robert's Mill - Engraving, Public domain image

Prints shows grist mill with waterwheel along old Germantown Road in Pennsylvania. Library has two impressions. No. 15: [In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1882, and His Views on the old Germant... More

The old market, Florence, [Italy]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ponte Vecchio, Florence - Drawing. Public domain image.

Three people on bridge in front of another bridge and buildings.

Giussepe Ceracchi, sculptor. Nat. 1760-Ob. 1801 / Albert Rosenthal, Ph...

From the original painting in the Trumbull Collection Yale School of Art. Gift; L.M. Rabinowitz; 1948.

[Cattle fording a river]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a boy herding cattle across a ford in a river. Signed on plate and in pencil.

James McNeill Whistler - [Salvation Army, Sandwich]

Print shows crowd of people with flags in Cattle Market, Sandwich, England. Title and some other information from the Whistler Etching Project website: http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. Alternate title and some o... More

MCC / I.M. Gaugengigl. - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a man, full-length portrait, wearing 13th century clothing with bow and arrows and carrying a long staff. U30256 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate in lower right corner. Printed below image: "... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Nocturne, dance house]

Print showing light from a street light and windows at night. Title from Beall. Signed with butterfly in pencil. Kennedy, 408 (trial before first state) American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of... More

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. F2208 U.S. Copyright Office. From attached label: Painted by Francois Flameng.... More

Rising to the natural fly / Louis Rhead.

Brook trout going after a fly. Signed on plate. Copyright by Louis Rhead.

[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

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