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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

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

[San Giorgio], Italy. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a harbor, sailing ship, boat, city building, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The coastguard - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows three men trying to push a large U.S. boat out into the ocean, the boat contains four men, one standing, pointing, holding the rudder and three sitting paddling with long oars against the large wave... More

Patrick Henry, Nat 1736--Ob 1799; from the original painting in the po...

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, glasses on top of head.

Inner port, Touville - Drawing. Public domain image.

Moored(?) ship in foreground. Public domain photograph, 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winslow Homer - [Flyfishing] / Winslow Homer.

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

Ed. Bellamy / W.H.W. Bicknell sc.

Print shows Edward Bellamy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Signed on plate "W.H.W. Bicknell." Publication date based on copyright statement. Printed at top right: "Copyright 1890 by A.J. Philpott a... More

[On the Champs elysées] / Jo. Pennell.

Print shows people seated on chairs beneath a tree on the Champs-Elysées, Paris, France. Title from Wuerth. Signed on plate. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled b... More

New Oxford Street, [London] / Jo. Pennell.

Signed on plate. Signed in graphite on lower center. Edition of 10? Plate destroyed. Ownership stamp on verso: "JPER" [in a circle, monogram of Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins]. Wuerth, 165 American prints... More

[Portrait of Auguste Delâtre, father of Eugène Delâtre] / Eugène Delât...

In printing shop. Etching by Auguste Delâtre, 1822-1907. No. 90. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil. Pennell Fund, 460129-5. Caption card tracings: B.I.; A.W.; Artist's studies.

Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing front, arms folded acros...

Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 32. 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

"For all my fancy dwells on Nancy" / W. Dendy Sadler ; painted by W. D...

Print showing a middle-aged couple in a domestic scene in the space between a mudroom and a kitchen. The man, wearing a fox hunting outfit, is sitting in a chair, holding a glass in his right hand on a table, h... More

A few small temples still retain their lines of classic beauty. With t...

Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter with the Prime Minister of Greece, Colonel Stylianos Gonatas, Athens, Greece.

Roosevelt - Jamestown TER - Centennial Exposition

Reproduction showing Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. On verso: Gift Est. of J. H. Corning, June 20, 1940.

Rebuilding Fifth Avenue / J. Pennell, imp.

Public domain scan of architectural print, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - [The terminal, Weehawken]

Prints shows bird's-eye view of Weehawken, New Jersey, railyard with the Hudson River and New York City in the background. Library has two impressions. No. 696-1: [His Railroad series] Wuerth, 696. Edition of ... More

The hall of iron, Pennsylvania Station, New York

Prints shows passengers in the steel-and-glass concourse of Pennsylvania Station. [His Railroad series] Wuerth, 703. Edition of 50? Inscription on plate in reverse: The Hall of Iron P R R. Signed and dated on p... More

[The Lackawanna viaduct] / J. Pennell.

Pennell Collection. Plate destroyed. Signed on plate in reverse. Wuerth, 733.

Joseph Pennell - [Hotel Margaret, Brooklyn]

Wuerth, 830. Edition of 20? Plate in LC. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins... More

U.S.N. scout bombers / George C. Ashley

Print shows U.S. Navy bombers in flight during World War II. This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions. Copyright claimant: S. & G. Gump Co., San Francisco. This r... More

George Washington, Esq'r. - Americanischer generalissimus, engraving, ...

Print shows George Washington, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform and holding sword in right hand. Illus. from: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nü... More

A view of Quebec the capital of Canada, in North America / Roberts scu...

Print shows ship in the foreground with the city of Québec in the distance. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compile... More

The thunderer, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, British

Print shows Banastre Tarleton boasting of his exploits to the Prince of Wales outside a brothel labeled "The Whirligig." Caption: Vide ; Every man in his humour, alter'd from Ben Johnson. Imprint taken from se... More

Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwalis / dessiné par le Barbier peintr...

Print shows the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown on October 19th 1781, with Comte de Rochambeau directing British General Charles O'Hara to present Cornwallis's sword to General George Washington; incl... More

I'm a slave also, because I cannot escape!

Print shows an African American man looking at a parrot chained to a perch. In the background other birds fly freely.

Sunday mass on the Campagna, Italy

Print shows people seated around a priest in a wagon for a religious service in rural Italy. Date based on period when Chapman lived in Italy. Pencil note: "Unfinished plate." American prints in the Library of... More

[Woman seated in a loge, facing right]

Print shows a woman seated in a loge, three-quarter length portrait, right profile, holding a fan in left hand. Signed with artist's monogram stamp on lower left and lower right corners. Inscribed in pencil at... More

Joseph Pennell - Shenandoah - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Co...

Prints shows a windmill with factories billowing smoke from their smokestacks in the distance in Valenciennes, France. Wuerth, 602. Edition of 50? Signed and dated on plate. Plate in LC. (Source: Beall) Title f... 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

Fidélité au Roi. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows soldiers swearing loyalty to the French king. Translated title: Loyalty to the king. Déposé á la direction de l'Imprimerie Royale &c. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

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

View of Pottsville Taken from Sharp Mountain & respectfully dedicated ...

Bird's-eye view of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, with remarque showing a man standing at the entrance to a coal mine. J.R. Smith, Drawing Academy Philada. Hand-written below image: Colored by W.E. Smith. Forms part... More

Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to C...

In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view... More

F. Pilatre de Rozier. Premier navigateur ae̋rien et pensionaire du roy...

Oval head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, who took the first balloon flight in 1783. "Et se trouve chez Mr. Pujos Peintre, Quai Pelletier prés la Greve" at bottom o... 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

I am a Patriot d- me Sir and I will be a Patriot ..., British Cartoon ...

Cartoon shows Charles James Fox, an English patriot, standing among a group that includes a small child, an old woman, a slave, and a shoeshiner. This cartoon is an apparent attack on the British Opposition to ... More

Washington - généralissime des Americains, libérateur des Etts-Unis / ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval, with tree and landscape in background, above nameplate, within rectangle. Caption continues:... 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

City desk / World-Telegram photo by Fred Palumbo.

Newspaper editorial staff in the newsroom. NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.

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

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

The habeas corpus, or The wild geese flying away with Fox to America, ...

Cartoon shows seven geese, wrapped with a ribbon tied to the hind legs of a fox, representing Charles James Fox, are flying to America; in the background, three ships are under sail. No. 9 in a series publishe... More

[Prodigal son], British Cartoon Print

Print shows scene in a bordello where the Prince of Wales lounges on a sofa next to a large, bare-breasted woman, probably representing Charles James Fox. A second bare-breasted woman,lounges at the feet of the... More

Home sweet home / painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etched by W.H. Boucher.

Family relaxing by fireplace and singing, as woman plays piano. D17601 U.S. Copyright Office.

Home sweet home / painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etched by W.H. Boucher.

Family relaxing by fireplace and singing, as woman plays piano. D17601 U.S. Copyright Office.

The death of Tippoo or Besieging the haram!!!, British Cartoon Print

Several British officers, "Harrah my Honey now for the Black Joke" and "Cheer up my girls we'll supply his place well", take liberties with the women in the harem of Tipu Sultan after his death during the fight... 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.

On me raze aujourd'hui - je me marie demain &cc. / A.P.

Print shows, at center, a head on a pole with a wig topped with the horns of cuckoldry awaits the monk, on the right, who is sitting in a chair holding a tray under his chin, a member of the French Guard, about... More

L'Entré triumphale de troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck Der Einzug der ...

Print shows British troops marching down street in New York City, New York. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un. d... More

A sketch for the regents speech on Mad-ass-son's insanity / G. Cruiksh...

Gabriel blowing a message "A bad news for you" at James Madison, who is standing between Napoleon and the devil, as two women symbolizing Great Britain and America, and British soldiers look on.

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

Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; ...

A War of 1812 satire on Anglo-American and Franco-American relations. England's "lesson" is about the seriousness of American determination to maintain freedom on the high seas, while France is warned of Yanke... More

The pedlar and his pack or the Desperate effort, an over balance

A satire on the reverse impact of John Binns's anti-Jackson "coffin handbill" campaign during the presidential race of 1828. Editor-publisher Binns supports on his back a large load of coffins, upon which are ... More

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. 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

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 tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!

Cartoon showing a Russian holding up small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him.

Prise de la Bastille par les Citoyens de Paris...; C'est ainsi que l'o...

Citizens with guns and pikes outside of the Bastille, July 14, 1789, and heads of "traitors" being carried on pikes. Translated titles: The taking of the Bastille by the citizens of Paris...; The traitors are ... More

Francisco Pisauro equiti, ac D. Marci procuratori accademiarum Venete ...

Print commemorates Francesco Pisauro, knight and procurator of St. Mark, who made the first public trial in Venice of an aerostatic sphere. The three etchings show an angel blowing a horn and holding a crowned ... More

The plan of a farm yard - venerate the plow / J.T. sculp.

Print shows a plan for a farm yard with sections labeled by letter, legend not included, and a vignette, "Venerate the plough", showing a man plowing a field with an ox-team, followed by a goddess(?) representi... More

The orators journey, British Cartoon Print

Print showing Charles James Fox, Mrs. Siddons, and Edmund Burke on a galloping horse beside a milestone inscribed "1 mile to perdition." Mrs. Siddons, as Lady Macbeth, holds a dagger in her right hand and a bow... More

A view of Charles-Town, the capital of South Carolina / painted by Tho...

Print shows a distant view of Charleston, South Carolina, with British ship in the foreground. Caption continues: From an original picture painted at Charles Town, in the year 1774. Published in: The American ... More

State cooks, or the downfall of the fish kettle, British Cartoon Print

Print shows George III and Lord North standing in a kitchen, both wear aprons, George III has his back to the fireplace, between them, on the floor, is an overturned kettle of fish, each labeled with the name o... More

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

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

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et f...

Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man, half-length portrait, wearing necklace and head ornaments, and with facial markings, facing slightly left. Parthey, 2009 Published in: Many nations: A Library of C... More

La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck Die zerstorung der...

Print shows a misguided attempt by the artist to depict the destruction of an equestrian statue of King George III in New York City on July 9, 1776; this view shows what appear to be mostly slaves attempting to... More

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