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National Cathedral interiors. Statue of George Washington in National ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Guest chamber or spare...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Cradle used by five ge...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceiling detail, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washing...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Gilbert Stuart - John Adams, second President of the United States

Print shows John Adams, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, with book in hand. From the original series painted by Stuart for the Messrs. Doggett of Boston. Stamped on verso: 43309. Inscribed in pencil... More

[Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right...

H93461 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting by Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis. No. 9011[...].

Benj. Franklin / engraved by George E. Perine, N.Y., for the Eclectic,...

Portrait print showing Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing a fur hat and spectacles, facing right. DCRM(G) example, 1A2.2 facsimile autograph as title.

George Washington, Athenaeum portrait

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin - né a Boston, le 17 Janvier 1706 / dessiné par Desr...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Imprimeur; fondateur de la République des Etats unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale - mort à Philadel... More

D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electri...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal. After portrait by Cochin. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More

[Benjamin Franklin, head and shoulders portrait]

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

Samuel Adams, esqr. One of the delegates from the province of Massachu...

Samuel Adams, full-length portrait, seated by window, facing slightly left.

Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. - envoy from the American Congress to the Fre...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, facing right with left arm resting on arm of chair. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain an... 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

William Sharp - Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; Sharp sc.

Exhibited: "Creating the United States," the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney.

The American Crisis. by the author of Common Sense [Thomas Paine] "The...

Written in Dec. 1776. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412 DB This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. Rev.; Broadsides [1776]; BI WORKS; RBD; Shelf.

Washington monument, in the Capitol grounds, Richmond, Virginia The st...

Stereograph showing the Washington Monument with an equestrian statue of George Washington in the grounds of Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Dat... More

[Bank note vignettes showing surrender of General Burgoyne, George Was...

In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 57. Public domain photograph of an official portrait, meeting, ceremony, group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[John Adams, bust portrait, facing left]

Facsimile signature: John Adams. Attributed to: H.B. Halls Sons, N.Y. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2010.

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain photograph of portrait print, engraving, book illustration, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Willson Peale - Benjamin Franklin, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. J188196 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of last portrait made during Franklin's lifetime, painted in 1787. No. M 311. Pennsylvania Academy of the... More

Franklin experiment with the Kite

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, rear view. J198442 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Charles E. Mills ("original at Franklin Inst. of Boston Library"). Co... More

Statues and sculpture. George Washington astride horse II

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National Cathedral interiors. Statue of George Washington in National ...

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Statues and sculpture. George Washington astride horse I

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Peyton Randolph House (i.e. Semple House), Williamsburg, James City Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Statues and sculpture over the door of the gallery of House chamber, U...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bust, head, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Desk given to John Ada...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Kitchen, to stoves

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. John Adams chair and d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Northeast Pavilion. View of Mural and coffers in Ceiling dome. Librar...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Neptune Fountain located in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building at ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Li... More

Benjamin Franklin / J. Pelicier sculp. 1782.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing fur collar, in oval draped with foliage on pedestal with books, map, eagles, storm clouds and lightning, and with "VIR" ... More

Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imper...

Print showing panoramic view of St. Petersburg, including Academy of Arts, colleges, Cronstad (i.e., Kronshtadt), warehouses, and the Gottorp Globe. Title also in French. Plate 3 of 4. Includes key to building... More

Thomas Sully - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson

Photograph showing Martha Randolph, head and shoulder portrait, facing left. Portrait by Thomas Sully.

Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; T. A. Dean sc.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney. Inscribed on mount: Frontispiece to Rights of Man. 1830 2d.

Robert Edge Pine - Edward Savage - [Congress voting the Declaration of...

Print shows men gathered in the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall), Philadelphia. Completed figures include John Adams, Roger Sherman, James Wilson and Thomas Jefferson... More

Benjamin Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence

Reproduction of painting. Copyright by Charles E. Mills. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, bust portrait, facing left]

J190451 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Charles Willson Peale. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf; Other information on verso of card.

Bartlett's "Franklin", George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the Benjamin Franklin sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett which was transported from Baltimore, Maryland to Waterbury, Connecticut in April-May of 1921. Currently is located in front of the Sil... More

National Cathedral interiors. Statue of George Washington in National ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Cathedral interiors. Statue of George Washington in National ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Fireplace in President...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Living room, to firepl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. To pantry

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George Washington's estate, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Statue of George Washington located on Wall Street in the Financial Di...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency not held by the Library . Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M... More

Declaration of Independence: July 4th 1776

Print shows members of the Declaration Committee (left to right: John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin) presenting the Declaration of Independence to John Hanc... More

John Adams, second president of the United States

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robinson, H.

Torchlight procession around the world--Dedicated to young America / b...

Allegorical scenes related to the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, and head-and-shoulders portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Prof. Morse, Cyrus W. Field, and Capt. Hudson.

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. ...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, looking to his right at an electrical device, in his left hand are papers upon which he is taking notes, and visible through a windo... More

[Diagrams of various electrical phenomena and title page of Experiment...

Frontispiece and title page in: Experiments and observations of electricity / Benjamin Franklin. London : Printed for F. Newbery, 1774. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C... More

B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - ambassador from the Congress of America t...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval. After the medal by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres in 1778. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between... More

Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; Wright sculpt.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washing... More

Dr. Benjamin Franklin engrav'd by P.R. Maverick, 65 Liberty Street

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing fur hat and spectacles, facing left, in oval tied with a ribbon at top and festooned with ivy.

Thomas Paine's recantation! Thomas Paine's last moments

Seated in chair with woman (Mary Roscoe) at his side and 3 men in doorway. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Broadsides 180... More

[George Washington, monument in Fairmount Park, Philadelphiadelphia - ...

21768 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo of monument by Rudolf Siemering, copyrighted by Wm. H. Rau. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Phtoog. Index; Sculpture Seimer... More

Benjamin Franklin and Richard Oswald discussing the Treaty of Peace Pa...

Depicts events from 1782. Halftone repro. of drawing by Howard Pyle. Illus. in: Scribner Magazine, 1898, v. 24, p. 721. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412K. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More

[George Washington, full-length portrait]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin - Public domain portrait engraving

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National Cathedral interiors. Statue of George Washington in National ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Benjamin Franklin reading draft of Declaration of Independence, John ...

G62596 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a painting by J.L.G. Ferris.

George Washington fire engine. Unusually interesting to visitors to Al...

A man standing next to a fire engine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. John Adams desk and ch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams' com...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tomb of George Washington, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Thomas Jefferson. Third president of the United States

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kellogg, D.W. & Co.

Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval with ribbon at top. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Libr... More

Mirabeau arrive aux Champs Élisées / J.M. Moreau le Jne. inv. ; F.J. M...

Print shows Mirabeau at center arriving at the Champs Élisées where he hands a copy of the French Constitution to J.J. Rousseau as Benjamin Franklin reaches to place a wreath on his head; in the left background... More

Benjamin Franklin - né a Boston, le 17 Janvier 1706 / dessiné par Desr...

[Thomas Jefferson, three-quarter length portrait, seated at table, fac...

A3496 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Gilbert Stuart. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Experience de la machine areostatique

Vue d'optique shows the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, "The Globe," ascending from Champ de Mars, Paris, France, August 27, 1783. Caption (French): Experience de la machine aréostatique de Mrs. de Montgolfier d... More

Benjamin Franklin, né à Boston le 17 janvier 1706 - eripuit cœlo fulme...

Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, seated at table, facing front; map and his spectacles are on the table.

Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. F.R.S. - one of the American plenipotentiarie...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, without spectacles, wearing fur cap, in oval. After a portrait by Cochin. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in America;... More

Benjamin Franklin engraved by T.B. Welch from the portrait by Martin i...

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

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States / on stone by A. ...

Print showing Thomas Jefferson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in ornately framed oval.

John Adams, 2nd President of the United States / on stone by A. Newsam...

Print showing John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in ornately framed oval.

[Ceiling mural in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, ...

Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 292. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Washington, Athenaeum portrait

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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Philadelphia, Print

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Arthurs, S.M., artist. Ketterlinus Litho. Mfg. Co.... More

[Statue of George Washington and Lafayette shaking hands, New York Cit...

J241633 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Historical buildings and places. George Washington's headquarters, M S...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin celebration [Washington, D.C.]

A crowd of people standing around a fountain. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mark Lansburgh, Senator Ball, & Sec. Work at 219 ann. of birth of Ben ...

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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 / J.L.G. Ferris.

Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams meet at Jefferson's lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia, to review a draft of the Declaration of Independence. K17406... More

Thomas Jefferson statue in front of state capitol. Jefferson City, Mis...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Living room, to chair

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. Chest brought over by ...

Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate home, Virginia

[Northeast Pavilion. Detail view of Mural in Ceiling dome. Library of ...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Dining room at Mount Vernon, a near (but larger) replica in Dallas, Te...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On January 1, 1938, legendary oilman H.L. Hunt moved his family into the neoclassical Georgian home, built in 1930. Specimen live oak... More

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, Print, engraving, Library of Congress

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Edwin, David.

Benjamin Franklin - né à Boston, dans la nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Ja...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, in oval on pedestal with poem. Tiré du cabinet de M. Le Ray de Chaumont &c. After painting by Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis. Publi... More

Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0562.

Benjamin Franklin - né à Boston dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Jan...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing fur hat, without spectacles, facing left, in oval tied with a ribbon at top, on base in frame with title plate. No. 1515. Reference copy in B... More

Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783

Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only pa... More

John Adams, Pres. U.S. - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing left; in oval. Steel engraving by W. Wellstood after painting by Gilbert Stuart, copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption... More