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[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens....

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field

Print shows Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed monster pulling in opposite directions; Louis wears the horns of a cuckold and Marie Antoinette has the head of Medusa wearing ostrich feathers. de Vi... More

Jacques Callot - [Trastullo kneeling before Signorina Lucia]

Part of a set by Israel Silvestre after the Balli di Sfessania by Callot, 1621.

Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?

Print shows a man, possibly Joseph-François Foullon, on his hands and knees with a woman of the Third Estate, a sword at her side, riding on his back. de Vinck, 2950 Blum, 206 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More

British resentment, or The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg / L. Boit...

"Britannia, seated on a throne inscribed,---"Nemo me impune lacessit", attends to the complaints of injured Americans, and affords them protection..." (Source: Stephens)

[Map of the Caribbean in French; 1686]

Engraving by Alexander Olivier Exquemelin. Illus. in: Histoire des Avanturiers, 1686, vol. 1, map at beginning of Chapter 1. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410 A. This record contains unverified, old data from c... More

La partie françoise de l'isle de Saint Domingue.

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1870 "Tome I, no. 67." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

Diagrammatic designs for gun carriage Sc., T&W Schleuer

Print shows the designs for the inner workings of a cannon. Gift; Col. J.R. Lovell; 8-9-46 Stamped in lower left: Copy 5. Portions torn away from top of print. Two versions on same mat. On same mat with LC-DIG... More

N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.

Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...

Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More

Le globe terrestre représenté en deux plans-hémisphères : dressé sur l...

Scale ca. 1:35,000,000 at the equator. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, notes, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1754.

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. From the author's Atlas méthodique. 1755. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 16 Shows boundaries, some cities and towns, forts, and Indian trib... More

A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America; Represe...

Scale ca. 1:7,200,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude west from Ferro." "Sold by Wm. Herbert ... & Robt. Sayer ... " LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 62 Includes notes. Maps in margin: A... More

Carte des royaumes de Siam, de Tunquin, Pegu, Ava Aracan, &c.

Relief shown pictorially. In upper right margin: Tome III, no. 49. From his Le petit atlas maritime, 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Carte d'Europe. Historic map, Library of Congress

Revised in 1769. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Carte du golfe du Méxique, des isles et des pays adjacens.

Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. "Longitude ouest de l'isle de Fer." Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1739 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "Pl. I."... More

John Andre esqr., late Adjutant General of the British forces in Ameri...

John André, full-length portrait, facing right with left arm raised and pointing to the right, wearing military uniform. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Compendium of entertaining knowledge. Dublin ... More

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...

Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More

Expérience du globe aërostatique du MM. les freres Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Anne-Jean and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, September 19, 1784, accompanied by Colin Hulin. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staf... More

Prise de Tabago dessiné par William ; gravé par N. Ponce, Graveur de M...

Print shows French troops, some suffering from heat exhaustion, during the invasion of British held Tobago in May 1781; the French took advantage of the British pre-occupation with the American Revolution to at... More

Prise de la Dominique gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Imple. et Royal...

Print shows a French invasion force capturing a battery at Cachacrou on the island of Dominica in the West Indies, defeating a small British force and achieving the surrender of the island from the British. Pa... More

Le tems donnant les cendres à la noblesse et au clergé

Print shows Father Time flying past an altar on which the privileges of the nobility and the clergy are being burned; he is annointing the forehead of one priest with the ashes of the consummed documents as ano... More

Mirabeau pere du peuple / Lacaille sculp cit.

Print shows Mirabeau, bust portrait, left profile, in medallion. Purchase; Denenberg Fine Arts; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:180). Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

Bréf du Pape en 1791 - A cartoon of a man in a blue coat and hat

Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with cockade on his hat and a big smile, using a Papal letter to clean himself after defecating on papers of Le Clerc de Juigné on the ground; Abbé Royou, with glass, a... More

Compulsion pour ces gens que n'attend pas la libertie / TC.

Print shows a tattered group of soldiers, one with peg leg, following a cart drawn by hooded executioners; chains, an axe, and a gibbet are visible among the items in the cart. On the far right, a pile of dead ... More

Arriere garde du Pape, ou la frayer du reverend pere caporal

Print shows the ragged rear-guard troops of the Pope's army cowering as they retreat from the advancing French army lead by the handsome and well-dressed Napoleon Bonaparte emerging on the left through billowin... More

Represantant d'une grande nation / J. Cooke, sculpt., 40 Howland St.

"A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of L'Arbre de Liberté (right) with upraised hands. The tree, Emblême de l'Arbre de Connoissance, has... More

Milord Pouf montant à cheval - Public domain book illustration, Librar...

Print shows "Milord Pouf", an overweight Englishman, being hoisted onto a horse by three men using ropes, pulleys (block and tackle), and a jack. The horse is looking fearfully wide-eyed at the pospect of succe... More

Le Triomphe de la religion - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows Pope Pius VII, Cardinal Caprara, and other members of the clergy seeking to receive the spirit of light from the beneficial rays emanating from a dove at top center, parting the dark clouds of ign... More

Intérieur d'un comité révolutionnaire sous le régime de la terreur / F...

Print shows the interior of a room used by the Revolutionary committee during the Reign of Terror; citizens enter on the left and submit their appeals, then procede along the table where judgment is pronounced ... More

Le Combat naval, gloire Américaine / Garneray,del ; Coquerel,sc.

Print shows the U.S. Constitution and HBM Java, her masts and sails destroyed, after a battle during the War of 1812. Reference copy in LOT 4413A.

Le peuple sous l'ancien Regime - A drawing of a man being carried by a...

Cartoon shows Louis XVI, a bishop, and a member of the aristocracy riding on the back of a man, representing the people, who's blindfolded and in chains and crawling on his hands and knees. de Vinck, 10309 Pur... More

Justice rendue au courage - A drawing of a man standing on top of a ta...

Print shows Minerva or Justice crowning an Ultra royalist on the left with an over-sized candle snuffer or extinguisher and an officer of the empire on the right with a laurel wreath.

Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier, Tissandier Collection, France

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. Printed above portrait: MS C.L. no. 429. Tissandier collection.

Concours sur le meilleur moyen d'élever un ballon sans perte de gaz de...

Design drawing shows proposal by Louis Panafieu in which the operator in an open car attached to the balloon achieves lift without loss of gas in ballast by manipulating cords on underside of the balloon. Inclu... More

Le tiers état confesseur La constitution Française.

Print shows on the left, a member of the Third Estate sitting in a confessional listening to the confession of the clergy from a clergyman reading a long list of sins, a nobleman is departing, carrying a long l... More

[Louise-Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon, Princesse de France] / Luigi Rossi d...

Print showing Louise-Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, with right hand resting on a table, in front of a picture of a man with two children. Inscribed in pencil on ... More

Kermesse au jardin des plantes (8 septembre) / A. J. Lallemand, sculpt...

Print shows a woman in the basket of an inflated balloon on the ground at right ready for ascent and a crowd in the foreground gathered to celebrate a September fair in the Royal Gardens, Paris, France. Tissan... More

Première cataracte - rapides et roches [sic] granitiques a fleur d'eau...

General view of the Nile at the first cataract showing rapids and granite boulders. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art e... More

Médînet-Abou (Thèbes) - constructions antérieures - vue générale / Fél...

General view showing pylons at entrance to the Palace/Temple of Ramses III at Medinet-Habu, Thebes, Egypt.

Environs de Fîleh - palmier doum sur la rive orientale du Nil / Félix ...

Doum palms along the eastern bank of the Nile at Philae, Egypt.

Djirdjeh - mosquée en ruines sur le bord du Nil / Félix Teynard.

Ruins of mosque showing minaret and arched passageway at the edge of the Nile in Girga, Egypt.

Dendérah (Tentyris) - Temple d'Athôr - sanctuaire placé a l'angle sud-...

Interior view showing ruins of a platform in the southwest corner of the Temple of Hathor, Dandara, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'his... More

Erment (Hermonthis) - vue générale des ruines - temple et mammisi / Fé...

General view of ruins of temple and mammisi (birth temple) at Armant (the ancient city of Hermonthis), Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'... More

Assouan - cimetière Arabe - inscriptions funéraires / Félix Teynard.

Funerary inscriptions on tablets at Arab cemetery, Aswān, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et C... More

Abou-Sembil - petit spéos - partie centrale de la façade / FT [monogra...

Detail view of the center section of the facade of the rock-hewn monuments, the small speos, at Abū Sunbul, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et ... More

Syout - constructions modernes - le divan &ca / Félix Teynard.

Exterior view of contemporary Arab buildings in Asyūṭ, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie,... More

Kardâcy - vue générale des ruines du temple / Félix Teynard.

General view of ruins showing columns, capitals, and lintel of the temple at Qertassi, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix... More

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - édficie de l'est - face latérale vue du point ...

Lateral side view of the kiosk of the Emperor Trajan (Pharaoh's bed) on the island of Philae, as seen from "point D" (see map, pl. 85 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants ... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - vue générale des ruines prise du nord-est, en V / FT...

General view of the ruins of the temple, with obelisk, from the northeast, at "point V" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l... More

Louis Haghe - Vue de la même galerie, prise du côté oriental...

Print shows interior of gynaeceum of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with groups of men, women, and children in traditional dress. Title derived from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia, Cons... More

Panorama de Constantinople, pris d'un des minarets de Ste. Sophie

Print shows a section of a panorama of Istanbul made from a minaret of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, including the university founded by the Sultan (?), the Hippodrome, the Sultanahmet M... More

Panorama de Constantinople, pris d'un des minarets de Ste. Sophie

Print shows a section of a panorama of Istanbul made from a minaret of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, from the Port of the Golden Horn to the Eyüp suburb. Title from plate list. Illus. in... More

Louis Haghe - Centre de la galerie

Print shows interior of gynaeceum of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with groups of men and women in traditional dress and men in western dress. Title from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia... More

La locomotion aérienne passive. Principes de la nature sur la chûte re...

Technical illustration shows 14 figures with various designs for parachutes, including Blanchard's parachute, and several vessels with wings. "Invt. & constr. de Tollin" below fig. 11. Illus. from: L'aéronauti... More

Louis Haghe - Vue prise du même point, en regardant le porche

Print shows north nave of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with groups of men in traditional and military dress. Title from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently res... More

Maps of Nicaragua, North and Central America : population and square m...

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Abou Simbel - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of colossal figures, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is part of the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt. No. 1794.

Bedouin / J.P. Sebah. - Public domain portrait print

Studio portrait of Bedouin man, full-length, standing, facing front, holding prayer beads. No. 296.

Types Algériens. Jeune fille marchande de pain / ND Ph.

Young woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with platter-shaped bread carrier on her head, Algeria.

Tlemcen. Mihrab de la Mosquée de Sidi Bou Médine / ND. Phot.

Two men seated in front of mihrab in the Mosque of Sidi Boumediene (Abū Madyan), Tlemcen, Algeria. No. 221.

Types Algériens. Fileuse de laine / ND.

Woman, full-length portrait, seated on ground, facing right, spinning wool, Algeria. No. T. 249.

L'Espérance en traversant l'espace vous portera mes plus douces pensée...

Collecting card shows balloon "L'Espérance" flying over a landscape with two birds carrying a flower and a letter as passengers. Tissandier collection.

Marcoussis (Corot) / Corot ; Lalanne., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows the pastoral setting of Marcoussis, France. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Types Algériens. Mozabite / ND.

Mozabite Berber man, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, Algeria. No. 148.

Furansujin no shōzō - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows a French woman seated before a mirror applying makeup; a man stands in a doorway on the right. Signature: Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 103;... More

Bealeton, Virginia. General William H. French standing in front of ten...

A man in uniform standing in front of a tent. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Halles centrales de Paris - corpes de l'est - plan du rez-de-chaussée ...

Illustration shows site plan for main floor at Les Halles. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussmann ... par V. ... More

Fraternite Universelle, [Schultz work of Lincoln and other famous men]...

Public domain scan of a portrait print, bust portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caire. Un Sibil, où fontaine publique au Mousky / Bonfils.

People gathered near public fountain on the Muski bazaar district in Cairo. No. 1115.

Statue de Méhémet Ali à Alexandrie / Bonfils.

Statue of Méhémet Ali on horseback. No. 11. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites... More

Karnak. Temple du Ramessés IV / Bonfils.

Two pylons before the Temple of Ramses IV in Thebes. No. 130.

Palmyre. Ruines d'un petit temple / Bonfils.

Entrance to a temple in Palmyra, Syria. No. 1326. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg ... More

Phyloe. 1er pylône du Temple Isis (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Pylons and remains of Temple of Isis at Philae. No. 181.

Phyloe. Temple Hypêthre, vue de face (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Remains of a hypostyle temple of Hypethre in Philae, Egypt. No. 185. On verso: Temple of Nypethre.

Thébes. Bas-relief sur la façade du Rhamessèion. Egypte / Bonfils.

A section of the bas-relief on the front of Ramusseum, the mortuary temple of Ramses II. No. 230.

Portes du St. Sépulcre Gates of the Holy Sepulchre / / Bonfils.

Courtyard of the Church of Holy Sepulchre with Orthodox clergymen and vendors with wares on blankets.

Statues renversée de Sésostris à Thèbes (Egypte) / Bonfils.

Statue of Sesostris toppled over, columns connected from top, four are square with sculpture on the ends. No. 167.

Damas - Couloir de la colonnade de la grande mosquée / Bonfils.

People at the base of colonnade and wall of the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria. No. 407.

Chaire de la mosquée El-Aksa Pulpit in the interior of El-Aksa mosque ...

Minbar in al-Aqṣá Mosque. No. 86. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt,... More

Nubie, Temple de Dakkeh (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Pylons and the remains of the Temple of Thoth (Dakka). No. 198.

Thébes. 1er Pylône du grand temple / Bonfils.

Section of bas-relief pylon of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Ramses II. No. 139.

Gebel Silsileh. (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Rock-cut temple in mountain at Silsila el-Gebel (ancient Khenu) on the Nile. No. 177.

Bal-el-Nasr (Porte de la Victoire) extérieur au Caire / Bonfils.

People and horses outside the Victory Gate of Bal An-Nasr in northern section of Cairo. No. 1395.

Le Sphynx et les pyramides de Cheffren et Mycérinus / Bonfils.

Men and camels atop the paw of the Sphinx, two pyramids in background. No. 1439.

Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...

Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section, with balloon tethered in position Tissandier collection.

Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...

Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section. Tissandier collection.

Aliers de Dolma-Bagtché / G. Berggren.

Staircase in Dolmabahçe Sarayı (palace) Istanbul. No. 105. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Petites constructions. Locomotive et tender / Imagerie d'Épinal.

Print showing cutout designs for a steam locomotive and coal car with figures for the engineer and coal tender. Also shows the completed design for the small-scale construction paper cutout. Imagerie d'Épinal, no. 1204.

Sergent Turc en garde à Bab el Quady / L. Fiorillo.

Man in uniform holding rifle, standing in front of rock structure covered with roof of branches, possibly in Egypt. No. RR65. No. 1053.

[French political leaders, and revolutionaries who took part in the Pa...

22 cartes-de-visite photoprints and album cover, "Library of Congress from the U...S...Legation, Paris, France" in 2 albums. V. 1, p. 46. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1) Bulgarian woman of Ahi Tchèlèbi; (2) Greek woman of Hasskeuı̈ (Khaskovo); and (3) peasant woman of Baı̈djas. Ahi Tchèlèbi and Khaskovo are outside of Plodiv, Bulgaria. French caption: Andrinople: Figure 1:... More

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1) Middle class Albanian of Yanı̈a (Yanya); (2) poor Albanian of Yanı̈a (Yanya); and (3) peasant from the environs of Yanı̈a (Yanya). French caption: Yania: Figure 1: Arnaout de Yanı̈a (Classe moyenne); Figur... More

Le lest / Ch. Gilbert Martin. - Drawing. Public domain image.

French cartoon shows Marianne (symbol of France) in a balloon labeled "R.F." in the colors of the French flag, jettisoning men from a bag as if they were ballast. Illus. from: Le Don Quichotte, 2ne année, no. ... More

Intérieur des tombeaux des Sultan Mahmoud et Aziz / M. Iranian.

Two men seated behind koran stands inside the tomb of Sultan Mahmud II and Sultan Abdülaziz, Istanbul.

A lʹhippodrome - l'equilibre dans l'air / Lefman, sc.

French caricature shows the balloonist Camille Dartois in a balloon labeled "Hippodrome" and Bradbury, a circus performer, standing while riding a horse at the Hippodrome, Paris. Illus. from: La grenouille, pr... More

Vue de la Corne d'Or prise d'Eyoub / Abdullah Frères.

View of the Golden Horn taken from Eyüp, Istanbul. No. 232.

[Exterior view of the Imperial Military Uniforms Factory] / Abdullah F...

Also known as the Imperial Fez and Military Uniforms Factory. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 41. No. 410. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, barracks, hospitals, and ... More

[The students at the Imperial Military Academy doing a sword drill] / ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 33. No. 318. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with student and teacher portraits and activities, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms par... More

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