french art

A sceene of sceenes. Elizabeth Cannings dream for ye good of her nativ...

Print shows Elizabeth Canning, transported to America, seated in a room. She looks alarmingly at an old crone pointing to a soldier's uniform. Through the open window can be seen British soldiers marching up a ... More

The faith of treaties exemplified or John Bull's last effort to oblige...

A satire on the diplomatic situation in 1794, showing French soldiers shooting at raging bull, and saying "Vive la republic, Blood & plunder, no quarter to John Bull!" To the bull's back is strapped a bundle in... More

[Paper hanging 68]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Sixty Eight. Design of double columns, ornamented with grapes and vine leaves. Another part ornamented with losanges, placed horizon... More

Francesco Arban di Lione / Stani[...]é Morelli.

Half-length portrait of French ballonist Francesco Arban standing in the basket of a balloon, waving his hat. Tissandier collection.

The grand old game of tit for tat / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam, looking obstinate and pointing his finger at some point between the "Germany Home Market" and the "France Home Market", as he responds to their complaints. He is standing on the left, at ... More

Banzai, banzai, the fall of Tsingtau, Qingdao China

Print shows Japanese soldiers attacking German soldiers at the German port of Tsingtau (also known as Tsingtao and Qingdao), China. Captions in Japanese and English. Forms part of: The Illustration of the Grae... More

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [pencil on yellow legal ...

From: General Writings Chronology Series

Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [pencil on yellow legal ...

From: General Writings Chronology Series

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

Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co. direct from Weber & Fields Music Hall, New ...

51421 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The world renowned Henri French. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2724. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Le Fluteur (The Flutist) - Public domain scenic engraving

after a painting by Alexis Grimou, painter, 1678-1733 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Grimou, Alexis, 1678-1733 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) Peint par G... More

The bassoon with a French horn accompanyment Rowlandson, del, British ...

"A man and woman sleep in a rough wooden bed, heads thrown back so that their nostrils face the spectator..." (Source: George) Repository impression is hand-colored. Filed in Caricature Magazine, London (77-10... More

The Massachusetts hoar, outwitted, or hopping-John, and Johnny-cake, f...

An imaginative but puzzling commentary on sectional tensions over slavery between New England abolitionists and southern agrarian slaveholders. In his sweeping satire the artist also portrays a considerable hos... More

Perfumery gold medal - R & G.A. Wright manufacturers of the celebrated...

Print shows many symbols representing America, Pennsylvania, industry, agriculture, commerce, and prosperity surrounding text at center announcing the R. & G.A. Wright Perfumery, winners of the "Celebrated Gold... More

[Miss Columbia with stars-and-stripes shield and eagle]

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 165. Etching cut from larger sheet. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Rayon d'or, dernier mot de l'eclairage / Pal.

Poster showing a nude woman with gossamer wings reaching toward the light of a star and a Rayon d'Or light fixture. Gift; Judi Summers; (DLC/PP-1982:191).

Le Frou Frou 20', journal humoristique / L Capiello.

Poster showing a can-can dancer holding a copy of "Le Frou Frou" while she dances.

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Laying corner stone, Washington Monument / The Knapp Co. lith., N.Y.

Benjamin B. French, Grand Master of the Masons, laying cornerstone of Washington Monument, July 4, 1848; and insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of George Washington. 51621Y U.S. Copyright Office.

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia Oct. 19th. 1781

Print shows British officers walking next to General Lincoln between lines of American and French soldiers.

The Washington family--George Washington, his lady, and her two grandc...

George Washington, Martha Washington, and her two grandchildren, around table on which there is a map, and an African American servant, William Lee, in background. Title in English and French. Exhibited in: Cre... More

The sinking of the steamship Ville du Havre

On Nov. 23, 1873, the French liner Ville du Harve collided with the Loch Earn and sank within minutes. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. ... More

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781

Print shows Major General O'Hara, surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JJ. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by... More

La Cuisinière du Haut-Rhin : à l'usage des ménagères et des jeunes...

Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assis, au près du toy ... à ton Art divin! / A. Watteau pinxit. ; Tard...

Antoine Watteau and Nicolas Tardieu in a park, one painting a picture of a statue of nude woman, the other playing a stringed instrument; and poem to Watteau below image.

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia waving American flag and riding o...

Addressed to Isaac French, South Chesterville, Maine; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More

The crucifixion - Print, Library of Congress collection

34225 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. John Beatson Haasis &... More

Guerre du Mexique, siège et prise de Puébla / Imp. lith. Ch. Pinot édi...

War of Mexico with France, siege and capture of Puebla, Mexico, by the French, 1863. Text in French. Date based on description of similar print in Bibliothèque nationale de France (De Vinck, 19867).

Strassenbilder / bei F.G. Schulz in Stuttgart.

Print shows six scenes of people engaged in various occupations: a milk maid; a fishmonger; figurine seller; a coachman with coach; an organ grinder; and a fruit seller. Captions under the images are in English... More

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More

Chorégraphie, ou L'art de décrire la dance par caracteres, figures et ...

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A night on the Sea of Galilee / original picture by Charles Jalabert ;...

Print showing Jesus standing on the waters on the Sea of Galilee, speaking to the Apostles who are startled at his appearance. Includes excerpt from Mark, chapter 6. Caption continues: The original picture pai... More

Christophe Colomb a la cour d'Isabelle II / Pairs, Vve. Turgis ; Lith....

Christopher Columbus kneeling in front of Queen Isabella I. Title in French and Spanish.

The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...

James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More

Charles Lee Esq'r. - major general of the Continental-Army in America ...

Print shows Charles Lee, full-length portrait, facing right, seated on horse, holding sword, with troops in the background. Includes verse in German and French. Published in: The American Revolution in drawing... More

De Oude Koekvrijer (The Old Cake Suitor)

after Jan Steen, genre painter, 1626-1679 (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Steen, Jan, 1626-1679 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) J. Steen p... More

Ausführliche Vorstellung der Weltberuffnen Spanisch-Niederländischen S...

Print shows a birdseye view of the fortress city of Luxembourg under siege in 1684 by French troops. Includes views of the city under fire by troops firing volleys from across a river into the walled city. Incl... More

Eigentlicher Abbildung der denckwürdiger Action so bey forcirung der f...

Birds-eye view print shows a battle with many infantry and cavalry. In the foreground are fallen soldiers and horses. Allegorical elements in the print include an angel carrying a flaming sword, a cherub blowin... More

The new works at the siege of Sebastopol on the right attack - from th...

Print shows a mortar battery with soldiers, two mortars, gabions, and earthworks, with a distant view of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More

Julia Arthur in More than queen by Émile Bergerat.

"Adapted from the French by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger and Charles Henry Meltzer." Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8689. Forms part of: Theatrical poster co... More

Artists' evening / George Bellows.

Interior scene at a French restaurant "Petitpas" showing Robert Henri, John Butler Yeats, and George Bellows, standing in right foreground, engaged in a heated discussion; other patrons, including Marjorie Henr... More

Laying corner stone, Washington Monument / The Knapp Co. lith., N.Y.

Benjamin B. French, Grand Master of the Masons, laying cornerstone of Washington Monument, July 4, 1848; and insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of George Washington. 51621Y U.S. Copyright Office.

The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...

James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More

King Louis the Fourteenth of France and the Battle of Vigo Bay

Print shows King Louis XIV of France holding a scroll in his right hand and a hat in his left hand. Behind him are ships in the water and a plume of fire and smoke. Above him are reproductions of a medalion and... More

The national academy of design E.D. French sc. 1896

Print shows an exterior view from the street of the National Academy of Design building in New York City, N.Y. Includes descriptive information printed on the inside of the accompanying folder. Printed on cent... More

Sapho New York's raging sensation.

"Sapho adapted from the French." Created by "The Gillin Print Co., N.Y., Phila." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Four children dancing beneath blossoming cherry trees] / Bertha Lum.

K66799 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed in pencil. Alternate title published in: American prints in the Library of Congress, p. 272, #7. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / ... More

Poster - Canadian Mounted Rifles - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows four soldiers on horseback, one holding binoculars and looking toward a French(?) village.

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia Oct. 19th. 1781

Print shows British officers walking next to General Lincoln between lines of American and French soldiers.

Chorégraphie, ou L'art de décrire la dance par caracteres, figures et ...

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Une faiseuse de flutte / Eine Pfeiffenmacherin (A Female Wind Instrum...

published by Martin Engelbrecht, engraver, 1684-1756 (artist notes) German (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Recto: l. l.: C.P.S.C. Maj.; l. r.: Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A.V.; u. r. :170.; l. c.: (tit... More

Sebastopol from the rear of the English batteries / W. Simpson del. ; ...

Print shows a distant view of the English batteries and of Sevastopolʹ with British soldiers in the foreground on the road to the front. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her m... More

A family party - the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam's a...

Print shows Uncle Sam standing at the head of a table at a dinner party in honor of the "Bi-Centennial Celebration of the First German Settlement", with Columbia sitting next to him; around the table are a "Spa... More

[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, P...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exposition d'art traditionnel bielorussien

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co. direct from Weber & Fields Music Hall, New ...

Caption: The world renowned Henri French. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2744. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The tea-tax-tempest, or the Anglo-American revolution, British Cartoon...

Print shows a satire expressing a Continental European view of the American Revolution, showing Father Time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot exploding among frightened British troops as Am... 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

Chorégraphie, ou L'art de décrire la dance par caracteres, figures et ...

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Primrose & West's Big Minstrels all white performers.

Includes four vignettes. Caption: Geo. W. Lewis, originator of new ideas in the terpsichorean art and "melo-phrase" dancing. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y.... More

Francois Seraphin Delpech - Gay-Lussac / lith. Delpech., Head and Shou...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French scientist and balloonist Gay-Lussac who tested several hypotheses on the earth's atmosphere. Tissandier collection.

Ste Cécile (Saint Cecilia) - Public domain engraving

possibly after a drawing by Jean Dubois, le jeune, painter, 1645-1694, or by his brother, Louis Dubois, le jeune, painter, 1646-1702, of a painting by Pierre Mignard I, called Mignard le Romain, portrait and hi... More

Francesco Arban, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Francesco Arban in a circle of clouds. Tissandier collection.

A skin game / V. Ostenbach. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

Print shows an African American man seated on a stool in a shoemaker's shop; the stereotyped Jewish cobbler tells the man that the boot he is examining, "Dot ish French calf hand sewed." P or D6119 U.S. Copyrig... More

Old time ginger bread molassess, french market and alligator, sold in ...

31903 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. U.S. Printing Co., co... More

Poster - Le Secours de Guerre - Public domain lithograph

Translation of title: Policemen, soldiers, and civilians standing outside the Ancien Séminaire St. Sulpice which houses Le Secours de Guerre (the relief agency for war victims). Signed: Maurice Romberg, 1916. P... More

1916. 'La Triennale.' Exposition d'art français au profit de la 'Frate...

In the background is a man ploughing with a team of oxen. In front of the oxen is Marianne [Victory?] who is carrying an olive branch. A poilu in the foreground is looking at this scene. Translation of title: ... More

Protest der deutschen Frauen gegen die farbige Besatzung am Rhein / Ri...

Poster shows a African soldier seated on the one French side of the Rhine River; on the opposite side is a castle on a cliff. Text: German women protest the colored occupation of the Rhine.

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [pencil on yellow legal ...

The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...

James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Virginia Oct. 1781

Print shows Major General O'Hara, surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JJ. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by... More

The times, anno. 1783, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, British

Print shows John Bull throwing up his arms in despair as the devil flies away with a map labeled "America"; to the left are a portly Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, in the background is a battle scene at... More

Joseph Pennell - Le Stryge - A black and white drawing of a man sittin...

Bird's-eye view of French city looking past gargoyle. Etching by Joseph Pennell, 1857-1926. Wuerth, 207. Edition of 25? Pencil note: To Helen....from...P, Xmas '93. Plate destroyed. Source unknown. This record ... More

[Colonel Awaya, commander of the 11th infantry regiment, leading his m...

Print shows the Japanese commander, Colonel Awaya, standing with sword raised, leading his troops in the attack against a walled city, possibly Tianjin, China; British forces attack from the left and French for... More

L'art guerrier et art moderne. Exposition Bordeaux, lithographies, ori...

A French soldier in battle waving a small red and white flag. Translation of title: War art and modern art. Exhibition in Bordeaux. Original lithographs, etchings, dry points . . . Organized by A. Le Prince ar... More

Sebastopol from the rear of Fort Nicholas, looking south / W. Simpson ...

View of Sevastopolʹ and the South Port from Fort Nicholas during the occupation by French and British forces after the Russians abandoned the city. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 22. Déposé Paris, Goupil & ... More

Church of St. Peter & St. Paul / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; D...

Ruins of the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul at Sevastopolʹ with two Zouaves in the foreground and a view of city and harbor to the right and in the background, during the occupation by French and British forces... More

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

Military costume of the Revolution / B.J. Lossing, invt. ; pr. by T. S...

George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left; surrounded by four soldiers in Hessian, British, and French uniforms; a man holding a rifle; a Native American holding a bow, and America... More

No. 2. View of Honolulu. From the Catholic church

Views of residences and consulates: John Yung; Mr. Angel, U.S. Consul; General Miller, H.B.M. Consul; Mr. Perrin, French Consul; Prince Alexander & Lot; Mr. Armstrong; U.S. Consulate, King's summer house; Mr. H... More

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

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

The sinking of the steamship Ville du Havre

On Nov. 23, 1873, the French liner Ville du Harve collided with the Loch Earn and sank within minutes. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. ... More

Christophe Colomb a la cour d'Isabelle II / Pairs, Vve. Turgis ; Lith....

Christopher Columbus kneeling in front of Queen Isabella I. Title in French and Spanish.

La Cuisinière du Haut-Rhin : à l'usage des ménagères et des jeunes...

Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Un faiseur de flutte / Ein Pfeiffenmacher (A Male Wind Instrument Mak...

published by Martin Engelbrecht, engraver, 1684-1756 (artist notes) German (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Recto: l. l.: C.P.S.C. Maj.; l. r.: Martin Engelbrecht excud. A.V.; u. r. :169; l. r.: (in ... More

Eigentliche Abcontrafactur und gründliche Beschreibung der abermals he...

Print shows birds-eye view of the battlefield and formation of troops outside of Hessisch Oldendorf on the Weser River in June 18, 1633 between the Swedish and Hessian armies under George, Duke of Brunswick-Lün... More

A view of ye great clock in St. Mark's place at Venice / [Can]aleti pi...

Title also in French. Public domain photograph of 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eigentliche Vorstell- und Abbildung des am Maria Heimsuchungs Fest als...

Birds-eye view print shows view of the battle of Schellenberg outside of the city of Donauwörth, Germany on July 2, 1704 when troops from the Austrian imperial army and its allies fought against combined French... More

The glorius minority in 1763, with the Head of the Majority Blason'd, ...

"An engraving representing a curtain, or "Tappeserie Du Roy", on which are worked pictures and emblems of various subjects, including, on our left, the British Lion furiously storming a breach in the wall of a ... More

"Praetor-Urbanus;" - Inauguration of the Coptic Mayor of Cairo, preced...

An obese, Copt, holding a mace or staff, rides an ass which, though led processionally by a Copt, proceeds on account of the bayonet with which a grinning French soldier stabs its hind quarters. Forms part of :... More

A return from a march or a false alarm in a country village!! / Woodwa...

Print shows a group of British citizens mustered in response to an alarm that the French were attacking England which proved to be false; they complain of soiled, torn, or lost clothing, and one reads a list of... More