View of the court house in Salem Massachusettsachusetts / W. Gray, del...
Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. III, 1790 (March), frontispiece. Published... More
A prospective view of the town of Boston, the capital of New-England -...
Print shows eight British warships (numbered and identified in bottom margin) in the harbor with Boston in the background. Illus. in: Edes & Gill's North-American almanack, and Massachusetts register for the y... More
Dr. Franklin - cœlis eripuit fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis / J. Norman s...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing fur cap and spectacles.
Revd. Samuel Cooper D.D. / J. Norman sc.
Samuel Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing clerical robes. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Mass. : Norman & White, 1784 March, opp. p. 191. Published in: The American Revo... More
[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my ...
Illus. in: Journal of my forty-fifth ascension : being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793. Philadelphia : Printed by Charles Cist ..., 1793. Title page and frontispiece. Published in... More
David Roberts R.A. / Day & Haghe lithrs. to the Queen ; drawn on stone...
David Roberts, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis H... More
George Whitefield, M.A. / Elisha Gallaudet sculp., N. York 1774.
George Whitefield, half-length portrait with hands raised, preaching in a church; portrait framed by oval. Illus. in: Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., late chaplain to the Right Hon... More
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Nathaniel Hawthorne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; by T. Phillibrown. Reference copy also available in BIOG FILE. Illus. in: Hawthorne, Nathaniel / Twice-told tales, 1851, frontis.
[Phase of the moon taken March 1851]
"Crystalotype" or salted paper print from a daguerreotype of the moon taken and printed by John A. Whipple. Illus. in: The photographic art-journal. New York : W.B. Smith, 1853, v. 6, no. 1 (July), frontispiec... More
Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston
Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More
[Title page and frontispiece to "Natural magick ... wherein are set fo...
Illus. in: Natural magick, / by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane: in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences. London : Printed for T. Young and S. Speed, 16... More
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
[Frontispiece and title page for Mechanick exercises by Joseph Moxon, ...
Illus. in: Mechanick exercises : or, the doctrine of handy-works / by Joseph Moxon. London : Printed and sold by J. Moxon, 1694, frontispiece and title page. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmar... More
[Santorio Santorio seated in weighing chair in front of table, part of...
Frontispiece and title page in: De statica medicina aphorismorum / Santorio Santorio. Lungduni Batavorum : Apud C. Boutesteyn, 1703. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More
Frontispiece - when fell debate & civil wars shall cease ...
Print shows an allegorical scene with three female figures, seated on the left is America, standing center, on clouds, is Peace holding an olive branch in her right hand raised toward an airy "Temple of Commerc... More
Queen Philippa interceding for the lives of the burgesses of Calais, 1...
Print shows Philippa, Queen, consort of Edward III, kneeling before her husband, King Edward III, begging him to spare the lives of the six burghers of Calais who have sacrificed themselves by complying with hi... More
[Disposition of one side of a tourney field]
(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: "The Man at Arms," by E.H. Blashfield and E.W. Blashfield, Scribner's Magazine (Jan. 1888).
Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston
Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More
City Hall, Exchange Place, Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large masonry building, built in the heart of Providence in an academic, Renaissance Revival style, has housed the Providence City government since its dedication in 1878. Unprocessed Field ... More
Zachariah Carpenter House, 20 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: Built about the end of the eighteenth century, this house is somewhat smaller than its neighbors from the same period being four bays wide rather than five, but it preserves many characteristic de... More
[Child fleeing in woods]
Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: Lost village / Alberta Bancroft. New York : George H. Doran,... More
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
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John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Jabez Bowen House, 39 Bowen Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Significance: This is a two-story, frame house, built before 1759, and one of the few surviving examples from that early period. Jabez Bowen was a physician for whom Bowen Street is named. Survey number: HABS... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Illmo. D.D. Rogerio du Plesseis Dno. de Liancourt Marchioni de Montfor...
Frontispiece illustration shows nude elderly male angel holding scythe and appearing to eat a fragment of a sculpture as two putti stand nearby and hold a coat of arms and a snake bites its tail on the floor. I... More
[Christ standing above views of the earth showing its formation and pr...
Frontispiece in: Telluris theoria sacra / Thomas Burnet. Amstelaedami : Apud J. Wolters, 1699. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 205.
Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the...
Print shows a British minister handing a copy of the Québec Act to a kneeling bishop, George III is standing to the left, next to him is Lord Bute, with another minister and other clergymen completing the audie... More
America! With peace and freedom blest
Allegorical figure of America as a young woman surrounded by shield with eagle, globe, and books as Apollo with a lyre points to the Temple of Fame.
Frontispiece Tisdale del. ; Scoles sculp, engraving, Library of Congre...
Print shows a female figure representing "History" directing George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Alexander Hamilton up a steep mountain roadway toward the Temple of Fame. Trimmed to within plate mark, wit... More
View from Bushongo Tavern 5 miles from York Town on the Baltimore Road
Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tully Bowen House, 389 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: This is a large stone mansion, built in 1853, designed by Thomas Tefft. Survey number: HABS RI-167 Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
View of the bridge over Charles River
Print shows view from Atkins Wharf of the bridge across the Charles River, two couples sightseeing in the foreground, and buildings in the background. Engraved for the Massachusetts Magazine, Sept. 1789. Illus... More
City Hall, Exchange Place, Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large masonry building, built in the heart of Providence in an academic, Renaissance Revival style, has housed the Providence City government since its dedication in 1878. Unprocessed Field ... More
Thomas R. Holden House, 118 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: Built in 1809. This is an example of the less common brick houses on College Hill, and the earliest one standing on this part of Benefit Street. It has been remodeled at various times, and prese... More
[Knight in armor tilting at man in modern dress in tree onto which a m...
Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens.... More
Nathan Mason House, 33 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This frame house, built in the 1840s, is representative of the Greek Revival influence on Providence houses. Survey number: HABS RI-182 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction
Cyrus Ellis House, 31 John Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
War dance of the Sauks and Foxes / on stone by Corbould from a paintin...
Print shows a group of Native American men performing a war dance.
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
View of Faneuil-Hall in Boston, Massachusettsachusetts / W. Pierpont d...
Engraved for Massachusetts Mag. March 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no.... More
[Portraits of Don Quixote de la Mancha and other main characters from ...
Reference copy in LOT 4442. Illus. in: The history of the most ingenious knight Don Quixote de la Mancha / London : R. Chiswell, 1700, frontispiece.
Salzburgische emigranten. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illustration showing a man and a woman, Lutheran religious refugees, fleeing Salzburg, Austria.
Europe, Asia, Africa and America bringing intelligence to the genius o...
Print shows an allegorical scene with four female figures, representing the continents (from l. to r.) Asia, Europe, Africa, and America, approaching a seated female figure with wings writing in an open volume ... More
Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and S... More
[Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and at...
Illus. in: Opere di Galileo Galilei .... Bologna : Per gli hh del Dozza, 1655-56 [v.1, 1656] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C.... More
City Hall, Exchange Place, Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large masonry building, built in the heart of Providence in an academic, Renaissance Revival style, has housed the Providence City government since its dedication in 1878. Unprocessed Field ... More
City Hall, Exchange Place, Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large masonry building, built in the heart of Providence in an academic, Renaissance Revival style, has housed the Providence City government since its dedication in 1878. Unprocessed Field ... More
City Hall, Exchange Place, Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large masonry building, built in the heart of Providence in an academic, Renaissance Revival style, has housed the Providence City government since its dedication in 1878. Unprocessed Field ... More
The echo Chicago's new paper - in which will appear a series of colore...
Art nouveau poster advertisement announcing The Echo, a new paper to be issued fortnightly of "humorous and artistic" content, showing two women walking among wild plants. Promotional goal: U.S. .D41 1895. Exhi... More
Zachariah Carpenter House, 20 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: Built about the end of the eighteenth century, this house is somewhat smaller than its neighbors from the same period being four bays wide rather than five, but it preserves many characteristic de... More
Thomas R. Holden House, 118 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: Built in 1809. This is an example of the less common brick houses on College Hill, and the earliest one standing on this part of Benefit Street. It has been remodeled at various times, and prese... More
Jabez Bowen House, 39 Bowen Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Significance: This is a two-story, frame house, built before 1759, and one of the few surviving examples from that early period. Jabez Bowen was a physician for whom Bowen Street is named. Survey number: HABS... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
[Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Copernicus discussing matters of astronomy be...
Frontispiece in: Dialogo ... sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e coprenicano / Galileo Galilei. Fiorenza : G.B. Landini, 1632. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washingto... More
[Emily Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Illus. in: Letters of Emily Dickinson, 1894, frontispiece. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
V.R. del V.P.F. Junipero Serra - Public domain book illustration
Illustration showing Junípero Serra holding a crucifix in one hand and a stone in the other preaching to a crowd of Natives. Illus. in: Francisco Palou's life and apostolic labors of the Venerable Father Junip... More
Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston
Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More
[Frontispiece and title page from "Anarchism and other essays" with bu...
Illus. in: Anarchism and other essays / Emma Goldman, with biographic sketch by Hippolyte Havel. New York : Mother Earth publishing association, 1910, frontispiece and title page. Paul Avrich Collection (Librar... More
The echo Chicago's new paper - in which will appear a series of colore...
Art nouveau poster advertisement announcing The Echo, a new paper to be issued fortnightly of "humorous and artistic" content, showing two women walking among wild plants. Promotional goal: U.S. .D41 1895. Exhi... More
Thomas R. Holden House, 118 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: Built in 1809. This is an example of the less common brick houses on College Hill, and the earliest one standing on this part of Benefit Street. It has been remodeled at various times, and prese... More
President's Levee, or all Creation going to the White House / Robert C...
Crowd in front of White House during Andrew Jackson's first inaugural reception in 1829. Reference copy in WASHINGTONIANA - LOT 4386 59E. Illus. in: The Playfair papers. London : Saunders and Otley, 1841, v. 2,... More
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
[Britannia, full-length portrait, left profile, seated, holding olive ...
Illus. in: Continued corruption, standing armies, and popular contents considered ... / William Bollan. London : Printed by J. Almon, 1768, frontispiece. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More
His excy. John Hancock, Esqr., late president of the American congress...
Print shows John Hancock, full-length portrait, seated facing right, with pen appears to be signing a document labeled "To the People of Ireland"; other papers on table and floor are "Resolutions of the Contine... More
The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775
Print shows bird's-eye view of the burning of Falmouth, Maine, by Captain Henry Mowat, whose ships, in the foreground, fire on the town. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Bri... More
Behold! a fabric now to freedom rear'd / Trenchard sculp.
Print shows an allegorical scene with Concord standing, Clio sitting, writing in open book, and Cupid standing, holding the "Constitution" in front of a temple labeled "Sacred to Liberty Justice and Peace" with... More
Llamas traversing the Andes laden with silver Titicaca balsa off Puno ...
Print shows in the first illustration a packtrain of llamas loaded with silver in a valley in the Andes mountains; second illustration shows a small balsa boat on Lake Titicaca. Signed on stone in lower right ... More
[Cecil Lawson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / HH.
Illus. in: Cecil Lawson: a memoir / by Edmund W. Gosse ; with illustrations by Hubert Herkomer, A.R.A., J.A. McN. Whistler, and Cecil Lawson. London : The Fine Art Society, 1883, frontispiece.
[Woman, probably mother, holding baby]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
War dance of the Sauks and Foxes / on stone by Corbould from a paintin...
Print shows a group of Native American men performing a war dance.
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More