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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

[Garden with people and apparatus for distilling a plant's medicinal e...

Frontispiece in: Kleines Distillierbuch / Hieronymous Brunschig. Strassburg : J. Gruniger, 1500. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 179.

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, ...

Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man... More

The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other wounded, two of them... More

His excy. William Heath, Esqr., major general in the American army

Print shows William Heath, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, with military encampment in the background. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Gre... More

View of the colleges at Cambridge, Massachusetts / delineated & engrav...

Print shows several buildings on the Harvard College campus, (l. to r.) Holden Chapel, Hollis Hall, Harvard Hall, and Massachusetts Hall.

[Frontispiece and title page from: The interesting narrative of the li...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Auburn Cemetery--Monument to Judge Story [and map of the cemeter...

Copyright by R. Martin. Illus. in: Mount Auburn Cemetery illustrated, frontispiece.

A view of Fort McHenry, and the entrance of the harbour of Baltimore /...

Print shows a pastoral scene at the entrance to the harbor at Baltimore with Fort McHenry on the left and some people enjoying the scenery on the right.

[Leoindas Campbell Houk, representative from Tennessee, half-length po...

Illus. in: Memorial addresses on the life and character of Leondias Campbell Houk, a representative from Tennessee, ...,. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892, frontispiece. Reference copy in Biog. File... More

[Whitaker's jaw dropped and his eyes widened with wonder and pity]

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece for: The Destroying Angel / Louis Joseph Vance. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1912.

Josiah Baker House, 23 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence County, R...

Significance: This is an example of a medium-sized house built about 1800 with excellent exterior detail. Survey number: HABS RI-190 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction

Chard Powers Smith, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Frontispiece showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Chard Powell Smith and a biography mentioning Smith's new book, Artillelry of Time.

A frontispiece for a journal - Public domain dedication image

Print shows a beggar maid (Fanny Kemble, who married Pierce in 1834 and retired from the stage) holding play-bill, "beggar's petition," and a sheet of paper that states "Pity kind Yankees, friends to Humanity, ... More

A Model office-seeker--"I am a lawyer, a theologian and a politician!"...

Cartoon showing Charles J. Guiteau holding pistol and paper reading, "an office or your life!" Frontispiece illus. in: Puck, 1881 July 13, v. 9, p. 317.

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

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 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

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

America pois'd in the balance of justice

Print shows two despondent women, possibly Britannia and America, reclining on a cliff in the rugged landscape of the new world, behind them, ships sailing toward the horizon pass a burning city, and two gods, ... More

The frontispiece shows Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and of war, ...

Print shows Minerva, having exchanged her battle raiments for more domestic dress, nursing an infant; at her feet are an owl, a spear, and a shield which bears the likeness of a gorgon. Sitting to the right is ... More

Emigrant party on the road to California

Wagon train of women, men, and children, moving through the mountains. Illus. in: California: its past history; its present position; its future prospects. London : The proprietors, 1850, frontispiece. Publishe... More

Moore's Lake - head of Bear River, Uintah Mountains (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows aerial view of Moore's Lake at the head of the Bear River in the Uinta Mountains in Utah. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geologic... More

[Indians stalking Spaniards riding horses in swamp]

Wm. McCrea & Co., Stereotypers, Newburgh, N.Y. Illus. in: Ferdinand De Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi / by John S.C. Abbott. New York : Dodd & Mead, 1873, frontispiece. Reference copy also available in... More

Frances Wright / J. Gorbitz ; J.C. Buttre.

Frances Wright, half-length portrait, seated, facing front with left elbow resting on table. Illus. from: History of woman suffrage / Elizabeth Cady Stanton. New York : Fowler & Wells, 1881-1922, v. 1, frontispiece.

[Cherub lighting firecracker with torch as stars fly through word "Lif...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: Life, 8:1 (July 1, 1886).

Woman, probably mother, holding baby

Title devised by cataloger. "Charles Scribner's Sons, frontispiece" on jacket; possibly book illustration. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042232. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

He stooped to pick up the scourge which his constable had refused to w...

Illus. in: A maid of old Virginia ... / William Sage. New York : Fleming H. Revell Company, [c1915], frontispiece.

Thomas P. Ives Block, 270-276 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence C...

Significance: This is a block of four, brick row houses, built between 1814-19, a rather unusual type of building for Providence at this time. Survey number: HABS RI-158 Building/structure dates: after 1810 I... 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

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

Architectural Iron Works--D.D. Badger & others, proprietors / lith. of...

Cut-away view of the Architectural Iron Works building illustrating manufacture of cast iron architectural elements. Illus. in: Illustrations of iron architecture, made by the Architectural Iron Works of the ci... 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 residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cyrus Ellis House, 31 John Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

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

Francis I, King of Fran[ce] / Titian, pixt ; J. Heath, sculpt.

Portrait print showing Francis I, King of France. Bust portrait, right profile in oval flanked by two knights in armor. The knight on the left, representing France, with a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis, has t... More

Multi eorum qui fuerant curiosa sectati ... / A. Faldoni, inv.

Voluntary burning of superstitious books at Ephesus by new converts of St. Paul. Frontispiece in: Index libroru prohiditoru. Romae : Extpyographia Reverenda Camerae Apostolicae, 1758. Published in: The traditio... More

[A Native American presents map to Europe?] / R.R. inv & fect.

Print shows the interior of a temple, a Native bowing on one knee and presenting a map to a female figure (Liberty?) sitting on a throne on a pedestal and holding a long staff topped with a liberty cap; a cheru... More

Freedom, peace, plenty, all in vain advance ...

Print shows Britannia carrying a staff topped with a liberty cap and followed by attendants from a temple in the background on the right, advancing over weapons and a shield decorated with fleur-de-lis and a pa... More

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la guerre ...

Print shows the title page with vignettes of various naval battles in which the British were engaged during the American Revolution; also shows the capture of Mobile by the Spanish under by Bernardo de Gálvez, ... More

John Lothrop Motley, L.L.D. historian of the Netherlands / on steel by...

Print shows John Lothrop Motley, half-length portrait, facing left. Caption continues: for the Eclectic. Illus. from: The eclectic magazine of foreign literature, science, and art. New York : Leavitt, Trow, & ... More

Huckleberry Finn / E.W. Kemble.

Illustration showing Huckleberry Finn, full-length portrait, holding gun and rabbit. Frontispiece in: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) / by Mark Twain. New York : Charles L. Webster and Co.... More

[Man and woman standing beside fountain and urn with monkey atop]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece for: Harper's magazine.

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

[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

[Frontispiece and title page from "The Lady's magazine, and repository...

Illus. in: The Lady's magazine, and repository of entertaining knowledge. Philadelphia : Printed for the proprietors by W. Gibbons, v. 1, (1792 Dec.), frontispiece and title page. Published in: American women :... More

John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...

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

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...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Samuel Carlile House, 87 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: This is a characteristic example of a medium-sized brick house of about 1800. It is one of an unusual series of houses built on Williams Street at this time on leased land with certain building r... 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

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

Hibachi o kakomu gonin no otoko, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows five men relaxing around a hibachi; a shamisen rests on a platform in a room to the rear, and a standing screen with various symbols is in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information com... More

His excy. John Adams, esq. / J. Norman sc.

John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in medallion.

[Indians dancing around two people at stake by fire] / S. Folwell, del...

Reference copy also available in LOT 4709-K. Illus. in: Affecting history of the dreadful distresses of Frederic Manheim's family, 1794, vol. 15, no. 3, frontis.

Mabel Payne and Luke Harvey - Public domain book illustration

(DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece for: "The Quaker City."

Madame Ida Pfeiffer - Public domain portrait engraving

Madame Ida Pfeiffer, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Illus. in: The Last travels of Ida Pfeiffer: inclusive of a visit to Madagascar. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1861, frontispiece. R... More

[Man in top hat entering room to stop shooting man]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0030). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece for: File No. 113 / Emile Gaboriau, New York : Charles Scribner's... More

When spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil -- Heber

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Architectural Iron Works--D.D. Badger & others, proprietors / lith. of...

Cut-away view of the Architectural Iron Works building illustrating manufacture of cast iron architectural elements. Illus. in: Illustrations of iron architecture, made by the Architectural Iron Works of the ci... More