The doctor indulged with his favorite scene, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows cleric Dr. Richard Price, kneeling on a crown with a demon on his back, peering through a peep-hole into the royal bedroom at Versailles, watching ruffians destroy the Queen's bed and bedroom in s... More
Man of sorrow, 15th century - Public domain book illustration drawing
Print shows Jesus Christ on the cross. Public domain scan of 14th-century print, drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]
Prints show a ship approaching cliffs on the right, passing between cliffs at entrance of the "Grand Passage," and passing cliffs on the left, at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, p... More
A vieu of Plymouth, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Lord Amherst, Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, wearing military uniform, looking into a peepshow for a view of the progress of the war in America. As Jeffery looks, the showman says, "There you s... More
L'ignorance prouvée. Ou les evénements de la journée du 11 juillet 178...
French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon by showing the balloon on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens... More
Pal sangué Mr. l'Prieur v'la l'coup
Print with two scenes, one labeled "Le jeu de hazard" shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class; the other labeled "Le goute patriotique" shows members of the three estates dining toge... More
L'accord parfait - A painting of three men in period clothing
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate playing musical instruments. The nobleman, on the left, is playing a bagpipe, the cleric, on the right, is playing a recorder an... More
"Rosine! Rosine! Ma chère Rosine! Je jure que je t'adore"
Print shows an abbé rushing into the bedroom of "Rosine" professing his love for her, the woman (possibly intended to be a caricature of Marie Antoinette) stands to receive him with open arms, saying "Non, non,... More
Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground
Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More
Enjambée de la sainte famille des Thuilleries à Montmidy
Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis ... More
L'entreé-franche - je me suis ruine pour l'en gresser - la fin du comp...
Print shows Louis XVI as a pig with fish on his head forming the horns of cuckoldry, on a hind leg is a tether held by a man of the Third Estate. de Vinck, 3989 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collecti... 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
Isaac Cruikshank - The Irish bull broke loose, British Cartoon Print
Print shows the "Irish Bull" tossing William Pitt into the air and about to do the same to Lord Dundas who runs to the left; on the far right, those opposed to Pitt's "Union Bill" cheer on the bull, "Go it my B... More
Limbs of the law!! Woodward del, British Cartoon Print
Print shows two men, perhaps barristers, discussing a document. Man on left says "Oh! I perceive it at the first glance, we shall carry the cause hollow!! The other man replies: "You'll see the mistake very cl... More
John T. Bowen - Mar-ko-me-te, a menomene brave
Print shows Mar-Ko-Me-Te, a Menomene Native, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Li... More
Villagers clearing out rubbish!!! / engrav'd by Hixon., British Cartoo...
Print shows three villagers transporting a parson, a doctor, and a lawyer to another parish to cries of "Huzza" from other villagers. "Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening." Forms part of: British Ca... More
General Monkey and General Wolfe!!, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Napoleon I, wearing a large hat, carrying a long sword, and having a body where his shoulders rest on his waist, cowering before the large ogre-like figure of John Bull. Forms part of: British Cart... More
[Practical jokes played on unsuspecting friends, and costumes of the l...
Print shows two scenes of practical jokes played on unsuspecting friends and two scenes showing the costume of the locals of Hogs Norton. Filed in: Caricature magazine of London (286-310), no. 303. Catalogue o... More
The modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat / E. Delaney del. ; Crui...
Cartoon shows Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, wearing the Duke of York's military cloak, extending it to cover a crowd of miniature soldiers, civilians and clergymen clustering around her with outstretched arms; Mr. Wad... More
The set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought wi...
A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and "Old Price," a much smaller and weaker opponent. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library o... More
Suitors to the pig faced lady Every man to his taste G. Cruik., fet, B...
Print shows a rich woman with a pig's face being courted for her money by unsuitable men including tradesmen and a stereotypical Jewish man. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available o... More
Mermaid--Mermaids exhibited successively in the Years 1758, 1775, & 17...
Engraved for the Encyclopaedia Londiensis, 1817. Public domain photograph of fantasy reptile drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Irish march of intellect; or, the happy result of emancipation / A Sha...
Print shows a bare-foot Irish man and his son in the chamber of an English lord. Hoping to get his son placed as an apprentice, he introduces him to the English lord who is sitting in a chair, wearing wig and robe.
Draco and Ursa Minor / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.
Astronomical chart showing a dragon and bear forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 1. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.
Aries and Musca Borealis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.
Astronomical chart showing a ram and a fly forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 16.
Cassiopeia / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.
Astronomical chart showing Cassiopeia seated in a chair forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 3.
Taurus / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. - Public domain book illustration
Astronomical chart showing the bull Taurus forming the constellation, also shows the Pleiades. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 17. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.
Giovanni in London or Plucking chickens before they are full feathered...
Print shows opera singer, actress, and theater producer Madame Vestris, also known as Lucia Elizabeth Mathews or Lucia Elizabetta Bartolozzi, dressed in breeches, seated between two lascivious young men in a ca... More
Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.
Print shows an African American couple walking on the street; the woman asks the man whether he likes the waltz. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:253). Caption: "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" "'Pon de honour of... More
Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 C
Print shows an African American woman, wearing a very large hat, in a shop trying to purchase a pair of stockings. Plate XI. Caption: "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" "Oui Madame! her... More
Argali on stone by T. Doughty ; from Childs & Inman's Press
Print shows a Bighorn sheep ram standing in a rocky or mountainous landscape, with an ewe standing in the background. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 17. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and Amer... More
[Optical illusion disc with somersaults and horseback riding]
The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a figure doing somersaults in a circle at the center of the disc and a man horseback riding in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: McLean'... More
Political Quixotism shewing the consequences of sleeping in patent mag...
Print shows President Jackson, sword in hand, during a nightmare, fighting a hydra with many fierce heads labeled "U.S. Bank", "Deposits", "Bribery", "Pensions", "[...] of the People", and "Corruption of the [.... More
[Optical illusion disc with a face catching a ball and a man with blac...
The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a face catching a ball in a circle at the center of the disc and a man with blackface taking a bow in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: ... More
Poinsettia pulcherrima Holden delt. ; Smith sc
Illus. in: Paxton's magazine of botany & register of flowering plants / London : W.S. Orr & Co., 1838, v. 4, opp. p. 97. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga ... More
Crimson fronted Purple Finch / Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R....
Print shows bird on flowering pea vine surrounded by border of vines, birds, a woman, and a bird's nest. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmit... More
Tuko-See-Mathla, a Seminole chief / drawn, printed & coloured at the L...
Print shows Tuko-See-Mathla, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a rifle.
Sarah Ann - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5787
The brilliant charge of Capt. May--At the Battle of Resaca de la Palma...
No. 554. Copyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 772.
Vue de la Riviere et l'Isle de Courou dans la Guyane francoise, ou deb...
Print shows activity along a shoreline of a river in Kourou, French Guiana. Printed at head of title in reverse: L'Isle de Courou. Printed at top right: 39. Printed at bottom left: A Paris chez Basset ru[e S.]... More
Design and model of the new steamer America, for the western lakes
Print showing port side view of the steamer America. Caption continues: To be built and run between Buffalo and Cleveland. Invented, designed and drawn by Darius Davison, New York. Copyright 1851 by Darius Davison.
The three white kittens: peace - Public domain dedication image
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The New York beauty - Public domain portrait painting
Public domain image - 18th-19th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Sunny side: the residence of the late Washington, Irving near Tarrytow...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6356
Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...
Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More
Aviation, études, essais et inventions qui, sans résourdre le problème...
Design drawings for a man-powered flying machine with manually controlled wings entitled, "Vélocipède aérien," proposed by Jean Jacques Bourcart, Paris, August, 1866. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)... More
Paris. Palais de Justice et Ste. Chapelle Charles Rivière del. et lith
Print shows a street level view of the Palais de justice and Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, with pedestrians and coaches on the street in the foreground. Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: 20. Stamped... More
Petites constructions. Wagons / Imagerie d'Épinal.
Print showing paper cutout designs for three railroad passenger and freight cars. Imagerie d'Épinal, no. 1205.
In God is our trust - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trinket, by Princeps, dam Ouida, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian
4544 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6636
Globo furbovolponico-politico-areostatico a prova di bomba e pistola
Italian caricature of Italian statesman Francesco Crispi shown as a balloon "Ciccio" hovering above a group of men and women representing the country, the majority, the press, the opposition, the government, an... More
Chief cook and bottle washers - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1128.
The magnificent building, for the World's Fair of 1851: built of iron ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4199
Asia - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0308.
The road to the holy cross: le chemin de la tres Ste. Croix
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5611
Attack of the lion - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0322.
Declaration of Independence: July 4th 1776
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1664.
Ne-Sou-A Quoit, a Fox chief / painted by C.B. King ; on stone by A New...
Print shows Ne-Sou-A Quoit, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing elaborate headdress, earrings, necklace, and fur shoulder garment, as well as a portrait medallion around his neck. Entered according to ... More
Me-Na-Wa. A Creek warrior / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithogr...
Print shows Me-Na-Wa, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing a hat with plume, a striped garment, and a shoulder bag. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1837, by E.C. Biddle, in the Clerks Of... More
Caa-Tou-See, an Ojibway / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Li...
Caa-Tou-See, half-length portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moosehead Lake - Print, Library of Congress collection
Deer standing on bank of Moosehead Lake with mountains in background. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4551.
View of the great receiving reservoir: Yorkville, City of New York
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6932
Washington at Princeton January 3d. 1777
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7054
Sophia - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6020
View of the park fountain & city hall N.Y.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6939
Genl. Taylor at the battle of Palo Alto: May 8th 1846
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2517
General Taylor and staff: the heroes of Palo Alto, Reseca de la Palma,...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2459
U.S. dragoons: cutting their way through a Mexican ambuscade
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6817
Augusta - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0331.
The siege of Limerick, from the 9th to 31st of August. 1690
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5909
Les membres du gouvernment provisoire Février 1848.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4465
Jesus nailed to the cross / Jesus posto em cruz
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3499
Louis Napoléon Bonaparte: né à Paris, te 20 Avril 1808
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4114
Grand, national, Whig banner - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2731
William R. King: democratic candidate for Vice President of the United...
After a daguerreotype by Mathew B. Brady. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7238
Our pets: fast asleep - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...
Print shows two young children asleep on a bed; one is holding a doll. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5043 Forms part of: Popular gra... More
Carrier Dove: The departure - Engraving, Public domain image
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0924
The Bay of Annapolis: Nova Scotia
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0494
The lovers walk - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4143
Home sweet home - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3113
The road to the holy cross: le chemin de la tres Ste. Croix
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5610
Lieut. General Winfield Scott: General in Chief of the U.S. Army
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3768
View from Fort Putnam: West Point Hudson River, N.Y.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6890
Bastion du Mat, from the central bastion / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker...
View of the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the far left of the British lines, showing a portion of the battery, French soldiers and Zouaves, and a network of trenches. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate f... More
Marriage evening - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4351
King William III: Prince of Orange. born November 4th 1650, died March...
Print shows King William III, Prince of Orange, bust portrait, facing slightly left, wearing hat. Includes lengthy text below title. Inscribed in ink on verso: 410053. Stamped on verso: L.C. Fine Arts Division... More
Beatrice Cenci - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0501
The blessing of a wife - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0634
Death of Col Edward D. Baker: At the Battle of Balls Bluff near Leesbu...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1602
The meeting of the waters: in the Vale of Avoca, County Wicklow Irelan...
Print shows a view of the confluence of three rivers, the "River Avonbeg", "River Avonmore", and "River Avoca", in the "vale of Avoca", County Wicklow, Ireland; many of the features shown are identified below, ... More
The tree of life: on either side of the river was there the tree of li...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6619
Family register - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2015
Household treasures - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3201
Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5625
Trotting stallion Smuggler owned by H.S. Russell,(Milton, Massachusett...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6704
The celebrated trotting horse Camors, by the General Knox, dam by Blac...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0993.
Little sisters - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4019
St. John's Church, Greenbush, N.Y. - Pastor, Reverend James E. Duffy /...
Print shows an exterior view of St. John's Church from the street, with horse-drawn carriage in the foreground.
Bay Stallion Hambrino, by Edward Everett
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0495
The grand California filly Sunol, record 2:10 1/2 at 3 yrs. old: by El...
Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2685