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James K. Polk - eleventh president of the United States

James K. Polk - eleventh president of the United States

James K. Polk, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, with the U.S. Capitol seen through window in the background. Conningham no. 2615. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Res... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with bayoneted musket in front of painted backdrop showing military camp and American flag]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with bayoneted m...

Case: Leather vase floral arrangement interior with geometric scroll exterior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: Military images. H... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified young girl, probably his daughter]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified young girl, pr...

Case: Berg, no. 5-27 (variant with lovers in a garden). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:180) Purchased from: Rick Brown, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (L... More

Flight of Santa Anna--At the Battle of Cerro Gordo / lith. & pub. by R. Magee.

Flight of Santa Anna--At the Battle of Cerro Gordo / lith. & pub. by R...

Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fanny Elssler in the shadow dance

Fanny Elssler in the shadow dance

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2035

The soldier's record - 150th Regiment, Company G, New York State Vols

The soldier's record - 150th Regiment, Company G, New York State Vols

Mustered into United States Service October 11, 1862. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6001

The soldier's record - 150th Regiment, Company G, New York State Vols

The soldier's record - 150th Regiment, Company G, New York State Vols

Mustered into United States Service October 11, 1862. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6001

[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat and infantry Hardee hat with sword, revolver, and fife]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat and infantry Hardee ha...

Case front: Berg, no. 1-55 Case back: Berg, no. 3-107 Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket]

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket]

Case: Rinhart, no. 85. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congre... More

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Genl. Taylor, near Corpus Christi, Texas, (from the North) Oct. 1845 / D.P. Whiting, Capt. 7th Inf. del. ; on stone by C. Parsons.

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Gen...

279 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. B&w copy Inscribed in ink at bottom: 279. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York July 23, 1847. Color co... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms and forage caps with saber and musket]

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms and forage caps with sabe...

Case: Berg, no. 3-99. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congres... More

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1706

[Privates and twin brothers Bartlett and John Ellsworth with brother Samuel Ellsworth of Company A, 12th New Hampshire Infantry]

[Privates and twin brothers Bartlett and John Ellsworth with brother S...

Photograph shows identified soldiers in Union uniforms. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosEllsworth.html Case: Berg, no. 3-37. Additional information in collections file. Gift; T... More

Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world

Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in th...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Unidentified young soldier in Union shell jacket and forage cap with cartridge pouch, haversack, and bayoneted musket ]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union shell jacket and forage cap with ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-559. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Company F infantry forage cap]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Company F infantry forage c...

Case: Leather scroll motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

Doctor Syntax, in the middle of a smoaking hot political squabble, wishes to whet his whistle / Rowlandson del., British Cartoon Print

Doctor Syntax, in the middle of a smoaking hot political squabble, wis...

Doctor Syntax and other people drinking and smoking in an English inn. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress). DCRM(G) example 1B2 - source of title note Thomas Rowlandson - En... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union shell jacket and forage cap with revolver and musket]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union shell jacket and forage cap with ...

Case: Berg, no. 7-79. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

American privateer "General Armstrong" Capt. Sam. C. Reid / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

American privateer "General Armstrong" Capt. Sam. C. Reid / lith. & pu...

Print shows the American privateer "General Armstrong" firing on British boats sent from HBM Carnation to capture her. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Rese... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with Bowie knife]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with Bowie knife]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Lexington of 1861 - A painting of a man laying on the ground in front of a crowd

The Lexington of 1861 - A painting of a man laying on the ground in fr...

Massachusetts Volunteers fighting in streets of Baltimore on march to defense of the U.S. Capitol. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3754

[Samuel W. Doble of Company D, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, with drum] / S. Shattuck, ambrotype, daguerreotype, and photographic artist, 19 Central St., Lowell.

[Samuel W. Doble of Company D, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, with drum...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Frame: Berg, no. 7-55. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More

[Pvt. Edward H. Clark of Company G, 12th New Hampshire Volunteers]

[Pvt. Edward H. Clark of Company G, 12th New Hampshire Volunteers]

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Case: Leather quatrefoil scroll. Additional information on card in case behind ambrotype. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquis... More

[Private Charles F. Sherman of 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery, with inset photo of unidentified woman and Grand Army of the Republic medal in case]

[Private Charles F. Sherman of 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Batte...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosSherman.html

Men walking on street. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Men walking on street. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Identified as Burma in 1991; formerly thought to be Thailand. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of... More

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounted volunteers led by Colonel Richard M. Johnson, 5th Oct. 1813

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounte...

Print shows the battle of Thames with Colonel Richard M. Johnson and the Kentucky volunteers on the left engaged in battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Prominent figures, including Col. Richard M. Johns... More

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounted volunteers led by Colonel Richard M. Johnson, 5th Oct. 1813

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounte...

Print shows the battle of Thames with Colonel Richard M. Johnson and the Kentucky volunteers on the left engaged in battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Prominent figures, including Col. Richard M. Johns... More

[Unidentified soldier of the 12th Illinois Volunteers, "The First Scotch Regiment" in greatcoat and tamoshanter cap]

[Unidentified soldier of the 12th Illinois Volunteers, "The First Scot...

Case: leather geometric scroll border with cross-like oval interior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil ... More

The moment of reflection or a tale for future times / IC., British Cartoon Print

The moment of reflection or a tale for future times / IC., British Car...

Cartoon shows Catherine II horrified at the visions that beset her at the moment of death; a cloud entering at left depicts the many victims of her wrath; a skeleton, Death, stands behind her ready to plunge hi... More

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Print shows the east front of the U.S. Capitol as seen from the south-east, with pedestrians and horsedrawn carriages on plaza in front. This print is probably a later reprint of no. 593. Conningham no. 5227a.... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate kepi and vest with small book in pocket, possibly a Bible]

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate kepi and vest with small bo...

Photograph shows book, probably a bible, in vest pocket. Case: Leather ornate cross design. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: The ... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, knapsack, and knife]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, kn...

Case: Leather geometric with vase motif in center. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs fr... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle and revolver in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle a...

Frame: Berg 7-18. Photographer's name attribution based on article: Ertzgaard, John. "The elusive photographer of Benton Barracks." Military images, 10.6 (1989): pp. 24-25. Digital photo with mat removed by Mi... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with unidentified woman in dress]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with unidentified woman in dres...

Case: Rinhart, no. 195. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljwoch pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Company E, 12th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers hat]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Company E, 12th Regiment N...

Case: Berg, no. 2-125. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Co... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform next to table and pedestal]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform next to table and pedestal]

Photograph shows "Ohio" fashioned on kepi with makeshift combination of letter and number badges. Case: Leather geometric scroll motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Digital photo with mat ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union second lieutenant uniform holding hat]

[Unidentified soldier in Union second lieutenant uniform holding hat]

Case: Leather geometric with oval leaf motif in center. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform of the 56th New York Volunteers (10th Legion) and forage cap; Grand Army of the Republic badge pinned to the velvet pad opposite photograph]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform of the 56th New York Volunteers...

Photograph shows insignia on right breast pocket of a shield with an embedded "X" probably designating the 56th New York Volunteers, also known as the 10th Legion. Case: Rinhart, no. 54 Digital photo with mat ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with object hanging from neck in front of painted backdrop showing waterfall]

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with ...

Case: Berg, no. 1-54. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congres... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with object hanging from neck in front of painted backdrop showing waterfall]

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with ...

Case: Berg, no. 1-54. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congres... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms]

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms]

Case: Berg, no. Berg 1-178. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljunion

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 8 / Monsr. [Key] fecit.

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 8 / Monsr. [Key] fecit.

Print shows a dandy on a Philadelphia street accosting a woman wearing a large coat with a large hood covering her hairdo. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:238). Caption: "Good evening Miss, shall I have the pleasure of... More

Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864

Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864

Print shows battle between Union monitors and sloops against Confederate ships and ram CSS Tennessee in Mobile Bay with Fort Morgan in the distance. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Rese... More

[Private Horace H. Smith of Company G, 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, in forage cap with bayonet, musket, cartridge box, and musket sling etched H. H. Smith]

[Private Horace H. Smith of Company G, 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regimen...

This tintype portrait of an identified Union soldier displays unusual clarity and fine detail. Its subject is well equipped with his bayonet, musket, cartridge box, and musket sling etched "H. H. Smith," a cruc... More

Property protected--à la Françoise, British Cartoon Print

Property protected--à la Françoise, British Cartoon Print

British satire of Franco-American relations after the XYZ Affair in May of 1798; 5 Frenchmen plunder female "America", while five figures representing other European countries look on. John Bull sits laughing o... More

Tshusick. An Ojibway woman / A.H. ; drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowens Lithographic Establishment No. 94 Walnut St.

Tshusick. An Ojibway woman / A.H. ; drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. ...

Print shows Tshusick, full-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, with left arm resting on a table on which is a paper with her name on it, spelled "Thusick". Signed on stone on bottom center: A.H. Ent... More

[Nine unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms and forage caps, eight with bayoneted muskets and one with a drum]

[Nine unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms and forage caps, eight w...

Case: Berg, no. 7-10 Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Gunsight Antiques, Standish, Maine, 2006] Forms part of: Liljenquist Famil... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate artillery jacket with secession badge and artillery forage hat]

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate artillery jacket with secession b...

Case: Berg, no. 1-150. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congre... More

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Print

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...

William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pit... More

Northeast view of Battery no. 1, at Farnhold's house, York River, mounting one 200 pound & five 100 pound rifled guns

Northeast view of Battery no. 1, at Farnhold's house, York River, moun...

Stereograph showing soldiers walking through the fortifications in the battery. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper s... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and slouch cap with infantry insignia holding revolver to chest]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and slouch cap with infantry in...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.

The life of a fireman: the metropolitan system

The life of a fireman: the metropolitan system

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Library has two impressions, one hand-colored, published at 115 Nassau Street, and one b&w, published at 152 Nassau Street. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / com... More

A republican belle - a picture of Paris for 1794 / IC., British Cartoon Print

A republican belle - a picture of Paris for 1794 / IC., British Cartoo...

Print shows an old woman, a sansculotte, in ragged dress, her arms folded across her chest, holding a pistol in one hand, which she fires at a man lying on the ground, and a dagger in the other. There is a skul... More

[Sergeant James Bishop White of Company B, 60th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, in shell jacket with M1816/22 musket, bayonet, and Enfield cartridge box and unidentified man, possibly Jasper White, in civilian clothing]

[Sergeant James Bishop White of Company B, 60th Tennessee Infantry Reg...

Case: Leather, plain brown with push button. Two associated rings, carved by Jasper White while at Lake Erie Prison, processed as LOT 14043-1. Additional information in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; ... More

[Isaac Yost of Company C, 118th Regiment Illinois Infantry, standing in uniform with bayoneted musket and revolver]

[Isaac Yost of Company C, 118th Regiment Illinois Infantry, standing i...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform, who died of congestive fever at a hospital in Port Hudson, Louisiana, on January 27, 1864. Isaac Yost died of congestive fever at a hospital in Port Hudson,... More

View of the U.S. mail steamship company's premises, Aspinwall, N.G. / Parsons lith.

View of the U.S. mail steamship company's premises, Aspinwall, N.G. / ...

Inscribed in pencil on verso: A460216. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket, bayonet in scabbard, revolver, and cap box in front of painted backdrop showing military camp scene]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket, bayonet in scabbar...

Photograph case has a campaign button with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln dated 1860 attached to interior. Case: Berg, no. 3-156. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (... More

[Lieutenant Horatio J. David of Company B, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment]

[Lieutenant Horatio J. David of Company B, 16th Georgia Infantry Regim...

Photo shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. On August 16, 1864, Horatio J. David lost his sight in one eye after an injury at Deep Bottom, Virginia. Case: Berg, no. 3-176 Additional information in c... More

[Lieutenant Horatio J. David of Company B, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment]

[Lieutenant Horatio J. David of Company B, 16th Georgia Infantry Regim...

Photo shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. On August 16, 1864, Horatio J. David lost his sight in one eye after an injury at Deep Bottom, Virginia. Case: Berg, no. 3-176 Additional information in c... More

The doctor indulged with his favorite scene, British Cartoon Print

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

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]

[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

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 1784 au Luxembourg

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

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

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"

"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

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

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 compte je ne sait pu én faire

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 his false friends / S.W.F., British Cartoon Print

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

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

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

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

Mistaken abilities / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Mistaken abilities / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows several individuals, each believing they are better suited to a particular occupation other than the one they are currently engaged in, such as a farmer that wants to be a doctor or an attorney that... More

Villagers clearing out rubbish!!! / engrav'd by Hixon., British Cartoon Print

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

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 locals of Hogs Norton] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scu., British Cartoon Print

[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. ; Cruickshank scp., British Cartoon Print

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 with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, British Cartoon Print

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, British Cartoon Print

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, & 1794 / J. Pass, sc.

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 Sharpshooter fec.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. A la Vestris, British Cartoon Print

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.

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

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

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]

[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 magic spectacles The diplomatic Hercules, attacking the poitical hydra / / from a very big picter in the Jinerals Bed-Room, draw'd off from Nater by Zek Downing, Historical Painter to Uncle Jack & Jineral Jackson.

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 blackface taking a bow]

[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

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.S.F.L.

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 Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, Philadelphia.

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

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 (Palm Ravine) 9th of May 1846 [...]

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 deb́arque les Européens pour l'Isle Cayenne

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

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