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[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left]

Scratched on back of plate: 363. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

Scratched on back of plate: 339. Hallmark: Rinhart 31b. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

The state-trial portraits. 1844

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Linton, W.J.

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, three-...

Scratched on face of plate: 154. Scratched on back of plate: 278; 271. Edges trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produc... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...

Scratched on back of plate: 133. Corners trimmed. Resembles portrait of Horace Kneeland, New York sculptor, in The Atlas, Dec. 15, 1844. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Dag... More

Appraiser, Egypt - Public domain portrait drawing

Humorous drawing shows a public documents appraiser, from behind, asleep at his desk, a frowning crowd has gathered on the other side of his window. Bayard Taylor made extensive travels to Europe and Egypt betw... More

[Unidentified woman]. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Scratched on face of plate: 187; Betty Bliss. Scratched on back of plate: 447. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by M... More

[Charles James Napier, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]

Alternative identifications: G.F. (or Q.F.) Yung (cat. 5); Hunt. Identified by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on a similar image in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (London). Transfer; U.S. War Col... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Same sitter as DAG no. 116. Hallmark: Rinhart 31. Scratched on back of plate: 304. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced ... More

[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left...

Democratic Congressman from Illinois, 1843-1847; Senator, 1847-1861. Hallmark: J ROUSSEAU & CO. Written on back of plate: Douglas Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978,... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Scratched on back of plate: 361. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified woman], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Scratched on back of plate: 213. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[James Bruce Elgin, 8th Earl of Elgin, head-and-shoulders portrait, th...

Identification from a woodcut engraving from an ambrotype by Brady in Harper's Weekly, June 6, 1857, p. 357. Corners trimmed. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collectio... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, ey...

Copy of DAG no. 304. Scratched on face of plate: 180. Scratched on back of plate: 11 [canceled]; 116. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of C... More

[Aaron Vanderpoel, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, w...

Democratic Congressman from New York, 1833-1837, 1839-1841. Scratched on back of plate: 160; Judge Vanderpool. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Lib... More

Takanawa no kihan, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows sailboats, some anchored and some under sail. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōto hakkei : Eight views i... More

The Washington nautical problem

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie, J.

Brick House, Sainte Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1619 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000892

Christian Church, Rocheport, Boone County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1304 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction

Paris. Bourse et Tribunal de Commerce J. Jacottet fig. par Bayot ; Imp...

Print shows a street level view of a large building with colonnades, labeled "Bourse et Tribunal de Commerce"; also shows pedestrians, street vendors, and carriages or hansom cabs. [Plate] 23. Stamped on verso... More

Delegates of the south and southwestern annual conferences of the conv...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott (G. & W.)

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842...

Relief shown by hachures. State 3: Includes notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states. "Published in Report of the exploring expeditio... More

Inauguration of President Polk. - Approach to the Capitol

Illustration shows crowd in the rain, holding umbrellas, walking up the steps of the U.S.Capitol for the inauguration of James K. Polk. Illus. in: The illustrated London news, v. 6, 1845 April 19, p. 244, top.

27 East Hanover Street (Commercial Building), Trenton, Mercer County, ...

Significance: Built as part of the Trenton Odd Fellows Hall on the corner of Broad and Hanover streets (see HABS NJ-970). It was commercial building, although no specific tenants are known. It retains the scale... More

Ruined mosques in the desert, west of the citadel / David Roberts, R.A...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 7.

A Persian wheel, used in raising water from the Nile / David Roberts, ...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 9.

The Great Sphinx, pyramids of Girzeh July 17th 1839 / David Roberts, R...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 18.

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Newsam, A.

Louis Haghe - Kom Ombo Nov 16th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 6.

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Street scene in Cairo / David Roberts, R...

Title page. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, pt. 2.

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Pompey's pillar. Alexandria / David Robe...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 5.

Fixed Dioptric light of the first order, vertical section

Illus. in: Plates Accompanying Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Improvements in the Lighthouse System and Collateral Aids to Navigation, detail of plate 4, (right). On title page: Senate Document... More

Portico of the Temple of Edfou--upper Egypt Novr 23rd 1838 / David Rob...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt 10.

Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rumeyleh / David ...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 38.

Entrance to the Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia / David Roberts, R....

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v.1, pt. 2. Title page.

Selections from Leonora, part IV - American sheet music, 1870-1885

cover only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright D... More

Louis Haghe - Temple at Esneh Nov 25th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 24.

Susan - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major.

Yong seen sang - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Mosque El Mooristan, Cairo / David Rober...

With bazaar in street. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 24.

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music ...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Lib... More

Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coronation of the virgin - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

The Bride - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0739.

Momijigari no himegimi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptypch. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings... More

Hamamatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers warming themselves at a large fire on the Tōkaidō Road near the Hamamatsu station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

Hallmark: Rinhart 44. Date based on hallmark. Case: front - flowers surrounded by frame design; back - geometric design. In Marian S. Carson's inventory, the sitter is identified as Dr. George W. Cardeza of Jef... More

Pope Pius IX. Born May 13th1792. Elected Pope June 16th1846

Print shows Pope Pius IX, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, with right hand raised to make the sign of the cross. 382 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Ins... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a litter with passenger, on the Tōkaidō Road at the Totsuka station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

[Title page and frontispiece showing slave on top of mountain, with hi...

Illus. in: Walker's appeal, with a brief sketch of his life / by David Walker. New York : Printed by J.H. Tobitt, 1848, title page and frontispiece.

The guardian angel - Print, Library of Congress collection

358 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

The star of the road - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6110

Map of North America. - Public domain vintage map

[Juan Antonio de la Fuente, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 25, upper right.

[The return home] / Lalanne ; Maxime Lalanne inv. & sc.

Signed on plate. No. LC 1041. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ruins at Ephesus] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 21, bottom left.

[Lotus plants in various stages of development], Yasukuni Tachibana

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon noyamagusa : Illustrated book of mountain grasses. Format:... More

Copy of curious love letter from a gentleman to a lady. [185-?].

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 156, Folder 40.

The ladies memorial to the brave defenders of this glorious union.

Embossed leaf with title, mottoes and names of heroes within an elaborate design.

[Thomas Carlyle, author] - Public domain print

Japanese print shows Carlyle horrified to see his manuscript burn after his dog upsets a lamp. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 181; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 43. Earlier control number: 236.3-... More

Verona - Piazza Erbe, Italy. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

No. 239. Stamped on back: Gi[ft], Mrs. D.M. De Bard, May 18, 1953.

The Fugitive slave law. [Hartford, Ct.? : s.n., 185-?]

Text of the law.; Includes "Synopsis of the law," critical of the legislation, signed by S.M. Africanus, Hartford, Ct., and poem in three parts.; Fugitive slaves--United States.; Slavery--United States.; Afric... More

[Mr. Zina Hitchcock Benjamin family, posed left to right: Cornelia, Zi...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Cyanotype of a daguerreotype made between 1845 and 1858 (DAG - no. 1123). No. 8317.

Anti-slavery meeting. Benj. S. & J. Elizabeth Jones will hold anti-sla...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 4a.

[Unidentified man, possibly David Hostetter, head-and-shoulders portra...

Case: Rinhart 271. Embossed on inside of case: H.B. Swift, No. 312, Market Street. Labels on case: "33" and "64." Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.12). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection ... More

[Battle scene surrounded by portraits of American presidents]

Print shows miniature portraits of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Tayl... More

[U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia]

Exterior view of the U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1999 (DLC/PP-1999:126.011) Published in: Gat... More

Rules & regulations to be observed on board the packet Sloop Sabine, R...

Copy 2 is Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 8... More

La Romaine aristocratique - A drawing of a man in a green outfit

Print shows a monstrous figure holding a scale weighing a member of the Third Estate; in the background a plump clergyman and a nobleman walk away with a large pig between them. de Vinck, 2749 Blum, 116 Forms ... More

Henry Bennet Earl of Arlington P. Lely pinx ; J. Houbraken sculps, Ams...

Print shows Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion resting on scroll work on pedestal with a fish, harpoon(?), and sealed envelopes. Printed below ima... More

Friendship waltz, op. 40 - Public domain American sheet music

cover page only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyri... More

Francis Frith - [Facade of Great Temple at Abū Sunbul, Egypt]

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 27, upper right. Frith no. 1794.

Caractacus at the Tribunal of Claudius at Rome

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Birrell.

Quadrille de punch - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sharp, W.

[A farmer plowing a field]

Illus. in: Ruralia commoda. [Augsburg] : Johann Schüssler, ca. 16 Feb. (XIIII Kal. Mart.) 1471. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D... More

[Ignacio Zaragoza, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 22, upper left.

Chūgoku nenga - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a warrior or supernatural being riding on a tiger. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forms part of: Japanese prints and draw... More

La lanterne magique - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows several women and children viewing a magic lantern, which is a large box set on a stand and manipulated by a man standing on the right. The children appear spellbound by the glow.

Francis Frith - [Ramesseum], Egypt

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 25, lower right. Frith no. 1860. No. B57.

Christ Church Cambridge Massachusetts. - Public domain historic place ...

Cityscape drawing shows Christ Church in Cambridge, MA in the days when dirt roads led across the town. Gift; Ladies Mount Vernon Assoc.; 1935; (DLC/PP-1935:019).

[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Date and photographer information from: Picturing Frederick Douglass / John Stauffer. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, p. 185.

Map of the route surveyed from the Mississippi at Lake Providence in L...

Harriet Lane Johnston, White House hostess for President Buchanan

Photograph showing Harriet Johnston, head and shoulders portrait, left profile. Photo of engraving by J.C. Buttre. From Laura C. Holloway, The Ladies of the White House, 1881, opp. p. 442.

Paris moderne. Les Tuileries, le Louvre, et la rue de Rivoli, vue pris...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. No. 5 handwritten at bottom of print Plate from Souvenirs de Paris et de ses environs. Monuments et sites les plus remarquables, dessinés d'après na... More

Tomb - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Relief sculpture of woman. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 20, left side.

Jim Crow complete in 150 verses

In English. (language) Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monte Testaccio... - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Vasi.

Lafayette College, Easton and Delaware Bridge from Philipsburg i.e., P...

Drawing shows a bird's-eye view of Easton from the New Jersey side of the Delaware River with the covered bridge at center and Lafayette College on a hill in the background. Inscribed in pencil on lower right ... More

[Peter Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

From photograph by M.B. Brady. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Woman, full-length portrait, standing, turned left]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 43, upper right. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. On verso: Andres Martinez y c[Superscr... More

[Thomas De Witt, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly facing front]

Scratched on back of plate: 50; 283. Corners trimmed. Hallmark: Rinhart 16. Identification provided by Owen Blevins (12/11/2012). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreot... More

[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, full-length portrait, seated, facing...

On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2d de S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, upper right.

Francis Frith - Entrance to Temple Medinet Habu

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 25, lower left. Frith no. 1867.

[Empress Eugenia of France, three-quarter length portrait, seated, tur...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 10, lower right. On verso: H. Tournier, 57, Rue de Seine, 57, Paris; Déposé.

N. P. Willis - Print, Library of Congress collection

372 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Goupil,Vibert & Co..

Lilies of the valley - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Stamped on lower left of mount: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art pr... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated,...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46c. Case: Rinhart 228. Was part of LOT 6837. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1955. Forms part of: William Gibbs McAdoo Papers, 1786-1941 (Library of Congress). Forms... More

Kane's boat and deer park, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La Sirène, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows the balloon "La Sirène" flying with one man on board. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection.

Map of Somerset County, New Jersey /

Relief shown by hachures. Inset : Plan of Somerville. Includes names of property owners and 7 views. LC Land ownership maps, 465 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.