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[Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pingjiang tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated between 1858 and 1869. One of the earliest and biggest stone rubbing maps in China. Original stone was engraved in 1229 under Li Shoupeng. The map is now in the Museum of Engraved Stone Tabl... More

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

The life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

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

Georg Pencz - [The Triumph of Time]

Allegorical representation of Time, winged man, on chariot pulled by two deer. Signed with monogram on plate. Inscription: Tempus edax...aut fuerint. Part of series: Six triumphs described by Petrarch. Bartsch,... More

[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surround...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Albrecht Durer - [St. Christopher, facing right] / AD [monogram].

Saint Christopher walking across river with child on his back, hermit in background. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection (Library of Congress). Hollstein, 52. Meder, 52. ... More

Roast beef & port or Bully Bramble Esqr., Justice of Peace in Wasp Tow...

"Portrait, W.L., of a stout man facing T.Q. to right, looking to left over his right shoulder. His left hand is thrust under his buttoned coat; his right (gloved) rests on a cane..." (Source: George) No. 24. Ca... More

Ukie itsukushima jinjya no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a perspective view of the Itsukushima Shrine built over the water. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban... More

Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man with a lion on a leash

Print shows a member of the Third Estate playing a bagpipe, standing next to a tame lion, representing the monarchy, and manipulating marionettes, representing the clergy and the nobility, on a string tied to h... More

The coffee-house patriots, or news, from St. Eustatia / H. Bunbury Esq...

Print shows interior view of a coffeehouse, presumably in London, where several man of commerce appear disgruntled at the news of the successful campaign to capture Saint Eustatius, a port used by British merch... More

DCM 0851: Carlo Palanca Flute in C

Unlike most flutes with corps de rechange, the shortest one is marked no. 1. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, silver key.; 57.7 cm. (no. 1), 58.9 cm., 59.7 cm., 60.4 cm., 61.45 cm. (no. 5) Key Hole... More

Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans. - Public domain architectural plan drawin...

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

A view of Savannah as it stood the 29th of March 1734.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 3 copies; 1 copy missing; 1 copy to P&P?

[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]

Illus. in: Antiquitates italicae medii aevi, sive Dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, magistratibus, legibus, studiis literarum, artibus, lingua, militia, nummis, principibus, libertate, s... More

The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765

Print shows George Grenville holding a balance with scales "Debts" and "Savings", the debt far outweighs savings; among those in line to contribute their savings is a Native American woman representing America,... More

[America, 1772 - title page ornamentation showing Native wearing skirt...

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His majesty King George the III - contemplating a medal of King Alfred

Print shows King George III, full-length portrait, wearing coronation robes, standing in library with seal of England over the doorway; he holds a medal with portrait of Alfred the Great. Illus. in: The Annual... More

The Scotch Butchery, Boston, 1775, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lords Bute and Mansfield conferring, to their right stands Simon Fraser and Lord Wedderburn, "Deputies" to the aforenamed. On the far right are soldiers wearing Highland dress (of the 71st Regiment ... More

The congress / P.E.D. inv. & delin. ; R. Aitkin sculp.

Print shows title page illustration of a female figure, representing America, sitting amidst implements of war. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania magazine: or, American monthly museum. Philadelphia : Printed and sol... More

A view of Boston from Dorchester Neck / Wm. Pierre delin.

Print shows view across harbor of Boston from Dorchester, Massachusetts. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777... More

Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the...

Print shows a British minister handing a copy of the Québec Act to a kneeling bishop, George III is standing to the left, next to him is Lord Bute, with another minister and other clergymen completing the audie... More

General Howe, Esqr. of the Conecticut [i.e., Connecticut] and comander...

Print shows William Howe, wearing military uniform, seated on horse. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Don... More

The entrance of Havannah, from within the harbour

Print shows ship in the foreground in the channel at the entrance to Havana, seen at left behind wall. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published... More

[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

David Wooster, Esqr. - commandr beÿ der provincal armee in America

Print shows David Wooster, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing left, holding pike in right hand. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nü... More

Carte de l'affaire de Montmouth : ou le G'al Washington commandon l'ar...

Shows troop positions at the Battle of Monmouth (near Englishtown, Monmouth Co., N.J.). Relief shown by hachures. Place-names in English. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Sectioned to 12 panels and mounted on cloth... More

Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces, British Car...

Print shows Horatio Gates, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, standing at table in tent, with tents and a flag with horizontal stripes in the background. Catalogue of prints and drawi... More

The honble. Chas. James Fox - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Charles James Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1779 (November), p. 483. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graph... More

Carte du théatre de la guerre entre les anglais et les Américains / dr...

Print shows cartouche with a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt reclining against wall which bears title inscription; flags, banners, and shield on his right, trees in the background. Illus. in: Cart... More

Iohn Paul Iones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirtee...

Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing, wearing uniform, holding telescope cradled in right arm, left hand on anchor, with naval battle scene in the background.

General Putnam. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows Israel Putnam, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right and gesturing to the left with both arms, wearing military uniform and feathered cap with skull and crossbones over the words "or... More

[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance t...

Prints show distant views of The Wolves, a cluster of islands off New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, Grand Manan Island, and the entrance to the Saint John River, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. i... 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

Westminster election 1780 / E--g inv., British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Lincoln standing on the right of St. Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodn... More

John Bulls alternative. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Br...

Print shows John Bull (representing England) standing on his toes on a rock, a rope around his neck and tied to a limb above him; on the right, across a body of water (probably representing the English Channel)... More

Light house S.W.b.S. 1 mile distant

Print is oval insert on a chart of Halifax Harbor showing the lighthouse at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des B... More

The Earl of Shelburne, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows William Petty, Lord Shelburne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left; in oval on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. in: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure [...]. London : Published [.... More

Labour in vain or let them tug & be da--nd

Print shows Neptune, the British lion, Britannia, and a British sailor on a piece of land labeled "England" laughing derisively at a Dutchman, a Frenchman, a Spaniard, and a partly draped Native woman wearing a... More

Dominion of the sea, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Britannia in a boat with a fox on the prow at anchor in "Portland Road"; she is holding a staff with the banner of St. George and the British flag, and an olive branch in her right hand, her shield ... More

Landung einer Französischen Hülfs-Armee in America, zu Rhode Island, a...

Print shows the disembarkation of French troops, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau, at Newport, Rhode Island, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 136. [Plate] 9. Pu... More

Die Americaner machen das Corps des General Bourgoyne zu Gefangnen, be...

Print shows British troops laying down their arms at the surrender at Saratoga, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. ii9. [Plate] 7. Published in: The American Revolution i... More

Major André, von drey Americanern angehalten zu Tarrytown am 23ten Sep...

Print shows Major John André being taken into custody by three men, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams, near Tarrytown, New York, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolu... More

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More

[Silhouette of George Washington and bust portrait of Benjamin Frankli...

Print shows right profile head-and-shoulders portrait of George Washington in oval facing oval containing left profile bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscell... 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

[Ornament for title page of The Columbian Magazine for the year 1789]

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for James Trenchard, 1789 (March), title page. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 176... 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

America! With peace and freedom blest

Allegorical figure of America as a young woman surrounded by shield with eagle, globe, and books as Apollo with a lyre points to the Temple of Fame.

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Illus. in: The unive... 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

Vue de la montagne elevée au champ de la reunion

Print shows the Festival of the Supreme Being, inspired by Robespierre, planned by Jacques Louis David, to commemorate the second year of the Republic; a female figure, representing France, riding on a cart wit... More

La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle quil la faudr...

Print shows four bare-bottomed men, the ministers of finances, sitting around a table restoring their good health on the produce of other nations; as they consume the "Eau de la Plata" and "Eau du Sénégal," the... 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

Map of Matrimony on Mercators projection shewing to timid lovers the o...

In upper margin: Puzzle : the second expedition of the Vessel Pinta. Reproduced in: An atlas of fantasy / compiled by J.B. Post. Rev. ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1979. Available also through the Library of... More

Nagasaki no chizu Historic map, Library of Congress

Japanese print shows map of harbor area of Nagasaki. Nagasaki print. One corner is torn. Backed with sheet of paper covered with Japanese writing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 176; 47623a. Earl... More

[John Cassin, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 402 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...

Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More

Second view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè p. ; W.B. Annin sc.

Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More

The pipe dance and the tomahawk dance / F. Barinsou ; painted at the t...

Native men performing the pipe dance and the tomahawk dance. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis. Philade... More

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gr...

Print shows Napoleon I on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers; in the lower right foreground are defeated Mamlu... 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

Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.

Print shows an officer on horseback behind American soldiers as British soldiers storm the barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. Published in Graham's magazine, 27, 1 (July 1845), between p. 40 and 41.

View from Mount Holyoke - A black and white drawing of a mountain scen...

Illustration showing view from the top of Mount Holyoke toward the valley and Connecticut River below.

Saga gorō mitsutoki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows Mitsutoki wearing protective padded armor from which several arrows are protruding, prostrating himself onboard a Taira ship. He is reporting to "Tomomori", "Emperor Antoku", and others during the ... More

[Francisco Zarco, full-length portrait, seated, facing front]

On recto: F[Superscript co] Zarco. On recto: Cruces y Campa, 2[Superscript d] S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 24, lower left.

George III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.

Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown. After a Reynolds coronation portrait. Illus. in: An impartial hi... More

The Constitution and Guerriere / drawn by G. White ; engd by J.C. McRa...

Print shows the Constitution, in the background, firing on the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships.

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

View from Bushongo Tavern 5 miles from York Town on the Baltimore Road

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

A faut esperer q'eu se jeu la finira bentot

Print shows the nobility and the clergy, representing the estates general, riding on the back of a man representing the working class, or third estate; the man is bent under their weight and supports himself by... More

Canaan, or The Land of promise. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Daniel Boone & his friends rescuing his daughter Jemina

[Place de la Concorde, Paris, France] / E. Baldus.

Place de la Concorde, showing fountains, obelisk and buildings. In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 7.

P.S. Duval's lithograhpic & color printing estab! Artizans Building Ra...

Print shows a design for an advertisement for P.S. Duval's lithographic establishment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed as an illuminated manuscript leaf with large ornamental initial letter "D" showing a... More

New York firemen's monument: Greenwood Cemetery I.L.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4832

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting ovation for George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, and allegorical medallion of peace and agriculture, from bottom of left valve. In album: Benjamin... More

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting the battle of Yorktown and gallantry of Alexander Hamilton, and allegorical medallion of war, depicting Hessian soldier and New Jersey farmer, from bot... More

Desperate conflict of American seamen under Decatur, on boarding a Tri...

Illustration shows Stephen Decatur and his men fighting hand-to-hand fight on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the First Barbary War. Illus. in: Life and death on the ocean: a collection of extraordinary adve... More

Mrs. Rose Greenhow, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time...

A black and white photo of a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Chenango County, New York : from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 482 Includes statistics and illustrations. Bainbridge -- Coventry -- Greene -- Guilford -- Plan of New Berlin -- Plan of Norwich -- Oxford --... More

[Gen. Wm. Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Gen Santos Guardiola, President...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 46 (1856 Oct. 25), p. 321. Reference copies may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

President and Plantagenet. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the USS President sailing to the left, in the foreground, and the HMS Plantagenet, on the right, in the background. Inscribed below image: "President". Published in The Naval battles of the United ... More

Limpia - Wild Rose Pass - A black and white drawing of a valley

Illus. in: United States. Dept. of the Interior. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey ... by William H. Emory. 34th Cong., 1st sess. House Ex Doc. 135. Washington: C. Wendell, printer, 1857-... More

[Detail of "Justice and History" to be placed above Senate bronze door...

Photograph of maquette showing allegorical Justice and History figures by Thomas Crawford. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 123. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Lincoln, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of abraham lincoln. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General W.T. Clark, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capt. James Lemon, 19th N.Y. Cavalry. USA

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capt. James S. West, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Richard W. Johnson, 3rd Ky Cavalry. U.S.A.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albert C. Lee, Col 7th Kansas Cavalry

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capt. William Kopp, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maj. Roger Jones, Asst. Insp. General

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maj. General Gordon Granger, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

H.B. Hidden, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capt. James S. West, C.S.A. (Cavalry)

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lt. E. Pollock, 9th U.S. Infantry. - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description