illustration

The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an angry Uncle Sam holding up a lantern labeled "Congressional Legislation" to illuminate a rotund man wearing a crown labeled "Trusts" and a robe decorated with dollar signs, there is a ring... More

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of the Globe theater in 1616 II

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

From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Wil...

List of books in exhibition held May 1-31, 1966.; Page Order: Uncut Sexto/ Tri-fold. List scanned in numerical order, with illustrations interspersed as they arose. Page Order: Tri-fold Available also through t... More

Practical illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law / E.C. del.

A satire on the antagonism between Northern abolitionists on the one hand, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster and other supporters of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Here abolitionist William ... More

[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a rel...

Illus. in: Alciati, Andrea. Omnia Andreae Alciati v.c. emblemata, Parisiis, apud Ioannem Richeriū, 1589. Reference copy may be in LOT 4707A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption... More

[Print speciman of botanical illustrations for Aethusa Cynapium, an he...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 6]

Fanny Davenport - Public domain portrait photograph

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

The glass of fashion up-to-date, now read!

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 189-

Louis Rhead - Try vio-violet a new Lundborg perfume

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C83. 189- Purchase; 1985; (DLC//PP/1985:224).

Nellie Bly - Drawing. Public domain image.

Portrait, full length, standing, facing left slightly, holding hat in one hand and bag in the other. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings... More

Too much Johnson with William Gillette.

Z60954 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Say! Hold on a minute. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti. N.Y." Management, Charles Frohman. No. 6268. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collec... More

The Chap-book No. 4: May. - Public domain book illustration

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895.

Harper's [for] June / Edward Penfield

Woman seated in rocking chair, reading magazine. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Le Frou Frou 20', journal humoristique / L Capiello.

Poster showing a can-can dancer holding a copy of "Le Frou Frou" while she dances.

Hagen Bros. 3-ring-3 circus graphic

Circus poster showing clown faces and fire cracker. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

From the Cape to Cairo / Keppler.

Illustration shows Britannia carrying a large white flag labeled "Civilization" with British soldiers and colonists behind her, advancing on a horde of natives, one carrying a flag labeled "Barbarism". Caption... More

The struggle of the Slav / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a Russian man standing on a rowboat, using an axe labeled "Nat'l Assembly" to battle an octopus labeled "Bureaucracy", wearing a crown and royal robe, its tentacles are labeled "Graft, Exile,... More

[Reproduction of illustration showing a garden fountain]

Photograph of an illustration, probably Spain, early 20th century. On slide (handwritten): "O (?)" or "G (?)" in a gold-edged seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and s... More

[Reproduction of illustration showing an enclosed garden]

Photograph of an illumination from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de La Rose, late 15th century, Haarlem mss. 4425, British Museum. On slide: Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benj... More

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of Westminster

Public domain image of a historic building, 15th-16th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Book illustration showing a boat model and cups found during archaeol...

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of the Globe theater in 1616 I

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Illustration from Office of Civilian Defense booklet "Blackout"

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Mayor La Guardia of New York City autographing the...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Matt. 24:57-66. Jesus brought before Caiaphas and the council, is accu...

[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or bo...

Illus. and text in: Pestbuch : Hieronymus Brunschwig. [Strassburg] : J. Gruninger, 1500. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 138.

[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: Men and women hunting ...

Woodcuts from Historia Delle Genti, by Olaus Magnus, the 1565 ed. of Historia de Gentibus Septrionalibus. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

[Illustration shows children around woman carrying large pudding on pl...

Pp. 25-28 have text of "The New England Boys Song about Thanksgiving Day". Illus. in: Flowers for Children by Lydia Maria Child (Boston, 1845), p. 28. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: woman milking reindeer...

Woodcuts from Historia Delle Genti, by Olaus Magnus, the 1565 ed. of Historia de Gentibus Septrionalibus. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

[Illustration showing Descartes' mechanical view of a universe filled ...

Illus. in: Principia philosophiae / Rene Descartes. Amstelodami : Apud L. Elzevirium, 1644, p. 114. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 265.

[The Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building]

Photograph of an engraving. Title and date from Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897 / Helen-Anne Hilker. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980, p. 60, no. 8.

[Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864 Jan. 2, with...

Woodcut after a sketch by Fred. B. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1864 Jan. 2), front page. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Glimpses at the Freedmen's Bureau. Issuing rations to the old and sick...

Print shows African Americans gathered outside the Freedmen's Bureau in Richmond, Virginia. A woman is handing a slip of paper through a window to a man seated inside. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated news... More

[Illustration of the dangers of alcoholic beverages]: Result of...drin...

The sheriff levying on the household furniture. Tinted lithograph copyrighted by M. Marques. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Psychiatric hospitals U.S. 1884; ... More

[Explosion in rock formation with people running, man diving into wate...

Created and "copyrighted 1895 by H.A. Thomas & Wylie Lith. Co., 130-134 W. 24th St., N.Y." Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Trochilidae. - Kolibris. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows hummingbirds. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibendem Text, a... More

[Reproduction of illustration showing Hanging Gardens of Babylon]

Photograph of drawing by V. Foulquier reproduced in Arthur Mangin, Les Jardins: Histoire et Description, 1867. On slide: Red seal sticker. On slide (printed): "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). On... More

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of West-Cheap, London

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of nave in St. Paul's II

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Book illustration showing bas-reliefs from the Stela of Ur-Nammu found...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a relief sculpture, panel, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Four Freedoms. Illustration depicting "Freedom of Religion" from a...

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

[Children's book illustration showing a red lighthouse with embedded s...

A167560 U.S. Copyright Office. R-477251 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by library staff. Illus. in: The little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge, c1942, second to last illustration in book. Copyrig... More

The Prudent buyer selects the Shirk, the latest, neatest, and lightest...

Woman riding bicycle. Promotional goal: U.S. C71. 189-. Public domain image of bicyclist, bicycle, cyclist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Children's object book - Rare book, public domain, Library of Cong...

"Designed in England and printed by G. Loewensohn at Fürth, Bavaria"--Front pastedown. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a ...

Poster shows a rear view of a woman holding a camera and tripod while facing a pond with the sun rising or setting. Poster is an advertisement for Johnston's business as a photographer and author. Published in... More

Practical illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law / E.C. del.

A satire on the antagonism between Northern abolitionists on the one hand, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster and other supporters of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Here abolitionist William ... More

Religious illustration above the doorway to Santa Teresa de Jesus Cath...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The church, built in 1912, is home to a parish that is notable as the home of the first Christmas celebration in Texas, in 1683. Cred... More

[Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and at...

Illus. in: Opere di Galileo Galilei .... Bologna : Per gli hh del Dozza, 1655-56 [v.1, 1656] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C.... More

[Labor, a picture made about 1900 for use as a magazine illustration]

Three men, one with wheelbarrow, working at the base of large rock. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's gr... More

Nursery rhymes for infant industries. An alphabet of joyous trusts--no...

Cartoon showing man, "Electric Trust," using electrical device, "Monopoly," to shock another man, "The Common People." Copyright by W.R. Hearst. LC-USZ6-797 DLC (b&w copy photo) bad negative?

The destruction of Russ[i]an torpede [sic] destroyers by Japanese torp...

Print shows sailors from the Japanese torpedo boat, Sazanami, boarding a Russian torpedo boat during a heated sea battle off Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war. From series: Illustrated Russo-Japanese War. No. 5.

Bribe takers both / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows, on the left, a man labeled "Tariff Coddled Manufacturer" voting with one hand and receiving a bribe in the form of "High-Protection Schedule" from a large hand labeled "Rep. Congress" extend... More

[Reproduction of illustration showing flower garden designs]

Photograph of watercolor illustrations in Maria Elizabeth Jackson, The Florist's Manual, 1822 Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms ... More

My wife and my mother-in-law. They are both in this picture--find them...

Illus. in: Puck, week ending 1915 Nov. 6, p. 11. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Reproduction of illustration showing a carnation]

Photograph of an illuminated manuscript page from Juliana Anicia Codex of Dioscorides, 6th century. On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Joh... More

[Reproduction of illustration showing a garden with statues]

Photograph of an illustration of a watercolor by George Samuel Elgood, late 19th century. On slide (handwritten): "E" in a gold-edged seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, dat... More

[Reproduction of illustration: "Pine-Tree at Matsushma"]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Reproduction of illustration showing a mosaic Crucifixion as Tree of ...

Photograph of a mosaic, 12th century, San Clemente, Rome. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances... More

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of a town

Public domain image of a historic vintage city view, cityscape, plan, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Book illustration showing the statue "A ram caught in a thicket" foun...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ski fun La Province de Québec.

Travel poster shows people skiing in the mountains. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The cats' party - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Cover title. Copyright 1869. Leaves printed on one side only, printed pages face each other. First and last leaves pasted to paper wrapper. In illustrated paper wrapper with publisher's advertisement on p. [4]... More

Merry Christmas - Print, Library of Congress collection

G9774 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on lower left. Stamped on lower left: Library of Congress Cit... More

The Children's object book - Rare book, public domain, Library of Cong...

"Designed in England and printed by G. Loewensohn at Fürth, Bavaria"--Front pastedown. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a ...

"This is my first circular put out about 1896/7. Brought me many friends & customers, FBJ" verso. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The great Wallace shows An innovation in aerialism, the triple revolvi...

Circus poster showing the Vortex sisters performing their trapeze act. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A charming illustration of exposition grandeur, Spirit of the Pacific ...

H52256 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley. No. 5842.

Poster - The Baptism of Jesus Christ - Public domain lithograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0396.

A new and accurate map of part of North-America, comprehending the pro...

Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Hand colored. Covers the area from Quebec to lower Chesapeake Bay and west along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to Fort Detroit. Shows provinces, towns and cities, forts, some... More

[Domestic cat on a stool playing with three kittens]

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

Poster - Irving's Giant Pain Curer - Public domain lithograph

LOT subdivision subject: Mythology. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Ed Mendel, Chicago. No date given on card. Date based on date range of other patent medicine labels.

[Title page of The Illustrated Miners' Hand-book and Guide to Pike's P...

Illus. in: The Illustrated Miners' Hand-book and Guide to Pike's Peak ... Saint Louis : Parker & Huyett, 1859. Reference copy may be in LOT 4392C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Ca... More

Ye May session of ye woman's rights convention - ye orator of ye day d...

After T.M.N. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 3 (1859 June 11), p. 372. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Edward Penfield - Harper's for August, Harpers magazine posters

Magazine cover illustrated with woman seated in boat, 3/4 lgth., reading. Color lithograph by Edward Penfield. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Books & Reading... More

Louis Rhead - Century Magazine - Midsummer Holiday Number / Louis Rhea...

Art nouveau poster showing a woman seated under tree and reading Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1894.

The holy night - Print, Library of Congress collection

6308 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Wehle, F.W., copyright... More

Harriet May Mills to Anne Fitzhugh Miller; Montreal: Interior of Notre...

On Verso, only partially detached and not scanned: Mills greetings to Anne Fitzhugh Miller and her mother, Elizabeth Smith Miller, prior to sailing from Montreal enroute to Europe

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Reproduction of illustration: "Garden Coo...

Photograph of an illustration by Ella du Cane, in Ella and Florence du Cane, The Flower Gardens of Japan, 1908. On slide (handwritten): "J" in a gold-edged seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjam... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Reproduction of illustration: "Wisteria K...

Photograph of illustration by Ella du Cane, in Ella and Florence du Cane, The Flower Gardens of Japan, 1908. On slide (handwritten): "J" in gold-edged seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Jo... More

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of London Bridge II

Public domain image of a vintage historic city view, cityscape, plan, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Reproduction of an illustration showing a painting of a river bank]

Photograph of an illustration in a book or magazine that reproduced a watercolor, possibly English or Scottish, circa 1900. On slide (handwritten): "E." Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watt... More

[Reproduction of illustration showing "Levens Hall," Robin Bagot house...

Site History. House Architecture: Elizabethan house with later additions. Landscape: Topiary garden begun in 1694. Photograph of a book illustration, probably Charles Henry Curtis, The Book of Topiary, 1914. On... More

Balloon barrage training center. Lilluputians at a weemie roast. This ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Denver, Colorado. Workers giving ship steel a thorough rinsing after i...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le tricolore, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows the French "Le Tricolore" balloon in the colors of the French flag with three passengers, possibly Jules Duruof, his wife, and another man, standing in the basket during an ascension in Paris, June ... More

[Title page with illustration showing the tree of knowledge]

Illus. in: Arbor scientiæ venerabilis et cælitvs illuminati patris Raymvndi Lvllii Maioricensis .... [Lugduni] : 1515. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard ... More

[Title page of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of Fools" with woodcut illustra...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Title page, no illustration] - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Illus. in: John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, title page. London, 1760. Reference copy may be in LOT 4443. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Houses of Parliament / Pearson sc. during American Civil War

Print shows Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, on the banks of the Thames River. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album c... More

[An illustration of the Ptolemaic concept of the universe showing the ...

Woodcut from Jan Glogowczyk's Introductarium copendiosum in Tractatu...Cracow, 1513. Reference copy may be available in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracin... More

Presidents of the United States, [Bouclet & Feusier portraits of the P...

Portrays 16 Presidents. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Freedman's Bureau! An agency to keep the Negro in idleness at the ...

One in a series of racist posters attacking Radical Republicans on the issue of black suffrage, issued during the Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 1866. (See also "The Constitutional Amendment!," no. 186... More

The latest illustration of humane Indian policy

Badly wounded Indian reclining inside barred window, in front of which are pots labeled "boiled shot" and "cartridge soup"; a soldier with bayoneted rifle stands outside the window. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Il... More

[Two wolf pups and bird] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Alexander the man who knows - Public domain portrait print

Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress) Forms part of: McManus-Young collection of pictorial material relating to magic.

The populist Paul Revere / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan riding on a horse fashioned out of "The Commoner" newspapers, through a town, announcing that representatives of the reorganized Democratic Party were coming, drawing o... More

The green door - Public domain portrait painting

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress)

George Kleine presents the Cines photo drama Quo Vadis Nero sings whil...

Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" showing Nero playing lyre while citizens of Rome flee the fire.

[Reproduction of illustration showing a dragon, cypress, and blossomin...

Photograph of an unidentified illustration. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin John... More

[Book illustration showing a woman's headdress and a dagger found duri...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.