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[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 56. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Scenes from events and battles leading up to and during the American ...

The prints in this set consist of two uncut sheets mounted on a single backing. Numbers printed at top left and top right, representing page and plate: S. 61 (1), S. 74 (2), S. 84 (3), S. 88 (4), S. 99 (5), S.... More

Attaque de la convention nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 vendémiai...

Print shows battle scene on Paris street during the attack on the National Convention. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 129. de ... More

The ghost - a Christmas frolic - le revenant / I.M. Wright pinxt. ; W....

Print shows a boy with a mannequin ghost holding a candle frightens several guests at an intimate party. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Wolves triumphant or A fig for public opinion / R C [Cruikshank]., Bri...

"A corner of the stage (right) at Drury Lane, with a section of the pit in the foreground (left). Kean, as Richard III, postures before his tent, frantically flourishing his sword, and exclaiming Richard is not... More

Ben Jonson. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A half-length portrait of the seventeenth century playwright, Ben Jonson. No copyright information found with item. One item from album entitled: Collection of sketches and prints by R. Seymour. Printed on plat... More

[Cabin in landscape] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The match by the Club of All Nations at Cowes [England]. The AMERICA y...

Wood engraving by Landells. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1851 August 30, v. 19, p. 264. Reference copy may be in SSF - YACHTING. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card t... More

Four designs of chimney-tops - Public domain print

No reference copy location listed. Repr. of architectural drawings by Downing, ca. 1852. Illus. in: The architecture of country houses / A.J. Downing. New York : Appleton, 1850, p.329. This record contains unve... More

Caverned iceberg, Melville Bay, [Greenland, 1853?]

Lithograph by P.S. Duval from sketch by Kane. Illus. in: Elisha Kent Kane, The U.S. Grinnell Expedition ... New York : Harper, 1854. Reference copy may be in SSF - Arctic regions 1853. This record contains unve... More

Sacramental scene in a western forest

Large Presbyterian religious service in forest glade. P.S. Duval & Co. Illus. in: Joseph Smith, Old Redstone, 1854, opp. p. 310. Reference copy may be in LTO 4400 D. This record contains unverified, old data fr... More

John Eliot preaching to the Indians

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10, (1856), p. 232. Reference copy in LOT 4709 L.

Winter holidays in the southern states. Plantation frolic on Christmas...

African Americans dancing amid whites. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1857 Dec. 26, p. 64. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capt... More

The execution of John Brown, in a stubble field, near Charleston, [W.]...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 210 (1859 Dec. 10), pp. 24-25. Caption card tracings: P&P Case; US Hist.; BI; Shelf.

[Three children]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in album: Autograph etchings by American artists, copyright by John W. Ehninger, opposite poem entitled "Childhood."

The war in America: the chain bridge across the Potomac above Georgeto...

Soldier standing on hill in foregrd. overlooking Chain Bridge. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1861. LOT 4420-B. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Br... More

Ball in Honour of President Lincoln in the Great Hall of the Patent Of...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, April 8, 1865, p. 321. Reference copy in Presidential File: Lincoln, Abraham... Inauguration. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent... More

Scene on the floating battery in Charleston Harbor, S.C., during the b...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and from looking at the item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 283 (1861 Apr. 27), p. 360. Caption card tracings: C.W. Fort... More

The housetops in Charleston during the bombardment of Sumter

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 May 4), p. 273. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

The Bivouac Fire at the Outposts of our Army of the Potomac

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1861. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War Troops Va.; Civil War Camps; Shelf.

Impressive scene at Fort Sumter - Dec. 27, 1860

When the stars and Stripes were raised - the Chaplain invoking a blessing while Major Anderson was hoisting the standard. Reference copy may be available in lot 4416 E (1861) Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrat... More

Scene at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee River, Sunday Afternoon, 6th Apr...

Union soldiers running toward Riverboat at landing; Battle of Shiloh. Double-page wood engraving. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862 May 8. Reference copy may be in LOT 4416(o). This record c... More

The great railway disaster near Montreal, Canada

Railroad cars, which fell from Belaeil Bridge, on barge. Wood engraving after photoprint by a. Bazinet & Co. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1864. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Railroads Disasters 1864. This ... More

Benjamin R. Curtis - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing left. Wood engraving after photoprint by Whipple. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1868 April 18), p. 244. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B... More

The lost cause. Book illustration from Library of Congress

"Henry Mosler, author & er.;" possibly illustration for book by Mosler. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Alice Barber Stephens - He listened as one may listen to a reprieve

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Bearded man on horseback] - Public domain portrait print

Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Frost, no. 72 (A size). No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

When the auto first came into ...

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Shoveller Duck - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illus. in: Audubon, Birds of America. 1871. pl. 394. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Publ. Ind.

Amer. Bittern - Public domain zoological illustration

Illus. in: Audubon, Birds of America. 1871. pl. 365. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Publ. Ind.

A cotton steamer [in New Orleans]

Wood engraving by John Andrew & Son. Illus. in: Every Saturday, vol. 3, 1871 July 22, p. 93. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - PLANTATION CROPS COTTON. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Captio... More

How to get a nomination ... take your firends to a primary meeting. Yo...

Caricature of politician hugging "bloomer girl" and group of Mormon wives. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Budget of Fun, 1872 Jan., #188, p. 9. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ca... More

Italian street musicians and their masters

Small boy being beaten by adults for not earning enough money as a street violinist. New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1873 March [8]. This record contains unverified, old data fro... More

The discovery of Greenland wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illustration shows a Viking ship surrounded by whales and icebergs. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 19, (1875 Sept. 25), p. 780.

Pro Patria - 1776 - Public domain engraving

Diptych showing Continental army officer leaving woman "Departure"; and "Return", showing him with head bandaged, embracing woman. Wood engraving drawn by Walter Satterlee. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 July... More

"76"... - Public domain portrait engraving

Minuteman or Continental soldier holding musket and flag. Wood engraving by Speer, "from a picture by George W. Maynard, in Memorial Hall, Phila." Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 July 15, cover. Reference copy... More

[Father Time waving farewell to cowed woman]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Cowboys by fire in discussion with Indian chief]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Lion in doorway looking at lady in bed]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Lion and the Lady."

She gathered up the poor little thing on the floor

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Very wild flower -- W - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Cholly. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

A baptism of North American Indians - Mormons posing as the apostles o...

A Mormon baptizing an Indian in front of a group of Indians; photographer with camera in right foreground. Illus. from: Graphic, 1882 Sept. 2, p. 221.

[Curious effect of a hunting field constructed on Mr. Muybridge's natu...

Wood engraving by Gray-Parker. Illus. in: Andrews' American Queen, 1882 July 29, cover. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Advertisement for Wallace diamond carbons

Illus. in: Electrical World, 1884 Mar. 8. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Diamonds; Electricity; Adv.

Kit Carson, King of Guides. Article by Albert W. Aiken

Illustrated with Kit Carson on horseback in front of wagon train. Illus. in: Beadle's Boy's Library..., 1884 May 3, v. 1, no. 3, cover. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card ... More

[Men brandishing sticks over fallen man and confronting man by stairs ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman with book sitting on desk]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Watercolor sketch of young woman on verso; not on digital file. Gift; Pearlman's; 1949. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The late Louisa May Alcott - Public domain portrait engraving

Wood engraving after photo. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 32, 1888, p. 193. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Two goats]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938.0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Woman in a furred or feathered hat]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

You were the boy who swore at me just now, the stranger began

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Satisfaction of a Gentleman.

[Woman standing talking to another seated at desk]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Five flying pelicans]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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).

[Three fighting cranes in nest]

[Woman on front porch] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Lizard on berry branch] - Public domain botanical illustration

Mill race, Wissahickon - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Harbor of St. Pierre, Miquelon - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0069.9). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Girl in Slavic peasant costume]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Tarry-a-bit - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0072). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Perseverance rewarded - Public domain engraving

4 frame cartoon showing beggaer running after another man and saying, "Please help a poor man; I've got the rheumatics so bad I kin hardly walk, Boss!" Wood engraving by George Bluks. Illus. in: Puck, (1891 Dec... More

Cow trunk fish, orange sea raven, common trunk fish (front view)

Jacket title: Charles Scribners & Sons, rugs. Photograph of a watercolor painting study of a rug, possibly for a book by Charles Scribner's Sons. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042393. Gift; State Historical Societ... More

[A corner of his studio] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Civil war soldiers with tattered flag]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Clumsy man kicking chair after stepping on man's toes]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "George Ade's Fables."

The new president takes the oath of office. The Wilcox home in which P...

Group of people around front of porch draped with U.S. flag. "The Buffalo home which was made historic by the recent tragedy at the Pan-American Exposition". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 190... More

The Ambitious Mother and the Obliging Clergyman

Blindfolded clergyman marrying couple; mother of bride holding rope tied to bride's wrists; small, meek groom. Illus. in: Life, 1902 June 5, pp. 488 & 489. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More

Harlech Castle - A black and white photo of a castle on a hill

Print shows castle in Scotland. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 26, April 1909, plate II.

A young Nez Perce, Native Americans

Indian posed, full lgth., standing, facing slightly right. Photoprint copyrighted by Edward S. Curtis. Illus. in: Curtis, North American Indian, v. 8, oppos. p. 36. No. X2909. Ref. copy may be in E77.C98. This ... More

[Girls in bathing suits holding up the devil]

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Alfred Stieglitz - Ocean liners: The steerage (1907)

This photo has often been reproduced to represent the experience of immigrants traveling to the United States. In fact, Stieglitz took the photo while traveling to Europe as a first class passenger on the SS Ka... More

Veterans in the making - Crew of the LAFAYETTE

Group portrait of crew of the Mississippi ironclad LAFAYETTE. Illus. in: Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War. v. 6, p. 211 (1911 ed.). Reference copy may be available in P&P Ref.: E468.7.M64 (1957). P... More

Transverse section, New York Public Library (fig. 150)

Caption continues: This section shows the main reading room carried by the seven-tier Snead Standard Stack. Story heights are even multiples of the stack tier heights. Illus. in: Library planning, bookstacks ... More

[Reproduction of illustrations showing flower garden designs]

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

New York - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

People walking up street (Wall Street) in strong sunlight and building in background with large recesses. Reproduction of photo by Paul Strand, 1915. Illus. in: Camera work, no. 48, October 1916, plate I. Pau... More

[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

[Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1942:0018). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The New York Times.

Raymond Loewy Associates, "Look" kitchen. Kitchen I, no figure

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

Raymond Loewy Associates, "Look" kitchen. Kitchen II, no figure

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

[Scenes from events and battles leading up to and during the American ...

The prints in this set have been cut apart and subsequently arranged in their original order and mounted on two sheets with a single backing. Numbers printed at top left and top right, representing page and pl... More

[Frontispiece and title page for The Story of Architecture in America,...

Cass Gilbert's copy, with his inscription commenting on the frontispiece, an illustration of a skyscraper by Eliel Saarinen: This design was not built. If it had been built it would have been disappointing to ... More

The Snow-ball approaches Hell Robert Carter

Editorial cartoon shows the steamship OSCAR II (carrying Henry Ford's Peace Party) with huge snowball labeled "Peace" on its deck; the ship is approaching a fiery inferno labeled "Europe." Illus. from: The Eve... More

The beautiful story: a companion book to the Holy Bible

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The beautiful story: a companion book to the Holy Bible

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The beautiful story: a companion book to the Holy Bible

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Colonial glassware, specimen illustratons ...

Top image shows various flasks with notation "for Alice Morse Earle's Home Life in Colonial Days"; bottom image shows a variety of glassware with notation "for article by M.Y. Wynne in "The House Beautiful." S... More

Atlas of Steuben Co., Indiana : to which are added various general map...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4570 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Steuben County, and brief biographies and portraits of earl... More

Atlas of Steuben Co., Indiana : to which are added various general map...

L'Iliade d'Homere, traduite en francois, avec des remarques par Madame...

Title from spine. 25 original wash drawings (12.7-13.2 cm.) used as illustrations in the French translation of Homer's Works, published by J. Wettstein, Amsterdam, 1731; sometimes also included in the edition o... More

[Envelopes with political illustrations.]. American Civil War 1861-186...

In order of appearance: Secession Wagon; Jeff Davis-My wagon is kind of caving in. I am afraid Uncle Abe will catch me before I get far with these goods. President Abraham Lincoln. Vice-President. Hannibal Haml... More

[Envelopes with political illustrations.], engraving, Library of Congr...

Theatre de Voltaire; dessins par Gravelot

Title lettered on case. 45 mounted pencil and pen sketches for the illustrations to the Collection complète des oevres de Voltaire, Genève, Cramer, 1768-96. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collectio... More