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Edgar Degas - [Au Louvre: la peinture (Mary Cassatt)]

Edgar Degas - [Au Louvre: la peinture (Mary Cassatt)]

Print shows two women viewing paintings at the Louvre, as seen through a doorway. Delteil, 29 (20th state) Exhibited: "Pennell Legacy : Two Centuries of Printmaking" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.... More

A view of the entrance of the harbour of the Havana, taken from within the wrecks Vue de l'entrée du Port de la Havane prise en dedans des Bâtiments echoues = Vista de la entrada del Puerto de la Havana desde los naufragios / / drawn by Elias Durnford, Engineer ; engraved by Peter Canot.

A view of the entrance of the harbour of the Havana, taken from within...

Print shows a battleship being towed by men in rowboats, a boat under sail, and men in rowboats in the harbor, with the masts of ships sunk at the entrance of the harbor. Includes numbered key showing: 1. The s... More

Commemoration de la prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1792 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

Commemoration de la prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1792 / Prieur ...

Print shows a large bonfire of items related to the nobility as part of the celebration commemorating the fall of the Bastille. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution ... More

This representation of Peter Franciscos gallant action with nine of Tarletons cavalry in sight of a troop of four hundred men / design'd by Warrell ; drawn by Barralett ; engraved by D. Edwin.

This representation of Peter Franciscos gallant action with nine of Ta...

Print shows Peter Francisco in a clearing near a tavern, with sword raised, assaulting a British soldier on horseback, another soldier lies at his feet, dead or wounded, and seven other dragoons flee on foot to... More

This representation of Peter Franciscos gallant action with nine of Tarletons cavalry in sight of a troop of four hundred men / design'd by Warrell ; drawn by Barralett ; engraved by D. Edwin.

This representation of Peter Franciscos gallant action with nine of Ta...

Print shows Peter Francisco in a clearing near a tavern, with sword raised, assaulting a British soldier on horseback, another soldier lies at his feet, dead or wounded, and seven other dragoons flee on foot to... More

Mal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard - sujet mémorable des révolutions de l'univers, British Cartoon Print

Mal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard - sujet mémorable...

Cartoon shows a man with feathered cap labeled "Ameriquain" (representing America) cutting the horns off a cow labeled "Commerce d'Angleterre" (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman... More

High life at noon, British Cartoon Print

High life at noon, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room in which two men and two women are taking tea; on the left, a man with an extremely long ponytail attempts to prevent the entrance of a messenger carrying a bill from "Lor... More

The harlots nurse, or modern procuress / Boitard sculpt., British Cartoon Print

The harlots nurse, or modern procuress / Boitard sculpt., British Cart...

Print shows an interior view of a room in which a tightly corsetted courtesan admires herself in a mirror as her maid, or procuress, views her from behind. This scene is mirrored by a cat toying with a mouse un... More

[Harmony weeps for the present situation of American affairs] / J.C. inv. ; Isc. Taylor sc.

[Harmony weeps for the present situation of American affairs] / J.C. i...

Print shows Harmony leaning against an urn weeping in a pastoral setting. Illus. in: A sermon on the present situation of American affairs / William Smith. London : Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775, title page. ... More

[A Tory and a patriot wrestle for a pine tree banner while an Native watches] / Patas sculp.

[A Tory and a patriot wrestle for a pine tree banner while an Native w...

Print shows a cartouche on a map with Loyalist attempting to replace a banner displaying a pine tree and topped with a liberty cap signifying America with a banner bearing the British lion; the patriot raises a... More

[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and the lighthouse on Sandy Hook, New Jersey]

[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and t...

Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Pu... More

Siege du Fort S. Philippe dessiné par le Paon peintre de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Conde ; gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Imperiale et Royale de Vienne &c

Siege du Fort S. Philippe dessiné par le Paon peintre de S.A.S. Mgr. l...

Print shows the bombardment of the fort St. Philip's Castle on the island of Minorca during the siege of the fort by French and Spanish forces; Lt. General Duc de Crillon, on horseback, watches from near an art... More

Suprise de St. Eustache dessiné par P.C. Marillier ; gravé par N. Ponce, Graveur de Mgr. le Comte d'Artois

Suprise de St. Eustache dessiné par P.C. Marillier ; gravé par N. Ponc...

Print shows a surprise attack by the French Army, under the command of the Marquis de Bouillé, against the British on Sint Eustatius, an island part of the Netherlands Antilles. Printed on bottom center: A.P.D... More

[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gravé par Helman, l'an 5e, de la R.F.

[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gra...

Print shows the Assemblée nationale législative meeting in a large room crowded with French citizens, many of them armed with swords and pikes, one holding aloft a victim's head on a pike, another firing a rifl... More

Hunterian Museum. Royal College of Surgeons / T.H. Shepherd ; E. Radclyffe.

Hunterian Museum. Royal College of Surgeons / T.H. Shepherd ; E. Radcl...

Interior of museum, showing skeletons of mammals. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / [Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.]

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / [Prieur...

Print shows a mob of French citizens looting the Maison de St. Lazare at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Trimmed to edge of image, to include title, but not artist statements. Illustration from: Colle... More

Combat dans la mer du nord, Juin 1696 / peint par Gudin ; gravé par Chavanne.

Combat dans la mer du nord, Juin 1696 / peint par Gudin ; gravé par Ch...

Naval battle between French and British ships in the North Sea.

Combat dans la mer du nord, 2 Octobre 1706 / peint par Gudin ; gravé par Skelton.

Combat dans la mer du nord, 2 Octobre 1706 / peint par Gudin ; gravé p...

Naval battle between French and British ships in the North Sea. Diagraphe et pantographe-Gavard. Gal'rie hist'que de Versailles. Sie. III Son 3.

Johnson's new chart of national emblems

Johnson's new chart of national emblems

Print showing the flags of various countries, those flown by ships, and the "Signals for Pilots." In the top left corner is the "United States" 37-star flag, in the top right corner is the "Royal Standard of th... More

The corner of the sofa, no. 3. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

The corner of the sofa, no. 3. 19th century Japan. Public domain image...

Print shows a woman, three-quarter length, seated on the edge of a sofa. Title from mount. Stamped on verso: Atelier Ed. Degas. Ex-coll.: Edgar Degas (Lugt 658), H.G. Wittemore (Lugt 1342). Breeskin, 16 America... More

Defeat of the British army [...] Défaite de l'armée Anglaise [...] / / dessiné par Hthe. Laclotte ; gravé par P.L. Debucourt.

Defeat of the British army [...] Défaite de l'armée Anglaise [...] / /...

Print shows a scene during the battle of New Orleans between the British under General Edward Pakenham and the Americans under Major General Andrew Jackson, with Mississippi River in the foreground. "Drawn on t... More

"Raising the liberty pole," 1776 / painted by F.A. Chapman ; engraved by John C. McRae, N.Y.

"Raising the liberty pole," 1776 / painted by F.A. Chapman ; engraved ...

Print shows the raising of a liberty pole in a village center on a festive occasion with many spectators, some appear to be disgruntled loyalists; in the background, several men are removing a sign bearing the ... More

[Quietude] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Quietude] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman seated, holding a nude child against her chest. Title from mount. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Signed with artist's monogram stamp on lower right corner of plate. Paper has ... More

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit ; gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizel.

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More

A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in Spanish Town, British Cartoon Print

A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in...

Print shows British transplants dancing and being served by Jamaicans at a ball in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Includes six lines of verse warning women against loose living. "Graciously dedicated to the Honble. Mr... More

Genl. Grant & his family / painted from life by William Cogswell, Washington, D.C. ; engraved by John Sartain, Philadelphia.

Genl. Grant & his family / painted from life by William Cogswell, Wash...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant standing next to his wife who is sitting, with their four children outdoors; their daughter is sitting on a pony and one son holds a croquet mallet. Entered according to Act of Con... More

The bath (the tub). 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

The bath (the tub). 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman holding a naked child while checking the temperature of water in a small bathing tub. Title from mount. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Signed with artist's monogram stamp on b... More

Edgar Degas - [Au Louvre: musée des antiques]

Edgar Degas - [Au Louvre: musée des antiques]

Two women viewing a statue in the Ancient History Museum at the Louvre. Stamp of Atelier ED Degas. Delteil, 30 (6th state)

What may be doing abroad - what is doing at home, British Cartoon Print

What may be doing abroad - what is doing at home, British Cartoon Prin...

Print shows two simultaneous scenes, on the top, the Kings of Spain, France, and Prussia, and Queen Maria Theresa carve out portions of the British empire for themselves, while on the bottom, members of the Duk... More

Panorama de la Habana / daguerreotypado por G.B. Haase, Habana, 1854 ; Ed. Willmann pinxt. & sculpt. Paris, 1855.

Panorama de la Habana / daguerreotypado por G.B. Haase, Habana, 1854 ;...

Print shows a panoramic view from a hillside of Havana, Cuba, with the harbor in the middle distance and the entrance to the harbor on the right at the horizon; also shows buildings and streets in the foregroun... More

Josiah the first / Wm. Charles, Sc.

Josiah the first / Wm. Charles, Sc.

Caricature of wealthy American politician and civic reformer Josiah Quincy, an outspoken apologist for Great Britain and an opponent of the War of 1812. Quincy stands stiffly on a rocky shore while fish frolic... More

An attempt to land a bishop in America, British Cartoon Print

An attempt to land a bishop in America, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a bishop climbing aboard a ship labeled "Hillsborough" having been chased there by angry American colonists who use long poles to push the ship away from the quay. Design'd & engrav'd for the Polit... More

Hierbey sollman spürn und w[...]ercken ; ... / HNFecit ; B.C. excu.

Hierbey sollman spürn und w[...]ercken ; ... / HNFecit ; B.C. excu.

Allegory of vanity (presumptuousness) showing five demon-like figures confronting a man and a woman wearing elaborate collars. Andresen, 12 Hollstein, 13 Exhibited: Painted Prints : Renaissance and Baroque Han... More

A view of the market place in the city of the Havana Vue de la place du marché dans la ville de la Havane prise = Vista de la plaza del mercado en la Ciudad de la Havana / / drawn by Elias Durnford Engineer ; engraved by C. Canot and T. Morris.

A view of the market place in the city of the Havana Vue de la place d...

Print showing a large plaza with water fountain, tradesmen, venders, pedestrians, and soldiers in drill formation, also a coach and four, in the city of Havana. Plate numbered in lower right corner: d.6. Trimm... More

A view of the harbour and city of the Havana, taken from Jesu del Monte Vue du Port et ville de la Havane prise de Jesu del Monte = Vista del Puerto y Ciudad de la Havana desde Jesus del Monte / / drawn by Elias Durnford, Engineer ; engraved by T. Morris.

A view of the harbour and city of the Havana, taken from Jesu del Mont...

Print showing a two-wheeled coach without horse, a saddled horse grazing nearby, two men sitting on the ground resting, and a woman approaching them; distant view over many palm trees of the harbor and city of ... More

Frontispiece - when fell debate & civil wars shall cease ...

Frontispiece - when fell debate & civil wars shall cease ...

Print shows an allegorical scene with three female figures, seated on the left is America, standing center, on clouds, is Peace holding an olive branch in her right hand raised toward an airy "Temple of Commerc... More

Virtual representation, 1775. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

Virtual representation, 1775. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American re... More

Le Destin molestant les Anglois, British Cartoon Print

Le Destin molestant les Anglois, British Cartoon Print

Print shows the Comte d'Estaing presenting a palm frond to America, a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt and holding a staff topped with a liberty cap and who is seated on a throne of bales and barrel... More

Grand Passage in the Bay Fundy, on the western shore of Nova Scotia

Grand Passage in the Bay Fundy, on the western shore of Nova Scotia

Print shows ships passing cliffs at the entrance to the Grand Passage of the Bay of Fundy along the western shore of Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Gre... More

L'homme au masque de fer - Political cartoon, public domain image

L'homme au masque de fer - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows a prisoner in chains and wearing an iron mask sitting on a bench in a prison cell, and another man with a lantern and a tray of food entering the cell in the Bastille. Possibly purchased by George ... More

L'Intérieur du comité révolutionnaire. Scène derniere

L'Intérieur du comité révolutionnaire. Scène derniere

Print shows two men pointing out others among a group of revolutionaries to be arrested, perhaps as a backlash to the reign of terror instigated by Robespierre and his followers. Overlooking the scene from a sh... More

Chips of the church!! / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Chips of the church!! / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men stopping to chat while walking through the countryside. The one on the left says, "O yes, made my debut Sermon last Sunday, hit them off to a nicety - charm'd the whole Parish! Set the old W... More

Supplice de Louis XVI, Place de la Révolution, le 21 Janvier 1793; ou 1er Pluviôse An 1er de la République / Swebach Desfontaines inv. & del. ; Berthault sculps.

Supplice de Louis XVI, Place de la Révolution, le 21 Janvier 1793; ou ...

Print shows French soldiers, some on horseback, and citizens gathered around the platform where Louis XVI stands before the guillotine on the day of his execution. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux ... More

The playful pets / painted by W. Drummond ; engraved by J. Sartain.

The playful pets / painted by W. Drummond ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print shows a nicely dressed young girl with bows and ringlets in her hair, sitting on a rug on which there is hay for bedding, in a sheltered area, with a dog and her three puppies; the girl cuddles one puppy ... More

Washington at the outposts of Valley Forge

Washington at the outposts of Valley Forge

Print shows General George Washington on horseback, handing a telescope to an officer, possibly Marquis de Lafayette or Baron von Steuben, standing on the ground next to him; an infantry soldier stands on the l... More

Le calculateur patriote - A man sitting in a chair reading a book

Le calculateur patriote - A man sitting in a chair reading a book

Print shows an accountant sitting at a desk on which are six severed heads, recording a tally of the heads taken and the number that remain due. Henderson, pl. 27 de Vinck, 1615/1616 Blum, 566 Forms part of: F... More

"Raising the liberty pole," 1776 / painted by F.A. Chapman ; engraved by John C. McRae, N.Y.

"Raising the liberty pole," 1776 / painted by F.A. Chapman ; engraved ...

Print shows the raising of a liberty pole in a village center on a festive occasion with many spectators, some appear to be disgruntled loyalists; in the background, several men are removing a sign bearing the ... More

[The lamp] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[The lamp] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman sitting in a chair, relaxing, with a large lamp on a nearby end table. Title from mount. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Inscribed in pencil on bottom center: Edition de 25 epr... More

Public Domain Images - The stocking

Public Domain Images - The stocking

Print shows a woman seated, facing slightly right, putting a stocking on a child seated on her lap. Inscribed in ink at top right: quartre vingt sixième, D. Charles L. Freer Collection. Breeskin, 129 American ... More

Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.

Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval with ribbon at top. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Libr... More

Lieutenant Moody - this officer during the American war distinguish'd himself as one of the most gallant partizans in the British service, & ... made himself the terror of the rebels / drawn & engraved by Robt. Pollard ; aquatinta by F. Jukes.

Lieutenant Moody - this officer during the American war distinguish'd ...

Print shows Lt. James Moody freeing a British soldier held prisoner by the Americans. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress ... More

L'aristocratic écrasée - Public domain scan / engraving

L'aristocratic écrasée - Public domain scan / engraving

Print shows a bust portrait of Louis XVI atop a pedestal with engraved text "A Louis XVI Pere des Français et Roi d'un peuple libre." A reclining female figure, aided by Father Time, is engraving text on plaque... More

A common council man of Candlestick Ward, and his wife, on a visit to Mr. Deputy - at his modern built villa near Clapham, British Cartoon Print

A common council man of Candlestick Ward, and his wife, on a visit to ...

Print shows a "common" councilman and his wife who are shocked by the jumble of architectural styles in the "modern built villa" which includes a Georgian entry, gothick and venetian windows, chinoiserie tower ... More

An attempt to land a bishop in America, British Cartoon Print

An attempt to land a bishop in America, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a bishop climbing aboard a ship labeled "Hillsborough" having been chased there by angry American colonists who use long poles to push the ship away from the quay. Design'd & engrav'd for the Polit... More

Un peuple est sans honneur, et mérite ses chaines Quand il baisse le front sons le sceptre des reines.

Un peuple est sans honneur, et mérite ses chaines Quand il baisse le f...

Print shows a nude woman pulling back the curtain to a tent to reveal a female figure or mermaid on a bed stabbing a king sitting in a chair; a bust of a satyr is at the head of the bed, and two-faced Justice s... More

The monstrous hydra, or virtue invulnerable, British Cartoon Print

The monstrous hydra, or virtue invulnerable, British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Pitt holding a paper labeled "Regency limitations & restrictions" encircled by a hydra labeled "Private Views" with eleven heads, among them Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, and one blindfol... More

A poor man loaded with mischief, or matrimon[y] / drawn by Experience ; engrav'd by Sorrow., British Cartoon Print

A poor man loaded with mischief, or matrimon[y] / drawn by Experience ...

Print shows a man chained to wedlock carrying a woman on his back, her breasts exposed, she holds a cup labeled "gin" and toasts "My Bucks Health", and according to a pig in a pen, "She is as Drunk as David's S... More

High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print

High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains around the bed can be seen a bare-breasted duchess. On t... More

The ever-memorable peace-makers settling their accounts, British Cartoon Print

The ever-memorable peace-makers settling their accounts, British Carto...

Print shows the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Bute, and Lord Holland portrayed as a fox, with the Devil behind him, seated at a table. Lord Holland writes in a ledger labeled "Unacd Millions". Catalogue of prin... More

The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Britis...

Print shows Lord North pumping water from a water fountain topped with the head of George III onto the prostrate bodies of Britannia and a Native figure representing America. Several ministers and judges look o... More

The Hibernian attempt. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The Hibernian attempt. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows George III sitting on a throne with Edward Thurlow and William Pitt standing next to him; he is wearing half a crown on his head, on the left, an African wearing a feathered headdress and holding a ... More

John Bull in Paris; or, English guineas for French pleasure!

John Bull in Paris; or, English guineas for French pleasure!

Print shows John Bull standing between two French women offering them a bag of guineas.

South Hadley paper mill. One ream superfine vellum post. Lathrop & Willard. Massachusetts O. Pelton & Co

South Hadley paper mill. One ream superfine vellum post. Lathrop & Wil...

Print shows a view of the South Hadley paper mill possibly on the Connecticut River, in an oval set on a pedestal labeled "Massachusetts" and bearing a plate that states "Lathrop & Willard". At top is a domed b... More

Major General Winfield Scott / engraved by T.B. Welch.

Major General Winfield Scott / engraved by T.B. Welch.

Print shows Winfield Scott, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform. Inscribed below image: Very truly yours, Winfield Scott.

[The White House, Washington, D.C.] / photo. by G.D. Wakely ; eng'd by J.C. Buttre N.Y.

[The White House, Washington, D.C.] / photo. by G.D. Wakely ; eng'd by...

Print shows a view of the north portico of the White House from the northeast, Washington, D.C.

The most Revd. John Hughes--Archbishop of New York / printed by H. Peters ; engraved by J.B. Forrest from a photograph by Brady.

The most Revd. John Hughes--Archbishop of New York / printed by H. Pet...

Rev. John Hughes, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right.

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey's - from the original painting in the collection of Mr. John Wolfe, New York / C.T. von Piloty, pinx. ; gravure Goupil & Co.

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey's - from the original pa...

Print shows King Henry VIII seated with Anne Boleyn in the left foreground and Cardinal Wolsey with other members of the court at a gathering in the background. Printed at bottom center: Copyright.

General Washington / William Angus sc., engraving, Library of Congress

General Washington / William Angus sc., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform; framed medallion on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. from: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and ... More

His excy. George Washington Esqr. captain general of all the American forces / J. Norman.

His excy. George Washington Esqr. captain general of all the American ...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, gesturing with right hand holding a swagger stick, left hand resting on cannon barrel, military camp in the ... More

The stocking. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

The stocking. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman seated, facing slightly right, putting a stocking on a child seated on her lap. Inscribed in ink at top right: quartre vingt sixième, D. Charles L. Freer Collection. Breeskin, 129 American ... More

The Indians delivering up the English captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the forks of Muskingum in North America in Novr. 1764 / B. West invt. ; Canot sculp.

The Indians delivering up the English captives to Colonel Bouquet near...

Print shows Natives returning captive British children to Colonel Henry Bouquet Printed on plate at top right: p. 28. Printed on plate at bottom left: 204. Illus. from: An historical account of the expedition ... More

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit ; gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizel.

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More

Don Quixote unter der Hirten--Der koelnische Kunst Verein f"ur die Jahre 1845 & 1846 / gemalt von A. Schroedter ; gestochen von Jazet in Paris.

Don Quixote unter der Hirten--Der koelnische Kunst Verein f"ur die Jah...

Don Quixote and shepherds with one of them playing string instrument and one cooking.

Genl. Grant & his family / painted from life by William Cogswell, Washington, D.C. ; engraved by John Sartain, Philadelphia.

Genl. Grant & his family / painted from life by William Cogswell, Wash...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant standing next to his wife who is sitting, with their four children outdoors; their daughter is sitting on a pony and one son holds a croquet mallet. Entered according to Act of Con... More

The horrors of war a vision or a scene in the tragedy of K:Rich:3, British Cartoon Print

The horrors of war a vision or a scene in the tragedy of K:Rich:3, Bri...

Print shows Lord North and another minister having a vision of the atrocities committed against America; they see an image of corruption holding a cup of poison from which Britannia, reclining with sheild and s... More

News from America, or the Patriots in the dumps, British Cartoon Print

News from America, or the Patriots in the dumps, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Lord North standing on a platform holding letter announcing successful campaign by British troops in America. A distraught woman "America" holding a liberty cap, sits at the base of the platform; ... More

J'suis du Tiers-état - A drawing of a man holding a wine glass

J'suis du Tiers-état - A drawing of a man holding a wine glass

Cartoon about the supremacy of the 3rd estate, the people, showing man from the 3rd estate holding up wine bottle and glass. Translated title: I am of the 3rd estate. de Vinck, 2023-24 UCLA, 40 Blum, 37

The brave old Hendrick the great sachem or chief of the Mohawk Indians, ...

The brave old Hendrick the great sachem or chief of the Mohawk Indians...

Print shows Henderick Peters Theyanoogin (King Hendrick), the great Mohawk sachem, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing European style military uniform and holding hatchet in his right hand and a wampum b... More

Iohann George Sulzer geb:den 16 Octobr 1720 - gest:den 25 Febr 1779 / A Graff pinxit 1774 ; D. Berger sculp. Berloini 1779.

Iohann George Sulzer geb:den 16 Octobr 1720 - gest:den 25 Febr 1779 / ...

Print shows Johann George Sulzer, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, medallion with ribbon at top.

General Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

General Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform and hat; in oval. Engraved for Murrays History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the pres... More

The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 / Razo Rezio inv ; Crunk Fogo sculp., British Cartoon Print

The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 / Ra...

Print shows Lords Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, an unidentified man, and Germain in the clutches of a devil, fall into an abyss, driven there by the opposition, or new ministers, Thurlow, Conway, Camden, B... More

[American medals] / D. Berger sculp & del.

[American medals] / D. Berger sculp & del.

Print shows the recto and verso of two medals or possibly four separate medals. Illus. in: Allgemeines historisches taschenbuch ... / Matthias Christian Sprengel. Berlin : Haude und Spener, 1784- p. 182 ff. Pu... More

Tarring and feathering - the reward of the enemies of Ireland / America invent. ; Hibernia fecit., British Cartoon Print

Tarring and feathering - the reward of the enemies of Ireland / Americ...

Print shows three Irish(?) men and a woman (possibly representing Ireland) are about to tar and feather a man for refusing "to enter into a non-importation and non-consumption agreement." In the background are ... More

L'Ordre et la marche des puissances coalisees contre la France / composé et gravé par J.B. Louvion.

L'Ordre et la marche des puissances coalisees contre la France / compo...

Print shows an allegorical female figure riding in a chariot drawn by mules with the crowned heads of kings of various European countries; it is following three hags leading the way to the temple of folly in th... More

Sommet de la montagne des Organos d'Actopan / dessiné par Marchais d'après un croquis de M. de Humboldt ; gravé par Bouquet en 1813.

Sommet de la montagne des Organos d'Actopan / dessiné par Marchais d'a...

Illustration showing a monolithic rock formation atop a mountain, Los Organos, near the village of Actopan in Mexico.

Siberian village, Landscape view print

Siberian village, Landscape view print

Print shows a view of a town or village in Siberia surrounded by a wooden wall, with a buddhist temple in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:... More

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cartoon Print

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cart...

Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... More

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall on an impeachment delivered at the Bar of the House of Lords by the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled February 13, 1788 / drawn by E. Dayes ; engraved by R. Pollard, aqt. by F. Jukes.

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers...

Print showing interior view of the Court of Peers at Westminster Hall with Edmund Burke speaking to ministers before a large audience. Library has two impressions, one with printed title, and one proof before letters.

[The fitting] / Mary Cassatt.. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

[The fitting] / Mary Cassatt.. 19th century Japan. Public domain image...

Print shows a woman standing before a large mirror; she is wearing a dress, which another woman is adjusting or marking for a proper fit. Title from mount. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Inscribe... More

Speke Hall / Whistler. - Victorian era public domain image

Speke Hall / Whistler. - Victorian era public domain image

Woman standing in foreground, Speke Hall in background. No. 1. Signed & dated on plate. Kennedy, 96. Exhibited: "Whistler's England" at the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, 2003.

Maternal caress. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Maternal caress. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Title from Beall. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Signed with artist's monogram stamp on bottom center of plate. Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: Imprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy. Insc... More

A view of the entrance of the harbour of the Havana, taken from within the wrecks Vue de l'entrée du Port de la Havane prise en dedans des Bâtiments echoues = Vista de la entrada del Puerto de la Havana desde los naufragios / / drawn by Elias Durnford, Engineer ; engraved by Peter Canot.

A view of the entrance of the harbour of the Havana, taken from within...

Print shows a battleship being towed by men in rowboats, a boat under sail, and men in rowboats in the harbor, with the masts of ships sunk at the entrance of the harbor. Includes numbered key showing: 1. The s... More

Panorama de la Habana / daguerreotypado por G.B. Haase, Habana, 1854 ; Ed. Willmann pinxt. & sculpt. Paris, 1855.

Panorama de la Habana / daguerreotypado por G.B. Haase, Habana, 1854 ;...

Print shows a panoramic view from a hillside of Havana, Cuba, with the harbor in the middle distance and the entrance to the harbor on the right at the horizon; also shows buildings and streets in the foregroun... More

Chateau d'Eau / J. Nash, del. ; A. Pugin, dirext. ; H. Wallis, sc.  Colonnade du Louvre / F. Arundale delt. ; A. Pugin, dirext. ; H. Wallis, sc.

Chateau d'Eau / J. Nash, del. ; A. Pugin, dirext. ; H. Wallis, sc. Co...

Two prints on one sheet, at top shows pedestrians around a large public fountain, in a park or garden in Paris, France; at bottom shows Charles Perrault's colonnade on the eastern façade of the Louvre in Paris,... More

[St. Francis beneath a tree, praying] / Rembrandt.

[St. Francis beneath a tree, praying] / Rembrandt.

Christ on cross behind tree. Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North America / drawn on the spot by his excellency Governor Pownal.

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River; a shortened view with reduced skyline. Print attributed to Pierre Charles Canot.

The machine to go without asses, British Cartoon Print

The machine to go without asses, British Cartoon Print

Print shows George III and Liberty riding in a carriage labeled "Magna Charta" as it passes over the Duke of Grafton, the Earl of Bute, Lord Holland, and Lord Mansfield. Design'd & engrav'd for the Political R... More

The royal hunt, or a prospect of the year 1782 / South Briton fecit ; North Briton invt., British Cartoon Print

The royal hunt, or a prospect of the year 1782 / South Briton fecit ; ...

Print shows Lord Sandwich playing a fiddle, sitting between two courtesans, to the left, Lord North yawns while sitting on a sack, behind them are Rigby, Amherst, and Germain. To the right of this party is stan... More

The bull over-drove, or, The drivers in danger, British Cartoon Print

The bull over-drove, or, The drivers in danger, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a bull trampling the prostrate body of Lord Sandwich, lead driver, and kicking toward Lord North and George Germain, the "drivers in danger." The bull is charging toward three men, representing Fran... More

Dr. Franklin - cœlis eripuit fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis / J. Norman sc.

Dr. Franklin - cœlis eripuit fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis / J. Norman s...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing fur cap and spectacles.

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