international relations

Commo. Perry meeting the imperial Commissioners at Yokuhama / from nat...

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan... in... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under...M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Perry; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : Nicholson P... More

Property protected--à la Françoise, British Cartoon Print

British satire of Franco-American relations after the XYZ Affair in May of 1798; 5 Frenchmen plunder female "America", while five figures representing other European countries look on. John Bull sits laughing o... More

L--d Shel--, begging Monsieur to make piss or p--e, British Cartoon Pr...

Print shows Lord Shelburne holding a chamber pot up to a Frenchman, saying "Monsieur, be so obliging as to make piss with us." The Frenchman is kicking the pot, saying, "By the House of Bourbon, with the war we... More

Destaing. Shewing how he cut the English mens head off

Charles Henri Estaing holding cat by tail in one hand and sword in another.

The first Kiss this Ten Years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citiz...

A tall, thin, French officer kissing a fat, richly dressed, seated Britannia. His hat and sword lay on the carpet. Britannia's shield and trident rest on the wall behind her chair. Above them are portraits of G... More

Ball given by the City of New York to the Japan[es]e embassy at the Me...

Print shows many people seated and standing at a ball in the ballroom of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 183 (1860 June 30), pp. 408-09.

It is a bad rule that don't work both ways / Th. Nast.

Uncle Sam speaking to the Geneva court about Alabama claims. Liberty(?) sits in the seat of judgement. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. 16, no. 813, 1872 July 27, cover illustration.

"Peace" assured / J. Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows William E. Gladstone dressed as an old woman wearing keys labeled "Suez, Gibraltor, [and] Herat", pushing John Bull into a kissing embrace with Tsar Nicholas II who is, likewise, being pushed... More

The Crown covers a multitude of shortcomings Sir James (G.B.) "No one ...

Cartoon shows former Senator James G. Blaine as a heavy-set man in a loud plaid suit with unkempt hair, a white beard, a monocle, and spats. Next to him can be seen the rear of a lion with a crown labeled "Jim... More

A Thanksgiving toast / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows Puck standing on a chair at the head of a large dinner table, offering a Thanksgiving toast to those seated around the table, including "England, France, Germany, [Japan?], Russia, Austria, Italy, T... More

Japan makes her début under Columbia's auspices / Keppler.

Print shows Columbia introducing "Japan" to Britannia as a group of women labeled "Russia, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Spain, [and] France" gather around, with Minerva is sitting on the left; a woman labeled "China... More

The open door / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows John Bull standing on the left at an entrance labeled "India" and Uncle Sam standing opposite at an entrance labeled "Philippines" inviting men labeled "Germany, Russia, France, Italy, [and] Austria... More

Horrible nightmare of a worthy old gentleman / Kep.

Illustration showing "G.F. Hoar" having a troubled sleep due to writing on his bedroom wall, as stated at the Ohio Republicans convention in Columbus, Ohio, April 1900: "We have faith in American patriotism, ch... More

Weighed and not wanting / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a bloated Uncle Sam labeled "Balance of Trade" sitting on one side of a scale labeled "Commerce of the World" and outweighing the group of nations on the other side of the scale, "Greece, Spa... More

Brussells conference, cartel magnate, Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows a man in German dress "Cartel Magnate" jumping a rope "Brussells Conference" turned by a barefoot man "Cuba" and Republican House Speaker Sereno Payne. The cartoon refers to the 1902 Brussels Suga... More

The Cuban Gordian-Knot - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne tightening a knot in a cord "Tariff Law 1897 [paragraph] 209 16 Dutch" around the waist of a man "Cuba" holding a "cane knife."... More

Sucedió́! - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada fleeing as a bomb "Proposicion Hay-Quesada" (Hay Quesada proposal) explodes blowing up the wheelchair "Libertad" (Liberty) of a woman representing ... More

Sugar trust. Herald (N.Y.) April 26, '02

Cartoon shows a group of Senators looking at fireworks "Beef trust Ignus Fatuous" as the head of the American Sugar Refining Company Henry Osborne Havemeyer watches from atop a pile of bags of sugar trust profi... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Wire tapping, Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows a bicycle messenger rushing from the White House to the Capitol with a roll of papers. As he speeds along papers labeled "Remove 16 Dutch veto," "Must not hurt sugar trust," and "Annexation is the... More

The trap that failed / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela, hiding behind a large rock, hoping that the large claw-type animal trap labeled "Monroe Doctrine" he set will prove effective in preventing the Britis... More

A house of cards / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the Russian Bear with a house of cards, each card labeled a different country, "England, France, Germany, Japan, U.S., Austria, China, Italy, [and] Turkey", the king on each card bears some f... More

Trouble ahead for the trainer / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a trainer in a circus, holding a whip and getting tangled in ropes attached to a hippopotamus labeled "The Trusts", an elephant labeled "G.O.P.", a donkey labe... More

Second call for the peace congress / Hassman̄.

Illustration shows a large group of representatives from several nations, many carrying weapons and making threatening gestures to others, are arriving outside the "Palace of Peace" for the peace conference to ... More

La Revue Comique par Jehan Testevuide, no. 65-68. Grand concours de jo...

Four satirical vignettes. In the first vignette, two mechanical figures on one set of wheels stand face to face. One, identified as "Cambon" holds an armless and legless figure labelled "Congo." The other, wea... More

Poker and tongs; or, how we've got to play the game

Kaiser Wilhelm II and John Bull engage in a table game with miniature naval vessels and playing cards. The Kaiser holds cards in his hand and stares at the table while John Bull pushes his ships toward the cen... More

Viva Puerto Rico libre! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Published in: Prop art / Gary Yanker. New York : Darien House, 1972.

"Two years after the Yom Kippur War, beyond the interim accord"

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Maniac-raving's-or-Little Boney in a strong fit / Js. Gillray inv. & f...

Cartoon showing Napoleon in a fury over relations between France and England. Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9998 Forms part of: Brit... More

The Russian bear and her invincible rider encountering the British leg...

Cartoon shows Potemkin, with sword raised overhead and wearing hussar's uniform, riding Catherine the Great who is dressed as a black bear, they approach George III and his ministers, Pitt, Salisbury, and Thurl... More

The bull roasted: or the political cooks serving their customers, Brit...

Print shows George III, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Sandwich roasting a bull which Lord North is serving to a Frenchman, a Native (representing America), and a Spaniard who are seated at a lon... More

"Let her be heard!" / Cesare. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon showing President Woodrow Wilson gesturing towards a seated woman with sign over her head reading "Humanity." In album titled "School Days Record." Cesare in New York Evening Post. Copyright by New York... More

The great surrender America surrenders the great commissioners - Engla...

Photograph shows reproduction of montage with portrait photographs of heads of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, James Murray Mason, John Slidell, and William H. Seward on caricature drawings of bodies at seashor... More

Britannias ruin. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Print shows Britannia lamenting her present state, her shield and broken lance by her side, "What a situation am I in sold by an American & purchased by France & Spain. Oh, wheres my Pitt." Four men are standin... More

For anti-imperialist solidarity, peace & friendship X World Festival o...

Poster is duplicate of POS 6 - US, no. 701. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

Design for the new gallery of busts and pictures -"and so far will I t...

Cartoon shows interior view of a portrait gallery with busts of Demosthenes and Cicero, both frowning, and between them a bust of Charles J. Fox; hanging on the wall above are two prints showing Catherine II of... More

The Sun, [newspaper]. May 8, 1865.

The times - taken from an original character which appear'd at the mas...

Print shows the figure of a man draped with ribbons labeled with the issues of the times.

Wide o'er the ocean while Britannia reigns / Bonnor, del. et sculp.

Print shows a Roman soldier guiding Britannia, with key in hand, to a temple, the crests of France and Spain lie on the ground before her, and at her side a cherub carries her shield and lance. Illus. in: The ... More

The blessed effects of venality, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man, possibly George III, chopping a leg "Commons" of a three-legged stool, "Lords" and "Privy Council" being the other two legs, which may represent the Parliament and its openness to corruption,... More

Freedom, peace, plenty, all in vain advance ...

Print shows Britannia carrying a staff topped with a liberty cap and followed by attendants from a temple in the background on the right, advancing over weapons and a shield decorated with fleur-de-lis and a pa... More

Washington, D. C. Washington Navy Yard. First Japanese treaty commissi...

Photograph shows Japanese samurai warriors posed with Navy and American representatives. No. 83705. Photo identified in Frank Leslie's vol. 10, June 9, 1860; photo identified in 77 Samurai by Lewis W. Bush, pp. 104-105.

The Olive branch. Peace and union. How shall we obtain them?

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Under false colors / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows James Russell Lowell, minister to England, turning his back on an Irishman who is dressed like Uncle Sam and is in the custody of the British military for anarchistic activities. Lowell holds a pape... More

Warming up a sure winner / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Puck as a jockey on a galloping horse labeled "Free Trade" on a racetrack labeled "International Commercial Race-Track", with John Bull standing on the track next to the British Prime Minister Lord ... More

Steady! now, Mr. President - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Toreador attento - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Congress of nations / motion picture

"A new and sensational film, which deals in a highly up-to-date manner with the international situation. A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the fl... More

Caricature, A flirtation / L.M. Glackens., public domain cartoon image

Illustration showing Britannia wearing a robe decorated with shamrocks, an armor breastplate, helmet, and with a large sword at her side, wooing an Irish man sitting in a chair. Caption: Britannia I love you ... More

Letting his light shine / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration showing George F. Hoar standing, full-length, wearing a child's nightgown, holding up in his right hand a candle labeled "Twaddle" and clutching a wooden doll labeled "Philippine Question." Illus.... More

It's "up to" them / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam offering on one hand a soldier and on the other a "School Teacher" to a group of reluctant Filipinos, telling them that the choice is theirs. Caption: Uncle Sam (to Filipinos) You... More

Caricature, Americans abroad / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a man labeled "American Food Products" and laden with agricultural produce welcoming a man labeled "American Manufactures" laden with industrial products to Europe. Caption: "Welcome to Euro... More

A false alarm on the fourth / K.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam, holding a firecracker, trying to reassure a concerned-looking female figure with wings labeled "Peace" that all the noise she hears is for the celebration of the Fourth of July. Ce... More

The fettered war god / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows the god of war bound by garlands labeled "Dreibund" and "Alliance"; the ends of the garlands are pulled by Germany, Austria, and Italy on one side, with Russia and the Ottoman Empire tugging ... More

Caricature, As to China / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam, John Bull, and "Japan" as dogs standing in an open doorway, the door labeled "China Trade". Caption: The way to keep the door open is not to let it be closed. Illus. in: Puck, v. ... More

Departure of Baron de Rosen from Yokohama

H45066 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Apr. 29, 1904.

The close of the peace congress / CH [monogram].

Illustration shows representatives from many foreign nations converging on the figure of Peace who is returning weapons to each ruler; Edward VII, King of Great Britain, Emile Loubet, and William II, Emperor of... More

"There is a rich land to the south" -- the Pan-American Mercury to the...

Illustration shows the Roman god Mercury wearing a hat labeled "Pan-American Union" and draped in cloth the color of the American flag and South American flags; he is pointing to a large globe showing "South Am... More

Christmas in the Balkans / Kep., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Santa Claus climbing out a window, leaving behind a large sack of Christmas presents in front of a large fireplace where stockings labeled "Montenegro, Servia, Italy, England, Bulgaria, Germa... More

[Easy to work] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Life magazine, 67, no. 1744 (March 30, 1916).

Poster - Attenti! ...veleno! / Zamo. - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows a hand strangling a snake decorated with the German Iron Cross. Text: Attention! The German viper is taken. It is now necessary to pull out the poisonous teeth!

Gli animali parlanti Les animaux parlants Grossi

Italian political cartoon shows a banquet where many different species of animals have come together in peace to celebrate the wedding of the lion and the lioness, shown on the left reclining on a mound of dead... More

Chinese dragon breathing fire on Soviet bear

Cartoon shows a huge dragon (labeled "China") with Mao Zedong's head breathing flames on a bear labeled with a hammer and sickle. Relations between the Soviet Union and China, the two great Communist superpowe... More

Quante trappole! Que de piêges! Grossi

Italian political cartoon shows a path through a rural village, here and there lined with fences and buildings, and traps of all sorts set in place by several men; along the upper right margin is a man labeled ... More

Do it now! The President would jump right into river improvement and g...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt deeping the Mississippi River with a shovel. Inthe background Uncle Sam is digging the Panama canal and a man labeled Germany says "Der selfish pig vas g... More

Franklin's reception at the court of France, 1778. Respectfully dedica...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin receiving a laurel wreath upon his head. From left to right, some of the members of the French court include: Duchesse Jules de Polignac, Princesse Lamballe (holding flowers), Dia... More

A warning voice--"Stop! While there is yet time, and follow the road I...

Cartoon showing a woman "Justice" pointing out another direction for two men "Turkish atrocities" and "Spain--assassination" to go. Cover illus. in: Judge, Jan. 23, 1897, v. 32.

Sina kurofune nihon shirofune -- buta no taibyō

Print shows, on top, a Japanese sailor holding a cannon barrel on the deck of a steamship and a small Chinese boat with a man in it, sinking; on bottom, three animals wearing suits, a pig dressed as an elderly ... More

U.S. hands off : Chile el pueblo vencerá

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Getting together - Drawing. Public domain image.

"The new diplomacy (formerly dollar, now 30 [cents])" on sign. Uncle Sam seated at table with Chinese official, possibly Yuan Shih-kai. John Bull (Great Britain) writing order on "Bill against Guatemala" while... More

The great surrender America surrenders the great commissioners - Engla...

Photograph shows reproduction of montage with portrait photographs of heads of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, James Murray Mason, John Slidell, and William H. Seward on caricature drawings of bodies at seashor... More

A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778, Briti...

Cartoon shows America (represented by a man with feathered cap) cutting the horns off a cow (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman, two men (representing France and Spain) are stand... More

Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin--Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadru...

Chinese admiring Frenchman and pig in the Garden of Plants, Peking. Signed with initials on stone. Delteil, 2597 Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress ... More

Nicaragua, Chile : dos pueblos, una sola lucha

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Isaac Cruikshank - Royal recreation, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Catherine II seated on a throne receiving the decapitated heads of the people of Poland from the military officer in charge of the Russian forces during the defeat of Poles in 1794; other men brin... More

L'Anglais corrigé comme un enfant, Political Cartoon

Print shows a man wearing a feathered headdress, representing America, whipping the exposed buttocks of an Englishman, as a Frenchman, a Spaniard, and a Dutchman look on. Figures numbered, includes legend with ... More

New York Times, [newspaper]. May 10, 1865.

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The belligerent plenipo's / T. Colley, fect.

Cartoon shows America, on the right, represented by an Indian, celebrating her new acquisition, half of the English king's crown, while her allies, the King of France, a Dutchman, and a Spaniard complain at hav... More

The present state of Great Britain / J. Phillips fecit., British Carto...

Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain i... More

Dinner given to the Japanese commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan ...

Print shows a banquet given for the Japanese commissioners on board the U.S.S. Powhatan, possibly in the bay at Edo (Tokyo). Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas an... More

Chinese Embassy / photographed by J. Gurney & Son.

Photograph shows a group portrait of ten Chinese men (names written in Chinese under their portraits), including Chih Kang, Sun Chia Ku, and interpreters. Other sitters include Mr. Deschamps, Anson Burlingame, ... More

The European plan / Th. Nast. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maréchal MacMahon of France, using scissors labeled "Canal", is cutting a map of North and South America on which the Mason-Dixon line has been drawn through the Isthmus of Panama; John Bull stands to the left ... More

Puck magazine cover - British benevolence / J. Keppler.

Print shows an oversized British Lion wearing boxing gloves labeled "Army" and "Navy", standing over its most recent victim labeled "Egyptian", trailing off to the left are other victims labeled "Ashantee, Afgh... More

Caricature, Bismarck's boost / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a large elephant labeled "Bismarck" lifting "Alfonso" XII high over the head of a soldier labeled "France". Caption: The Uhlan King "I'm taller than YOU, now!" Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 351, (1... More

The tale of a tail / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Viscount Wolseley attempting to glue the tail labeled "Prestige" onto a weeping British Lion with the aid of British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone who is holding a glue pot labeled "Ber... More

Coal is king in the far east / Dalrymple.

Print shows John Bull standing on a "Private Dock" to an island labeled "Coaling Station" that shows an anthropomorphic mountain of coal; in the foreground are William II bowing next to a ship labeled "Germany"... More

Then he (Thayer) went away back - and sat down

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and a Republican elephant sweating in the top of a tree labeled "Sugar Trust." The roots of the tree are labeled "Dutch Standard," "Cartel," and "Boun... More

El juego Americano ping-pong Cuando se cansarán?

Cartoon shows Cuban President Thomas Estrada y Palma and Cuban Minister to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada playing ping pong on a table labeled "Washington / Havana" with a ball "Tratado reciprocidad Cubana America... More

The American navy / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with Andrew Carnegie donating an "inland sea" as a place to send the Navy; other options include the "North Pole", the "Saragossa Sea", the "Saharra [sic] Desert", or to "S... More

Caricature, No limit / L.M. Glackens., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a high-stakes poker game with Uncle Sam, William II, the German Emperor, Meiji, the Emperor of Japan, Emile Loubet, of France, and Edward VII, King of Great Britain; the emperor of Japan is r... More

The pull of the Monroe magnet / Kep.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam, on the right, sitting with legs outstretched forming a magnet labeled "United States Protectorates", which he is using to draw Central and South American countries, represented by ... More

Satyrische Europa Karte Weltkrieg 1914 / Zeichnung v. Entwurf, E. Zim...

Print shows a map of Europe at the outbreak of the first World War with each country depicted as a human figure representative of the particular state of affairs or attitudes of the country, for instance, Germa... More

Ten little hyphens during World War I

Newspaper cartoon clipping from the New York Evening Standard, Dec. 8, 1915, with rows of spies and an anti-German poem.

President Richard Nixon, Dr. Milton Eisenhower and U.S. Ambassador to ...

Title devised by Library staff from related contact sheet folder caption. No date on related contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 2807, frame 31. R... More

Il sogno di Pantagruel Grossi - Public domain print

Italian political cartoon shows Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, as Pantagruel, asleep in his bed with a doll labeled "Bulgaria" in his arms. He is having a nightmarish dream with frightening visions who demand... More

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or,...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, faint and shying away from William Pitt, who appears as Petruchio, and Don Quixote on horseback (a lean and scarred George III whose authority has been usurped by Pitt), seated behin... More

A warning voice--"Stop! While there is yet time, and follow the road I...

Cartoon showing a woman "Justice" pointing out another direction for two men "Turkish atrocities" and "Spain--assassination" to go. Cover illus. in: Judge, Jan. 23, 1897, v. 32.

Sina kurofune nihon shirofune -- buta no taibyō

Print shows, on top, a Japanese sailor holding a cannon barrel on the deck of a steamship and a small Chinese boat with a man in it, sinking; on bottom, three animals wearing suits, a pig dressed as an elderly ... More