international relations

Il sogno di Pantagruel Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

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

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

U.S. hands off : Chile el pueblo vencerá

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U.S. hands off : Chile el pueblo vencerá

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John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...

A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More

Boxer Rebellion. The first duty / Keppler., China

Illustration shows a female figure as "Civilization" wearing a breastplate and helmet, and holding a spear, standing before a benign Chinese emperor, while in the background, a dragon labeled "Boxer" with billo... More

New York Times, [newspaper]. May 15, 1865.

The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 6, 1865.

An English hobby horse, or, who pays the piper?, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Catherine II, with orb and scepter, seated on the shoulders of Leopold II who is seated on the back of a stumbling bull; seated behind him are George III, Frederick William II and a man representi... More

The convention makers, British Cartoon Print

"The interior of a room; a picture called A Convention, depicting the Convention between England and Spain on the Falkland Islands, is falling from a broken cornice inscribed National Honour, onto four prostrat... More

The state cooks making peace-porridge, British Cartoon Print

Print shows several British ministers, Keppel, Fox, Richmond, Conway, and others, preparing a porridge of peace to offer Holland, France, and Spain, and separately to a Native wearing a feathered headdress and ... More

Tommy, the censor and Prince's attendant

Portrait of three Japanese men who were part of the first Japanese embassy to the United States, which arrived in New York City in June 1860. Names identified as (left to right): interpreter "Tommy" Tateishi On... More

The man that blocks up the highway.

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[Egypt and John Bull] - Public domain drawing

A seductive-looking female figure of Egypt with one hand on her hip sits on the edge of a bed or couch opposite John Bull. Although she sits facing him, he sits looking forward with his hands folded, not looki... More

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

America's partisan "patriots" / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Print shows Benjamin Harrison pointing to himself, John Sherman with a sign that states "The Sherman Bill Did It!", William McKinley holding a sign that states "The McKinley Bill Did It!", and Thomas B. Reed po... More

A plea for Cuba / Victor. - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon showing sleeping woman "Columbia," Steuben and Lafayette standing behind her, holding document describing Cuba's historic repression by Spain, ignoring sight of man "Spain" beating prone woman "Cuba" wh... More

Misery loves company / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows three men holding spoons labeled "Russia, England, [and] Japan", attempting to force a large pill labeled "Ultimatum" from an "International Pill Box" into a despairing Chinese man sitting on a thro... More

Putting his foot down / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, U... More

The greatest department store on earth; - and every day a bargain day ...

Print shows Uncle Sam standing behind the counter at "Uncle Sam's Department Store" where there is a "Great Sale Now Going On Inside"; the store is filled with representatives of "Germany, England, France, Russ... More

"Are our teachings, then, in vain?" / Keppler.

Illustration shows Confucius and Jesus Christ standing together on a cloud atop a mountain looking down at the confrontation between the Boxers and the forces of the eight nation alliance during the Boxer rebel... More

If he has to take to water / Dalrymple.

Illustration showing John Bull as a sailor, floating in a life-preserver labeled "British Navy 800 War Ships", surrounded by huge waves labeled "Germany," "France," and "Russia." There are cannon barrels pointi... More

The Chinese kopje; -- not so easy as it looked from a distance / Keppl...

Illustration shows Uncle Sam and John Bull standing with six figures showing the attributes of the rulers of Russia (Nicholas II), Germany (William II), Japan (Meiji, Emperor of Japan), Italy (Umberto I), Austr... More

Caricature, Muscovite caution / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration showing a bear wearing a crown labeled "Russia" looking across a river in India at a large beehive labeled "British Beehive Herat Honey" on a building with minarets. Caption continues: Russia I w... More

The latest Chinese wall / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows the Russian bear wearing a military uniform and with sword drawn, standing on one side of a ditch; facing the bear on the other side of the ditch are various rulers, including "Japan," "Germa... More

Let the foreigner rage! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows an oversized Uncle Sam inviting a horde of foreign citizens running up from the docks labeled "Foreign Trade" to shop at "The World's Department Store. The Best Goods for the Least Money." In... More

The guns of reciprocity - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt sitting in front of the U.S. Capitol reciting his June 13, 1902 message to Congress. On the left is a Cuban cannon firing a shot through a rolled sheet of paper, "Cuban reciproc... More

The latest suitor / Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows Prince Henry offering bouquets of flowers labeled "Visit of Prince Henry", "Christening by Miss Roosevelt", and "Yacht built in America", to Columbia who is holding a paper that states "Briti... More

Reciprocal percentage frothy Cuban relief, Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne holding full steins of beer. They each spit into an empty stein held by a man representing Cuba. At the foot of the man is a "c... More

Figuring it out / Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows a classroom scene with the rulers of several countries as the students, most are identified by country and showing the attributes of their leaders, such as, in the back row, "Russia" (Nichola... More

Christmas on the Isthmus / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as Santa Claus with his bag of toys, handing a bag of money labeled "$10,000,000" to a little boy wearing a hat labeled "Panama" and holding a huge ship, some books, one labeled "Le... More

Mad dog? / Keppler. - Public domain scenic drawing

Illustration shows a dog wearing a sombrero labeled "Mexican Revolution" jumping and barking, stirring up a cloud of dust; Uncle Sam approaches from the left drawing a gun from its holster labeled "Intervention... More

Scene in the East Room of the White House when the President received ...

President Hoover and other men seated at long tables in the East Room of the White House. In album: Herbert Hoover, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 18, no. 42967. Forms part of: National Pho... More

Desiderato debutto di miss conferenza Grossi

Italian political cartoon shows circus performers getting ready to put on a show, the ringmaster "Signor Antonio", labeled "Austria", announces that the audience is waiting for them, a clown with a bell is labe... 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

John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...

A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More

Wilson no quiere guerra en México

Newspaper page, on recto, shows an image of a demon, a skeleton, and a huge black bird hovering above a woman, Liberty, who is lying down on the ground, covering her eyes with her arm. The text on the recto con... More

A call to men and women of goodwill everywhere in the world

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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

[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

The gig / Wells del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows two British sailors waving banners labeled "Rodney," one smokes a long clay pipe, between them is a Dutchman, his hands behind his back, sitting in the bottom portion of a toy top, he says, "Mine he... More

Jack England fighting the four confederates

Print shows a British sailor about to fight the "four confederates" America as "Yanky Doodle" (represented by a Native man wearing feathered headdress and skirt) lying on the ground moaning, "This fall has hurt... More

To his royal highness Fredrick Duke of York, this plate of Satan holdi...

Print shows Satan holding a balance to which, on one end is attached a hot-air balloon with a bishop, possibly the Duke of York, and another man standing on top, its lightness has skewed the balance to end over... More

The Japanese Embassy in New York--scenes and incidents

Photo shows crowd gathered in New York City for the arrival of Japan's first diplomatic mission to the United States on June 16, 1860, with cannons in foreground preparing to fire a salute.

The Post has a shy at some recent spring happenings

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

Too heavily handicapped, Afghanistan, Political Cartoon

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

[England's nightmare. The Great Britain Gulliver overpowered and made...

The British lion as Gulliver, tied down by Lilliputian troops of French soldiers. Several members of the troops try to pull a moneybag from the lion's pocket. The lion laughs. Reinforcements from France arri... More

In East Capitol Park - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The survival of the fittest / Keppler.

Print shows a scene at dueling grounds in a wooded area where a duel has taken place between a tattered buccaneer labeled "Spain" and "Medievalism" and Uncle Sam who is holding a sword labeled "19th century Enl... More

One of the causes / Keppler. - Public domain print

Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull ice skating with a young woman labeled "American Girl" skating between them. Caption: The American girl is drawing them closer together. Illus. from Puck, v. 44, no. 1138, (... More

The Greatest department store on earth; -- and every day a bargain day...

Cartoon showing foreign countries buying goods from Uncle Sam. Illus. in: Puck, 1899 Nov. 29. Copyright by Keppler & Swartzmann.

Ready for business / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Print shows a scene in a courtroom with a Chinese man labeled "Chinese Question" sitting in a chair in front of three men identified as "France", "Germany" (William II), and "Russia". "Judge" John Bull is stand... More

The Reciprocity situation La situacion del asunto reciprocidad.

Cartoon shows Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada standing in front of a blank sheet of paper and a bottle of ink. His arms are being tied behind his back by Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma who ... More

[The uplifting of Cuba] - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and Republican Congressmen Robert Morris, Francis Griffith Newlands, Henry Allen Cooper, and James Albertus Tawney pulling on a rope to lift a bucket ... More

[Why not wear brogans? Shoes are too small]

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne standing on two documents, "Tariff Law 1897 [subsection mark] 209, 16 Dutch % reduction enrich sugar trust," and "Annexation policy, assist Cuba, do n... More

The vacant plate / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows the British Lion, the Russian Bear, a cat labeled Austria, and three dogs labeled "France, Italy, [and] Germany" gathered around a table for Thanksgiving dinner. The British Lion is holding a... More

The sands of time / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Mars, the Roman god of war, waiting for the establishment of protocols and the Japanese occupation of "Korea" to be completed before the sands in an hourglass shift from "Peace" to "War"; "Ch... More

The war with Japan / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt wearing military uniform with the Japanese Imperial seal on the hat, holding a rifle, and standing behind the "Park Row Earth Works", as two rolled-up newspapers labeled "S... More

The interrupted ceremony / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a wedding between Uncle Sam and a woman labeled "Canada" with President Taft as the clergyman; when he gets to the point in the ceremony where anyone who objects to the marriage may speak, al... More

Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs and President John ...

Title devised by Library staff from related contact sheet folder caption. Date from related contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10633, frame 15. R... More

Attualità politiche Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection

Italian political cartoon shows two scenes, at top is an Englishman carrying a large, heavy sack labeled "Pound Sterling" on his back and leaning on a cane for support, there is a booklet in his coat pocket lab... More

Rivista aerostatica Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection

Italian political cartoon shows the aftermath of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of Berlin; from left, a bottle-shaped airship labeled "Cipro", "Congresso", and "Angleterre", with a figure identified as J... More

'He isn't even looking this way!'

Cartoon shows three Arabs, standing on a rock labeled "Arab Baghdad Summit," angrily offering a bag labeled "Arab Oil Money" to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who rides by on a donkey. Sadat ignores them as ... More

Stop the terror in Chile - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Labor donated by Suzanne Simon for the Young Workers Liberation League." Gift: Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

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

The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame imperial ...

Cartoon shows Catherine II and Frederick William II as pugilists, stripped to the waist with fists raised, on either side stand other European heads of state (behind Prussia are George III standing with Holland... More

Come avay [i.e. away], little cousin, our music iss [i.e. is] not for ...

Prussian military officer with tuba, "Prussian Kultur," and Austrian military officer with trombone, "Austria," march under window with Uncle Sam pointing rifle at them. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabin... More

New York Times, [newspaper]. May 6, 1865.

New York Times, [newspaper]. April 27, 1865.

To make America safe for Democracy

Uncle Sam in soldier's uniform with gun, "U.S. Army," aimed at Russian men with sticks and flags: "I.W.W.," "Red," and "Soviet gov't for U.S." (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration... More

Voters: if you are concerned about Israel, Russian Jewry, jobs (based ...

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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

A call to men and women of goodwill everywhere in the world

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Balboa Park, California Tower, Balboa Park, El Prado Area, San Diego, ...

Significance: One of the most outstanding examples of Spanish Baroque reproduction in North America. The Tower was designed in the Spanish Chereguesque style to express the Spanish heritage of California by Be... More

[France has her fortune told. (The French press is speculating on a ne...

Marianne, symbol of France, looks over a fortune teller's shoulder at tarot cards marked with symbols of various European powers. The French card, marked with a Phygian cap, rests on the table beside a card la... More

Side by side - Britannia! Britain's Day Dec. 7th 1918 / James Montgome...

Poster showing Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia, accompanied by a lion and an eagle. At bottom: Mass meeting [blank space].

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More

Tiddy-Doll, the great French gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batc...

Print shows Napoleon standing before a large "New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread" drawing out a freshly baked kings labeled "Bavaria, Wirtembg, [and] Baden." On the left, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pér... More

[John Bull and the Yankee barber]

Title from handwritten notation on mat. Study for etching, plate 1, published in "Scraps" #2, 1830. Purchase; Childs Gallery; (DLC/PP-1984:366). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

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

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

19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A cartoon of a group of people with axes, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C.... More

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

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

Puck magazine cover - The Russian-French alliance / Keppler.

Print shows the Russian Bear playing a fiddle labeled "Politics", around it's waist is a belt with papers labeled "French Military Secrets" tucked behind, and a cord extending from it's right wrist is connected... More

"Tempora mutantur," etc. / K. - Public domain dedication image

Print shows Columbia and Britannia placing laurel wreaths at a monument for Thomas F. Bayard that states "Bayard who earnestly fought to promote good feeling between England and the United States and for which ... More

Puck magazine cover - Encouraging the child / Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam talking to a young boy labeled "Cuba" who is making a capitol building labeled "Cuban Independence" in the sand on a beach. Caption: Uncle Sam That's right, my boy! Go ahead! But,... More

As the tariff-war must end / Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam in a tree, chased there by the Russian Bear which is standing at the base of the tree; Uncle Sam has dropped his rifle labeled "U.S. Duty on Russian Sugar." Caption: Uncle Sam (to ... More

Instruccion Diplomatica - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows President Thomas Estrada Palma patting the head of Cuban Minister to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada while showing him a large piece of paper, "Recuerda que las proposiciones incorrectas para un trata... More

El gallo canelo - que viva - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows a vulture "Comision Especial Ley Reciprocidad Nov. '02" (Special Commission on Reciprocity, Nov. '02) looming over a U.S. eagle lying on the ground wearing a tag "Recipocidad Anexionista" (Recipro... More

Tariff reforming 57th Congress, 2nd session

Cartoon shows a wealthy man "Sugar Trust" seated in a chair '[paragraph] 209 16 Dutch" smoking a pipe "Sec. 4 Tariff Law 1897" from which issues smoke labeled "Reciprocity." A man "Beet Sugar" pulls on the back... More

The scarecrow of the Pacific / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an American bald eagle carrying a scarecrow that looks like Uncle Sam with battleships for hat, hands, and feet, across the Pacific Ocean toward "Japan" where crows wearing military uniforms ... More

La piovra Russa Grassi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Italian political cartoon shows a map of Europe and the Near East at the end of the Russo-Turkish War, with most countries personified as human figures, the major exception being Russia which is a large octopus... More

Agreed -- not to use the sword - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin examining a huge knot, labeled "Gordian Knot." Begin plucks at strands labeled "Israel's Security," while Sadat fingers st... More

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

William Allen White Cabins, Bear Lake Road, Estes Park, Larimer County...

Significance: William Allen White was a newspaper publisher of great renown, a writer, a novelist, an advisor of presidents, reformer, political liberal, and a prime mover in Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive pa... More

"After you" - Public domain portrait drawing

Bismarck and Louis Napoleon motion simultaneously to each other to enter the door of peace first. A female figure holding an olive branch, opens the door. Inscribed below image: Watermark 1823 Richard Doyle 18... More

John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...

A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More

The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A sensitive plant - Drawing. Public domain image.

Uncle Sam carrying cactus in pot labeled "Mexican friendship." (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, March 24, 1916, p. 5.

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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