legislative bodies

[Flight of politicians with their causes over female figure of the U.S...

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Flight of politicians with their causes over female figure of the U.S....

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

Mutual sympathy / F.M. Hutchins., Political Cartoon

Print shows John Bull and Uncle Sam, both bent under the weight of the governing bodies that they are carrying on their backs with papers labeled "Hereditary Right to Obstruct Legislation" and "Senatorial Rules... More

The House called to order--Opening of 59th Congress

Opening ceremonies of the U.S. 59th Congress, 2nd session, 1906, with Speaker Joseph Cannon presiding. H72948 U.S. Copyright Office. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Americ... More

Polly's chance to get some nice crackers / K.

Illustration shows a well-dressed man labeled "Plutocracy", wearing a top hat, holding a parrot labeled "State Legislature" on his right hand, trying to get it to repeat a phrase after him, "We don't want an In... More

The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller / design'd ...

Print shows Lord North and another minister with the Devil who has conjured a Native male figure, representing America, standing on a prostrate soldier and holding a building, representing Parliament, from whic... More

Made harmless at last! / F. Graetz.

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a jury, political committee, politics, and government, no copyright restrictions.

The opening of the Congressional session / J. Keppler.

Cartoon showing monster, "tariff question", in large bag "surplus", saying "Here I am Again! What are you going to do with me?," in House chambers.

Assemblée nationale, abandon de tous les privileges, à Versailles scea...

Print shows the Assemblée nationale meeting in a large room with amphitheater seating as members of the clergy and the nobility come forward to renounce their priviledges. No. 4 from the series "Principales Jo... More

[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

Blowing up the new opposition / Argus Invt., British Cartoon Print

Group of men, possibly the Foxite faction of Parliament, shooting guns and arrows at another group of men, the "new opposition," whose guns are misfiring. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Li... More

This is not the New York Stock Exchange, it is the patronage exchange,...

Senators holding papers "patronage," "sold out," and "New York quotations," with T.C. Platt handcuffed to man on left, who is handing "orders of the boss" to Chester Arthur. Illus. in: Puck, v. 9, 1881 April 13... More

[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]

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Doubly unfortunate-- built on the sand, and divided against itself

"War tariff"; "free whiskey" on planks under elephant. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 32:640 (Aug. 25, 1888).

Quixotic tilting / Stur. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congr...

Cartoon showing man "party leader" wearing armor, on a horse, pointing spear "Senatorial courtesy" at windmill in form of James Garfield, with Chester Arthur and Thomas Platt as donkey standing in front. Illus.... More

Philippine legislature, Philippine Island - Frank G. Carpenter collect...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels, Washington, D.C.

[President Jimmy Carter addresses a Joint Session of Congress, announc...

Contact sheet folder caption: Carter addressing Congress (Begin, Sadat present). WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, First Sess...

Gift; Central Photo Co., Inc.; February 21, 1992; DLC/PP-1992:33. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, photograph by James Ivey. Photographer's address: 317 H Street N.E., Washington, D... More

Bombardement de tous les trônes de l'Europe et la chûte des tirans pou...

Print shows members of the French National Assembly exposing their posteriors, from which streams labeled "Liberté ca ira" pour down on the heads of rulers of Europe, while Liberty ignites a cannon labeled "Vio... More

The first session of the Sinn Fein Parliament

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 73:491 (March 27, 1919).

The council of the rulers, & the elders against the tribe of ye Americ...

Print shows a group of men in the Hall of Commons, several seated around a table, on the wall is a map labeled "North America" which has burst into flames, in the foreground stands Lord North passing banknotes ... More

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

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

[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]

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Franklin's examination by the House of Commons in 1766

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[President Hoover addresses joint session of Congress at bicentennial ...

77868 RU. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Be...

Contact sheet folder caption: Carter addressing Congress (Begin, Sadat present). WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Le ventre legislatif, 1834. Aspect des bancs ministériels de la chambr...

Print shows the members of the French legislature in session. Plate 18. Signed in pencil. Published in: L'association Mensuelle, Jan. 1834.

Stealing off; - or - prudent Secession, British Cartoon Print - James ...

Charles Fox fleeing the House of Commons in terror, accompanied by a fierce greyhound wearing a collar marked "Opposition Grey-hound". A small animal with the head of M.A. Taylor runs behind. In the background,... More

Westward, ho! - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

"From the fresco by E. Leutze in the United States Capitol." No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ... More

"Whitelaw Reid refuses to accept the New York senatorship" / Gillam.

Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid, dressed as a dandy, turning away from a young woman labeled "N.Y. State" who is carrying a bucket labeled "Reform Milk" and headed in a direction indicated by a sign "To Reform... More

With colors flying - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence

Title based on negative D419-174. Photograph of a painting by Charles Mills. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 28060. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

For the people? Representative government and the Arizona legislature

"Arizona Two Hundred Forum, 1975-76." Explanatory text on verso not recorded on videodisc. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

[I hurl the everlasting curse of a nation]

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Clansman / Thomas Dixon. New York : Doubleday Page, & Co., 1914, p. 172.

Assembling of Congress, Hall of Representatives, Washington City, Dece...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 Dec. 15, p. 793. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An executive session of the Senate

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

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Declaration of Independence, autochrome color photo

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Parliament in session, Oct. 7, 1919, Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia

J249783 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Keystone View Co. No. 24615; No. 16.

Cromwell dissolving Parliament - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

The council of the rulers, & the elders against the tribe of ye Americ...

Print shows a group of men in the Hall of Commons, several seated around a table, on the wall is a map labeled "North America" which has burst into flames, in the foreground stands Lord North passing banknotes ... More

The opening of the Congressional session / J. Keppler.

Cartoon showing monster, "tariff question", in large bag "surplus", saying "Here I am Again! What are you going to do with me?," in House chambers.

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

A house divided against itself - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

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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

[General Washington resigning his commission to Congress, Annapolis, M...

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[Opening ceremonies of the U.S. 59th Congress, 2nd session, 1906, with...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 120.

Cromwell dissolving Parliament - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

[I hurl the everlasting curse of a nation]

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Clansman / Thomas Dixon. New York : Doubleday Page, & Co., 1914, p. 172.

Le Souhait accompli v'la comme j'avions toujours désiré que ça fut.

Cartoon showing three men representing the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) embracing and standing on red, white, and blue sheets marked "haine," "grandeurs," and "benefices." (National Assembly... More

[Three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French pe...

Print shows a three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French peasants, union of the Three Orders (clergy, aristocracy, and people), and miserable plight of peasants Possibly purchased by Ge... More

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Not in it - 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.

A scoop on Santa Claus - 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.

[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]

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Morning prayer, House of Representatives

Photograph shows morning prayer being said at the House of Representatives. No. 1.

Scene in the House of Representatives : a witticism from the chair

Keller's wash drawing shows the House chamber, where eat member had their own desk. The drawing was published in the June 1902 issue of Century magazine, and although David B. Henderson was the Speaker of the H... More

Le ventre legislatif, 1834. Aspect des bancs ministériels de la chambr...

Print shows the members of the French legislature in session. Plate 18. Signed in pencil. Published in: L'association Mensuelle, Jan. 1834.

[U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means]

Transfer; LC Exchange & Gift Division; December 24, 1968; DLC/PP-1968:354. Four of the sitters were pasted on top of the photograph. Title devised by cataloger.

The first session of the Sinn Fein Parliament

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 73:491 (March 27, 1919).

The Last Parliament of Ireland Elected A.D. 1790--College Green, Dubli...

Copyright by James Bellew. Public domain photograph of parliament, political committee, politicians, government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The knight of the wind-bag enters the senatorial field / Gillam.

Illustration shows William M. Evarts as a knight on horseback with Whitelaw Reid as his page who is blowing a horn labeled "Evarts Letter" outside the "Albany Legislature" castle to announce Evarts' arrival. Re... More

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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

General Washington resigning his commission to Congress, Annapolis, Md...

Title based on negative D416-9870. Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). "McCormick's 758" on transparency. Photograph of a painting by John Trumbull in the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.... More

House Rules Com'ee in N.Y.C. - Public domain demonstration print

Photograph showing Houses Rules Committee standing on the steps of the Customs House in New York City. No. above image: 4116-6?

The House of Representatives / drawn by T. de Thulstrup.

I object! The gentleman from Pennsylvania objects, the gentleman will ...

Another impression filed under: LOT 14099, no. 894. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Set-to between the champion old tip & the swell Dutcheman of Kinderhoo...

Satire on the presidential campaign of 1836, portraying the contest as a boxing match between Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren and Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The artist clearly favors Harrison.... More

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

Uncle Sam plays golf - 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.

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

Declaration of Independence - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]

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Washington resigning his commission, mammoth plate negative

A painting of a large group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The legislature of '60-- moving the Capital

"Legislature meets here" on sign. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Shepherds of Colorado," Harper's magazine, 60:195 (Jan. 1880).

The Last Parliament of Ireland Elected A.D. 1790--College Green, Dubli...

Copyright by James Bellew. Public domain photograph of parliament, political committee, politicians, government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Minnesota House of Representatives], Panoramic Photograph

H2888 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; April 1, 1901. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

The dissolution of P[arliamen]t

Print shows members of Parliament riding in a large carriage past a building commemorating "John Wilkes Esqr."

U.S. Senators, 43d Congress / Redington & Shaffer, Landscape Photograp...

Photograph showing members of the 43rd Congress, U.S. Capitol building. 2417 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption below title reads: Taken Thursday, February 12th, 1874, at East Senate Portico of the Capitol. Additio... More

Puck magazine cover - Make him harmless! / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a youthful Theodore Roosevelt clipping the long claws labeled "Confirming Powers of the Board of Aldermen" on the "Tammany" tiger with scissors labeled "By Act of Legislature"; he has disable... More

The U.S. House of Representatives

Interior view of House chamber during session of 51st Congress. Copyright By C.M. Bell. No. 3.

[Congress in session in U.S. Capitol] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Pondering - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Members of the House of Representatives, Fifty-fifth Congress

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Pottle, E. M., copyright claimant. Number on verso... More

Duma in session, George Grantham Bain Collection

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 4157-6. Photographic print of painting(?)

Interesting debate on the ship purchase bill which closed in the U.S. ...

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, Feb. 11, 1915.

Doubly unfortunate-- built on the sand, and divided against itself

"War tariff"; "free whiskey" on planks under elephant. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 32:640 (Aug. 25, 1888).

Dodging the issues - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Marukusu shugi to gikai senkyo, Japanese Censorship Collection

"MOJ 75-A 957": intended for microfilm. Three articles translated from various periodicals, 1906-1907 (3rd article translated from the German). LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; inspector... More

Marukusu shugi to gikai senkyo, Japanese Censorship Collection

"MOJ 75-A 957": intended for microfilm. Three articles translated from various periodicals, 1906-1907 (3rd article translated from the German). LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; inspector... More

Marukusu shugi to gikai senkyo, Japanese Censorship Collection

"MOJ 75-A 957": intended for microfilm. Three articles translated from various periodicals, 1906-1907 (3rd article translated from the German). LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; inspector... More

Marukusu shugi to gikai senkyo, Japanese Censorship Collection

"MOJ 75-A 957": intended for microfilm. Three articles translated from various periodicals, 1906-1907 (3rd article translated from the German). LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; inspector... More

Marukusu shugi to gikai senkyo, Japanese Censorship Collection

"MOJ 75-A 957": intended for microfilm. Three articles translated from various periodicals, 1906-1907 (3rd article translated from the German). LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; inspector... More

Marukusu shugi to gikai senkyo, Japanese Censorship Collection

"MOJ 75-A 957": intended for microfilm. Three articles translated from various periodicals, 1906-1907 (3rd article translated from the German). LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; inspector... More