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Illmo. D.D. Rogerio du Plesseis Dno. de Liancourt Marchioni de Montfor...

Frontispiece illustration shows nude elderly male angel holding scythe and appearing to eat a fragment of a sculpture as two putti stand nearby and hold a coat of arms and a snake bites its tail on the floor. I... More

[Courtly outdoor scene, with fountain and men on horses (recto) ; fain...

Drawing shows mounted man pointing with sword to hunter with hounds and gun; another mounted man behind; woman and little girl standing at the right; also woman seated near fountain arranging hat of child (from... More

Baldassare Franceschini - [Studies for a church]

Inscribed in pencil: Lot no. 8, srB. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Exhibi... More

[St. Jerome beside a pollard willow] / Rembrandt.

Print shows a bearded St. Jerome seated, at work on his books at the foot of a large tree trunk. A lion looks out from behind the tree. Hubbard Fund 440061. Title devised. Second state. Rovinski, 103. Bjorklun... More

[David and Goliath]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Etching by Rembrandt. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bible, OT; Artists works; Shelf.

[Cellular structure of cork plant and cells of a honeycomb, with cork ...

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London : J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 58.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, northwest...

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

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, west gall...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[First sketch for the chapel of Bonaventura at Potenza (Italy), in (ch...

Inscribed: Primo schizzo p[er] la capella dal Bonaventura a Potenza in S. Francesco. Drawing not signed; attribution to Franceschini (known as "Il Volterrano") based on Walker Collection files. Item conserved ... More

Musical Instruments - [ Vuillaume violin : back button]

472_7277_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Vuillaume violin : front lower left corner]

472_7295_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Vuillaume violin : front upper right corner]

472_7283_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martinus Hemskerkus Harl / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Martin Van Heemskerk, half-length portrait, standing, facing left. Illust. from: Academia des sciences et des arts ... /Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1682-1695, LIV. VI., p. 435. LeBlanc, Boulonois no. 51

[Paris receiving the golden apple from Hermes]

The subject of this drawing is Hermes handing the golden apple of the Hesperides to Paris, who is to judge the greatest beauty among the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. In return for judging Aphrodite t... More

DCM 1268: John Mason Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Unidentified tropical dark wood, ivory cap and ferrules.; 60.2 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flat flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: MASON Mark Additional: Mark on head... More

DCM 0313: Thibouville-Cabart Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys, ferrules and ribs, metal-lined sockets and head joint (partial tenon).; 67.7 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, conical, Briccialdi thumb ke... More

[ Recorder player and singer] - Public domain portrait drawing

German (artist nationality) painter and etcher (artist role) Verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/491 (inscription) Brush and grey wash drawing. (medium) Fine condition. (condition) Henning Oppermann, Buchantiquariat... More

Plantation horn - An old wooden telescope with a strap on it

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour ...

Caricature. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fowls of a feather flock together / K., fecit, 1785.

Scottish cartoon shows a group of men conversing as balloons sail overhead. Possibly Scottish balloonist James Tytler and Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi.

DCM 0100: Anonymous Zummara (Double Pipe, Single Idioglottal Reeds)

Instrument type: Zummara (Double Pipe, Single Idioglottal Reeds) Medium: Two bamboo pipes bound with thread and decorative braided brass wire (over an inner steel wire) snake.; 34 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 hol... More

DCM 0690e: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Spain." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo, stained purple.; 21.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Carleton Sprague Smith, New York, 18 Dec. ... More

DCM 0679: Gino Bartoli Contra Bass Flute in C

Instrument type: Contra Bass Flute in C Medium: Silver plate over brass.; 92.4 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed G#, roller C. Lowest pitch is C. Mark Maximum: GB (monogram) / GINO BARTOLI / MILANO Ma... More

The coffee-house patriots, or news, from St. Eustatia / H. Bunbury Esq...

Print shows interior view of a coffeehouse, presumably in London, where several man of commerce appear disgruntled at the news of the successful campaign to capture Saint Eustatius, a port used by British merch... More

DCM 0450: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Safety hook flanges on all three joints, but the hook for the foot joint appears never to have been installed. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, blue glass cap, silver keys and ferrules.; 61.15 ... More

DCM 0903: Gerock & Wolf Flute in C

Three scribed lines on both the cork-setting mechanism and the head joint tuning barrel indicate that this flute may have had 3 corps de rechange. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-se... More

DCM 0016: Anonymous, Chinese T'ai P'ing Hsiao (Vertical Whistle Flute)

Instrument type: T'ai P'ing Hsiao (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Bamboo stained brown, bone ferrules, blue tassel.; 52.15 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus membrane hole, 2 tassel holes, plus 2 vent holes... More

Photo of DCM 0410: Albrecht Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver cap, keys, ferrule, guides.; 69.7 cm. Key Holes System: 10 keys, foot to B, rollers on low C#, C. Post and rod, modern style key cups. Mark Maximum: ALB... More

DCM 0425: Anonymous English(?) Flageolet (in E-flat?)

Instrument type: English(?) Flageolet (in E-flat?) Medium: Cocus.; 32 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Upper section cracked, both joints. Chip missing from largest decorative... More

DCM 0512: Anonymous, German(?) Flute in A-flat

Instrument type: Flute in A-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver cap, keys, and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 43.65 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys to low C (E-flat), direct mount. Unusual and apparently incorre... More

DCM 1309: G. (?Gottfried) Schuster Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, brass keys.; 66.4 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flap, pin in block. Rollers for C#, C. Mark Maximum: (crown) / G: SCHUSTER / NEUKIRCHE... More

DCM 1191: Willis & Goodlad French Flageolet

Instrument type: French Flageolet Medium: Ebony, ivory mouthpiece and ferrules, silver keys.; 33.8 cm. Key Holes System: 2/4 holes plus 3 keys, flat round flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (lyre) / GOODLAD & ... More

DCM 1075: John Willis Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, silver keys, ferrules, metal-lined head.; 65.15 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon. Mark Maximum: PATENT / WILLIS / LONDON / 182 Mark Additional: Mark on head. M... More

DCM 0712: Anonymous, South American Indian Kena (Notched Flute)

Instrument type: Kena (Notched Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 50.55 cm. Key Holes System: 1/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: William Schade, New York, 25 May 1927. According to DCM ledger: "This flute was ... More

DCM 0076: Frank Aman Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Special 'Aman' Model...Boehm system made with the idea of a good flute for cheap, quantity production.... This flute made especially for this collection. Was the first one for which he received 're... More

DCM 0323: Rudall & Rose Flute in C

Pre-cross pinned at B-flat/G# and E-flat key blocks. G# key lengthened with portion from another flute key (likely long F from similar English instrument). Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood, silver-p... More

Conradus Detlev a Dehn / Hyacs. Rigaud pinxit. ; F. Chereau lainé scul...

Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DCM 0851: Carlo Palanca Flute in C

Unlike most flutes with corps de rechange, the shortest one is marked no. 1. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, silver key.; 57.7 cm. (no. 1), 58.9 cm., 59.7 cm., 60.4 cm., 61.45 cm. (no. 5) Key Hole... More

DCM 1573: Anonymous Zummara (Double Pipe with Idioglottal Reeds)

String also attached to the removable reeds. Instrument type: Zummara (Double Pipe with Idioglottal Reeds) Medium: Bamboo pipes bound with string.; 39.15 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes (both pipes). Mark Maxi... More

DCM 1157: Anonymous, North American Indian Courting Flute (Vertical Wh...

DCM ledger: "American Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Iron pipe, a portion of a gun barrel. Wrapped with leather thong.; 35.6 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Max... More

Photo of DCM 0786: Anonymous Tabor - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Tabor Medium: DCM ledger: "Of reddish wood (like violin bows). Ivory tip for drum. Large, knob-like turned handle on other end, with two ivory rings. End inlaid with pearl."; 38.1 cm. Mark Max... More

[Hunting lodge with pavilions. Gateway, piers, and fencing. Plan and e...

Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing monumental fence and gateway for a hunting lodge or castle, in plan and elevation. No. 16. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehous... More

DCM 0299: Anonymous, possibly African Horn

This instrument is open at the small end and also perforated laterally about 4 cm. from the end with a large hole implying that it was actually a side-blown (lip reed) horn which therefore could have required t... More

DCM 0196: Johann Friedrich Engelhard Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver key.; 62.45 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap. Mark Maximum: N / I. F. ENGELHARD (in scroll) / (3 stars) Mark Additional: Mark... More

DCM 1182: George Catlin Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood(?), silver keys, ivory ferrules, metal-lined sockets.; 62.5 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (5-pointed star) / G. CATLIN / PHIL... More

["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]

Illus. in: Voyage curieux du R.P. Louis Hennepin / Louis Hennepin, 1704, oppos. p. 100.

[Drawings of annual guild days of Norwich, England, 1705]

In album: Contributions of the "Royal Free-School"... Surrogate prints available in LOT 11314-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Drawings of annual guild days of Norwich, England, 1705]

In album: Contributions of the "Royal Free-School"... Surrogate prints available in LOT 11314-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Frakturs illumination - [Vorschrift] / Heinrich Rassmann, 1709.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church of John the Baptist in Roshchenie (1710-17), interior, northwes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oh--You shall see, vat you shall see

Illustration showing London street crier talking to two children, who are looking into a peepshow box. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The cryes of the city of London after the life. London, 1711, pl. 75. Engravi... More

Kaya no uchisoto, Kiyomasu Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, woman, and a child resting outside mosquito netting. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa).... More

Bas relief "Bienville, Founder of New Orleans, 1718," by Auguste De Fr...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More

[Wild horses running in water, across a river or in surf]

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures... More

[Wild boars running, on cliffs, and near pine trees]

[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing s...

Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of Savannah as it stood the 29th of March 1734.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 3 copies; 1 copy missing; 1 copy to P&P?

[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]

Illus. in: Antiquitates italicae medii aevi, sive Dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, magistratibus, legibus, studiis literarum, artibus, lingua, militia, nummis, principibus, libertate, s... More

Der Tod zur Königin. Frau Königin! euer Freud ist aus, springet mit mi...

Figure of death as a naked woman with a snake around her neck, speaking to a queen as she leads her away. The queen answers sorrowfully. Panel in a scroll engraved by Jacques-Antony Chovin. Basel : Johann Rudol... More

Concord, New Hampshire - A painting of people on a boat in a body of w...

Public domain image of 18th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rinzu (figured satin)] - Public domain textile drawing

Drawing shows stylized floral designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray colle... More

[Momoiro shusu (pink satin)] [Shima shusu (striped satin)].

Drawings show solid and striped designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray col... More

Philip Earl of Chesterfield / Chambars sculp.

Print shows Philip D. Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval medallion. Trimmed to edge of plate on right and left sides. Gift; Estate of J.H. Corning; 1940 June 20.

The burning of the Crisis, British Cartoon Print

People burning a broadside entitled the Crisis. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress).

Valley of Bill William's Fork (Ariz.)

Tinted lithograph for U.S. Pacific R.R. Explorations and Surveys. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rocky Mountains; Expeditions; Ca.; Arizona; Shelf.

Chatsumi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women with short benches and small baskets, and a young boy; one of the women is picking tea leaves, the other has finished her task and is departing with the young boy. Title and other descript... More

A sceene of sceenes. Elizabeth Cannings dream for ye good of her nativ...

Print shows Elizabeth Canning, transported to America, seated in a room. She looks alarmingly at an old crone pointing to a soldier's uniform. Through the open window can be seen British soldiers marching up a ... More

A view of Louisburg in North America, taken near the light house when ...

Public domain image of 18th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nakamura nakazō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms part of... More

Onoe matsusuke no odamakihime to ōtani hiroji no okabe no ro

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part of: Japanese... More

The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765

Print shows George Grenville holding a balance with scales "Debts" and "Savings", the debt far outweighs savings; among those in line to contribute their savings is a Native American woman representing America,... More

[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a rel...

Illus. in: De La Fontaine, Fables Choisies, Tome III, Paris, 1765, pl. opp. p. 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4707A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Engawa no mushikiki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman sitting on a veranda listening to a cricket in a cage. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishik... More

Ueno no banshō, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman with two young sons standing on a veranda or balcony of a temple. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More

The Body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death in Otaheite / Webbe...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

A View of the habitations in Nootka Sound / Webber del. ; Birrell sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island.

Of the Waggoner and Hercules - Public domain dedication image

Fable illustrating the maxim, "the Lord helps those who help themselves". Full page of text and illustration. Illus. in: Thomas Dilworth's A New Guide to the English Tongue (Phila., 1770). Reference copy may be... More

Mitate rajōmon, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man departing, holding a closed umbrella over his right shoulder, looking back at a young woman standing on a veranda, leaning against a post. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

A Human sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] / Webber, J. de...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Fontenelle / gravé sur acier par Hopwood.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, half-length portrait, facing front, in rectangular frame.

Kujibiki, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows five courtesans attending to two men to determine who will serve each client; screen painting in the background shows a heron flying above waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

[America, 1772 - title page ornamentation showing Native wearing skirt...

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

Yukata no tachi bijin, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows a young woman standing, holding a fan, wearing a loose-fitting gown. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: wide Hashira-... More

Danjo no manzai, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man playing a drum and a woman holding a fan, dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Fo... More

[Title page, with no illus.] - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Illus. in: Alexander Hamilton, A full vindication of the measures of the Congress, New York, James Rivington, 1774. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent re... More

The Scotch Butchery, Boston, 1775, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lords Bute and Mansfield conferring, to their right stands Simon Fraser and Lord Wedderburn, "Deputies" to the aforenamed. On the far right are soldiers wearing Highland dress (of the 71st Regiment ... More

The congress / P.E.D. inv. & delin. ; R. Aitkin sculp.

Print shows title page illustration of a female figure, representing America, sitting amidst implements of war. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania magazine: or, American monthly museum. Philadelphia : Printed and sol... More

A correct view of the late battle at Charlestown : June 17th, 1775 /

Shows troops in action, British ships, and the village of Charleston. Bird's-eye-view. Exhibited in G&M exhibit, May 1975. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Ōkanaya uchi suminoto, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Suminoto of the Okana-ya, a courtesan, full-length, seated, facing left, with two apprentices combing her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the...

Print shows a British minister handing a copy of the Québec Act to a kneeling bishop, George III is standing to the left, next to him is Lord Bute, with another minister and other clergymen completing the audie... More

General Howe, Esqr. of the Conecticut [i.e., Connecticut] and comander...

Print shows William Howe, wearing military uniform, seated on horse. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Don... More

[Congressional Resolve, Jan. 30, 1776, to assist New England in procur...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rare Bk. Div.; Shelf.

A plan of that part of the Rosalij Estate call'd New-Found-Land, the p...

Scale ca. 1:3,960. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman: C. [and a fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield, over the letters GR] Shows wood. Annotated ove... More

Iwai hanshirō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing beneath umbrella, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one... More

Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces, British Car...

Print shows Horatio Gates, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, standing at table in tent, with tents and a flag with horizontal stripes in the background. Catalogue of prints and drawi... More

Iohn Paul Iones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirtee...

Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing, wearing uniform, holding telescope cradled in right arm, left hand on anchor, with naval battle scene in the background.

General Putnam. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows Israel Putnam, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right and gesturing to the left with both arms, wearing military uniform and feathered cap with skull and crossbones over the words "or... More

[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance t...

Prints show distant views of The Wolves, a cluster of islands off New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, Grand Manan Island, and the entrance to the Saint John River, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. i... More

Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de S.M.T.C. et correspon...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Tissandier collection.

A vieu of Plymouth, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Amherst, Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, wearing military uniform, looking into a peepshow for a view of the progress of the war in America. As Jeffery looks, the showman says, "There you s... More

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