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Utagawa Toyokuni - Odori [enbu?] no zu

Print shows a design on a fan with several figures, male(?) and female, dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Uchiwae Nishi... More

Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

[Mother cat and kittens] / A.A., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a cat with three kittens. (DLC/PP-1908:43450.2).

Maxwell Chambers house, Spencer vic., Rowan County, North Carolina

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800-1810. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-80. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, P... More

Mezashi to tatamiiwashi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows sardines on a short rod. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman archer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a well-dressed woman about to shoot an arrow, possibly at a tournament, with male and female archers observing, also shows a bell-shaped tent in the background. (DLC/PP-2001:029). Forms part of: Ma... More

The death of General Wolfe - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bromley.

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Chūshun

Print shows a woman walking and holding the hand of a young boy who is carrying a small doll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps looking southwest, showin...

Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Includes a remarque at lower left center of sheet showing the figure of a man in a rowboat. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 92. (DLC/PP-... More

[Squares] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... More

Vid goroda Makao s morskoĭ storony.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[George Collier, 1738-1795, bust portrait, facing right]

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

[Signatures, Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814]

Paper hanging 43 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty Three. Ground imitating a drapery, shaded and lighted by stripes and ornaments in sections of a circle, printed in grey and wh... More

Lodgings to let / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing a fashionably dressed man standing in a well-furnished sitting-room, speaking to a pretty and elegant young woman. He wears a tophat, Hessian boots, and carries a large rough walking-stick. He... More

Hinamatsuri no sirozake, Shunman Kubo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women preparing bottles of rice wine for the festival of dolls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie S... More

Suitors to the pig faced lady Every man to his taste G. Cruik., fet, B...

Print shows a rich woman with a pig's face being courted for her money by unsuitable men including tradesmen and a stereotypical Jewish man. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available o... More

Rare specimens of comparative craniology: an old maid's skull phrenolo...

Hand-colored(?) etching by F.C. Hunt after drawing by E.F. Lambert. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Paper hanging 53 - Public domain banknote scan

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Fifty Three. Border for number fifty- two. A drapery supported by a crescent, the sides folding round a rosette, a garland of vine l... More

Kaidan o noboru yūjo, Eizan Kikukawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Second view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè p. ; W.B. Annin sc.

Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More

[Paper hanging 68]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Sixty Eight. Design of double columns, ornamented with grapes and vine leaves. Another part ornamented with losanges, placed horizon... More

Honorable Theophilus Parsons, late Chief Justice of Massachusetts / St...

Theophilus Parsons, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Engraved for the Analectic Magazine. Copyright by Moses Thomas.

A Sugar mill. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Travels in Brazil / Henry Koster. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, pl. opposite p. 336.

The president and directors for the Kentucky Insurance Company promise...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Mermaid--Mermaids exhibited successively in the Years 1758, 1775, & 17...

Engraved for the Encyclopaedia Londiensis, 1817. Public domain photograph of fantasy reptile drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kawa de no sentaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows four women at river's edge washing clothes; one woman has pulled out a piece of cloth which a crab has caught hold of, attracting the attention of a young child who dashes toward the water. Title an... More

Hagoita to takarabune - Public domain drawing

Print shows two boys towing a wagon carrying a model ship filled with toys and/or treasures past a woman standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Fugu no bijin to kurage no tomo, Shigenobu Yanagawa

Print shows a courtesan followed by a suitor offering her a gift. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono... More

Bas relief "Jackson, Defender of New Orleans, 1818," by Auguste De Fra...

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

Architectural drawing for alterations to a church ("St. John's Church"...

Working drawing showing church as section. UNIT title devised. Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance. Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files. Church originally designed by Latrobe. Forms pa... More

The president, directors & co. of the Bank of Henderson promise to pay...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Ume saku(?) niwa, Yajima Gogaku - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people walking in a garden among blossoming plum trees, also, on the left, a building with thatched-roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Nihonzutsumi no rakugan tamaya uchi Tamagushi

Print shows Tamagushi, a courtesan, full-length portrait, with several hairpins, seated, reading a scroll; picture hanging on the wall above her shows geese descending on the Nihon embankment. Title and other d... More

Onoe kikugoro no ōboshi yuranosuke - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More

Oiran, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows an oiran, a high-class courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: S... More

Kayoikomachi no mitate - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Komachi, full-length, standing, facing right, with another woman standing behind her carrying a long box or portfolio. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

[Domestic cat standing on a block and a puppy with its front paws on t...

Printed with number in upper right corner: 7. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 1227 U 5 D 57.

Plan of the New York state prison at Mount Pleasant

Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

[Domestic cat with two kittens, one playing with a ball of string]

Printed with number in upper right corner: 5. Paper watermarked at bottom center: in Basel. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 1227 U 5 D 57.

Irish march of intellect; or, the happy result of emancipation / A Sha...

Print shows a bare-foot Irish man and his son in the chamber of an English lord. Hoping to get his son placed as an apprentice, he introduces him to the English lord who is sitting in a chair, wearing wig and robe.

Napoleon I, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing long ...

Trimmed to within plate marks. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The sailor's description of a chase & capture / J Sherm, invt. [Lieut....

"A burly sailor (right) sits with five other sailors, one a negro, and two perhaps being petty officers, drinking grog at a plank-table slung from the roof ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... More

View of the insulated table lands at the foot of the Rocky Mountains /...

Major Long's expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. Reference copy in LOT 4390-D. Illus. in: James, Edwin / Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains,..., 1822-1823.

[Illustration showing man standing next to oxen hitched to cart loaded...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Draco and Ursa Minor / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a dragon and bear forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 1. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.

Aries and Musca Borealis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a ram and a fly forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 16.

Cassiopeia / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing Cassiopeia seated in a chair forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 3.

Utagawa Toyokuni - Yuki mitate shūka kasugaya tokijirō

Print shows Kasuga-ya Tokijirō, full-length portrait, standing in the snow, as a warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Giovanni in London or Plucking chickens before they are full feathered...

Print shows opera singer, actress, and theater producer Madame Vestris, also known as Lucia Elizabeth Mathews or Lucia Elizabetta Bartolozzi, dressed in breeches, seated between two lascivious young men in a ca... More

Dubois & Stodart Hoogland sc - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a young woman sitting at and playing a "Dubois & Stodart" upright piano. Possibly an advertisement showing a type of piano manufactured by Dubois & Stodart. Signed on plate at bottom center. Forms ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura shikan no kitsune kuzunoha

Print shows actor Nakamura Shikan, full-length portrait, standing, in the role of the fox Kitsune Kuzunoha in human form. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Taurus / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. - Public domain book illustration

Astronomical chart showing the bull Taurus forming the constellation, also shows the Pleiades. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 17. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.

Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...

"Entered according to Act of Congress the 3rd day of April 1827, by P. Hawkes of the State of Pennsylvania." Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

Meadowlark - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vols. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. II, Pl. 136. This record contains unverifi... More

Florida Jay - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vol. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. I, Pl. 87. This record contains unverified,... More

Azuma no mori no yau Andō Hiroshige

Print shows two travelers on a roadway in the rain at night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie. Moder... More

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. R bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letter "R" formed by a man holding a bundle of rushes which he is using to beat another man kneeling before him, with examples "Reifspringen" showing young women jumping rope; "Ritter" showing a... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.

Print shows an African American couple walking on the street; the woman asks the man whether he likes the waltz. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:253). Caption: "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" "'Pon de honour of... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 C

Print shows an African American woman, wearing a very large hat, in a shop trying to purchase a pair of stockings. Plate XI. Caption: "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" "Oui Madame! her... More

Eugène Delacroix - Lion de l'Atlas. Book illustration from Library of ...

Lion holding rabbit in his paws and jaws. Lithograph by Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863. Delteil, 79 (2nd state); 43534. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4707-B. Another impression C size. This record contains unverified da... More

[Kohada Koheiji]. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a scene from a Japanese legend about a man who was killed by his wife and her lover and who returns to haunt them as revenge; print depicts a skeletal ghost at a burning mosquito net.

[Bamboo shoots], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

[Hotei, the god of good fortune, one of the seven lucky gods, seated, ...

Formerly attributed to a group of drawings referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Tōto asakusa honganji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the peak of the roof of the Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa with a kite flying through the clouds and a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

The Flower Dance of the Viennoise Children

Nine girls and young women dancing. LOT subdivision subject: Dancing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton St., N.Y. Published by Atwill, ... More

Fujo yamato sugata, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print showing a woman standing, holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of... More

Naritaya hakuen musashi meisho cyōfu no tamagawa

Print shows Naritaya Hakuen, an actor, full-length, facing right, wearing flowing kimono and geta, standing, holding a fan in his right hand; in the background, two women doing laundry next to a river and a tra... More

Two acrobats - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a male bareback rider, with arms folded, standing on the backs of two horses while balancing on his right leg his male partner who is bending over backwards. Forms part of: Popular graphic art prin... More

Fête donner à la grande duchesse Hélène de russie par W.R. Chateaubria...

Drawing shows a crowd gathered around a balloon on the ground at the festivities prepared by Ambassador W.R. Chateaubriant in honor of the Grand Duchess of Russia in Rome, 1830. A second balloon is in sky at up... More

Musume Dōjōji - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Hanao of Ōgi-ya, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: on... More

[Mrs. John Tyler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Photo of portrait. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portly man walking with arms outstretched]

Illustration shows a depiction of the Japanese saying "the person who fills the Great Way," which refers to a person of great virtue who has nothing to hide, although it shows a corrupt man who carries money in... More

[A woman, possibly a courtesan, seated, facing right, with her head tu...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Argali on stone by T. Doughty ; from Childs & Inman's Press

Print shows a Bighorn sheep ram standing in a rocky or mountainous landscape, with an ewe standing in the background. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 17. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and Amer... More

General Washington painted by Gabriel Stuart, 1797 ; engraved by James...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, standing in front of a chair, with right arm extended toward a table on the left, and holding a sword in left hand. After a portrait pa... More

[Side view of a monk, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing gown ...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

The chaplet, a waltz by Flora / Kennedy & Lucas lithography, Philada.

Sheet music cover showing tree with branches containing lines of music, and bees denoting sharps.

Cattle show, exhibition of manufactures, and ploughing match, at Worce...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Colton (S.H.) & Co.

Samuel Prout - Brussels Sam'l Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Print shows a street scene with pedestrians along the front of the Brussels town hall (Hôtel de Ville). Published title: Hotel de Ville at Brussels. Stamped at bottom center: Library of Congress City of Washin... More

[Producing ghostly illusion by use of magic lantern. 18th c.]

Illus. in: E.G. Robertson, Mémoires : récréatifs, scientifiques et anecdotiques, frontispiece (Houdini Collection). Reference copy in SSF (Gr) - Magicians and Magic. This record contains unverified, old data fr... More

[Study for bank-note vignette: three youths]

Purchase; John Carbonell; 1980, (DLC/PP-1981:026.5). Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aoyama enza no matsu - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers sitting on a bluff above a grove of pines with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Nihonbashi no hakuu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Nihon bridge over the Nihonbashi River during a rain storm; view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

The political drama. No. 61. Old grill among the paddies, British Cart...

Print shows William Cobbett riding on a large gridiron borne by a ragged troop of caricatured Irishmen in a procession following a man carrying a flag pole topped with a death's head labeled "Tom Pain" and flyi... More

[Study for bank-note vignette: Agriculture, Commerce/Navigation, and I...

Purchase, 1980, (DLC/PP-1981:026.6). Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kōshū kajikazawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man fishing from an outcrop of rock shaped like a wave; Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

The downfall of Mother Bank - Public domain drawing

A pro-Jackson satire applauding the President's September 1833 order for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The combined opposition to this move from Bank president Nicholas Bid... More

Théodore Rousseau - [River landscape, the Seine at Chateau-Gaillard] /...

Title, attribution, date, subject, and physical description by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Inscriptions: Lower right in graphite: "T.H.R." Verso: all in graphite: "Rousseau. River Landscape/ 33-4/ Th.R (4)"; LC B st... More

[Optical illusion disc with somersaults and horseback riding]

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a figure doing somersaults in a circle at the center of the disc and a man horseback riding in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: McLean'... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Hiratsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows porters ladened with bundles walking past a small shrine near the Hiratsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsuchiyama, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge spanning a raging river, during a rain storm near the Tsuchiyama station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Yokkaichi, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man running along an earthen wharf, chasing his hat which the wind has blown off; another person stands on a wooden portion of the pier, and there is a small fishing village on the left. Title and... More

Political Quixotism shewing the consequences of sleeping in patent mag...

Print shows President Jackson, sword in hand, during a nightmare, fighting a hydra with many fierce heads labeled "U.S. Bank", "Deposits", "Bribery", "Pensions", "[...] of the People", and "Corruption of the [.... More

Goyu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers walking down street between many stores, shops, and inns at the Goyu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

[Optical illusion disc with a face catching a ball and a man with blac...

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a face catching a ball in a circle at the center of the disc and a man with blackface taking a bow in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: ... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Lewis Cass / engraved by T.B. Welch from a drawing by J.B. Longacre.

Lewis Cass, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding book. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description