literature

Hero of the Wabash - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

[Four women composing poetry, possibly as a competition, next to a scr...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Genji : The tale of Genji. Format: probably the left panel of a vertical Oban Nishiki... More

Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain drawing

Print shows two fish and plums on holly branches. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms p... More

In our parish [12 lines of verse] By G. C. W. [n. d.].

Disciples of Sappho - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sappho performing outdoors, before an audience. 70898B2 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting. On verso: T.R. Spence.

Lyric poetry; Ganymede / H.O. Walker, artist.

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting Ganymede being carried off by Jupiter in the form of an eagle. Copyley print copyright 1899 by Curtis & Cameron.

Odoke sanjūroku kasen - Public domain dedication image

Japanese prints shows eight scenes and text with various people and activities including Americans; ship; Japanese men tying a bundle, reading, fishing, and playing a game. Mounted with no. 5a. Annotations, st... More

Mrs. Hull in one-room dugout basement home (note blackboard.) "I wante...

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War production drive. A feature of the war production drive in the Wes...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Martin Leaf, mayor of Wilmar, Minnesota. H...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steuben Glass, business. Poetry in crystal I

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Steuben Glass, business. Poetry in crystal I

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Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More

Poetry Left At Memorial

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[North Corridor, Great Hall. Poetry mosaic surrounded by Painting, Scu...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view, entrance porch. Granite sculpture with female figure r...

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Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at th...

Artist: John Massey Rhind. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the ... More

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Li...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Muddy Jim and other rhymes : 12 illustrated health jingles for childre...

Table of contents: "Rhymes by Emile Berliner, President Tuberculosis Society of Washington, D.C., pictures by J. A. Whiteford." Also printed on title page : "Learn every rhyme and be healthy all the time." Abov... More

Muddy Jim and other rhymes : 12 illustrated health jingles for childre...

Table of contents: "Rhymes by Emile Berliner, President Tuberculosis Society of Washington, D.C., pictures by J. A. Whiteford." Also printed on title page : "Learn every rhyme and be healthy all the time." Abov... More

A course of study and teachers' handbook in the common literature of l...

Also available in digital form.

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

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[Children with vines and letters M and E]

Title devised by cataloger. Margin and initial decoration for poems "Mystic" and "Early" published in "The Little Past" by Josephine Preston Peabody, Harper's magazine, 108:96 (Dec. 1903). (DLC/PP-1933:0185). F... More

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

LC #220 Whitman's Cardboard Butterfly

The funeral procession of the celebrated Mr. Jonathan Wild Thief-Taker...

A poem, "The Complaint of Jonathan Wild," surrounded by images of a funeral/procession, rows of people hanging from gallows, and other scenes. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congres... More

Verses composed on the slaughter of native Americans, in Kensington, P...

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger and Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family,...

number of pages: 8 p.

Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engr...

Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles. Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822. Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822. Osborne Coll.... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

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The Western review and miscellaneous magazine : a monthly publication,...

Chōsui, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women struggling over a poem or letter scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū goshikizumi : Mo... More

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting with a man who is sewing an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokunin sanjū roku... More

Lord Byron / Edwin, sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Engraved for the Analectic magazine. Stauffer II, 723.

Heike monogatari to biwa to tsuitate

Print shows a lute, the Tale of Keike, an article of clothing, and a painted screen with natural scene of bushes and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

The lament of the Irish emigrant - a ballad - poetry by the hon. Mrs. ...

Sheet music cover shows a man wearing top hat with bag and walking stick leaning on a stile. Sixth edition. Printed below image: The music composed and most cordially dedicated to Mrs. Isaac McGaw, of New York... More

All day long are we counted as sheep for the slaughter, Psal. 44 - how...

Print shows the Pope seated on throne slaying sheep being held by a monk, dead sheep at his feet, while two men burn at the stake in the background; with biblical verse above and below image. Illus. in: An abr... More

The grave of my mother Poetry and music composed and respectfully dedi...

Print showing title page illustration with girl looking sadly at "the grave of my mother." Drawn on stone by James Queen.

Hana noen shanaō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a person, possibly the warrior Ushiwakamaru as a young man, climbing a tree and using a stick to taunt anthropomorphic creatures who are picking up sticks to defend themselves; an old man is asleep ... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornuco...

Addressed to Miss Julia A. Barnes, Granville, Bradford Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Verse from song Starry Flag by John Savage: We must keep that flag where it e'er has stood; In front of the free, the wise, ... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flags, shield, arrows,...

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[Civil War envelope showing soldier with woman in stars and stripes dr...

Addressed to Mr. G.C. Merrifield, Mishamaka, Ind.; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on recto: Bremen, Ind., Nov. 21, 1863. Verse from song A Soldier's Tear by Thomas Haynes Bayly: He turn'd and left the spot - O! ... More

Natsu no yo no tsuki - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows General Akashi Gidayu, wearing white outfit, sitting on the floor, holding a knife (tantō or short sword) in his right hand, with papers in front of him on which he has written his death poem (also ... More

Our Chicago aldermen in Boston - Public domain dedication image

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

[Walter Scott Lenox, founder of Lenox Ceramic Art Company, half-length...

Written on verso: Walter S. Lenox, Trenton, N.J.; Judge in H(?). Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits... More

Lyric poetry; Comus, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, W...

Reproduction of a mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building showing a scene from the poem, The masque of Comus, by Milton.

Alice Barber Stephens - [Three women and a baby]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0012). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Middlemarch / George Eliot, 1899.

Sir A. Conan Doyle and family - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Sir A. Conan Doyle - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A man in a suit and tie holding a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. A. Conan Doyle - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Arthur Conan Doyle's second wife, Jean Elizabeth Leckie with Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) (right). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

[It is this wonderful life, with its record, its example and inspirati...

(DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Vital Message" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hearst's magazine, 35:15 (Mar. 1919).

Members of the Ku-Klux-Klan about to take off with the literature whic...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Or... More

[With his dressing gown flapping on each side of him, he looked like s...

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Creeping Man" by A. Conan Doyle, Hearst's International magazine, 43:13 (March 1923).

Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Servic...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The lesbian body [by] Kate Millett An exhibition of drawings : Levitan...

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Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More

Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More

[Second Floor, East Corridor. Mural depicting Love in the Literature s...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor, East Corridor. Mural depicting History in the Literatur...

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Muddy Jim and other rhymes : 12 illustrated health jingles for childre...

Table of contents: "Rhymes by Emile Berliner, President Tuberculosis Society of Washington, D.C., pictures by J. A. Whiteford." Also printed on title page : "Learn every rhyme and be healthy all the time." Abov... More

Poems by Alexander Graham Bell, from 1858 to 1859

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La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Camilla, or, Twenty-four hours on the Potomac.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stan...

A satire touching on some of the major issues in Connecticut politics on the eve of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The two rival factions shown are the "Federals," who represented the trading inter... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence 1893, Apr.

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Poem - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Selections from the poetry of Robert Herrick

Title page illustration shows a young woman wearing a long dress and cloak walking outdoors and reading a book, presumably poetry. (DLC/PP-1935:0076). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of... More

[Collection of 13 poetry broadsides from the Laboratory Press of the C...

Page Order: Piece 5 is a Leaflet.; Piece 13 is oversized. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Po... More

[Puppets come to life] - Public domain book illustration

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing puppets fighting backstage after the people have gone; opposite page contains text. Page in: Momo Sanjin yawa. Kōto [Kyoto] : Ryūsuiken zōhan, Tenpō 12 [1841]. Published in: ... More

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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[Title page of The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820, il...

/ E Tisdale, del.; W.H. Bassett fc. Engraving by W.H. Bassett after drawing by E. Tisdale. Illus. in: The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - PATRIOTISM 1820. This re... More

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back; a portrait and a partially unrolled scroll, and a tablet with a poem on it are in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

[Decoration and calligraphy in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)]

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Persian poetical text. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 33. No. 730. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. ... More

Caricature, The food of our youth / J.K., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a mean-spirited infant boy in a cradle labeled "Infant Indian Exterminators", armed with a rifle, knives, and handguns, feeding from a large bottle filled with "Dime Novel" and "5 ct. Paper[back]" l... More

[Crowd of people seated around table watching man read document]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Middlemarch / George Eliot, 1899.