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Gottfried Mind - [Two domestic cats fighting] / CF-.

Signed on lower right "CF-" Printed with number in upper right corner: 1.

[Domestic cat napping with three playful kittens and a saucer on the r...

Signed on lower right "C.F." Printed with number in upper right corner: 6. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 1227 U 5 D 57.

Hold up a minute - Something to show you

Advertising labels for cloth or fabric. Well-dressed man holding bolt of cloth. LOT subject: Textile industry and fabrics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Caption card tracin... More

The phantom ship from legendary ballads by Thomas Moore, arranged for ...

Sheet music cover showing ship in foreground and other ship in background.

The aristocracy of color - Drawing. Public domain image.

Signed in stone: J. Cn. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Pack und transport dampfwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und...

Print showing two views of freight trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with flatbed cars for hauling standard freight and cars with rails and cages for hauling livestock, drawn by steam loco... More

Washington: first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of h...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7037

Washington: first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of h...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7038

High places in government like steep rocks only accessible to eagles a...

Campaign satire predicting Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison's ascendancy over Democrat Martin Van Buren. In the center of the print is a mountain with a statue of George Washington, "Pater Pat... More

The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...

Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More

Admiral David Porter, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Admiral David Porter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform.

North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image

A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More

The death of locofocoism - Political cartoon, public domain image

In his satire Johnston celebrates the defeat of "Loco Foco," i.e., radical Democratic interests, in the presidential election of 1840. The "Loco Focos" were the largely working-class constituency who supported... More

General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames /...

Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More

The death of the Revd. John Wesley A.M. / A. Biggerman del. ; MaGee's ...

Print showing deathbed scene of Reverend John Wesley. Those attending Wesley are, from l. to right, Miss Sarah Wesley, a medical assistant, Rev. J. Bradford, Rev. P. Dickinson, Mrs. Charles Wesley, Rev. T. Rank... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

[Shows the Chapel of St. Helena] Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-18... More

The evil tree or hieroglyphics of the natural man

Public domain photo of art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Louis Haghe - Entrance to the tombs of the kings, Jerusalem

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 1-2, p. 7. Surroga... More

Patent Drawing of Engine - [Design drawings for paddle wheel steamer] ...

Design of side wheel steamer showing wheel mechanism, side view and cross-section in 10 figures. Inscribed on recto: E.F. Horicks, New York City. Inscribed on verso: with E.F. Aldricks letter 30 March 1942.

Lower pool of Siloam Valley of Jehosophat

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Haghe - Sarda, ancient Sidon April 28th 1839 / David Roberts, R....

Christian Church of St George at Lud ancient Lydda March 29 1839 / Dav...

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Bethlehem April 6th 1839

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Baalbec May 7th 1839 / David Roberts, R....

The doorway. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. 11-13... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Jericho April 3rd 1839

Narcotic poisons / G.E. Madeley, lithog., Wellington St[ree]t, Strand.

Illustration shows plants classified as narcotic poisons, including Deadly Nightshade, Birthwort, White Poppy, Woody Nightshare, Tobacco, Thorn Apple, Water Hemlock, Foxglove, Strong Scented Lettuce, Hemlock, H... More

Matty meeting the Texas question, Political Cartoon

A satire on the Democrats' approach to the delicate question of the annexation of Texas. In marked contrast to his portrayal of the issue as a beautiful woman in "Virtuous Harry" (no. 1844-27), the artist here ... More

Conference of Arabs at Wady Moosa, Petra March 6th 1839 / David Robert...

The Massachusetts hoar, outwitted, or hopping-John, and Johnny-cake, f...

An imaginative but puzzling commentary on sectional tensions over slavery between New England abolitionists and southern agrarian slaveholders. In his sweeping satire the artist also portrays a considerable hos... More

Louis Haghe - Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 8.

General view of the island of Philae Nubia Nov 18th 1838 / David Rober...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 26.

Capitol of the United States, Washington

Print shows a view of the United States Capitol building from the west, with trees, pedestrians, and a carriage in an area that now forms the National Mall.

The hypaethral Temple at Philae called the bed of Pharoah / David Robe...

Public domain reproduction related to Ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia / David Robe...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 14.

Modern mansion, showing the arabesque architecture of Cairo / David Ro...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 32.

One of two colossal statues of Rameses II entrance to the Temple of Lu...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 33.

Island of Philoe [sic], on the Nile--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.

Sunset. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 11.

Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... More

The citadel of Cairo, residence of Mehemit Ali / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 34.

Excavated temples of Aboosimble--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Haghe - Temple at Wady Dabod, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt 31.

Front elevation of the Great Temple of Aboosimble Nubia / David Robert...

Text on verso of last leaf; frontispiece. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 1.

General view of the ruins of Luxor from the Nile 1838 / David Roberts,...

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

Pursuit of the Mexicans by the U.S. Dragoons: under the intrepid Col. ...

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

Philadelphia State-house / / drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner; lith. ...

(DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J...

Print shows Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing right. Inscribed in ink at bottom right: Briggs Coll. 41499. Sheet cropped and appears to have been removed from a bound volume.

The Village Blacksmith - Engraving, Public domain image

Music cover. LOT subdivision subject: Daily Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A & J.P. Ordway; lithograph by E.W. Bouvé.

Worrying the bull - Political cartoon, public domain image

In a ring a large bull, wearing a ribbon marked "The Rough & Ready" between its horns, faces five matadors. The bull represents Zachary Taylor, nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready." The matadors are prominent Whigs,... More

Zachary Taylor, the people's choice for 12th president

Print shows a Whig campaign banner for the 1848 presidential election. In the center of a facsimile cloth banner is an oval bust portrait of candidate Zachary Taylor in military uniform. Surrounding the oval, o... More

The game cock / el gallo de pelea: in full feather

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Shankland's American fashions, 1849]

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, two of the men are dressed for hunting and carry rifles, and at bottom, eight men and ... More

Scene in Uncle Sam's Senate. 17th April 1850

A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of the moment during the heated debate in the Senate over the admission of California as a free state when Mississippi senator Henry S. Foote drew a pistol on Thomas Har... More

[Louise-Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon, Princesse de France] / Luigi Rossi d...

Print showing Louise-Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, with right hand resting on a table, in front of a picture of a man with two children. Inscribed in pencil on ... More

[Two women conversing, one seated on window sill stitching cloth, the ...

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Print speciman of botanical illustrations for Aethusa Cynapium, an he...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 6]

[Print speciman of anatomical illustrations of human pelvis and hip bo...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 7]

The blessings of liberty or how to "hook" a "gentleman of color"

A diverse group of abolitionists try to drag an unwilling black man toward the left with a large gaff hook. Holding the hook are (left to right) an old hag, a Quaker man, and two other homely men. The hag dec... More

Louis Haghe - Vue de la même galerie, prise du côté oriental...

Print shows interior of gynaeceum of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with groups of men, women, and children in traditional dress. Title derived from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia, Cons... More

Panorama de Constantinople, pris d'un des minarets de Ste. Sophie

Print shows a section of a panorama of Istanbul made from a minaret of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, including the university founded by the Sultan (?), the Hippodrome, the Sultanahmet M... More

Panorama de Constantinople, pris d'un des minarets de Ste. Sophie

Print shows a section of a panorama of Istanbul made from a minaret of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, from the Port of the Golden Horn to the Eyüp suburb. Title from plate list. Illus. in... More

Louis Haghe - Centre de la galerie

Print shows interior of gynaeceum of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with groups of men and women in traditional dress and men in western dress. Title from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia... More

La locomotion aérienne passive. Principes de la nature sur la chûte re...

Technical illustration shows 14 figures with various designs for parachutes, including Blanchard's parachute, and several vessels with wings. "Invt. & constr. de Tollin" below fig. 11. Illus. from: L'aéronauti... More

Louis Haghe - Vue prise du même point, en regardant le porche

Print shows north nave of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia; with groups of men in traditional and military dress. Title from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently res... More

Experiments on the tight rope - Political cartoon, public domain image

A figurative portrayal of Whig candidate Winfield Scott's failure in the 1852 presidential contest, attributed by the artist to his alliance with abolitionist interests. Scott is hoisted aloft via a pulley sys... More

John Bull's fish monopoly - Victorian era public domain image

An anti-British satire, reflecting American enragement at Britain's tightening of restrictions on territorial waters open to American fishermen off the coast of Canada. In July 1852, England notified the Unite... More

Henry Clay, portrait print - Public domain portrait engraving

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3010

Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Re...

Pictorial lettersheet shows town square and scattered dwellings in California Gold Rush town.

Sonora Jany. 1853 / / George H. Goddard, del. ; Lith. by Britton & Rey...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 259. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.25

Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, Marc...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached b... More

Highlander, by Glencoe, dam Castanet, by Monarch

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse, animal husbandry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mountains near the entrance of the Canada de las Uvas / Chas. Koppel ;...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Passmore Williamson / John H. Sherwin, del. ; L.N. Rosenthals lith. Ph...

Print shows Passmore Williamson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, "in Moyamensing Prison, Philada." Includes facsimile signature. Caption continues: Incarcerated by Judge Kane. In Moyamensing Prison,... More

A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the... More

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

View of Hong Kong from East Point / from nature by Heine, figures by B...

People working in foregrd., harbor in mid-ground and mountains in backgrd. This record contains unverified data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Pub. (2).

The Peabody Institute at the time of the address of welcome. South Dan...

Illus. in: Proceedings at the reception and dinner in honor of George Peabody, esq. of London, by the citizens of the old town of Danvers, October 9, 1856. To which is appended an historical sketch of the Peab... More

Household treasures - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

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

Diegeños - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Illus. in: United States. Dept. of the Interior. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey ... by William H. Emory. 34th Cong., 1st sess. House Ex Doc. 135. Washington: C. Wendell, printer, 1857-... More

New-Orleans (Louisiana) / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düss...

Panoramic view of harbor with ships. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pimo women - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

To Miss Mary E. Taylor. The Supper Bell Polka. Companion to the dinner...

Family seated around dinner table, holding up glasses. Title continues: As performed by Gilmore's Salem Brass Band. Composed by P.S. Gilmore. Copyright by Russell & Richardson.

Diploma awarded by the Lebanon County Agricultural and Horticultural S...

Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides and bottom showing farm animals (horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, and a turkey), a man standing behind a plow drawn by two horses, the interior o... More

Diploma awarded by the Washington County Agricultural and Horticultura...

[Sewing machine] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

LOT subject: Dressmaking. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by H. Ballou Carter.

Essence of Old Virginia Wheat Whiskey, A.M. Bininger & Co. / Sarony, M...

Whiskey advertising label showing African Americans in tavern dancing. Copyright by Rufus Watles & L.C. Sanger.

Harikari - Drawing. Public domain image.

Horses pulling pagoda car of Japanese Embassy. Public domain scan of printed performance advertisement, dance, musical, opera, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington. Presidents house / lith. by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore, Md.

Print shows a view across the lawn of the north portico of the White House, with a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front. Inscribed in ink on verso: EYM. Inscription on verso probably refers to Eliza Youn... More

John C. Heenan, champion of America born in West Troy, New York, May 2...

Print shows a full-length portrait of John Carmel Heenan, in boxing stance. 774 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by Wm. Carland, in the Clerk's Office of the Distri... More

Honorable Abraham Lincoln,. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King of Hearts - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

LOT subject: Cards. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Chas. E. Townsend Caption card tracings: Advertisements; Card playing.

Scene on the upper Mississippi (Am Ober-Mississippi)

Two steamboats and raft in foreground. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More

The House of Bishops, Protestant Episcopal Church, United States, 1859...

Accompanied by a key sheet that identifies each bishop's portrait by name. The key sheet is 14 3/4 x 18 15/16 in. Copyright by Rev. W. T. Campbell.

Commodore Goldsborough / Magee.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform.

Capt. Semmes, of the pirate "Alabama"

Raphael Semmes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

The Army of the Cumberland in front of Chattanooga / J.G. 1863 ; lith....

Print shows Union forces encamped near Chattanooga, with earthworks, artillery bunkers, tents, and soldiers. Includes numbered key with alphabetic subdivisions indicating the positions of the various Divisions.... More

Stephen's varieties No. 3: The slave in 1863

Envelope for collectors cards showing Afro-American soldier holding bayoneted rifle. Copyright by William A. Stephens.

Sally Come Up - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Music cover illustrated with G. Swaine Buckley as a minstrel. LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co. Litho... More

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

One of three similar prints published by Oliver Evans Woods, reflecting grave northern fears of British and French interference on behalf of the Confederacy in the Civil War. (See also "The Pending Conflict" an... More

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