Samuel Ludvigh, portrait print - Public domain portrait print
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Henry Clay / Childs & Inman Lith., engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows Henry Clay, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Stamped on back: Briggs Coll. A. 41499.
[Domestic cat on a stool playing with three kittens] / C.F.
Signed on lower right "C.F." Printed with number in upper right corner: 4.
Gottfried Mind - [Domestic cat eating while two kittens play]
Printed with number in upper right corner: 10. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 1227 U 5 D 57.
Francois Seraphin Delpech - Les fumeurs L. Boilly ; G? lith. de Delpec...
Print shows two men, possibly porters, exchanging a light from one another's pipes; one man is seated on rocks or bundles and the other is seated on the frame for carrying bundles on his back. Forms part of: P... More
[Self portrait painting with a woman looking on]
Title from vendor. Signed with initials and dated in crayon. Foxing. Hubbard Fund, 64-89.
John Anderson, my Jo, a Scotch Air, sung by Sinclair, arranged by Koze...
LOT subdivision subject: Humor Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Pendleton's Lithography. Published by C. Bradlee, 164 Washington Street.
Je reprend avec orgueil ces couleurs glorieuses que j'ai long-tems por...
Print shows Louis Philippe, full-length portrait, facing front, standing with a barricade behind him, with right arm across chest, and holding the French Flag with his left hand. Printed on lower right: Parole... More
Descente dans les ateliers de la liberté de la presse / J.J. Grandv. e...
Print shows on the left, King Louis-Philippe in a right side profile, whiskers obscuring his face, with his hand over the mouth of a female printer, representing freedom of the press, and showing on the far lef... More
Politeness - Drawing. Public domain image.
Optical illusion disc which is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a man bowing and a woman curtsying to each other in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: McLean's optical illusions; or ... More
De quoi?...travailler...bon pour des feignas... / Charlet.
A vagabond, his hat tipped over his eye, his clothing disheveled, addresses two workers, a soldier & child: "Long live the riots: Long live wine! Long live love and the institutions which assure my future." Gih... More
Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox the present Chief of the Sauk tribe and...
Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing traditional dress, at Prairie du Chien, 1825. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of th... More
Surry [sic] Zoological Gardens - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows pond and people walking at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, London, England, with a balloon ascending in the distance. Print commemorates the 17th anniversary of the birth of Princess Victoria, May 24... More
Diligenza di ritorno dalla luna / Gaetana Dura, dis. ; Lit. Gatti e Du...
Print shows a flying machine returning from the moon. Plate IV from Altre scoverte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschel / Leopoldo Galluzzo ; J.N Nicollet ; Gaetano Dura ; Richard Adams Locke. Napoli : L. Gatti... More
Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman
A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More
On the way to Araby! - Political cartoon, public domain image
Satire on the Jackson administration's continuing battle against the Bank of the United States. The print was specifically occasioned by the re-chartering of the Bank by the Whig-controlled Pennsylvania Legisla... More
Eli Moore, representative from New York Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Ely Moore, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a quote by Moore. Published at the City of Washington. Caption continues: A purely democratic government must necessarily be ... More
Revd. John Chambers R. Street - Public domain portrait engraving
Print shows Reverend John Chambers, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding Bible with left hand. Signed on stone at right center. Inscribed in ink at bottom: Revd. John Chambers.... More
Thomas H. Benton, senator from Missouri Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Caption continues: Solitary & alone, and amidst the jeers and taunts of my opponents, I put this ball ... More
G. Washington Rembrandt Peale pinxt. ; lith. of P. Haas, Washington Ci...
Print shows George Washington, bust portrait, facing left. Includes facsimile signature. Caption continues: Born February 22d 1732. Died December 14th 1799. Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; Jan. 5, 1948.
The globe-man after hearing of the vote on the Sub-Treasury bill
Evidently a companion to "The Globe Man Listening to Webster's speech on the Specie Circular" (no. 1838-3), the small, bust-length caricature of Democratic editor Francis Preston Blair shows him looking even m... More
Scene in Washington. Sunday Feby. 25. 1838
A caricature of James Watson Webb, prominent Whig editor of the "Morning Courier and New York Enquirer." Webb is shown parading, armed to the teeth, along Pennsylvania Avenue. He carries a sword cane, a musket,... More
Machines for the new pay-tent office
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. Printed & published by H.R. Rob... More
Opothle Yoholo A Creek chief / / Drawn printed & coloured at I.T. Bowe...
Print shows portrait of Opothle Yoholo in traditional dress from painting by Charles Bird King for History of the Indian tribes of North America... / By Thomas L. M'Kenney and James Hall, 1836-1844.
Animal magnetism - A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair talking to an...
A swipe at President Van Buren's independent treasury system and his continuation of the monetary policies of predecessor Andrew Jackson. The artist, clearly in sympathy with the Whigs, links corruption in the ... More
Funérailles de l'Empereur Napoléon. Intérier de l'église des Invalides...
Interior of the Church of Invalides, service in progress. Hubbard Collection.
Lord Byron - Print, Library of Congress collection
Artist: Eliphalet Brown, Jr. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4093
Seife, Kerzen, Lichte. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows four men working in a shop making soap and candles. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.
Reverend John N. Campbell D.D. painted by W.T. Carlton ; on stone by F...
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Mount Tabor from the Plain of Esdraelon April 19th 1839
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. 3-4, p. 12. Surrog... More
David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Absaloms Pillar Valley of Jehoshaphat
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. 3-4, p. 10. Surrog... More
David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Nablous ancient Shechem April 17th 1839
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. 5-6, p. 12. Surrog... More
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem
Public domain photograph related to history of Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church of the Purification Jerusalem April 5th 1839
Public domain photograph related to history of Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Hebron March 18th 1839 / David Roberts, ...
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. 7-8, p. 10. Surrog... More
The mansion of happiness, an instructive, moral & entertaining amuseme...
Gameboard showing people involved in moral and immoral situations. Copyright by W. & S.B. Ives.
Louis Haghe - Tsur ancient Tyre April 27th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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. 9-10, p. 10. Surro... More
David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Sidon April 28th 1839 / David Roberts, R...
From the North. 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... More
Matty taking his second bath in Salt River
A satire published before the Democratic convention, predicting would-be presidential nominee Martin Van Buren's second "bath in Salt River" (the first one being his unsuccessful bid for reelection in 1840). O... More
Louis Haghe - Quay at Suez Febrary 11th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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. 3, pts. 19-20, p. 11. Surr... More
Political cock fighters. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A figurative portrayal of the 1844 presidential contest as a cock-fight, in which Whig candidate Henry Clay prevails. Clay and Democratic opponent Polk battle in a pit or ring as several prominent political fi... More
Chapel of the convent of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai Feby 21st 1839...
Painting drawn at the narthex at the original 6th century CE inner door, looking east and showing the nave of the basilica. (A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Saint Catherine Monastery was constructed b... More
Landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kelloggs & Thayer. E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. D. Needham, Buffalo.
View from under the portico of Temple of Edfou / 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. 1, pt. 32.
Interior of the mosque of the Metwalys / 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. 20.
David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Karnak / David Roberts, R.A.
General view, looking towards Baban-el-Molook. 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. 32.
Excavated Temple of Gyrshe, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
Part of the hall of columns at Karnak--Thebes / 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. 13.
James Madison - 4th President of the United States / on stone by A. Ne...
Print showing James Madison, bust portrait, facing right, in frame. From series: Portraits of the Presidents. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by C.S. Williams, in the Clerk's Office of th... More
The tree of liberty. The free population of the United States enjoyin...
A somewhat puzzling commentary on two issues: slavery and economic protectionism. The date of the print is uncertain, but it may have appeared as part of the reaction against the Walker Tariff of 1846. A Northe... More
Temple of Edfou--ancient Appolinopolis Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R....
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. 34.
General Zachariah Taylor, (Old Rough and Ready) - as he appeared at th...
Print shows General Zachary Taylor, full-length portrait, facing right, sitting on a horse, taking notes, and gesturing with his left hand. Printed in upper left corner: No. 15. Entered according to Act of Con... More
Colossus in front of Temple of Wady Saboua--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. 7.
Genl. Taylor at the battle of Resaca de la Palma Capt. May receiving h...
Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fragments of the great colossus at the memnorium--Thebes / 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. 2, pt. 4.
Temple of Amada of Hassaya in Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Louis Haghe - Wady Maharraka Nubia Nov 14th 1838 / 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. 1, pt. 23.
M'Donough's victory on Lake Champlain - after an action of 2 hours, & ...
Print showing battleships engaged in battle on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. 174 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink at bottom: Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. District of New York, J... More
Ultimatum on the Oregon question, Political Cartoon
In his typically jingoist view of Polk's handling of the Oregon question, the artist Edward Williams Clay belittles the self-interested attitudes of Europe toward the dispute. The issue of whether to settle the... More
Death of Lieut. Col. Henry Clay Jr.: Of the second regiment Kewntucky ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1622.
Eliza Jane - Public domain portrait painting
Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Portraits of three balloonists Ippolito Caffi, Francesco Arban, and G...
Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sacred heart of Mary Sacred heart of Jesus ; Descent from the cross ; ...
Print shows a proof sheet with four vignettes, at top left, a bust portrait with the sacred heart of Mary, at top right, a bust portrait with the sacred heart of Jesus, at bottom right, the crucifixion of Jesus... More
Fête de la Concorde, arrivée des corporations au Champ-de-Mars / dessi...
Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848, in a ceremony commemorating the French Republic. A large crowd is assembled in the foreground; monuments, banne... More
Grand Presidential sweep-stakes for 1849
The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential contest as a race between the three major candidates. The contenders are on the course. Whig candidate Zachary T... More
Political guillotine. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A cryptic satire critical of Lewis Cass and incumbent President James K. Polk. The work probably appeared prior to the Whig national convention (June 9-10), since reference is made to a Clay-Fillmore ticket. (T... More
The morning rose - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4577
American fashions, fall & winter 1849-50, by John R. Shankland, no. 10...
Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, one man is dressed for hunting and carrying a rifle, and at bottom, six men, five chil... More
The original general Tom Thumb: the smallest man alive, 22 years old, ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5012
Abraham Lincoln / lith. & published by Edw. Mendel.
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
Espérons que ce ballon d'essai ne deviendra pas un ballon captif / A. ...
Cartoon shows a hot air balloon labeled "Suffrage Universel" with wings floating above the Pyrenees and headed toward a sign labeled "Espagne". Illus. from: Actualités, no. 248. Tissandier collection.
Women's Rights - Ladies take your own choice - Polka and Mazurka
Musical cover showing three women (two holding eye glasses) in front of a piano and music shop. LOT subdivision subject: Fashion. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by... More
Eclipse & no eclipse or two views of one object
Two scenes showing the differing perceptions of Franklin Pierce's stand on the issue of slavery, as viewed by the North and South. The cartoon is divided vertically by "Mason & Dixon's Line." An arrow identifie... More
Louis Haghe - Vue de la nouvelle tribune impériale, ...prise de face
Print shows gallery and imperial tribune 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, Constantinopl... More
A piercing piece of loco foco hocus pocus
The title plays on Franklin Pierce's last name, at the expense of Whig presidential hopefuls Millard Fillmore, Winfield Scott, and Daniel Webster. The print was probably published shortly after the June 1852 Wh... More
Genl. Franklin Pierce: fourteenth president of the United States
Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
York County Agricultural Society for the promotion of agriculture, hor...
Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides, top, and bottom showing a pastoral scene at top with farm animals (horses, pigs, cows, and sheep) grazing in pastures, with a city in the background, on th... More
[Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir Georg...
Illus. from: "Memoire sur la vol artificiel," by George Cayley, in Société aérostatique et météorologique de France, bull. no. 4, 1853, pl. 1. Title devised by library staff. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1... More
Pull away cheerily - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Gold Mines and Mining. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Printed by Charles Sheard & Co.
Visita al volcan d'Antuco, al momento de una erupcion de gaz, (1 Marzo...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Lehnert.
Old Dominion polka - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
An illustrated sheet music cover for a polka composed by Henry Bellman. Within a circular, ornamental border is an allegorical scene based on the seal of the State of Virginia. A helmeted female figure armed w... More
Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring & summer 1855, publ...
Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, men, a woman, and two children standing in a large drawing room, and at bottom, men, a woman, and two children standing outdoors on a street at seaside. At bottom c... More
The new works at the siege of Sebastopol on the right attack - from th...
Print shows a mortar battery with soldiers, two mortars, gabions, and earthworks, with a distant view of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More
A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounde...
Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lond... More
All Aboard - Engraving, Public domain image
Music cover. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Quarantine cemetery and church, with French battery no. 50 / W. Simpso...
Print shows a church and cemetery, and French soldiers at a battery on the left. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 31.
Fillmore Schottisch - Engraving, Public domain image
An emblematic illustrated cover for a piece of Millard Fillmore campaign music, composed by Frederic Southgate and copyrighted in 1856. The figure of Columbia or Liberty, surrounded by clouds and an oval frame,... More
Public bath at Simoda from nature by W. Heine ; Js. Queen delt. ; P.S....
Print shows an interior view of a public bathhouse in Shimoda, Japan, with men and women bathing. Inscribed in pencil on verso: "This was the 'suppressed' plate for the government publication of the Perry Expe... More
Little flower girl - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. steam frigate Mississippi passing Punta Tristao. N. west point of...
Print shows the American side wheel steam frigate Mississippi on rough seas as it passes Tristram Point, Madeira. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ...... More
Ballynahinch - Ireland, Landscape view print
Print shows a bird's-eye view of a castle on a small island in a lake, with mountains in the background, at Ballynahinch, County Galway, Ireland. Trimmed to edge of image on three sides. Gale, 0385
Second reformed Dutch church / Alphonse Bigot del. and lith.
Print with separately printed lithograph showing exterior view of the Second Reformed Dutch Church (John H. Sherwin del. ; L.N. Rosenthal lith., Phila.) at center within a floral wreath and elaborate border wit... More
The bell and Everett schottisch
An illustrated sheet music cover for campaign music honoring Constitutional Union party candidates John Bell and Edward Everett. The candidates' bust portraits are framed in floral and acanthus tracery. In the... More
Sailor's Return - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows sailor with unpacked chest showing treasures to two women. No. 32. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Handwritten note on lower right: "Hubbard Fund, 0156A." Forms part of: Popu... More
Cristiani Bros. Circus. Giant safari parading 12 noon
Circus poster showing a chariot race. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southern ass-stock-crazy (Southern aristocracy)
Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ye conference. "Not any we thank you Mr. Davis"
Jefferson Davis's diplomatic overtures to France and Great Britain fail in an imaginary scene at court. Davis (right) bows before French ruler Napoleon III, extending toward him a tray of "bonds." Davis holds a... More
Game birds of America. Quail (Ortyx Virginiana) / H.M. Clay 1861.
Print shows three dead quails hanging upside down from a nail in a wall; also shows a fly on the wall at lower left. 19479 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in blue pencil on lower right: Deposited March 13 186... More
Candidates from the exempt brigade, Political Cartoon
A grim commentary on the extraordinary measures taken by some Americans to evade military service during the Civil War. A man in shirtsleeves (center) has just had his right hand mutilated by a woman who stands... More
The flag with thirty four stars
A patriotic sheet music cover for a Unionist song written by Gen. W. H. Hayward, composed and arranged by Prof. C. S. Root, and dedicated to Wilson G. Horner, Esq. Columbia, wearing a liberty cap and carrying a... More