149 Mezzotints, Prints Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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.

Daniel Webster / painted by Chester Harding ; engraved by J. Andrews &...

Print showing Daniel Webster, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. 73 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Chester Harding in the Clerk's Office of t... More

Edmund Burke, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in medallion S...

From a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1st state, proof before letters. Goodwin, 69 Smith, 20

Charing Cross Bridge at night / J. Pennell.

Print shows Charing Cross, London, England, at night, with a bridge across the Thames and street lights illuminating the roadways. Signed in pencil at bottom center, below plate. Edition of 30? Plate destroyed... More

Major general John Sullivan, a distinguish'd officer in the Continenti...

Print shows John Sullivan, three-quarter length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, holding spear in right hand, left hand on hip. [Page or plate] 92. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Catal... More

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

The acquittal / painted by A. Solomon ; engraved by W.H. Simmons.

Print shows the parents, wife, and children, as well as the family dog, are jubilantly gathered around a young man who has been acquitted of a crime; a barrister relays the verdict to the father of the young man.

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the ar...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, in uniform, facing slightly right; in oval. Gift; Jane Bethune Craig Hawkins, great granddaughter of Genl. John Neville 4th Virginia and wife of Genl.... More

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby The keepsake / Steph...

Print shows Lady Ermengarde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, holding two letters in her hands on her lap, she has her head tilted slightly forward and to her left as she ponders the content... More

Washington and his family / original painting by C. Schussele, Philade...

Print showing George and Martha Washington sitting at a table with George Washington Parke Custis and Nelly Custis standing to the right and left of George, and a servant entering on the far right. On the table... More

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge, 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay.

Sir George Cockburn, G.C.B., rear admiral of the Red & one of his Maje...

Print shows Sir George Cockburn, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with sword in right hand, with the burning of Washington, D.C. in the background. At head of title: To the Earl St. Vince... More

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, aged 42 / painted by Washington Allston ; eng...

Print shows Samuel Taylor Coleridge, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, with right hand tucked in coat and left hand holding book on lap. From the original picture in the possession of George ... More

D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electri...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal. After portrait by Cochin. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More

The wise men of Gotham and their goose, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Bute, with sword raised, about to cut the head off the goose "who laid each day an egg of gold" representing British policies toward the American colonies. A corpulant bishop is sitting in the ... More

Andrew Jackson. From the original painting in the possession of Col. C...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, with legs crossed and hands on lap. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

Wren's city / J. Pennell del. sc. imp.

Title and other information from Beall. Library has two impressions, no. 504a signed and dated in pencil with note: Trial proof, my first mezzotint / J. Pennell del. sc. imp. to David Keppel June 1909; Wren's c... More

[G. Washington] / P.F. Rothermel pinx ; A.H. Ritchie sc.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, right hand on book, left hand holding sword.

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge, 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay.

[Puritans going to church] / G.H. Boughton '84.

Print showing a puritan husband and wife walking through snow on their way to church, he carrying a rifle, she a prayer book or bible. 7644 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate lower left. Signed in pencil "... More

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Wallerant Vaillant - W. Vaillant W. Vaillant, fecit

Wallerant Vaillant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Signed in pencil. LeBlanc, 9. Hubbard Collection.

[Peter the Great, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

Hubbard Collection. No. 2829-1. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The plundering of the King's cellar, Paris, 10th August, 1793 (i.e., ...

Engraving after contemporary history genre painting depicting events in Paris, France, on August 10th 1792 [date as given in title is incorrect], in particular, the aftermath of the storming of the Tuileries Pa... More

A new method of macarony making, as practised at Boston

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of... More

Thomas Paine. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, full-length portrait, seated, facing left. Notation signed by Moncure D. Conway on verso: "Proof of an engraving made in Paris of the original oil portrait of P... More

Mr. Kean in Richard the Third Act IV Scene 4 / / painted by J.J. Halls...

Edmund Kean, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, as Richard III.

Daniel Webster - Public domain portrait engraving

Print showing Daniel Webster, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left.

Grant and his family / original picture by W. Sartain, Philadelphia. ;...

Print showing General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife sitting in a room with their four children standing around them. Library has two proof impressions, proof with title, and proof before letters signed by Sart... More

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

Preston S. Brooks. Representative in Congress of the U.S. from South C...

Portrait print of Preston S. Brooks, half-length, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The death-bed of Wesley / engraved by John Sartain ; Pub'd. by William...

Print showing deathbed scene of Reverend John Wesley. Those attending Wesley are, from l. to right as listed on the print, Miss Sarah Wesley, a medical assistant, Rev. J. Bradford, Rev. P. Dickinson, Mrs. Charl... More

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd,...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay. Entered according t... More

The happy family / mezzotint by Sartain expressly for Miss Leslie's Ma...

Print shows a family gathered in a parlor for tea; seated at a table are the father, holding a book and with a young daughter leaning on his knee, and the mother, pouring tea, also present are another daughter ... More

"Have ye beheld the young god of the seas" / Ward ; Sartain.

Print shows a young boy with wings borne across the sea by three female figures. The title is a line from John Keats' poem "Hyperion". (DLC/PP-1998:151.32) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Lib... More

Sr. George Bridges Rodney - [...] admiral of the Blue & [... Maje]sty'...

Print shows Sir George Brydges Rodney, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing ornate uniform. After 1761 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and pri... More

This portrait of Captn. Isaac Hull, of the United States Navy: ... / G...

Print showing Captain Isaac Hull, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform, and holding hat under left arm. Caption continues: also the representation of the most interesting... More

The iron worker and King Solomon / the original painted by Prof. C. Sc...

Print showing a blacksmith sitting on a stool next to the throne of Solomon, thought to be a usurper, the crowd rushes forward to remove him. The man explains to Solomon that the temple could not have been buil... More

The iron worker and King Solomon / the original painted by Prof. C. Sc...

Print showing a blacksmith sitting on a stool next to the throne of Solomon, thought to be a usurper, the crowd rushes forward to remove him. The man explains to Solomon that the temple could not have been buil... More

Benjamin Franklin - born in Boston, Jany. 17th 1706 -- died in Philade...

Print showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, sitting in chair, facing slightly left, holding compass, with globe at his feet, and electrical storm visible through the window in the background.

The Bostonians in distress, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a re-drawn and reversed image of the famous British political cartoon where Bostonians held captive in a cage are suspended from the "Liberty Tree." Three British sailors standing in a boat feed the... More

William Shakespeare / Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., engraving, Library of Co...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grant and his family / original picture by W. Sartain, Philadelphia. ;...

Print showing General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife sitting in a room with their four children standing around them. Library has two proof impressions, proof with title, and proof before letters signed by Sart... More

His holiness Pope Pius IX / painted by Joseph Ames ; engraved by H. W....

Print showing Pope Pius IX, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Caption continues: This print engraved from the original picture painted at Rome AD 1848 is most respectfully dedicated to the ... More

Gen. Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. Warn...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

Daniel Webster / painted by Chester Harding ; engraved by J. Andrews &...

Print showing Daniel Webster, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Chester Harding in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massa... More

Napoleon's return from the Island of Elba, March 7th 1815 / painted by...

Print showing Napoleon I greeting French soldiers and citizens after his escape from Elba. Trimmed within plate mark.

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge, 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay.

Abraham Lincoln, the martyr, victorious / designed by W.H. Hermans ; e...

Print showing the apotheosis of Abraham Lincoln as he is greeted by George Washington among a host of angels. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fil... More

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, aged 42 / painted by Washington Allston ; eng...

Print shows Samuel Taylor Coleridge, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, with right hand tucked in coat and left hand holding book on lap. From the original picture in the possession of George ... More

Henry Laurens Esq'r. president of the American Congress 1778 / painted...

Print shows Henry Laurens, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly left. Includes remarque showing a Native American man holding a shield with three birds on it. Published in: The American Revol... More

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

Preston S. Brooks. Representative in Congress of the U.S. from South C...

Portrait print of Preston S. Brooks, half-length, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martial law / engraved by John Sartain.

The Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham's eloquent but belated reprisal for, as the title continues, "the desolation of the border counties of Missouri, during the enforcement of military orders, issued by Br... More

Charing Cross Bridge at night / J. Pennell.

Print shows Charing Cross, London, England, at night, with a bridge across the Thames and street lights illuminating the roadways. Signed in pencil at bottom center, below plate. Edition of 30? Plate destroyed... More

A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina, British C...

Print shows satire of American women from Edenton, North Carolina, pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods. Plate V. Attributed to P(hilip... More

John Randolph. Of Roanoke / engraved on steel by John Sartain after th...

Print showing John Randolph, half-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, with left arm over back of chair, holding top hat in left hand. Includes a facsimile signature. G7257 U.S. Copyright Office. Li... More

Benjamin Franklin - born in Boston, Jany. 17th 1706 -- died in Philade...

Print showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, sitting in chair, facing slightly left, holding compass, with globe at his feet, and electrical storm visible through the window in the background.

Lincoln and his family / painted by S.B. Waugh ; engraved by William S...

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, sitting in chair at the left end of a table with Thomas sitting next to him, Mary Todd is sitting on the right, and Robert Todd is standing behind the table.... More

Waiting for the verdict / A. Solomon 1857 ; painted by A. Solomon ; en...

Print shows the anguish and fear of the unknown, of the parents, wife, and sister of a young man who has been accused of a crime, as they await the verdict. A young boy is asleep on his mother's lap and the you... More

Abraham Lincoln, the martyr, victorious / designed by W.H. Hermans ; e...

Print showing the apotheosis of Abraham Lincoln as he is greeted by George Washington among a host of angels. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fil... More

Sir George Cockburn, G.C.B., rear admiral of the Red & one of his Maje...

Print shows Sir George Cockburn, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with sword in right hand, with the burning of Washington, D.C. in the background. At head of title: To the Earl St. Vince... More

Philip Dawe - The alternative of Williams-burg, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a "Virginian loyalist" being forced to sign a document, possibly issued by the Williamsburg Convention, by a club-wielding mob of "liberty men". On the left, a man is being led towards a gallows sta... More

Henry Laurens Esq'r. president of the American Congress 1778 / painted...

Print shows Henry Laurens, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly left. Includes remarque showing a Native American man holding a shield with three birds on it. Published in: The American Revol... More

[Head of the Madonna] / engraved and printed ... S. Arlent-Edwards.

Title from inventory list. Mezzotint after painting by Botticelli. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Gage / engraved by William Sartain.

General Thomas Gage, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing front; in medallion on pedestal. 77485 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1899 by Wm. Sartain, N.Y.

Joseph Pennell - [Westminster, evening]

Print shows Westminster Palace and bridge across the Thames River at night. Title from Beall. Signed in pencil. Plate destroyed. Wuerth, 509 American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collect... More

John Everett Millais - A flood - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a baby and a kitten in a cradle floating on flood waters. F9602 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraved by E. Gilbert Hester after painting by Sir John Everett Millais. Signed on plate with monogram of M... More

Martial law / engraved by John Sartain.

The Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham's eloquent but belated reprisal for, as the title continues, "the desolation of the border counties of Missouri, during the enforcement of military orders, issued by Br... More

A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina, British C...

Print shows satire of American women from Edenton, North Carolina, pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods. Plate V. Attributed to P(hilip... More

Lincoln and his family / painted by S.B. Waugh ; engraved by William S...

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, sitting in chair at the left end of a table with Thomas sitting next to him, Mary Todd is sitting on the right, and Robert Todd is standing behind the table.... More

The Bostonians in distress, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a re-drawn and reversed image of the famous British political cartoon where Bostonians held captive in a cage are suspended from the "Liberty Tree." Three British sailors standing in a boat feed the... More

[Puritans going to church] / G.H. Boughton '84.

Print showing a puritan husband and wife walking through snow on their way to church, he carrying a rifle, she a prayer book or bible. 7644 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate lower left. Signed in pencil "... More

[Irene] / Joseph Coomans Paris 1888 ; on steel by John Sartain, Philad...

Print showing a young woman resting on cushions, looking to the right. Includes a remarque showing a hand holding a flower. 36267 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright record. Signed in pencil "John Sarta... More

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

The acquittal / painted by A. Solomon ; engraved by W.H. Simmons.

Print shows the parents, wife, and children, as well as the family dog, are jubilantly gathered around a young man who has been acquitted of a crime; a barrister relays the verdict to the father of the young man.

[John Wesley M.H.] / J. Faber, fecit.

Title from shelflist card. Inscription below portrait: Fellow of Lincoln Colledge Oxford. Jno. Williams, pinxt. J. Faber, fecit. On shelflist card: Printed for and sold by Robt. Sayer ... . Stamp on verso: depo... More

Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet, British C...

Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - A... More

His royal highness Prince Albert, K.G. &c. &c. &c. / painted by John L...

Print showing Prince Albert, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding scepter and hat. Published at the Albion Office, New York.

Her most excellent majesty Charlotte Queen of Great Britain / Frye ad ...

Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Bryan, 2 Smith, 2 Duplessis, 9194:15 Dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.

Waiting for the verdict / A. Solomon 1857 ; painted by A. Solomon ; en...

Print shows the anguish and fear of the unknown, of the parents, wife, and sister of a young man who has been accused of a crime, as they await the verdict. A young boy is asleep on his mother's lap and the you... More

The first prayer in Congress / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved on ...

Print showing members of Congress with heads bowed, some kneeling on the floor, in prayer during session in September 1774. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by John Neale, in the Clerks Of... More

William Shakespeare / Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., engraving, Library of Co...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army agai...

Print shows David Wooster, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, holding pike in right hand, left hand resting on cannon. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collec... More

[Association meeting at York] - A drawing of a large group of people s...

Print shows an allegorical representation of a meeting of the Association of York during which all disputes were amicably settled.

Our Saviour from the only authentic likeness of our Saviour cut on an ...

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Jesus Christ. No. 2596. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on lower right on verso: Library of Congress, Division of Prints, No. R4031. ... More

John Everett Millais - A flood - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a baby and a kitten in a cradle floating on flood waters. F9602 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraved by E. Gilbert Hester after painting by Sir John Everett Millais. Signed on plate with monogram of M... More

The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the Am...

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval frame. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / ... More

The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the Am...

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval frame. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / ... More

Abraham Lincoln, portrait print, Portrait Print

Print is a composite. The head of Abraham Lincoln is superimposed on the figure and background of an earlier print by A.H. Ritchie showing John C. Calhoun, 1852. This record contains unverified data from PGA s... More

Washington at home / painted by Alonzo Cappel ; engd. by H.B. Hall.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, holding a book, with Martha Washington next to the chair on the left. In the background, on the left, are two children an... More

The Bostonians in distress, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Bostonians held captive in a cage suspended from the "Liberty Tree." Three British sailors standing in a boat feed them fish from a basket labeled "To -- from the Committee of --" in return for a b... More

Colonel Crockett / engraved by C. Stuart from the original portrait by...

Print shows David Crockett, holding a racoon skin hat and a rifle, with three dogs. 878 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in upper right: Deposited Decemb [sic] [?] 1839 at the Clks [i.e., Clerks] Office of Sou... More

Humours of May Day, pl. 2, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon print showing bawdy (women?) revelers dancing in the street before a doorway inscribed "Lows." Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a street scene outside a print shop on a windy day as pedestrians struggle against the force of the wind. Handwritten title from item. Alternate title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the B... More

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