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Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nat...

Joseph Brant, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. After a painting by George Romney. Proof before all letters; inscriptions written in ink; published 1779. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Cong... More

Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nat...

Joseph Brant, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. After a painting by George Romney. Proof before all letters; inscriptions written in ink; published 1779. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Cong... 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

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

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

[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulder...

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

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. ...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, looking to his right at an electrical device, in his left hand are papers upon which he is taking notes, and visible through a windo... 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

The Swan Inn / Eugene Tily. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

Thatched roof inn and houses, cattle, horse-drawn carriage, and man on horseback; castle(?) in background, Great Britain(?), 18th-century(?). K24446 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frost & Reed, Ltd., Bristol.

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

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States

Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right. Reproduction of 1839 painting by Henry Inman.

An English jack-tar giving monsieur a drubbing

Cartoon showing English sailor beating French nobleman with walking stick while dog attacks the man's poodle; sign above pub door reads, "Keppel's cordial. Harland's intire"; portrait of Admiral Keppel is the... 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

Sir William Johnson, Major General of the English forces in America / ...

Print shows three-quarter length portrait of Sir William Johnson, with his arm resting on a cannon muzzle and holding a baton.

[Thomas F. Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, 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

[Sir Jeffery Amherst] [Knight of the most honorable Order of Bath, ......

Sir Jeffery Amherst, three-quarter length, standing, facing left, wearing armor, helmet on table with map; boatloads of troops on a river in the background. Proof before letters. From a painting by Sir Joshua ... More

Alexander Hamilton, full-length portrait, standing, facing left T. Ham...

K 18362 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frost & Reed, Ltd. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011.

[Edgar Allan Poe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / William...

Copyright 1896 by William Sartain, New York. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

The patriotick barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds, British...

Cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Plate III. Attributed to Philip Dawe, per BMC no. 5284. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the Bri... 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

Christ rejected / the original by B. West, 1819 ; engraved by John Sar...

Jesus Christ surrounded by large group of people. Engraving by John Sartain, after drawing by Benjamin West. Copyright by John Sartain.

[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 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

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.

The cricket match / Eugene Tily.

Village scene showing people socializing outside tavern(?) and cricket game in background. K30508 U.S. Copyright Office. Mezzotint after painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Signed proof. Copyright by Frost & Reed Ltd.

Colonel Arnold - who commanded the provincial troops sent against Queb...

Benedict Arnold, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, gesturing with right hand, wearing military uniform; view of Quebec, Canada in the background. [Page or plate] 89. Reference copy in LOT ... More

[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.

The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. Conve...

From daguerreotypes by C.C. Heights, Nashville, Tenn. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulder...

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

Christ rejected / the original by B. West, 1819 ; engraved by John Sar...

Jesus Christ surrounded by large group of people. Engraving by John Sartain, after drawing by Benjamin West. Copyright by John Sartain.

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 jolly flat boat men / painted by G.C. Bingham, esq. ; engraved by ...

Group of men on flatboat in river, playing musical instruments, relaxing, and dancing. "From the original painting, distributed by the American Art Union in 1847; published exclusively for the members of that y... 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

His most sacred majesty George III, King of Great Britain, etc. / / Fr...

George III, King of Great Britain, bust portrait. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Exhibited: Creating the United States, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2008.

The cricket match / Eugene Tily.

Village scene showing people socializing outside tavern(?) and cricket game in background. K30508 U.S. Copyright Office. Mezzotint after painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Signed proof. Copyright by Frost & Reed Ltd.

Blind plaintiff, lame defendant share [...] / Dobson pinx. ; I. Simon ...

Two handicapped persons each receiving half of an oyster shell from a lawyer while he consumes the oyster. Caption verse continues: The friendly laws impartial care / A shell for him a shell for thee / The midd... 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

Lake of Thun, Swiss / drawn & etch'd. by J.M.W. Turner ; engraved by C...

Print shows lake with people in boats and some people working around a wagon on shore. Library has two impressions no. 71-1: first published state, LCH, 55. Dated on plate. Rawlinson, 15 (3rd state). Bullard... More

Chas. Warren Esq. W. Behnes, sculptor ; engraved by S.W. Reynolds, eng...

Print shows Charles Warren, bust portrait sculpture, turned slightly to the left. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic... 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. Includes facsimile signature. Entered according to Act of Congress in the yea... More

John C. Calhoun / painted by T. Hicks ; likeness from a dage. by Brady...

"Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y. 1852." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Mrs. Abraham Lincoln / engraved by Samuel Sartain, printed by Irwin & ...

588 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major-General Zachary Taylor--President of the United States / from an...

Zachary Taylor, full-length portrait, standing beside horse, facing front. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Henry Ward Beecher, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to t...

190 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed inscription with facsimile signature: I am very truly yours, Henry Ward Beecher. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by J.C. McRae, in Clerk's Office of the... 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

Daniel Webster - Public domain portrait print

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

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

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

His most sacred majesty George III, King of Great Britain, etc. / / Fr...

George III, King of Great Britain, bust portrait. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Exhibited: Creating the United States, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2008.

Lincoln family in 1861 / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by J.C. ...

9915 1873 U.S. Copyright Office Printed below image: "Mrs. Lincoln, Willie, Robert, 'Tad,' Lincoln." Copyright 1873 by J.C. Buttre. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit... 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

James Knox Polk, President of the United States / engraved by J. Sarta...

James Polk, full-length portrait, standing, facing front.

Mr. Garrick in Hamlet / B. Wilson pinxt ; J. McArdell fecit.

David Garrick in Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, with hands raised. Smith, 78 LeBlanc, 49 Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.

The fruit woman. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Caricature of a "Macaroni" (English fop) being carried in wheelbarrow of fruit vendor. This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 165... More

[William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing le...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Henry Clay / painted by James Wise ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, gesturing with right hand, left hand resting on table; a globe and two books are on the floor in lower left corner. Entered accor... 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. Includes facsimile signature.

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

London from my window / Jo. Pennell.

Print shows view of London at evening with the London Bridge in the foreground. Alternate title from Beall. Signed and titled in pencil. Plate destroyed. Wuerth, 506 American prints in the Library of Congress ... More

Country folk - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a man standing at a Dutch door looking out at a woman holding an infant on her lap, with a young girl standing on one side and a dog lying on the ground on the other; a young man is standing next to... More

Little Sammie Sartain / painted by Sant ; engd. by William Sartain.

Print shows Sammie Sartain, half-length portrait, sitting up in bed with hands clasped, facing front. U9271 U.S. Copyright Office. Library has two impressions, one has attributions printed below the image, the... More

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, half-length portrait, facing left with right ha...

Mezzotint engraving by David Martin after a painting by Allan Ramsay. Published in: Fordham, Douglas. "Allan Ramsay's Enlightenment: Or, Hume and the Patronizing Portrait." The Art Bulletin, v. 88, no. 3 (2006... More

The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring & feathering, Britis...

Print shows five men forcing a tarred and feathered customs officer to drink from a teapot, a bucket and a liberty cap are on the ground at his feet. They stand beneath the "Liberty Tree" from which a rope with... More

The action between the Serapis and Bon Homme Richard Septr. 23rd 1779 ...

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1879 by Fishel, Adler & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. Library has two impressions. Copyright statement printed on proof; ti... More

[The gleaners returned] - Print, Library of Congress collection

Gleaners with grain being welcomed by group of people outside house, with sea in background. K19113 U.S. Copyright Office. After painting by James Ward.

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

Lincoln family in 1861 / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by J.C. ...

9915 1873 U.S. Copyright Office Printed below image: "Mrs. Lincoln, Willie, Robert, 'Tad,' Lincoln." Copyright 1873 by J.C. Buttre. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit... More

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

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

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

The dextrous trimmer or Pool Pill Garlick left in the suds / R. Housto...

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

Irish peg in a rage. Make good the damage you dog, or I'll cut away yo...

A macaroni, or an exquisite of c. 1770, walking past a burly and irate old Irish vegetable seller, upsets her mug of beer on the pavement. On this she seized him by the monstrous tail attached to his toupée, an... More

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.

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