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Colonel Barre, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Colonel Isaac Barré, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in medallion. Illus. in: The London Magazine, May 1780, p. 195-196. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1... More

Lord Viscount Howe / Angus sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Richard Howe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal. Illus. from: The European Magazine. [London : Philological Society of London], Novr. 1, 1782.... More

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...

Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More

Jackson at New Orleans / Lossing - Barritt.

Print shows Andrew Jackson rallying his troops as the British advance on the barricades at the battle of New Orleans, January 8th, 1815.

[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, full-length portrait, seated, facing...

On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2d de S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, upper right.

Portrait photo of Major Hallewell & Captain Pearson

Major Hallewell and Captain Pearson, full-length portrait, posed facing each other in front of a tent.

Major General Sir R. Dacres, Captain Hamley & Colonel Adye - Roger Fen...

Two men seated and one standing in front doorway in building. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Inventory, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Aust... More

Colonel Wood & Major Stuart Wortley on the staff of Sir Richard Englan...

Three officers, one sitting and two standing, in front of stone building.

Lieutenant General Pennefather, C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Phot...

General Sir John L. Pennefather, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated on rock. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Major Pipon, Royal Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major Pipon, full-length portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones & Staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones, full-length portrait, seated in chair in front of building, "Lieutenant-Colonel Bouchier, Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieutenant Cowel, R.E., A.D.C., and Lieutenant Jameson, ... More

Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Maréchal Pélissier, full-length portrait, wearing hat, standing in front of building, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Print marked for cropping with vertical line at left of image. "202" written or ... More

Capture of Fort George (Col. Winfield Scott leading the attack) / Chap...

Print shows American soldiers storming the gate at Fort George, Ontario.

Captain Page of the Paraguay expedition / From a photograph by Brady.

Captain Thomas J. Page, three-quarater length portrait, standing, facing right. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1859 April 2, p. 217.

[Views of ships and a mill] - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Broadside views of five ships. Titled devised. Inscribed below images: Minnesota Mill in Newport News Va. Hunter Woodis. Flagship of Butler. Inscribed vertically in right margin: Flagship of Buttler [sic] Gift,... More

Compliments of N.B. McLaughlen, U.S. Army Silsbee, Case & Co., Photogr...

Photograph shows U.S. Army military officer Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Gift; Connor Paul Younkin; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:151). Forms part of: Younkin collection of... More

William Barksdale. Brig. General Miss., American Civil War.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. From Brady negative. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel Bully - Public domain architectural drawing

This appears to be a front view of the house depicted in DRWG/US - Waud, no. 1064 (A size) Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-138. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1065) Forms part of: Mo... More

[Brig. General John McAuley Palmer, Union officer, bust portrait, faci...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 2. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Cadet J.R. Meigs, half-length portrait, seated, holding cap]

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; (DLC/PP-1962:R04). Unprocessed PR 13 CN 1962:R4

[Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Glass, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Reg...

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

[Lieutenant John Mayer (Meyer), Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regi...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 29. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

E.E. Ellsworth, late colonel of N.Y Fire Zouaves / E. & H.T. Anthony (...

Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Printed on verso: from photographic negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In album: Cartes de visite portraits of U.S. Army officers, children, and others, p. 2... More

... Stringham, New York / E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), 501 Broadway, N.Y.

Officer Silas Stringham, full-length portrait, in full military dress with sword, standing, facing front. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Printed on verso: from photographic negative from Brady's Nationa... More

The prayer at Sumter, December 27, 1860

Major Robert Anderson and soldiers praying around flag in Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 213 (1861 Jan. 26), p. 49.

Major General Grant, the hero of Fort Donelson

Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in uniform.

[Jefferson Davis, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John P. Hatch, Bv't.-Maj. General

John P. Hatch, half-length portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bvt. Maj. General G.H. Chapman. American Civil War 1861-1865.

George H. Chapman, half-length portrait, seated, facing right; full-length portrait, seated in front of tent, facing left; full-length portrait, seated in front of tent, facing left, with six other soldiers.

[Full standing black soldier, rifle with fixed bayonet]

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of African American soldier standing in front of a studio backdrop. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.331) Title from Gladstone collection checklist.... More

[Captain William Borck, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, fu...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 32. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Captain William Urlan, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, fu...

Misidentified as William Orlan. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 35. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[2nd Lieutenant Julius Richardt, Union officer in the 24th Illinois In...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 47. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Chaplain Charles A. Fischer of the 32nd Indiana Regiment, full-length...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 26. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

Bv't. Brig. General Horace Capron, col. 14th Ill. Cavalry.

Half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 4579.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet enteri...

Print shows a large squadron of battleships and ironclads entering the Mississippi River near the "Light-house of Southwest Pass"; some are identified as the "Colorado, 40 Guns", "Pensacola on the Bar", "Westfi... More

Major General A.A. Humphreys & staff. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Major General A.A. Humphreys, seated, and staff posed in front of a tent.

Genl Rawlings[sic]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed lower left. Rawlins was promoted to Brigadier General, 11 August 1863. Purchase; Conner & Rosenkranz; 1986; (DLC/PP-1986:108).

Pickets of the First Louisiana "Native Guard" guarding the New Orleans...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 369.

The ruins of Lawrence, Kansas / sketched by a correspondent.

Print shows ruins of buildings in Lawrence, Kansas, following attack by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 351 (1863 September 19), p. 604.

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rebel Negro pickets as seen through a field-glass

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 10.

Narrow escape of Genl. Meade 1864

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title (continued on verso): Some cavalry dashing out of the woods suddenly upon the genl. and his attendants came very near cutting off their retreat and making a ca... More

Bvt. Brig. General Charles Francis Adams jr.

General Charles Adams Jr., full-length portrait, seated facing front, in rocking chair next to three officers, also seated. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No digital image for LC-USZ62-7... More

[Field and staff of 39th U.S. Colored infantry, in front of Petersburg...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 7059. Public domain photograph - group portrait, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taylor, young drummer boy for 78th Colored Troops Infantry, in uniform...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, May 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libra... More

Georgievskie kavalery i nagrazhdennye zolotym oruzhiem. Za vziatie ukr...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 23.

John H. Rock, colored counselor / photographed by Richards, Philadelph...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 Feb. 25, p. 124. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brigadier General, C.S.A., half-length portra...

Tintype made from glass neg. LC-B812-2708(?) was altered to show Cooper in his military uniform. Written on verso: Brig. Genl. D. H. Cooper, Miss. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Gojū kogō no tsubone gojūni tomoegozen

Print shows (top half) Kogō no Tsubone, the emperor's mistress, lying on the floor, playing a biwa while a man on horseback, Nakakuni, a messenger for the emperor, in the background is watching through the open... More

Charles XII at Bender / A. Tholey, pinx.

Charles XII and his soldiers fighting Moldavian soldiers. 13955Z U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Wm. Finley & Co.

General Logan crossing the Bayou Pierre

Soldiers crossing the Bayou Pierre, Louisiana, alongside burning bridge, May 1863. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co... More

[Colonel George Herbert Harries, standing near tent at the Rough Rider...

"Montauk Point" written on front. "Col. Harries written on back. Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Major General Miles and staff - at the front

General Nelson Miles and other soldiers on horseback. 41201 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman.

[Corporal Isaiah Mays, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.

General Pascual Orozco - Public domain portrait print

Gen. Pascual Orozco, half-length portrait, facing front. J159741 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.L. Esculera.

Lieut.-Colonel J.W. Mallet; later professor of chemistry, University o...

Lieut. Col. John William Mallet, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Illus. in: The Photographic History of the Civil War / Francis Trevelyan Miller - editor-in-chief. New York : The Review o... More

Palestine - Jerusalem. General Allenby's entrance into Jerusalem - Fra...

Military procession entering Jerusalem through Jaffa Gate. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Two unidentified sailors, African American and white

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017.

Reading a salvage book by one of the Salvage men on the salvage truck ...

Photograph shows young man laying across the running board of a truck reading a book. Photograph by Amer. Library Assoc.

[803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship...

Photograph shows soldiers lounging on the deck of the U.S.S. Philippine during voyage back to the United States, 1919. Set title from Gladstone collection checklist. Caption from item. One of 16 photographs fro... More

[Maj. General John A. LeJeune, three-quarter length portrait, seated, ...

J243859 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Virginia

12002-69. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Charles Willson Peale - [Commodore Joshua Barney]

Photographic reproduction of Charles Wilson Peale's ca. 1788 portrait painting of Joshua Barney; bust portrait, facing left, wearing the uniform of the Continental Navy. Original painting by Charles Wilson Pea... More

African American and white soldiers aboard a ship Gordon Parks

Photograph shows soldiers leaning over edge of ship; some of the African American soldiers wear 1st Cavalry Division patches. Forms part of: Visual materials from The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of Co... More

Lt. Edward Haskell patrol - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows an officer lying on the ground, his gun aimed in the air. The drawing surface is probably smeared with brown mud. Inscribed on cover sheet: sketched on Guadalcanal - mud is dropping to ground after... More

Corporal Jimmie Shohara has two ribbons: Good Behavior pre-Pearl Harbo...

Corporal Jimmie Shohara, bust portrait, facing front. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bill Wilson, Dijon, France, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of William R. Wilson in U.S. Army uniform. No. W-2522.

[Tuskegee airmen playing cards in the officers' club in the evening]

Photograph shows left to right: Walter M. "Mo" Downs, New Orleans, LA, Class 43-B and William S. "Bill" "Bubblehead" Price, III, Topeka, KS, Class 44-C. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 33... More

Count de Rochambeau - French general of the land forces in America rev...

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5706 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Ame... More

Marion crossing the Pedee / Painted by W. Raney; Engraved by C. Burt.

Print shows Francis Marion "the Swamp Fox" and his band of irregulars in boats preparing to cross the Pedee River. 407 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JF.

Drummer Jimmy Doyle of Co. B, 18th U.S. Infantry Regiment Moulthrop, p...

Photograph shows identified drummer boy who was wounded at Chickamauga, Tennessee, in September 1863. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collec... More

Rebel defensive Works in front of Petersburg nr. Col averys house take...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed on left and middle sheets: Ploughed field. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.301) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

Union dead ready for burial in Fredericksburg, Virginia Brady, Washing...

Photograph shows soldiers and African American workers standing near caskets and dead bodies covered with cloths during Grant's Overland Campaign. Indecipherable notation on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 20... More

George B. McClellan. Major General commanding U.S. Army / Fabronius ; ...

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

[The Confederates under Stuart crossing the Potomac at McCoy's Ferry t...

Canal and lockhouse in the foreground, troops crossing Potomac in background. Signed lower right: Theo R Davis. Title devised. A group of similar scenes by Davis were published in Harper's Weekly, 8 November 18... More

The R.R. Cut, Seminary ridge, Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image: Where Lt. Col. Dawes with the reserve assisted by two of Fowler's regts. captured a number of the enemy. Formerly Waud no. C-69. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/... More

Maj. General Sherman and staff This view was taken in the trenches bef...

Stereograph shows Sherman standing with officers next to cannon before siege of Atlanta in 1864. From the studio of Mathew Brady. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives in exchange for photographic sup... More

Captain Ricketts Battery - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed lower right: Near Charleston Va / March 10. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.372) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Sickles and Staff in a reconnoitering expedition along the ban...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.544) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Reference print available in Ray, Pla... More

President McKinley and Admiral Dewey coming down the Capitol steps

66125 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 19994.

McClellan reconnoitering the Turnpike to Richmond from the Peach Orcha...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: Sketch 34-. Pencil sketches of heads of two men on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.407) Reference print avail... More

Advance of Custer's brigade - Public domain drawing

Three men on horseback in foreground, the standard bearer most clearly delineated. Troops in background. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: Advance of Custer's brigade. Sergt. Barber carrying the b... More

Capt. Stevens battery on the 6th Corps Skirmish line

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 25 June 1864, p. 404. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.426) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

The U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com..re M.C. Perry--Going out to t...

Naval Portfolio No. 1. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut. U.S. Navy. Copyright by Sarony & Major.

A view of Col. Johnson's engagement with the savages (commanded by Tec...

Print showing the battle between American forces under the command of Colonel Richard M. Johnson and Natives allied with the British under the command of Tecumseh. At center is detailed action with Johnson on h... More

Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac

Signed lower right: Alf R [Waud]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: General Buford's division of regulars passing by the general gallopping[sic] to the head of the column. Published in: Harper... More

[General Sherman at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.]

Sketch of Union troops charging towards Kennesaw. Title devised. Inscribed upper left: 110. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.205). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms... More

[Army officers in uniform, including Theodore Roosevelt, seated]

On Hancocks front-- the soldiers ha[ving] no picks and shovels used ba...

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed lower left: June 3rd. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.77) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Captain Varians battery N.Y. 8th S.M. having their first shot at the e...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Oct. 18-1861 Varians battery near Fairfax. Inscribed above sketch on verso: The advance of Federal troops in line of battle of skirmishers to the front approa... More

Battle of Friday on the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed above image: Porter, McCall, Slocum, Sykes, and Sumner attacked by a superior force of the rebels under Jackson and Lee. Published in: Harper... More

Omar Pacha, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crime...

Ömer Lûtfi Paşa, full-length portrait, seated on chair in doorway, facing slightly right, holding swagger stick. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia f... More

Corporal Jimmie Shohara's ribbons, Manzanar Relocation Center, Califor...

Service ribbons and qualification badge above pocket of military uniform worn by Corporal Jimmie Shohara. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-35. Gift; A... More

Col. Roosevelt, three quarter length portrait

Photograph showing three-quarter-length portrait of Roosevelt in uniform. 62980 U.S. Copyright Office On recto: Copyright. 1898. Rockwood. N.Y.

Yeomen (F) welcoming the Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels, on retur...

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1948. No. 1841. Photographer's address: 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. Forms part of Josephus Daniels collection. Donor information derived from shelflist card for LOT 5400 and the ... More

A correct view of the battle near the city of New Orleans, on the eigh...

Prints show British troops advancing across open ground toward the American troops behind earthworks in the background during the Battle of New Orleans; at center foreground, mortally wounded British General Ed... More

Victory! - Public domain historical image during American Civil War. A...

Card showing Afro-American soldier carrying U.S. flag being shot in battle. No. 11, no. 67. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.

Our kitchen near Beverly Ford - Public domain scan / drawing

African American cook at table in outdoor kitchen. "The camp kitchen and cook near Beverly Ford, Va" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.95) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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