monuments and memorials

[Design for a memorial with tempietto. Elevation]

Stamp on verso: EGC. No. 11. Title from inventory: Tempieta. Title devised by Library staff. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Conserved and rehoused May 2008. No ... more

In Assembly, Tues., December 2nd, 1783

Text of "the report of the Committee ..." describing the "triumphal arch and its ornaments." Text in: Journal of the House of Representatives, p. 390.

Architectural drawing for a monument. Front elevation

Working drawing showing monument as elevation and detail; sketch. UNIT title devised. Date based on design style and date of last known work. Forms part of Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of Congress). Perman... more

Monument on Beacon Hill, Boston / Sully, del. ; K. Turner, sc.

Designed by Charles Bulfinch. Illus. in: Portfolio (Nov. 1811), p. facing p. 409.

Mount Auburn Cemetery--Monument to Judge Story [and map of the cemeter...

Copyright by R. Martin. Illus. in: Mount Auburn Cemetery illustrated, frontispiece.

Sacred to the memory of the late Commodore Stephen Decatur

Print shows funerary monument, emblems, War of 1812 naval operations, and text commemorating Commodore Stephen Decatur. Title from item.

Battle monument Max Godefroy, Esqr. P.A. &c. invenit & delint. 1815 ; ...

Print shows "Battle Monument", shaped like a fasces on a tall pedestal and topped with a female figure holding a wreath, on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Title from item.

[Washington Monument looking north on Washington Place in Baltimore, M...

Drawing shows view of monument beyond First Unitarian Church, originally First Independent Church of Baltimore, designed by Maximilian Godefroy, completed in 1818. Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed lowe... more

Battle Monument as seen from the west door of City Hotel, Baltimore

Title from item. Inscription upper right possibly inscription on monument. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 430. (DLC/PP-1995:140.430) Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

Padua Saml. Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Print shows a plaza with pedestrians, possibly nuns, and street vendors, and a monument, with a church in the background. Title from item. Published title: Place of St. Antonio, Padua. Stamped on verso: L.C. Di... more

Roman column at Igel near Treves drawn by S. Prout ; ornament by F.W. ...

Print shows the Roman column at Igel, Germany. Title from item. At head of title: Continental annual by Prout 1832. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso: 43734. Print has six thread-holes... more

[Blank certificate for donors to the Washington National Monument Soci...

Certificate includes vignettes of the proposed Washington Monument with a pantheon and as an obelisk; medallion portrait of George Washington; and Washington's grave at Mount Vernon. The signatures are for Z. T... more

Battle monument, Baltimore / W.H. Bartlett ; H. Griffiths.

Print shows "Battle Monument", shaped like a fasces on a tall pedestal and topped with a female figure holding a wreath, on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Title from item. Published in: American scenery... more

Man, "Wissler?", sketching on rock, perhaps Queen, monument and circul...

Title devised by Library staff. Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S.... more

Camp Wayne. Pennsylvania volunteer encampment on the Paoli battle grou...

Print shows soldiers marching in formation during a military review and training at Camp Wayne on the Battle of Paoli battlefield in Chester County, Pennsylvania; also shows the 1817 monument commemorating the ... more

Vue prise du Pont Neuf à Paris / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Martens, s...

View near the Pont Neuf, including equestrian statue of Henri IV, Paris, France. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 20. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Paris. Colonne de la Place Vendôme J. Jacottet del. ; Imp. Lemercier, ...

Print shows a street level view of Vendôme column at the center of a public square, erected during the reign of Napoleon I as a memorial to victory in the battle of Austerlitz. Title from item. [Plate] 5. Stamp... more

The Washington National Monument, in the city of Washington base of th...

Engraving showing the Washington Monument as designed by Robert Mills. Includes printed inscription: "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" with signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, J... more

Design of the Wasihngton [i.e. Washington] national monument to be ere...

Print showing the Washington Monument as designed by Robert Mills above a bust portrait of George Washington. Includes printed inscription: "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" with signatures... more

Choragic monument of Lycicratus

Monument to the memory of the "Herveor of Tripoli." The birth of the A...

Photograph shows the Tripoli Naval Monument on the grounds of United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Moved in 1860 to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

[Tour St. Jacques] / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 18.

Clay monument, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa. on stone by J. Queen...

Print shows a statue of Henry Clay standing atop a pillar with "H. Clay" on the base forming the "Clay Monument" in Pottsville, Pennsylvania; sightseers approach the monument as others inspect the base. Title f... more

Paris. Colonne de Juillet / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 20. No. 32.

Deîr - monument taillé dans le roc - piliers et sculptures de gauche /...

Detail view of pillars and carvings at entrances to a monument excavated into the bedrock. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Te... more

Deîr - vue générale du monument taillé dans le roc / Félix Teynard.

General view of monument excavated into the bedrock showing hewn entrances. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : ... more

[Fountain de Saint Michael] / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 25.

View of Washington Monument as it now appears Leslie, sc

Print shows the incomplete monument in Washington, D.C., with construction underway. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial drawing room companion (1854 Jan. 7), p. 12. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 4386-33.

[Monument à la trinité (project). Perspective elevation. Rendering]

Original architectural drawing from Hunt's time in Paris, showing a design for a church or memorial building in the Beaux-Arts style. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / Ame... more

The Washington National Monument / [drawn by] H. Warren ; [engraved by...

Engraving showing the Washington Monument as designed by Robert Mills. Engraving by J. C. Armytage after H. Warren. Engraving in LOT 4386K. On verso: In Bartlett & Woodward, History of the United States. Title ... more

Paris. Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile Aubrun del. et lith

Print shows a street level view of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile with horseback riders, pedestrians, and horse-drawn carriages passing on the plaza. Title from item. Stamped on verso: LC Division of Prints. I... more

Monument of Andrew Jackson in LaFayette Square (Dr. Pyne's church in t...

Photograph shows men standing near memorial in park with St. John's Church in the background. Title from item. Blind stamp on mount: Reynolds's Bristolboard. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, ... more

Monument to President Madison erected at Montpelier, Va. The appearanc...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 5, no. 113 (1858 Jan. 30), p. 140.

Washington National Monument / drawn by Fred D. Stuart.

Print showing a "revised plan of the monument" with specifications and height comparisons to other buildings, as well as the Washington Monument in Baltimore and the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. Title from i... more

Washington National Monument proposed height in dotted lines, 485 ft. ...

Print showing a drawing of Washington Monument half completed with dotted lines representing the proposed height. Drawing possibly drawn by Fred D. Stuart. Title from item.

Charles Brunners lot., Laurel Grove photographed by J.N. Wilson, No. 1...

No. 31. Title from item.

Constantinople. Column of Theodore

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 10A, pl. 19.

Andre Monument, Tarrytown, N.Y.

No. 15. Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Washington Monument, 555 feet high

Title from item.

View in Greenwood Cemetery

Title from item.

The monument on Custer's hill, containing all the bones found on the f...

Photograph shows a mound of dirt covered with short logs, with a flag stuck on the top.

[Group of civilians near monument]

Street scenes pedestrians milling around a military monument, artillery in foreground. Title devised. Formerly Waud no. C-139. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1066) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... more

Constantinople. Obelisk of Constantine

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 10B, pl. 20.

Charlotte Canda's monument, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y

On mount: American Views. Peoples' Series. Title from item.

Statue Lafayette PK, Washington, D.C

Title from item.

Statue of General Andrew Jackson mounted on a horse

Title devised by Library staff.

City Hall, Washington D. C

On mount: Picturesque View of Gems of Beauty and Art; Mountain, Valley and Stream. On mount: The Wide, Wide World by W. M. Chase, Baltimore, MD. U.S.A. Title from item.

[Innsbruck. View of the Maria-Theresienstrasse with the Annasäule in c...

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 159. No. R29B.

Lucerne. Thorwaldsen's Lion

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 31, lower left.

Horace Greeley's monument, Greenwood

Title from item.

Pulaski Monument photographed by J.N. Wilson, No. 143 Broughton Street...

No. 16. Title from item.

Winkelrieds monument. Stanz

Statue of three medieval soldiers, one lying as if dead, another clutching broken arrows, the third posed with a weapon. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 31, lower right.

Green Monument and Screven House

No. 55. Title from item.

Munich. Statue of Bavaria

Bronze statue of Bavaria in front of Ruhmeshalle, Munich, Germany. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 164. No. 308.

Greens Monument photographed by J.N. Wilson, No. 143 Broughton Street,...

No. 34. Title from item.

Shakspeare G. Bartsch ; gez u. lith v. G. Bartsch

Print shows a bust portrait of William Shakespeare, facing front, in medallion mounted on monument labeled "Shakspeare", with many figures representing characters from his plays on the right and left, and in th... more

Pulaski Monument photographer, J.N. Wilson

No. 16. Title from item.

Memorial to commemorate the 1000 anniversary of Novgorod

A man standing before the Novgorod 1000th anniversary monument, which features a large sculptural group. Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Col. Vonburg's monument, Greenwood

Title from item.

Griffith (monument), Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y

No. 51. Title from item.

Frankfort. Monument Guttenberg, Faust & Schöfer

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 29. lower left.

Washington,D.C

Title devised by Library staff. Title from item.

Monumento a Cavour, Milan

In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 11 (bottom left). Color laser copy reference surrogate for LOT 6633 is available for use in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room (Filed with Finding Aids).

6th Massachusetts bivouacked in Monument Sq., Baltimore

Photograph shows soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment sitting and standing around Battle Monument in Battle Monument Park, Baltimore, Maryland. Title from item. Attributed to Baltimore photograph... more

Near Charleston, S.C., 1861

Yard at rear of large house, with monument, and trees. Appears to be rear view of house depicted in DRWG/US - Waud, no. 1065 (A size). Title inscribed below image. Inscribed left margin within image: Thick Hone... more

Burial place of the first victims of the 32nd Indiana, Green River

Drawing shows the Civil War burial grounds and stone-carved memorial for soldiers of the 32nd Indiana Infantry who died at the Battle of Rowlett's Station (or Green Rivier), near Munfordville, Kentucky. Title f... more

[Pierrepont family monument, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City. Eleva...

Washington monument, in the Capitol grounds, Richmond, Va. The statues...

Stereograph showing the Washington Monument with an equestrian statue of George Washington in the grounds of Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Titl... more

Laying the corner-stone of the Soldiers' Monument at Gettysburg, July ...

Officials standing beside cornerstone, crowd with umbrellas in background. Photographed by Gardner and published by Philp & Solomons, Washington. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 July 22, p. 453, bottom.

[Statue of George Washington on horseback on top of a monument in the ...

Title devised by Library staff. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c... more

Groveton, Virginia. Monument on battlefield of Groveton

Photograph shows monument to the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia. Probably photographed by William Morris Smith at the same time that he photographed the battle monument to First Bull Run. Title from Civil ... more

Lincoln Monument, Metropolitan Church & 4 12 Street, from the City Hal...

Gift; Detroit Public Library. E. Totherick Photo. Title from item.

Greenough's Washington (in east Capitol grounds)

Part of series: Views of national buildings in the city of Washington, D.C. Title from item. Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; 1952.

Bronze statue of Washington (near Georgetown)

Part of series: Views of national buildings in the city of Washington, D.C. Title from item. Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; 1952.

The heroes' memorial. A memorial to perpetuate the remembrance of the ...

Print shows an obelisk monument with Niagara Falls in the background. 31729 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Inscribed in pencil at top left: May 30, 1866. No. 590. Inscribed in pencil at bottom left: No... more

Civil War Unknowns monument, designed by Montgomery Meigs and dedicate...

Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, August 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... more

Bronze statue of Jackson (Lafayette Square, opposite the President's h...

Tombeau des Juges Tomb of the Judges / / Bonfils.

Entrance to the rock carved Tomb of the Judges, ancient burial of the Sanhedrin (Supreme Court) of Jerusalem. Title from item. No. 1221.

Statue de Méhémet Ali à Alexandrie / Bonfils.

Statue of Méhémet Ali on horseback. Title from item. No. 11.

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Pamiatnik nad russkimi ubitymi pri osadie Ak ...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 16. Title from item.

Colonne Pompée Alexandrie / Bonfils.

Small group of men and two donkeys gather near the base of Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria, Egypt. Title from item. No. 23.

Lima. Statue of Bolivar

Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. Title from item. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

Lima. Statue of Columbus

Photograph shows statue of Christopher Columbus with Indian woman sitting at his feet. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. Title from item. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

Dante Alighieri del Pazzi

Statue. Stamped on mount: Giacomo Brogi, Fotografo, 15, Lung'Arno Delle Grazie - 79, Corse Del Tintori, Firenze ; [No.] 3085. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 23 (top left). Color laser copy... more

[Pompey's Pillar] / A. Beato.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 134.

In memoriam. Robert E. Lee Born Jan. 6th, 1808. Died Oct. 12th, 1870.

Print shows draped memorial with urn, burning torches, laurel wreath, and religious symbols; portrait of Robert E. Lee attached in center. Title from item. Copyright 1870 by Charles Quartley. Source unknown.

Statue of Morse, Central Park

Stereograph showing a statue of Samuel F.B. Morse in Central Park, New York City, N.Y.

Paris. Place de la Bastille Charles Rivière del. et lith

Print shows a street level view of Colonne de Juillet at the Place de la Bastille, with carts, wagons, and coaches and pedestrians in the square. Title from item. Printed on lower right corner: 47. Stamped on v... more

Paris. Tour St. Jacques Charles Rivière del. et lith

Print shows a street level view of Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, France, with carriages, coaches, and pedestrians in the streets around the square at the base of the tower. Title from item. Printed on lower right ... more

[Tall monument on hill]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

George Peabody

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Lithograph in verso: Wa... more

"Any thing for revenge!" - a la commune / Th. Nast.

Group of men trying to pull down "The Republican column", a monument dedicated to U.S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, the Union, and incidents related to the Civil War. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 16, no. 813 (1872... more

Das Jahn-Denkmal in Berlin (The Jan sculpture) Monument to Friedrich L...

C3986 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... more

Monument over the remains of 750 U.S. soldiers, who fell in the valley...

Photograph shows monument in a Mexico City cemetery. No. 1100. Copyright by Kilburn Brothers. Title from item.

[Seventh Regiment Memorial, New York City. Rendering]

Original architectural drawing showing John Quincy Adams Ward's sculpture in a proposed setting in Central Park. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural F... more

Scene of the story of Robinson Crusoe. Tablet erected by the English ...

Photograph shows a memorial to Alexander Selkirk, Juan Fernández Islands. 10242E U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item.

Story's monument of Liberty, to be erected in Independence Square, Phi...

Print shows an artist's rendering of the "Monument of Liberty" statue by sculptor William W. Story; the monument was never built. F8886 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Printed at top: The Daily Graphic,... more

Lincoln Monument, Lincoln Park

On mount: J. F. Jarvis' Stereographic Views. On verso: E. Totherick, photo. Title from item.

National Lincoln Monument, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ills. Stro...

Print shows an obelisk with a monumental base on which are statues of Abraham Lincoln and battle scenes related to the Civil War; also shows pedestrians/sightseers on the platform and on the grounds around the ... more

[Marker by fence reading "Here fell Henry C. Merwin, Lt. Col., 27th Co...