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Un peuple est sans honneur, et mérite ses chaines Quand il baisse le f...

Print shows a nude woman pulling back the curtain to a tent to reveal a female figure or mermaid on a bed stabbing a king sitting in a chair; a bust of a satyr is at the head of the bed, and two-faced Justice s... More

Caricature, Futility / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a winged female figure labeled "Peace" sitting on one side of a mountain pass and Mars, the Roman god of war, sitting on the opposite side; a man wearing a crown and robe labeled "Czar" is walking d... More

[Female acrobats on trapezes at circus]

11126W U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich. No. 63.

[Representation of Boreas, the wintry North Wind of Greek mythology, a...

Illus. in: Matero. Atalanta fvgiens...; 1618, p. 13. Ref. copy may be in SSF - MYTHOLOGY BOREAS. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mythology Boreas; Wind.

"Easter angel" / J.L. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows a design by Joseph Lauber for a stained glass window depicting an angel holding an Easter lily. 27185 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, N.Y. Exhibited... More

The struggle of the Slav / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a Russian man standing on a rowboat, using an axe labeled "Nat'l Assembly" to battle an octopus labeled "Bureaucracy", wearing a crown and royal robe, its tentacles are labeled "Graft, Exile,... More

Benjamin West - [The calling of Isaiah]

Etched study for wing of altarpiece made for Royal Chapel, Windsor. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... More

Les formes acerbes / Me. Poirier de Dunkerque, avocat, invt., publié l...

Print shows Joseph Le Bon, as a shirtless, crazed madman, standing on a pile of decapitated bodies between two guillotines, he is drinking blood from a chalice as he fills another chalice with the blood spewing... More

Mercury invents the lyre and for it he receives the Caduceus from Apol...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece in: "Hermes," Century magazine.

[Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus]

The following description traces the figures clockwise from upper left. Vulcan, the god of fire and the forging of metals, and several cyclops watch in amazement as a modern man demonstrates a power press. Ne... More

The Arabian nights, or Aladdin's wonderful lamp

"Imperial Burlesque Co. under the direction of Joseph Brooks & Alfred Thompson." Created by The Courier Lith. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Misery loves company / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows three men holding spoons labeled "Russia, England, [and] Japan", attempting to force a large pill labeled "Ultimatum" from an "International Pill Box" into a despairing Chinese man sitting on a thro... More

The doctor indulged with his favorite scene, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows cleric Dr. Richard Price, kneeling on a crown with a demon on his back, peering through a peep-hole into the royal bedroom at Versailles, watching ruffians destroy the Queen's bed and bedroom in s... More

Painting "Spring in Georgia" at R.G. Stephens Federal Building, Athens...

Artist: Andree Ruellan, 1942. Oil, dimensions: 51 3/4" x 133". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More

Cinderella ..

Cover-title. Text on p. [2-3] of cover included in paging. Illustrated by R. André. Also available in digital form.

Tizian (Titian) - Francesco Marcolini - M. Pietro Aretino

Print showing the poet Pietro Aretino, full-length portrait from behind, sitting next to tree trunk on the seashore, looking at vision of an angel in the clouds. Title provided by researcher 10/2017. Alternate ... More

Prang's Christmas cards - Print, Library of Congress collection

Couples in medieval(?) costumes under mistletoe. Copyright by L. Prang & Co., Boston.

Capture of Mobile, Alabama - Public domain old map

A regional view of Mobile and environs, encompassing Mobile, Blakely, Spanish Fort, Alabama City, Williamsburg, Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines, and Fort Orwell. Also shows defenses of Mobile Bay, including use of tor... More

High grade cigarettes, water tobagganning scence at Ontario Beach, Roc...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Kimball (Wm. S.) & Co., advertiser. Category desig... More

Cupid and Psyche - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain art prints - Public domain scenic print

Ilka Kolsky's woodblock print. (General) Public domain photograph of 20th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At the Battle of Palo Alto, the Americans greatly distinguished themse...

The artist exaggerates the humane treatment given by American soldiers to the Mexican wounded at the Battle of Palo Alto. The title continues, "the Americans greatly distinguished themselves, as well for their ... More

The angel's whisper - Print, Library of Congress collection

Angel watching over baby sleeping in cradle. 430882 U.S. Copyright Office.

Prang's Christmas cards - Print, Library of Congress collection

Couples in medieval(?) costumes under mistletoe. Copyright by L. Prang & Co., Boston.

Harper's bazaar, Christmas 1889, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D41. 1889

Detail of Constantino Brumidi fresco, "The Apotheosis of Washington," ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kiralfy Bro's., Enchantment, American vaudeville and popular entertain...

R28002 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bro's." Created by "Central Litho. & Eng. Co, N.Y." No. 278. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Albrecht Durer - Nemesis (the great fortune)

Allegorical figure of winged goddess of divine retrobution. Engraving and etching by Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528. Meder 72; Hollstein 72; Bartsch 77; Panofsky 184. Signed with monogram on plate. Coll. mark on ver... More

The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More

Carol M. Highsmith - "The Covered Wagon," Salem, Oregon

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Lion tamer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Lion tamer in cage with two lions, a lioness, and two tigers. Copyright by Gibson & Co.

Strange adventures in The fall and rise of Humpty Dumpty

48910 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Coral grotto of light. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Oil painting "Justice Defeated" in the Attorney General Conference Roo...

Artist: Leon Kroll, 1935. Dimensions: 7' 9" x 21' 8" Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit... More

American progress - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows an allegorical female figure of America leading pioneers westward, as they travel on foot, in a stagecoach, conestoga wagon, and by railroads, where they encounter Native Americans and herds of biso... More

Circus of Dr. Lao (Newark, VT, 1984).

"Planned by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press"--Colophon. Limited ed. of 2,000 copies, signed by the designer/illustrator. Newman & Wiche. Great and good books, 528 Limited Editions Club. Bibliography of the ... More

A dangerous brew / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers, representing the United Mine Workers and the American Federation of Labor, as witches stirring a "dangerous brew" of labor violence in a cauldron labeled "Un... More

The grief of Nah-Chu-Ru-Chu - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1934:0209). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Man who married the Moon" by Charles F. Lummis, St. Nicholas, 19:344 (March 1892).

Poster - "The Angel of Peace" - Public domain lithograph

Art reproduction showing an angel floating above a valley, holding a child and flowers, offered as a premium by B.T. Babbitt, soap and baking powder company of New York. Copyright by American Lithographic Co., ... More