Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, leaning forward with left elbow on knee, hand to chin, right hand resting on thigh. 382 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7. ... More
Portrait photo of Oscar Wilde / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing with right hand at waist, facing front with head turned to the left, window behind left shoulder. 677 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit l... More
[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Sarony, 3...
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 - Public domain scenic print
Full length portrait, seated, facing front; on fake rock with fake mountain. Photoprint by Sarony, 37 Union Square, N.Y. Inscribed on verso: To Spring [Brown] with best wishes of J.H. Johnston, 1884. Inscribed ... More
Charlotte Cushman Sarony & Co., 680 Broadway ; Sarony & Co., photograp...
Photograph shows portrait of Charlotte Cushman standing behind a chair and holding a fan. Autograph on recto. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Charlotte Cushman papers (Library of Congress). Accession ... More
[Lillie Langtry, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, n...
N18809 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22. Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Susan B. Anthony / Napoleon Sarony ; Alfred S. Campbell.
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, leaning against a wall, hands together in front. 682 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde :... More
Treasury note, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More
Sara Bernhardt / Sarony, N.Y., Cabinet photograph
Sarah Bernhardt reclining with her hand on head of seated woman. 8306W U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7.
Marie Tempest in the "Fencing master" / Sarony, 37 Union Sqr., N.Y.
Full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in fencing stance. 36051X U.S. Copyright Office. No.5.
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing with hands behind back, facing front, leaning against a wall. 680 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14; No. 1022. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding book in right hand, left elbow on knee, hand to cheek. 684 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "O... More
Portrait photo of Oscar Wilde / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, leaning forward, left elbow resting on knee, hand to chin, right hand resting on arm of chair, wearing coat with fur collar. 675 U.S. Copyright ... More
A Democratic voter. Book illustration from Library of Congress
The artist satirizes the split in party loyalties between the Locofoco and Tammany factions of New York City Democrats. In particular he belittles the Irish immigrants widely recruited by the party at the time... More
The globe man listening to Webster's speech, on the specie circular
A small, bust-length caricature of Washington "Globe" editor and Van Buren adviser Francis Preston Blair. The print was probably issued in the spring of 1838. In May of that year the Specie Circular, an extreme... More
Mrs. Fiske, "Tess of the D'Ubervilles" / Sarony, New York.
Minnie Maddern Fiske, full-length portrait, reclining, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the right, left hand on hip holding gloves, right hand raised to chest. 679 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13. Copyrig... More
Portrait photo of Oscar Wilde / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing with right hand at waist, facing front with head turned to the left, window behind left shoulder. 677 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit l... More
Oscar Wilde / Sarony., three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, leaning forward, left elbow resting on knee, hand to chin, holding walking stick in right hand, wearing coat. 1045 U.S. Copyrig... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony, New York - Public domain portrait photograph
Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. No. 6. Copyright by N. Sarony.
[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, seated on stool facing right, han...
No. 33. Copyright by Napoleon Sarony, N.Y. Public domain photograph of bodybuilder athlete, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, rear view...
33323Y U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Napoleon Sarony, N.Y. No. 28.
Carte d' visite: Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1825-1924
Reproduction number: LC-MSS-44297-33-116 (b&w negative) Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Secretary of War presenting a stand of colours to the 1st Regiment...
A bitter vilification of the Van Buren administration's use of bloodhounds to hunt fugitive Indians during the Second Seminole War in Florida. The artist condemns the racism and inhumanity of the measure, as w... More
[Eugen Sandow, body-builder, full-length portrait, standing, nude exce...
33304y1 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright 1893 by Napoleon Sarony" No. 9.
[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, standing facing front, wearing fi...
No. 32. Public domain photograph of bodybuilder athlete, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Lillie Langtry, three-quarter length portrait, facing right] / Sarony...
No. 8. Copyright by Napoleon Sarony. Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing with hands behind back, facing front, leaning against a wall. 680 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14; No. 1022. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing with hands behind back, facing front, leaning against a wall. 680 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14; No. 1022. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar... More
Metropolitan baseball nine 1882, Cabinet photograph
Photograph shows the New York Metropolitans baseball team in 1882 posed for a studio portrait, wearing white uniforms with neckties. N5606 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1882, by N. Sarony, 37 Union Square,... More
Sandow / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing belted leotard and Roman sandals. 33316Y U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Napoleon Sarony, N.Y. No. 21.
Portrait photo of Sandow / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, standing, rear view, with fists raised. 33303Y U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Napoleon Sarony, N.Y. No. 8.
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the right, wearing hat and cape. 10475N U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27; No. 2882. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited... More
Portrait photo of Oscar Wilde / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front with head turned slightly to the left, window behind left shoulder. 676 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L.
Portrait photo of Oscar Wilde / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, leaning forward, left elbow resting on knee, hand to chin, right hand resting on arm of chair, wearing coat with fur collar. 675 U.S. Copyright ... More
A bull chase. The words of the wise, are as goads
Another satire on the special committee of the House of Representatives investigating Van Buren's Treasury Department. The committee, chaired by James Harlan but dominated by Henry A. Wise of Virginia, centered... More
[Eugen Sandow, half-length portrait, standing facing right, wearing fi...
No. 3. Copyright by Napoleon Sarony. Public domain photograph of bodybuilder athlete, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, leaning against a wall, hands together in front. 682 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde :... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the left, wearing hat and cape. No. 26. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde : the Apostle of Beauty" a... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing coat with fur collar. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde : the Apostle of Beauty" at the Haggerty Museum of Art, Ma... More
Portrait photo of Oscar Wilde / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front with head turned slightly to the left, window behind left shoulder. 676 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L.
The globe-man after hearing of the vote on the Sub-Treasury bill
Evidently a companion to "The Globe Man Listening to Webster's speech on the Specie Circular" (no. 1838-3), the small, bust-length caricature of Democratic editor Francis Preston Blair shows him looking even m... More
Mary Frances Scott Siddons Actress - stereocsopic card
Public domain photograph of 1900s studio portrait photography, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sandow / Sarony., Cabinet photograph
Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, standing, nude, view from back. 33301Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6.
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait photograph
Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, left elbow on knee, hand to chin, holding gloves in right hand. 373 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L.
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait photograph
Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, left elbow on knee, hand to chin, holding gloves in right hand. 373 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L.
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the right, left hand on hip holding gloves, right hand raised to chest. 679 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13. Copyrig... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the left, wearing hat and cape. No. 26. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde : the Apostle of Beauty" a... More
Fanny Ellsler's last seranade or the soap-locks disgraceful attack upo...
A riot scene: German parade musicians (possibly accompanying touring ballerina Fanny Elssler) are attacked and beaten with their own instruments by a gang of toughs (or "Soap-Locks" for the long, soaped hair lo... More
Mrs. Emma Willard's chronographer of ancient history, Troy, New York 1...
Print showing an ionic temple with the columns, floor, and ceiling labeled with events in history beginning, in the background, with "Creation" and ending in the foreground with "The Roman Empire." 56 U.S. Copy... More
[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile] / Sarony, ...
75162S U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Thomas Moran, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing hat and coat...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sara Bernhardt, Cabinet photograph
Sara Bernhardt, full-length portrait, reclining on chaise facing left. 8309W U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Napoleon Sarony. No. 10.
Oscar Wilde Sarony, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front with head turned to the left, window behind left shoulder. 683 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 17. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L.
Oscar Wilde / Sarony., three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, leaning forward, left elbow resting on knee, hand to chin, holding walking stick in right hand, wearing coat. 1045 U.S. Copyrig... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the right, left hand on hip holding gloves, right hand raised to chest. 679 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13. Copyrig... More
Professor Wise, performing a surgical operation in Congress Hall
Representative Henry A. Wise, vociferous opponent of the Van Buren administration, is portrayed as a surgeon, operating on Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury. The satire refers to the cross-examination of Woodbur... More
The late Commodore Garrison / photographed by Sarony.
Illustration shows Commodore C.K. Garrison, bust portrait, right profile. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 29, no. 1481 (1885 May 9), p. 292 (top right).
Clar de kitchen. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Another Whig campaign satire, picturing incumbent Martin Van Buren and his Democratic advisers or "Kitchen Cabinet" routed by Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. In a domestic kitchen Harrison, dressed as a ... More
Carte d' visite: Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1825-1924
Reproduction number: LC-MSS-44297-33-116 (b&w negative) Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the right, wearing hat and cape. 10475N U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27; No. 2882. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited... More
The new era Whig trap sprung - Public domain scan / drawing
Democratic efforts to reelect Martin Van Buren are portrayed as hopeless in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. Here one of Harrison's campaign emblems, a log cabin, is ... More
The new era or the effects of a standing army
A condemnation of a Van Buren administration plan, put forward by Secretary of War Joel Poinsett, to reform the militia system through creation of a reserve force under regular army officers. The idea was attac... More
Jenny Lind in the opera of La Somnambula
Portrait of Jenny Lind, in full costume, on stage with other actors. On lower right: Lith of Sarony New York. Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by William Hall & Son, in the Cl... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding book in right hand, left elbow on knee, hand to cheek. 684 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "O... More
A globe to live on! - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...
Prominent Democratic party publicists Francis Preston Blair and Amos Kendall are portrayed as Siamese twins, joined at the mid-section, and standing on a large globe. Blair (left) was the influential editor of ... More
[Unidentified woman, possibly Mary Church Terrell's mother, head-and-s...
Written in pencil on photo: "Mrs. Terrell's mother". The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of eg... More
Oscar Wilde / Sarony., three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, leaning forward, left elbow resting on knee, hand to chin, holding walking stick in right hand, wearing coat. 1045 U.S. Copyrig... More
A Select Committee of Enquiry hard at work
A swipe at the integrity of the House of Representatives committee investigating the Swartwout scandal under Van Buren's administration (see "Price Current" and "Sub Treasurers Meeting in England," nos. 1838-21... More
Black C.C. or the three Judas's
The cartoon pertains to some instance of corruption in the Van Buren administration. Van Buren shovels coins from a great pile into a bag held by a man (probably a federal judge), who urges him, "Matty fill up... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding book in right hand, left elbow on knee, hand to cheek. 684 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "O... More
View of Sacramento City as it appeared during the great inundation in ...
Sacramento, California during the flood of January 1850. Copyright by Casilear & Bainbridge. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 31.1
Josef Hofmann Sarony 37 Union Sqr., N.Y
Photo shows Josef Hofmann, bust portrait, facing front, at age 11. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed at bottom of mount: Josef Hofmann. Printed at bottom of mount: Sarony. 37 Union... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the left, wearing hat and cape. No. 26. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde : the Apostle of Beauty" a... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, leaning forward with left elbow on knee, hand to chin, right hand resting on thigh. 382 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7. ... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing coat with fur collar. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde : the Apostle of Beauty" at the Haggerty Museum of Art, Ma... More
The shipwreck. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A Whig vision of the rout of Van Buren in the presidential election of 1840. In a stormy sea Van Buren grasps the mast (labeled "Maine") of a foundering vessel "O.K." (the initials for "Old Kinderhook," a Van ... More
[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Saunders, no. 59 Public domain photograph - Merry Christmas or Happy New Year, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oscar Wilde Sarony, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front with head turned to the left, window behind left shoulder. 683 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 17. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L.
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the right, wearing hat and cape. 10475N U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27; No. 2882. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited... More
The man wot pays no postage - Public domain book illustration, Library...
The man "wot pays no postage" here is Van Buren ally and publicist Amos Kendall. The profits and influence Kendall derived from publication of the administration organ the "Extra Globe" were no doubt increased ... More
Portrait photograph of Sarah Jewett
Title devised. Lantern slide reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a photograph by Napoleon Sarony. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, leaning against a wall, hands together in front. 682 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde :... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, leaning forward with left elbow on knee, hand to chin, right hand resting on thigh. 382 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7. ... More
Oscar Wilde Sarony, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing coat with fur collar. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde : the Apostle of Beauty" at the Haggerty Museum of Art, Ma... More