Perry's victory / T. Birch. - Public domain dedication image
Marine view showing American fleet, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, engaged in battle with the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congr... More
American privateer "General Armstrong" Capt. Sam. C. Reid / lith. & pu...
Print shows the American privateer "General Armstrong" firing on British boats sent from HBM Carnation to capture her. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Rese... More
Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864
Print shows battle between Union monitors and sloops against Confederate ships and ram CSS Tennessee in Mobile Bay with Fort Morgan in the distance. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Rese... More
Disigno dell' isola de Gerbi con le seche che la difendeno dall' inond...
Print shows an assault on Jerba Island (Tunisia) by the Christian Alliance armada under the command of Andrea Doria and the arrival of the Turkish fleet; the Christian fleet retreats in advance of the Turks who... More
S. Salvador. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a birds-eye view of ships flying Dutch flags approaching the harbor Baya de Todos os Sanctos to the entrance of Salvador in Brazil. In May 1624, Dutch forces captured the town of Salvador in Brazil.... More
King Louis the Fourteenth of France and the Battle of Vigo Bay
Print shows King Louis XIV of France holding a scroll in his right hand and a hat in his left hand. Behind him are ships in the water and a plume of fire and smoke. Above him are reproductions of a medalion and... More
Sebastopol from the sea - sketched from the deck of H.M.S. Sidon / W. ...
Print shows sailors and cannons on deck of the H.M.S. Sidon, with a distant view of the forts and other buildings in Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gra... More
The Wreck of the Maine, Havana, Cuba
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08858. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Siboney burning after its destruction by Sampson's fleet
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Spanish ship "Pedro," captured by U.S.S. "New York," April 22. Capture...
Steamships captured by U.S. ships three days before the start of the Spanish-American War. Two reproductions of drawings of battleships. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 May 7, p. 450.
Wreck of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898
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The Wreck of the Maine, Havana, Cuba
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American divers at work,-coming up-"Maine" wreck, Havana Harbor
25559 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Puck magazine cover - The old salt salutes / Keppler.
Illustration shows Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, saluting a Japanese admiral on a gunboat, in the background are the ruins of a Russian naval fleet. Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1409 (1904 March 2), cover.... More
Paintings. U.S. Navy ship Constitution (Old Ironside) during battle wi...
Logbook annotation: Painted by Thomas Birch. Public domain image of a British navy ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Paintings. Air defense battleship group I
Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More
Paintings. U.S. Navy ship Constitution (Old Ironside) during battle wi...
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Honoring the Four Chaplains. Public domain reproduction.
Photograph showing 4 clergymen standing together as the torpedoed Dorchester sinks. On recto: First Day of issue. On recto below title: A priest, a rabbi and two ministers who gave their lives that others might... More
Civil War envelope showing Union gunboats attacking Confederate fort w...
Addressed to Mr. Dyer Seely, Moscow, Hillsdale County, Michigan; postmarked Lexington; bears 3 cent stamp." Stamped on verso: "U.S. Pension Office, Sep. 7, 1888." Notations on verso: "Middle no. 367,890," "Ama... More
Poster - The war in the Soudan - Public domain lithograph
Caption: Scene 3d. War in the Soudan, with terrific encounters, assaults, naval combats & warlike episodes. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati & New York." No. 97.B.No. 47. Forms ... More
Battle of Lake Erie - A painting of a group of people in a boat
Oliver Hazard Perry standing on front of small boat after abandoning his flagship, the Lawrence. K33650 U.S. Copyright Office.
[Sullivan's Island, S.C. Wreck of blockade-runner near the shore]
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...
Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More
[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tether...
Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More
This representation of the battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscrib...
Print shows many ships engaged in battle on Lake Erie. Entered according to Act of Congress the 26 July 1815 by Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., and J. Webster of the State of Pennsylvania.
U.S. Corvettes Cumberland and Sarataga engaging rebel steamer Jamestow...
Cannons being fired from fort in foreground at ships in background. Signed lower left: Captain Balling. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed lower right: Newport News. Balling served as Captain of the 1st New Yo... More
Expositio liburnæ. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows an oxen-powered paddle-wheel ship used for military purposes. Illus. in: Notitia vtraqve cvm Orientis tvm Occidentis vltra Arcadii Honoriiqve Cæsarvm tempora ... (Notitia dignitatum). Basileae : [A... More
Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, ...
Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man... More
Der Alliirten Schiff flotte - A black and white map of a town
Print shows a birds-eye view of ships in the harbor of Toulon, France during the battle of Toulon in 1707. Title from caption at bottom of print. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 233A. Illustration in: Hauslab A... More
First view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè ; W.B. Annin sc.
Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More
"She pretended to eat a little of the furmity with the leaden spoon." ...
Illustrates scene of Mrs. Newsam and old saleswoman at the fair from Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge; and oyster boats at war in the Chesapeake Bay off the Maryland shore. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1... More
Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898, starboard spar de...
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U.S.S. Oregon, watching a shot at the [Cristobal] Colon, Battle of San...
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The Spanish "Vizcaya"--destroyed by American fleet--on the rocks off C...
33393 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Bombardment of San Juan by Admiral Sampson
22192 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Photoprint of painting. No. 9449.
Rear turret of the Spanish cruiser "Viscaya
48041 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B. L. Singley. No. 9911.
U.S.S. New York, "Lord Cassidy" selling pools, anniversary of Santiago...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Constitution and Guerriere, autochrome color photo
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Battle of Lake Erie, by Powell, in the capitol at Washington
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[Kuropatkin on his knees amid ruined battleships appealing to Saint An...
Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banz... More
Ryojun daikaisen rokan gōchin no zu
Print shows Japanese battleships bombarding Russian battleships in a surprise naval assault on the Russian fleet at Lüshun (Port Arthur). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More
Defeat the Kaiser and his U-boats--Victory depends on which fails firs...
Poster showing a dark figure [Kaiser?] and a U-boat, with a burning vessel sinking in the distance. OC.
Le vaisseau le Languedoc rematé en pleine mer ainsi que le Marseillois...
Photograph shows the French vessels "Languedoc" and "Marseillais" outfitted with new sails, having rejoined the French fleet under the command of Comte d'Estaing; after inconclusive fighting the French returned... More
Der Siegende Engelan̈der und der Streitende Americaner Welches sich de...
Print shows a military officer, probably British, standing before two Natives, representing America, wearing feathered skirts and headdresses, gesturing to a raging naval battle and bombardment of a fort; to th... More
HBM frigate Macedonian, Capt. Carden, striking her colours to the U.S....
Print showing the heavily damaged HBM Macedonian surrendering during battle with the USS United States. Copyright secured. Copyright(?) inscription in ink on verso obscured by linen backing. Published in: View... More
Civil War envelope showing Union gunboats attacking Confederate fort w...
Addressed to Mr. Dyer Seely, Moscow, Hillsdale County, Michigan; postmarked Lexington; bears 3 cent stamp." Stamped on verso: "U.S. Pension Office, Sep. 7, 1888." Notations on verso: "Middle no. 367,890," "Ama... More
Deutsches U-Boot, einen bewaffneten englischen fischdampfer vernichten...
Print shows reproduction of painting. In: Deutsche U-Boot-Taten in Bild und Wort.
Wreck of the Maine, Havana - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Also available as photographic print in LOT 9319 with copy negative LC-USZ62-55518 (b&w film copy neg.). Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28966. Detroit Publis... More
A moving picture - Drawing. Public domain image.
German commander on deck of "U submarine," filming destroyed ship (possibly Lusitania) and drowning victims, including a woman and child.
Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns The ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6463 Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
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
Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.
Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing smoke coming from smokestack of ship, Japanese submarine in foreground. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Pr... More
[Folly Island, S.C. (vicinity of Charleston). Beached remains of the B...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
Imre Kiralfy's gigantic aquatic historical spectacle, Venice, the brid...
W41766 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre Kiralfy, 1891." Caption: The naval victory. Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York; (printed in America)." N.Y.-H.4211. Small portrait of I. Ki... More
Fukuro no nezumi. Warship photograph collection
Print shows a Japanese ship, as a cat, chasing two Chinese battleships, as rats, into a bag. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From th... More
The first battle between "iron" ships of war
Print shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during battle, with other battleships in the background, one sinking on the left. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Henry B... More
Seeschlacht bei den Dardanellen Ao. 1656
Print shows a birds eye view of ships in a harbor and additional ships in the foreground. The Venetians alligned with the Knights Hospitalier from Malta were victorious over Ottoman forces in a two-day battle o... More
The defeat of the Spanish fleet under Don Juan de Langara, by Sir Geor...
Print shows a naval battle between the British fleet, under the command of Sir George Brydges Rodney, and a much smaller Spanish fleet, under the command of Don Juan de Langara, off Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal... More
Combat dans la mer du nord, Juin 1696 / peint par Gudin ; gravé par Ch...
Naval battle between French and British ships in the North Sea.
Combat dans la mer du nord, 2 Octobre 1706 / peint par Gudin ; gravé p...
Naval battle between French and British ships in the North Sea. Diagraphe et pantographe-Gavard. Gal'rie hist'que de Versailles. Sie. III Son 3.
Scene on the Macedonian after the battle
Print shows a busy scene in the physician's quarters below deck on the HMS Macedonian where wounded sailors are being attended to by medical staff, some are having limbs amputated. Illus. from: Life and death ... More
The Civil War in America--Naval engagement in Hampton Roads: the Confe...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1862 April 5, p. 327.
Uncle Sam's dream of conquest and carnage - caused by reading the Jing...
Print shows Uncle Sam asleep in a chair with a large eagle perched on a stand next to him; he is dreaming of conquests and annexations, asserting his "Monroe Doctrine" rights, becoming master of the seas, putti... More
Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898
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Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898, forward bridge
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The Oquendo and Maria Teresa, aground and burning, Battle of Santiago,...
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The sphinx of the period / Keppler.
Print shows Puck standing on wooden scaffolding in front of the bow of a huge new battleship in drydock with a large sphinx on the deck between the big guns. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1103, (1898 April 27),... More
Forward view of the wrecked Spanish cruiser Vizcaya
48046 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9916. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lower deck of the "Almirante Oquendo" looking aft
54899 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9965. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Attack on Fort Fisher - A picture of a picture on a wall above a fire ...
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[Russian battleship casualties] - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Russian General Alekseĭ Nikolaevich Kuropatkin and another Russian officer, possibly Anatoliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Stesselʹ, as battleships with arms, legs, and faces, looking in dismay at several similarly... More
L'armée françoise combattant l'armée Angloise à bord opposé troisieme ...
Photograph shows the French fleet, in the foreground, attacking the British fleet, with the island of Grenada in the background. Includes legend. Original wash drawings Available in the Ozanne map collection i... More
Deutsches U-boot versenkt englischen frachtdampfer / Adolf Bock 1941.
Print shows German sailors standing on the conning tower of a u-boat after sinking a British cargo ship. Original signed in lower left. Forms part of: Third Reich Collection (Library of Congress).
Poster - The war in the Soudan - Public domain lithograph
Caption: Scene 3d. War in the Soudan, with terrific encounters, assaults, naval combats & warlike episodes. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati & New York." No. 97.B.No. 47. Forms ... More
Rear Adm. George Dewey in action at Cavite
Print shows Admiral George Dewey standing on a raised structure on his flagship, the battleship "Olympia" during a naval battle at "Cavite", Manila Bay, Philippines; another officer is approaching on a ladder o... More
Bombardment of San Juan, Porto [sic] Rico
U.S. warships under command of Rear Admiral Sampson bombarding San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 12 1898. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Rear Admiral Sampson in left lower corner. Copyright by Muller, Luchsinger & Co.... More
Battle of Lake Erie - A group of people in a boat on a body of water
Oliver Hazard Perry standing on front of small boat after abandoning his flagship, the Lawrence. K33650 U.S. Copyright Office.
Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...
Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More
Intérieur de la batterie du Merrimac, pendant le combat avec le Monito...
Interior of the Merrimac showing Confederate sailors loading cannon, during combat with the Monitor. Illus. from: Le Monde Illustré. Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
The great naval battle off Cavite (Manila Bay), fought May 1st, 1898, ...
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John Bull, the leviathan of the ocean; or, the French fleet sailing in...
Cartoon showing John Bull eating French sailing ships; a satire on the French defeat during the War of the Second Coalition, possibly refers to the Battle of the Nile. Form part of : British Cartoon Prints Col... More
Perry's victory on Lake Erie, Sept. 10th 1813 / drawn by J.J. Barralet...
Print showing numerous American and British battleships in close quarters on Lake Erie engaged in battle, September 10th 1813. 698 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in pencil below title: With a key. Inscribed ... More
The bombardment of Port Hudson / painted by E. Packbauer.
Naval battle during the Civil War, Port Hudson, Louisiana. F7073 U.S. Copyright Office.
[Battleships performing naval maneuvers in the 18th century]
Illus. in: Naval evolutions: or, a system of sea-discipline, .... London : Printed for W. Johnston, 1762. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Was... More
Grave of Cervera's fleet, Santiago de Cuba
Negative no. falls within nos. listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08861. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Explosion of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021535. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Explosion of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898
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Rear turret of the Spanish cruiser "Viscaya"
48043 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9913. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Constitution and Guerriere, August 19, 1812
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Fight between Constitution and Java, engraving, Library of Congress
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If he has to take to water / Dalrymple.
Illustration showing John Bull as a sailor, floating in a life-preserver labeled "British Navy 800 War Ships", surrounded by huge waves labeled "Germany," "France," and "Russia." There are cannon barrels pointi... More
The Bombardment of San Juan by the American Fleet Porto Rico
D17788 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.L. Wasson. Photoprint of painting. No. 606-d.
St. Eustache une des Isles d'Antilles dans l'Amerique du Nord la quell...
Print shows British naval assault on Saint Eustatius. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un. de l'Academie Imperiale... More
Poster - The war in the Soudan - Public domain lithograph
Caption: Scene 3d. War in the Soudan, with terrific encounters, assaults, naval combats & warlike episodes. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati & New York." No. 97.B.No. 47. Forms ... More
The sinking of the "Cumberland" by the iron clad "Merrimac," off Newpo...
Print shows "Cumberland" getting off last shots before rolling onto its side and sinking; the ironclad "Virginia", formerly the "Merrimack", approaches from the side, firing on the sinking ship. Sailors who hav... More
Imre Kiralfy's grand naval spectacle
36827 U.S. Copyright Office "Madison Square Garden." Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8137. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Those cannon on the forward deck
(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, June 5, 1915, p. 1.
Those cannon on the forward deck
(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, June 5, 1915, p. 1.
[Russian doctor and nurse attending to a man with a Russian battleship...
Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokoku seibatsu senshō shōwa : Defeat of Russia: tales of laughter. Attributed to: Baidō Bōsai. Baid... More
The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry's victory / Lithographed...
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