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Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...

Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More

Ushiromuki no kanjo zu, Eishi Hosoda

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Part of an illustrated book (36 Poets?). Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part... More

Raimund und Melusina hatten das hochzeitliche Lager bestiegen und mit ...

Illustration for a story showing a triptych with, on the center panel, the nobleman Raymond embracing Melusine on a bed labeled "RM" on the day of their wedding; on the left panel people are listening to a musi... More

Momijigari no himegimi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptypch. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings... More

No title of nobility - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Public domain scan of 18th century French drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bird's-eye view of the residential compound of a nobleman in Beijing;...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 151. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

A grand Shakesperian [sic] revival / J. Keppler.

Print shows Chester A. Arthur as King Henry IV on a cobblestone street, with Jay Gould and William H. Vanderbilt holding his cape, and accompanied by John P. Jones; he is accosted by Roscoe "Sir John" Conkling ... More

"The sleeping party" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" asleep in the background, with members of her court, some dressed as women, also asleep, in the foreground; depicted are Whitlaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Russe... More

Ceylon. Groupe i.e. group of Singhalese Nobilities

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "India. Ceylon. Group of Singhalese Nobility." Print no. "20051. P.Z." Purchase; Marc Walter; 20... More

[Three children of Charles I] - Public domain illustration engraving

Public domain photograph of portrait print, engraving, book illustration, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Infant Don Balthazar Carlos (Diego Velazquez)]

Public domain image of military forces, cavalry, horses, horseriding, 18th-19th century war, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux

Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More

Wie erschrak und erstaunte aber Raimund, als er bemerkte, das Melusina...

Illustration for a story showing the nobleman Raymond spying on his wife Melusine while she takes a bath; curious to see why she needed a day to herself and breaking his promise to respect her wish, he discover... More

Sugawara no Michizane, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length, standing next to a tree beneath a full moon, writing poetry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Selina, Countess of Huntingdon - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

London Ancients and Honorables leaving Rowe's wharf, Boston for harbor...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Count Von Moltke] - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain photograph of German troops during World War One, army, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prince of Wales planting memorial tree at cathedral school, [Washingto...

A group of people standing around a tree. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

How a French nobleman got a wife through the New York Herald personal ...

"The picture opens with a "Personal" advertisement which actually appeared in the New York Herald of August 25th, 1904: "Young French Nobleman, recently arrived, desires to meet wealthy American girl; object ma... More

High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains around the bed can be seen a bare-breasted duchess. On t... More

Kanjo zu, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

The Duchess of Devonshire 1784 Sir J. Reynolds, P.R.A. pinxt ; P. Ligh...

Print shows Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, with her infant daughter Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish. Caption continues: From the picture in the Royal Collection. Ownership stamp on verso, with... More

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

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 41.

The two dromios / Gillam. - Victorian era public domain image

Print shows an American cowboy talking to a British nobleman who is standing on papers labeled "Brutality, Vulgarity, Insolence, Arrogance, Selfishness, [and] Boorishness", with an "Invitation N. Pacific R.R. O... More

Woman wearing court dress and Indian jewelry

Photo shows a young noble woman, seated, facing front, wearing a dress with head covering, also arm, wrist, and ankle bands, finger and toe rings, nose piercing, and a large necklace.

A courtier - Public domain portrait painting

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of painting signed "J. Domingo, Paris, 1830." Detroit Publishing Co. no. M473. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Duchess of Bedford - Public domain portrait painting

Title from jacket. Photograph of a painting. "McC 1308" and "duplicate" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048212. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Amir Khalid [right] and Amir Faisal, sons of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Ar...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nicolaes Maes - Portrait of the Duchesse de Mazarin

Title from jacket. Negatives are variants. "090194" and "G 260" on negative. Photograph of a picture of a painting by Maes. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 090226, 090227. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

How a French nobleman got a wife through the New York Herald personal ...

William Heath - The royal milling match, British Cartoon Print

Caricature showing Lord Yarmouth hitting the Prince Regent in the eye, as Lady Yarmouth looks from behind screen covered with caricatures. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress... More

It's got to be killed, said the Princess sturdily, J.J Gould

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Princess and the Microbe" by Margaret Sherwood, Scribner's magazine, 34:240 (Aug. 1903).

Entertaining royalty - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on shelflist card: Mamma was all smiles and H.R.H. all charm. (DLC/PP-1934:0119.4). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "How to behave though a debutant... More

Yatsushi kokei sanshō, Shunman Kubo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a priest addressing a nobleman and a lady in waiting on a roadway, next to a tree, with the sun setting in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More

Divers convois funébres ; Qûete pour l'entretien de l'église du Rosari...

Illustrations showing funeral procession and carriage with coffin outside church steps, and a nobleman seated inside church with Brazilian parishioners, possibly wishing to have audience with the nobleman. Illu... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese woman with tea implements and chest, a ...

Captions on front of item: "Native mode of dressing" (upper left); "Japanese prince and staff" (upper right)"; "A group of Japanese officers in court dress" (lower left); and "Japanese Daimio and wife" (lower ... More

A courtier - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain photograph of 18th019th-century cartoon print, satirical portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A courtier (after Domingo)]. Public domain reproduction.

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

[Boston, Massachusetts., London Honorables entering Trinity Church]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Prince of Wales at Annapolis, [Maryland]

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

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

Print shows pedestrians bowing in greeting to others on roadways leading to a walled city across a river, also several porters carrying bundles into the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

It's got to be killed, said the Princess sturdily, J.J Gould

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Princess and the Microbe" by Margaret Sherwood, Scribner's magazine, 34:240 (Aug. 1903).

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

Ukiyo-e triptych showing the story of Chinese Baron Kan-u playing go while the famous Dr. Kada operates on his arm and the Baron Shujo looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

When the Prince of Wales visits Washington

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, July 27, 1919.

L'accord parfait - A painting of three men in period clothing

Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate playing musical instruments. The nobleman, on the left, is playing a bagpipe, the cleric, on the right, is playing a recorder an... More

Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground

Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Shodan, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows actors in the roles of Moronō (Kira Yoshinaka) propositioning Lady Kaoyo, Enya's wife, and Wakasanosuke (a noble offended by Moronō's behavior). Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Viscount Wrexham - Public domain portrait drawing

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Flash-lights" by Lester Raynor, Century, 48:147 (May 1894).

"And John, he pays the freight" / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows Queen Victoria holding up an infant labeled "Little New Duke of York. Christening Robe Cost £300." She presents the baby to John Bull who is holding a paper that states "Heavy Expense Account - Roya... More

Our American girls are capturing the House of Lords / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a group of women in a gallery "Reserved for American Wives of English Lords" holding strings attached to crowns on the heads of their husbands in the House of Lords. Illus. from Puck, v. 38, no. 98... More

[Three children of Charles I] - Public domain illustration engraving

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A glimpse of the East - Sons of a Hyderabad noble, Hyderabad, India

Sons of a Hyderbad noble, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing traditional formal dress. H85850 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

[Sir Ashley Cooper] - Public domain portrait print

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

Prince Casimir Lubomirski & wife

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Prince Casimir Lubomirski, and Madam Lubomirksi, photog... More

I'm Lady Alcuin -- you must know me

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Lady Alcuin Intervenes" by W.L. George, Saturday evening post, 194:9 (July 16, 1921).

La veillesse d'un prince / peint par L. Rossi ; grave par Ed. Girardet...

Court scene, with ruler, ladies & gentlemen of court. 14061H U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of the Duchesse de Mazarin]

Public domain image of portrait painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'aristocratic écrasée. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a bust portrait of Louis XVI atop a pedestal with engraved text "A Louis XVI Pere des Français et Roi d'un peuple libre." A reclining female figure, aided by Father Time, is engraving text on plaque... More

[Aristocrats digging the Champ-de-Mars]

Print shows well-dressed aristocratic women, children, some men, and members of the clergy digging and hauling soil in wheelbarrows in a effort to transform the Champ-de-Mars into a suitable place for the festi... More

Who killed Hancock? / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows the ghost of Winfield Scott Hancock sitting on a throne in a banquet hall, Samuel J. Tilden pushes a frightened Charles A. Dana, as Macbeth, toward Hancock, Dana makes wild statements while waving a... More

[Sir Ashley Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balthazar Carlos - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amir Khalid [right] and Amir Faisal, sons of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Ar...

Photo shows (left) King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud (1906-1975) who ruled Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 with his half-brother King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, (1912-1982) who was King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to... More

La veillesse d'un prince / peint par L. Rossi ; grave par Ed. Girardet...

Court scene, with ruler, ladies & gentlemen of court. 14061H U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Entertaining royalty - Drawing. Public domain image.

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

A young nobleman, Iran, watercolors

"Azerbaijan or North Iran" upper right side of mount. Sheet has a blind stamp at center left of fold line. Purchase; Brad Verter, Carpe Librum; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:006). Forms part of: Qajar paintings commissio... More

Alexandre Farnese III duc de Parme--Gouverneur des Pays Bas + 1592

Alexandro Farnese, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Count de Paris giving his [horse?]

Sketch of several men with a horse. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: C de P Capt [McMahan]. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.302). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Japanese man, full-length, standing, facing right, wearing robes of a...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Social life" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Soga no adauchi - Public domain drawing

Print shows actors portraying the two Soga brothers and other warriors in a Soga kabuki play. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych ... More

Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows actors portraying the official Kudō Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elabora...

Illus. in: The complete gentleman / Henry Peacham. London : Francis Constable, 1622, title page. Reference copy in LOT 7007.

Prince Ferdinand / Sherlock, sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Prince Ferdinand, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in a cameo.

Par moy vous êtes tous freres - A black and white drawing of a man hol...

Print shows on the right, a woman, "la réligion" (possibly representing the Virgin Mary), labeled no. 1, standing, holding a cross illuminated by the sun, on the left, a cluster of figures includes an angel-lik... More

Kanjo - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, full-length, from behind showing the length of her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Keigasa... More

He paused, held up his hand and looked at the princess: Mr. Silas Finn...

Title from handwritten notation on mat. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Duchess of Rutland] - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward Penfield - Count Von Moltke

Cf. CAI - Penfield, no. 57 (B size). (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Nov. 7, 1914.

Prince at Annapolis, [Maryland]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prince at Annapolis, [Maryland]

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mazeppa: pl. 1 - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, being bound to the back of a wild horse by several men, as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair, shown here as the elderly ma... More

Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows actors portraying the official Kudō Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.

L'Attaque de la constitution - A painting of a group of people on a be...

Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, carrying flags labeled "Vive la noblesse et le Clerge", "Lettre Pastorale", and "Voincre ou Courir", attacking a rock, identified as the "C... More

Vive le roi, vive la nation J'savois ben qu'jaurions not tour.

Print shows a well-dressed peasant woman nursing an infant, riding on the back of a noblewoman who is holding onto the shoulders of a nun, representing the clergy. This cartoon presents a realingment of the Est... More

Our imitative "aristocracy" / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a costume ball where the guests wear the clothing styles of their ancestors; among the recognizable faces are Jay Gould, William H. Vanderbilt, Ulysses S. Grant, and possibly William W. Phelp... More

There aren't any, there's only the microbe, J.J Gould

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Princess and the Microbe" by Margaret Sherwood, Scribner's magazine, 34:238 (Aug. 1903).

Prince of Wales at Annapolis, [Maryland]

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hands off! My person is sacred - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 573.

Soga no adauchi - Public domain city architecture drawing

L'aristocratic écrasée - Public domain scan / engraving

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More

Le tems donnant les cendres à la noblesse et au clergé

Print shows Father Time flying past an altar on which the privileges of the nobility and the clergy are being burned; he is annointing the forehead of one priest with the ashes of the consummed documents as ano... More

Le peuple sous l'ancien Regime - A drawing of a man being carried by a...

Cartoon shows Louis XVI, a bishop, and a member of the aristocracy riding on the back of a man, representing the people, who's blindfolded and in chains and crawling on his hands and knees. de Vinck, 10309 Pur... More

Le tiers état confesseur La constitution Française.

Print shows on the left, a member of the Third Estate sitting in a confessional listening to the confession of the clergy from a clergyman reading a long list of sins, a nobleman is departing, carrying a long l... More

[Japanese curio shop, a street cart and portraits of a Japanese family...

Captions on front of item: "Interior of Japanese curio shop" (upper left); "Street cart" (upper right)"; "A Japanese Daimio's family group in state dress" (lower left); and "Japanese high officers" (lower righ... More

American millions and foreign nobility - the market where our girls bu...

Illustration shows the "European Matrimonial Market" with wealthy American women on the right previewing European men of nobility who have fallen on hard financial times. Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 364, (188... More

The European Svengali and the trilbys of the "four hundred" - he hypno...

Print shows a wily, destitute, European noble, with papers extending from his pockets labeled "Laundry Bill, Hotel Bill, Livery Bill, [and] Tailor Bill", seeking a fortune among young American heiresses, as he ... More

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