[Page in Opera, quae Quidem extant, omnia; with mathematical diagram k...
Illus. and text in: Opera, quae quidem extant / Archimedes. Basileae : I. Heruagius, 1544. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 256.
[Title page of Opera quae ad nos extant omnia, with Froben family devi...
Title page in: Opera quae ad nos extant omnia / Hippocrates. Basileae : [Per H. Forbenium et N. Episcopi]. 1546. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... more
[Kitchen scene from Bartolomeo Scappi's Opera]
Illus. in: Opera di m. Bartolomeo Scappi. Con il discorso funerale che fu fatto nelle essequie di papa Paulo III. [Venetia : M. Tramezzino, 1574?]. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638. This record contains unveri... more
Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta, diuiso in due trattat...
This manual is one of the most important documents detailing late-Renaissance Italian court dance. Dancing master Fabritio Caroso (died 1605) describes fifty-four steps, provides rules for style and etiquette, ... more
Recüeil de dances contenant un tres grand nombres, des meillieures ent...
This treatise includes six solo dances for women; eight for men; and seventeen duets for a man and a woman, two women, or two men, all choreographed by French dancer and choreographer, Guillaume-Louis Pecour (c... more
Veduta del Ponte e del mausoleo, ...
Illustration shows a view from the river of the Castel Sant'Angelo with the bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, on the right, Rome, Italy. Prominent features identified by letter with corresponding key printed below ima... more
A side box at the opera
"Mrs. Hobart sits stiffly in an opera-box in profile to the left..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of... more
Federico II re di Prussia. Libretto. Italian
del Sig. Felice Romani ; da rappresentarsi nell'I. e R. teatro Goldoni nella primavera dell'anno 1821 ; sotto la protezione di S.A.I. e R. Ferdinando III., gran-duca di Toscana ... (statement of responsibility)... more
Giovanni in London or Plucking chickens before they are full feathered...
Print shows opera singer, actress, and theater producer Madame Vestris, also known as Lucia Elizabeth Mathews or Lucia Elizabetta Bartolozzi, dressed in breeches, seated between two lascivious young men in a ca... more
Grand pot pouri brillant
cover only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright D... more
Chev. Orazio de Attellis Chs. Fenderich 1843
Print shows Orazio de Attellis Santangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, with arms folded over chest, holding sword in right hand, wearing military uniform. Title from item. Caption continues: Marq... more
[Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, th...
French opera singer. Identification from woodcut in Ballou's Pictorial, June 25, 1859, page 401. Alternative identifications: Madame Sabonde (cat. 5); Villaume. Scratched on face of plate: 213; Mad. Laborde. Sc... more
[Sesto Benedetti, three-quarter length portrait, facing three-quarters...
Italian opera singer.
[Teresa Truffi, full-length portrait of a woman, slightly to the left,...
Opera singer, actress. Scratched on face of plate: 217; Truffi. Scratched on back of plate: 186. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congre... more
Selections from Leonora, part IV
cover only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright D... more
Ah! With rapture my heart is beating [from] Linda di Chamounix
cover page only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyri... more
Idol mio = Oh return love, aria
English translation by W.J. Wetmore From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In b... more
Bonner's map of the State of Georgia with the addition of its geologic...
Scale ca. 1:1,150,000. Cover title: Georgia. Hand colored. "Longitude from Washington." "The geological representations entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by W. Thorne Williams ... " Bookplat... more
Ned Buntline's own. Extra. Ned never before has had occasion to get ou...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 23.
Due precettori. Libretto. Italian
di L.C. ; posto in musica da Francesco D'Arcais ; da rappresentarsi al teatro Rossini nel carnevale 1858. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; legal notice--p. 2; "Avvertimento"--... more
Jenny Lind in the opera of La Somnambula
Portrait of Jenny Lind, in full costume, on stage with other actors. Title from item. On lower right: Lith of Sarony New York. Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by William Hall ... more
Quartette from the new opera of the "Whig celebration at Lundy's Lane....
Winfield Scott's controversial performance as commander in the War of 1812 battle at Lundy's Lane turned to account by the artist in this parody of the general's candidacy in 1852. The battle of Lundy's Lane ag... more
Plan of castle garden: as arranged for the Italian opera season 1853
Artist: F.B. Helmsmuller. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5194
Gems of the minstrelsy, Perham's opera vocalists
LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J.S. Paine. Lithograph by J.G. Chandler, Lith., Boston.
Le nouvel Opera / Photographie H.J. à Paris.
Stereograph shows view of the Paris Opera. Title from item. On mount: Vue instantée (Déposé). No. 195.
Mr. W. H. Crisp, Lessee and manager of Crisp's gaiety, New Orleans; Sa...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 175, Folder 17.
Jauner-Krall
Photograph shows Austrian opera singer Emilie Jauner-Krall, in costume, seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. Title from item. No. 1439. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 194... more
Munich. Opera house
In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 162. No. 305.
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa Opera Singer
Title from item.
Miss Louisa Kellogg. - Singer
Photograph shows portrait of opera singer Clara Louise Kellogg, who first sang in New York City in 1861. No. 2087. Title from item. Photograph taken at approximately the same time as three other portraits in th... more
On the road to Saratoga Lake, July 4, 1865 ; Saratoga Lake, July 4, 18...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 July 29, p. 469.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of representatives of the United...
Bridges. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 19, Folder 43.
Bell Gallop
Friendly caricature of symphony orchestra illustrated music cover; rehearsal scene with much drinking in evidence; accurate portrait heads of individuals. LOT subdivision subject: Music and Musical Instruments.... more
[Jean-Baptiste Faure, French opera singer, head-and-shoulders portrait...
Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Peschka-Leutner
Photograph shows Minna Peschka-Leutner, opera singer, head-and-shouders portrait, facing left. Title from item. No. 1390. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
New York City - The Orange Riot of July 12th - view on Eighth Avenue l...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1871 July 29, pp. 328-329.
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa Opera Singer
Title from item.
Darkness was o'er the land
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
Graphic Statue No. 58 - The Genius of Opera Bouffe / Th. Nast.
Caricature of Jacques Offenbach conducting; captioned with complimentary poem.
Birch, Wambold & Backus, San Francisco Minstrels from their Opera Hous...
I5195 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by H.A. Thomas." Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y." San Francisco Minstrels consist of Billy Birch, Dave Wambold, and Charles Backus. Forms part o... more
Saville English Opera Company
K14810(?) U.S. Copyright Office B&w version of poster: POS - TH OPT - .S67, no. 1 (C size). Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyright 1879 by H.A. Thomas." Poster advertising operettas... more
Saville English Opera Company
K14810(?) U.S. Copyright Office Color version of poster: POS - TH OPT - .S67, no. 1a (C size). Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyright 1879 by H.A. Thomas." Poster advertising operet... more
A Missionary hymn
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
Dottie and Lottie. I've lost my job, Dottie, it was like this : I was ...
Preparatory sketches for "Dottie and Lottie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Booth's Theatre, two weeks, commencing Monday, Feb. 6, every ev'ng and...
Caption: N.W. Whitney. Created by "Armstrong & Co., Boston & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Imperial Opera house, Ringe-Strasse, Vienna
Exterior view of Austria's Ringe-Strasse opera house with busy street scene in foreground.
Facts for the workingmen! As told by Hon. James G. Blaine, at his rece...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 129, Folder 20j.
Map showing the location of Staunton, Va. : showing the railways leadi...
Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. "Crosscup & West Eng. Co., Phila." In pencil in lower left corner: K10729. Includes concentric circles of 100 and 200 mile intervals. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H332 Available a... more
[Paris, France - street scene in front of Opera House; horse-drawn car...
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Opera houses France; Carriages & coaches; Buses; France Paris; Shelf. Unident. photog.
The Interior of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, with an Audien...
View from stage toward audience, showing prompter in box at front of stage. Flash-light photo by Ernest Marx. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card... more
[Interior of the café in the opera house, Tʻbilisi, Georgia (Republic)...
James Guthrie Harbord Collection. No. 9053.
Glycerine tooth paste -- Gellé Frères perfumers 6, Avenue de l'Opéra, ...
Poster showing a woman holding a toothbrush and a container of toothpaste. Title from item. Caption continues: Always used once used - Process of Eug. Devers chemist laureate - Gold medal Paris 1878. Signed on ... more
[Opera Place, Berlin, Germany]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "6798". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.
[Opera House, Frankfort on Main (i.e. Frankfurt am Main), Germany]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "9644". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.
[Avenue de la opera (i.e. Rue de Rivoli) and the garden of the Tuileri...
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "17314". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Fran... more
[Opera house, Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Germany]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Title on piece: Wiesbaden. Das Königl. Schauspeilhaus. Print no. "6081". Forms part of: V... more
[Opera House staircase, Paris, France]
Title from identifying information provided by the Flickr Commons project, 2009. (Print not listed in the Detroit Publishing Company, Catalogue J, 1905.) Additional information about this print might be availab... more
[The Opera House, interior, Vienna, Austro-Hungary]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16664". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pr... more
[The Opera House, the foyer, Paris, France]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6948". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... more
Firenze - la loggia di Mercato Nuovo (Opera di Giov. Attt. del Tasso, ...
Title from item. No. 2459. Written on back: Florence, Italy. Loggia of the New Market, work of G. B. del Tasso (1549-51).
[The Opera House, the grand staircase, Paris, France]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8019". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... more
[The Opera House, Vienna, Austro-Hungary]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6440". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pri... more
D'Oyly Carte's Opera Co. in Utopia, limited Gilbert & Sullivan's new o...
Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati & New York." No. 5762. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Anton Seidl
Half lgth., facing right. Photoprint copyrighted by Amie Dupont, N.Y. No. 2. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Metropolitan Opera House Reunion of the Pioneers and Friends of Woman'...
Speakers highlight women's progress in religion, education, philanthropy, art, medicine, suffrage
Grand Opera, the largest theatre in the world, cost six million dollar...
Pedestrians, carriages, and double decker bus in street in front of opera house. No. 10935.
Francis Wilson under the management of A.H. Canby in the comic opera, ...
Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Francis Wilson under the management of A.H. Canby in the comic opera, ...
Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Grand Opera House, Paris / Alfred S. Campbell.
Pedestrians and carriages in front of opera house. No. 1606.
Fred J. Piper, baritone
Illustration shows portrait of African American singer, Fred J. Piper, a member of John W. Isham's company, "Octoroons." Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 85, no. 2183 (1897 July 15), p. 52. T... more
Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves
45218 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Excuse us for dropping in. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction of Dunne & Ryley. N.Y. no. 8164. Forms part of: Theatri... more
23d reg'tl. band of the U.S. Kansas Vol. Inf't. 1898 Commanded by Lt. ...
Photograph shows montage of portraits of African American musicians in the 23rd Kansas Volunteer Infantry who served in the Spanish-American War; musicians identified as E.E. Davis, Sergt., E♭ trumpet, Kansas C... more
Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves
48805 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Excuse me miss, you dropped something!; I don't like .... Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Direction of Dunne & Ryley. Lower righ... more
The little Corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Engla...
Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith, Cin'ti & New York." Francis Wilson and Company; Ariel Barney, manager. N.Y. no. 8257. Signed: To Francis Wilson from E.W. Kemble. Forms part of: Theatrical po... more
The little corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Engla...
Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith, Cin'ti & New York." Francis Wilson and Company; Ariel Barney, manager. Signed: By an Old Master, Th. Nast. 1898. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... more
Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves
45227 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The joyful Japanese jag. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction of Dunne & Ryley. N.Y. no. 8159. Forms part of: Theatrica... more
Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves
45217 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The hostler's serenade. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction of Dunne & Ryley. N.Y. no. 8163. Forms part of: Theatrical... more
Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves
45216 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Playing "to beat the band!" Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction of Dunne & Ryley. N.Y. no. 8165. Forms part of: Theatr... more
Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves
48806 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: A mesage from the Mikado. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." Direction of Dunne & Ryley. N.Y. no. 8162. Forms part of: Theatrical poster... more
Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves
48804 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Put down that bier! Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction of Dunne & Ryley. N.Y. no. 8160. Forms part of: Theatrical pos... more
Fords opera house in which Abraham Lincoln was shot
Photograph showing horses and buggies in front of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. Title from item.
Howard's sure cure for the blues in three prescriptions and 180 pleasa...
"Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyright 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cincinnati & New York." No. 4197. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.
64510 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The Young America Quintette: Mattie Boorum, the phenominal girl baritone, Mr. Jack Cranz, Harry Robinson, John P. Fox, Master George Mack. Created and "copyright 1899 by The... more
The famous original Bostonians America's greatest light opera company.
"Barnabee & MacDonald, proprietors, direction of Klaw & Erlanger presenting high class opera comique, unequalled cast, chorus & orchestra." Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 27... more
Mr. De Gogorza & Mrs. Eames
Photo shows Emilio de Gogorza (1872-1949), a baritone singer with his wife, singer Emma Eames (1865-1952). (Flickr Commons project, 2016). Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). T... more
Mme. M. Sembrich
Photograph shows Polish soprano opera singer Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) who was born Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska. She performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and the Royal Opera House in London... more