paintings

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

Iowa Wesleyan College, Old Main Building, Broad Street, Mount Pleasant...

Significance: Old Main was the second building on Iowa Wesleyan College campus. The building design reflects the specific needs of the institution for classrooms, offices and a chapel. Survey number: HABS IA-59

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

General John Mason House, Analostan Island or Theodore Roosevelt Islan...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the home of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

First military execution in Washington; hanging of a private for shoot...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Snow on the ground. Regiment on the left without overcoats and carrying their knapsacks-. Inscribed left margin: Prime. Published in: Harper's Weekly, Jan. 25... More

La Réforme, le 21 Novembre, le masque anarchiste

Art nouveau poster showing anarchist murdering woman with hatchet. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati.

The May Flower, 1620 - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The blind man on the bridge - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessin...

First Academy, New Street at Hancock, New Bern, Craven County, NC

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Hamilton Field, Field Officers' Quarters Type A, Sunset Drive, Las Lom...

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[Private Hiram M. Kersey, 44th Iowa Infantry regiment, standing on rug...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Case: Berg, no. 4-22G variant. Identification of soldier from newspaper clipping found behind photograph. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms... More

Description & representation de toutes les victoires tant par eau que ...

Translation of Den Nassauschen lauren-crans. Added t.p., with title: Les lauriers de Nassav. By J.J. Orlers and H.L. van Haestens. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 35 Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus. DLC

Oakland Army Base, Private Exchange Cafeteria, Bataan Avenue & Attu St...

Significance: Building 60 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-D Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

A Richmond prisoner U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Md.,...

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. Wallace, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms ... More

Interior of a cider mill at Rye

(DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Rye and round there," Harper's magazine, 59:10 (June 1879).

The jolly flat boat men / painted by G.C. Bingham, esq. ; engraved by ...

Group of men on flatboat in river, playing musical instruments, relaxing, and dancing. "From the original painting, distributed by the American Art Union in 1847; published exclusively for the members of that y... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Garage & Maintenance Building, 6775 Centinela...

Significance: One of the earliest structures of the Hughes complex, Building 11, is a single story, high bay structure, roughly rectangular in plan, with a very slightly pitched gabled roof. Of traditional woo... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, August 7, 1782 : Resolved,...

Six resolutions replenishing the strength of the senior regiments and retiring the surplus of officers, especially in the southern army. Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, sec. Imprint supplied ... More

Portret Voloskova, rzhevskago grazhdanina. V Tverskom muzei︠e︡

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[Baron von Steuben drilling Washington's army at Valley Forge]

Photograph of a painting by Edwin Abbey in Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg. File print in LOT 4412 ED.

Paintings. Crucifixion by Giovanni

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A good view of the spectre - Public domain book illustration

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Salem Boys School, Main & Academy Streets, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-C-1 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction

Jefferson Hotel, Main, Jefferson, Franklin & Adams Streets, Richmond, ...

Significance: The Jefferson Hotel is one of the nation's outstanding examples of late-nineteenth century eclectic architecture and was designed by the well-known firm of Carrere and Hastings, architects of the ... More

Tom reached and clawed down the hole after him

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Water Babies / Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, p. 186. Exhibite... More

[Privates and twin brothers Bartlett and John Ellsworth with brother S...

Photograph shows identified soldiers in Union uniforms. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosEllsworth.html Case: Berg, no. 3-37. Additional information in collections file. Gift; T... 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

The Middle campus, Brown University, Providence, R.I.

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[Pvt. Edward H. Clark of Company G, 12th New Hampshire Volunteers]

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Case: Leather quatrefoil scroll. Additional information on card in case behind ambrotype. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquis... More

[Private Charles F. Sherman of 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Batte...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosSherman.html

Alice Barber Stephens - [Unable to withdraw her attention from the kne...

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Marble Faun / Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York : Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1900, vol. 2, p. 348.

Where's Mother? - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Private Horace H. Smith of Company G, 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regimen...

This tintype portrait of an identified Union soldier displays unusual clarity and fine detail. Its subject is well equipped with his bayonet, musket, cartridge box, and musket sling etched "H. H. Smith," a cruc... More

Nativity with male saint and St. Elizabeth

Title from jacket. Photograph of Italian painting signed "And. Sarto fab. ... MDXVII." "Printed in Italy" on label. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 28114. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Peintures antiques découvertes à Herculanum conservées dans le Musaeum...

after a drawing by Pierre Adrien Pâris, painter, architect, draughtsman, decorator, and engraver, 1745-1819; from a book compiled by Richard, or Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, draughtsman, etcher, and ... More

The signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance betwee...

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La Transfiguration. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing Jesus Christ and two other men above group of people]. Illus. in: Galerie du Musee de France(?) ... / J. Lavallee. Paris, 1814, vol. 10, pl. 715. Engraving after Raphael.

[Portrait of Pvt. William T. Carter (2nd from right in white collar) a...

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[Portrait of Pvt. Hite Bird, Virginia Regiment, C.S.A.]

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[Unidentified private in Confederate uniform with Bowie knife]

Case: Leather (half); floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Pho... More

[Private Joseph T. Rowland of Co. A, 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment i...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Virginia Confederate, Waldorf, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenqui... More

[Private Edward A. Cary of Company I, 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment,...

Photograph shows identified soldier and woman; manuscript found with photograph. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosCary.html Notation in ink on manuscript recto: Edward Carey [i.... More

[Private J.P. Robertson of Co. I, 12th South Carolina Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 3-86. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, Louisiana, October 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fam... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate private's uniform with case...

Case: Leather; Eichmeyer style. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Lib... More

Peace - burial of Wilkie / Turner ; F.E. Jones.

Print shows a steamship illuminated by flames during burial at sea of David Wilkie. Caption continues: Engraved expressly for the Ladies' Repository. Illus. from: The Ladies repository; a monthly periodical de... More

[Private Charles M. Judkins of Company A, 9th New Hampshire Infantry R...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Thermoplastic; central shield with diamonds design. Inscription on handwritten note: "To my sister Addie. When this you see remember me from Charles M. Judkins, Co. A... More

[Private Frank H. Murphy of Co. B, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment,...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljwoch pp/liljpaper

Plan of the circle battle between the U.S. ship "Keasarge," Capt. Wins...

The map shows the course of the two ships in Cherbourg Harbor and in the English Channel. Made by the British for the Confederacy and captained by Raphael Semmes, the "Alabama" was a successful blockade runner ... More

Maginnis, Honorable Martin of Delegation from Territory of Montana, Pr...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National soldiers home, near Dayton, Ohio

J5411 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Krebs Litho. Co.

[Cowboys by fire in discussion with Indian chief]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Private school, Zühtü Paşa] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I....

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 13. In album: Schools, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

Harbor of St. Pierre, Miquelon - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0069.9). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Canal and Belfry, Bruges, Belgium] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905. Print no. "6370". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ... More

[Madonna from Burial of Christ]

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Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Detail of a screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Title devised. Photographic reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a painting in his art collection. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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[Famous religious paintings. The Sorrowful Mother, from Coreggio, in t...

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[Wall of the First International Exhibition, Knightsbridge, London, 18...

Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana shown in Division of Prints, Library of Congress (1921), 83

Famous religious paintings. "Abide with us," by Fürst, in Austrian Hos...

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Painting "Author's Frieze" second floor, interior hallway, Federal Com...

Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, ca. 1899. Oil, dimensions: 48" x 182.6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

The road to Concarneau - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Charing Cross Bridge - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[First Thanksgiving] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Nude study, autochrome color photo

"McC 1323 048181" on transparency. Photograph of a painting. Transparency cracked from upper left side. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048181. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The passing regiment - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Anton Mauve - Autumn - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of painting signed "A. Mauve" at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M425. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Constitution and Guerriere, August 19, 1812

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On the road in winter - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Carmencita - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Madonna and child - Public domain engraving

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[Surrender of Lord Cornwallis] - A painting of a group of men riding h...

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Fight between Constitution and Java, engraving, Library of Congress

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John R. Gentry - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[In the loft door] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Cathedral, Durham, autochrome color photo

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Cats at play, autochrome color photo

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[White monkeys] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Surrender of General Burgoyne - A painting of a group of men standing ...

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The gulf stream - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Fourth of July in Centre Square]

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Spanish soldier, autochrome color photo

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[Death of General Montgomery at Quebec]

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[Barbara] - Public domain portrait painting

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Culebra cut - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph of painting signed "Jonas Lie." "M373B" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M373. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Springtime - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The outpost - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Champigny, Autochrome Color Photograph

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[Indians meeting with admiral and officers at stockade]

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[Romeo and Juliet] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The piece in danger - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Sistine Madonna] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The plowers - Drawing. Public domain image.

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