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As the heathen see us -- a meeting of the Chinese foreign missions soc...

Illustration shows a meeting in a Chinese mission where a collection is being taken up, "Contributions received here to save the foreign devils", with 5 vignettes showing how the United States is viewed by the ... More

As the heathen see us -- a meeting of the Chinese foreign missions soc...

The daughters of desperation - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0205.1). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Daughters of Desperation" by Hildegarde Brocke, Collier's weekly, 1904.

The rival Sunday shows in Brooklyn / J. Keppler ; Mayer, Merkel & Ottm...

Cartoon showing Thomas DeWitt Talmage on one side, trying to get people to come into Museum of Monstrosities, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the other side holding sign "Here you are! Solid junks of religion ..... More

[An account of an encounter] - Public domain drawing

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

Where the blame lies / Hamilton.

Cartoon shows a man holding a top hat in one hand and gesturing toward horde of arriving immigrants labeled "German socialist," "Russian anarchist," "Polish vagabond," "Italian brigand," "English convict," "Iri... More

A bit of romance - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Through Inland Waters," Harper's magazine, 92:838 (May 1896).

The picture palace has become part of the life of the American people

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Things I Like in the United States" by Philip Gibbs, Harper's magazine, 139:676 (Oct. 1919).

The recent panic - scene in the New York Stock Exchange on the morning...

Photograph shows ship, the "W.B. Flint" at a dock in the East River, New York City. Copyrighted 1889 by the Albertype Co., 58 & 60 Reade St., New York.

[Head of girl with long blonde hair]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Image appears closely related to cover of: Hearst's international magazine, Oct. 1923. Exhi... More

It's you he wants -- you're going to marry him -- do you understand?

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Rich Man, Poor Man" by Maximilian Foster, Saturday evening post, 188:21 (Dec. 4, 1915).

Signing the declaration of their independence / Ehrhart with acknowled...

Illustration shows a group of women at a convention presenting their declaration of independence, which states "When in the course of female events it becomes necessary for women to have the ballot they're goin... More

[Please wait a moment, said Miss Willmer hastily, making notes in a sm...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "On the Ridge" by Mary Stewart Cutting, McClure's magazine, 28:183 (Dec. 1906).

[The night after San Juan : field hospital]

Title from donor letter dated Oct. 27, 1962. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Night after San Juan" by Stephen Bonsal, McClure's mag... More

Get out, will you, she stormed

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

Madame Joly in no wise resembled the Madonna Botticelli in the Louvre ...

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Real Birthday of Dorante" by Arthur Sherburne Hardy, Harper's magazine, 123:143 (June 1911).

A daughter of the south - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows the head and shoulders of a young woman, facing right. (DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 43:6 (July 31, 19... More

A daughter of the south - Public domain portrait painting

[Scene during embarkation at Port Tampa]

Illustration for McClure's magazine; not published. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Easter promenade] - Public domain drawing

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

[Children of the rich] / A. Castaigne.

Priest walking with boy in military school uniform and other people. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Fashionable Paris" by Richard White... More

Lighter than air / C. Gibson. - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 39:308-309 (April 10, 1902). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

Bronze pins, bronze - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Old Irish Art" by Moore, Century magazine.

[Janey's only accomplishment was reading aloud] / A. Williamson.

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Janey Peers Behind the Veil" by Inez Haynes Gilmore, Success, 14:28 (May 1911). BAR upda... More

A strange company, wizard, and ghostly, wandering over the snow

Gift; James E. Verree estate; (DLC/PP-1937:0028). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "St. Stephen's Eve" by Warwick Deeping, Harper's magazine, 109:79 (July 1904).

Leander - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Old National Pike," Harper's magazine, 59:809 (Nov. 1879).

[Get in and I will take you home to give me a bit of mittagessen] / W....

Man on wagon talking to woman in field. Title on mat. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Sinews of War" by Annie Eliot Trumbull, Scribner's... More

Suppress them! - A political cartoon of a man and a woman

Theodore Roosevelt pounds his fist on a podium as he looks at a female figure, identified as History, holding a book labeled, "The Record of the Past." The figure calls him a fool.

A certain expression that generally did the business

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Our Foolish Virgins" by Eliot Gregory, Century, 63:15 (Nov. 1901).

A study in natural history

Print shows four young birds perched on a stick.

[The new commercial industry (two salesmen representing rain-making or...

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1957:0048). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Puck, Sept. 8, 1891.

[Firemen fighting fire] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Old Niagara. A Ballad" by Arthur Guiterman, Scribner's magazine, 52:173-... More

An English country seat and racing stable cost a lot of money - and he...

Illustration shows a large octopus with the face of Richard Croker on top of "N.Y. City Hall" with its tentacles labeled "Tax Department, Fire Dept., Garbage Contract Job, Ramapo Job, Blackmail, Building Dept.,... More

Good-bye to the colliery - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Goodbye to the miners, chapt. 20 & last" verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Derrick Sterling" by Kirk Munroe, Harper's young people... More

Illinois - The anarchist-labor troubles in Chicago The police charging...

Two page spread showing police charging rioters on May 4th in Haymarket Square, Chicago, and bust portraits of seven policemen. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, May 15, 1886, p. 200-201.

Shall women vote? / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a man labeled "Graft Politics" paying, with his left hand, a tramp labeled "Floater" at the end of a line of tramps outside a polling place, while with his right hand he attempts to stop a wo... More

The Proposed Nicaragua Canal, the country through which it will pass, ...

Composite of reproduction of map of the Nicaragua Canal, reproductions of photos of women and children by J.W.G. Walker, Lake Nicaragua, and the San Juan River. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1899 June 17, pp. 598 and 599.

[Intermission in the house] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from mat. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Congress in Session" by Walter Wellman, Collier's weekly, 26:8 (Dec. 15, 1900).

[Woman in dressing room] - Drawing. Public domain image.

A woman stands before her cluttered vanity table running a comb through a false hairpiece she holds in her hands. Beside her, a maid inflates what appears to be a false or padded "derriere." No copyright inform... More

Stampede of slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe

Illustration shows African Americans, carrying their possessions, running along a river bank at night, toward a bridge that leads to Fort Monroe; there are some Union soldiers among them.

[Wooded site of the new palaces, with building for the World's Fair, P...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Building up a World's Fair in France" by Pierre de Coubertin, Century, 57:116 (Nov. 1898). BAR updated r... More

Welmich, with the ruins of its castle, the Mouse / A. Castaigne.

Castle and town in background; pair of oxen pulling wagon loaded with hay across bridge. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Down the Rhine"... More

Then and now - 1862 and 1882 The stalwart medal - Puck's idea of the d...

Prints shows Ulysses S. Grant in crocodile skin in front of bill posted on wall, "Order No. 11 by U.S. Grant, 1862, excluding Jews from the army," and holding paper which reads "Meeting Chickering Hall, sympath... More

[Golden Eyes with Uncle Sam (dog)]

Illustration shows a young woman, "Golden Eyes," dressed in a khaki-colored dress and cap standing with a collie dog named Uncle Sam who holds a "Liberty bond" on his collar. A nude kewpie-like figure bangs a d... More

The falls from Prospect Park / A. Castaigne.

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

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A man and a woman are standing in a living room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingto... More

[Later they met the lovers in the street]

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Also published in: Harper's magazine, 99:376 (Aug. 1899). Published in: Their Silver Wedding Journ... More

The great white weigh / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows a Dutchman holding with his left hand balance scales on which are pelts and a weight; he is supporting the side of the scales with the pelts with his left foot and is holding the other side o... More

[Attacking a baggage train]. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Cossacks," Century magazine.

Another voice for Cleveland / F.B., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a woman holding a baby that is crying out "I want my pa" as Grover Cleveland passes. Illus. in: Judge, v. 6, no. 154, 1884 September 27, cover.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[From the other end of the little bridge she came to meet him]

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Book of Love" by Alice Brown, Harper's magazine, 105:843 (Nov. 1902).

Ah! Oh! cried the little girl, for she saw the knix running off with t...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Mischievous Knix," St. Nicholas, 15:858 (Sept. 1888).

[Woman's tact] - Public domain drawing

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Panoramic view of the ruins after the great fire in Boston, from a poi...

Print showing a panorama of the ruins of several buildings in Boston after the fire on November 9-10, 1872, some features identified, Somerset Street Church, Trinity Church, City Hall, Old South Church, New Pos... More

[Father walking son from house on his first day of school, as mother a...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "His Education Begins," Harper's bazaar, 43-44:230 (April 1910).

El Pozo Centra, Santiago - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows American soldiers engaged in battle in an open field at the base of a hill, during the Spanish-American war. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congr... More

Mutt and Jeff. "Mutt, just slip on these new glasses of mine"

Five-frame comic strip. Jeff puts on Mutt's magnifying eyeglasses, and sees a tiny piece of lead shot as if it were a cannonball. Mutt plans to send the glasses to ball players, so they can't fail to hit the ... More

The garden of the Pope from the dome of St. Peter's / A. Castaigne.

Man and two women looking down from railing of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Vatican" by F. Marion ... More

The face at the window - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows Europeans suffering as Americans thrive before their entrance into World War I, represented by a desperate person labeled "Europe" looking in the window at two men in tailcoats toasting to happine... More

Edward Penfield - [Romanian soldier in snow]

(DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Rumania learns what War is" by Arthur Ruhl, as cover of Collier's magazine, Feb. 10, 1917.

An important member - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as comic in: Harper's Weekly, 38:144 (Feb. 10, 1894).

Edward Penfield - Winter days in New Amsterdam

Cover illustration shows a woman carrying a shopping basket by the door of a house in New Amsterdam, now known as New York, watching a group of people coming toward her. One woman is holding ice skates. Above ... More

The dying Alexander receiving his soldiers / A. Castaigne.

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Alexander the Great" by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Century, 58:904 (Oct. 1899). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

It was then that Mrs. Jett sat forward in her chair, the shaded rose s...

(DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Guilty" by Fannie Hurst, Cosmopolitan, 70:16/17 (Feb. 1921).

[Botanical Gardens ; Washington Monument ; Smithsonian ; Wet day on th...

Includes the United States Capitol. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Around the Capitol," Harper's weekly, 34... More

The beginning of debarkation of troops at Daiquiri

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Fight for Santiago" by Stephen Bonsal, McClure's magazine, vol. 11, no. 6 (Oct. 1898), p. 504.

A "quick change" -- for the rest of the afternoon

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Our Foolish Virgins" by Eliot Gregory, Century, 63:9 (Nov. 1901). Exhibited: American beauties: drawings... More

Now, won't old Max turn green with envy? / ESG.

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Endymion Uncut" by Arthur Stanwood Pier, Harper's magazine, 118:675 (April 1909). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

It seemed as if a dozen men were engaged in a fierce battle

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Imprudences of Prudence" by Meredith Nicholson, Saturday evening post, 186:5 (Jan. 3, 1914).

The fairy king and queen drawn by ten beetles

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0209). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Fairy-ring Inhabited" by Henry Hawthorne, St. Nicholas, 24:959 (Sept. 1897).

"The first vote" / AW [monogram] ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 568 (1867 November 16), title page (p. 721). Reference c... More

Edward Penfield, Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington, half-length portrait, facing left, holding dog. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "An article on Tarkington," Collier's W... More

Pavilion of the Imperial College, Peking

Signed lower left: AF Jaccaci from photo. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Chinese Education" by Romyn Hitchcock, Century, 60:901 (Oct. 1900).

[For the next quarter of an hour the plays were made with every possib...

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Third Volume" by Margaret Deland, Delineator, 86:13 (May 1915).

Alcove of the Society Library, New York

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Recent Architecture in America," Century, 28:66 (May 1884).

The Influence of woman - A black and white drawing of a man sitting at...

Composite of scenes of women sewing and doing laundry for soldiers, nun visiting injured soldier, and woman writing letter for wounded soldier. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Sept. 6, pp. 568-569.

The bellowing steer was dragged backward, his left foot securely roped...

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0069). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

It was worse than creepy, creaking noises

(DLC/PP-1933:0187). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Lie" by Annie Hamilton Donnell, Harper's magazine, 106:799 (April 1903).

Edward Penfield - [Automobile in crowded street]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Oct. 12, 1907. Exhibition 4105-L.

An east view of Gray's Ferry, near Philadelphia - with the triumphal a...

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, v. 3, 1789 May, between pp. 282-283. This impression lacks the letter "C" at the to... More

An east view of Gray's Ferry, near Philadelphia - with the triumphal a...

She slipped down by his chair and knelt beside him

(DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "When Dreams Begin" by Zona Gale, Woman's home companion (May 1911), p. 5.

Fortune : Bah! why do artists always represent Fortune as a woman? ...

Title continues: "Because of the way she smiles on the rich fellows, regardless of their other qualities." Caption label from exhibit "Monstrous Craws...": Rose Cecil O'Neill (1874-1944) was one of the few wome... More

[Woodcutter and family pausing to listen to seated girl reading about ...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "From the old world to the new (IV. The land of promise)," Century, 47:815, (... More

The Masses, entire issue for August 1915, vol. 6, no. 11 (issue no. 51...

This issue of The Masses includes a cover illustration by Robert Minor showing a head-and-shoulders caricature of a "Southern Gentleman" with two men crucified in the background. Other illustrations are by Arth... More

Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River (Andrew J. Russel)

Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming. No. 60a. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.

A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Pre...

Illustration shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A. Oakey Hall, weathering a violent storm on a ledge with the picked-over remains of New York City. Cap... More

The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

A sachem of the Abenakee Nation rescuing an English officer from the I...

Print shows a Native chief holds back two Natives who were about to kill an Englishman. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1768, p. E2. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings an... More

East view of Hell Gate, in the province of New York / W.A. Williams de...

Print shows an artist in the foreground sketching scene of the Hell Gate section of the East River; includes numbered legend identifying features of the straits. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1778 (April), p... 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

The armorial bearings of the states of Pennsylvania & New Jersey

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 (June), opp. p. 491. Stauffer, 3279 Published in: The American Revolution in d... More

The right honourable the Marquis De La Fayette, unanimouslly chosen co...

Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing uniform; in oval. Includes four lines of verse "translated from the French of the Chev. P. de Berainville" below ima... More

View of the triumphal arch and colonnade, erected in Boston / engrav'd...

Print shows an arch spanning the street in front of the state house in Boston, Massachusetts, in honor of George Washington's visit in October 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of... More

Green Hill, the seat of Samuel Meredith Esqr. near Philadelphia / J. H...

Print shows view of the home of Samuel Meredith. Massa. Mag. Illus. in: The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. Boston : Isaih Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 179... More

The Skeleton of a large species of quadruped hitherto unknown lately d...

Skeleton found in Paraguay, and deposited in Madrid. Public domain photograph of zoological drawing, animal anatomy, skeleton, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The rival gardeners, Charles Williams

King George III of England and Napoleon I tend to their respective plants on opposite sides of a stream labeled "The Channel." A cudgel marked "British Oak" floats down it. Napoleon bends over his drooping po... More

[Woman and beggar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A well-dressed woman stops on a quiet street to drop money into the hat of a beggar accompanied by a dog on a leash. No copyright information found with item. Title devised. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin... More

Sports of the olden time engraved expressly for Godey's Lady's Book by...

Print shows a young woman sitting side-saddle on a horse, holding a bird on her right wrist; she is riding through countryside with two dogs and a man, possibly a servant, who is running nearby. Includes a ske... More

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