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Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Teisai Hokuba (蹄斎北馬) - Haru no noasobi

Print shows two women standing, one offering a pipe to a person squatting near a pillar. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokon... More

Ōkarakuri, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman working a peepshow box for two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū kodakara awase : A... More

Nagasaki no chizu Historic map, Library of Congress

Japanese print shows map of harbor area of Nagasaki. Nagasaki print. One corner is torn. Backed with sheet of paper covered with Japanese writing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 176; 47623a. Earl... More

Ryakuga ōji ebiya no zu, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows women exiting sedan chairs and entering a restaurant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertical Ob... More

General Monkey and General Wolfe!!, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon I, wearing a large hat, carrying a long sword, and having a body where his shoulders rest on his waist, cowering before the large ogre-like figure of John Bull. Forms part of: British Cart... More

Ishiyama no aki no tsuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a temple(?) on a mountain on the coastline of Ishiyama in the Ōmi Province, with a shrine on the shore, pilgrims or travelers on stairway leading up the mountainside, and boats offshore.

Awazu no seiran, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri... More

Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain drawing

Print shows two fish and plums on holly branches. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms p... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Futamigaura

Print shows a woman in a sedan chair with porters and a male traveler stopping to admire the twin rock formations, also known as the Meoto-iwa or Wedded rocks, at Futamigaura in the Ise Province. Title and othe... More

Shirasuka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man and a woman in domestic setting with bowl of fabric or clay.

Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print showing the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length, sitting on the floor, playing the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō, Mitsugorō no Ukiyo Tōei

Print showing the actor Bandō, Mitsugorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of Ukiyo Tōei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Yoshiwara, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows bird's-eye view of a yoshiwara with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the serie... More

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying a large sedan chair, pilgrims, and packages across a wide stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Rokudanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Kampei in the act of seppuku; a woman, probably Osai, the brothel-keeper who has come with the final payment for Okaru, is standing near Kampei, as a porter waits next to her sedan chair. Scene from... More

Azumabashi o wataru ichikawa omezō to sawamura gennosuke

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Omezo and Sawamura Gennosuke walking across the Azuma Bridge, with two porters nearby.

Sakadaru o sashiageru otoko - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man from behind lifting a sake barrel and holding it aloft with one arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: verti... More

Charming-well again, British Cartoon Print

The convalescent sits full face behind a small dinner-table. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction, and is about to carve a bird. He wears his nightcap. Behind his chair stands a stout footma... More

Gotenyama no hanami, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman helping another woman get out of a sedan chair, and another woman standing behind the chair, with cherry blossoms above and sailboats in the background. Title and other descriptive informati... More

[John Cassin, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 402 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[Charles W. Goldsborough, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 415 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Devon in Pennsylv'a, the seat of Mr. Dallas / painted by T. Birch ; en...

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

[Practical jokes played on unsuspecting friends, and costumes of the l...

Print shows two scenes of practical jokes played on unsuspecting friends and two scenes showing the costume of the locals of Hogs Norton. Filed in: Caricature magazine of London (286-310), no. 303. Catalogue o... More

True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...

Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More

The modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat / E. Delaney del. ; Crui...

Cartoon shows Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, wearing the Duke of York's military cloak, extending it to cover a crowd of miniature soldiers, civilians and clergymen clustering around her with outstretched arms; Mr. Wad... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Odori [enbu?] no zu

Print shows a design on a fan with several figures, male(?) and female, dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Uchiwae Nishi... More

Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Mezashi to tatamiiwashi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows sardines on a short rod. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Chūshun

Print shows a woman walking and holding the hand of a young boy who is carrying a small doll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Paper hanging 43 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty Three. Ground imitating a drapery, shaded and lighted by stripes and ornaments in sections of a circle, printed in grey and wh... More

Lodgings to let / C.W., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing a fashionably dressed man standing in a well-furnished sitting-room, speaking to a pretty and elegant young woman. He wears a tophat, Hessian boots, and carries a large rough walking-stick. He... More

Hinamatsuri no sirozake, Shunman Kubo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women preparing bottles of rice wine for the festival of dolls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie S... More

Paper hanging 53 - Public domain banknote scan

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Fifty Three. Border for number fifty- two. A drapery supported by a crescent, the sides folding round a rosette, a garland of vine l... More

[Paper hanging 68]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Sixty Eight. Design of double columns, ornamented with grapes and vine leaves. Another part ornamented with losanges, placed horizon... More

The president and directors for the Kentucky Insurance Company promise...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Kawa de no sentaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows four women at river's edge washing clothes; one woman has pulled out a piece of cloth which a crab has caught hold of, attracting the attention of a young child who dashes toward the water. Title an... More

Hagoita to takarabune - Public domain drawing

Print shows two boys towing a wagon carrying a model ship filled with toys and/or treasures past a woman standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Fugu no bijin to kurage no tomo, Shigenobu Yanagawa

Print shows a courtesan followed by a suitor offering her a gift. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono... More

The president, directors & co. of the Bank of Henderson promise to pay...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Ume saku(?) niwa, Yajima Gogaku - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people walking in a garden among blossoming plum trees, also, on the left, a building with thatched-roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Nihonzutsumi no rakugan tamaya uchi Tamagushi

Print shows Tamagushi, a courtesan, full-length portrait, with several hairpins, seated, reading a scroll; picture hanging on the wall above her shows geese descending on the Nihon embankment. Title and other d... More

Oiran, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows an oiran, a high-class courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: S... More

Kayoikomachi no mitate - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Komachi, full-length, standing, facing right, with another woman standing behind her carrying a long box or portfolio. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

[Domestic cat standing on a block and a puppy with its front paws on t...

Printed with number in upper right corner: 7. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 1227 U 5 D 57.

[Domestic cat with two kittens, one playing with a ball of string]

Printed with number in upper right corner: 5. Paper watermarked at bottom center: in Basel. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 1227 U 5 D 57.

Draco and Ursa Minor / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a dragon and bear forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 1. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.

Cassiopeia / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing Cassiopeia seated in a chair forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 3.

Utagawa Toyokuni - Yuki mitate shūka kasugaya tokijirō

Print shows Kasuga-ya Tokijirō, full-length portrait, standing in the snow, as a warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura shikan no kitsune kuzunoha

Print shows actor Nakamura Shikan, full-length portrait, standing, in the role of the fox Kitsune Kuzunoha in human form. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Azuma no mori no yau Andō Hiroshige

Print shows two travelers on a roadway in the rain at night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie. Moder... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.

Print shows an African American couple walking on the street; the woman asks the man whether he likes the waltz. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:253). Caption: "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" "'Pon de honour of... More

[Kohada Koheiji]. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a scene from a Japanese legend about a man who was killed by his wife and her lover and who returns to haunt them as revenge; print depicts a skeletal ghost at a burning mosquito net.

Tōto asakusa honganji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the peak of the roof of the Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa with a kite flying through the clouds and a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

The Flower Dance of the Viennoise Children

Nine girls and young women dancing. LOT subdivision subject: Dancing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton St., N.Y. Published by Atwill, ... More

Fujo yamato sugata, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print showing a woman standing, holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of... More

Naritaya hakuen musashi meisho cyōfu no tamagawa

Print shows Naritaya Hakuen, an actor, full-length, facing right, wearing flowing kimono and geta, standing, holding a fan in his right hand; in the background, two women doing laundry next to a river and a tra... More

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Hanao of Ōgi-ya, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: on... More

The chaplet, a waltz by Flora / Kennedy & Lucas lithography, Philada.

Sheet music cover showing tree with branches containing lines of music, and bees denoting sharps.

Aoyama enza no matsu - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers sitting on a bluff above a grove of pines with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Nihonbashi no hakuu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Nihon bridge over the Nihonbashi River during a rain storm; view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

Kōshū kajikazawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man fishing from an outcrop of rock shaped like a wave; Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

The downfall of Mother Bank - Public domain drawing

A pro-Jackson satire applauding the President's September 1833 order for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The combined opposition to this move from Bank president Nicholas Bid... More

[Optical illusion disc with somersaults and horseback riding]

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a figure doing somersaults in a circle at the center of the disc and a man horseback riding in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: McLean'... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Hiratsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows porters ladened with bundles walking past a small shrine near the Hiratsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsuchiyama, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge spanning a raging river, during a rain storm near the Tsuchiyama station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Political Quixotism shewing the consequences of sleeping in patent mag...

Print shows President Jackson, sword in hand, during a nightmare, fighting a hydra with many fierce heads labeled "U.S. Bank", "Deposits", "Bribery", "Pensions", "[...] of the People", and "Corruption of the [.... More

Goyu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers walking down street between many stores, shops, and inns at the Goyu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

[Optical illusion disc with a face catching a ball and a man with blac...

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a face catching a ball in a circle at the center of the disc and a man with blackface taking a bow in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: ... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Set to between Old Hickory and Bully Nick

Satire on the public conflict between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States, and the former's campaign to destroy it. The print is sympathetic to Jackson, portrayi... More

The pipe dance and the tomahawk dance / F. Barinsou ; painted at the t...

Native men performing the pipe dance and the tomahawk dance. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis. Philade... More

Fujisawa zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, watching pilgrims near a bridge and a torii at the 7th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Intérieur d'une cabane de Caloches (Ile de Sitkha, Côte N.O. de l'Amér...

Interior view of lodge or cabin with Natives gathered around fire. Illus. in: Voyage autour de monde, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur Nicolas 1er, sur la corvette le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, ... More

James Madison, 4th president of the United States

Public domain scan of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whig bazaar - Political cartoon, public domain image

Publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N-York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern Distr... More

Baltimore / Swett ; P. Haas sc., engraving, Library of Congress

Print showing a man leaning on a fence, looking in the direction of Baltimore, Maryland. Entered according to Act of Congress by N. Hickman, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland, in the year 1837.

Azuma no mori no yau Andō Hiroshige

Print shows travelers on roadway near the entrance to the Azuma Shrine during a rainstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

The new code of chivalry or what we would have done. As approved by "...

The second of two satires by Chambers on events surrounding the killing of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley by Kentucky Representative William J. Graves in a February 24, 1838, duel. (See also "Scene in Washin... More

Haneda no rakugan, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a narrow strip of land leading to a larger piece of land with a torii and buildings, ships in the large expanse of water around the peninsula, and geese descending toward land. Title and other descr... More

Funérailles de L'Empereur Napoléon. Passage du cortège dans les champs...

Funeral procession of Napoleon passing on the champs Elisées. Hubbard Collection. Signed on stone. No. 5.

Francesco Arban di Lione / Stani[...]é Morelli.

Half-length portrait of French ballonist Francesco Arban standing in the basket of a balloon, waving his hat. Tissandier collection.

[Full-length statue of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, standing faci...

Public domain photo of Italian sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crimson fronted Purple Finch / Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R....

Print shows bird on flowering pea vine surrounded by border of vines, birds, a woman, and a bird's nest. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmit... More

Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.

Print shows an officer on horseback behind American soldiers as British soldiers storm the barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. Published in Graham's magazine, 27, 1 (July 1845), between p. 40 and 41.

Mansion House, Cheapside &c. / T. Shotter Boys, del. et lith.

Illustration showing people walking in London streets, public coach, and buildings seen from corner of Lombard Street. Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Th... More

View from Mount Holyoke - A black and white drawing of a mountain scen...

Illustration showing view from the top of Mount Holyoke toward the valley and Connecticut River below.

Neko o idaku musume - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman holding a cat against her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. ... More

Satsuki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman holding up a child's coat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Gosseku : The five festivals. Format: ... More

Ruins called Om El Hamed near Tyre April 25th 1839 / David Roberts, R....

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. 9-10, p. 11. Surro... More

The enchanted island / painted by Danby ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print shows an enchanted island in a cove with rocks and cliffs on the left and a beach strewn with sea shells in the foreground; there is a figure standing at the entrance to a cave on the island and a woman a... More

Tuko-See-Mathla, a Seminole chief / drawn, printed & coloured at the L...

Print shows Tuko-See-Mathla, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a rifle.

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Sidon looking towards Lebanon

Saga gorō mitsutoki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows Mitsutoki wearing protective padded armor from which several arrows are protruding, prostrating himself onboard a Taira ship. He is reporting to "Tomomori", "Emperor Antoku", and others during the ... More

Christian & Mohamedan chapels on the Summit of Sinai Feby 20th 1839

Painting drawn at the summit of Gebel Musa (Biblical Mount Sinai), with mostly imaginative mountain landscape for the distribution and shape of the surrounding summits and showing the church and mosque on the s... More

Gotobain, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain drawing

Print shows Emperor Gotoba and another man forging a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hyakuninisshu no uchi : A... More

The convent of St. Catherine Mount Sinai Feb 21st 1839 / David Roberts...

Painting drawn at the central area of Wadi El Dier (Biblical Holy Valley), looking southeast and showing the orchard and fortress of Saint Catherine Monastery in the valley in the foreground from right to centr... More

Henry Clay Copied from a daguerreotype portrait by Anthony, Edwards & ...

Print showing Henry Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion and wreath. Inscribed in ink: Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York October 12, 1844. ... More

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