[Cassiopeia constellation depicted as Cassiopeia in chair, with key to...
Illus. in: Opera omnia / Tycho Brahe. Francofurti : Impensis I.G. Schoweteri, 1648, p. 236. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 33.
Abolition of the slave trade, or the man the master, British Cartoon P...
Illustration shows the reversal of roles for slaves and slave masters, with former slaves now in the role of the slave master. No known restrictions on publication. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collect... More
The cowpox tragedy - scene the last / G. Cruikshank, sculpt., British ...
Funeral procession showing coffin labeled "Vaccina aged 12 years" on which stands a golden calf; four vignettes, two on each side, present realistic scenes related to cow pox. Caption: Dedicated to the Associat... More
The theatrical atlas / G. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print
Edmund Kean, as the humpbacked Richard III, standing on a large book labeled Shakespear, with a model of Drury Lane Theatre, a massive block labeled Whitbreads Intire, on his head. Forms part of : British Carto... More
New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost
Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... More
Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing
Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More
A prospecting party / Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.
Pictorial lettersheet shows progression of optimistic to disappointed prospectors. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 209 (variation) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.03
The gladiators of the Senate! The bulley's of the House
The artist parodies recent outbreaks of violence in Congress, and offers a pointed comparison between the elevated rhetorical sparring in the Senate and a more physical brand of combat in the House of Represent... More
The Rail candidate. - Public domain portrait print
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The political quadrille. Music by Dred Scott
A general parody on the 1860 presidential contest, highlighting the impact of the Dred Scott decision on the race. That controversial decision, handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, ruled that ne... More
Strong's dime caricatures. No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep
The second in a series of caricatures criticizing the secession of several Southern states from the Union during the last months of the Buchanan administration. Here the young nursery-rhyme shepherdess Bo-Peep ... More
Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...
Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More
The usual summer eruption - Public domain dedication image
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1980:080.3). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
"Stop Thief!" / Th: Nast. - A drawing of a group of men playing a game...
Illustration shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly (stumbling over the curb), A. Oakey Hall, Tom Fields, James H. Ingersoll, and James Fisk, Jr. joining a crow... More
In memorium--our civil service as it was
Cartoon showing statue of Andrew Jackson on pig, which is over "fraud," "bribery," and "spoils," eating "plunder." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 April 28, p. 325.
A picture for employers. Why they can live on 40 cents a day, and they...
Caricature showing Chinese, living in very crowded opium den, eating rats; and American man arriving home from work to wife, children and normal household conditions.
Licensed wreckers - in the hands of the receivers / J. Keppler.
Print shows a ship labeled "Wrecked Corporation" and "Insurance Co. Bankrupt" that has wrecked on rocks with a darkened lighthouse labeled "Trust" and "Justice" nearby; its light has been snuffed by "Judge" and... More
Puck magazine cover - Old-school etiquette / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows a woman appealing to a man holding a cane labeled "Allopath" and topped with a skull who has turned his back on a sick child lying in a bed; on the far side of the bed is another man with pap... More
Going to the bicycle tournament / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Puck riding a bicycle, carrying crutches and a large book labeled "Medical and Surgical Directory", also tied to the bicycle are "Bandages, Splints, [and a bottle of] Arnica"; a long line of ... More
19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
An old book with a cartoon of a woman talking to a man, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Wa... More
Foes in his path - the herculean task before our next president / Gill...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Hercules carrying a large club labeled "Honest Legislation", encountering a group of troublemakers along the "Administration Road" to "Success" seen in the distant backgro... More
"To begin with, 'I'll paint the town red'" / Hamilton.
Cartoon showing "Democracy" portrayed as the devil holding a bucket labeled "Bourbon Principles" and a paintbrush (in which appears a profile caricature of Grover Cleveland), both dripping red paint with which ... More
The good samaritan / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Grover Cleveland as pilgrims on a journey through rugged Middle Eastern landscape; leading the way is Hayes, holding a paper that states "Patronage... More
"To-To the Tango Lizzard [sic]"
Full-length cartoon of a man with a long nose, scraggly hair, and pointed eyebrows, dressed in a suit. He carries a cane and smokes a cigar. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Hutch.... More
The glad Thanksgiving of some personages from Puck's pages / F. Opper.
Print shows a vignette cartoon with Uncle Sam sitting in a chair, enjoying a good cigar and the latest issue of PUCK magazine; the surrounding vignettes, feature PUCK characters who are thankful that, despite s... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bad for business / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a band of street musicians comprised of yellow journalism newspaper editors/publishers; two men are playing "The War Wave" on horns labeled "Daily Sensation" (Joseph Pulitzer) and "Morning Exciter" ... More
When McKinley is president / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows Uncle Sam sitting on the steps to the White House as a man (McKinley) wearing a top hat labeled "Monopoly" walks up the steps to enter the White House. Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 999, (1896 April... More
Hallow-eve, 1896 - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
A puzzling feature of the new prosperity / Dalrymple.
Print shows a farmer on the left depositing money at a "Savings Bank" and a laborer on the right withdrawing money; the farmer looks prosperous, the laborer looks depressed. Caption: The farmer is all right, -... More
The great Wallace shows ... The Jacksons - Eccentric stilt skaters ..
Circus poster showing performers on elevated skates and comic skating figures. A large piece at the lower right hand, small upper middle portion is missing. Copyright deposit.
The fool and his money / Dalrymple.
Print shows an oversized man labeled "Promoter" sitting atop a ticker tape machine, holding a large butterfly net into which a throng of investors, some labeled "Broker, Merchant, [and] Banker", are tossing mon... More
Take your choice of the two bills!
Political cartoon showing McKinley and Bryan on 1 dollar bills, respectively "worth one dollar in gold" and "worth 53 cents only - free silver." Color lithograph by Grant Hamilton. Illus. in: Judge, 1900 Oct. 1... More
Puck magazine cover - Another cause for thanksgiving / Keppler.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam holding a rifle labeled "Prosperity" in his right hand and a hammer in his left hand; he has just nailed a fox pelt labeled "Bryanism" to the wall of a log cabin. Illus. in: Puck, ... More
Puck magazine cover - "Barking dogs never bite" / Dalrymple.
Illustration shows President McKinley walking onto the White House grounds with a woman labeled "Prosperity", passing a group of barking dogs labeled "Anti-prosperity," "Silverites," "Anti-trust," "Anti-expansi... More
A Christmas reminder / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck addressing Andrew Carnegie who is pouring over the "Plan for the Carnegie Library"; Puck gestures toward an elderly couple standing at the door in the cold winter wind and snow. Caption... More
His foresight / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a large rooster standing among several small free-ranging chicks labeled "Argentine Republic, Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua... More
Nursery rhymes for infant industries. An alphabet of joyous trusts--no...
Cartoon showing man, "Electric Trust," using electrical device, "Monopoly," to shock another man, "The Common People." Copyright by W.R. Hearst. LC-USZ6-797 DLC (b&w copy photo) bad negative?
The trust promoter's nightmare / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a man, possibly Robert A. Ammon, waking up from a nightmare that shows a criminal labeled "Miller" and "520 per cent" breaking stones in a prison. Earlier in the year, William F. Miller confe... More
Protection / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows an ostrich labeled "Republican Party" with its head stuck in a hole labeled "'Stand Pat' Policy" as a tornado advances from behind with dark clouds labeled "Tariff Reform". Illus. in: Puck, ... More
Caricature, Harsh criticism / Gallaway., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows two Irishmen talking in the street of a rural community. The son of one is taking music lessons, to the annoyance of the other, as well as the neighbors. Caption: Hogan I suppose ye've hear... More
The world's constable / Dalrymple ; Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Ptg. C...
Print shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a constable standing between Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa with a truncheon labeled The New Diplomacy. Illus. in. Judge, v. 48, no. 1213 (January 14, 1905),... More
Everybody works but father - Drawing. Public domain image.
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Barnett, T. J., copyrig... More
The cigar band fiend / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting the craze for cigar bands and the various ways they can be used to celebrate special occasions, such as getting married, the birth of a child, a holiday turkey di... More
[Baby stork] - Public domain drawing
A baby stork, perched on a branch, stands on one leg. Inscribed, across base of drawing: Yours very truly / W. Heath Robinson. Inscribed, lower left: The Strand. 10/5/08. No copyright information found with ite... More
From Maine to Florida / Gordon Ross.
Illustration shows a woman diving into the warm waters of Florida after shedding the furs and heavy clothing of winter. Also shows in the background girls flying like birds from cold climates to the tropical wa... More
The helping hand / J.K. after Renouf.
Illustration shows a diminutive Uncle Sam rowing a sailboat and receiving a helping hand from J.P. Morgan. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1782 (1911 April 26), centerfold. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
The maid of the summer surf / Leon V. Solon.
Illustration shows a woman wearing a swimsuit, standing on a large fish that is splashing through waves. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1788 (1911 June 7), cover. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
[Young man splashing a young woman with water at the beach] / John E. ...
Caption: "Now, stop it! Oh, please! / Did you hear what I said?" / She calls him a tease; / "Now, stop it! Oh, please!" / She cries in high keys. / But she means, Go ahead! / "Now, stop it! Oh, please! / Did y... More
Take my lantern. You need it more than I do! / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson turning to look back at a man labeled "Diogenes" who is offering a lantern to Wilson. Caption: "I am under bonds to the people of the United States. The man who does not hold ... More
Travel impressions / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting scenes from travel, such as a shocked woman confronted by a "U.S. Customs" scarecrow; a distorted view of Pisa aided by "a wonderful quality of chianti"; a Dutch ... More
The eyes have it / Rolf Armstrong 1914 ; painted by Rolf Armstrong.
Illustration shows a bust portrait of a young woman, facing front, juxtaposed to a vibrant night-life scene in a city.
Substance and form. The guy that put the soul in soldier
Cartoon of a caveman with a club, standing beside a faceless military figure holding a rifle and a bayonet. The uniform is embellished with the words "Honor," "Patriotism," "Heroism," and "Bravery." Editorial ... More
Polly and her pals. "Everybudy swears off somethin' fer New Years', ad...
Six-frame comic strip. Maw has persuaded Paw to quit smoking as his New Years' resolution. Paw is angry, because Maw has the whole family spying on him to insure that he keeps his promise. A friend invents a... More
Enjoy summer more, read books - Public domain poster
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. G63. 1966
"I want to make it perfectly clear that national defense requires 18-c...
Cartoon shows President Nixon giving a speech, backed by two smiling men in Western hats. The speech is being given from a podium under an array of pipes and derricks labeled "Domestic Oil Co." Liquid, shown ... More
Caricatures on the side of a Wimpy's Restaurant in a working-class nei...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The jingle jangle rhyme-book
Covers are illustrated in color. Also available in digital form.
Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836
A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "O... More
Nixon's the one! - Political cartoon, public domain image
Public domain photograph related to President Richard Nixon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congressional pugilists - Engraving, Public domain image
A crude portrayal of a fight on the floor of Congress between Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold of Connecticut. The row was originally prompted by an insulting reference to Lyon on Griswold... More
Lo, the fell monster with the deadly sting who passes mountains, break...
"Italy" on statue of Dante; dragon with German helmet possibly representing Austro-German army at the Battle of Caporetto. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Li... More
The Propagation Society. More free than welcome
An anti-Catholic cartoon, reflecting the nativist perception of the threat posed by the Roman Church's influence in the United States through Irish immigration and Catholic education. The "Propagation Society" ... More
Hints to managers, actors and authors / G.M. Woodward, del., British C...
Printed on item: In Holland's Exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admit.ce one Shillg. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available on microfi... More
Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels
Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Caucus on the Surplus Bill - Public domain book illustration, Library ...
A derisive view of Andrew Jackson's reluctant, politically-minded endorsement of the Distribution Act, or "Surplus Bill," a measure authorizing distribution of surplus federal funds among the states. Facing the... More
Cartoon - Public domain portrait photograph, Political Cartoon
A drawing of a man standing in front of a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
My very first little German book.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
The wonderful wizard of Oz - Public domain book scan / engraving
First edition, second state. Cf. Schiller. Illustrated title-page in color, illustrated end-papers. "The engravings were made by the Illinois Engraving Company, the paper was supplied by the Dwight Brothers Pa... More
The wonderful wizard of Oz - Public domain book scan / engraving
First edition, second state. Cf. Schiller. Illustrated title-page in color, illustrated end-papers. "The engravings were made by the Illinois Engraving Company, the paper was supplied by the Dwight Brothers Pa... More
Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the ye...
Detail showing convicts consisting of lords, esquires, and attorneys, in chains, boarding ship, for transport from England to Georgia, under the reign of King George III. Detail of British Museum Cartoon Collec... More
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion / Js. Gy. design et fecit....
Caricature of George IV as the Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leaning back in an arm-chair, at a table covered with remains of a meal, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a ... More
A poor man loaded with mischief, or matrimon[y] / drawn by Experience ...
Print shows a man chained to wedlock carrying a woman on his back, her breasts exposed, she holds a cup labeled "gin" and toasts "My Bucks Health", and according to a pig in a pen, "She is as Drunk as David's S... More
The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Britis...
Print shows Lord North pumping water from a water fountain topped with the head of George III onto the prostrate bodies of Britannia and a Native figure representing America. Several ministers and judges look o... More
The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.
Print shows Joseph Warren on bended knee, right hand over chest, left hand on rifle for support, after being mortally wounded during the battle of Bunker Hill, three soldiers stand nearby. Illus. in: The battl... More
The fall of Phaeton, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray
"The Prince of Wales falls headlong, but gracefully, from his high phaeton, and is about to land on Mrs. Fitzherbert, who lies face downwards on the ground, on hands and knees, her petticoats over her head, lea... More
Il faut faire 3 choses - A drawing of three men standing next to each ...
Print shows figures of the estates general; a member of the clergy and a nobleman each place a hand on short pillar labeled "Je tien mon pied de bœuf"; a peasant, representing the third estate, places both of h... More
French invasion - or - Buonaparte landing in Great-Britain, British Ca...
Cartoon showing Napoleon and his army, on seashore, fleeing from English soldiers with a British flag and two cannons on a low sandy cliff. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress)
The first Kiss this Ten Years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citiz...
A tall, thin, French officer kissing a fat, richly dressed, seated Britannia. His hat and sword lay on the carpet. Britannia's shield and trident rest on the wall behind her chair. Above them are portraits of G... More
A high wind in the park! / J. Baker fect., British Cartoon Print
Print shows a strong wind blowing down men, women, and children, catching up dresses, hats, and umbrellas, and tearing limbs from trees. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.
A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More
The great American steeple chase for 1844
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Whig nominee-apparent Henry Clay and is highly critical of incumbent John Tyler. The "chase" for the presidency ... More
Common mode of whipping with the paddle
Man whipping slave as two other men and a child watch. Illus. in: Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage. Boston : Pub. at the Anti-slavery of... More
Missisippi of 't wydbefaamde Goudland door de inbeelding der Windnegot...
"Five distinct designs. This engraved Dutch satire on the share mania of 1720 and few preceding years is No. 5 in vol. ii. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a collection of similar satires on the Mississi... More
Gov. John Winthrop -- In honor of the birthday of Governor John Winthr...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Gov. John Winthrop, flanked by statues of a Native American (left) and a pilgrim (right). Illus. from: Gleasons Pictorial, 1854, v. 6, p. 353.
The folly of secession. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving
Cartoon showing a nurse about to give some quinine to a sickly boy who tells her that he wishes he was in Dixie because the cost of quinine is so high there that it would be unlikely she would waste it on him.
The pending contest. Although all Copperheads call themselves Democra...
A variant of "The Pending Conflict" (no. 1863-10), evidently issued at about the same time (and deposited for copyright on the same date). Significant alterations here include: the "Neutrality" band has been re... More
The Bar of Destruction [Death as bartender serving run to man as 2 sma...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1874 March 21), v.18, p. 256. Ref. copy in SPF-Temperance Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death; Publ. Ind.; Temperance; Cartoons, U.S. 1874.
Robson & Crane in Shakespeare's "Comedy of errors"
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Repeating rifles. Savage Ute:--"We want no improvements but this! / Bi...
Indian holding up rifle labelled "seventee shooter" over dead man. Sign on spear reads, "no ploughs wanted." Illus. in: Puck, 1879 Oct. 15, vol. 6, p. 506.
In a critical condition / F. Opper.
Print shows a domestic scene with Benjamin F. Butler as the mother of a sick child labeled "Butler Boom" who is being examined by Puck as a physician; various medicines labeled "Grand Reforms, Tewksbury Investi... More
A business administration - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
[The liberty bell back in its birth-place again now that it has procla...
The Liberty Bell, set on a pedestal, is flanked on the left by a southern plantation owner standing underneath a palm tree, and on the right, by a northern gentleman standing under a pine tree. Behind the plan... More
The American farmer - where he has to sell, and where he has to buy / ...
Print shows Uncle Sam as an American farmer trying to sell his products labeled "Pork, Wheat, Butter, Beef, Oats", and corn overseas where there is stiff "Open Competition" at the "Market of the World" represen... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Another theory knocked out by a condition / Dalrymple.
Print shows a seesaw labeled "Commerce" with a figure labeled "Wheat" on the low side and a figure with a dime for a head labeled "Silver" on the high end; a hand labeled "Supply and Demand" is pushing down on ... More