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[Socrates] standing before seated group in temple portico; large crowd...

Engraving by L.P. Boitard. Illus. in: Cooper, The Life of Socrates, London, 1750, p. 115. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Sir Isaac Newton, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Mezzotint by James McArdell after Enoch Seeman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Orig. in Hubbard Coll. 5415-11 "A".

A view of the of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of ...

Print shows a warship in the foreground approaching rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corne... More

The hon. James Otis, jun. Esq. - Public domain portrait engraving by J...

Print shows James Otis, bust portrait, flanked by Hercules crushing a snake with his foot and Minerva holding a staff topped with a liberty cap. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1770, ti... More

Paul Revere - [The coffin of Patrick Carr]

Print shows section of newspaper column with illustration of the coffin bearing skull and crossbones and the initials of Patrick Carr, who died from wounds received during the Boston Massacre. Illus. in: The B... More

A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced work...

Print shows open countryside looking toward Dorchester, Massachusetts, with soldiers in redoubt on the left. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph... More

David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army agai...

Print shows David Wooster, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, holding pike in right hand, left hand resting on cannon. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collec... More

Charles Lee Esq'r. - Americanischer general-major

Print shows Charles Lee, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, facing left; in oval. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84, p... More

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lio... More

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and S... More

Sarratoga [sic] / dessiné par Fauvel ; gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Acad...

Print shows the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777; includes text. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Eta... More

View of a pass over the South Mountains from York Town to Carlisle / B...

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788 May, opp. p. 236. Fielding, 1570 Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

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

La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, who were against the reforms of the revolution, walking in procession along the Rhine River toward a man, on the left, holding a paper that... More

John Wesley Jarvis - Thomas MacDonough U.S.N.

Print shows Commodore Thomas MacDonough, half-length portrait in uniform. Engraving by J.B. Forrest from the original by J.W. Jarvis. Illustrated in: The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans / ... More

Enterprise and Boxer. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the American warship Enterprise engaged in battle with HMS Boxer. In decorative border with anchors, American flags, ship rigging, an eagle, and cameo portraits of two ships.

This log cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend . . .

A Whig campaign print, showing William Henry Harrison greeting a wounded veteran before a log cabin by a river. The cabin flies an American flag with the words "Harrison & Tyler" and with a liberty cap on its s... More

Entrance to Kanesville or Council Bluffs; Iowa, 1847?

Engraving by Chas. B. Hall. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Iowa, Council Bluffs; Mormons; Shelf.

"Spiritual milk for American babes, drawn out of the breasts of both T...

Questions & answers. Illus. in: The New England Primer Improved, 1773. Reference copy may be in LOT 7003. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Alphabets; Primers; Shelf.

Pope Gregory XIII. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Engraving by Domenico Pellegrino Tibaldi. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists wks.; BI; Shelf.

General Burgoyne / Pollard sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

General John Burgoyne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left; in medallion. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in America; containing an acc... More

Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...

A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... More

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell.

Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Caption: "If a victory is to be gained, I'll gain it" [Oliver H. Perry]. Ente... More

The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / drawn by O. Pelton ; engd...

Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans. Engraved expressly for ... More

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More

Das alte Rom mit dem Triumphzuge Kaiser Constantin's im Jahre 312 n. C...

Photographs of the painted panorama designed by J. Bühlmann and executed in collaboration with A. Wagner. "New York: Franz Hanfstaengl Fine Art Publishing House ; London W.: J. Gerson." Photographs are mounted ... More

Part of Ward's line, Kershaw attacking

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed lower left: July 2nd 1863. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.393) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1863. Forms pa... More

John Singleton Copley - William Sharp - The seige and relief of Gibral...

Engraving by William Sharp after painting by J.S. Copley. Copyright by J.S. Copley.

Fleet at Fortress Monroe - Public domain drawing

Broadside views of nine ships. Title inscribed within image. Inscribed lower left: white. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1096) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

St. Patrick's Day in the army--The mule race / EF.

"Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day at the Army of the Potomac Sports of the Irish Brigade, Genl. Meagher The mule race" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.47) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More

Execution of five deserters in the 5th Corps

Right half of sketch missing. For complete image see DRWG/US-Forbes no. (A size)-155. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: IV 12 Army of the Potomac. See page inscribed below image in pen and pencil... More

Gen. William Henry Harrison / lith. of Endicott.

Print shows a campaign banner with Harrison on horseback; surrounded by 12 vignettes of his home, military service, and political activity.

Warrens Brigade overpowered by Longstreets advance

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: The Dureyea [sic] Zouaves lost 300 about half the regiment the McChesneys (National Zouaves) 10 N.Y. about 150 in trying to hold a gap in the line that four time... More

Attempt of the Rebels to recapture Fort Harrison

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed upper right: The Rebels in three lines of battle. Inscribed twice above image: artillery. Inscribed below image: Our men in a hastily constructed rifle pit. Published in: H... More

Going into bivouac at night / Edwin Forbes.

"Going into camp at night. The fields on all sides are covered with troops cooking supper, and column of troops in the road marching on and disappearing over the hill in the distance" on mount. Part of "Life st... More

The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the Am...

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval frame. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / ... More

Building pontoon bridges at Fredericksburg Dec. 11th.

Engineers in foreground constructing bridge, while Fredericksburg burns in background. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above title: 50th Engineers. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.326) Referenc... More

Cavalryman escort, Culpeper / EF.

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.168) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Martinsburg. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Includes four scenes: Ruins of the depot; The Square; The Barricades; On the Opequan n. Martinsburg 64. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed in center of images. Published in Harper's Weekly, December... More

The sutler's tent in camp / E.F.

"Sutler's tent, near Stoneman's Switch, Falmouth, Va." on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.130) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The siege of Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Inscribed below image: Figures standing and sitting near the guns, and in the foreground looking towards Richmond, June 16th, '64. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.246) Forms part of: Morgan collection... More

Death of General Polk Pine Mountain, Kennesaw

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed upper right: 51. Action at Pine Mountain took place in the course of the general assault associated with Kennesaw Mountain. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.500) ... More

View of Romney, Virginia Hampshire County

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed in black ink below image. Inscribed above image No. 1. West Va. Inscribed below image: 4 Ohio Connel [sic] Masons Camp; West view of Romney Va. Hampshire County Co... More

Atlanta or Fingal captured 1863 in Savannah

Broadside view of ironclad. Possibly by William Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.541) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. Forms part of: Mor... More

Exchanged (Union) Prisoners on board the liza Hancox [sic] (Colonel M...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: See "New York Times". To be retd to A.R. Waud. Inscribed on mat: Reception of exchanged Union prisoners on board the "Eliza Hancox", November 18, 1864. Gift, J.P. M... More

[The Army of the Potomac (5th Corps) crossing the North Anna, at Jeric...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.223) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Cutting up the tree under which Grant and Lee met, for trophies

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.530) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil ... More

[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surround...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

His majesty King George the III - contemplating a medal of King Alfred

Print shows King George III, full-length portrait, wearing coronation robes, standing in library with seal of England over the doorway; he holds a medal with portrait of Alfred the Great. Illus. in: The Annual... More

A view of Boston from Dorchester Neck / Wm. Pierre delin.

Print shows view across harbor of Boston from Dorchester, Massachusetts. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777... More

The entrance of Havannah, from within the harbour

Print shows ship in the foreground in the channel at the entrance to Havana, seen at left behind wall. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published... More

[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]

Prints show a ship approaching cliffs on the right, passing between cliffs at entrance of the "Grand Passage," and passing cliffs on the left, at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, p... More

David Wooster, Esqr. - commandr beÿ der provincal armee in America

Print shows David Wooster, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing left, holding pike in right hand. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nü... More

The honble. Chas. James Fox - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Charles James Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1779 (November), p. 483. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graph... More

Westminster election 1780 / E--g inv., British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Lincoln standing on the right of St. Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodn... More

John Bulls alternative. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Br...

Print shows John Bull (representing England) standing on his toes on a rock, a rope around his neck and tied to a limb above him; on the right, across a body of water (probably representing the English Channel)... More

The Earl of Shelburne, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows William Petty, Lord Shelburne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left; in oval on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. in: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure [...]. London : Published [.... More

Die Americaner machen das Corps des General Bourgoyne zu Gefangnen, be...

Print shows British troops laying down their arms at the surrender at Saratoga, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. ii9. [Plate] 7. Published in: The American Revolution i... More

Major André, von drey Americanern angehalten zu Tarrytown am 23ten Sep...

Print shows Major John André being taken into custody by three men, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams, near Tarrytown, New York, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolu... More

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More

[Silhouette of George Washington and bust portrait of Benjamin Frankli...

Print shows right profile head-and-shoulders portrait of George Washington in oval facing oval containing left profile bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscell... More

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Illus. in: The unive... More

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gr...

Print shows Napoleon I on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers; in the lower right foreground are defeated Mamlu... More

[Gen. Wm. Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Gen Santos Guardiola, President...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 46 (1856 Oct. 25), p. 321. Reference copies may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

President and Plantagenet. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the USS President sailing to the left, in the foreground, and the HMS Plantagenet, on the right, in the background. Inscribed below image: "President". Published in The Naval battles of the United ... More

The old general ready for a "movement"

Confident Union propaganda from the summer of 1861, claiming dominance over Confederate troops led by generals P. G. T. Beauregard and Gideon Pillow. Union commander Winfield Scott sits on a mound in the cente... More

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell ; engraved by T. Phillibr...

The surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863

Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co., c1894, v. 2, p. 479.

Admiral Porter's fleet at the mouth of the Yazoo

Print shows the Union vessels under the command of Admiral David D. Porter at the mouth of the Yazoo River, Mississippi, December 1862. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guerns... More

The 24th Corps charging a fort to the left.

This image may depict the final assault on Petersburg, at Fort Gregg, 2 April 1865. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: [B]attery Greig[sic]. Inscribed above image: Reb... More

Halt of Wilcox's Troops in Caroline street prevous[sic] to going in to...

Troops lounging on furniture and debris in foreground, battered dwellings in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Battle field; smoke from Battle field. Published in: New York Illustr... More

Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed: 87. Date derived from historical sources. Similar to Waud, no. 311. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.442) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

Log cabin anecdotes. Illustrated incidents in the life of Gen. William...

A Whig campaign broadside, with text describing a series of 12 incidents in the life of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with wood-engravings. The incidents are (counterclockwise from upper left): "Harrison'... More

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson; Engraved by C. Tomkins...

Print shows Washington, his officers and troops hailing a provision wagon train as it approaches their encampment. H4922 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in LOT 4412 N.

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run

Troops marching past house, damaged bridge in background. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: VIII 6. Shalers brigade. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1864, p. 13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (D... More

Pocohontus [sic] capturing blockade runner Antonia. Mobile

Rough sketch of two ships under sail. Title inscribed below image. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.458) Reference Print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. Forms pa... More

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More

Culpepper [i.e., Culpeper], Virginia--Stacking wheat / E.F.

African Americans stacking wheat near Culpeper Courthouse, Va. Reference copy in: Civil War Drawings - Miscellaneous. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.187) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[View of fortifications around Dorchester, with the Dorchester steeple...

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washingto... More

[View of fortifications around Dorchester, with the Dorchester steeple...

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

Title devised from N.Y. Illustrated News. Published in: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217, with caption: Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New Yor... More

Battle of Winchester, decisive charge upon the rebels at the stone wal...

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Many of the soldiers without caps and arms at the [rear?]. Published with description in: Harper's Weekly, April 12, 1862, p.... More

News from the front / EF. - Public domain monumental decor drawing

"Rappahannock Station, Va." on item. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.111) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Guerilla warfare. Unarmed Union soldiers fired at by farmers on the Ja...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Prime block. See similar image by William Waud in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper August 2, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DL... More

Rebs, Confederate States of America, American Civil War.

Rear view of two soldiers. Title inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.385) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in Americ...

Print shows view of Boston from the harbor, with ships in the foreground. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. No. 34. Published in: The American Revolut... More

Macdonough's victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army ...

Print shows the naval battle that ensued on Sept. 11, 1814, between American forces commanded by Thomas Macdonough and British forces commanded by Captain George Downie. The Americans emerged victorious and the... More

Pursuit of Lee's army. Scene on the road near Emmitsburg - marching th...

Long column of troops marching along a road after the Battle of Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.292) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. Powhatan

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below title: put in more boats ad libitum; evening effect misty; Inscribed upper left Atlanta 3 ports on a side. Sunset; rebel ram Atlanta. G... More

His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the ar...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, in uniform, facing slightly right; in oval. Gift; Jane Bethune Craig Hawkins, great granddaughter of Genl. John Neville 4th Virginia and wife of Genl.... More

The battle of Gettysburg / EF. - Public domain scan / drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.276) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washin... More

Viva la república! Viva el Cura Hidalgo! Una página de gloria

Broadside shows bust portrait of Father Miguel Hidalgo in an oval medallion at center of sheet. Text surrounds the image in a square, celebrating Mexican Independence. On the verso are two images of Mexican sol... More

General Patricks punishment for gamblers

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863, p. 717 as : The Army of the Potomac-Gamblers at the Provost Marshal's Headquarters. Gift, J.P. Morgan... More

The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus - Public domain dedication image

Cut within border. Woodcut by Lukas Cranach the elder, 1472-1553. Hollstein, 80 (second state); Bartsch, 59. Bradley Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.... More

Typus arithmeticae. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The form of arithmetic, possibly muse of arithmetic, shown as woman standing between Boethius writing Arabic numerals and Pythagorus doing reckoning with counters. Illus. in: Margarita philosophica / Gregor Rei... More

Kurtze und eigentliche Entwerffung der schweren Belägerung so die Stad...

Birds-eye view engraving shows the walled city of Leipzig, Germany under siege by Swedish forces in 1642. Includes inset pictures of the castle fortress of Pleissenburg before and during the shelling and inset ... 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

Der Americanische Gener: Arnold

Benedict Arnold, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; in oval frame. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G. N. Raspe, 1776-84, p.... More

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