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[Drawings of annual guild days of Norwich, England, 1705]

In album: Contributions of the "Royal Free-School"... Surrogate prints available in LOT 11314-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Anne Bonney with axe and unsheathed cutlass]

Illus. in: The History and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews. London, 1725. Reference copy may be in LOT 4248. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Chemical furnaces. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a variety of different types of chemical furnaces, such as an "athanor, digesting furnace, balneum mariæ, sand-furnace, melting-furnace, elliptic furnace, [and] parabolic furnace." Illus. in: A new... More

[Page from 18th Century almanac: t.p. of Titan's New Almanack...1729; ...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4710. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

François Boucher - Watteau, par la Nature, ... sous des traits si gala...

Watteau, half-length portrait, facing left, holding paint brush. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frontispiece and title page of Richard Bradley's "The Country Housewi...

Engraving by Stuart. Illus. in: Rare Book Collection. Reference copy may be in LCQJ, Spring 1981, p. 96. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: England; Farms; Cooke... More

Canaletto - [The portico with a lantern]

George Lothrop Bradley Collection. Constable, no. 11. Pallucchini, no. 11 (2nd state).

[Two thatched cottages on the edge of a river]

Marsh Collection. LeBlanc, no. 106.

An astronomical diary, or, an Almanack for the year...1747...by Nathan...

No ref. copy. Illus. in: An astronomical diary, or, an Almanack for the year...1747...by Nathaniel Ames. Almanac Collection (Rare Book Division). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption ... More

Out of fashion. In fashion, British Cartoon Print

Two gentlemen in contrasted costumes starting back amazed at each other; one wars the fashionable dress of ca. 1750, the other a large laced hat of the Kevenhuller style, a loose, wide-skirted, large cuffed coa... More

Map ornament showing a Native family and a large bison, a pelican perc...

Illus. in: Atlas geographicvs maior ... / per Iohannem Baptistam Homannvm. Norimbergae : Curantibus Homannianis Heredibus, 1753-59 [i.e., 1781 ; v. 1, 1759], no. 139. Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

A view of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada, taken partly from...

Print shows warships on the Saint Lawrence River with the city of Québec in the background. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More

The pleasures of the married state / W. Proud del. et sculp., British ...

Print shows a family gathering around a table, the husband, seated, is instructing a son who stands next to him with an open book, and the wife, seated opposite, holds an infant daughter, the children mimic the... More

Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor

Drawing shows a distant view of Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Lib... More

Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet, British C...

Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - A... More

Christmas Sound - Tierra Del Fuego

Bird's-eye panorama of mountainous inlets; bird in foreground. Double-page engraving by B.T. Pouncy and W. Watts. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Illus. in: James Cook, a Voyages towards the South Pole (1777), ... More

The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button / John Simpson...

Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut... More

The whore's last shift, British Cartoon Print

A woman stands in a sordid and poverty-stricken room. She is naked except for shoes and ragged stockings, and is washing a garment, 'her last shift', in a broken chamber-pot supported on a broken chair. Engravi... More

Gin - engine for drawing the fuzes out of the shell - box with grapesh...

Print shows various devices used with artillery and a cross-section of a petard. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, [PL] XXVII... More

John Andre esqr., late Adjutant General of the British forces in Ameri...

John André, full-length portrait, facing right with left arm raised and pointing to the right, wearing military uniform. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Compendium of entertaining knowledge. Dublin ... More

Lord Loughborough, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Alexander Wedderburn, Lord Loughborough, Earl of Rosslyn, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile; in oval with sword and scale at top. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1780 (August), pp. 347-348... More

A view of the guard-house and Simsbury-mines, now called Newgate - a p...

Print shows a diagram of the guardhouse with sections identified by letter (legend not visible in print); shows shaft leading to underground chamber, "F. A strong trap door opening the descent to Hell" which le... More

Captain Asgill, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Captain Sir Charles Asgill, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform and hat, left profile; in oval. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ... More

M. Baillij / L.A. Claessens, sculp. ; Boizot, pinx.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, right profile. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The departure of Hagar / William Hamilton R.A. pinxt. ; F. Bartolozzi ...

Reference copy in LOT 4444-A. Illus. in: The Holy Bible / London : Thos. Macklin. 1824, v. 1, fol. Gen. XXI.

Patience in a punt, British Cartoon Print

Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy. Two are fishing, on stands, the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisher... More

Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden, British C...

British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta... More

A view of St. Paul's Church, New-York / T. Anderson del. ; Scoles scul...

Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1795 (October). Reference copy in LOT 4445.

The U.S.M. Mississippi passenger steamer, engraving, Library of Congre...

Wreckage of large riverboat in bayou swamp. Wood engraving by W. Redding after drawing by Chas. Graham. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly. Reference copy may be in LOT 4427. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

Tobacco currency - furnished by the manufacturers Pearl & Obreight

Imitation of dollar bill showing portrait of George Washington and amount of ten cents. Green print on off-white background. LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco currency. Title and other information transcribed fr... More

Milord Pouf montant à cheval - Public domain book illustration, Librar...

Print shows "Milord Pouf", an overweight Englishman, being hoisted onto a horse by three men using ropes, pulleys (block and tackle), and a jack. The horse is looking fearfully wide-eyed at the pospect of succe... More

Rt. Hon'ble. George Grenville / W. Haines sculpt.

Print shows George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain, bust portrait, facing front, in oval. Stauffer, 1202 Inscribed in pencil on verso: 73-501. Former call number: BIOG FILE - Grenville, George 1712-1770

Blowing up the Pic Nic's;--or--Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppet...

"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where thes... More

Tiddy-Doll, the great French gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batc...

Print shows Napoleon standing before a large "New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread" drawing out a freshly baked kings labeled "Bavaria, Wirtembg, [and] Baden." On the left, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pér... More

China Retreat, Pennsyl'a, the seat of Mr. Manigault / drawn, engraved ...

Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-A. DCRM(G) example 1E1 - statement of responsibility

[Unidentified cupolas. Elevation]. Book illustration from Library of C...

Forms part of: Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the River Wye [England]

Illus. in: Aqua pictura / John Hassell. London, 1813. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le Combat naval, gloire Américaine / Garneray,del ; Coquerel,sc.

Print shows the U.S. Constitution and HBM Java, her masts and sails destroyed, after a battle during the War of 1812. Reference copy in LOT 4413A.

A Jangada. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing two men sailing on catamaran-like sailing raft. Illus. in: Travels in Brazil / Henry Koster. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, pl. opposite p. 2.

[Title page of The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820, il...

/ E Tisdale, del.; W.H. Bassett fc. Engraving by W.H. Bassett after drawing by E. Tisdale. Illus. in: The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - PATRIOTISM 1820. This re... More

Reminiscences of Saint Mark!!, British Cartoon Print

"Scene in a police court, the magistrates standing behind a desk (left). A thin elderly man wearing a top-hat (Sir Mark Wood, J. P., D. L.) threatens them furiously with a brass-bound book of Warrants..." (Sour... More

[Nine advertisement labels for Dupuy products]

Advertisements for hair tonic, hair detergent, huile philocome, six flavors of concentrated extract. Each label shows a center piece (bowl with flowers). LOT subdivision subject: Flowers/Fruit/Trees Title and o... More

Junction of Broadway & the Bowery, New York

Horse-drawn wagon and man with 4 sheep on dirt road in foregrd. Steel engraving by James Smillie, copyrighted by G. Melksham Bourne. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings... More

Old Jack, the famous New Orleans mouser, clearing Uncle Sam's barn of ...

A rare pro-Jackson satire on the President's campaign to destroy the political power and influence of the Bank of the United States. It was probably issued late in the presidential campaign of 1832, after Jacks... More

Troubled treasures. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A crudely drawn anti-Jackson satire, applauding Henry Clay's orchestration of Congressional resistance to the President's plan to withdraw Treasury funds from the Bank of the United States. The print also attac... More

The experiment in full operation, Political Cartoon

An anti-Jackson satire, critical of the President's federal treasury policy and of Vice-President Van Buren's influence on the administration's fiscal program. The print specifically attacks Jackson's plan to d... More

General Jackson slaying the many headed monster

A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the... More

McIntosh. A Creek chief - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing right. Lithograph by McKenney & Hall. Illus. in: History of the Indian Tribes of North America, Philadelphia, 1838. Reference copy may be in Biog File. This record contains unverified... More

Die Weintraube und der Wein - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Print shows two men working a screw press for crushing grapes and a man pouring liquid through a mesh(?) into a barrel. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

[Man sitting down on stoop] - Public domain dedication image

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The author of Vanity Fair - Public domain portrait engraving

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Secretary of War presenting a stand of colours to the 1st Regiment...

A bitter vilification of the Van Buren administration's use of bloodhounds to hunt fugitive Indians during the Second Seminole War in Florida. The artist condemns the racism and inhumanity of the measure, as w... More

C.F. Hoffman / painted by H. Inman ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Forms part of: Biographical File filing series (Library of Congress). Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Walt Whitman, Sr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval...

Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

[Two horses]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The salamander safe. A millerite preparing for the 23rd of April

A playful caricature of a Millerite, an adherent of the Adventist preacher William Miller who predicted that the world would end on April 23, 1844. The man sits in a large safe labeled "Patent Fire Proof Chest,... More

[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of M...

Engraved plates from drawing by Frederick Catherwood. Illus. in: Views of Ancient Monuments, N.Y., 1844, plate 4. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of M...

Engraved plates from drawing by Frederick Catherwood. Illus. in: Views of Ancient Monuments, N.Y., 1844, plate 23. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

A Kalapuya man - a native of Oregon / drawn by A.T. Agate ; W.H. Douga...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Kalapuya man. Illus. in: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / By Charles Wilkes... In five volumes, with thirteen... More

Anti annexation procession. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A cynical look at the opposition to American annexation of Texas during the 1844 campaign. At the head of a motley procession is Whig candidate and professed anti-annexationist Henry Clay, riding a raccoon (wh... More

The day after the fair - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...

A pro-Cass satire, predicting the Democratic nominee's victory over Whig Zachary Taylor and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. After the "fair," or election, Lewis Cass appears at the window of the White Ho... More

Cock of the walk - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congres...

The title refers to Whig candidate Zachary Taylor as the probable victor in the 1848 presidential contest. Taylor is portrayed as a victorious fighting cock, standing over his dead opponent, another cock with t... More

The available party trying to get their villany endorsed by the every ...

Again partisan bitterness, over the perceived Whig betrayal of Henry Clay's hopes for the presidential nomination and over subsequent efforts to obtain Clay's endorsement of Zachary Taylor's candidacy, is vente... More

Zachary Taylor: twelfth President of the United States

Artist: Risso (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7441

Dr. Jewett's...health restoring bitters

LOT subdivision subject: Printing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by S. Jewett & Co. Caption card tracings: Bitters; Patent medicines; Shelf.

A Meeting of umbrellas / P.V., delin. ; J. Kent, fecit., British Carto...

Cartoon showing two men under umbrellas facing each other and another man under umbrella with left hand extended between the two men. Engraving attributed to Gillray. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints coll... More

The bagpiper. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cut within plate mark. Engraving by Albrecht Durer, 1471-1528. Meder 90, Hollstein 90, Bartsch 91, Panofsky 198. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Coll. marks on verso of LC: Gardiner Green Hubbard (Lugt... More

The Leap for Life - Public domain book scan / engraving

Music cover showing broadside view of US Navy warship. LOT subdivision subject: Clipper Ships. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by B. Covert. Engraving by Stratton. ... More

[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, half-length portrait, seated, facing...

On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2d de S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, upper left.

[Priest holding crucifix standing beside boat, looking at map of "Tart...

Illus. in: Dell'Historia Della...(Rome, 1653) frontis. No reference copy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Disc. & Expl; Geogr.; Missionaries.

A view of the town & harbour of Halifax, from Dartmouth shore

Print shows ships in harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with view of town in the distance. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, ...... More

[Engraved frontis. illus. to each of four volumes of Swift, Voyages de...

Illus. in: Swift, Voyages de Gulliver, Paris, 1795. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - SWIFT, JONATHAN. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Books, B.I.

[Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Copernicus discussing matters of astronomy be...

Frontispiece in: Dialogo ... sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e coprenicano / Galileo Galilei. Fiorenza : G.B. Landini, 1632. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washingto... More

[Sculpture by Antonio Canova and sculpture and bas reliefs by Bertel T...

Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / by J.G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, plates, vol. II, division IX, plate 9. Detailed explanation of figures is in... More

"View of the Pilot Knob" [Mo.] - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review, History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Republi... More

Composite of eight illustrations showing skyline view of St. Louis, Mi...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1857 July 4), p. 429. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Death of Genl. Ross at Baltimore / from the original painting by Chapp...

Print shows British General Robert Ross, on horseback, mortally wounded, on September 12th, 1814.

Explanation of fire-fighting apparatus, engraving, Library of Congress

Advertisement showing 3 firemen rescuing people from roof of buidling with an extension ladder. Woodcut copyrighted by Miekle & Carville, N.Y.C., patentees. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Fire-engines and ... More

[Three illustrations: 1. Timber raft; 2. Lumbermen; 3. Hauling logs by...

From Harper's Monthly, vol. 20, 1860. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Lumbering; Rafts; Shelf.

The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More

The War in Virginia - Battle of Rappahannock Station, Nov. 7 - a porti...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Nov. 28, pp. 152-153. Reference copy in LOT 4416G (1863)

Impeachment in a horn - Drawing. Public domain image.

Caricatures of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Reference copy may be in Pres. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The message to Azot - Public domain book illustration

No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Two men on bicycles] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Part of series; cf. CAI - Frost, no. 2 (B size), CAI - Frost, no. 4 (B size), CAI - Frost, no. 5 (B size), and CAI - Frost, no 6 (A size). (DLC/PP-1934:00... More

[Man standing in front of house with clock]

"W. Bates, maker" on clock. Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The School of Mines, in which the American exhibits were displayed [Bu...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 48, no. 1224 (1879 Mar. 15), p. 17 (top).

[Puritan maid sitting by a brook]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as border for: "The Kinetoscope of Time."

[Father Time with cloud and letter O]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine.

[Sparrows in love]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Sparrow Tragedy."

The dog, the cock and the fox - Public domain book illustration

Purchase; (DLC/PP-1982:125.28). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Aesop's Fables, p. 50.

[Gertie. Gertie gazing into store with cat and sign "to rent" then hol...

Title devised by cataloger. Preparatory sketches for "Gertie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Man riding mule with another mule behind, possibly plowing ]

Title devised by cataloger. Sketch for Rudder Grange / Frank Stockton. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. (DLC/PP-1933:0054). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Man in rowboat with "contents" written on water]

Title devised by cataloger. Sketches for contents page in Rudder Grange / Frank Stockton. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Two versions on one sheet. (DLC/PP-1933:0054). Forms part of: Cabinet of Amer... More

Flossie's favorite amusement at the seaside is digging in the sand

(DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's young people, 8:772 (Sept. 27, 1887).

This is my dog - Public domain book illustration

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's first reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 16.

Mr. McKinley presents a counter attraction to his "all wool" suit of c...

"If you don't see what you want, ask for it" on sign; "Suit of war taxed common cloth. Tariff 89%" on coat; "Untaxed whiskey, 20 [cents] gal." on jug. Title on verso. Variant title on verso: The McKinley 'all w... More

The Iron Dude. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 139.

The sun struck the sea of armour and set it all aflash

[Standing man and letter I] - Public domain book illustration

"Initial letter, chap. 5." Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samu... More