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Native Californians lassoing a bear / F.O.C. Darley, fecit ; Francis H...

Print shows three men on horseback lassoing a bear. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by D. Appleton & Co., in the clerk's office of the district court of the Southern district of New York.

Assis, au près du toy ... à ton Art divin! / A. Watteau pinxit. ; Tard...

Antoine Watteau and Nicolas Tardieu in a park, one painting a picture of a statue of nude woman, the other playing a stringed instrument; and poem to Watteau below image.

[Hercules Farnese, sculpture] / L.P. Boitard, sculp.

Illus. in: Polymetis, or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and of the ancient artists / Joseph Spence. London : R. Dodsley, 1747, pl. XVI.

Celeberrimus fir Inigo Iones ... / ant. van Dÿck pinxit ; R.V. Vorst s...

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

[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with two men in conversation, one is holding a long spear, between the columns of the Temple of Jupiter (A) on the left and the Temple of Bacchus (B) on the right, ... More

Lucifer Nascere praeque diem veniens age Lucifer almum Virg. eglog. 8 ...

Print shows Lucifer as a young angel with wings sitting on a cloud, brandishing a torch in raised left hand, at the top of an arched entry way. Blind stamp on lower right corner of plate: Regia[?] Calcograf Di... More

Lord Viscount Howe / Angus sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Richard Howe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal. Illus. from: The European Magazine. [London : Philological Society of London], Novr. 1, 1782.... More

Charles aux Thuilleries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1e decembre 1783 / P.G. T...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes banner with caption "Jusq'alors san égal, le monarque des airs, y... More

To the right hon'ble ... trustees of the linen manufacture ... this vi...

Plate III. Incorporated into the title is a cartouche with text "Premia Artium" showing a woman (Abundance) holding a cornucopia and dispensing coins to a cherub. First published 1782.

Le meâ culpâ du Pape / S. L'amerique inv. sculp.

Print shows Pope Pius VI on his knees being reprimanded by God, in the form of a bird, after giving up art treasures as a result of the Treaty of Tolentino. de Vinck, 6899 Forms part of: French Political Carto... More

Attaque de la convention nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 vendémiai...

Print shows battle scene on Paris street during the attack on the National Convention. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 129. de ... More

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / Prieur ...

Print shows a mob of French citizens looting the Maison de St. Lazare at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Par... More

Fête des victoires, combat des jeunes élèves au Champ de Mars. Le 21 O...

Print shows a victory celebration festival with a reenactment of a battle on the 21st of October 1794 Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution Française. Paris : Chez Auber, 18... More

Premiere séance de l'institut National ; le 15 Germinal, An 4eme de la...

Print shows a large group of men seated in two u-shaped rows along the sides and back of a large hall with a barrel ceiling and with statuary in alcoves set off by columns, a crowded third row of standing-room-... More

Fédération générale faite à Paris, le 14 Juillet 1790 / Prieur inv. & ...

Print shows the first festival of federation, a celebration organized to commemorate the fall of the Bastille and to express French unity under the revolution; shows a large triumphal arch at left center, a cer... More

Translation de Louis seize et de sa famille au temple le 13 Aoust 1792...

Print shows French soldiers and citizens escorting Louis XVI and the royal family in a carriage to the temple on August 13, 1792.

[Planetary systems of Ptolemy, the Egyptians, Tycho Brahe, and Coperni...

Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / Johann G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, vol. 1, division 1, vol. 2, pl. 7.

[Roman scenes] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles, sculp.

Includes captives in the forum, gladiators fighting in theater and at a funeral, and the funeral of an emperor on a pyre. Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / Johann G. Heck. ... More

[Scenes from events and battles leading up to and during the American ...

The prints in this set have been cut apart and subsequently arranged in their original order and mounted on two sheets with a single backing. Numbers printed at top left and top right, representing page and pl... More

Eden vale, in Waltham / J. Edes del. ; S. Hill sculp.

Print shows a bucolic farm setting in Waltham, Massachusetts. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. ... More

Georges Washington Eqer. général en chef de l'armée Anglo-Amériquaine,...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform; in oval with ribbon at top, above nameplate. Baker, 19 Hart, 747 Published in: The American Revolution in dra... More

George Washington commandant en chef des armées des Etats-unis de l'Am...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform; in oval with olive branch on the left, a rattlesnake and liberty cap at top, and flags and cannon bar... More

Christ Church, Philadelphia / J.P. Malcolm del. et sculp.

Print shows an exterior view of Christ Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Illus. from: Lady's magazine, supplement, 1814. Another copy in: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure [...]. London : Pu... More

The Indians delivering up the English captives to Colonel Bouquet near...

Print shows Natives returning captive British children to Colonel Henry Bouquet Printed on plate at top right: p. 28. Printed on plate at bottom left: 204. Illus. from: An historical account of the expedition ... More

George Washington Esq., President of the United States of America / E....

Print showing George Washington, seated, holding proposed plan for the new capitol city of Washington. Hart, 228 Baker, 118 Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...

A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More

To the right hon'able the Earl of Moira, this plate, taken on the spot...

Print shows an interior view of a dwelling where four women are engaged in spinning, reeling, and boiling yarn. Plate VI. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Nisi Dominus Frustra." First published 1782.

A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordo...

View with key to prominent features. Engraving by Pierre Fourdrinier after a drawing by Peter Gordon. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the... More

Native Californians lassoing a bear / F.O.C. Darley, fecit ; Francis H...

A view of Fort George with the City of New York from the SW / I. Carwi...

Exhibit loan 4106-L. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Faneuil-Hall in Boston, Massachusettsachusetts / W. Pierpont d...

Engraved for Massachusetts Mag. March 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no.... More

Theodorus Vanlonius / Paul. duPont, sculp. ; Ant. van Dyck, pinxit.

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

A Etienne de Montgolfier, cooperateur et inventeur de l'art aérostatiq...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist, Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier. Tissandier collection.

[Portraits of Don Quixote de la Mancha and other main characters from ...

Reference copy in LOT 4442. Illus. in: The history of the most ingenious knight Don Quixote de la Mancha / London : R. Chiswell, 1700, frontispiece.

The Reforming constable, or, The biter bit / Capt H---invt ; Cap B-- S...

Cartoon showing constable entering house, "in search of the sons and daughters of the Devil", and finding his wife committing adultery in a brothel. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ... More

A machine for delivering persons from burning houses / R. Aitken sculp...

Print shows two men manipulating a large wooden device with pulleys and a large basket attached for the rescue of persons from burning buildings. Title from related article in The Pennsylvania Magazine. For the... More

Jos. de Montgolfier, chevalier de l'ordre de St. Michel, inventeur de ...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist, Joseph Montgolfier. Tissandier collection.

Gallant behavior of an English sailor in offering a sword to an unarme...

Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. in: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. Coo... More

Mr. De Vergennes, ministre des affaires etrangères sous Louis XVI / Bo...

Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in oval.

[Arms of the United States] / Jas. Trenchard sculp.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an emblem, symbol, round decor print, seal, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Maria Antoinetta van Oostenryk. Koningin van Frankryk / L.A. Claessens...

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

Mrs. Sage, the first English female aerial traveller, who ascended wit...

Half-length portrait of the first English woman to ride in a balloon.

Le traité de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour ...

Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I, holding a bundle of dried twigs and telling the cat to retract its claws, resulting in the Treaty... More

[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with two men holding long spears in the foreground among fragments of buildings, (A) on the left and (B) on the right, with the columns of the Temple of Jupiter (D)... More

[The chief's daughter] / J. G. Chapman, del. ; Rawdon, Wright & Hatch...

Native woman standing in stream, clutching her clothes to her breast. Illus. in: The Evergreen. Philadelphia : Carey and Hart, 1847, title page. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for th... More

Mrs. Merry as Alzira / De Wilde pinxt. ; Leney sculp.

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

[Plans, sections, and elevations of classical Greek and Roman temples]...

Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / Johann G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, division 7, pl. 11. 20 drawings, includes scale.

Camp of the Gros Ventres of the prairies on the upper Missouri Lager d...

Print shows a large Hidatsa Indians camp in the background; a group of Indians in the foreground are dancing on the shore while others are in the water boarding and attacking passengers on a ship. Tab. 38. Sam... More

A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the "humane" British and thei...

Charles denounces British and Indian depredations on the American frontier during the War of 1812, alluding specifically to the practice of offering bounties for American scalps. The cartoon may have been prom... More

Paris gardé par le peuple la nuit du 12 au 13 Juillet 1789 / Prieur in...

Print shows a citizens patrol in Paris, trying to restore order in the nights prior to the storming of the Bastille. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. ... More

The battle of Gettysburg / P.F. Rothermel 1870 ; P.F. Rothermel pinx. ...

Print showing artist's rendition of clash between Union and Confederate troops, possibly during Pickett's charge, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Caption continues: From the original picture painted for the State... More

Conspicilla Inuenta conspicilla sunt, quæ luminum, obscuriores detegun...

Print shows a marketplace with a spectacle maker, a shoemaker, and a scribe at their stands as people shop. Fifteenth plate from a series of prints entitled Nova Reperta, engraved by Jan Collaert I after Jan v... More

George Washington Esq., President of the United States of America / E....

Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; ...

A War of 1812 satire on Anglo-American and Franco-American relations. England's "lesson" is about the seriousness of American determination to maintain freedom on the high seas, while France is warned of Yanke... More

A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...

A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More

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

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

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

Claude Fleury / Roussel pinx. ; D. Sornique sculp.

Claude Fleury, half-length portrait, facing front, in oval frame. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Contemplez l'ouvrage de pouvoir arbitraire / Le Barbier l'aîné inv. de...

Print shows an imaginary scene depicting the funeral of Joseph Warren. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... Bruxelles : 1782, v. 3 (atla... More

William Pitt - il faut déclarer la guerre a la France / L. Binet del. ...

Print shows William Pitt, half-length portrait, standing with the aid of crutchers behind balustrade, facing front with right arm extended, during speech to Parliament; two men stand in the background. Illus. ... More

Die Hessen, vom General Washington am 25ten Dec. 1776, zu Trenton über...

Print shows Hessian soldiers captured during the battle at Trenton enroute to Philadelphia, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. iii. [Plate] 6. Published in: The American ... More

Majr. Genl. Greene / Trenchard sculp.

Print shows General Nathanael Greene, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval above various items symbolizing his military career. Engrav'd for the Columbian Magazine. Illus. in: The Columbi... More

A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the "humane" British and thei...

Les frères Montgolfier / Pigeot, del. et sculp.

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. "Aux frères Tissandier" inscribed below portrait. Tissandier collection.

[Apollo Belvedere, sculpture] / L.P. Boitard, sculp.

Illus. in: Polymetis, or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and of the ancient artists / Joseph Spence. London : R. Dodsley, 1747, pl. XI.

The Cato: of 1757. (No. 1) / L da Vinci, invt. et sculp., British Cart...

"Mr. Fox, seated at his desk, meditates on a halter and a deed of "Revrsion--I--d of 2000£. pr An. for me & Mine"..." (Source: Stephens) Imprint from item. This record contains unverified data from Stephens, wi... More

Mort de Montcalm / Desfontaines, del; Moret, sculp.

Print shows the death of the Marquis de Montcalm during the siege of Québec.

G. Washington / J. Trumbull pinx. ; Ta. le Roy sculp.

Print shows George Washington full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing uniform, holding hat in left hand; on the left, an African man holds Washington's horse (reverse of the Trumbull pain... More

Admiral Parker / Birrell sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Sir Peter Parker, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing naval uniform; medallion on pedestal with name plate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More

[Cartouche showing cherubs celebrating the founding of the new nation]...

Print shows cherubs unrolling a scroll inscribed "New Map of the States of Georgia South and North Carolina Virginia and Maryland including the Spanish Provinces of West and East Florida from the latest surveys... More

Thomas Paine / J. Shury & Son sculp.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Probably based on 1792 painting by George Romney.

America. To those, who wish to sheathe the desolating sword of war. An...

Print shows an allegory of the restoration of peace and prosperity to America following the Revolution. The print is based on a 1778 painting by British artist Robert Edge Pine, which was destroyed by fire in 1... More

America. To those, who wish to sheathe the desolating sword of war. An...

To the right hon'able the Earl of Hertford, ... this plate representin...

Print shows an interior view of a mill where three men are engaged in winding, warping, and weaving yarn. Plate VII. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Fide Et Amore" with "Honi soit qui mal y pens... More

Mr. le maris. dʹArlande, premier navigateur aërien / A. Pujos, del. ad...

Half-length portrait of French balloonist Marquis François Laurent d'Arlande in uniform. "Se trouve à Paris chez Mme. Pujos la 2me Maison après le Corps de Garde Place de lʹEestrapade" below image. Tissandier c... More

The honble. John Hancock / Pollard sculp.

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in America; containing an acco... More

Frederick lord North / Pollard sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Frederick North, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in America; containing an ... More

A British sailor offering a sword to an unarmed Spanish officer to def...

Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward Barnard, esq., assisted by ... Mr. Millar.... London : Pr... More

John Goldar - General Howe / Dodd del. ; Goldar sculp.

Print shows William Howe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; medallion on pedestal. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783... More

[Gessler's death] / Dr. E. Stückelberg pinx. ; R. Leemann sculp.

Print showing Hermann Gessler falling off his horse after being shot in the chest by William Tell, standing among trees in the upper right, holding a crossbow. A cleric, soldiers, and supporters come to Gessler... More

John Bull and the Baltimoreans / William Charles, del et sculp.

In marked contrast to the Alexandrians print, the Baltimoreans offered the British invaders stiff resistance. Here Charles portrays the repulsion of the Royal Army at Fort McHenry and the gallant performance o... More

Jerome de La Lande, de l'Aca. rle. des sciences de Paris, de celles de...

Half-length portrait of French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lalande. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Count de Grasse, the French admiral, resigning his sword to Admiral Ro...

View of such parts as are seen from the building at the head of the la...

View of lake, trees, people strolling and playing music on the grass. Illus. from: A General plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe ..., no. 2.

Perspective view of entring the breach of the Moro Castle, by storm th...

Print shows Morro Castle in the background with infantry passing through a breach in the walls, and in the foreground, the ship Alcide and numerous long boats with men at the oars. At head of title: To the Hon... More

View of the seat of his excellency John Hancock Esqr., Boston / Hill, ...

Print shows view from street, across expanse of lawn, of the Hancock house. Engraved for Massachusetts Magazine July 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational en... More

The Sexual system as represented by modern authors / Edwards, del.; Ma...

Examples of the twenty-four Linnaean classes of plants. Illus. in: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus / Robert John Thornton. London : 1810. Published in: The tradition of science / L... More

[Insignia for various orders of France, Great Britain, Denmark, Greece...

Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / by J.G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, plates, vol. II, divisionV, plate 32. Detailed explanation of figures is in ... More

Camp meeting of the Methodists in N. America / J. Milbert del. ; M. Du...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et sculp., British Cartoon Print

Four town criers peddling "lily white sand," "Scotch crowdy," "roses and lilies," and the last crier announcing the theft of "five hundred guineas." Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ... More

The ugly club / Van Assen del. et sculp., British Cartoon Print

Two men, one with a very large nose, and the other with no nose at all, standing on stools, facing each other, in front of other disfigured men around table, at Williams's Tavern, Liverpool. Forms part of: Brit... More

[William Pitt, head-and-shoulders portrait, in disc superimposed over ...

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

John Bull and the Baltimoreans / Wm. Charles, del et sculp.

Bras artificiel / Dheulland sculp.

Plate shows prosthetic arms and hands. Illus. in: Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Académie royale des sciences, depuis son établissement jusqu'à présent; avec leur description. Paris : G. Martin [etc.]... More

Le tombeau de Voltaire / L.V. inv. ; C.M. sculp.

Print shows the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America personified, respectively, as d'Alembert, Catherine II, Prince Oronoco, and Benjamin Franklin; they are about to honor the tomb of Voltaire when t... More

Son mérite personnel l'emporte sur toutes les considérations / Le Barb...

Print shows an imaginary scene depicting the funeral of Richard Montgomery, killed during the attack on Québec. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Aub... More

A view of the seat of the Hon. Selah Strong, Esqr., St. George's Manor...

Print shows view of manor house in Sussex County, Long Island, New York. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (October). Reference copy in LOT 4385-EO.

[Details from the Circensian games] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles s...

Includes men on horseback in arena and chariot and horse race.

S.E. George Washington - général en chef de armées des etats unis de l...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform; medallion on pedestal with name plate and inscription. Baker, 18 Hart, 39 Published in: The American Revoluti... More

Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval with ribbon at top. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Libr... More

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