sketch

John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged / from a...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 211 (1859 Dec. 17), p. [33].

Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton Pennsylvania March 6th 1860 /...

Print shows an explosion on the steamboat Alfred Thomas at Easton, Pennsylvania; a few people are standing on the shore of the river and Easton is visible to the left, in the background. Purchase; 1958.

The government arsenal in Charleston, S.C., guarded by detachments of ...

Print shows a crowd of people and troops in front of the arsenal building. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 262 (1860 Dec. 1), p. 25.

[Full length sketch of a civilian]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.671) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Map of the rebel capital : topographical sketch of the city of Richmon...

The Honorable Jefferson Davis, president-elect of the new southern con...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 16, p. 257.

[Sketch of a portion of Orange County, north and east of Orange showin...

Relief shown by hachures. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on an irregularly cut and torn piece of brown paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.)... More

The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by com...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 28, pp. 8-9.

Difficulties of a working general among the bayous Bayou navigation in...

Four illustrations: men poling a flatboat; man seated on shore; soldiers along bayou; and a steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 328 (1863 April 11), p. 225. DCRM(G) example 1F1.1 - Material without... More

Loading wagons on the Calle de Cesar, Matamoras, for Piedras Negras / ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 Feb. 20, p. 348. One of four images on page of scenes on the Rio Grande.

Sketch of the roads &c near the position of this Div. on the left of t...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S94, 191 Similar to a map in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, p... More

The operations near Washington--scene of the fight in front of Fort St...

Illustration showing soldiers behind low wooden barricades; the remains of a building burned to the ground; and the smoke from cannon fire in the background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.... More

Scenes on the Rio Grande / from sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. B...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Contrabands accompanying the line of Sherman's march through Georgia /...

Four illustrations: contrabands accompaning the line of Sherman's march through Georgia; dead girl(?) on bed and man standing alongside; John Garth and Olivia Ruthermayne seated; Ruthermayne escutcheon (barber supplies).

The sinking of the United States steamer Oneida off the port of Yokoha...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 30, no. 755 (1870 March 19), p. 5.

Washington, D.C.--the inauguration--scene in the Senate chamber at the...

Swearing in Henry Wilson as vice-president. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Compl... More

New York - Preparing the Statue of "liberty" on Bedloe's Island, for t...

Men working on headless Statue of Liberty. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1886 Oct. 9, p. 120.

A quarrel over cards--a sketch from a New Mexican ranch / drawn by Fre...

Man reaching for his gun during card game. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1887 April 23, p. 301.

[Mr. Allen of Mississippi has the floor : a sketch in the House of Rep...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 34:564 (July 19, 1890).

[Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders sketch portrait, wearing hat a...

Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brief sketch of "Uncle" Dan Turner

Postcard shows full length portrait of Dan Turner seated before a backdrop of the ocean, holding a rifle. Image is accompanied by a brief biography. F44728 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906, by Daniel Turn... More

Sketch of cinema and shopping group for Greendale, Wisconsin

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Inflation. The money crisis in the Southern states during the American...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Floor plan for the Miller house, Columbus, Indiana, designed by Eero ...

Illus. in: The Architectural forum, the magazine of building, vol. 109, no. 3. New York : Time Inc., Sept. 1958, p. 129.

[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Section. Sketch]

No. 28-A. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

[Housing complex. Sketch] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Study. Sketch]

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sketch book showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va. in engagements ...

Shows several battles with troop movements and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title from paper label affixed to cover. "Return to Jed. Hotchkiss, Staunton, Virginia"--On label on cover. Pen-... More

Seaside voices; Sketch - Public domain American music sheet

The dude and the prima donna a musical sketch in one act

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing incomplete sketch of ...

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

A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the ...

Charles L. Fleischmann, June 1862 (Biographical sketch)

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

Public domain image of a military forces, uniform, officer, military commander, European armies, free to use, no copyright restrictions -Picryl description

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

[Unidentified restaurant or nightclub interior. Design sketch for a ba...

Public domain scan of a print featuring furniture, art, or architecture design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New Haven Government Center, New Haven, Connecticut. Sketch] / PMR 19...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Life of Tecumseh, and of his brother the Prophet; with a historical sk...

Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Life of Tecumseh, and of his brother the Prophet; with a historical sk...

Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Life of Tecumseh, and of his brother the Prophet; with a historical sk...

Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A sketch for the regents speech on Mad-ass-son's insanity / G. Cruiksh...

Gabriel blowing a message "A bad news for you" at James Madison, who is standing between Napoleon and the devil, as two women symbolizing Great Britain and America, and British soldiers look on.

The inauguration ball, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. - the sce...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 28, 1869 March 20, p. 12.

Columbia's Easter bonnet / Ehrhart after sketch by Dalrymple.

Woman as "Columbia" wearing small warship labeled "world power" as a bonnet. Illus. in: Puck, 1901 April 6, cover. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

[Sketch of a cannoneer and a cannon]

Title devised. Sketch of a plant on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.469) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file T. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West front elevation sketch, ...

Inscription on verso: Sketch for west front. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Conservation control number 8.99.815.10

M. Garnerin / drawn and engraved by Edward Hawke-Locker, from a sketch...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist and parachutist, A.J. Garnerin, with banner above "Audax aereos gaudet tentare volatus." Tissandier collection.

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

A brief sketch of the trial of William Lloyd Garrison, for an alleged ...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sketch book of Jed. Hotchkiss, Capt. & Top. Eng., Hd. Qrs., 2nd Corps,...

[Sketch map of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend of Tallapoosa River, 27th ...

Shows fortifications and troop positions. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth. Title provided by cataloger. "I drew this description of the battle ground & made the memorandums on my hat the morning after the battle,... More

[Sketch of rooster and fox] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes; 1955; (PR 06 C N 742).

[Sketch of western Virginia and eastern West Virginia, between Staunto...

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted between sheets of transparent paper. Date and title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War ma... More

Fire next door to Willard's Hotel, Washington, D.C. Ellsworth's New Yo...

Engraving showing building on fire next to Willard Hotel; Ellworth's New York fire Zouaves firefighters in action with fire pumps and hoses; crowd gathered on street watching flames pouring from windows and roo... More

The war on the Mississippi River - night expedition to island no. 10 ....

Print shows Union troops spiking Confederate guns on Island No. 10 at night during a violent storm. Caption continues: Spiking a Rebel battery by a detachment of National soldiers and sailors, under Colonel Ro... More

[Nine views of the Gettysburg battlefield from photographs by Mathew B...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Aug. 22, pp. 532-533. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

Sketch of the forts and breastworks near Petersburg

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.281) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

New military road near the Chain Bridge, Virginia / From a sketch by o...

Illustration shows covered wagons moving along the military road across Chain Bridge with soldiers in the foreground. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. XIII, no. 321 (1862 January 18), p. 133.

Sherman's department - engagement at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia / from a...

Print shows Union troops engaging Confederate troops at Snake Gap, Georgia. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8, no. 388 (1864 June 4), p. 364.

Cortina / from sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill.

Detail from an illustration of the civil war in Matamoras, showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Cortina, facing left.

Cyprus swamp on the Opelousas Railroad, Louisiana / from a sketch by A...

Scene in swamp with alligators. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Dec. 8, p. 871.

Scene at the U.S. District Court, Richmond, Virginia, Monday, May 13th...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1867 June 1, p. 168.

Edison's home, Menlo Park, New Jersey / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davi...

Edison's complex at Menlo Park, showing house, laboratory, office and machine shop.

572 feet high--setting the cap-stone on the Washington Monument / from...

Print shows Superintendent P.H. McLaughlin placing cap stone on the Washington Monument. Other monument engineers and workers shown participating in the event, are Chief Engineer, Col. T.L. Casey (hands up); Ca... More

Illinois - The anarchist-labor troubles in Chicago / from a sketch by ...

Title page showing explosion of bomb May 4th, in Haymarket Square, Chicago, and priest giving last rites to policeman. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, May 15, 1886, p. 193 (title page).

Cattle in a blizzard on the plains / drawn by Charles Graham from a sk...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1886 Feb. 27, p. 132.

New York City--Sale of the Stewart collection of paintings at auction,...

People at auction. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1887 April 2.

New York City - John Most, the anarchist, addressing a meeting of symp...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.64, 1887 April 16, p. 133.

[Sketch team], American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

14880 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3564. Title derived from U.S. Copyright Office information. Forms part of: Theatrica... More

[Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, full-length portrait,...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[New Haven Government Center, New Haven, Connecticut. Plan. Study sket...

Original slide showing study sketch by Rudolph. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

[House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st S...

Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River, the fall about ...

Print shows view of the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River.

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

Public domain image of a military forces, uniform, officer, military commander, European armies, free to use, no copyright restrictions -Picryl description

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

Mount Vernon, the home of Washington / drawn from the sketch by Kern ;...

Print shows dwelling, grounds, and outbuildings, with tourists in the foreground, at George Washington's home at Mount Vernon.

The Military College of Chapultepec, the ancient site of the halls of ...

Military college, on top of a rocky hill, with high stone wall at the base, near Mexico City. Copyright by N. Currier. No. 554. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : G... More

A sketch for the regents speech on Mad-ass-son's insanity / G. Cruiksh...

Gabriel blowing a message "A bad news for you" at James Madison, who is standing between Napoleon and the devil, as two women symbolizing Great Britain and America, and British soldiers look on.

Familiar ghosts - sketch 2. Ghost of the vicar!!

A full-length, profile figure of a parson with a large head and a bulbous nose who stands with hands raised, as he speaks to a man in modest attire, smoking a long-stemmed pipe and holding a beer stein. Inscrib... More

Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for ...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Aaron Copland - Piano quartet [complete pencil sketch]

Coolidge Collection

Aaron Copland - Piano quartet [complete pencil sketch]

Coolidge Collection

8 études & fantasy sketch for 8 etudes

Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all th...

Scale ca. 1:300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Plan of the city of Washington and Territory of Columbia" and a dedication. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... More

A sketch of the interior view of the House of Lords, representing the ...

Print showing the interior of the House of Lords during the trial of Caroline, queen, consort of George IV. Seated around a table in the center are the Queen, the Judges, the Bishops, the Lord Chancellor, the A... More

Log house in the forests of Georgia

Engraving by W.H. Lizars, after sketch with the camera lucida by Capt. Basil Hall. Illus. in: Hall, Basil, Forty Etchings, from Sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828, Edinburg... More