sketch

Ejecting an "Oklahoma boomer" / drawn by T. de Thulstrup from a sketch...

Squatter family in wagon being escorted by soldiers from Indian territory. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1885 March 28, cover.

Illinois - the recent troubles in Chicago - the police capturing leadi...

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

Sara Jane: Well, Aunt Cruger, did you have a nice time at the Bowkers'...

Attributed to Jessie McDermott in P&P accession book; possibly by Jessie McDougall or MacDougall. (DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper'... More

Pennsylvania - the mining troubles in the Schuylkill region - attack o...

Striking Polish coal miners in battle with coal and iron police, near Shenandoah City, Pennsylvania. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 66, 1888 Feb. 18, p. 1.

[Unidentified two-and-a-half story, five-bay house with porch, dormer ...

First floor includes center hall, living room, dining room, and servant's quarters; three bedrooms and one bath on second floor. Attribution based on provenance and style. Gift of Mary Craig Skewes-Cox, Library... More

[Sketch by Michael Faraday, in his diary, of an electric generator]

Illus. in: Faraday's diary / printed and published for the first time, under the editorial supervision of Thomas Martin.... London : Bell, 1932, vol. 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of... More

[Paul Rudolph's penthouse apartment, 23 Beekman Place, New York City. ...

Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.1.11 Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogra... More

[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.

Sketch of a group of Collis' Zouaves--General Banks bodyguard, now att...

"Officers & non-commissioned officers of Collis' Zouaves. General Banks' bodyguard. Camp Pardee, near Upperville, Va." on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.19) Forms part of: Morgan collection ... More

A concise statement of the trial & confession of William Clutter : who...

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

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - 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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More

The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism.

Print shows a woman wearing a feathered headdress, representing "America", stepping on Britannia's broken spear and shield, she lunges from the left, at the direction of John Wilkes, toward "Britannia" who is b... More

The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism.

Print shows a woman wearing a feathered headdress, representing "America", stepping on Britannia's broken spear and shield, she lunges from the left, at the direction of John Wilkes, toward "Britannia" who is b... More

[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Sketch - section of circular structure]

Conservation control number 2.95.227.75 Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great American tanner / Thomas Worth. sketch ; on stone by [John] ...

An election-year cartoon invoking both Grant's humble beginnings as a tanner and his successful Civil War military career. Before the war Grant had worked in his family's leather goods establishment in Galena, ... More

[Design drawing "preliminary sketch" for mural with Holy Spirit for Ma...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Brief biographical sketch], Abraham Lincoln. President of the United ...

[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.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.

8 études & fantasy sketch for 8 etudes

A sketch of the field of battle with the disposition of the troops in ...

Scale 1:10,800; 300 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. The name R. Ohio applies also to the Allegheny. "No. 27." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More

Isaac Cruikshank - Familiar ghosts. Sketch 1. Ghost of a village lawye...

Cartoon of a well-dressed man with a large head being kept at a distance by peasant man holding a pitchfork. Imp. London Published by SWFores No 50 Piccadilly June 4 1799-Folios of Caricatures Lent. No copyrigh... More

[Preliminary sketch for neoclassic building with "MDCCXIX" on pediment...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 102. (DLC/PP-1995:140.102). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

The President's House in Washington, lately taken & destroyed by the B...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robinson, G.& S. From: Ladies' Magazine, October, 1814. No. 10.

Isaac Cruikshank - Familiar ghosts. Sketch 2. Ghost of the vicar!!

Cartoon of a parson with an astonished expression, looking at a man holding a beer stein and smoking a pipe. Imp. Folios of Caricatures Lent London Published by S W Fores N50 Piccadilly June 4 1799 No copyrig... More

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.

[Geometrical diagrams relating to perspective methods by various autho...

Four diagrams showing Miller, Kirby, Priestley, and Jesuit & French methods of perspective; sketch of interior to left. Note at center: "Artist's repository". Perspective sketch of structure with pedimented win... 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.

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,...

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

The explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralte...

Crew of H.M.S. Malabar (foreground, left) watch as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from accidental fire after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior.

Dome of U.S. Capitol, sketch of proposed hoisting arrangement for sett...

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol ... More

The Harper's Ferry insurrection--The U.S. Marines storming the engine ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 204 (1859 Oct. 29), p. 342.

Out of door sports - the Caledonian and Thistle clubs playing the Scot...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1860 Jan. 14, p. 104.

General McGowan addressing the Abbeville Volunteers in front of the Ch...

Large crowd of people and soldiers gathered in front of the Charleston Hotel to hear General McGowan's remarks. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 274 (1861 February 23), p. 221.

Battle of Dranesville, Virginia, December 20th, between the national f...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Jan. 11, opposite p. 128.

[John N. A. Griswold house (now Newport Art Museum), Newport, Rhode Is...

Inscribed in pencil J. Griswold [?]. Stamp: This drawing to be returned. Notation on verso: HWM1.1.3. Also: P.50. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-20... More

[John N. A. Griswold house (now Newport Art Museum), Newport, Rhode Is...

Inscribed in pencil J. Griswold [?]. Notation on verso: HWM1.1.3. Also: P.49-CL. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/A... More

The war in South Carolina - view of the fortifications erected at Hilt...

Illustrations show (top) laborers constructing a Union fort and (bottom) African Americans, mostly women, performing tasks such as doing laundry in a camp for escaped slaves at Hilton Head Island, South Carolin... More

The Army of the Potomac - skirmish at Upperville, Virginia, June 21, 1...

Battlefield scene, showing dead and wounded, and men on horses. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 July 18, p. 461. Reference copy in 4416G (1863)

Invasion of Maryland - General Meade's army crossing the Antietam in p...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 409 (1863 Aug. 1), p. 304.

Hd. Qrs. D. and [A. Tenn.] Aug. 30, 1864, 8 a.m. : [Pencil sketch show...

Remainder of title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil drawn on 3/8 in. numbered grid. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S82, 180 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.... More