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B. Kupfer & Co., compressed yeast puck

5147 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Kupfer (B.) & Co., cop... More

[Mythological Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing, facing ...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Two mythological Buddhist or Hindu figures, one holding a captive and...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Nymph - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tekkai sennin, Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman holding her hands over a man's eyes and blowing a puff of air upon which a small male figure ascends; another woman is waving to the man on the puff of air and appears to be offering him a s... More

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...

Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More

Chūgoku nenga - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a warrior or supernatural being riding on a tiger. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forms part of: Japanese prints and draw... More

[Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus]

The following description traces the figures clockwise from upper left. Vulcan, the god of fire and the forging of metals, and several cyclops watch in amazement as a modern man demonstrates a power press. Ne... More

[Exterior view. Sea Nymph on Sea Horse statue in Neptune Fountain by R...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view. Neptune Fountain by Roland Hinton Perry. Library of Co...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Magician holding rabbit and conjuring spirit surrounded by demon and ...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A herculean task / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as Hercules wearing a lion skin and holding a sword, facing a nine-headed hydra, each head identified as that of a senator, its tail labeled "U.S. Senate". Illus. in: Puck... More

[Vignettes of supernatural beings and mythical events possibly related...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Tengu nado - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows three vignettes, warrior on horseback, warrior with large ax, and an old man sitting, beating a drum, with a man kneeling before him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Siegfried - Drawing. Public domain image.

Siegfried, standing alongside dragon, facing a dwarf holding a horn. In album: Wagner and his ideals, p. 7. Reproduction of painting.

It can not pass while he is there / Dalrymple.

Print shows President Cleveland standing on the steps to the "U.S. Treasury", holding a large sword labeled "Sound Money Policy", with left hand raised to stop the progress of an eight-headed, silver-scaled hyd... More

[Comic scene involving balloons and people surveying the Moon]

Print shows illustration relating to the Great Moon Hoax with people spying on human-bat creatures on the Moon as other people are transported between Earth and the Moon by way of a balloon basket. Landauer Co... More

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Mitanoshi to Yamauba, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows the characters of Yamauba, an old woman who lives in the mountains, and Mitanoshi, who appears to be an old priest or monk, in a shosagoto dance routine with a rabbit and a deer competing in a feat ... More

Utsubo zaru, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man with a monkey holding a large club as a spirit appears before them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikis... More

She came on bat wings - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Other Maumer" by Virginia Frazer Boyle, Harper's magazine, 101:755 (Oct. 1900).

Sisiutl--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs.

[Exterior view. Detail of Neptune statue in Neptune Fountain by Roland...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

A strange company, wizard, and ghostly, wandering over the snow

Gift; James E. Verree estate; (DLC/PP-1937:0028). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "St. Stephen's Eve" by Warwick Deeping, Harper's magazine, 109:79 (July 1904).

Lunar animals and other objects Discovered by Sir John Herschel in his...

Print shows illustration for the New York Sun relating to the Great Moon Hoax with human-bat creatures, unicorns, and other imaginery beings on the Moon. 246 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on co... More

Acatène Velleda / / L. Baylac, Biarritz '98.

Advertising poster for the chainless Acatène Metropole bicycle with G&J tires showing the Germanic priestess, Velleda, a legendary leader of the Batavian uprising against the Romans, with a bird of prey carryin... More

Konkai, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a fox that has the ability to change its form, shown here disguised as an old priest, but now slowly transforming back to its original form. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Wild chase - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Man with scythe riding horse toward man whose head is covered with snakes and appears to be screaming, while ghostly nude figures watch in background. Photograph of a painting signed "Franz S... More

The Crouching Silenus, Stage of Theatre of Dionysus, Athens, Greece

Statue on stage of Theatre of Dionysus, amphitheater, Athens, Greece. H11151 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4114.

[Exterior view. Neptune statue in Neptune Fountain by Roland Hinton Pe...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Hesper appearing to Columbus in prison / drawn by Smirke : engraved by...

Columbus chained to prison wall, mythological figure with star above head appearing in doorway. No. 1076.

Yuri o motsu yamauba to kintarō

Print shows Yamauba, leaning slightly forward, holding chestnuts, with Kintarō standing in front of her, holding onto her kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

[Mythological blue Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing on ...

Japanese(?) text inscribed to the left of the image. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Persuasive nymphs trying to lure the coy faun into the presidential wa...

Print shows Thomas A. Hendricks, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles A. Dana, and Henry Watterson as nymphs in women's clothing attempting to coax Samuel J. Tilden as a faun into water labeled "Presidential Waters"; alrea... More

Daikoku to yūjo, Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Daikoku, one of the seven gods of fortune, sitting on the ground, holding a large sack from which two women emerge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Little old man of the woods - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nuhlimkilaka--Koskimo, Native Americans of British Columbia

Kwakiutl person wearing an oversize mask and hands representing a forest spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, ("bringer of confusion").

[Exterior view. Sea Nymph on Sea Horse statue in Neptune Fountain by R...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

A strange company, wizard, and ghostly, wandering over the snow

Gift; James E. Verree estate; (DLC/PP-1937:0028). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "St. Stephen's Eve" by Warwick Deeping, Harper's magazine, 109:79 (July 1904).

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Raikō shitennō to tsuchigumo - Public domain drawing

Print shows an interior view of room with Minamoto Yorimitsu and another man at a Go gameboard as a demon crashes through the roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Political Quixotism shewing the consequences of sleeping in patent mag...

Print shows President Jackson, sword in hand, during a nightmare, fighting a hydra with many fierce heads labeled "U.S. Bank", "Deposits", "Bribery", "Pensions", "[...] of the People", and "Corruption of the [.... More

Wood-nymph - Public domain scenic print

Woman in classical drapery seated on rock near stream in woods.

The greatest juggling act on earth / Keppler.

Illustration shows a four-headed and eight-armed monster formed out of the upper torsos of James J. Hill, Edward H. Harriman, J. Pierpont Morgan, and George J. Gould juggling New York State and municipal servic... More

The Wickersham will git yer if yer don't -- watch -- out!

Illustration shows a huge red flying creature labeled "Wickersham" holding a fork with webbing in one hand and papers labeled "Trust, Dissolution, Sherman Law, [and] Disintegretion" in the other, descending on ... More

[Exterior view. Sea Nymph on Sea Horse statue in Neptune Fountain by R...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chines...

Alternate title from online source. Signed on block by artist on right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai ... More

Raikō shitennō to tsuchigumo - Public domain drawing

Print shows an interior view of room with Minamoto Yorimitsu and another man at a Go gameboard as a demon crashes through the roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Chūgoku hanga, Qingdao China - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a Chinese wiseman holding a sword and riding on the back of a tiger.

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Fūryū yastushi hagoromo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman (possibly the Tennin, an aerial spirit or celestial dancer) standing on a man in order to remove her feather-mantle (hagoromo or heavenly kimono) which is hanging on the branches of a tree; ... More

Chasse à la grosse bête - A drawing of an elephant attacking a man on ...

Print shows members of a citizen's militia attacking and severing heads of a great beast, the many-headed Hydra of despotism. The Bastille appears under siege in the background. Includes a long caption, "Couple... More

Sanpoukazari to otafuku no men - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the mask of the joyful mythological figure Otafuku, a dish of incense, a bonsai tree, crayfish(?), knotted cord, and other articles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

"Have ye beheld the young god of the seas" / Ward ; Sartain.

Print shows a young boy with wings borne across the sea by three female figures. The title is a line from John Keats' poem "Hyperion". (DLC/PP-1998:151.32) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Lib... More

Shishi zu, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a lion or dog-like creature among clouds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. Meiji reprin... More

Something attacked me from behind! he gasped out

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Unwilling Ghost.

[Magician pulling roses out of top hat surrounded by supernatural bein...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Little old man of the woods] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City desk / World-Telegram photo by Fred Palumbo.

Newspaper editorial staff in the newsroom. NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.

A strange company, wizard, and ghostly, wandering over the snow

Gift; James E. Verree estate; (DLC/PP-1937:0028). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "St. Stephen's Eve" by Warwick Deeping, Harper's magazine, 109:79 (July 1904).

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Tengu nado - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows five vignettes, warrior on horseback, man with sword, warrior with large ax, figure upside down with long staff, and old man sitting, beating drum, with a man kneeling before him. Title and other ... More

Jean Jacques Henner - The listening nymph

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting signed "JJ Henner" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 29257. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Reproduction of print showing Nymphs before Jupiter]

Johnston No.: 235. Photograph of a woodblock from Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Venice, 1499. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also... More

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Magician holding rabbit and conjuring spirit surrounded by demon and ...

Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Acatène Velleda / / L. Baylac, Biarritz '98.

Advertising poster for the chainless Acatène Metropole bicycle with G&J tires showing the Germanic priestess, Velleda, a legendary leader of the Batavian uprising against the Romans, with a bird of prey carryin... More

Scoperte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschell

Print shows illustration relating to the Great Moon Hoax with a human-bat creature, two other supernatural creatures, and a lunar landscape. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Accession b... More

Virtue / Iacobus Ligozzus Verones inuenit ac pinxit, Andreas Andreanas

Allegorical print shows a semi-nude female figure resisting two males, one with wings on his head and one with a blindfold over his eyes, a second female, and a blindfolded cupid. After Jacopo Ligozzi. Title fr... More

Spirit guarding the secret of the tomb

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Saved! / Gordon Ross. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a beautiful, partially nude, winged woman goddess rescuing an airman who has fallen out of an airplane, and giving him a kiss. Caption: An airmaid to the rescue! Illus. in: Puck, v. 68, no. ... More

Puck magazine cover - Cupid's feathers / Leon V. Solon.

Illustration shows a woman holding Cupid in one arm and plucking and arranging its feathers in her hair, and admiring herself in a mirror held by a faun who is mostly hidden by tall grasses. Illus. in: Puck, v... More

Edward S. Curtis - Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl

Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods. J197489 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 356... More

Scoperte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschell

Print shows illustration relating to the Great Moon Hoax with a human-bat creature, two other supernatural creatures, and a lunar landscape. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Accession b... More

Raikō shitennō to tsuchigumo - Public domain image related to music pr...

Print shows an interior view of room with Minamoto Yorimitsu and another man at a Go gameboard as a demon crashes through the roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Assyria - Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum

Statue of a lion with wings and head of a bearded man. On mount verso: 41. On mount recto: No. 2.

This is to certify that Sylvester R. Koehler has served as a fireman i...

Print showing a man stepping forward to receive a certificate from a goddess or protector of firemen, a fireman's helmet and coat are on the ground between them. She is sitting with a shield showing three plows... More

[Mythological Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing, facing ...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Puck magazine cover - The free silver jabberwock / Keppler.

Print shows a gigantic man labeled "Free Silverite" with the wings of a bat and the tail of a dragon, emerging from a dark forest carrying papers that state "Free Silver and Repudiation" and bearing down on a k... More

[Wild chase] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Little old man of the woods] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Comic scene involving balloons and people surveying the Moon]

Print shows illustration relating to the Great Moon Hoax with people spying on human-bat creatures on the Moon as other people are transported between Earth and the Moon by way of a balloon basket. Landauer Co... More

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Jean Jacques Henner - Nymph, Autochrome Color Photograph

Title in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912): The listening nymph. "McC 1037" on transparency. Photograph of a painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 48111. Gift; Sta... More

Lunar animals and other objects Discovered by Sir John Herschel in his...

Print shows illustration for the New York Sun relating to the Great Moon Hoax with human-bat creatures, unicorns, and other imaginery beings on the Moon. 246 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on co... More

Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chines...

Alternate title from online source. Signed on block by artist on right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai ... More

Bunbuku chagama, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a raccoon wearing clothes and leaning on a table in a room with a large round window and a teapot heating nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Little old man of the woods - Detroit publishing company. Public domai...

Photograph of a painting. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. A 50162. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Jean Jacques Henner - Nymph - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Title in catalog: The listening nymph. Photograph of painting signed "Henner" at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M367. ... More

Little old man of the woods - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph of a painting signed "Irving R. Bacon, with apologies to Heinrich Schill." Used as a logo for the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on v... More

Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation Enchantments lately seen upon...

Print on recto: "A design in four compartments divided by lines intersecting at right angles... [1] Avarice... [2] Next (r.) is Drunkenness... [3] Below (l.) is Gambling... [4] Next (r.) is Debauchery... satire... More

Mitanoshi to Yamauba, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows the characters of Yamauba, an old woman who lives in the mountains, and Mitanoshi, who appears to be an old priest or monk, in a shosagoto dance routine with a rabbit and a deer competing in a feat ... More

Mitanoshi to Yamauba, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows the characters of Yamauba, an old woman who lives in the mountains, and Mitanoshi, who appears to be an old priest or monk, in a shosagoto dance routine with a rabbit and a deer competing in a feat ... More

The Valkyrs - Drawing. Public domain image.

Women warriors with spears and shields on horseback in the sky, surrounded by hand decorated border. In album: Wagner and his ideals, p. 6.

Nymph, Autochrome Color Photograph

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exterior view. Neptune Fountain by Roland Hinton Perry. Library of Co...

Photo shows mallard duck swimming in the fountain. More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol... More

Three women in draped fabric with flowers and butterflies

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Zoutzka, J. P. , artist. Kunstanstalten A.-G.,... More

The breath of the Hun - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Enemy alien menace" hovering over New York City. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, March 28, 1918, p. 5.

[Lion-headed serpent devouring its eagle-headed tail entwined about fa...

Illus. and text in: Deutsches theatrum chemicum / Friedrich Roth-Scholtz. 3 vols. Nurnberg : Bey A.J. Felsseckern, 1728-1732. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Librar... More

Roma Caput Mundi. janvarii, 1496 W

Photomechanical print showing a 15th century engraving of a mythical creature with both human and animal body parts as well as a dragon tail surrounded by a castle, a gate, and an urn. The latin title refers t... More

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