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Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni tÿpus., Abraham Ortelius

Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni tÿpus., Abraham Ortelius

Covers northern Asia. Relief shown pictorially. From Abraham Ortelius's atlas: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1603 ed. Hand col. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes tex... More

Britons! Your country needs you / Printed by Saunders & Cullingham, 2 & 3 Burgon Street, Carter Lane, London, E.C.

Britons! Your country needs you / Printed by Saunders & Cullingham, 2 ...

Poster showing map of British Isles behind text. Poster no. 23. Wt. 8936. 50M. 1632/12/14.

Queen Hope on throne at coronation

Queen Hope on throne at coronation

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN 0124. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Coll... More

A black and white photo of an empty street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an empty street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory with old cars. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory with old cars. Dodge Brothers Mot...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a plan of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a plan of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large warehouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large warehouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Moto...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an old factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an old factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Compan...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a living room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a living room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a lighthouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a lighthouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Mo...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a hospital room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a hospital room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a kitchen. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a kitchen. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a bridge over a river. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a bridge over a river. Dodge Brothers Motor...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

An old black and white photo of a street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

An old black and white photo of a street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Dodge Brothers...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of women working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of women working in a factory. Dodge Brothers ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

An old photo of a crowd of people. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

An old photo of a crowd of people. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Pl...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

To Sinai by car. Bedouin camp under Acacia trees

To Sinai by car. Bedouin camp under Acacia trees

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim), possibly, downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Nakhila, El Hswa, El ... More

Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.

Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labeled "Spain". Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain) Stand back... More

Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.

Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an elephant labeled "G.O.P." holding a tambourine labeled "Stand Patism" and handing out free baskets labeled "Tariff Graft" containing a turkey, duck, or chicken to ragged figures labeled "C... More

E. Butterick & Co.'s quarterly report of New York fashions, for fall 1873

E. Butterick & Co.'s quarterly report of New York fashions, for fall 1...

C10521 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. Butterick (E.) & Co.... More

[Portrait of Macbeth, Count of Monte Cristo, Lord Invader, and Wilmoth Houdini, Renaissance Ballroom, New York, N.Y., ca. July, 1947]

[Portrait of Macbeth, Count of Monte Cristo, Lord Invader, and Wilmoth...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb The Renaissance Ballroom information was provided in the 2014 [Bear Family] publication Calypso Craze, 1956-1957 and Beyond (EAN: 53971021694... More

[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]

[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]

Illus. in: De proprietatibus rerum. Lyons : Johannes Siber, [after 26 Jan. 1486] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

[Villa La Pietra, via Bolognese, 120, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Entrance drive]

[Villa La Pietra, via Bolognese, 120, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Entran...

Site History. House Architecture: First half 16th century, purchased by Arthur Acton 1907. Landcape: Arthur and Hortense Mitchell Acton. Other: Arthur and Hortense Mitchell Acton owned the villa in 1925. Also k... More

Ugo da Carpi - The resurrection, 16th century

Ugo da Carpi - The resurrection, 16th century

Print shows Jesus, dressed in a shroud, stepping out of his tomb as it rests in a cave. On the right, the women weap, and on the left, the guards tumble over each other in fright. Title from Graphic sampler / ... More

[Portrait of Lucas van Leyden] / L [monogram].

[Portrait of Lucas van Leyden] / L [monogram].

Title from caption card. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. No call number on caption card

Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field

Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field

Print shows Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed monster pulling in opposite directions; Louis wears the horns of a cuckold and Marie Antoinette has the head of Medusa wearing ostrich feathers. de Vi... More

The flight into Egypt / PHL. - Public domain dedication image

The flight into Egypt / PHL. - Public domain dedication image

Print shows angels pulling a tree within the reach of the infant Jesus who rides in the lap of the Virgin Mary on a donkey. Joseph guides the donkey on the family's journey to Egypt. Anonymous artist after Rap... More

Celestial globe gores - Public domain vintage map

Celestial globe gores - Public domain vintage map

Title provided by cataloger. Likely proof sheets, as lines for the tropics and the ecliptic are missing. Earliest known celestial gores. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Gores trimmed and mounted on paper. LC c... More

Death and the Devil surprise two women DH monogram

Death and the Devil surprise two women DH monogram

Print shows Death and the Devil interrupting the lives of two wealthy women. Bradley Collection. Stamped on verso: Tilgungs-Stempel K.K.C. Stamped on verso: Kupferstich-Sammlung der Königl: Museen. Stamped on ... More

Parmigianino - The Virgin in an oval

Parmigianino - The Virgin in an oval

Print shows the Virgin Mary seated with a child in her lap. Anonymous artist after Francesco Mazzuoli who was called Il Parmigianino. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photogra... More

Antonio da Trento - Fortitude, 16th century

Antonio da Trento - Fortitude, 16th century

Allegorical print showing a seated woman holding onto a column. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, pp. 24-28. Print... More

The philosopher Diogenes and the allegory of astronomy

The philosopher Diogenes and the allegory of astronomy

Allegorical print showing a seated man thinking and another figure looking at a globe. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress,... More

Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian oracle ; a scene in the Academic Grove, No. 1 / Js. Gy., invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print

Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian ...

Allegorical British satire on the 'Venetian secret', or the secret of Titian's coloring, which Mary Ann Provis discovered, showing woman painting a goblin-like bearded figure intended as Titian, above group of ... More

Typvs orbis terrarvm - Public domain map engraving

Typvs orbis terrarvm - Public domain map engraving

Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes illustrations. Latin text on verso. In lower left: cum privilegio. Has a crack and re... More

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with paddles, cog and shafts, and housing]

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...

Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, moving along scaffolding from the Circus Nero to its new location at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome]

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

DCM 1598: Anonymous Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat)

DCM 1598: Anonymous Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat)

Instrument type: Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat) Medium: Cocus(?), nickel silver key and ferrules.; 42 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, post and rod, direct mount. Mark Maximum: (crown) / London (cursive) / IMPROVED... More

A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a woman playing cards with a monkey dressed as a man, two figures in masquerade attend to them, above and in the background are a musician, a man and a woman, and a cuckold, also seated is an owl sm... More

Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?

Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?

Print shows a man, possibly Joseph-François Foullon, on his hands and knees with a woman of the Third Estate, a sword at her side, riding on his back. de Vinck, 2950 Blum, 206 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More

[Landscape with a pilgrim in prayer] / A. Canal. f.

[Landscape with a pilgrim in prayer] / A. Canal. f.

George Lothrop Bradley collection. Constable, 22. Pallucchini, 22. Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jason returning with the golden fleece / AA [monogram of Andrea Andreani] in Mantoua 160.

Jason returning with the golden fleece / AA [monogram of Andrea Andrea...

Print showing Jason wearing armor and holding sword in right hand, returning to his ship on the left with right arm raised and carrying the golden fleece over his left arm. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled... More

Richard Low 17th century - Public domain  engraving

Richard Low 17th century - Public domain engraving

after a painting possibly by John Hayls, portraitist, 1600?-1679; published by John Smith, painter, draughtsman, and engraver, 1652-1743 (artist notes) British (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (art... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain  drawing

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman, wearing geta, walking beneath an umbrella next to a blossoming tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More

A comfortable dish of tea in high-life, British Cartoon Print

A comfortable dish of tea in high-life, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two wealthy and fashionable European women sitting in a room with pets including a dog, a cat, a monkey, a squirrel, and birds being served tea by an African servant. Not found in British Museum Cat... More

St. Jerome / Guid. Rhen. inuen., Barthol. Coriolanus, eques, sculpsit bonon.

St. Jerome / Guid. Rhen. inuen., Barthol. Coriolanus, eques, sculpsit ...

Print shows Saint Jerome in adoration before a crucifix. Exhibit caption (2014): This chiaroscuro woodcut comes from the Library's Pembroke Album collection assembled between ca. 1683 and 1733 by Philip and Tho... More

Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus

Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus

Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Illustrations of costumes: Hispani -- Galli -- Itali -- Germani -- Angli -- Belgae -- Groenlandi -- Chinenses -- Jav... More

Jean Boisseau - Africae nova tabula / Historic map, Library of Congress

Jean Boisseau - Africae nova tabula / Historic map, Library of Congres...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes watermark. Acquisitions control no. 6-85

The Virgin, Child, and St. John the Baptist / G.R., In., B.C. Eq.F., 1647.

The Virgin, Child, and St. John the Baptist / G.R., In., B.C. Eq.F., 1...

Print shows Mary and infant Jesus with young St. John the Baptist. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, p. 28. Print ... More

Neue Land Tafel von Hungarn : und dessenincorporirten Königreichen und Provinzen

Neue Land Tafel von Hungarn : und dessenincorporirten Königreichen und...

Map of Hungary and adjacent parts of the Danube River Valley showing populated places occupied by the Turkish invaders and places remaining Christian (unoccupied). Covers the Danube River Valley from Vienna (up... More

[Microscopic view of an ant]

[Microscopic view of an ant]

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

Ioannes Ab Eyck pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Ioannes Ab Eyck pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Jan Van Eyck, half-length portrait, facing right. Illus. from: Académie des sciences et des arts ... / Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1682-1695, Liv. VI, p. 379. LeBlanc, Boulonois no. 43

Mappa mondo o vero carta generale del globo terestre : rapresentato in due planisferi è nouamente coretta e in piu parte aumentata secondo le relatione piu recente

Mappa mondo o vero carta generale del globo terestre : rapresentato in...

LC copy lightly hand colored, showing political boundaries only. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

An elegiack tribute to the sacred dust of the Reverend and worthy Mr. Seaborn Cotton pastour of the Church of Christ at Hampton in New England: who was disharged from his work and office, to be admitted into Heaven, April 20th 1686. [Boston: Pri

An elegiack tribute to the sacred dust of the Reverend and worthy Mr. ...

Positive Photostat.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 13.

DCM 0670: Claude Laurent Flute in C

DCM 0670: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside with fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl cap, silver keys, ferrules.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flat flaps on flanges bolted to body ... More

Photo of DCM 1673: Anonymous Flute Swab - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 1673: Anonymous Flute Swab - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute Swab Medium: Public domain photo of museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contain... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 1618: Anonymous Transverse Flute

Musical Instruments - DCM 1618: Anonymous Transverse Flute

Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Bamboo, partially painted black and green, with painted area scratched or carved away for natural bamboo color.; 38.1 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus 4 vent holes... More

DCM 1579: Anonymous Svirala (Vertical Whistle Flute)

DCM 1579: Anonymous Svirala (Vertical Whistle Flute)

Instrument type: Svirala (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood.; 30.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Spofford Whiting, New York, 5 Nov. 1954. The Dayton C. Miller collecti... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Of Aquanishuonigy the country of the confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio and Thuchsochruntie their deer hunting countries, Couchsachrage and Skaniadarade their beaver hunting countries, of the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain, and of part of New France: Wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nations;

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 712 Available also through the Library of Congress... More

La partie françoise de l'isle de Saint Domingue.

La partie françoise de l'isle de Saint Domingue.

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1870 "Tome I, no. 67." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A map of Asia : with its principal divisions /

A map of Asia : with its principal divisions /

Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude East from Ferro I." Includes table: Methodical divisions of Asia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontiers, shewing in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; with the roads and Indian paths; as well as the boundary or provincial lines, the several townships and other divisions of the land in both the provinces;

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...

Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca. 1:200,000]--The bar and ha... More

DCM 1569: Possibly distributed or made by Merklein Clarinet in A

DCM 1569: Possibly distributed or made by Merklein Clarinet in A

Integral boxwood thumb rest. Instrument type: Clarinet in A Medium: Boxwood, cocus mouthpiece, brass keys, animal horn ferrules.; 66 cm. (with mouthpiece). Key Holes System: 12 keys, modern style key cups, in ... More

[John Wesley M.H.] / J. Faber, fecit.

[John Wesley M.H.] / J. Faber, fecit.

Title from shelflist card. Inscription below portrait: Fellow of Lincoln Colledge Oxford. Jno. Williams, pinxt. J. Faber, fecit. On shelflist card: Printed for and sold by Robt. Sayer ... . Stamp on verso: depo... More

DCM 0599: Key Flute in C (Fragment)

DCM 0599: Key Flute in C (Fragment)

Instrument type: Flute in C (Fragment) Medium: Boxwood, silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 46.6 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: Originally 8-keyed flute. Later, RH B-flat lever added (now missing) incorporating separ... More

DCM 0118: George Winfield Haynes Flute in Low F (Alto or Bass in F)

DCM 0118: George Winfield Haynes Flute in Low F (Alto or Bass in F)

DCM ledger: "The tube is made of Mexican silver dollars, which cost 43 cents per dollar. Head joint is seamless, made of hollow ingot, bored, turned, and drawn on special hydraulic draw-bench. Tube has the firs... More

DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C

DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Safety lock at head joint. DCM ledger: "Seems to be identical with Victoria and Albert specimen, dated 1815." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside, fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl ca... More

DCM 0606: Noë frères Flute in C

DCM 0606: Noë frères Flute in C

The three body joint tenons have nickel silver strengthening ferrules both at the end and at the shoulder. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ivory ferrules and cork-setting mechanism. Cap ... More

DCM 0061: Boehm & Mendler Flute in D-flat

DCM 0061: Boehm & Mendler Flute in D-flat

Instrument type: Flute in D-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver ribs, and silver or silver-plated keys and ferrules.; 50.05 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#, post and rod. Mark Maximum: BOEHM & M... More

Planisphaerivm Aratevm sive Compages Orbivm Mvndanorvm ex hypothesi Aratea in plano expressa.

Planisphaerivm Aratevm sive Compages Orbivm Mvndanorvm ex hypothesi Ar...

Appears in Andreas Cellarius' Harmonia macrocosmica. Amstelodami : Apud Gerardum Valk & Petrum Schenk, 1708. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy accompanied by pho... More

Diagrammatic designs for gun carriage Sc., T&W Schleuer

Diagrammatic designs for gun carriage Sc., T&W Schleuer

Print shows the designs for the inner workings of a cannon. Gift; Col. J.R. Lovell; 8-9-46 Stamped in lower left: Copy 5. Portions torn away from top of print. Two versions on same mat. On same mat with LC-DIG... More

DCM 0179: Maino & Orsi Flute in C

DCM 0179: Maino & Orsi Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver ferrules.; 53cm. Key Holes System: Giorgi system, to low D. See DCM 112. Mark Maximum: MAINO E ORSI / MILANO (inside oval shield) / DI / PROF. R. ORSI... More

DCM 0240: Boehm & Greve Flute in C

DCM 0240: Boehm & Greve Flute in C

Each tenon strengthened with silver ferrule. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver head joint tuning slide components and silver ferrules.; 66.3 cm. Key Holes System: 9 keys, round flat flaps, post... More

DCM 1287: William Sherman Haynes Flute

DCM 1287: William Sherman Haynes Flute

DCM ledger: "Designed for lecture demonstrations, on harmonic tones, and complex quality due to overtones.... Only tones: C, C#, D." Instrument type: Flute Medium: Silver.; 67.7 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys, f... More

N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts, geb. zu St. Cnery im Orne Departement den 4ten Aug. 1755, gest. den 6ten Decbr., 1805 zu Paris / A. Burch[...].

N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.

DCM 0220: Ubaldo Luvoni Piccolo in C

DCM 0220: Ubaldo Luvoni Piccolo in C

Unusual, including a separate foot joint. Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Ebony(?), nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head and key blocks.; 31.2 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flat flaps,... More

DCM 0424: William Henry Potter Flute in C

DCM 0424: William Henry Potter Flute in C

"Woodward" mark on barrel from another stamp. This instrument probably had 3 corps de rechange. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, metal-li... More

DCM 0882: Calura Vertical Whistle Flute in B-flat

DCM 0882: Calura Vertical Whistle Flute in B-flat

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute in B-flat Medium: Steel with black and bronze powder enamel.; 34.95 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: MADE IN GERMANY / CALURA / B / (hammer and anvil, with... More

A plan of Quebec - Public domain vintage map

A plan of Quebec - Public domain vintage map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Oriented with north to the right. Includes inset "The port & environs of Quebec as it was when attack'd by the English". LC copy mounted on cloth. LC Maps and cha... More

Photo of DCM 0829: Milot Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 0829: Milot Flute in C - Public domain dedication

DCM ledger: "Original paste-board box." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Unidentified wood, apparently stained both inside and out. Ivory cap and ferrules, brass key.; 62 cm., 63 cm., 64 cm. Key Holes Syste... More

Europe. Historic map, Library of Congress

Europe. Historic map, Library of Congress

"Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhil, & Robt. Sayer in Fleetstreet." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Le globe terrestre représenté en deux plans-hémisphères : dressé sur la projection de Mr. de la Hyre de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, et sur plusieurs routiers et mémoires des plus habiles pilotes et savans voyageurs le tout rectifié et calculé selon les dernières observations, et dédié à Mgr. l'Abbé Bignon, conseiller d'état ordinaire /

Le globe terrestre représenté en deux plans-hémisphères : dressé sur l...

Scale ca. 1:35,000,000 at the equator. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, notes, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Daimyō gyōretsu no ezu - Public domain textile drawing

Daimyō gyōretsu no ezu - Public domain textile drawing

Print shows a long procession of men (nobility or government officials) on foot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Ob... More

Map of Livingston Manor Anno 1714.

Map of Livingston Manor Anno 1714.

Facsimile from an engraving.; Map. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 102, Folder 35.

Haha to ko, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa

Haha to ko, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa

Print shows a mother and her son with an open book; the boy is resting on top of the book, preventing his mother from reading it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

[Project for a circular arcade. Perspective rendering]

[Project for a circular arcade. Perspective rendering]

Sketch plan of arcade on verso. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed... More

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