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Diplomacy. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Diplomacy. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Created by "A.S. Seer's Eng-Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Love's regret - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

Love's regret - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[Three Finger Brown, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait]

[Three Finger Brown, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Sherry Magee, Philadelphia Phillies, baseball card portrait]

[Sherry Magee, Philadelphia Phillies, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1

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

The iron-clad New Ironsides in fighting trim

The iron-clad New Ironsides in fighting trim

Photograph shows a reproduction of a book illustration of the ironclad in battle.

Hearst. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Hearst. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

William Blake - The book of Ahania.

William Blake - The book of Ahania.

L.C. copy imperfect: frontispiece wanting; hand-colored frontispiece from another copy accompanies book. Printed in dark brown on 6 leaves, from engr. plates. Illustrated t.p. and tailpiece hand-colored. The on... More

Take that, he feebly said, and swear that it shall be delivered

Take that, he feebly said, and swear that it shall be delivered

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Gibson's Brigade charging Hurlbut's troops in the "hornets' nest" / Ogden.

Gibson's Brigade charging Hurlbut's troops in the "hornets' nest" / Og...

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Alice Barber Stephens - [Mausoleum, Charlottenburg]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Alice Barber Stephens - [Mausoleum, Charlottenburg]. Book illustration...

Title from mat. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0012). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Ladies in the country] - Public domain book illustration

[Ladies in the country] - Public domain book illustration

Two facing pages from Japanese book show four richly dressed women walking in a garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06 and Richard Lan... More

[Geisha stepping into a boat] - Public domain dedication image

[Geisha stepping into a boat] - Public domain dedication image

Ukiyo-e print illustration shows geisha being helped into a boat by a boatman. Pages in: Kakuchū en[pu]. [Japan : s.n., not before 1806]. Date from The floating world of Ukiyo-e ..., p. 108. Published in: The ... More

Wool-gathering. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Wool-gathering. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's second reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 133.

He looked up at the broad yellow moon and thought that she looked at him

He looked up at the broad yellow moon and thought that she looked at h...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: The Water Babies / Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916. E... More

He looked up at the broad yellow moon and thought that she looked at him

He looked up at the broad yellow moon and thought that she looked at h...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: The Water Babies / Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916. E... More

Sixteen illustrations of subjects from Kipling's "Jungle book" /

Sixteen illustrations of subjects from Kipling's "Jungle book" /

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Sixteen reproductions 43 x 33 cm. mounted on board with hinged mat, covered with guard sheet with letterpress. Many captions include quotation... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccios Decamerone

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccios Decamerone

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccios Decamerone

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Heinrich Ibsen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Heinrich Ibsen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Draftsman drawing a lute] / AD [monogram], 1525.

[Draftsman drawing a lute] / AD [monogram], 1525.

Print shows two men in a room using a perspective apparatus to draw a lute accurately. Woodcut illus. and surrounding text in: Underweysung der Messung / Albrecht Durer. [Nuremberg], 1525. Title from Bartsch. I... More

Hoyt's A black sheep - A poster advertising a black sheep show

Hoyt's A black sheep - A poster advertising a black sheep show

Z51585 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Sheriff, you let my trunk alone! Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti, New-York." Hoyt & McKee, proprietors. No. 6161. Forms part of: Theatrical p... More

British Blonde Burlesque Troupe

British Blonde Burlesque Troupe

A579 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Parisian sauce. Copyrighted by Sheridan Corbyn, 1870. Created by "Ledger Steam Job Print, Sixth and Chestnut Streets, Philad'a." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... More

Three cancelled plates from "America, a prophecy." Three unique plates with pencil corrections by Blake, bound in with six other plates from America, a prophecy.

Three cancelled plates from "America, a prophecy." Three unique plates...

Manuscript t.p. Printed in blue, brown, or green on 6 leaves, from engraved plates containing both text and illustrations. Includes plates 1-2, 9-10, and 2 copies of plate 13 of America, a prophecy. Keynes, G.L... More

A view of Bethlem, the great Moravian settlement in the province of Pennsylvania Vue de Bethlem, principal etablissement des Freres Moraves dans la province de Pennsylvania / / sketch'd on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownal ; painted & engraved by Paul Sandby.

A view of Bethlem, the great Moravian settlement in the province of Pe...

Print shows view of community of Bethlehem, a cluster of large and small buildings in a bucolic setting. Another impression in: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. Printed for John Bowles at No. ... More

[Man reading letter to old lady and man across a table]

[Man reading letter to old lady and man across a table]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

What do I want, John Henry? / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

What do I want, John Henry? / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

White soldier sitting facing young black servant, who is holding bottle and cake(?), with two other soldiers sitting and one standing in front of two tents. One of the soldiers is Brevet Major J.R. Coxe, who w... More

Brookfield Zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Brookfield Zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster showing a black leopard. Designed by Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: W... More

The slave driver. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The slave driver. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 463.

[Mount Vernon estate, Virginia]

[Mount Vernon estate, Virginia]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Don't kill our wild life - Art Deco public domain image

Don't kill our wild life - Art Deco public domain image

Poster showing two deer crossing road in front of approaching car. Date stamped on verso: Jul 18 1940. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Poster design attributed to John Wagner. Work Projects A... More

No, she cannot be dirty - Public domain book illustration

No, she cannot be dirty - Public domain book illustration

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Water Babies / Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, p. 36. Exhibit l... More

Quaker guns, Centreville, Virginia / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A. Gardner.

Quaker guns, Centreville, Virginia / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; po...

Earthworks with large logs to simulate guns in what may have been a deserted Confederate fortification. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & ... More

Alice Barber Stephens - [Group of children in my garden at Rose Valley]

Alice Barber Stephens - [Group of children in my garden at Rose Valley...

Title and date from mat. Not published. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea Vue sur la Riviere d'Hudson, de l'entree counue sous le nom de Mer de Topan / / sketch'd on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownal ; painted by Mr. Paul Sandby ; & engraved by Peter Benazech.

A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea V...

Print shows view of the Hudson River at a point where it broadens to form a lake called Tappan Sea in New York.

Louis Haghe - El Deir Petra March 8 1839 / David Roberts.

Louis Haghe - El Deir Petra March 8 1839 / David Roberts.

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 14-15, p. 2. Surro... More

Commo. Perry meeting the imperial Commissioners at Yokuhama / from nature by W.T. Petris ; Lith. of Sarony & Co., New York.

Commo. Perry meeting the imperial Commissioners at Yokuhama / from nat...

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan... in... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under...M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Perry; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : Nicholson P... More

[Wash drawings for illustrations of Mary Wollstonecraft’s Original stories from real life].

[Wash drawings for illustrations of Mary Wollstonecraft’s Original sto...

Mary Wollstonecraft's Original stories from real life. London, 1791, contain 6 of the illus.; the other four were not used. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1818 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography o... More

Manuscript, Science fiction story notes

Manuscript, Science fiction story notes

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Reaching out for the river - drill grounds of the defenders of Cairo, Ill.

Reaching out for the river - drill grounds of the defenders of Cairo, ...

Panoramic view of the parade grounds at Camp Defiance, Cairo, Illinois shows troops from several Illinois volunteer units engaged in drill practice; in the background is the Mississippi River. Copyright by Rev... More

Baltimore : the book of the fire : a word picture and a series of illustrations showing the progress of the great conflagration and its disastrous results.

Baltimore : the book of the fire : a word picture and a series of illu...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Baltimore : the book of the fire : a word picture and a series of illustrations showing the progress of the great conflagration and its disastrous results.

Baltimore : the book of the fire : a word picture and a series of illu...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plate maps of each state and territory of the United States, and the provinces of Canada, together with a complete reference map of the world, topographical and railroad map of the United States, thirteen comprehensive maps of bible geography ... : outline maps and histories of Wood and Pleasants Counties, West Virginia, illustrated, containing a condensed history of the county, biographical sketches, general statistics, miscellaneous matters, &c.

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plat...

Phillips, 11040 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6413 Includes indexes, brief histories of Wood and Pleasants County, and brief biographies of early Wood and Pleasants County residents. Available also thro... More

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plate maps of each state and territory of the United States, and the provinces of Canada, together with a complete reference map of the world, topographical and railroad map of the United States, thirteen comprehensive maps of bible geography ... : outline maps and histories of Wood and Pleasants Counties, West Virginia, illustrated, containing a condensed history of the county, biographical sketches, general statistics, miscellaneous matters, &c.

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plat...

Phillips, 11040 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6413 Includes indexes, brief histories of Wood and Pleasants County, and brief biographies of early Wood and Pleasants County residents. Available also thro... More

Atlas of Bartholomew Co., Indiana : to which are added various general maps, history, statistics, illustrations, & c. & c. & c.

Atlas of Bartholomew Co., Indiana : to which are added various general...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4500 Includes indexes, brief history of Bartholomew County, and brief biographies and portraits of early Bartholomew County residents. Available also through the Library of... More

Atlas of Bartholomew Co., Indiana : to which are added various general maps, history, statistics, illustrations, & c. & c. & c.

Atlas of Bartholomew Co., Indiana : to which are added various general...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4500 Includes indexes, brief history of Bartholomew County, and brief biographies and portraits of early Bartholomew County residents. Available also through the Library of... More

Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis., 15th century

Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis., 15th century

Block book. Printed in brown ink on one side of leaves only. Includes illus. of the life of St. John. BM 15th cent., I, p. 3 (IB.41) Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch, IV, p. 160-216 (4th ed., 1st state) Rosenwald 23 A... More

Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis., 15th century

Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis., 15th century

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The county of Bay, Michigan : maps, history, illustrations and statistics.

The county of Bay, Michigan : maps, history, illustrations and statist...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4962 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Bay County, and brief biographies and portraits of early ... More

The county of Bay, Michigan : maps, history, illustrations and statistics.

The county of Bay, Michigan : maps, history, illustrations and statist...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4962 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Bay County, and brief biographies and portraits of early ... More

The wonderful wizard of Oz - Public domain book scan / engraving

The wonderful wizard of Oz - Public domain book scan / engraving

First edition, second state. Cf. Schiller. Illustrated title-page in color, illustrated end-papers. "The engravings were made by the Illinois Engraving Company, the paper was supplied by the Dwight Brothers Pa... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with illustrations by Reed; Souvenir, Twenty-Fourth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, 1890

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with illustrations by Reed; Souvenir, Twenty-Fourth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, 1890

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with illustrations by Reed; Souvenir, Twenty-Fourth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, 1890

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with illustrations by Reed; Souvenir, Twenty-Fourth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, 1890

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with illustrations by Reed; Souvenir, Twenty-Fourth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, 1890

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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American dancing master, and ball-room prompter containing about five hundred dances including all the latest and most fashionable ... with elegant illustrations, and full explanation and every variety of the latest and most approved figures, and calls for the different changes, and rules on deportment and the toilet, and the etiquette of dancing

American dancing master, and ball-room prompter containing about five ...

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

American dancing master, and ball-room prompter containing about five hundred dances including all the latest and most fashionable ... with elegant illustrations, and full explanation and every variety of the latest and most approved figures, and calls for the different changes, and rules on deportment and the toilet, and the etiquette of dancing

American dancing master, and ball-room prompter containing about five ...

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[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485]

[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...

Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More

The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

[Portable siege ladder]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Portable siege ladder]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a portable ladder with sections that are screwed together, used during siege warfare. Illus. in: Des durchleichtigen wolgebornen Grauen Flauii Vegecii Renati kurcze Red von der Ritterschafft (De re... More

Typus arithmeticae. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Typus arithmeticae. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The form of arithmetic, possibly muse of arithmetic, shown as woman standing between Boethius writing Arabic numerals and Pythagorus doing reckoning with counters. Illus. in: Margarita philosophica / Gregor Rei... More

De Terre motu. Book illustration from Library of Congress

De Terre motu. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Buildings moving and spire toppling in an earthquake. Illus. and text in: Margarita philosophica noua / Gregor Reisch. [Ex Argentoraco veteri, J. Gruningerus, 1515]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leo... More

[Two illustrations showing a unicorn and several apes]

[Two illustrations showing a unicorn and several apes]

Illus. in: Hudson, Hortus sanitatis, London, 1521. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incunabula; Animals Apes; Unicorn. Sources checked and other information on... More

[Mathematician Girolamo Cardano, half-length portrait in oval, facing right, with text below]

[Mathematician Girolamo Cardano, half-length portrait in oval, facing ...

Illus. and text in: De subtilitate libri XXI / Girolamo Cardano. Basileae : Per L. Lucium, 1554. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 236.

Hernando de Alarcon ... / B. Bazquez lo grabó ; J. Lopez Enguidanos lo dibuxó.

Hernando de Alarcon ... / B. Bazquez lo grabó ; J. Lopez Enguidanos lo...

Half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Illus. in: Retratos de los españoles ilustres con un epitome de sus vidas. Madrid : Imprenta real, 1791. Ref. copy in BIOG FILE - Alarcon, Hernando de.

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elaborate border showing figures of "Nobilitas" and "Scientia"] / Fr. Delaram sculp. anno. 1522 [i.e., 1622]

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elabora...

Illus. in: The complete gentleman / Henry Peacham. London : Francis Constable, 1622, title page. Reference copy in LOT 7007.

[Hero's miraculous altar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Hero's miraculous altar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows the details of a steam-driven mechanical apparatus for opening doors. Illus. in: Gli artificiosi e cvriosi moti spiritali di Herone / Giambattista Aleotti. Bologna : C. Zenero, 1647. Publish... More

[Page of text with illustration of a "thermoscope" or thermometer without scale]

[Page of text with illustration of a "thermoscope" or thermometer with...

Illus. in: Sphlaera mvndi, .... Mvtinæ : Ex typographia Andreæ, & Hieronymi Cassiani, 1653. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. ... More

A Garden bean in one lobe of wch. the seminal root is layed bare, the radical cut transversly, [and] a piece of ye true skin

A Garden bean in one lobe of wch. the seminal root is layed bare, the ...

Cross-section of a bean based on microscope examination. Illus. in: The anatomy of plants / Nehemiah Grew. [London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682, plate 79. Published in: The tradition of scienc... More

[Murder of David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselins, Ghent, 1554] / I. Luyken.

[Murder of David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselins, Ghent, 1554] / I....

Illustration showing the execution of van der Leyen and Ghyselins by burning at the stake; van der Leyen, showing signs of life, is stabbed with a long fork; implements of torture lie on the ground; spectators ... More

[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of the Seminoles and title page of Travels through North & South Carolina] / W. Bartram, Delin. ; J. Trenchard, sculp.

[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of t...

Frontispiece and title page in: Travels through North & South Carolina / William Bartram. Philadelphia : James & Johnson, 1791. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.

Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.

Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More

Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage

Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage

Print shows two views of a "Truck carriage." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIV. Published in: The American Revolution... More

[Alchemical scene showing two putti holding philosopher's stone containing image of Hermes, below which are a man and a woman kneeling before furnace where transmutation is to take place]

[Alchemical scene showing two putti holding philosopher's stone contai...

Illus. in: Mutus liber / Altus. 1702, pl. 11. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New river water. Book illustration from Library of Congress

New river water. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Man carrying 2 buckets of water on yoke. Engraving by Mauron. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The Cryes of the city of London drawne after the life, London, 1711, plate 61. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr). This reco... More

Lycopersicon, apples of love - Public domain botanical illustration

Lycopersicon, apples of love - Public domain botanical illustration

Tomato in bud, full fruit, and section. Illus. in: The compleat herbal / Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. 2 vols. London : Printed for R. Bonwicke, 1719-30. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno... More

Le transport du grand soleil - Public domain dedication image

Le transport du grand soleil - Public domain dedication image

Native porters transporting the tribal leader whom they worshipped as the sun. Illus. in: Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terr... More

An Inland view in Atooi / Webber del.

An Inland view in Atooi / Webber del.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Afiatooka, or Morai in Tongataboo [i.e. Tongatabu] / Webber del. ; Cook sculp.
[Harmony weeps for the present situation of American affairs] / J.C. inv. ; Isc. Taylor sc.

[Harmony weeps for the present situation of American affairs] / J.C. i...

Print shows Harmony leaning against an urn weeping in a pastoral setting. Illus. in: A sermon on the present situation of American affairs / William Smith. London : Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775, title page. ... More

Der Americanische Gener: Arnold

Der Americanische Gener: Arnold

Benedict Arnold, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; in oval frame. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G. N. Raspe, 1776-84, p.... More

Charles Henri Comte Destaing, né le 24 Novembre 1729

Charles Henri Comte Destaing, né le 24 Novembre 1729

Charles Henri comte d'Estaing, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly right; in framed medallion. Illus. in: Extrait du journal d'un officier de la marine de l'escadre de M. le comte d'Es... More

Commodore Hopkins / R. Pollard sc., engraving, Library of Congress

Commodore Hopkins / R. Pollard sc., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Esek Hopkins, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; ... More

1. Americanischer scharffschütz oder Jäger (rifleman) 2. regulaire infanterie von Pensylvanien / D. Chodowiecki id ; D. Berger sc.

1. Americanischer scharffschütz oder Jäger (rifleman) 2. regulaire inf...

Print shows German versions of an American rifleman and a soldier with the Pennsylvania infantry, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform, holding rifles. Illus. in: Allgemeines hist... More

1. General Washington's reitende leibgarde 2. die independent company, chef general Washington / D. Chodowiecki id ; D. Berger sc.

1. General Washington's reitende leibgarde 2. die independent company,...

Print shows German versions of a member of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard and a company soldier under Washington's command, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform.

George the III / Reynolds del. ; Angus sculp.

George the III / Reynolds del. ; Angus sculp.

Print shows King George III, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, left hand resting on shelf with orb, crown, and scepter. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France... More

Caligula au milieu de deux jeunes gens, pendant que ses amis sont a table avec des matrones Medaille.

Caligula au milieu de deux jeunes gens, pendant que ses amis sont a ta...

Print shows men and women engaged in sexual intercourse. Illus. in: Hancarville, Pierre d'. Monumens de la vie privée des douze Césars ..., 1785, pl. XII.

Auguste et Livie Camee d'Apollonius de Sicyone.

Auguste et Livie Camee d'Apollonius de Sicyone.

Print shows a woman and man engaged in sexual intercourse. Illus. in: Hancarville, Pierre d'. Monumens de la vie privée des douze Césars ..., 1785, pl. III.

S.E. Prospect, from an eminence near the common, Boston / del. & engraved, by S. Hill.

S.E. Prospect, from an eminence near the common, Boston / del. & engra...

Illustration showing man standing in foreground looking toward Boston Harbor and Charlestown, Mass. Illus. in: Massachusetts magazine, Nov. 1790, no. 1391.

The rake's progress at university. No. 2. Ah me! That thou the freshman's guide should'st read ...

The rake's progress at university. No. 2. Ah me! That thou the freshma...

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 546.

The rake's progress at the university. No. 5. Convened for wearing gaiters--sad offence! ...

The rake's progress at the university. No. 5. Convened for wearing gai...

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 549.

[Plan and elevations of a church. Side elevation, plan of cupola, "size and shape of the glass" (i.e., interior window elevation)]

[Plan and elevations of a church. Side elevation, plan of cupola, "siz...

Illus. in: The American Builder's Companion, plate B following p. 100.

Scorpio / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. - Public domain book illustration

Scorpio / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. - Public domain book illustration

Astronomical chart showing a scorpion forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 23. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.

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