wood engravings

The Third-term Panic. "An ass, having put on the lion's skin, turned a...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

El Pequeño Gigante cigarros, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Advertisement label showing head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Douglas. Copyright by B.F. Wilson.

El Pequeño Gigante cigarros, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Advertisement label showing head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Douglas. Copyright by B.F. Wilson.

Church and state - No Union upon any terms / Th. Nast.

Woman symbolizing Justice(?) standing at door of building "State", as soldiers block steps to members of different religions.

Southern menagerie, stirring him up, Political Cartoon

Picture shows Jefferson Davis labeled "Southern Lion, J.D." in a cage on wheels labeled "Southern Menagerie" with an African American poking him with a stick. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 4. ... More

Going to the derby at Shanghai / W.R.

Crowd of people on foot, in carriages & rickshaws, on horseback, going through the streets to derby at Shanghai. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1879 June 14, pp. 468-469.

Wanted a $15.000.000 loan for the C.S.A. / Hoyt [?].

Picture shows an African American boy looking at a sign that reads "Wanted a $15.000.000 loan for the C.S.A." Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 10; black boy in front of poster. Purchase; William ... More

The beef trust - don't shoot I'll come down / Bart.

Newspaper clipping of a cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt, in military uniform, holding a gun, with a cow labeled "beef trust" sits on the moon reading a newspaper with the headline "beef is way up." On verso... More

District of Columbia - our Indian allies - interview of a delegation o...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 45, no. 1150 (1877 October 13), p. 81.

Evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783

Print showing a man on a flagpole replacing the British flag with an American flag as the British fleet departs New York Harbor. Includes lengthy descriptive text. Library has two impressions.

Plucked or, The Mexican eagle before the war! The Mexican eagle after ...

Two scenes, an eagle perched on a cactus, and a scrawny plucked eagle on a withered cactus. Illus. in: Yankee Doodle, v. 2, no. 32 (1847 May 15), p. 55.

Capture and burning of Washington by the British, in 1814

Burning of the U.S. Capitol by the British. Illus. in: Our first century: ... / by Richard Miller Devens. Springfield, Mass. : C.A. Nichols & Co., 1876, p. 247. Inaccurate rendering of U.S. Capitol; there was n... More

James Buchanan, Democratic candidate for President of the United State...

Proof for a large woodcut campaign poster or banner for Democratic presidential nominee James Buchanan. A bust-length portrait of Buchanan (apparently taken from Mathew Brady's 1854 daguerreotype portrait) is f... More

[Atlas, dressed like an ancient king, holding earth centered universe ...

Illus. in: The cosmographical glasse / William Cuningham. Excusum Londini : I Day, 1559. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 16.

[Early steam locomotive with toothed "propelling wheel" which gripped ...

Illus. in: The monthly magazine. [London : Printed for R. Phillips], 1814 June 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

Correct likenesses of the Calthorpe Street seventeen patriotic jurymen...

Print shows bust portraits of "Henry Neville, Benjamin Hastie, Thomas Pearson, Joseph Burgess, William Purday, John Bliss, William Alexander, John Graham, Samuel Stockton, foreman, George Dennis, William Davies... More

Wie der Kampf beginnt und welcher Lift sich Reineke bedient

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox and "Isegrim" the Wolf wrestling in a fight-to-the-death before the Royal Court to solve the differences between them. Reynard brushes his vinegar soaked tail ac... More

Common mode of whipping with the paddle

Man whipping slave as two other men and a child watch. Illus. in: Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage. Boston : Pub. at the Anti-slavery of... More

Moritz von Schwind - Herr Winter. Book illustration from Library of Co...

Illustration shows seven scenes: 1. Wie der gestrenge Herr Winter sein Regiment antritt, die Eisdecke bei stiller Nacht über den Storm spannt und mit emsigem Fleisse ebnet und glättet showing bearded Father Win... More

Who's dat knockin' at de door? - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Signed in plate: Hinckley. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Le globe volant. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows a man navigating a balloon with an attached oar and rudder while seated in the basket. "Page 164." Illus. from an unidentified book or periodical. Tissandier collection.

Jenny Lind, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Jenny Lind, three-quarter length portrait, seated to the right, facing slightly left, wearing an off-the-shoulder dress, with flowers in her hair and with her hands on her lap. At head of title: Sa... More

Public market houses in Boston / Kilburn, del ; Tarbell, sc.

Print shows South Market, Williams Market, Gerrish Market, Boylston Market and Faneuil Hall Market. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 9, no. 7 (1855 Aug. 18), p. 97.

Destruction of the packet-ship John Rutledge by an iceburg, Feb. 20, 1...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, April 12, 1856.

The May Festival of the Turnverein Association, San Francisco

Pictorial lettersheet shows gymnasts performing for spectators. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 152. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.04

The great fire at Philadelphia: Entire front page

Illus. and text in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 305.

Jefferson Market, Sixth Avenue, New York City / Tarbell, S. ; A. Hill.

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 13, no. 16 (1857 Oct. 17), p. 248.

[Four scenes of European emigrants in America] / W.J. Hennessey del.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1858 June 26, p. 405. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harper's Ferry insurrection - burying the dead insurgents

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 351.

Ball given by the City of New York to the Japan[es]e embassy at the Me...

Print shows many people seated and standing at a ball in the ballroom of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 183 (1860 June 30), pp. 408-09.

View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...

Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / ...

"Portrait de Gaston Tissandier. Gravure sur bois de Smeeton Tilly d'après une photographie. Collection Gaston Tissandier" inscribed next to portrait. Tissandier collection.

Gov. John Winthrop -- In honor of the birthday of Governor John Winthr...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Gov. John Winthrop, flanked by statues of a Native American (left) and a pilgrim (right). Illus. from: Gleasons Pictorial, 1854, v. 6, p. 353.

Major General John C. Fremont, in his prairie costume / M. Nevin.

John C. Fremont on horseback, holding sword, leading other soldiers on horseback. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 237 (1861 July 13), p. 444.

A Southern Gorilla, (Guerilla) - An old postcard with a drawing of a m...

Picture shows an animal dressed in a military uniform with a gun and other equipment. Includes eight lines of text. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope no. 26. "A fully armed soldier with a hairy fa... More

Governor Magoffin's neutrality means holding the cock of the walk (Unc...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 235 (1861 June 29), p. 403 (center).

Gallant conduct of Ellsworth's Zouaves, in their successful endeavor t...

Print shows New York's Fire Zouaves fighting the fire and rescuing people from the burning Willard Hotel. Print possibly from a newspaper.

Honorable Charles F. Adams - Public domain portrait engraving

Wood engraving of a portrait of Charles Francis Adams after a photograph by Mathew Brady. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, April 20, 1861, cover.

Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862 - the Rebels repulsed b...

Print shows Confederate infantry attacking Union artillery during the battle at Malvern Hill, Virginia, the beginning of July 1862. General George B. McClellan, of the Union, had well positioned his artillery a... More

The campaign on the Potomac - unsuccessful attempt of the Rebels to de...

Print shows Union troops defending a dam on the Potomac against attack by Confederate forces. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 321 (1862 January 18), p. 129 (bottom half of title page).

The draft - an exempt - abundant disqualification

Three panel cartoon showing three men, one unfortunate who was drafted, and two others who are offering various excuses for not being eligible for the draft. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 295 (1862 Augu... More

A gallant color-bearer / Th. Nast.

H. Alexander, the color-bearer of the 10th New York Regiment, clinging to American flag, after receiving three wounds. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, 1862 Sept. 20, p. 593.

Registered enemies taking the oath of allegiance at the office of Gene...

Illus. from: Harper's Weekly, 1863 June 6, p. 357. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The copperhead party - in favor of a vigorous prosecution of peace!

Editorial cartoon shows three caricatured Copperheads advancing on Columbia who holds a shield labeled "Union" and a sword. Although Clement Vallandigham was one of the leading members of the Copperhead Party, ... More

The emancipation of the negroes, January, 1863 - The past and the futu...

Below rays of "Emancipation," a scene of African Americans enjoying a comfortable home life is flanked by scenes of the past, including the selling and abuse of slaves, and scenes of the future, including educa... More

Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving

Cartoon showing a nurse about to give some quinine to a sickly boy who tells her that he wishes he was in Dixie because the cost of quinine is so high there that it would be unlikely she would waste it on him.

The battle of Gettysburg--Longstreet's attack upon our left centre--Bl...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Aug. 8, pp. 504-505. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Grant's campaign - return of Kautz's cavalry expedition from i...

Print shows an exhausted Union cavalry, under the command of General A.V. Kautz, returning to the main force after an engagement with Confederate troops in Virginia.

The captured Rebel privateer "Florida" and the United States steamer "...

Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Cons...

Presentation of two hundred battle-flags to Governor Fenton at Albany,...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 July 29, p. 468, top. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glimpses at the Freedmen's Bureau. Issuing rations to the old and sick...

Print shows African Americans gathered outside the Freedmen's Bureau in Richmond, Virginia. A woman is handing a slip of paper through a window to a man seated inside. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated news... More

Extract const. amend - Public domain dedication image

Uncle Sam (?) leaning on bar "For shattered constitutions" and offering Andrew Johnson a glass of medicine. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 513 (1866 Oct. 27), p. 688.

Cattle driving in the streets - who cares for old women and small chil...

Print shows men driving cattle through busy city streets, knocking down pedestrians and disrupting carriage traffic. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 22, no. 552 (1866 April 28), p. 81.

Generals Steedman and Fullerton conferring with the freedmen in their ...

Opposite Newbern, N.C. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 June 9, p. 361.

Dainel Drew, Esq. / photographed by Brady.

Illustration showing Daniel Drew, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 539 (1867 April 27), p. 257.

Winslow Homer - Homeward-bound / W.H. ; drawn by Winslow Homer.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Dec. 21, p. 808-809. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene on the levee, New Orleans Turquino's Peak, island of Cuba.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1867 Aug. 3, p. 313.

Charles Dickens as he appears when reading / sketched by C.A. Barry.

Charles Dickens, full-length portrait, facing front, standing at lectern. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 571 (1867 December 7), p. 777.

Illicit distillation of liquors--Southern mode of making whisky [sic] ...

Night view of group of men gathered around still in woods. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 571 (1867 Dec. 7), p. 773.

Monroe's patent pie meat - prepared beef for pies

LOT subject: Mincemeat. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.

Velocipede - manufactured from the choicest selection of vuelta abajo ...

Boy and girl riding bicycles in a park followed by a man also on a bicycle. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by F. Holloway.

The National Colored Convention in session at Washington, D.C. sketche...

Meeting in hall to discuss condition of black race in the United States. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 Feb. 6, p. 85.

Soldiers' Cemetery at Arlington Heights, Virginia / / sketched by Theo...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 March 27, p. 196. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Squatters of New York--scene near Central Park / sketched by D.E. ...

Squatters with farm animals and shacks. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 June 26, p. 412.

Paillettes de glace eclairées par les rayons du soleil observées en ba...

Print shows the balloon "Zenith" piloted by Gaston and Albert Tissandier on an expedition to observe upper air meteorological conditions ascending into the clouds amid rays of sunlight. "Fig. 3." Illus. from an... More

Fourth of July celebration at Woodstock / from a sketch by C.S. Reinha...

Crowd of people listening to Henry Ward Beecher(?) speaking from stage, President Grant and others sitting behind that; Woodstock, Conn. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 July 23, p. 477, bottom.

Montcalm trying to stop the massacre / A. Bobbett ; Darley.

Montcalm trying to stop Native Americans from attacking British soldiers and civilians as they leave Fort William McHenry.

It is a bad rule that don't work both ways / Th. Nast.

Uncle Sam speaking to the Geneva court about Alabama claims. Liberty(?) sits in the seat of judgement. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. 16, no. 813, 1872 July 27, cover illustration.

New York City - opening day at Lord & Taylor's store, Broadway and Twe...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 35, 1873 Jan. 11, p. 289

The Modoc indians / from photographs taken by C.F. [sic] Watkins, San ...

Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper with portraits of eleven Modoc Indians, federal prisoners and alleged participants in a violent uprising.

The Italian boys in New York - tortures of the training room / A. Gaul...

Prints shows an Italian boy being whipped by his boss in a small room full of children playing music. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 17, no. 872 (1883 September 13 ), p. 801.

First floor. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the floor plan for the first floor the Boston Public Library, Roxbury branch. Illus. in: Dedication services of the Fellowes athenæum and the Roxbury branch of the Boston public library / prepared b... More

Winslow Homer - Ship-building, Gloucester Harbor / drawn by Winslow Ho...

Print shows children building model ships in the foreground at a shipyard while men build a ship in the background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 17, no. 876 (1873 October 11), p. 900.

A new thump of the gavel A scene in the House of Representatives ; The...

Cartoon concerning dishonesty in the House of Representatives. Illus. in: Wild oats, v. 6, no. 76 (1874 Feb. 5), pp. 8-9.

Western sketches - a freshet in the Red River, Texas / Hoskin ; drawn ...

People on ferry crossing the Red River, Texas, during a flood. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1874 April 25, p. 361.

"Everything points to a Democratic victory this fall - Southern Papers...

African Americans being discriminated against at the polls by members of "White League".

Cattle raid on the Texas border

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1874, Jan. 31, p. 100. Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior farmers' market / J.M. Walker.

Illus. in: A century after: picturesque glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : Allen, Lane & Scott and J.W. Lauderbach, 1875, p. 156.

An Indian toilet / W.M. Cary. wood engraving, Library of Congress

Indian woman braiding hair of Indian warrior, while he applies face paint. Warrior is wearing fringed shirt and top hat with feathers and plume. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Aug. 12, p. 665.

A slave-coffle passing the Capitol

Slaves wearing handcuffs and shackles passing the United States Capitol, around 1815. Illus. in: A popular history of the United States. New York : Scribner, Armstrong, and company, 1876-1881. Reference copy in... More

Is this a republican form of government? Is this protecting life, libe...

African American man kneeling by bodies of murdered African American people. In background sign reads, "the White Liners were here." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Sept. 2, p. 712.

July 4th, 1876. The Centennial celebration in Philadelphia - The Seven...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1876, July 22, 1876, p. 333.

Colorado--Evading the liquor law in Colorado Springs, as witnessed by ...

Four men drinking beer, which was passed to them through a small door in a wall. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1877 July 7, p. 297.

Abdul-Hamid II, the present Sultan of Turkey Montana Territory - the S...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles E. Courtney / photographed by Ernsberger & Ray. Edward Harlan...

Half-length portraits of Charles E. Courtney and Edward Hanlan. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1878 Oct. 12, p. 808. DCRM(G) example 1F1.2 - material without a collective title, and multiple creators

Repeating rifles. Savage Ute:--"We want no improvements but this! / Bi...

Indian holding up rifle labelled "seventee shooter" over dead man. Sign on spear reads, "no ploughs wanted." Illus. in: Puck, 1879 Oct. 15, vol. 6, p. 506.

"The Little Ida" En route for Kansas - fleeing from the Yellow Fever D...

Top illustration shows small, two-mast sailboat in a turbulent sea. Bottom illustration shows African American "Exodusters" travelling to Kansas on foot and in a mule-drawn cart with cow attached by rope during... More

Immigrants landing at Castle Garden / drawn by A.B. Shults.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1880 May 29, p. 341. Public domain photograph - immigration, immigrants, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fig. 49, -- the "Clermont," 1807, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a broadside view of Fulton's steamboat "Clermont" in 1807.

An Interrupted dissection / W.A. Rogers.

Protesters of exploratory dissection trying to force their way into room where dissection is being performed. Illus. in: Harper's magazine, 1882 Oct., vol. 65, p.668. Reference copy in Lot 4399-A.

Conflict of the Linn boys with the Indians

Print showing Linn brothers in hand-to-hand combat in a Native American village, Kentucky, ca. 1785. Illustration from Augustus Lynch Mason, The Romance and Tragedy of Pioneer Life, 1883, p. 413.

Charles R. Miller - Joseph Pulitzer - Albert Pulitzer - The Honorable ...

Magazine page with six vignette bust portraits from photographs by Sarony, C.M. Bell, W.H. Baker, and Copelin and text. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. XXVII, no. 1380 (1883 June 2), p. 349.

The Great bridge - Fire-works and illumination, from the Brooklyn side...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 June 2, p. 344. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great bridge - President Arthur and his party crossing the suspend...

President Arthur and his party on the Brooklyn Bridge. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 June 2, p. 341.

The Chinese picnic, Iona Island--celestial musicians / drawn by W.A. R...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 June 23, p. 385. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Breaking out through the ice - the sealing fleet leaving St. Johns, Ne...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 28, 1884 April 5, p. 221. DCRM(G) example 1E3 - statement of responsibility, with two or more names

Newfoundland - the cod-fishery at Heart's Content - extracting the liv...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1885 Oct. 31, p. 173.

"Who dares give battle with me?"

Cartoon showing Grover Cleveland dressed as a gladiator holding sword and shield.

The Usual Summer eruption / Th. Nast.

Cartoon showing Indian with bucket of war paint and tomahawk coming out of volcano. Illustration on page with advertisements. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1885 July 4, p. 436.