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The tomb-stone. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

Print shows several men, George Grenville, Lord Bute, the Duke of Bedford, and, as a small dog wearing clerical robes, Dr. W. Scott, labeled "AntiSejanus", dancing on a sarcophagus with bas-reliefs of "Britanni... More

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cart...

Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... More

Common-wealth - the colossus, British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Pitt walking on stilts; the right stilt, labeled "Sedition", points to New York, the left, labeled "Popularity", is firmly planted in London. He uses one crutch, labeled "Pension", for suppo... More

A view of the of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of ...

Print shows a warship in the foreground approaching rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Title from item. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Je... More

The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Title from item. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other woun... More

[A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope att...

Title from item. Possibly from series published by Carrington Bowles; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5232. Forms part of: Briti... More

The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller / design'd ...

Print shows Lord North and another minister with the Devil who has conjured a Native male figure, representing America, standing on a prostrate soldier and holding a building, representing Parliament, from whic... More

A new method of macarony making, as practised at Boston

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of... More

To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress...

Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the min... More

Elevation of a sling cart [and] plan of a sling cart

Print shows two views of a "sling cart." Title from item. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIII. Published in: The Americ... More

Amunition waggon. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the elevation and plan of an amunition wagon with view of undercarriage and axels.

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

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

Anticipation; or, the contrast to the royal hunt / Britons fact., Brit...

Print shows the restoration of England under the new ministry; the pillars that supported the Temple of Fame are being righted and put back in place; a soldier with sword in hand protects a Native, representing... More

War of posts / T. Colley, fect., British Cartoon Print

Print shows the new ministers, Pitt, Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox, and Richmond riding on wooden posts and cannon drive, with the aid of a devil, the old ministers, Nick, Sandwich, Amherst, North, and Mansfield i... More

Adml. Kempenfelt, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Admiral Richard Kempenfelt (1718-1782), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.

A view of St. John's, upon the River Sorell, in Canada, with the redou...

Print shows a view looking across the Richelieu River at St. John, a cluster of buildings and fortifications used by the British. Title from item. Illus. in: Travels through the interior parts of America : In a... More

Perspective view of the country between Wilmington and the Delaware - ...

Print shows panoramic view of farms and farmland with the Delaware River in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswo... More

A view of a saw mill and block house upon Fort Anne Creek ...which on ...

Title from item. Published in: Travels through the interior parts of America. In a series of letters / Thomas Anburey. London : W. Lane, 1789.

A s.w. view of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R.I. / S. Hill s...

Print shows exterior view of Baptist meeting house. Title from item. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer... More

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Title devised by Libr... More

Battle of Lexington / E. Tisdale delt. ; C. Tiebout sculpt.

Print shows Minute Men firing on the British in Lexington, Massachusetts. Title from item. Exhibited: "Creating the United States," the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012. Exhibited: "Revere's Rid... More

The Tory's day of judgment / E. Tisdale, del et sculpt.

Illustration shows colonists preparing to tar and feather a loyalist seated on the ground as another loyalist hangs from a gallows with a rope around his waist . Illus. in: M'Fingal : a modern epic poem, in fo... More

A New method of Macarony making as practised at Boston / copied on sto...

Print shows two American revolutionaries tarring and feathering the tax collector. In the background, a gallows.

The Bostons paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering / copied on ...

Print shows a mob pouring tea into the mouth of a Loyalist who has been tarred and feathered. Behind the group, on the right, is the "Liberty Tree" from which hangs a noose and a sign "Stamp Act" written upside... More

President and Cabinet: H. Hamlin, A. Lincoln, Edw'd Bates, E.M. Stanto...

Jefferson Davis, first president of the new Southern Confederacy / pho...

Jefferson Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, framed by wreath of corn, tobacco, and flowers.

[Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, three-quarter length...

President's car, Alexandria

Photograph shows the president's rail car at the Alexandria station. Photograph probably taken in Jan. The car was later used as Lincoln's funeral car.

Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled "Third Term", Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, ... More

The dawn of peace. Morning of the surrender of Yorktown / designed & e...

20737 U.S. Copyright Office, 1881. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Campbell.

[Bunker Hill Monument, Bunker Hill Day, Boston, Mass.]

The Bunker Hill Monument. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites

Follow the flag, enlist in the Navy, U.S. Navy recruiting station, 146...

Sailor holding U.S. flag on shore. Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 1917.

The burning of Charlestown, June 17th, 1775.

A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in Americ...

Vuë de Quebeck. Quebeck - eine stadt in Nord-America, in Canada, an de...

Print shows the wharf at the city of Québec with ship at dock and men working in small boats. Title from item (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects.... More

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title from item. Collec... More

Portrait of Washington at prayer, Print

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7052

The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston, on March 5th, ...

[Colonel Robert Shaw, sitting, facing right] / Whipple, 96 Washington ...

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of Col. Robert G. Shaw. Title devised by Library staff. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV26. Photographer: Whipple. "Col Shaw" and "AE985" written in p... More

Yankee volunteers marching into Dixie / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Music cover showing a patriotic but fanciful portrayal of Union forces marching on the South at the opening of the Civil War. Led by a blue-uniformed officer with a drawn sword, a large troop of men march forwa... More

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, March / Kronheim & Co....

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, March 1876, with illustration of Faneuil Hall in Boston; description of the role of Faneuil Hall in the American Revolution on verso. Title... More

The Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, fought June 17th.

View of the town of Boston from Breed's Hill, in Charlestown.

Military costume of the Revolution

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple...

Photograph shows an oval portrait of Col. Robert Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Colored Volunteers Infantry.

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the Am...

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval frame. Title from item. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Librar... More

[Portrait of Vice President Alexander Stephens, officer of the Confede...

Assasination of President Lincoln, George A. Atzerolt [i.e. Atzerodt],...

Photograph shows George A. Atzerodt, half-length portrait, seated, facing right. Title from item. Photographer name from Swanson, J. Lincoln's assassins, 2001. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4136-L.

U.S.S. Niagara, Boston, Mass., Sept., 1863

No. 5567. Title from item. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Bostonians in distress, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Bostonians held captive in a cage suspended from the "Liberty Tree." Three British sailors standing in a boat feed them fish from a basket labeled "To -- from the Committee of --" in return for a b... More

[Portrait of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, officer of the United Sta...

The grand review at Washington May 23th 1865 The glorious Army of the ...

[Antietam, Md. President Lincoln with Gen. George B. McClellan and gro...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. 1. Col. Delos B. Sacket, I.G. 2. Capt. George Monteith. 3. Lt. Col. Nelson B. Sweitzer. 4. Gen. George W. Mor... More