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Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man...

Print shows Edmund Burke sitting at a desk on a crescent moon, holding a quill pen, an open "pamphlet" and an inkwell are on the desk, broken chains hang from his wrists; a scene on the front of the desk, label... More

Assemblée des Capucins l'Assemblée des aristocrates, ou l'harmonica de...

Print shows a Capucin monk standing on a platform covered with money bags, ringing a bell, with a bird perched on his head, amid a collection of various jugs, jars, vases, pots (aristocratic dolts or blockheads... More

The plot of Carroll'sburgh : [part of Washington D.C.].

Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers. Pen-and-ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Torn and fold-lined. Accompanied by index of lots: List of the original proprietors of the lots in Carrollsburg... More

Monsr. Garnerin, the intrepid aeronaut, engraving, Library of Congress

Oval head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist and parchutist A.J. Garnerin. Tissandier collection.

Shichirigahama zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows a seacoast village and mountain, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Koga... More

Katsukawa Shunchō - Yanagi no niwa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women and a child, standing next to and sitting on a bench beneath a willow tree at the edge of a pond. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; Wright sculpt.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washing... More

Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to C...

In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view... More

Les frères Montgolfier / Pigeot, del. et sculp.

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. "Aux frères Tissandier" inscribed below portrait. Tissandier collection.

Thomas Jefferson to Nicholas Lewis, July 4, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

William Temple Franklin to Thomas Jefferson, October 13, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Geometrical diagrams relating to perspective methods by various autho...

Four diagrams showing Miller, Kirby, Priestley, and Jesuit & French methods of perspective; sketch of interior to left. Note at center: "Artist's repository". Perspective sketch of structure with pedimented win... More

Henry Remsen, Jr. to Thomas Jefferson, October 14, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

City election race for the court plate, British Cartoon Print

Print shows on the left P--t [Pitt], labeled "Bank Directorship", banging his head on the Temple Bar before even getting started, the center is filled with N--n [?], labeled "Motion for paying the Prince's Debt... More

L'aristocratic écrasée - Public domain scan / engraving

Print shows a bust portrait of Louis XVI atop a pedestal with engraved text "A Louis XVI Pere des Français et Roi d'un peuple libre." A reclining female figure, aided by Father Time, is engraving text on plaque... More

Benjamin Franklin - né a Boston, le 17 Janvier 1706 / dessiné par Desr...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Imprimeur; fondateur de la République des Etats unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale - mort à Philadel... More

The Providence Gazette and Country Journal Saturday, August 21, 1790. ...

Facsimile distributed as souvenir at meeting of American Historical Association at John Carter Brown Library Dec. 30, 1936. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two for... More

The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National A...

Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled "Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism," riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the "Dodsley Bookseller" the publis... More

A short account of the establishment of the new See of Baltimore in Ma...

Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

Epigraph on t.p.: "Chudishche oblo, ozorno, ogromno, stozi︠e︡vno i lai︠a︡ĭ" -- Tilemakhida, tom ii, kn. xviii, sti: 514. Signatures: pi² Cyrillic A-ʹ[mi︠a︡khkiĭ znak]⁸. In each signature only first and fifth ... More

15e.[-30e.] recueil des contre-danses et walzes

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

15e.[-30e.] recueil des contre-danses et walzes

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Verzeichniss des musikalischen nachlasses des verstorbenen capellmeist...

The doctor indulged with his favorite scene, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows cleric Dr. Richard Price, kneeling on a crown with a demon on his back, peering through a peep-hole into the royal bedroom at Versailles, watching ruffians destroy the Queen's bed and bedroom in s... More

Perth-Amboy church lottery. No. The possessor of this ticket shall be ...

Not in Evans.; On verso: 1790. 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 100, Folder 76.

[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. Illus. in: The unive... More

Franc̦ois Pilatre de Rozier, né à Metz le 30. mars 1756, mort près de ...

Oval head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.

AMH-4516-NA Profiles of the fort at Trinconomale

Nederlands: Titel catalogus Leupe (NA): Profils en coupes, behoorende tot het project ter versterking van Trinconomale; van verschillende afmetingen. Aantekening catalogus Leupe: Behoort bij de rapporten van de... More

Cook-whaling - A large group of people in small boats on a body of wat...

A view of whale fishery. Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlas général de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Tibet : pour...

Relief shown pictorially. Text in French. Place names in French and romanized Chinese. "Avec privilège du Roi." Rev. ed. of: Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise et du Thibet. 1737. Revised ed. con... More

Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1790, Notes and Figures on Weights and Measu...

Notes and Figures on Weights and Measures

Benjamin Rush to James Madison, February 27, 1790.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

L'aristocratic écrasée. Book illustration from Library of Congress

William Short to Thomas Jefferson, December 23, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National A...

Philadelphie - la ville capitale de Pensylvanie province Nord-Americai...

Print shows men in boats and ships along the waterfront in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Caption continues: entre deux fleuves navigables et l'apella Philadelphie, parceque les habitans y vivoient dans une harmo... More

Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

M. Bureau de Pusy. Né a Port sur Saône en 17[...], député du Baille d'...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy. Tissandier collection.

Magisterial vigilance, or the picket guard civilly clearing Cornhill o...

Guards driving away women selling apples. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Le maitre de danse des aristocrates, allons donc l'Abbe cochon en mesu...

Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with a turkey-cock at his side, beating a drum and wielding a whip to make dance a pig dressed as an abbot and a dog dressed in Spanish clothing. de Vinck, 3677 Blum, ... More

John Hancock to George Washington, July 20, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A corporation meeting - Drawing. Public domain image.

Ten members of a town corporation, including the mayor, gather around a table to discuss the king's recent visit and his eating one of the little buns for which the town is renowned. No copyright information fo... More

[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulder...

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

Giuochi, trattenimenti e feste annue che si costumano in Toscana e spe...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Wholy engraved with watercolor. Plates 22 and 23 signed by Carlo Lasinio, but all generally attributed to him. Plates 2 and 4 signed "G. Piattoli, inv."

Thomas Jefferson to John Garland Jefferson, June 11, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

October 30, 1790, Richmond County, For sale of glebes.

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

15e.[-30e.] recueil des contre-danses et walzes

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rembrandt van Rijn - Samson threatening his father-in-law

Restrike from unidentified artist of Rembrandt's original work. In portfolio: Recueil de quatre-vingt-cinq estampes originales, têtes, paysages et différences sujets, dessinés et gravées de Rembrandt ... Paris ... More

Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau, né à Dijon le 4 janvier 1737 / Dess. et ...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French scientist Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau. Tissandier collection.

Theatrical portraiture no. 6 - Public domain book illustration

Illustration shows an actress performing. Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise

A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is impl... More

Baptism of Edward I / M. Brown Jr.

Drawing of an infant, perhaps an angel on the recto. Sketch of an elderly man with cane on verso. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Noah's Ark improved, or an attempt to land in the teeth of the wind, B...

A British satire on Charles Stanhope's Toleration Bill of 1789 which was an attempt to remove the yoke of religious obligations on persons seeking public office (cf. Test and Corporation Acts). Despite the fact... More

Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe, June 13, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A drawing of a sun in a circle. Aztecs mexican calendar sundial.

The sun in the circle of life. The sun and the sun. Public domain stock photo.

Mrs. Sage, the first English female aerial traveller, who ascended wit...

Half-length portrait of the first English woman to ride in a balloon.

AMH-2603-NA Map of the fortifications at Cochin

Nederlands: Titel catalogus Leupe (NA]: Plan als voren, hier wordt bedoeld de titel van VEL0909: Plan der Vestingwerken van Cochim; vertoonende dezelven in dien staat, waarin ze zig bevinden zullen, wanneer de ... More

State Department, 1790-1792, Account of Debts

Account of Debts Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Globo terrestre / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Gores for a 34 cm. globe. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Summit Enterprise, Inc.; May 2003. All sheets folded horizontally, with paper... More

Sir for the great valour shown by your Corps at the late fire at the s...

A woman wearing a plumed hat presents two banners to a gentleman in uniform. He, in return, removes his hat and bows.

Hints to managers, actors and authors / G.M. Woodward, del., British C...

Printed on item: In Holland's Exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admit.ce one Shillg. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available on microfi... More

October 30, 1790, Culpeper, Favors sale of glebes.

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Together let us range the fields

A heavy farmer holds hands with a fat shepardess and grins mischievously. No copyright information found with item. Title inscribed above image. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:23... More

William Pitt, April 1790, Extracts from a Speech in the House of Commo...

A short account of the establishment of the new See of Baltimore in Ma...

Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

15e.[-30e.] recueil des contre-danses et walzes

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

15e.[-30e.] recueil des contre-danses et walzes

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Decret de l'assemblee national qui supprime les ordres religieux et re...

Print shows monks and nuns enjoying their new found liberty, some are loading possessions onto horses and wagons, some embrace, one couple kisses while another rides off together on horseback. Caption continue... More

[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other

Print shows a man, possibly Armand-Gaston Camus, wearing a garment fashioned entirely from "assignats" (French paper money before the livre), several men (identified by number in the caption) are standing aroun... More

Charles aux Thuilleries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1e decembre 1783 / P.G. T...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes banner with caption "Jusq'alors san égal, le monarque des airs, y... More

Smelling out a rat; or the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his ...

Print shows Richard Price seated at a desk, he turns to look over his right shoulder at a vision of an enormous Edmund Burke, his spectacles, nose, and hands emerge from the haze, a crown in one hand and a cros... More

List of persons returned as members of the Legislative council [13 nam...

11 60021 4 F 44.; Rec. R. B. May 1940.; On verso: 1160C21 4F44. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collect... More

[Ouverture et airs du ballet de Telemaque]

Ballet choreographed by Pierre Gardel. Originally for orchestra; arranged for piano. Title from another copy of the work. LC copy trimmed to 31 cm and lacking title page and plate number; possibly one of two pu... More

[Ouverture et airs du ballet de Telemaque]

An act supplemental to the act for establishing the salaries of the ex...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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 214, Folder 9.

James Currie to Thomas Jefferson, September 13, 1790

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An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of ma...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 213, ... More

Thomas Jefferson to Ferdinand Grand, April 4, 1790, with Copy

Thomas Jefferson to House of Representatives, July 4, 1790, Report on ...

Report on Plan for Establishing a Uniform Currency, with Draft Copy

Can love be controul'd by advice? Will Cupid our mothers obey?

A distraught woman wearing a polka dot dress kneels, with handkerchief in hand, before a woman in a bonnet and apron, pointing her finger in a scolding gesture. No copyright information found with item. Title i... More

Richard Peters to James Madison, March 31, 1790.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Treasury Department, March 1, 1790. Pursuant to the Act for establishi...

Evans 23002.; Imprint 3. Page Order: Multipage 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 213... More

City election race for the court plate, British Cartoon Print

Philadelphie - la ville capitale de Pensylvanie province Nord-Americai...

William Short to Thomas Jefferson, September 26, 1790

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

15e.[-30e.] recueil des contre-danses et walzes

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Giuseppe Girolamo Lalande / Demarchi, dis. ; Bonini, inc.

Full-length portrait of French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lalande. Tissandier collection.

Le tems donnant les cendres à la noblesse et au clergé

Print shows Father Time flying past an altar on which the privileges of the nobility and the clergy are being burned; he is annointing the forehead of one priest with the ashes of the consummed documents as ano... More

Washington. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows George Washington, possibly at the time of inauguration, stepping on a flag with the crest of England on it.

[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in Potter County, Pe...

Shows lots, boundaries, numbers, and dimensions. From the William Bingham estate maps. Sectional title label affixed on verso of each sheet. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Some sheets include note and ins... More

Michael Lesley, team captain for Team 1790, holds up

Michael Lesley, team captain for Team 1790, holds up a recognition plaque during a team awards ceremony in Las Vegas after the Baker to Vegas relay race March 20, 2016. Team 1790 completed the 120-mile relay r... More

Taste a-la-mode, 1745 ; Taste a-la-mode, 1790, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two designs on one plate both showing men and women in different styles of dress in 1745 and 1790 at St. James' Park in front of Buckingham House. Design on left is variant of print published in 17... More

A list of balances due from the several counties for taxes, from the y...

Evans 23020.; Imprint 3. Page Order: Multipage 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 180... More