Printer's ornament from "[The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting o...
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Tom Paine's nightly pest, James Gillray
Paine lies asleep on straw on a ramshackle wooden bedstead, covered by his coat. He wears a cap and lies diagonally from left to right, facing the spectator. On the head of his bed are drawn the profile heads, ... More
An old English gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places, James Gi...
George III stands on a low rectangular platform placed upon a boarded floor and is approached from all sides by applicants for office. He is in back view, but turns his head in profile to the left, to inspect a... More
Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.
Print shows an author lying on a bed being comforted by a friend after being accused of plagiarism by Truth hovering overhead; on the left is a male figure wearing a horned crown labeled "Plagiar[...]; on the l... More
Athéniens prenez garde à Philippe!
Athenians, beware of Philippe! Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain scan of 1830s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alex. Ch. Henri de Tocqueville - Public domain portrait engraving
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[Thomas Carlyle, author] - Public domain print
Japanese print shows Carlyle horrified to see his manuscript burn after his dog upsets a lamp. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 181; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 43. Earlier control number: 236.3-... More
Caricature, Un nouvel Hercule Farnèse, public domain cartoon image
A new Farnese Hercules Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain scan of 1850s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Le docteur Véron lâchant tous les canards..
Le docteur Véron lâchant tous les canards du Constitutionnel sur les chiens enragés Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Boston, 14-20 Custom House Street
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Hatfield, Massachusetts from "History of the Connecticut Valley in Mas...
This image has been taken from scan 000484 from volume 01 of "History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts (by N. B. Sylvester), with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men a... More
Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe (from "Scribner's Monthly Magazine")
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Edgar Allan Poe Memorial, bronze
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Nokia from "Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors. Ill...
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People from "The Phantom Brother and the Child. By E. E. Green. And ot...
This image has been taken from scan 000123 from "The Phantom Brother and the Child. By E. E. Green. And other stories [by various authors], etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated fr... More
Fauna from "His Loving Kindness. A daily companion; containing Scriptu...
This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "His Loving Kindness. A daily companion; containing Scripture texts and hymns [by various authors] for a month. [Illustrated.]". The title and subject terms of th... More
Firelight: Joseph Pennell, no. 1
Portrait of Whistler's friend Joseph Pennell. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Longfellow, portrait print - Print, Library of Congress collection
F6881 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. Marshall, W.E., artis... More
G. Hauptmann - Public domain portrait photograph
Photo shows German playwright, novelist, and poet Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) who won the Nobel prize in literature in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
For sale / Art Young. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows, on the left, a woman walking on a street in the "Red Light District", there is a policeman standing on the corner watching her; on the right, several men are sitting in chairs in front of pl... More
American essayist, poet, and ... Concord authors or the Concord School...
Portrait photograph of Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders, facing slightly right. J151727 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1911 by Curtis & Cameron Inc.
Mrs. Mary Austin, of California, the noted writer, [is] a prominent me...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders turned slightly to right facing camera, of writer Mary Hunter Austin of California, who served on the Congressional Union National Advis... More
Folger Library copy work. Title page from 1623 edition of Shakespeare'...
Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More
Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare, the Felton portrait
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marc Brown, Watertown Mass. - Public domain portrait print
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[Edgar Allan Poe.] Art print
Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Subject File, 1848-1950; Biographical pape...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald]
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIV K 24. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More
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
Three prominent educators and authors; Prof. J.W. Gibson; Prof. Booker...
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Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, P...
Significance: Zane Grey (1872-1939), a noted fisherman and author of novels about the American West, began his professional writing career in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where he lived from 1906 until 1918. The ho... More
Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, P...
Significance: Zane Grey (1872-1939), a noted fisherman and author of novels about the American West, began his professional writing career in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where he lived from 1906 until 1918. The ho... More
[Mark Twain with Anna Laura (Elizabeth) Hawkins Frazer, who was the in...
J255247 U.S. Copyright Office. © June 3, 1922. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stulting Place, U.S. Route 219, Hillsboro, Pocahontas County, WV
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Walt Whitman Birthplace, Amityville Road (State Route 110), West Hills...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-193 Survey number: HABS NY-541 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002549
Walt Whitman Birthplace, Amityville Road (State Route 110), West Hills...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-193 Survey number: HABS NY-541 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002549
Geoffrey Chaucer from BL Royal 17 D VI, f. 93v
Detail of a marginal miniature of Geoffrey Chaucer pointing the text, with a caption reading 'Chauceris ymago'. Image taken from f. 93v of The Regement of Princes, with other poems. Written in English. The BL ... More
Printer's ornament from "[The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting o...
This image has been taken from scan 000284 from "[The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press, now published out of the authors ori... More
Printer's ornament from "[The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting o...
This image has been taken from scan 000302 from "[The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press, now published out of the authors ori... More
Ch. Guillaume Etienne - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
The author of Vanity Fair - Public domain portrait engraving
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
portrait from "[Biography and History of the Indians of North America ...
This image has been taken from scan 000425 from "[Biography and History of the Indians of North America ... also a history of their wars ... Likewise exhibiting an analysis of the ... authors, who have written ... More
Le constitutionnel contemplant l'horizon politique
The constitutionnel contemplating the political horizon Courtesy of Boston Public Library
owl from "Woodland Wild: a selection of descriptive poetry. From vario...
This image has been taken from scan 000079 from "Woodland Wild: a selection of descriptive poetry. From various authors. With ... illustrations on steel and wood, after R. Bonheur, J. Bonheur, C. Jacque, Veyras... More
sporting dog from "Woodland Wild: a selection of descriptive poetry. F...
This image has been taken from scan 000137 from "Woodland Wild: a selection of descriptive poetry. From various authors. With ... illustrations on steel and wood, after R. Bonheur, J. Bonheur, C. Jacque, Veyras... More
map from "Historical Sketches of Kentucky: embracing its history, anti...
This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Historical Sketches of Kentucky: embracing its history, antiquities and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical and geological descriptions; with anecdote... More
La prochaine distribution de prix à L'Academie..
La prochaine distribution de prix à L'Academie Française Courtesy of Boston Public Library
J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille..
J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille entière. Et j'ai vu mon époux traîné sur la poussière! (Andromaque) Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Salem, 14 Mall Street, Hawthorne house where "Scarlet Letter" was writ...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1st professor of engineering, University of Melbourne from "Victoria a...
This image has been taken from scan 000558 from volume 02 of "Victoria and its Metropolis, past and present. [Vol. 1 by A. Sutherland; vol. 2 by various authors. Illustrated.]". The title and subject terms of t... More
ship from "Nature and Art: poems and pictures from the best authors an...
This image has been taken from scan 000109 from "Nature and Art: poems and pictures from the best authors and artists. Compiled by L. R. Estes. Illustrated with ... etchings ... and ... illustrations, etc". The... More
Poe's Desk--Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
Description: Poe's Desk. The Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, Richmond, Va. Desk used by Edgar Allan Poe while Editor of the 'Southern Literary Messenger.'..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the... More
Helsingfors from "Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish author...
This image has been taken from scan 000224 from "Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors. Illustrated by Finnish artists. (Editor, L. Mechelin.)". The title and subject terms of this image have be... More
per aspera ad astra from "Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnis...
This image has been taken from scan 000274 from "Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors. Illustrated by Finnish artists. (Editor, L. Mechelin.)". The title and subject terms of this image have be... More
Nature from "Golden Harvest. A daily companion containing Scripture te...
This image has been taken from scan 000007 from "Golden Harvest. A daily companion containing Scripture texts and hymns [by various authors] for a month. [Illustrated.]". The title and subject terms of this ima... More
Chaliapin i Gorkīy - Public domain portrait print
Photomechanical print shows portrait of Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin and Maxim Gorky. No. 1005. Manuscript notation on recto. Manuscript address on verso. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian... More
Folger Library copy work. Portrait of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arthur Edward Waite, London, January 13th, 1921.
Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Folger Library copy work. Lumley portrait of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Ivan T. Sanderson, bust portrait, facing front]
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Statues and sculpture in Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol. Lew Wallace I
Logbook annotation: Made for Potter Wax Museum, St. Augustine, Florida. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the C... More
Statues and sculpture in Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol. Lew Wallace III
Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
National Eisteddfod of Wales 1958, Ebbw Vale
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru 1958, Glynebwy.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Nodyn/Note: Image of the chairing ceremony, won by T. Llew Jones, and also featuring... More
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Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's ...
Notation on verso: "Louisa Alcott." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics, New Paltz, New York, June 2016. Forms part of: Li... More
The valley of unrest : a book without a woman : Edgar Allan Poe, an ol...
"Woven ... about a poem, a mere fragment ... written by Edgar Allan Poe"--Prefatory note by Douglass Sherley. Ostensibly the narrative of an intimate friend of Poe's at the University of Virginia, whose identit... More
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Subject File, 1848-1950; Biographical pape...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The illustrious sons of Ireland / painted by J. Donaghy.
Print shows a gathering of "illustrious" men, past and present, of Ireland, each identified below the illustration, in a hall with wall paintings depicting scenes from Ireland, Irish history and mythology, and ... More
Cedarcroft, Bayard Drive (East Marlborough Township), Kennett Square, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John Ruskin - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows portrait of Ruskin with reproduction of his signature. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support w... More
Portrait photo of [Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald]
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIV K 23. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More
F. Scott Fitzgerald House, 599 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey Count...
Significance: Fitzgerald family home where F. Scott Fitzgerald completed his first novel, "This Side of Paradise" in 1920, beginning his fame. Fitzgerald, said to be a spokesman for his generation, embodied th... More
Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home, 812 Sinclair Lewis Avenue, Sauk Centre, S...
Significance: Boyhood home of American author, Sinclair Lewis. Lewis was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, becoming the 1st American to be so honored. His novel, "Main Street," was partly based ... More
Mark Twain House, 206 Hill Street between North Main & First Streets, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS MO-1526 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work National Regi... More
Mark Twain House, 206 Hill Street between North Main & First Streets, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS MO-1526 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work National Regi... More
Homer & his muse - Public domain engraving
Public domain photograph of costume design, costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edgar Allan Poe House, 530 North Seventh Street (rear), Philadelphia, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-1735 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000689
Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, P...
Significance: Zane Grey (1872-1939), a noted fisherman and author of novels about the American West, began his professional writing career in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where he lived from 1906 until 1918. The ho... More