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Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lio... More

The Royal Society. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

"The Prince presides at a carouse round a circular table..." (Source: George) One of a set of prints on the marriage of the Prince of Wales, see No. 6924, &c. This record contains unverified data from George. C... More

The cowpox tragedy - scene the last / G. Cruikshank, sculpt., British ...

Funeral procession showing coffin labeled "Vaccina aged 12 years" on which stands a golden calf; four vignettes, two on each side, present realistic scenes related to cow pox. Caption: Dedicated to the Associat... More

Spotprent op de stijve plooikraag, ca. 1600

Public domain scan of 16th-17th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Voyage a la lune - Drawing. Public domain image.

French cartoon shows a man riding on a bicycle-like flying machine while looking through a telescope attached to the front. Two balloons, "Veloc[ipedes]" and "Domanie," are attached at front and rear as are pro... More

The usual summer eruption - Public domain dedication image

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1980:080.3). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Licensed wreckers - in the hands of the receivers / J. Keppler.

Print shows a ship labeled "Wrecked Corporation" and "Insurance Co. Bankrupt" that has wrecked on rocks with a darkened lighthouse labeled "Trust" and "Justice" nearby; its light has been snuffed by "Judge" and... More

Puck magazine cover - Old-school etiquette / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a woman appealing to a man holding a cane labeled "Allopath" and topped with a skull who has turned his back on a sick child lying in a bed; on the far side of the bed is another man with pap... More

Going to the bicycle tournament / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Puck riding a bicycle, carrying crutches and a large book labeled "Medical and Surgical Directory", also tied to the bicycle are "Bandages, Splints, [and a bottle of] Arnica"; a long line of ... More

19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

An old book with a cartoon of a woman talking to a man, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Wa... More

Foes in his path - the herculean task before our next president / Gill...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Hercules carrying a large club labeled "Honest Legislation", encountering a group of troublemakers along the "Administration Road" to "Success" seen in the distant backgro... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The old lion and the ass / Gillam.

Illustration shows an injured lion, with the face of Ulysses S. Grant, lying on the ground next to a paper that states "An Appeal to the People, U.S. Grant", just beyond the lion is a donkey wearing a military ... More

"The soul of Blaine" still on the rampage / Gillam.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine, wearing Elizabethan style dress, and a small band of accomplices labeled "Clapp, Reid, Murat Halstead, Elkins, [and] Mahone" making their way down a Tudor style street, marki... More

The good samaritan / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Grover Cleveland as pilgrims on a journey through rugged Middle Eastern landscape; leading the way is Hayes, holding a paper that states "Patronage... More

"To-To the Tango Lizzard [sic]"

Full-length cartoon of a man with a long nose, scraggly hair, and pointed eyebrows, dressed in a suit. He carries a cane and smokes a cigar. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Hutch.... More

Fall styles for candidates, November 1891

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

The glad Thanksgiving of some personages from Puck's pages / F. Opper.

Print shows a vignette cartoon with Uncle Sam sitting in a chair, enjoying a good cigar and the latest issue of PUCK magazine; the surrounding vignettes, feature PUCK characters who are thankful that, despite s... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bad for business / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer

Print shows a band of street musicians comprised of yellow journalism newspaper editors/publishers; two men are playing "The War Wave" on horns labeled "Daily Sensation" (Joseph Pulitzer) and "Morning Exciter" ... More

When McKinley is president / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam sitting on the steps to the White House as a man (McKinley) wearing a top hat labeled "Monopoly" walks up the steps to enter the White House. Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 999, (1896 April... More

Caricature, Greedy Johnnie / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image

Print shows John Bull standing in the foreground with his arms full of foods and toys labeled "Gibraltar, Ceylon, Bermudas, British India, Canada, [and] Australia" and at his feet are items he has dropped, frui... More

Hallow-eve, 1896 - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

A puzzling feature of the new prosperity / Dalrymple.

Print shows a farmer on the left depositing money at a "Savings Bank" and a laborer on the right withdrawing money; the farmer looks prosperous, the laborer looks depressed. Caption: The farmer is all right, -... More

Puck magazine cover - The Tammany alliance / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows the Tammany Tiger, well-dressed and sitting on top of a scale model of a building labeled "Tammany Hall"; it has made a puppet by tying a stick labeled "Platt's Dummy", with the head of Benjamin F. ... More

"Poor Spain!" / Keppler. - An open book with a picture of a man on a b...

Print shows a head labeled "Cuban Moloch", which is probably meant to suggest a demonic figure, with it's mouth open wide to swallow a flotilla of Spanish ships headed toward Cuba; a frightened young King Alfon... More

Waiting for the verdict / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam standing on the left, leaning against a wall beneath a sign that states "What Killed Spain? Inquest Now Going On"; at center is the body of "Spain" lying on a stretcher and draped with the... More

Our queer way / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows General William R. Shafter, larger than life, in Europe standing before the rulers of France (Felix Faure), Austria (Franz Joseph I), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto I), and Russia (Nicholas II... More

Puck magazine cover - New York's new senator / Dalrymple.

Print shows Chauncey M. Depew wearing a tuxedo and a bib labeled "Depew", standing at a small table on which is a tea cup and a cigar, a lamp and a cordial glass in the "U.S. Senate"; a few men are gathered in ... More

The fool and his money / Dalrymple.

Print shows an oversized man labeled "Promoter" sitting atop a ticker tape machine, holding a large butterfly net into which a throng of investors, some labeled "Broker, Merchant, [and] Banker", are tossing mon... More

If they'll only be good / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing at center, gesturing to the left toward American soldiers boarding ships to return to America after defeating the Spanish in the Philippines, and gesturing to the right tow... More

Puck magazine cover - Another cause for thanksgiving / Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam holding a rifle labeled "Prosperity" in his right hand and a hammer in his left hand; he has just nailed a fox pelt labeled "Bryanism" to the wall of a log cabin. Illus. in: Puck, ... More

Puck magazine cover - "Barking dogs never bite" / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows President McKinley walking onto the White House grounds with a woman labeled "Prosperity", passing a group of barking dogs labeled "Anti-prosperity," "Silverites," "Anti-trust," "Anti-expansi... More

A Christmas reminder / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck addressing Andrew Carnegie who is pouring over the "Plan for the Carnegie Library"; Puck gestures toward an elderly couple standing at the door in the cold winter wind and snow. Caption... More

Caricature, A political game / K., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows two women leaning out windows, on the left is an Irish domestic representing the "Dem. Party" and on the right is a well-dressed matron representing the "Rep. Party"; between them hangs a bal... More

His foresight / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a large rooster standing among several small free-ranging chicks labeled "Argentine Republic, Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua... More

Caricature, Puck Easter / L.M. Glackens., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a little girl taking all the colored eggs from the Easter Bunny's basket; she is putting them in her apron, but some have fallen on the ground and are broken. There is a hen wearing a bonnet ... More

The trust promoter's nightmare / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a man, possibly Robert A. Ammon, waking up from a nightmare that shows a criminal labeled "Miller" and "520 per cent" breaking stones in a prison. Earlier in the year, William F. Miller confe... More

Grand masquerade party. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Bird Center Cartoons / J.T. McCutcheon. Chicago : A.C. McClurg, 1904.

Protection / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows an ostrich labeled "Republican Party" with its head stuck in a hole labeled "'Stand Pat' Policy" as a tornado advances from behind with dark clouds labeled "Tariff Reform". Illus. in: Puck, ... More

The king of them all / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a jolly Santa Claus sitting in a large chair at center with toys at his feet, a family with two little girls, possibly twins, and several children and servants on the right, and many nursery ... More

Caricature, Harsh criticism / Gallaway., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows two Irishmen talking in the street of a rural community. The son of one is taking music lessons, to the annoyance of the other, as well as the neighbors. Caption: Hogan I suppose ye've hear... More

Bribe takers both / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows, on the left, a man labeled "Tariff Coddled Manufacturer" voting with one hand and receiving a bribe in the form of "High-Protection Schedule" from a large hand labeled "Rep. Congress" extend... More

[Edward H. Harriman as a pirate]

A full-length caricature of Edward Henry Harriman as a pirate, brandishing a pistol and a sword. In the publication, the drawing accompanies a facetiously written poem entitled, "It's a Shame to Tease Him," in ... More

Puck Thanksgiving 1907 / L.M. Glackens., Puck magazine cover

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt about to chop the head off a turkey labeled "Flim-Flam Finance" on the chopping block, the feathers are labeled "Worthless Collateral, Wild Cat Bank, Fake Bonds, Worthless ... More

Setting 'em off / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows exploding firecrackers labeled "Land Grafter, Congressman, Financier, Senator, Deliberate & Unqualified, Rail Road Pres., Undesirable Citizen, [and] Nature Faker" that were ignited using a "T... More

The cigar band fiend / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting the craze for cigar bands and the various ways they can be used to celebrate special occasions, such as getting married, the birth of a child, a holiday turkey di... More

Signs and divinations / Will Crawford., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting the presidential candidates for the 1908 election, each learning their fortunes regarding the outcome of the election: Norman E. Mack as a palm reader telling Wil... More

The United States abroad / Hassman̄., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows the American Ambassador standing at the head of a dinner table around which are seated the heads of state of several European countries and China, offering them baked beans and "Ice Water" fo... More

[Baby stork] - Public domain drawing

A baby stork, perched on a branch, stands on one leg. Inscribed, across base of drawing: Yours very truly / W. Heath Robinson. Inscribed, lower left: The Strand. 10/5/08. No copyright information found with ite... More

The giant squid at bay / Keppler.

Illustration shows a squid labeled "Special Privilege" with tentacles labeled "Rail Road Greed, Grafting Public Utilities, Venal Press, Graft Tariff, Predatory Trusts, Bribed Legislatures, Stock Juggling, [and]... More

Making hay while the rain falls / W.E. Hill '10.

Illustration shows a heart-shaped cameo with a young woman and a young man sitting on hay in a barn during a rain storm. Illus. in: Puck, v. 68, no. 1743 (1910 July 27), cover. Copyright 1910 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Vivisection / Will Crawford. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows two men in a make-shift laboratory, about to operate on a live rabbit; a group of concerned citizens has entered on the left, attempting to stop the operation; the spirits of many past victim... More

From Maine to Florida / Gordon Ross.

Illustration shows a woman diving into the warm waters of Florida after shedding the furs and heavy clothing of winter. Also shows in the background girls flying like birds from cold climates to the tropical wa... More

The helping hand / J.K. after Renouf.

Illustration shows a diminutive Uncle Sam rowing a sailboat and receiving a helping hand from J.P. Morgan. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1782 (1911 April 26), centerfold. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

The maid of the summer surf / Leon V. Solon.

The confusion of tongues / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows disagreement among many Republicans who were working together to construct a tower labeled "Republican Harmony"; they have broken off into small factions clustered around building blocks labe... More

The morning after / Kep. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam waking up in bed, hungover, with everything in his room caught up in a whirlwind of bottles of alcohol labeled "Stand Pat Booze, Bull Moose Bitters, [and] That's All Wilson", a pitc... More

Christmas Puck / W.E. Hill '13., Puck magazine cover

Illustration shows an anxious snowman standing between two beautiful young women wearing clown costumes and holding mistletoe over their heads during an evening snow shower. Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1918 (1... More

[Young man splashing a young woman with water at the beach] / John E. ...

Caption: "Now, stop it! Oh, please! / Did you hear what I said?" / She calls him a tease; / "Now, stop it! Oh, please!" / She cries in high keys. / But she means, Go ahead! / "Now, stop it! Oh, please! / Did y... More

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp / K.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Consumer" rubbing a lamp labeled "Tariff Question" from which a genii has emerged labeled "Wilson". Caption: The Genii What are my lord's commands? / Aladdin Reduce the cost... More

Take my lantern. You need it more than I do! / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson turning to look back at a man labeled "Diogenes" who is offering a lantern to Wilson. Caption: "I am under bonds to the people of the United States. The man who does not hold ... More

Travel impressions / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting scenes from travel, such as a shocked woman confronted by a "U.S. Customs" scarecrow; a distorted view of Pisa aided by "a wonderful quality of chianti"; a Dutch ... More

Head winds / Will Hammell. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a well-dressed couple walking together on a windy day; many wind-blown hats fill the air around them, yet they manage to keep their's in place. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1931 (1914 March 7... More

The eyes have it / Rolf Armstrong 1914 ; painted by Rolf Armstrong.

Illustration shows a bust portrait of a young woman, facing front, juxtaposed to a vibrant night-life scene in a city.

Substance and form. The guy that put the soul in soldier

Cartoon of a caveman with a club, standing beside a faceless military figure holding a rifle and a bayonet. The uniform is embellished with the words "Honor," "Patriotism," "Heroism," and "Bravery." Editorial ... More

Le 24 Août 1914, à Louvain, ramenant un prisonnier belge, la soldatesq...

Illustration shows an executed Belgian prisoner of war, with hands and legs bound, hung on a lamp off the side of a building; German soldiers proceed down the street and around the corner. German translation o... More

Signing the declaration of their independence / Ehrhart with acknowled...

Illustration shows a group of women at a convention presenting their declaration of independence, which states "When in the course of female events it becomes necessary for women to have the ballot they're goin... More

Calendrier royal indiquant le cours du soleil

Print shows Louis XIV sitting on a box with fan-shaped back in the center of a sun. The numerous rays of the sun document indignities attributed to the King between 1667 and 1705, such as: "Adultere avec Me. de... More

Nixon's the one! - Political cartoon, public domain image

Public domain photograph related to President Richard Nixon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An English country seat and racing stable cost a lot of money - and he...

Illustration shows a large octopus with the face of Richard Croker on top of "N.Y. City Hall" with its tentacles labeled "Tax Department, Fire Dept., Garbage Contract Job, Ramapo Job, Blackmail, Building Dept.,... More

Shall women vote? / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a man labeled "Graft Politics" paying, with his left hand, a tramp labeled "Floater" at the end of a line of tramps outside a polling place, while with his right hand he attempts to stop a wo... More

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

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A man and a woman are standing in a living room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingto... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Design for a White House suited to present day needs

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Cartoon - Public domain portrait photograph, Political Cartoon

A drawing of a man standing in front of a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...

Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More

An escape a la Francois! - Public domain dedication image

"A burlesque representation of the flight to Varennes; the royal family in a two-wheeled carriage drawn (left to right) by four galloping horses with two postilions..." (Source: George)

De man in't hembd, of de gefnuikte hoogmoed, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man in a nightshirt (representing England) being attacked by several men (representing the countries of the armed neutrality league and the allies), he is held by a Swede and a Dane, a Frenchman p... More

Spotprent op de paniek onder de patriotten na het herstel van stadhoud...

Public domain scan of 17-18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Treason!!! / designed & etch'd by Rd. Newton., British Cartoon Print

A stout, smiling John Bull directs a blast from his rear-end toward a poster of King George III tacked to a wall. The image of the king looks suprised. On the left, the head of William Pitt exclaims, "That is T... More

Et l'on revient toujours A ses premiers amours.

Cartoon showing Napoleon I stepping down from throne into a marsh filled with frogs; in his left hand he holds a long pike with a liberty cap on top at which he is looking. DeVinck, 9541 Purchase; S. Emmering; ... More

The late auction at St. Eustatia - by R-- & V--

Print shows the interior of an auction house where Admiral Rodney and General John Vaughan are disposing property seized from citizens on the island of Saint Eustatius which the British captured from the Dutch.

The American moose-deer, or Away to the River Ohio, British Cartoon Pr...

"An engraving showing an American moose-deer surrounded by kings, and standing on the banks of the "Ohio"..." (Source: Stephens) This record contains unverified data from Stephens. Catalogue of prints and drawi... More

Jason et medée. Ballet tragique, British Cartoon Print

"Gaetan Vestris as Jason between two ladies of the ballet..." (Source: George) [N. Dance?, del. ; Bartolozzi, sc.]. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires ... More

The rival queens or a political heat for Rege & Grege, British Cartoon...

An encounter between two stout ladies, Mrs. Fitzherbert and Mrs. Schwellenberg, each with a second: the Prince of Wales, his hands on his lady's waist, and Pitt holding out a lemon to the furious German woman, ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

This is not the New York Stock Exchange, it is the patronage exchange,...

Senators holding papers "patronage," "sold out," and "New York quotations," with T.C. Platt handcuffed to man on left, who is handing "orders of the boss" to Chester Arthur. Illus. in: Puck, v. 9, 1881 April 13... More

"Sic 'em!" / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Charles Stewart Parnell, a prisoner in the "Kilmainham Kaboose", directing a pack of small dogs labeled "Healy, Kettle, Egan, O'Connor, Dillon, Davitt, Sexton, [and] Brennan" to attack the British L... More

Gambling with death / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows, at center, a capitalist, sitting on money bags labeled "Insurance Money" and leaning against several papers labeled "New Policy", gambling with the Grim Reaper, while all around them disaste... More

Puck's plan to relieve the country of two embarrassments - give Grant ...

Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant as a king sitting on a throne, surrounded by his courtiers, identified as Rev. J.P. Newman, Henry Ward Beecher, Roscoe Conkling, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, William Belknap,... More

The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaig...

Illustration shows a gallery of presidential candidates, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as "The Snake Charmer" charming a snake labeled "Stalwart Vote" with a h... More

Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy's fleet and deprives ...

Illustration shows President Cleveland as Gulliver with a rope labeled "Good Policy" tied to the ships of the "Republican Party" and pulling them toward the opposite shore where a group of men, among them Ambas... More

Good men on a bad platform / Zimmerman.

Illustration shows three men labeled "Wadsworth, Davenport, [and] Genl. Carr" hanging onto each other, standing on "The One Solid Plank" labeled "Financial & Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions" of a shaky platfor... More

This is what the "freedom of worship" bill means - can we hold the evi...

Illustration shows a female figure with a shield labeled "Tolerance" and a sword labeled "Knowledge", using a cord labeled "Equality" to hold back a large snake labeled "Freedom Worship Bill" that has ensnared ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Restoring "prosperity" / Keppler, Jr., Political Cartoon

Print shows President Cleveland and five men using "Sound Policy Cement" to repair a statue labeled "Nat. Prosperity". Shown with Cleveland are John G. Carlisle, William L. Wilson, Daniel W. Voorhees, Charles T... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Uncle Sam's dream of conquest and carnage - caused by reading the Jing...

Print shows Uncle Sam asleep in a chair with a large eagle perched on a stand next to him; he is dreaming of conquests and annexations, asserting his "Monroe Doctrine" rights, becoming master of the seas, putti... More

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