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Spotprent op de protestanten, 1657

Spotprent op de protestanten, 1657

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

Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the year 1770 / Bute & Wilkes invent. ; Mercurius & Appeles fect., British Cartoon Print

Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the ye...

Detail showing convicts consisting of lords, esquires, and attorneys, in chains, boarding ship, for transport from England to Georgia, under the reign of King George III. Detail of British Museum Cartoon Collec... More

[Dancer on stage], British Cartoon Print

[Dancer on stage], British Cartoon Print

"A young dancer, Vestris fils (Vestr' Allard) in the centre of the stage..." (Source: George) [N. Dance?, del. ; Bartolozzi and Pastorini, sculp.]. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of... More

[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print

[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print

Print shows a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames, with warehouses in a line in the background, one of which is inscribed "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now ship'd for America." George ... More

High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print

High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains around the bed can be seen a bare-breasted duchess. On t... More

The ever-memorable peace-makers settling their accounts, British Cartoon Print

The ever-memorable peace-makers settling their accounts, British Carto...

Print shows the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Bute, and Lord Holland portrayed as a fox, with the Devil behind him, seated at a table. Lord Holland writes in a ledger labeled "Unacd Millions". Catalogue of prin... More

Venison & Claret, or Sr. Humpy. Haunch, Bart. of Glutton Hall, British Cartoon Print

Venison & Claret, or Sr. Humpy. Haunch, Bart. of Glutton Hall, British...

"A W.L. figure standing towards the left looking over his left shoulder. He is stout with an enormously protruding stomach..." (Source: George) V. 2. 22. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in... More

The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Britis...

Print shows Lord North pumping water from a water fountain topped with the head of George III onto the prostrate bodies of Britannia and a Native figure representing America. Several ministers and judges look o... More

[Emblematical print adapted to the times], British Cartoon Print

[Emblematical print adapted to the times], British Cartoon Print

Print shows Britannia conferring with Neptune over the upstart America; they sit on the shore, presumably of England, and point to a man seated on the opposite shore holding a striped flag with 26 (13 white and... More

Billiards / Mr. Bunbury, del ; Js. Bretherton, f., British Cartoon Print

Billiards / Mr. Bunbury, del ; Js. Bretherton, f., British Cartoon Pri...

"One corner of a billiard-table is visible, the rest being cut off by the right margin of the print. A player, in profile to the right, holds up with exaggerated care a cue in front of a ball lying near the cor... More

Lord No- - -h in the suds, British Cartoon Print

Lord No- - -h in the suds, British Cartoon Print

"North seated in a circular wash-tub, which froths with lather; he is surrounded by angry women..." (Source: George) [T. Colley?] This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Per... More

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne invt & exct, London., British Cartoon Print

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne...

Print shows a country fair amusement with Charles James Fox, on a raised platform, wearing a dunce or liberty cap labeled "Vox Populi" receiving bribes from Lord North, to the right, on the platform, Lord Shelb... More

Portrait d'après nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans ballon

Portrait d'après nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans bal...

French cartoon shows Abbé Miollan as a cat and Janinet with bag of money(?) over his shoulder beating a hasty retreat after the failure of their balloon ascension attempt on July 11, 1784 enraged the crowd of s... More

Spotprent op de vrede tussen Nederland en de keizer, 1785

Spotprent op de vrede tussen Nederland en de keizer, 1785

Public domain image of military forces, cavalry, horses, horseriding, 18th-19th century war, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Bachelors fare, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Bachelors fare, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Print shows a man, seated at a table, embracing and kissing a woman, around the table are seated three women, a fourth, carrying a tankard of beer, enters through a door on the right; on the table are bread and... More

The fall of Phaeton, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

The fall of Phaeton, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

"The Prince of Wales falls headlong, but gracefully, from his high phaeton, and is about to land on Mrs. Fitzherbert, who lies face downwards on the ground, on hands and knees, her petticoats over her head, lea... More

The virgin unmasked, British Cartoon Print

The virgin unmasked, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two voluptuous women. One woman is naked, except for a fig leaf, and bald without a wig. The other woman wears a hat with feathers, a wig, and a dress and holds a mask in her left hand. Between the ... More

The sour prospect before us, or The ins throwing up State --., British Cartoon Print

The sour prospect before us, or The ins throwing up State --., British...

"Ministers, seven isolated figures, vomit copiously at the prospect of being turned out...." (Source: George) Title continues in panel 2: Affairs. The sweet prospect behind us, or the outs in office. Panel 2 ... More

Il faut faire 3 choses - A drawing of three men standing next to each other

Il faut faire 3 choses - A drawing of three men standing next to each ...

Print shows figures of the estates general; a member of the clergy and a nobleman each place a hand on short pillar labeled "Je tien mon pied de bœuf"; a peasant, representing the third estate, places both of h... More

Spotprent op de Jacobijnen, 1790

Spotprent op de Jacobijnen, 1790

Public domain image of a military uniform, officer portrait, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Isaac Cruikshank - A strolling player. Comedy / [I. Cruikshank]., British Cartoon Print

Isaac Cruikshank - A strolling player. Comedy / [I. Cruikshank]., Brit...

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

Mr. Braham in the character of Orlando / Drawn, etchd. & pubd. by Dighton., British Cartoon Print

Mr. Braham in the character of Orlando / Drawn, etchd. & pubd. by Digh...

"Braham, in fantastically elaborate dress as an Italian price, steps to the left, his head in profile, singing, right hand on breast ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catal... More

The first Kiss this Ten Years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citizen François, British Cartoon Print

The first Kiss this Ten Years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citiz...

A tall, thin, French officer kissing a fat, richly dressed, seated Britannia. His hat and sword lay on the carpet. Britannia's shield and trident rest on the wall behind her chair. Above them are portraits of G... More

Voilà la plus cuite, mon Empereur!

Voilà la plus cuite, mon Empereur!

Print shows Napoleon stopping at an evening mealtime bivouac to converse with the rank and file soldiers who offer him one of their potatoes. Déposé. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More

Preparing John Bull for general congress / G. Cruikshank, fect., British Cartoon Print

Preparing John Bull for general congress / G. Cruikshank, fect., Briti...

"John Bull, a giant beset by pigmies, sits on a bank with his back against a massive oak, his legs wide apart..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Pe... More

L'Enlèvement d'Hèlène opp. p. 224

L'Enlèvement d'Hèlène opp. p. 224

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Missisippi of 't wydbefaamde Goudland door de inbeelding der Windnegotie, British Cartoon Print

Missisippi of 't wydbefaamde Goudland door de inbeelding der Windnegot...

"Five distinct designs. This engraved Dutch satire on the share mania of 1720 and few preceding years is No. 5 in vol. ii. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a collection of similar satires on the Mississi... More

Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving

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.

"A sudden rise in the world" - Drawing. Public domain image.

"A sudden rise in the world" - Drawing. Public domain image.

A farmer, tilling a field, finds himself being lifted upward as his horsedrawn plow hits a tree stump.

A short stop at a way station: the polite conductor

A short stop at a way station: the polite conductor

Artist: Thomas Worth (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5900

The passing of Bourke Cockran - Drawing. Public domain image.

The passing of Bourke Cockran - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Puck magazine cover - An uncompleted task / J.A. Wales.

Puck magazine cover - An uncompleted task / J.A. Wales.

Print shows I. Wayne MacVeagh wearing a workman's apron and holding papers labeled "Wayne McVeagh Resignation", standing in front of a brick wall with a large star on it labeled "To be Bricked up for Star Route... More

John Kelly galvanizes the corpse of Tammany / F. Graetz.

John Kelly galvanizes the corpse of Tammany / F. Graetz.

Print shows John Kelly trying to bring Tammany Hall back to life by turning an electrical apparatus labeled "Deal with the Republicans" connected to an "Anti-Monopoly" device, then with wires spelling "Patronag... More

The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler.

The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler.

Print shows a large, old tree at the edge of body of water with Albany, N.Y. on the right, in the background, and the U.S. Capitol on the left, in the background. Hanging from the branches are many coins with "... More

In a critical condition / F. Opper.

In a critical condition / F. Opper.

Print shows a domestic scene with Benjamin F. Butler as the mother of a sick child labeled "Butler Boom" who is being examined by Puck as a physician; various medicines labeled "Grand Reforms, Tewksbury Investi... More

A business administration - Drawing. Public domain image.

A business administration - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Another one gone wrong / J. Keppler.

Another one gone wrong / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows John Kelly dressed as a woman, threatening New York City Mayor Franklin Edson with a stick labeled "N.Y. Board of Aldermen" and pointing toward jars on a shelf, containing former Mayors Edwar... More

The two dromios / Gillam. - Victorian era public domain image

The two dromios / Gillam. - Victorian era public domain image

Print shows an American cowboy talking to a British nobleman who is standing on papers labeled "Brutality, Vulgarity, Insolence, Arrogance, Selfishness, [and] Boorishness", with an "Invitation N. Pacific R.R. O... More

The latest novelty / F. Opper. - Public domain dedication image

The latest novelty / F. Opper. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows a mechanical wind-up toy railroad set, with large key, where Jay Gould circles on tracks that lead through a tunnel labeled "Court House" with openings labeled "Front Door" and "Back Door"; a... More

The new Democratic eucalyptus tree purifies a political morass / J. Keppler.

The new Democratic eucalyptus tree purifies a political morass / J. Ke...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a large tree labeled "Eucalyptus Clevelandus" with roots labeled "Honor" and "Honesty", and branches that spread over swamp land from which rise gaseous ghosts labeled "St... More

The knight of the wind-bag enters the senatorial field / Gillam.

The knight of the wind-bag enters the senatorial field / Gillam.

Illustration shows William M. Evarts as a knight on horseback with Whitelaw Reid as his page who is blowing a horn labeled "Evarts Letter" outside the "Albany Legislature" castle to announce Evarts' arrival. Re... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leap-year / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Leap-year / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a wetland labeled "Campaign Swamp" with William M. Evarts and John G. Carlisle as two cranes on the left and several frogs identified as "Lincoln, Arthur, Robeson, Edmunds, Cameron, Sherman, ... More

Tammany throws away its "butt", and the monopoly bootblack picks it up / F. Opper.

Tammany throws away its "butt", and the monopoly bootblack picks it up...

Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a shoe shiner with his kit, stooping to pick up a smoldering cigar butt labeled "Grady" that John Kelly, on the left, has discarded; they are on a sidewalk in front of t... More

The opening of the "aggressive" campaign / J.K.

The opening of the "aggressive" campaign / J.K.

Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid, in the dark shadows of a street, pouring alcohol from a large jug labeled "Tribune Tonic Crooked Campaign Brand" into the open mouth of an Irish man wearing a plumed hat, a cap... More

One thing he can not shake off / Gillam.

One thing he can not shake off / Gillam.

Illustration shows Chester A. Arthur as a cat, with the spout labeled "'Soap' Campaign 1880", that has broken off a pitcher, around his neck; the pitcher labeled "N.Y. Ward Politics" lies on the ground nearby. ... More

"Peace" assured / J. Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

"Peace" assured / J. Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows William E. Gladstone dressed as an old woman wearing keys labeled "Suez, Gibraltor, [and] Herat", pushing John Bull into a kissing embrace with Tsar Nicholas II who is, likewise, being pushed... More

[The liberty bell back in its birth-place again now that it has proclaimed liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof, it is perfectly at home]

[The liberty bell back in its birth-place again now that it has procla...

The Liberty Bell, set on a pedestal, is flanked on the left by a southern plantation owner standing underneath a palm tree, and on the right, by a northern gentleman standing under a pine tree. Behind the plan... More

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

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

A black dog sitting on top of a wooden bench, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, ... More

Our good ship "National Credit" in danger from a silver-spout / G & Z.

Our good ship "National Credit" in danger from a silver-spout / G & Z.

Illustration shows the bow of a ship approaching a waterspout labeled "80ct $" and "$2,000,000 a Month", and a shark labeled "Panic"; along the side of the ship are President Cleveland as captain, and several m... More

Gulliver and the party Liliputians -- they cannot bind him / Gillam.

Gulliver and the party Liliputians -- they cannot bind him / Gillam.

Illustration shows Henry Ward Beecher as Gulliver holding on his knee a small building labeled "Plymouth Church" and reaching his left hand out, in a friendly gesture, toward a crowd of "Liliputians" who are sc... More

Caricature, At it again! / Zimmerman., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, At it again! / Zimmerman., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Pope Leo XIII climbing through a ballot box in an effort to get to the a sign on the wall that states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion - Constitution"; othe... More

The same old train-wrecker / Gillam.

The same old train-wrecker / Gillam.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Hayseed Legislator" waiting next to obstacles labeled "Corruption, Spite against N.Y. City, Backwoods Bullheadedness, [and] Petty Jealousy" that he has placed on railroad track... More

In memoriam U.S. Grant / J. Keppler.

In memoriam U.S. Grant / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows the body of Ulysses S. Grant lying in state in front of an angel joining the hands of two female figures, one labeled "North" and the other labeled "South" under the heading "Let Us Have Peac... More

A civil service reform version of an old fable / Gillam.

A civil service reform version of an old fable / Gillam.

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a shepherd standing among his flock labeled "Treasury, Supreme Bench, Office, [and] Post Office", telling a well-dressed wolf, who has a piece of paper in his pocket label... More

National drill, 1887, Washington, D.C

National drill, 1887, Washington, D.C

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

The Crown covers a multitude of shortcomings Sir James (G.B.) "No one will miss it now, you know" Th. Nast 1888

The Crown covers a multitude of shortcomings Sir James (G.B.) "No one ...

Cartoon shows former Senator James G. Blaine as a heavy-set man in a loud plaid suit with unkempt hair, a white beard, a monocle, and spats. Next to him can be seen the rear of a lion with a crown labeled "Jim... More

A canine chorus - Drawing. Public domain image.

A canine chorus - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

The robber & the robbed stocked & punished together

The robber & the robbed stocked & punished together

Photo of drawing. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Once a Week, 7:8 (Oct. 13, 1891).

Looking forward / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Looking forward / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon showing Farmer Washington Mundy saying to his next door neighbor: "Say, Jonas; if you don't keep that rain on your own side of the fence, I'll sue you for damages. Don't you see my clothes are hung out ... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. II, Old-man-ready-to-be-struck / F. Opper.

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. II, Old-man-ready-to-be-struck ...

Print shows Benjamin Harrison sitting atop a chimney, holding rods with metal tips, several others are tied to his body and his hat, hoping to get struck by a lightning bolt labeled "Republican Presidential Nom... More

The bounty jumper of 1894 / Dalrymple.

The bounty jumper of 1894 / Dalrymple.

Print shows Benjamin Harrison standing on the deck of a ship labeled "Republican Party", under sails labeled "Prohibitory Protection"; he is holding a rope that leads to a rowboat labeled "McKinleyism" with Wil... More

Puck magazine cover - No turkey for David! / Dalrymple.

Puck magazine cover - No turkey for David! / Dalrymple.

Print shows a distraught David B. Hill sitting on the ground on a broken ladder labeled "Machine Nomination for Gov. of N.Y.", holding a hatchet labeled "Hill" in his left hand and a turkey feather labeled "Def... More

Puck magazine cover - Rival political gardeners / F. Opper.

Puck magazine cover - Rival political gardeners / F. Opper.

Print shows Roswell P. Flower and Levi P. Morton watering flowers labeled "Presidential Hopes" by pouring money on them; Morton's flower is much taller than Flower's flower. Caption: The same method, but diffe... More

The American farmer - where he has to sell, and where he has to buy / Dalrymple.

The American farmer - where he has to sell, and where he has to buy / ...

Print shows Uncle Sam as an American farmer trying to sell his products labeled "Pork, Wheat, Butter, Beef, Oats", and corn overseas where there is stiff "Open Competition" at the "Market of the World" represen... More

Puck magazine cover - 1895 Puck Christmas / C.J. Taylor.

Puck magazine cover - 1895 Puck Christmas / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Puck holding mistletoe over the head of a young woman who is reading a magazine or newspaper.

Some people who ought to "swear off" this new year's / F. Opper.

Some people who ought to "swear off" this new year's / F. Opper.

Print shows a vignette cartoon with President Cleveland at the center hounded by newspaper reporters who try to run the government; Puck suggests that they should resolve to leave the running of the government ... More

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

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

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

A puzzled kaiser / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

A puzzled kaiser / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows William II, the German Emperor, wearing a robe and large sword, holding a crown and a scepter, and looking puzzled over why these symbols of authority no longer command the respect he thinks they de... More

She has a presidential pet of her own / C.J. Taylor.

She has a presidential pet of her own / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a motherly female figure sitting on a bench holding a diminutive Levi P. Morton on her lap; standing at her feet is a diminutive Benjamin Harrison holding his hat. Illus. from Puck, v. 37, no. 962,... More

Caricature, Their nightmare / C.J. Taylor., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Their nightmare / C.J. Taylor., public domain cartoon imag...

Print shows David B. Hill and Charles F. Crisp lying awake in a bed, suffering the nightmare of a spirit dragon labeled "Third Term". Illus. from Puck, v. 38, no. 969, (1895 October 2), cover. Copyright 1895 b... More

Fizz! Boom!! Ah!!! / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Fizz! Boom!! Ah!!! / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a fireworks display with an "Anarchist" and John P. "Altgeld" lighting a rocket labeled "Altgeld Anarchistic Boom" and several men identified as "Bland, Crisp, Teller, Waite, Blackburn, Wolcott, Mor... More

Caricature, The good boy / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The good boy / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image

Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Republican Party" sitting in a rocking chair, knitting, between John Sherman, who is sitting on a low stool on the left, reading a book labeled "Sound Finance", with a toy ... More

Puck magazine cover - The neglected idol / Dalrymple.

Puck magazine cover - The neglected idol / Dalrymple.

Print shows William McKinley as Napoleon I, wearing the hat, coat, and sword in the style of Napoleon, standing on a pedestal labeled "Protection", with a tiny wreath labeled "From Southern Friends" lying on th... More

For their own good / J.S. Pughe.

For their own good / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President Cleveland adding boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland" to a fence with boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under Pres. Harrison", "Exte... More

The dead issue / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The dead issue / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows President Cleveland standing on the steps of the "White House", watching a funeral procession with the hearse labeled "Calamity Cry killed by Business Revival" and a long line of Republican mourners... More

[A warning to mothers, no. 3] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[A warning to mothers, no. 3] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Willy, stands astonished, as he notices that in the process of recovering his ball, his suit was covered with wet paint. The wall next to him shows the imprint of Willy's body, where he leaned against it. Insc... More

The phœnix-like "summer girl" / Ehrhart.

The phœnix-like "summer girl" / Ehrhart.

Print shows a female figure with wings rising from the flames of summer romances that are burning out as the season comes to an end; she leaves behind many broken-hearted men on the beach at a summer resort. C... More

Our religious landlords and their rookery tenants / C.J. Taylor.

Our religious landlords and their rookery tenants / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a group of wealthy citizens exiting Trinity Church on Wall Street, New York City, with poor persons huddled on the street on both sides, and tenement housing in the background. The inscription over ... More

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

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

A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... More

A noisy mob; - but the sound money police are closing in on them / Keppler.

A noisy mob; - but the sound money police are closing in on them / Kep...

Print shows William Jennings Bryan being carried in a chair by four men, two are labeled "Tillman" and "J.F. Williams", down a street, behind a group of crazed men labeled "Free Silver, Riot, Repudiation, Popul... More

They are away off the track / Dalrymple.

They are away off the track / Dalrymple.

Print shows many presidential hopefuls labeled "Davis, Tillman, Chandler, Lodge, Quay, Frye, Wolcutt, Turpie, Hoar, Morgan, [and] Hill" wading through a swamp labeled "Financial Buncombe, Jingoism, Blunders, De... More

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

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

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

A solitary horseman -- G.P.R. James Novels (?)

A solitary horseman -- G.P.R. James Novels (?)

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.

W-h-o-a!!! / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

W-h-o-a!!! / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows William McKinley driving a large circus carriage labeled "McKinley's Presidential Band Wagon" being pulled by the Republican Elephant labeled "G.O.P." which has come to a stop at a sign at the edge ... More

"Every one for himself!" / J.S. Pughe.

"Every one for himself!" / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows two dogs on a table; one dog labeled "Platt" has its front paws on a platter labeled "Patronage" on which is a piece of meat labeled "Raines Bill", the other dog wearing a collar labeled "Croker" is... More

Pioneer Cleveland / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Pioneer Cleveland / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Print shows President Cleveland standing on the right, holding an axe labeled "Political Wisdom", in a forest where he has been cutting trees labeled "Gold Standard"; approaching from the left is a procession l... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 "crazes" past and present / F. Opper.

Uncle Sam's "crazes" past and present / F. Opper.

Print shows a vignette cartoon depicting the current "craze" for "Free Silver", showing Uncle Sam riding a silver rocking horse, and participating in several fads "Past and Present", such as the "Blue Glass Cra... More

Puck magazine cover - An echo of election / Dalrymple.

Puck magazine cover - An echo of election / Dalrymple.

Print shows a bloated businessman holding an American flag labeled "Victory", riding in a wheelbarrow being pushed by another man; in the background, a young boy is telling a stranger that his Dad had a bet wit... More

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

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

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

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