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Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground

Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More

Enjambée de la sainte famille des Thuilleries à Montmidy

Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis ... More

Isaac Cruikshank - The Irish bull broke loose, British Cartoon Print

Print shows the "Irish Bull" tossing William Pitt into the air and about to do the same to Lord Dundas who runs to the left; on the far right, those opposed to Pitt's "Union Bill" cheer on the bull, "Go it my B... More

The set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought wi...

A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and "Old Price," a much smaller and weaker opponent. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library o... More

Suitors to the pig faced lady Every man to his taste G. Cruik., fet, B...

Print shows a rich woman with a pig's face being courted for her money by unsuitable men including tradesmen and a stereotypical Jewish man. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available o... More

Mermaid--Mermaids exhibited successively in the Years 1758, 1775, & 17...

Engraved for the Encyclopaedia Londiensis, 1817. Public domain photograph of fantasy reptile drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Draco and Ursa Minor / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a dragon and bear forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 1. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.

Aries and Musca Borealis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a ram and a fly forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 16.

Argali on stone by T. Doughty ; from Childs & Inman's Press

Print shows a Bighorn sheep ram standing in a rocky or mountainous landscape, with an ewe standing in the background. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 17. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and Amer... More

[Optical illusion disc with a face catching a ball and a man with blac...

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a face catching a ball in a circle at the center of the disc and a man with blackface taking a bow in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: ... More

[Optical illusion disc with somersaults and horseback riding]

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a figure doing somersaults in a circle at the center of the disc and a man horseback riding in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: McLean'... More

Political Quixotism shewing the consequences of sleeping in patent mag...

Print shows President Jackson, sword in hand, during a nightmare, fighting a hydra with many fierce heads labeled "U.S. Bank", "Deposits", "Bribery", "Pensions", "[...] of the People", and "Corruption of the [.... More

Poinsettia pulcherrima Holden delt. ; Smith sc

Illus. in: Paxton's magazine of botany & register of flowering plants / London : W.S. Orr & Co., 1838, v. 4, opp. p. 97. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga ... More

Sarah Ann - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5787

Vue de la Riviere et l'Isle de Courou dans la Guyane francoise, ou deb...

Print shows activity along a shoreline of a river in Kourou, French Guiana. Printed at head of title in reverse: L'Isle de Courou. Printed at top right: 39. Printed at bottom left: A Paris chez Basset ru[e S.]... More

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

The New York beauty - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain image - 18th-19th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Sunny side: the residence of the late Washington, Irving near Tarrytow...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6356

The three white kittens: peace - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Young man in smock] - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph showing a portrait of a young man wearing a smock and a hat. Gift, Fred Lockley, 1930.

White House, Washington, D.C., Washington DC

A view of the north lawn of the White House taken about 1860. The statue of Thomas Jefferson by Pierre Jean DAvid d' Angers was placed there by President James Polk in 1848. In 1873 the statue was moved to the ... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket and saber bayonet

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Paul Reeder, Germantown, ... More

[Private James B. McCutchan of Co. D, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment]

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj P... More

[Unidentified soldier from North Carolina with Model 1855 Colt revolvi...

Case: Leather; geometric design. Soldier's home state information from seller. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:14 More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with revolver]

Possibly a Border Ruffian from Missouri or Kansas. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

[Private Stanford Lea Jessee of Co. A, 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased... More

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform and kepi with ostrich fe...

Case: Tortoise shell with mother of pearl and silver wire inlay, leaves and flowers design. Seller indicates that soldier has sergeant's stripes on his uniform that are covered by the mat. Deposit; Tom Liljenq... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and kepi with unidentified youn...

Case: Berg, no. 3-141. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Published in: Military images. Henryville, Pa., ... More

[Colonel Joseph Walker of Co. K, 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment,...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 2-64. Identification based on information from Shannon W. Pritchard, Old South Military Antiques, who was verbally told the soldier's name. Gift; Tom Liljen... More

[Private George H. Hall of Kane County Illinois Cavalry Company and Co...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Manuscript describes details of Hall's military service; recipe for chemical solution on verso. Case: Leather; geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Mor... More

Aviation, études, essais et inventions qui, sans résourdre le problème...

Design drawings for a man-powered flying machine with manually controlled wings entitled, "Vélocipède aérien," proposed by Jean Jacques Bourcart, Paris, August, 1866. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)... More

Handkolorerat fotografi av man och kvinna i sockendräkter från Nordmar...

Handkolorerat fotografi av man och kvinna i sockendräkter från Nordmark, Värmland. Skandinavisk-etnografiska samlingen, Stockholm.

Petites constructions. Wagons / Imagerie d'Épinal.

Print showing paper cutout designs for three railroad passenger and freight cars. Imagerie d'Épinal, no. 1205.

Paris. Palais de Justice et Ste. Chapelle Charles Rivière del. et lith

Print shows a street level view of the Palais de justice and Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, with pedestrians and coaches on the street in the foreground. Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: 20. Stamped... More

Young African American woman, standing with one arm resting on a table

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In God is our trust - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [African American woman, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of an African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Goldes shaman priest in his regalia

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-78790. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More

Village on the Menam (?) River. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, 1897. Landscape Associated Name: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill. Other: Robert C. Hill acquired the house and four acres and half in 1913; Edith Bouv... More

["Villa Rose," Joseph Donahoe Grant house, 2260 Redington Road, Hillsb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Declaration of Independence: July 4th 1776

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1664.

Sophia - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6020

U.S. dragoons: cutting their way through a Mexican ambuscade

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6817

Jesus nailed to the cross / Jesus posto em cruz

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3499

King William III: Prince of Orange. born November 4th 1650, died March...

Print shows King William III, Prince of Orange, bust portrait, facing slightly left, wearing hat. Includes lengthy text below title. Inscribed in ink on verso: 410053. Stamped on verso: L.C. Fine Arts Division... More

The lovers walk - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4143

Lieut. General Winfield Scott: General in Chief of the U.S. Army

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3768

Marriage evening - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4351

The meeting of the waters: in the Vale of Avoca, County Wicklow Irelan...

Print shows a view of the confluence of three rivers, the "River Avonbeg", "River Avonmore", and "River Avoca", in the "vale of Avoca", County Wicklow, Ireland; many of the features shown are identified below, ... More

Family register - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2015

Little sisters - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4019

St. John's Church, Greenbush, N.Y. - Pastor, Reverend James E. Duffy /...

Print shows an exterior view of St. John's Church from the street, with horse-drawn carriage in the foreground.

Arion: by Electioneer, dam Manette by Nutwood

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0288.

The darktown fire brigade-investigating a smoke: Parson-no sah de meet...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1514.

Pyramids and Sphinx, lantern slide

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

The lovers reconciliation - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4134

Bridge over river Plava, near Sergyevo, Plavsk, Tula region, Russia. M...

Hand colored photographs of Moscow-Kursk railway, 1885 Public domain image of Swedish railroads works, train yard, workshop, tracks, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union first lieutenant's uniform and gauntlet...

Case: Leather geometric scroll motif with oval center. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at h... More

Gallant charge of the Kentuckians at the Battle of Buena Vista, Feby. ...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A picture of a mountain range with a lake in the distance. Hand-colore...

Photographs show people, buildings, and landscapes in Jerusalem and Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank). (p. 1-35) Photographs include: Shepherds, Bethlehem street scene, Jaffa (Joppa) rocks in a s... More

A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the con...

Print shows a view from northeast of the fire-damaged White House, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn only pub... More

Reading the scriptures - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5504

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, cartridg...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.M. steam ship Baltic. Collins line builders, hull by Brown & Bell ...

Print shows a port side view of the U.S. Mail Steam Ship Baltic at sea.

[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap with revolver ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-278SG. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Company K, 137th regiment f...

Case: Berg, no. 3-247. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Possible identification: Charles Hallett of Company K, 137th New York Infantry Regiment, based on information from Fred R. Hallett, grea... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform and Company D forage cap ...

Case: Leather gem geometric motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/lo... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform holding saber]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

God is love - Print, Library of Congress collection

Dove, hovering in sunlight, over flowers, fruit, and grain. 7708E U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2600

[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and kepi]

Case: Berg, no. 1-141. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lil... More

[Sisters Lucretia Electa and Louisa Ellen Crossett in identical skirts...

Photo shows occupational portrait of identified women, who may have been millworkers. Inscription on paper in case: Lucretia E. aged 2[?] Crossett, Louisa E. aged 18 yr. 8 m.[?] in Lawrence, Massachusetts by H... More

The Crucifixion La Crucificazion = La Crucifixion.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1445.

Poster - The tree of temperance - Public domain lithograph

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The death of Minnehaha - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Hiawatha dashing into a large tepee where Minnehaha, lying at center, is being mourned by Nokomis. Signed on stone on lower right corner. Includes 15 lines of verse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. C... More

Marriage certificate - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

The battle of Sacramento: fought February 28th 1847

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0478.

[Private W.T. Harbison of Company B, 11th North Carolina Infantry Regi...

Photo shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Case: Leather circular geometric. Information found behind photograph: I.D. in Maine family album as Emmett Brackett, died in Virginia in 1862. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Lilje... More

[Alice Roosevelt Longworth, full-length portrait, standing, facing lef...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Man and child, lantern slide - An old photo of a man holding a child

SFFf-1992078.0005..Description: The girl is probably Anna Øye, later married Nordang (1906-1997). The man holding her is Elling J. Øyehol (born 1841) from Heimste-Holen...Photographer: S. J. Beckett...www.fylke... More

[Mobile tank-like fortress in the shape of a dragon]

Print shows a dragon-shaped, mobile fortress equipped cannons and capable of carrying troops, with a ladder device mounted on the front used for scaling walls or as a bridge during siege warfare.

Vue de la prise des forts et ville de Havane par les Anglois en 1762

Print shows a perspective rendering of the bombardment of Havana by British ships and the landing of English troops where the fortress wall has been breeched to capture the city. Caption continues: Vista presp... More

Journée memorable du 6 Octobre 1789

Print shows members of the Gardes du Corps who had been disarmed, joined by the National Guard, and the market-women of Paris who had marched on Versailles in the preceding days, now making the return trip to P... More

[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc...

Three technical illustrations show "Calotte du parachute" (crown of deployed parachute); "Parachute ployé, à l'instant du départe" (release from ascending balloon); and "Parachute déployé, à l'instant de la sép... More

Aricula sic, apple blossom, great daffodil Thackara sc

Print shows a bouquet of spring blossoms and flowers tied with a ribbon; shown are a Primula auricula cultivar, a sprig of apple blossoms, and daffodils. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Popular graphic art pr... More

Leo Major and Leo Minor - Public domain book illustration

Astronomical chart showing two lions forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 20.

Lacerta, Cygnus, Lyra, Vulpecula and Anser / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a swan, a lyre, a lizard, and a fox killing a goose forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 14.

Gloria Frederici, Andromeda, and Triangula / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing Andromeda in chains, two triangles, and a scepter with eagle's head and palm frond forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 5.

Prairie wolves on stone A. Newsam ; from Childs & Inman's Press

Print shows a group of prairie wolves, in a natural landscape near a garden or squash plant growing in the wild. Printed on upper right corner: PL. 7. Illus. from: The cabinet of natural history and American r... More

Pompei Giacomo Lenghi dis. ; Giacomo Lenghi Edit. Prop

Print showing a frescoe with two putti in frames topped with birds and dolphins, and are fixed at the sides of a central structure with open shelves on which are birds and floral arrangements. No. "33". Lenghi... More

Poisonous mushrooms ; Irritating poisons / By G. Spratt, surgeon, fell...

Illustration shows poisonous mushrooms, including Glutinous Agaric, Bulbous Agaric, Deadly Agaric, and Hy Amanita; and plants classified as irrigating poisons, including Meadow Saffron, Bear's Foot, Black Helle... More

Death of Lieut. Col. Henry Clay Jr.: Of the second regiment Kentucky v...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1621.

[Three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French pe...

Print shows a three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French peasants, union of the Three Orders (clergy, aristocracy, and people), and miserable plight of peasants Possibly purchased by Ge... More

Emigrant party on the road to California

Wagon train of women, men, and children, moving through the mountains. Illus. in: California: its past history; its present position; its future prospects. London : The proprietors, 1850, frontispiece. Publishe... More