Horse bit cheekpiece in form of a kneeling hero
Northwestern Iran Iron Age II
Double-sided stamp seal: nude winged hero dominating snakes; winged dr...
Bactria-Margiana Bronze Age
The text concerns Zâl's fight with the Turanian hero Khazarvân, but th...
Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.
Hero and Leander from BL Harley 4431, f. 114v
Detail of a miniature of Hero leaping from the battlements of a castle to drown with her lover Leander, in 'L'Épître Othéa'. Image taken from f. 114v of Various works (also known as 'The Book of the Queen'), in... More
Hero and Leander from BL Harley 4431, f. 114v
Miniature of Hero leaping from the battlements of a castle to drown with her lover Leander, in 'L'Épître Othéa'. Image taken from f. 114v of Various works (also known as 'The Book of the Queen'), including 'Cen... More
The Triumph of a Hero
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (Italian, Trent 1470–1532 Padua)
The Triumph of a Hero
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (Italian, Trent 1470–1532 Padua) or Follower of
The triumph of a Roman Emperor; a young naked hero stands at centre on...
Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
![[Garden monument when heated by the sun brings water to a boil generating steam which causes sound to issue from pipes like an organ; shows statue, possibly of Hero of Alexandria]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvZ2FyZGVuLW1vbnVtZW50LXdoZW4taGVhdGVkLWJ5LXRoZS1zdW4tYnJpbmdzLXdhdGVyLXRvLWEtYm9pbC1nZW5lcmF0aW5nLXN0ZWFtLWI3OWEzZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Garden monument when heated by the sun brings water to a boil generating steam which causes sound to issue from pipes like an organ; shows statue, possibly of Hero of Alexandria]")
[Garden monument when heated by the sun brings water to a boil generat...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Les raisons des forces movvantes auec diuerses machines tant vtilles que plaisantes, ... / par Salomon de Cavs .... Francfort : en la boutique de I. Norton, 1615. Publ... More
![[Hero's miraculous altar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvaGVyb3MtbWlyYWN1bG91cy1hbHRhci04NDZmYTQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Hero's miraculous altar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
[Hero's miraculous altar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illustration shows the details of a steam-driven mechanical apparatus for opening doors. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Gli artificiosi e cvriosi moti spiritali di Herone / Giambattista Aleotti. Bol... More
![[A popular hero, Shibaraku], Kiyomasu Torii](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvYS1wb3B1bGFyLWhlcm8tc2hpYmFyYWt1LTc1MWYyNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/76/webp "[A popular hero, Shibaraku], Kiyomasu Torii")
[A popular hero, Shibaraku], Kiyomasu Torii
Print shows an actor as a samurai making a grand entrance at the "Shibaraku" moment on the kabuki stage. Title devised by Library staff. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawing... More
![Miss V-gh-n [and] the American hero](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzUvMDEvMDEvbWlzcy12LWdoLW4tYW5kLXRoZS1hbWVyaWNhbi1oZXJvLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Miss V-gh-n [and] the American hero")
Miss V-gh-n [and] the American hero
Print shows cameo portraits of an American woman, Miss Vaughan and William Howe. Title from item. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment.... More
The desponding hero of the Coldstream - a military madrigal, British C...
Print shows dejected members of the Coldstream Guards sitting around a banquet table bemoaning a possible assignment in America. Includes five stanzas of verse. Title from item. Forms part of: British Cartoon ... More
A Box Lobby Hero, The Branded Bully, or The Ass Stripp'd of the Lion's...
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
The way to keep him, or the female flagellants attacking the platonic ...
Print shows a smiling man, "platonic love", on one knee as three women beat him with whips made of bulrushes(?); on the wall in the background are two portraits, "The Maid of Drury" and "The Maid of the Oaks." ... More
Hero Fainting in Church (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, S...
Peter Simon (British, London ca. 1764–1813 Paris)
Hero's recruiting at Kelsey's; - or- Guard-Day at St. James's / Js. Gy...
Two officers, on a tall, lanky, elderly man and the other a child, sit facing each other eating sweets at a confectioner's. A third officer, fat and knock-kneed, stands guard in the doorway. The windows of the ... More
![To be performed at the Brattle Street Church on Wednesday, February 19, 1800 Ode I. From Vernon's Mount behold the Hero rise! ... Ode II. That matchless form which aw'd the world ... [Boston] From the Chronicle-Press by R. Rhoades. [1800].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDAvMDEvMDEvdG8tYmUtcGVyZm9ybWVkLWF0LXRoZS1icmF0dGxlLXN0cmVldC1jaHVyY2gtb24td2VkbmVzZGF5LWZlYnJ1YXJ5LTE5LTE4MDAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/77/webp "To be performed at the Brattle Street Church on Wednesday, February 19, 1800 Ode I. From Vernon's Mount behold the Hero rise! ... Ode II. That matchless form which aw'd the world ... [Boston] From the Chronicle-Press by R. Rhoades. [1800].")
To be performed at the Brattle Street Church on Wednesday, February 19...
Positive Photostat.; Verse.; Washington, George.; Odes on his deatg.; Not in Ford. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printe... More
The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...
Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road "to Elba" from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farew... More
Model for a statue of a hero
The identity of the hero is unknown. Etienne-Hippolyte Maindron (1801–1884)
Hero's Quick Step
Music cover showing militia drilling on Boston Common, Old Elm in left foreground.
Now on exhibition, the celebrated blood hounds. Here and spot. the mon...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 73, Folder 26.
Fragment of a marble votive relief dedicated to a hero
Relief fragment with funerary banquet. Late Classical or Hellenistic
![blank from "The Hero's Funeral: a poem. [On the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.]"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn8/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTIvMTIvMzEvYmxhbmstZnJvbS10aGUtaGVyb3MtZnVuZXJhbC1hLXBvZW0tb24tdGhlLWZ1bmVyYWwtb2YtdGhlLWR1a2Utb2Ytd2VsbGluZ3Rvbi0zNmM3YzMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/64/webp "blank from \"The Hero's Funeral: a poem. [On the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.]\"")
blank from "The Hero's Funeral: a poem. [On the funeral of the Duke of...
This image has been taken from scan 000041 from "The Hero's Funeral: a poem. [On the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by use... More
![[Colonel Vincent Eyre C.B. Bengal Artillery, "The Hero of Arrah" and Mrs Eyre]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvY29sb25lbC12aW5jZW50LWV5cmUtY2ItYmVuZ2FsLWFydGlsbGVyeS10aGUtaGVyby1vZi1hcnJhaC1hbmQtbXJzLWV5cmUtNjU4ZGIwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/57/webp "[Colonel Vincent Eyre C.B. Bengal Artillery, \"The Hero of Arrah\" and Mrs Eyre]")
![[Colonel Vincent Eyre C.B. Bengal Artillery, "The Hero of Arrah" and Mrs Eyre]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn21/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvY29sb25lbC12aW5jZW50LWV5cmUtY2ItYmVuZ2FsLWFydGlsbGVyeS10aGUtaGVyby1vZi1hcnJhaC1hbmQtbXJzLWV5cmUtYjMzZGQ2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/57/webp "[Colonel Vincent Eyre C.B. Bengal Artillery, \"The Hero of Arrah\" and Mrs Eyre]")
The hero of Lucknow, presented to the "Albion" subscribers, New York, ...
Print shows Sir Henry Havelock, full-length portrait, sitting, facing right, wearing dress uniform and holding a quill pen at a desk in a tent in Lucknow, India, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Havelock defen... More
Major Gen. Grant, the hero of Fort Donelson
Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in uniform.
![Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A., the hero of Fort Donelson [Half-lgth., standing, (6)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWFqb3ItZ2VuZXJhbC11bHlzc2VzLXMtZ3JhbnQtdXNhLXRoZS1oZXJvLW9mLWZvcnQtZG9uZWxzb24taGFsZi1sZ3RoLXN0YW5kaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A., the hero of Fort Donelson [Half-lgth., standing, (6)]")
Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A., the hero of Fort Donelson [Hal...
Wood engraving after a photograph. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 March 8), p. 145 (front page). Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres. I.; Shelf.
Greyfriars Bobby
Unknown..about 1865..Accession no. PGP R 831 .Medium Albumen print .Size 9.1 x 5.9 cm .Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985 ..For more information please select here ( http://www... More
J. L. Heywood, the "hero" of Northfield Bank, killed Sept. 7th, 1876
Title from item. Stamped on verso: First Nat'l. Bank, Northfield, Minn., Sep. 28, 1876. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Our hero
No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Portrait from "Pambaniso, a Kaffir hero: or, Scenes from savage life. ...
This image has been taken from scan 000070 from "Pambaniso, a Kaffir hero: or, Scenes from savage life. An historical Kaffir tale". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, creat... More
The hero of Antietam. Gen. George B. McClellan
Print shows General George B. McClellan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform, flanked by two American Flags, with a battle scene below. Includes a narrative "Sketch of Ge... More
![fictional character from "[Vanity Fair. A novel without a hero ... With all the original illustrations by the author, etc.]"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn8/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTMvMTIvMzEvZmljdGlvbmFsLWNoYXJhY3Rlci1mcm9tLXZhbml0eS1mYWlyLWEtbm92ZWwtd2l0aG91dC1hLWhlcm8td2l0aC1hbGwtdGhlLW9yaWdpbmFsLWQ2ZjQ0OC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "fictional character from \"[Vanity Fair. A novel without a hero ... With all the original illustrations by the author, etc.]\"")
fictional character from "[Vanity Fair. A novel without a hero ... Wit...
This image has been taken from scan 000464 from "[Vanity Fair. A novel without a hero ... With all the original illustrations by the author, etc.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated... More
"See, the conquering hero comes!" / Keppler.
Print shows William II, German emperor, wearing a large robe, walking arm in arm with a tall female figure labeled "Germania", and carrying a large sword over his shoulder; behind him, the robe is carried by "I... More
![rotate-image from "Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor, as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades. The story of our great war. [Edited by J. W. Buel.]"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn8/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMTIvMzEvcm90YXRlLWltYWdlLWZyb20taGVyby10YWxlcy1vZi10aGUtYW1lcmljYW4tc29sZGllci1hbmQtc2FpbG9yLWFzLXRvbGQtYnktNmUwM2ZlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/58/webp "rotate-image from \"Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor, as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades. The story of our great war. [Edited by J. W. Buel.]\"")
rotate-image from "Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor, as t...
This image has been taken from scan 000226 from "Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor, as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades. The story of our great war. [Edited by J. W. Buel.]". The tit... More
The hero of the new era / Keppler.
Print shows Admiral George Dewey, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform, holding hat in right hand, standing before the goddess Clio who is sitting on a throne, holding a scroll labeled "... More
![[The hero returned]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWhlcm8tcmV0dXJuZWQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[The hero returned]")
Honoring the soldier who lived and died a hero - Caisson bearing Gen. ...
H11528 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
Some deserving candidates for the hero fund / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a series of nine vignettes to the left and across the top of a main illustration. In each vignette a man puts himself at risk in one way or another; one man gets up in the middle of the night... More
Our hero. Equestrian in the dress of a rough rider occupying the foreg...
Reproduction of print showing Theodore Roosevelt seated on a horse saluting American flag flying over hill in the background. I10101 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright registration. Copyright 1904 by C... More