illustrations

Sphaera Mundi, george von peuerbach

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Abbildung aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technologischen Gewächse mit de...

Laurus nobilis - Der Lorberbaum - Lorbeerbaum Public domain photograph of medieval botanical illustration, illuminated manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abbildung aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technologischen Gewächse mit de...

Melissa officinalis Bot. - Die Melisse Public domain photograph of medieval botanical illustration, illuminated manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Die 't sterven in zijn leven heeft geleerd / Die vind de bitterheyd de...

Blad met 16 voorstellingen van emblemata rondom de dood. Onder elke afbeelding een tweeregelig vers. Genummerd rechtsboven: **48.

Ontwerp voor een muurdecoratie met vier voorstellingen

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

Reigles generales de l'architecture, sur les cincq manieres d'edifices

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Secunda ossium tabula [Human skeleton inspecting a skull and in deep t...

Public domain scan domain photograph of 15th-16th-century anatomical atlas, illustration, print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vrouw met spiegel en nar: spotprent op de stijve plooikraag, ca. 1600

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

Hudibras and the Skimmington (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel...

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

Prentbijbel met voorstellingen uit het Oude en Nieuwe Testament

Album met in totaal 469 prenten met voorstellingen uit het Oude en Nieuwe Testament op 454 albumbladen in perkamenten band. Voor het Oude Testament een titelprent. Voor het Nieuwe Testament een titelprent. De u... More

Twee kandelabers, Agostino Mitelli

Blad met twee voorstellingen van kandelabers. Links een kandelaber met helmen, schilden en wapens. Rechts een kandelaber met helmen, schilden en wapens. De linker voorstelling hoort boven de rechter voorstellin... More

Twee kandelabers, Agostino Mitelli

Blad met twee voorstellingen van kandelabers. Links een kandelaber met arabesken en vogels. Rechts een kandelaber met arabesken en vogels. De linker voorstelling hoort boven de rechter voorstelling. Samen vorme... More

Twee kandelabers, Agostino Mitelli

Blad met twee voorstellingen van kandelabers. Links een kandelaber met vogels en arabesken. Rechts een kandelaber met griffioenen, brandende toortsen en vogels. De linker voorstelling hoort boven de rechter voo... More

The Principles of Ornament, or the Youth's Guide to the Drawing of Fol...

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

The March of ye Caravan out of Cairo to Mecha.

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Study from nature, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his h... More

Wulgar language, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Wensbrief met voorstellingen uit het Nieuwe Testament

Wensbrief met beschreven cartouche binnen een decoratief kader met voorstellingen uit het Nieuwe Testament, waaronder de opstanding van Christus. Handgeschreven bericht in kalligrafie (Pinksterbrief) door J.W. ... More

Attaque de la convention nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 vendémiai...

Print shows battle scene on Paris street during the attack on the National Convention. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 129. de ... More

Het uilenbord / Jeu de la chouette

Het Uilenspel. Een cirkelvormig bordspel met vakjes met daarin voorstellingen van voorwerpen, dieren en dobbelstenen. In het midden een voorstelling van een uil met een spiegel. Onder de voorstelling de spelreg... More

Zeven wereldwonderen en belangrijke uitvindingen

Blad met 15 voorstellingen van de zeven wereldwonderen en voorstellingen van belangrijke uitvindingen, zoals de boekdrukkunst en de verrekijker. Onder elke afbeelding een vierregelig vers. Boven een verklarende... More

Abbildungen aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technologischen Gewächse mit ...

Ahorn von Montpellier Public domain scan of 19th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abbildungen aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technologischen Gewächse mit ...

Gemeiner Sinau (Frauenmantel). Public domain scan of 19th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The ghost - a Christmas frolic - le revenant / I.M. Wright pinxt. ; W....

Print shows a boy with a mannequin ghost holding a candle frightens several guests at an intimate party. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Abbildungen aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technologischen Gewächse mit ...

Rapunzelartige Glockenblume. Public domain scan of 19th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abbildungen aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technischen Gewächse, Band 6:...

Erdmandel. Eßbares Cyperngras. Public domain scan of 19th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oehmigke Riemschnieder - De penning en de dukaat

Blad met 16 voorstellingen uit het verhaal van de penning en de dukaat. Onder elke afbeelding een onderschrift. Genummerd linksonder: No. 87.

A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, vol. 2

John Lizars (American, 1787?–1860) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ben Jonson. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A half-length portrait of the seventeenth century playwright, Ben Jonson. No copyright information found with item. One item from album entitled: Collection of sketches and prints by R. Seymour. Printed on plat... More

Craignethan Castle from "Select views on the River Clyde, engraved by ...

This image has been taken from scan 000070 from "Select views on the River Clyde, engraved by J. Swan, from drawings by J. Fleming, with historical and descriptive illustrations by J. M. L". The title and subje... More

Glenisson van Genechten - Schepen op zee

Blad met 8 voorstellingen van schepen op zee. Onder elke afbeelding een tweeregelig vers. Genummerd rechtsonder: No 153.

Peruvian, from Atacama, plate 3

Arcieren Leibgarde, 1541 (Bodyguard of Archers) (N)

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

map from "Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai, and Arabia Pe...

This image has been taken from scan 000613 from volume 01 of "Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai, and Arabia Petræa. A journal of travels in the year 1838, by E. Robinson and E. Smith ... Drawn up fr... More

Pthah-Sokari-Osiris. - Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians

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

Ernst Frohlich - Kleederdragten / Het begin der zestiende eeuw

Blad met 4 voorstellingen van mensen in verschillende zestiende-eeuwse klederdrachten. Genummerd midden onder: Nro. 112. Genummerd rechtsboven: 112.

Ernst Frohlich - Butterflies, letterpress print

Blad met 18 voorstellingen van verschillende vlinders. Onder elke vlinder een naam in het Nederlands en in het Latijn. Genummerd midden onder: Nro. 123. Genummerd rechtsboven: 123.

The king before a besieged castle -- the battering-ram making a breach...

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

map from "Nouvelle Géographie universelle. La terre et les hommes. [W...

This image has been taken from scan 000541 from volume 10 of "Nouvelle Géographie universelle. La terre et les hommes. [With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from... More

plants from "A Dream of a Garden and other poems ... With floral illus...

This image has been taken from scan 000017 from "A Dream of a Garden and other poems ... With floral illustrations by W. F. M". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created b... More

Storia di due amanti (Tale of Two Lovers)

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Predica del arte del bene morire (sermon on the art of dying well)

Public domain photo of Italian art prints, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hendrick Goltzius - Graaf Robrecht I de Fries, Flanders

Graaf Robrecht I de Fries (tweede echtgenoot van Geertruida van Saksen en regent voor Dirk V), ten voeten uit en met de rug naar ons toe gekeerd. Zijn zwaard steunt met de punt op de grond. Zijn wapenschild is ... More

Degen leunend tegen een palmboom / Drie handen met degens steken een s...

Een embleem met twee voorstellingen. Boven een palmboom waartegen een degen staat. Onder een wolk met drie handen die met een degen een slang steken. Het betreffen deviezen van koning Robert II en Hendrik I van... More

Twee Romeinse soldaten met elkaar in gevecht

Public domain image of horse riding, equestrian activity, animal husbandry, 18th-19th century, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Egypt from "The Pharaohs and their People. Scenes of old Egyptian life...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "The Pharaohs and their People. Scenes of old Egyptian life and history ... With numerous illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been gene... More

flora from "Floral Poetry and the language of flowers. With coloured i...

This image has been taken from scan 000043 from "Floral Poetry and the language of flowers. With coloured illustrations. [The editor's preface is signed J. H. S.]". The title and subject terms of this image hav... More

Sacramental scene in a western forest

Large Presbyterian religious service in forest glade. P.S. Duval & Co. Illus. in: Joseph Smith, Old Redstone, 1854, opp. p. 310. Reference copy may be in LTO 4400 D. This record contains unverified, old data fr... More

Tegucigalpa from "Notes on Central America, particularly the States of...

This image has been taken from scan 000158 from "Notes on Central America, particularly the States of Honduras and San Salvador ... and the proposed Honduras inter-oceanic railway. With original maps and illust... More

John Eliot preaching to the Indians

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10, (1856), p. 232. Reference copy in LOT 4709 L.

Winter holidays in the southern states. Plantation frolic on Christmas...

African Americans dancing amid whites. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1857 Dec. 26, p. 64. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capt... More

canoe from "The Life, Travels and Adventures of F. de Soto, discoverer...

This image has been taken from scan 000461 from "The Life, Travels and Adventures of F. de Soto, discoverer of the Mississippi ... Steel engravings by J. & S. Sartain, ... The illustrations, designed and engrav... More

The execution of John Brown, in a stubble field, near Charleston, [W.]...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 210 (1859 Dec. 10), pp. 24-25. Caption card tracings: P&P Case; US Hist.; BI; Shelf.

Järnvägen på Aborrberget, Svenska Järnvägarna

Järnvägen på Aborrberget Public domain photograph - Sweden in late 19th - early 20th centuries, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene on the floating battery in Charleston Harbor, S.C., during the b...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and from looking at the item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 283 (1861 Apr. 27), p. 360. Caption card tracings: C.W. Fort... More

The Bivouac Fire at the Outposts of our Army of the Potomac

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1861. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War Troops Va.; Civil War Camps; Shelf.

Convicts exercising at Pentonville Prison

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Meisjes-spelen, letterpress print

Blad met 9 voorstellingen van kinderspelen voor meisjes, waaronder touwtjespringen en met de pop spelen. Onder elke afbeelding een onderschrift. Genummerd rechtsboven: No. 4.

map from "[Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai, and Arabia P...

This image has been taken from scan 000623 from volume 02 of "[Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai, and Arabia Petræa. A journal of travels in the year 1838, by E. Robinson and E. Smith ... Drawn up f... More

Nieuw-Zeeland en Nieuw-Zeelanders

Blad met 4 voorstellingen van Nieuw-Zeeland en Nieuw-Zeelanders. Onder elke afbeelding een onderschrift. Genummerd midden boven: No. 48.

Le duc de Bretagne, et de Bourbon, tournoyant 1440-50. D'ap[rès] le Li...

Public domain photograph of medieval costume, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia; wi...

This image has been taken from scan 000463 from volume 02 of "Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia; with some account of Corea. ... With illustrations and ... maps". The title and subject te... More

mosque from "Travels in little-known parts of Asia Minor; with illustr...

This image has been taken from scan 000242 from "Travels in little-known parts of Asia Minor; with illustrations of biblical literature and researches in archæology. With maps and illustrations". The title and ... More

Shoveller Duck - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illus. in: Audubon, Birds of America. 1871. pl. 394. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Publ. Ind.

Italian street musicians and their masters

Small boy being beaten by adults for not earning enough money as a street violinist. New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1873 March [8]. This record contains unverified, old data fro... More

map from "[The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the ki...

This image has been taken from scan 000162 from volume 01 of "[The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East. Newly translated and edited, with notes, by H. Yule, ...... More

Jan de Haan - Het bakkersbedrijf

Blad met 8 voorstellingen over het bakkersbedrijf, waaronder voorstellingen van het deeg kneden, het brood wegen en het brood bezorgen. Onder elke afbeelding een onderschrift. Genummerd rechtsboven: No. 31.

The discovery of Greenland wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illustration shows a Viking ship surrounded by whales and icebergs. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 19, (1875 Sept. 25), p. 780.

Den olycksaliga natten mot den 15 november 1875. Den här natten möttes...

Den olycksaliga natten mot den 15 november 1875. Den här natten möttes de båda nattsnälltågen mellan Stockholm och Malmö front mot front vid Lagerlunda. Olyckan inträffade strax före bron över Lagerlundaån.Det ... More

scanned image from "Our Trip to Burmah. With notes on that country. [W...

This image has been taken from scan 000295 from "Our Trip to Burmah. With notes on that country. [With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users... More

[Oval basins. Design 2127, 1959, 1980, 4017, 1958, 2133, 4006 and 1697...

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

Combination dome needle, shower and descending douche bath. Plate 831-...

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Morocco from "Morocco: its people and places ... Translated by C. Roll...

This image has been taken from scan 000240 from "Morocco: its people and places ... Translated by C. Rollin-Tilton. With ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

portrait from "History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan, w...

This image has been taken from scan 000551 from "History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been gen... More

[Cowboys by fire in discussion with Indian chief]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

A baptism of North American Indians - Mormons posing as the apostles o...

A Mormon baptizing an Indian in front of a group of Indians; photographer with camera in right foreground. Illus. from: Graphic, 1882 Sept. 2, p. 221.

Kit Carson, King of Guides. Article by Albert W. Aiken

Illustrated with Kit Carson on horseback in front of wagon train. Illus. in: Beadle's Boy's Library..., 1884 May 3, v. 1, no. 3, cover. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card ... More

bull frog from "Routledge's Book of Travel and Adventure ... With ... ...

This image has been taken from scan 000143 from "Routledge's Book of Travel and Adventure ... With ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users o... More

[Woman with book sitting on desk]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Watercolor sketch of young woman on verso; not on digital file. Gift; Pearlman's; 1949. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

hydrotherapy from "Ilkley, Ancient and Modern ... Eighty illustrations...

This image has been taken from scan 000286 from "Ilkley, Ancient and Modern ... Eighty illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Li... More

Robinson Crusoe from "Routledge's Book of Travel and Adventure ... Wit...

This image has been taken from scan 000033 from "Routledge's Book of Travel and Adventure ... With ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users o... More

Shambles from "Picturesque York. [With illustrations.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000107 from "Picturesque York. [With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flic... More

The late Louisa May Alcott - Public domain portrait engraving

Wood engraving after photo. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 32, 1888, p. 193. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

flora from "Songs of Love and Joy. Poems. [Hymns selected from “Hymns ...

This image has been taken from scan 000026 from "Songs of Love and Joy. Poems. [Hymns selected from “Hymns of Faith and Hope.” With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generate... More

Thorny dragon from "Australia twice traversed ... Being a narrative co...

This image has been taken from scan 000080 from volume 01 of "Australia twice traversed ... Being a narrative compiled from the Journals of five exploring expeditions ... from 1872 to 1876 ... With maps and ill... More

map from "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. Edited by E. E. M. With ....

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from volume 01 of "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. Edited by E. E. M. With ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

Childe Hassam - Illustration for "An Island Garden" by Celia Thaxter

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Woman in a furred or feathered hat]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Three fighting cranes in nest]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

map from "Im Innern Afrikas. Die Erforschung des Kassai während der J...

This image has been taken from scan 000533 from "Im Innern Afrikas. Die Erforschung des Kassai während der Jahre 1883, 1884, und 1885. Von H. von Wissmann, L. Wolf, C. von François, Hans Mueller. Dritte Aufla... More

River Wye from "Across England in a Dog-Cart from London to St. Davids...

This image has been taken from scan 000181 from "Across England in a Dog-Cart from London to St. Davids and back ... With ... illustrations by the author, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have be... More

fish from "Real Sailor-Songs. Collected and edited by J. Ashton. Two h...

This image has been taken from scan 000124 from "Real Sailor-Songs. Collected and edited by J. Ashton. Two hundred illustrations. [Reproductions of broadsheets.]". The title and subject terms of this image have... More

Iceland from "Icelandic Pictures drawn with pen and pencil ... with a ...

This image has been taken from scan 000089 from "Icelandic Pictures drawn with pen and pencil ... with a map and ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, crea... More

Dog from "Humorous Poems ... With a preface by A. Ainger, and ... illu...

This image has been taken from scan 000257 from "Humorous Poems ... With a preface by A. Ainger, and ... illustrations by C. E. Brock. L.P". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More

Ethnology from "Album von Papúa Typen, Neu Guinea und Bismarck Archip...

This image has been taken from scan 000045 from "Album von Papúa Typen, Neu Guinea und Bismarck Archipel. Etwa 600 Abbildungen auf 54 Tafeln in Lichtdruck. Herausgegeben von A. B. Meyer und R. Parkinson". The ... More

The Children's Tableaux. A Novel Colour Book with Pictures Arranged as...

Ernest Nister (German, 1842–1909)

map from "Die alte Burg Wertheim am Main und die ehemaligen Befestigun...

This image has been taken from scan 000248 from "Die alte Burg Wertheim am Main und die ehemaligen Befestigungen der Stadt ... Mit ... 133 Abbildungen, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been ... More

ship from "Copenhagen Free Port. [With illustrations and tables.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000014 from "Copenhagen Free Port. [With illustrations and tables.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British... More

Bangkok from "Siam: on the Meinam from the Gulf to Ayuthia. Together w...

This image has been taken from scan 000081 from "Siam: on the Meinam from the Gulf to Ayuthia. Together with three romances illustrative of Siamese life and customs ... With fifty illustrations". The title and ... More

map from "Rambles in Lion Land: three months' leave passed in Somalila...

This image has been taken from scan 000289 from "Rambles in Lion Land: three months' leave passed in Somaliland ... With original illustrations, photographs, and map". The title and subject terms of this image ... More