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Cat caught by the claw of a lobster while trying to steal a fish lying...

Inscribed in pencil on verso: "Caught" after Landseer by Warner. Proof before letters. (DLC/PP-2000:095) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare, Act 4, Scene 1)

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of 18th century artwork depicting a person and landscape background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edmund Burke, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in medallion S...

From a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1st state, proof before letters. Goodwin, 69 Smith, 20

His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales etc.

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

7thEarlOfBridgewater, portrait - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait of John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (1753-1823) Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Faber Junior - Edmund Gibson by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderb...

Portrait of Edmund Gibson by and published by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank

John Raphael Smith - George III by Jeremiah Meyer

George III of the United Kingdom Public domain photograph of portrait print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Hallam (1841) by Samuel Cousins, after Thomas Phillips - version...

Portrait of Henry Hallam, (9 July 1777 – 21 January 1859), English historian.

Isabella Fitzroy (née Bennet), Duchess of Grafton - after Godfrey Knel...

Isabella Fitzroy (née Bennet), Duchess of Grafton, wife of the first duke of Grafton Italiano: Isabella FitzRoy, duchessa di Grafton

Thomas Watson - Mw37372, portrait

by Thomas Watson, after Daniel Gardner, mezzotint, published 1774 Public domain photograph of 18th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Princess Augusta Sophia; Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homb...

Princess Augusta Sophia; Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg; Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal

State Opening of Parliament in the Reign of Henry VIII (b)

One of two line engravings showing a fictional state opening of Parliament in the reign of Henry VIII.

George Washington, Esqr. General and Commander in Chief of the Contine...

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Jusepe de Ribera - Socrates Looking in a Mirror

Bernard Vaillant (Dutch, Lille 1632–1698 Leyden) Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richard Brookshaw - Marie-Antoinette

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of Italian 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coast of Yorkshire, Near Whitby (Liber Studiorum, part V, plate 24)

Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samuel Cousins - William Shakespeare, 19th century

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agneta Yorke (née Johnson) mezzotint, published 1768. 194693 (02)

Portrait of Agneta Yorke, second wife of Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor. By Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, after Francis Cotes. Mezzotint, published 1768

Elizabeth Seymour (née Percy), Duchess of Somerset by Jan van der Vaar...

Portrait of Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1667-1722) Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Faber Junior - Faber after Hysing - Caroline of Great Britain

Portrait of Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713-1757), Daughter of George II

Francis Webb by Charles Townley, after Lemuel Francis Abbott

Portrait of Francis Webb (1735-1815) Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Douglas by and published by William Ward, after Sir William Beech...

Portrait of John Douglas (1721-1807) Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sir Richard Gipps by and published by John Smith, after John Closterma...

Portrait of Richard Gipps Public domain scan of engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Valentine Green published by Valentine and Rupert Green, after Lemuel ...

Valentine Green Public domain photograph of portrait painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The action between the Serapis and Bon Homme Richard Septr. 23rd 1779 ...

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1879 by Fishel, Adler & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. Library has two impressions. Copyright statement printed on proof; ti... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of portrait, 18th century prin...

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge, 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay.

[Puritans going to church] / G.H. Boughton '84.

Print showing a puritan husband and wife walking through snow on their way to church, he carrying a rifle, she a prayer book or bible. 7644 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate lower left. Signed in pencil "... More

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

[A Bailiff and an attorney--a match for the Devil], British Cartoon Pr...

A satire on attornies and bailiffs. Lawyer, in his office, holding papers marked, "Middlesex to Wit -- Jno. Doe & Richd. Doe ..."; he converses with a rough man, with a cudgel under his arm, who holds case insc... More

Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarich.

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Smith - Portrait of Grinling Gibbons

John Smith (British, Daventry 1652–1743 Northampton) Public domain photograph of portrait print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jusepe de Ribera - Young Christ among the Doctors

Jacob Männl (German, Carlsbad 1654–1712 Vienna) Public domain scan of German 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description "Christ among the Doctors" is a subject in Ch... More

Alexander Hamilton, full-length portrait, standing, facing left T. Ham...

K 18362 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frost & Reed, Ltd. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011.

Gilbert Stuart - [George Washington.]

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

Israel Putnam Esqr., Major General of the Connecticut forces, and Comm...

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George III, King of England (3-4 length), ca. 1778 - NARA - 532904

General notes: Mezzotint. Published in 1778. Public domain photograph of King of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anne-Oldfield by Edward Fisher - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield by Edward McInnes, after Joh...

Portrait of Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield (1768-1846)

John Faber Junior - Edward Waddington, bishop

Portrait of Edward Waddington (1670?-1731) Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erasmus Smith (1611–1691), by George White (ca. 1684–1732)

A portrait of Erasmus Smith (baptised 1611; died 1691), an English merchant, landowner and philanthropist in the field of education.

Thomas Watson - FrancesLadyJersey, portrait

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

Kirkes Townley by Charles Townley, after Lemuel Francis Abbott

Portrait of {Kirkes Townley Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philip Dawe (attributed), The Bostonians Paying the Excise-man, or Tar...

Deutsch: Die Söhne der Freiheit, die einen Steuereintreiber unter dem Freiheitsbaum teeren und federn. English: A depiction of the tarring and feathering of Commissioner of Customs John Malcolm, a Loyalist, by ... More

Hope, Henry Philip - Public domain portrait engraving

"Henry Philip Hope, Esq.", mezzontint, purchased in 1966 (NPG D656).

John Burnet - Sir David Baird Discovering Body of Tipu Sultan

General Sir David Baird discovering the body of Sultan Tippoo Saib after storming Seringapatam.

William Henry Harrison--Late President of the United States / painted ...

William Henry Harrison, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The iron worker and King Solomon / the original painted by Prof. C. Sc...

Print showing a blacksmith sitting on a stool next to the throne of Solomon, thought to be a usurper, the crowd rushes forward to remove him. The man explains to Solomon that the temple could not have been buil... More

The iron worker and King Solomon / the original painted by Prof. C. Sc...

Benjamin Franklin - born in Boston, Jany. 17th 1706 -- died in Philade...

Print showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, sitting in chair, facing slightly left, holding compass, with globe at his feet, and electrical storm visible through the window in the background.

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

His excellency Arthur Dobbs esq., captain general, governour in chief ...

Public domain photograph of 18th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope att...

Possibly from series published by Carrington Bowles; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5232. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prin... More

Napoleon's return from the Island of Elba, March 7th 1815 / painted by...

Print showing Napoleon I greeting French soldiers and citizens after his escape from Elba. Trimmed within plate mark.

[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

2735-01 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Howe.

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

Catherine-Walpole-ne-Shorter-Lady-Walpole

Public domain photograph of portrait painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gualterus Mildmay by John Faber the Elder 1714

"Gualterus Mildmay," portrait of Sir Walter Mildmay (1523-1589), the English statesman who founded Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Mezzotint by John Faber the Elder; published by Thomas Taylor in 1714. Courtesy of... More

Edward Lutterell - Robert Williams - William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedf...

Portrait of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

Thomas Thornely 1781-1862 - Public domain portrait engraving

Thomas Thornely" by Samuel Williams Reynolds, published in March 1838 and given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1932. See source website for additional information.

Timothy Rogers Williams - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait of Timothy Rogers (1658–1728), English nonconformist minister. Public domain scan of engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt; George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl H...

This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the... More

Daniel Bernoulli 001 - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait of Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782) Français : Portrait de Daniel Bernoulli

Washington Irving. - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Joseph Pennell - [Westminster, evening]

Print shows Westminster Palace and bridge across the Thames River at night. Title from Beall. Signed in pencil. Plate destroyed. Wuerth, 509 American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collect... More

Bust of Henry George, by his son Richard F. George, completed May, 189...

Public domain scan of artwork related to technological or industrial history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert Laurie - James William Dodd Laurie

Portrait of James William Dodd (1740?–1796), English actor. Public domain photograph of portrait painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Abel Smith by William Overend Geller, published by Leggatt, Haywa...

Portrait of John Abel Smith (1802-1871) Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King James II by Gerard Valck, after Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of King James II Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Milking a Goat by Bernard Lens (II)

Milking a Goat, by Bernard Lens (II) (died 1725). Mezzotint, circa 1683-1729. 6 1/4 in. x 7 3/8 in. (160 mm x 188 mm) plate size; 5 mm margins. See source website for additional information. This set of images... More

State Opening of Parliament in the Reign of Henry VIII (a)

One of two line engravings showing a fictional state opening of Parliament in the reign of Henry VIII.

William Tong (minister) - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait of William Tong (1662–1727), English Presbyterian minister. Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bust of Alexander I by Houdon (engraving, 1814)

Alexander (I, Emperor of Russia)Mezzotint English inscrip in open lettering "Copied from a bust Modeled at Paris

Philip Dawe (attributed), The Bostonians Paying the Excise-man, or Tar...

[Edgar Allan Poe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / William...

Copyright 1896 by William Sartain, New York. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jacques-Fabien Gautier-Dagoty, French - Muscles of the Back - Google A...

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

Martial law / engraved by John Sartain.

The Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham's eloquent but belated reprisal for, as the title continues, "the desolation of the border counties of Missouri, during the enforcement of military orders, issued by Br... More

The Honble. William Shirley Esqr.

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

The first prayer in Congress / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved on ...

Print showing members of Congress with heads bowed, some kneeling on the floor, in prayer during session in September 1774. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by John Neale, in the Clerks Of... More

The acquittal / painted by A. Solomon ; engraved by W.H. Simmons.

Print shows the parents, wife, and children, as well as the family dog, are jubilantly gathered around a young man who has been acquitted of a crime; a barrister relays the verdict to the father of the young man.

The philosopher & his kite / H.S. Sadd sc.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin and his son William flying a kite during an electrical storm.

Our Saviour from the only authentic likeness of our Saviour cut on an ...

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Jesus Christ. No. 2596. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on lower right on verso: Library of Congress, Division of Prints, No. R4031. ... More

Henry Hallam (1841) by Samuel Cousins, after Thomas Phillips

Portrait of Henry Hallam, (9 July 1777 – 21 January 1859), English historian.

Nicholas Vansittart, Baron Bexley by Samuel William Reynolds, and by E...

Portrait of Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley

Battle of Clontarf (Holbrooke) - Public domain portrait drawing

"The battle of Clontarf, April 23rd, 1014, dedicated to William Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P. for the County of Limerick". The work is a lithograph or mezzotint by W.H. Holbrooke, of a drawing by Henry MacManus.

William Blackstone by Thomas Hamilton Crawford after Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of English jurist Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs Bouverie with her child - Public domain portrait engraving

Harriet Bouverie (née Fawkener, later Lady Robert Spencer); Edward Bouverie. Sold by James Watson, sold by Butler Clowes, after Sir Joshua Reynolds mezzotint, published 30 September 1770 (1767-1769) 18 7/8 in... More

Sir Jeffery Amherst.

Public domain scan of manuscript related to American history, NYPL collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the Am...

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval frame. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / ... More

General Washington / painted by J. Trumbull Esqr. of Connecticut 1780 ...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing uniform, holding hat in right hand; on the right, an African man holds Washington's horse. Includes remarque showing ... More

Washington at home / painted by Alonzo Cappel ; engd. by H.B. Hall.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, holding a book, with Martha Washington next to the chair on the left. In the background, on the left, are two children an... More

Maximilian Emperor of Germany &c. &c., from Portraits of Royal Personn...

after Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg) Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The first prayer in Congress, Sept. 1774.

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

His most sacred majesty George the III, King of Great Britain, etc.

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

John Faber Junior - BpSamuelPeploe, portrait, bishop

Portrait of Samuel Peploe (1667-1752) Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen Mary II by and published by Gerard Valck

Portrait of Queen Mary II Public domain photograph of 18th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McArdell - Sir John Moore Lord Mayor of London

"Sir John Moore," by James Macardell (after Sir Peter Lely). Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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