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An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print

An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a street scene outside a print shop on a windy day as pedestrians struggle against the force of the wind. Handwritten title from item. Alternate title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the B... More

Paul of Franconi's circus, front side

Paul of Franconi's circus, front side

Print shows "Paul of Franconi's circus" standing on one leg on the bare back of a horse, facing right, bent at the waist with right leg extended to the rear, right hand raised upward, and left hand holding ridi... More

Gilbert Stuart - John Adams, second president of the United States

Gilbert Stuart - John Adams, second president of the United States

Title from another impression. From another impression "From the original series painted by Stuart for the Messrs. Doggett of Boston." Publication information from the American Antiquarian Society. Inscribed in... More

[Untitled. Stonewall Jackson], portrait print

[Untitled. Stonewall Jackson], portrait print

H11821 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on verso. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 11821Hp2s. Stamped a... More

Scroll design with branches and blue flowers

Scroll design with branches and blue flowers

(DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

The crystal palace - Print, Library of Congress collection

The crystal palace - Print, Library of Congress collection

Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Crystal Palace 42nd Street & 5th Ave. 1853. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

[Self-portrait] / S.J. Ferris Philadelphia. Soc. Etching Oct. 1880.

[Self-portrait] / S.J. Ferris Philadelphia. Soc. Etching Oct. 1880.

Print shows Stephen J. Ferris, head-and-shoulders length portrait, left profile, drawing on a plate. Title and other information from Beall. Signed and dated on plate in lower left corner: "S.J. Ferris Phila. S... More

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. Fisher fecit.

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. ...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, looking to his right at an electrical device, in his left hand are papers upon which he is taking notes, and visible through a windo... More

Central Park, N.Y. - preparing for a drive

Central Park, N.Y. - preparing for a drive

Print showing a young girl in a carriage to which a young boy is harnessing a goat, as mother observes from the right, in Central Park, New York. Printer attribution and date taken from other prints in this se... More

Siberian village, Landscape view print

Siberian village, Landscape view print

Print shows a view of a town or village in Siberia surrounded by a wooden wall, with a buddhist temple in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:... More

Madame Mole-Reymond Jasinski - Public domain portrait engraving

Madame Mole-Reymond Jasinski - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows a young woman, three-quarter length portrait, her body turned to the left, facing front, with her hands in a large muff. Includes a remarque on the lower left that appears to be a self-portrait of t... More

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 22. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 1. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More

Kings Chapel, Boston D.Y.C - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Kings Chapel, Boston D.Y.C - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Print shows a street level view of Kings Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts, after 1790. Includes a 1-page historical note about "Kings Chapel." Signed on plate with initials on top left. Inscribed in pencil on l... More

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall on an impeachment delivered at the Bar of the House of Lords by the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled February 13, 1788 / drawn by E. Dayes ; engraved by R. Pollard, aqt. by F. Jukes.

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers...

Print showing interior view of the Court of Peers at Westminster Hall with Edmund Burke speaking to ministers before a large audience. Library has two impressions, one with printed title, and one proof before letters.

[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gravé par Helman, l'an 5e, de la R.F.

[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gra...

Print shows the Assemblée nationale législative meeting in a large room crowded with French citizens, many of them armed with swords and pikes, one holding aloft a victim's head on a pike, another firing a rifl... More

Revd. John Chambers R. Street - Public domain portrait engraving

Revd. John Chambers R. Street - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows Reverend John Chambers, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding Bible with left hand. Signed on stone at right center. Inscribed in ink at bottom: Revd. John Chambers.... More

Family scene, group portrait with adults, child, and a dog, in a parlor J.W. Casilear ; Rice & Buttre

Family scene, group portrait with adults, child, and a dog, in a parlo...

(DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Old post office. New York - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Old post office. New York - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Print shows a single-story addition to the Nassau Street side of the former Middle Dutch Church, now functioning as a post office; shows an oblique bird's-eye view from above Nassau Street at the rear of the ch... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval with rectangular frame

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slight...

Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Signed in pencil on lower right corner: H.B. Hall Jr. Stamped on verso: L.C. Hubbard Collection. Hubbard, p. 152 Forms part of: Gardiner Greene Hubbard co... More

Parting hour has come - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Parting hour has come - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Print shows a young couple walking on a wooded path along side a river; they seem hesitant, as the time to part is upon them. Includes a remarque on lower left of plate showing a blossom on a branch. T9767 U.S.... More

Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Print shows a street scene in winter in front of the "Russian Heater Works" at the intersection of "Filbert" and "Twelfth" streets in Philadelphia; includes many pedestrians on the street, the "Twelfth Street P... More

[The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17th 1775] / [painted by J. Trumbull ; on stone by A. Hoffy]

[The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17th 1775] / [painted by J. Trumbul...

Print shows British and American soldiers in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Bunker Hill; among the soldiers depicted are Major General Joseph Warren, Captain Thomas Gardner, Major Andrew McClary, Colo... More

[Interior view of the Crystal Palace during the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 showing statues on the sides, fountain at center with a large tree in the background, and crowds of spectators]

[Interior view of the Crystal Palace during the Great Industrial Exhib...

Inscribed in ink on lower right margin : "420063". Transfer; Smithsonian Institution; (DLC/PP-1942:063) Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

William Makepeace Thackeray, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right T. Johnson

William Makepeace Thackeray, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing sligh...

V19504 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed in pencil "T. Johnson" on lower right. Copyright 1890 by Dodd Mead & Co.

Israel Putnam, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Israel Putnam, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Israel Putnam, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military coat, in oval with square frame, with cartouche below showing Putnam on horseback. Includes facsimile signature. ... More

[Portrait of Lincoln] 11th state / / Schneider.

[Portrait of Lincoln] 11th state / / Schneider.

Signed on plate in pencil on lower right. Inscribed in pencil on lower right: 11th state. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 11. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph ... More

Our heroes, and our flags - Public domain monumental decor print

Our heroes, and our flags - Public domain monumental decor print

Memorial print for the Confederacy, published 30 years after the end of the American Civil War. Portraits, clockwise from top center, of "Jefferson Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, Lt. Gen. T.J. [Stonewall] Jackso... More

Bust portrait of unidentified woman, facing right

Bust portrait of unidentified woman, facing right

Irregular edges on two sides as print was torn from a sheet. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Lib... More

Clash of cavalry near the bank of a river Wouwermans pinx. ; P. Ayres del. ; Sonne sc.

Clash of cavalry near the bank of a river Wouwermans pinx. ; P. Ayres ...

Print shows a battle involving men on horseback and some on foot, alongside a river; most men are armed with rifles, others are using handguns, and one man is using a sword. Some men on horseback flee into the ... More

Livery card - Print, Library of Congress collection

Livery card - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a blank "Livery Card" showing horses, male and female horseback and sidesaddle riders and types of horsedrawn carriages. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink at t... More

Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee

Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee

Print shows soldier holding American flag at tip of Point Lookout as some soldiers aim their rifles below and others rest. Proof before lettering; registration marks in margins. Stamped: From the file of James... More

Peerless - Print, Library of Congress collection

Peerless - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows an advertisement possibly for William S. Kimball & Co. "Peerless" Tobacco Works, showing a large tobacco leaf. Stamped on lower right: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Includes pr... More

Stonewall Jackson A. B. Walter, eng

Stonewall Jackson A. B. Walter, eng

Print shows portrait of Stonewall Jackson. C2788Bp2s Copyright Office. Below image: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1871 by Bradley & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washingto... More

Flaw in the title / painted by W.H. Beard ; engraved by Saml. Holyer [sic].

Flaw in the title / painted by W.H. Beard ; engraved by Saml. Holyer [...

Print shows a scene in a lawyer's office with a group of monkeys dressed as humans pondering the legal affairs of an elderly couple. Entered according to act of Congress by L.R. Menger, in the year 1871, in th... More

Summer meeting at Long Branch, N.Y. Start.

Summer meeting at Long Branch, N.Y. Start.

Print showing a horse race in progress, with the officials kiosk on the left and the grandstand in the background. Possibly Monmouth Park, Long Branch, New Jersey.

Summer meeting at Long Branch, N.Y. Start.

Summer meeting at Long Branch, N.Y. Start.

Print showing a horse race in progress, with the officials kiosk on the left and the grandstand in the background. Possibly Monmouth Park, Long Branch, New Jersey.

Central Park, N.Y. - preparing for a drive

Central Park, N.Y. - preparing for a drive

Print showing a young girl in a carriage to which a young boy is harnessing a goat, as mother observes from the right, in Central Park, New York. Printer attribution and date taken from other prints in this se... More

Our heroes, and our flags, Confederate States of America.

Our heroes, and our flags, Confederate States of America.

Memorial print for the Confederacy, published 30 years after the end of the American Civil War. Portraits, clockwise from top center, of "Jefferson Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, Lt. Gen. T.J. [Stonewall] Jackso... More

Allegory of arts and sciences - A drawing of a group of people sitting on a bench

Allegory of arts and sciences - A drawing of a group of people sitting...

Print shows a tribute to the arts and sciences with women instructing young boys and girls, showing symbols relating to music, geometry, chemistry, geography, navigation, painting, industry, and astronomy. Sta... More

Angels playing music in heaven, harpies playing music in Hell

Angels playing music in heaven, harpies playing music in Hell

Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 626 (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More

The jeweler's card - Print, Library of Congress collection

The jeweler's card - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a blank "Jewelers Card" showing a large variety of clocks and pocket watches, silver tea service and silver trays, rings, necklaces and earrings, and samovars. Publication date based on copyright s... More

[Shoe-shine boy] / J.G. Brown N.A.

[Shoe-shine boy] / J.G. Brown N.A.

Print showing a young boy as a bootblack, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with kit over right shoulder and holding brush in right hand. Signed on plate in lower right: Copyright J.G. Brown N.A.

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 24. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 4. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More

[Ulysses S. Grant]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Ulysses S. Grant]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

H11818 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on verso. Inscribed in pencil on verso: 11818Hp1s. Stamped a... More

Rocky Mountains / ABierstadt 1863., engraving, Library of Congress

Rocky Mountains / ABierstadt 1863., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a Native encampment near lake in the Yosemite Valley of the Rocky Mountains. Signed on plate "ABierstadt 1863" lower right. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Edward Bierstad... More

[Admiral Dewey on the bridge] - Public domain portrait print

[Admiral Dewey on the bridge] - Public domain portrait print

Copyright deposit: Oct. 23, 1899 [stamped] [no entry on that date written in pencil] (DLC/PP-44448).

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Public domain book illustration

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Public domain book illustration

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

[Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton Pennsylvania March 6th 1860]

[Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton Pennsylvania March 6th 1860]

Print shows an explosion on the steamboat Alfred Thomas at Easton, Pennsylvania; a few people are standing on the shore of the river and Easton is visible to the left, in the background. Title from another impr... More

Eastman Johnson - Our women warriors / E. Johnson 1867.

Eastman Johnson - Our women warriors / E. Johnson 1867.

Print showing a woman writing a letter for an invalid soldier resting on a bed placed beneath trees with tents in the background. 2566A U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1... More

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 26. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 9. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More

[War paintings & drawings by British artists] [Carnegie Institute, March 7 April 3].

[War paintings & drawings by British artists] [Carnegie Institute, Mar...

Printer's proof without text, of poster for an art exhibit showing an aviator with goggles pushed up on his head. Accompanied by label: Linoleum Block Poster - 1916. Used by Carnegie Institute Fine Arts Departm... More

David Young Cameron - Kings Chapel, Boston D.Y.C

David Young Cameron - Kings Chapel, Boston D.Y.C

Print shows a street level view of Kings Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts, after 1790. Includes a 1-page historical note about "Kings Chapel." Signed on plate with initials on top left. Inscribed in pencil on l... More

Trinity Church, Summer Street, Boston, engraving, Library of Congress

Trinity Church, Summer Street, Boston, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows an exterior view of the Trinity Church on Summer Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Includes a 1-page historical note about "Trinity Church, Boston." Inscribed on lower right: No. 54. Stamped in red ... More

The little yachtsman - Print, Library of Congress collection

The little yachtsman - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows proof impression of copyright deposit print showing a young boy dressed as a sailor, holding a model sailboat, leaning against a mooring bollard at the end of a pier; shows a sailing ship under full... More

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. Fisher fecit.

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. ...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, looking to his right at an electrical device, in his left hand are papers upon which he is taking notes, and visible through a windo... More

[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a beggar laid on top]

[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a ...

Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795, with a full-length portrait of an old man, possibly a beggar, facing left,... More

Landscape with natural bridge - Public domain book illustration

Landscape with natural bridge - Public domain book illustration

Print shows travelers resting in the foreground with a low natural bridge formation over what was once a riverbed, in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. T... More

Paul Gavarni - [Etude, self portrait]

Paul Gavarni - [Etude, self portrait]

Dated on stone in reverse. Pennell Fund, 65-16. Imp. Bertauts, ... Gavarni. Title from shelflist card.

[Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, awarded to [blank] at the annual exhibition held at Powelton, Philada. Sept. 1860] / Schmolze 1860 ; J. Queen.

[Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, awarde...

Print shows two young men leading an ox team pulling a wagon loaded with hay on which a woman and children are riding; also shows farm animals and two female figures possibly representing Demeter, the goddess o... More

The White House / photo. by G.D. Wakely ; eng'd by J.C. Buttre N.Y.

The White House / photo. by G.D. Wakely ; eng'd by J.C. Buttre N.Y.

Print shows a view of the north portico of the White House from the northeast, Washington, D.C. Title and statements of responsibility are inscribed in pencil. Stamped in lower right corner: Map Division APR 2... More

Le revue 1810 / François Flameng.

Le revue 1810 / François Flameng.

Print showing Napoleon I, on horseback, reviewing cavalry troops passing behind the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris, France. F2208 U.S. Copyright Office. From attached label: Painted by Francois Flameng.... More

[Soldier giving direction to a family, amid chaos and destruction of war]

[Soldier giving direction to a family, amid chaos and destruction of w...

Poster has no text. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall on an impeachment delivered at the Bar of the House of Lords by the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled February 13, 1788 / drawn by E. Dayes ; engraved by R. Pollard, aqt. by F. Jukes.

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers...

Print showing interior view of the Court of Peers at Westminster Hall with Edmund Burke speaking to ministers before a large audience. Library has two impressions, one with printed title, and one proof before letters.

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. Fisher fecit.

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. ...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, looking to his right at an electrical device, in his left hand are papers upon which he is taking notes, and visible through a windo... More

Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Print shows a street scene in winter in front of the "Russian Heater Works" at the intersection of "Filbert" and "Twelfth" streets in Philadelphia; includes many pedestrians on the street, the "Twelfth Street P... More

Federal Hall, Wall Street and Trinity Church, New York, in 1789

Federal Hall, Wall Street and Trinity Church, New York, in 1789

Print shows a slightly elevated view of Wall Street and Federal Hall as it appeared circa 1791, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and in the street, and Trinity Church in the background. Title from another copy.... More

Sheet music cover for Cadwalader's quick step lith. of Wagner & McGuigan 116 Chestnut St. Philadelphia

Sheet music cover for Cadwalader's quick step lith. of Wagner & McGuig...

Print shows General George Cadwalader, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing in front of a chair, facing slightly left, his right arm is extended and he is receiving or passing papers, he is ... More

View of Cumberland Gap, from the south

View of Cumberland Gap, from the south

Print shows abandoned tents scattered across the landscape, as the army passes through the Gap; long columns of troops and wagon trains are departing, some building are being burned. Possibly represents the sud... More

The bright little teacher, after D.R. Knight J. Queen after D.R. Knight

The bright little teacher, after D.R. Knight J. Queen after D.R. Knigh...

Print shows a little girl sitting in a chair, holding a stick in her right hand and an open book on her lap, a small dog is sitting up next to her; the book is open to a picture of a dog and the little girl is ... More

Scarf act - Print, Library of Congress collection

Scarf act - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a female circus performer riding on a bareback horse and jumping over a large ribbon held by two male performers and landing on the back of the horse after it passes beneath the ribbon. C3385 U.S. C... More

[Robert Edward Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Robert Edward Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, North Market Hall, Chicago, Ill. / / Ruehlow.

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Print showing D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell standing with group of 14 boys on street in front of a building. The "street names of the boys" are listed by number on the color impression; only no. 1 "Red Eye" (stan... More

Father's grave - Print, Library of Congress collection

Father's grave - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a mother with children sitting by a grave in a cemetery. 15702 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright number and date taken from b&w copy. Library has two impressions, one color and one b&w proof.

Mr. Denon unrolling a mummy - Public domain  drawing

Mr. Denon unrolling a mummy - Public domain drawing

Print shows Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon unwrapping a mummy on a table with several guests observing and a woman seated on the left sketching the scene, in a parlor presumably at Mr. Denon's residence. Two men ... More

Apothecary card - Print, Library of Congress collection

Apothecary card - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a blank apothecary card with "Aesculapius" on the left and "Hebe" on the right flanking a large blank space, at top center is a mortar and pestle surrounded by flower blossoms, with various types of... More

Ed. Bellamy / W.H.W. Bicknell sc.

Ed. Bellamy / W.H.W. Bicknell sc.

Print shows Edward Bellamy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Signed on plate "W.H.W. Bicknell." Publication date based on copyright statement. Printed at top right: "Copyright 1890 by A.J. Philpott a... More

Mount Vernon, Landscape view print, engraving, Library of Congress

Mount Vernon, Landscape view print, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of the north end and rear of Mount Vernon with trees in the foreground and the Potomac River to the left and in the background. AA58064 U.S. Copyright Office. (inscribed in pencil at bottom ... More

Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing front, arms folded across chest, seated in chair

Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing front, arms folded acros...

Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 32. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 4. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More

[Court scene, possibly during the reign of terror, with the accused man standing before the revolutionary tribunal]

[Court scene, possibly during the reign of terror, with the accused ma...

Trimmed to within plate mark on right side. Gift; Mrs. Maria G. Venn; 1950 March 22.

Thomas Webster - Contrary winds - Print, Library of Congress collection

Thomas Webster - Contrary winds - Print, Library of Congress collectio...

Print shows an interior view of a cottage with four young children playing with a homemade sailboat in a large wooden washtub; to the left, an elderly woman is sitting at a table, knitting; a large portion of t... More

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall on an impeachment delivered at the Bar of the House of Lords by the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled February 13, 1788 / drawn by E. Dayes ; engraved by R. Pollard, aqt. by F. Jukes.

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers...

Print showing interior view of the Court of Peers at Westminster Hall with Edmund Burke speaking to ministers before a large audience. Library has two impressions, one with printed title, and one proof before letters.

[Alexander Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] / J. Boglo, 1837.

[Alexander Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly righ...

C1942 U.S. Copyright Office. Library has two copies, second copy filed in: PR 09 PGA - Colton, Zahm & Roberts Alexander Campbell (B size). Copy 1 has lengthly advertisement attached to verso, it begins with: "... More

Two acrobats - Print, Library of Congress collection

Two acrobats - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a male bareback rider, with arms folded, standing on the backs of two horses while balancing on his right leg his male partner who is bending over backwards. Forms part of: Popular graphic art prin... More

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

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.

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gros ; gravé par Vallot.

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gr...

Print shows Napoleon I on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers; in the lower right foreground are defeated Mamlu... More

Three fashionable men Wagner & McGuigan lithrs. 100, Chesnut St. Philadelphia

Three fashionable men Wagner & McGuigan lithrs. 100, Chesnut St. Phila...

Print shows an advertisement for men's clothing showing three fashionably dressed men with top hats and walking sticks, standing on a plaza near the entrance to a building. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Mar... More

Girl praying - Print, Library of Congress collection

Girl praying - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young girl spying on another young girl who is praying in a grove of trees with a church in the background. Inscribed in lithographic crayon at bottom: M[?] should like to have the [?] by tomorro... More

[Philadelphia] - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Congress

[Philadelphia] - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of...

Print shows vignette views of prominent buildings in Philadelphia, such as, the Custom House and the Penitentiary, the Alms House and the U.S. Mint, also the Exchange, the Hospital, Independence Hall, Insane As... More

Ave Maria - Print, Library of Congress collection

Ave Maria - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young woman shepherd from behind, full-length, standing in a field, holding a long staff, watching the sheep graze under a crescent moon. Includes a remarque on lower left showing a sheep grazing.... More

The Old South Church, Boston D.S. ML 1917

The Old South Church, Boston D.S. ML 1917

Print shows a street level view of the Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts, as it appeared in the 1730s. Includes a 1-page historical note about "the Old South Church." Signed and dated on plate at top r... More

Brattle Street Church, Boston 1855

Brattle Street Church, Boston 1855

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Church in Brattle Square in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1773 until 1871, with an omnibus, carriage, and wagon, as well as pedestrians on the street, includes a vignette of t... More

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, North Market Hall, Chicago, Ill. / / Ruehlow.

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Print showing D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell standing with group of 14 boys on street in front of a building. The "street names of the boys" are listed by number on the color impression; only no. 1 "Red Eye" (stan... More

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, North Market Hall, Chicago, Ill. / / Ruehlow.

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Print showing D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell standing with group of 14 boys on street in front of a building. The "street names of the boys" are listed by number on the color impression; only no. 1 "Red Eye" (stan... More

[Alexander Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] / J. Boglo, 1837.

[Alexander Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly righ...

C1942 U.S. Copyright Office. Library has two copies, second copy filed in: PR 09 PGA - Colton, Zahm & Roberts Alexander Campbell (B size). Copy 1 has lengthly advertisement attached to verso, it begins with: "... More

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

Father's grave - Print, Library of Congress collection

Father's grave - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a mother with children sitting by a grave in a cemetery. 15702 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright number and date taken from b&w copy. Library has two impressions, one color and one b&w proof.

Lookout Mountain, Tenn. J. Queen

Lookout Mountain, Tenn. J. Queen

Print shows a group of Union soldiers perched on the tip of Point Lookout on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, one soldier is holding an American flag as two soldiers aim their rifles at the enemy below, another two... More

Washington's farewell to officers H.A. Ogden

Washington's farewell to officers H.A. Ogden

Print shows George Washington shaking hands with an officer, among other officers of the Continental Army, as he bids them farewell in 1783, at the end of the American Revolution. Y51997 U.S. Copyright Office. ... More

The little yachtsman - Print, Library of Congress collection

The little yachtsman - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows proof impression of copyright deposit print showing a young boy dressed as a sailor, holding a model sailboat, leaning against a mooring bollard at the end of a pier; shows a sailing ship under full... More

Gilbert Stuart - James Madison, fourth President of the United States

Gilbert Stuart - James Madison, fourth President of the United States

Print shows James Madison, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, with documents in hand. Title from another impression. From another impression From the original series painted by Stuart for the Messrs. D... More

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