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Lion-Headed Goddess, Egypt, Late Period (525-332 BCE)

A bronze statue of a female goddess, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Coffin and Corn Mummy with Osiris mask

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Ramesses III and Prince Amenherkhepeshef before Hathor

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Wrathful Eight-armed and Three-faced Goddess Tara Marichi, Leaf from a...

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Green Tara Dispensing Boons to Ecstatic Devotees: Folio from a Manuscr...

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Green Tara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perf...

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Double Capital with Masks and Birds

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The Adoration of the Magi - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Mandala of Chandra, God of the Moon

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Chilins (Chinese Chimerical Creatures) Fighting with a Dragon, Ottoman...

Public domain photo of a golden object, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four Naked Women, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of a Courtyard with Figures, India

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[The interior of a kabuki theater]

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Two gladiators fighting in front of an arch

Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530–60) Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, d...

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Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (one of a set of 12 scenes from The L...

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Naval Battle Between Greeks and Trojans

Public domain photo of Italian art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Avarice (Avaritia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels) Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of eastern Canada - Public domain vintage map

Relief shown pictorially. From Giovanni Battista Ramusio's Terzo volvme delle navigationi et viaggi ...? 1565? pp. 424-425? In upper left margin: 424. In upper right margin: 425. Available also through the Libr... More

Coin (Thaler) Showing Prince Sigismund Báthori

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Noah kneeling before God at left, the construction of the ark underway...

Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Netherlandish, Arnemuiden 1564–1637 Utrecht) Public domain photograph of 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hamlet and the Ghost of his Father

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Sword Guard (Tsuba), Japan - Public domain photo of museum object

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Destruction of the Tower of Babel: at right men and women flee from th...

Public domain scan of Dutch print from Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

John Smith - Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Sixth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Accompanied by 2 exhibit notes and LC jacket note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The first plate of the regalia : the open pall, the supertunica of clo...

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

Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

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The March to Finchley--A Representation of the March of the Guards tow...

Luke Sullivan (Irish, 1705–1771 London) Public domain scan of English 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedu...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome) Public domain scan of Italian 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whipping John of Islington, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room in which a man holds a bare-bottomed woman with a pained look on her face on his back as another woman holds up the woman's dress and points to her naked backside; a man, ... More

A map of the British plantations on the continent of North America, ac...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "West longitude from Ferro." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 87 Includes historic notes and text on "Fourteen British colonies including Newfo... More

Descripcion de las costas, islas placeres, i bajos delas, Indias Occid...

Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Shows the Atlantic coast of southern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. "Sibre para Domingo de Belasco Pilo to d... More

The Boston Massacre - A drawing of a battle in a city

Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts) Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The allies - par nobile fratrum!

Print shows George III sharing a bone with a Native chief. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fraternité des Soldats de la Garde Prisienne des Dragons et du Regimen...

Cartoon about the French Revolution. Title translated: The fraternity of soldiers of the Parisienne Guard, the Dragoons, and the Regiment of Flanders with the body guards at the time of their arrival in Paris ... More

Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma do...

Print shows a group of ecclesiastical figures departing a church with what remains of their belongings (following the November 1789 decree by the National Assembly regarding church property); at the center of t... More

L'amitié, aux mânes du Cher. Thomas Mauduit Colonel du Regiment du Por...

Thomas-Antoine Mauduit-Duplessis, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Purchase; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:106.) Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

A chart shewing part of the coast of N.W. America : with the tracks of...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. In upper right corner: 5. Insets: Entrance of Columbia River -- Gray's Harbour -- Port Discovery. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Cartouche from A map of the British Empire in America with the French...

Lace, bobbin - linen material - Public domain dedication image

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of fabric, textile pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Needlework pattern. Museum of New Zealand collection

Public domain photograph of bird drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "[A Summary of Geography and History both ancient and modern....

This image has been taken from scan 000222 from volume 01 of "[A Summary of Geography and History both ancient and modern. [With maps.]]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags... More

map from "The History of London, and its environs. ... Likewise an acc...

This image has been taken from scan 000551 from volume 01 of "The History of London, and its environs. ... Likewise an account of all the towns, villages and country, within twenty-five miles of London. By ... ... More

A correct map of the seat of war. - Public domain map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

The Massacre of Peterloo! Or a specimen of English liberty, August 16t...

Print showing the Manchester Yeomanry slashing and beating a crowd gathered to demand parliamentary reform as the Riot Act is read from a window. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Divisio... More

map from "Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added th...

This image has been taken from scan 000447 from "Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added the Account of a journey into Persia in 1812, and an abridged history of Persia since the time of Nadir... More

Tōsei fū, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a teapot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: E... More

Dampf eilwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und Manchester / C...

Print showing two views of passenger trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with enclosed and open passenger cars, drawn by steam locomotives between Liverpool and Manchester, England.

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...

Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for sending "the present of 50 copies" of his Discourse and encouraging him to visit Brooklyn sometime during the month. He then discusses his new... More

Letter from James Cropper, Liverpool, [England], to William Lloyd Garr...

James Cropper writes to William Lloyd Garrison after receiving a bound volume of the Liberator for 1833 and telling him that he had subscribed through Joseph Sturge to receive the Liberator regularly. He then p... More

map from "The history and topography of the Isle of Axholme, being tha...

This image has been taken from scan 000088 from "The history and topography of the Isle of Axholme, being that part of Lincolnshire which is west of Trent". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... More

map from "The history and topography of the Isle of Axholme, being tha...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "The history and topography of the Isle of Axholme, being that part of Lincolnshire which is west of Trent". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... More

Letter from William Smeal, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garri...

William Smeal writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that William Adam has learned from Charles Lenox Remond that "R[alph] R. Gurley & a Coloured [sic] female named Ela, have just arrived in Liverpool."... More

Krishna and Balarama by a River: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Puran...

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Hawaiian Islands from "History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands ......

This image has been taken from scan 000034 from "History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands ..., from the earliest traditionary period to the present time". The title and subject terms of this image have been ... More

Letter from William Abijah White, Watertown, [Mass.], to Maria Weston ...

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Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, th...

Wall map. Shows Canada only along United States border. Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Buffy Cafritz, Madison Council; 2004. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Differs from other 1849 ed. by omiss... More

Quel bonheur de retrouver ce que l'on aime

Print shows a line of monks emerging from a monastery and a line of nuns emerging from a convent, at center is a citizen, wearing a cockade on his hat, getting married to a nun, on the left two married couples,... More

Lydia Darragh house, Little Dock Creek and 2nd Street

Photograph shows a view of a small wooden building with large brick buildings around it, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the dwelling appears to be a building cut in half where it backs up to a tall brick buildi... More

Lace - linen material, France - Public domain dedication image

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map from "Histoire des Germains depuis les temps les plus reculés jus...

This image has been taken from scan 000507 from "Histoire des Germains depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à Charlemagne. Pour servir d'introduction à l'histoire de l'Empire Germanique". The title and su... More

Letter from John Rand, Milton, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1850 Fe...

John Rand writes to Samuel May describing the visit of Lucy Stone to Milford and a lecture she delivered in the town. Rand reports that Stone "found with us a cordial welcome" and was introduced to the meeting ... More

Leinster House, Dublin - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Malton, James.

Commissary General's Office. Philadelphia. Oct. 10. The farmers and ot...

The Arch of Titus Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae)

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Torii Kiyotada - An Interior View in the Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyotada (Japanese, fl. ca. 1720–50) Edo period (1615–1868)

Post- und Eisenbahn-Karte von Deutschland, den Niederlanden, Belgien u...

Post-road/railroad map of Central Europe and adjacent regions. Covers Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and Hungary. The component German states/principalities and adjacent countries are shown in ... More

Emlen Cresson & son Willie Prichett Cresson

Possibly by Samuel Broadbent, based on painted backdrop. Case: flowers in central medallion surrounded by scroll design. Inscribed on case: Mascher's Improved Stereoscope, Philada., Patent March 8, 1853. Paper ... More

Five sermons by Theodore Parker, 1858 Jan[uary] 10 -Fe[bruary] 7

Theodore Parker writes a sermon on January 10, 1858 titled, "Evidences of God in the World of Matter." Theodore Parker writes a sermon on January 17, 1858 titled, "Evidences of God in the World of Man." Theodor... More

[Private Vernon Mosher of Co. F, 97th New York Infantry Regiment, in u...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Rick Brown, May 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Entrance of the American Army into New York, Nov. 25th 1783 / Chapin ;...

George Washington and other officers of the Continental Army arriving in New York amid a jubilant crowd. Entered according to act of Congress, AD 1859, by John Emmins in the clerk's office of the district court... More

A buccaneer - Public domain print

Man holding two pistols, aiming to fire. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.258) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Rodgers, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More

Mrs. S.A. Allen's world's hair dressing or zylobalsamum

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony, Major & Knapp.

Helsingborg centralstation på 1860-talet.

Railway stations in Sweden Public domain image of the industrial revolution, 19th-century, historical photograph, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tebessa. L'Arc de Caracalla et les remparts de la citadelle Byzantine ...

Man in wagon at Roman arch at Tébessa, Algeria. No. 208.

Maj. General Abner Doubleday, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Neg...

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.cwp Forms par... More

Jérusalem. Porte de Damas ou des colonnes (Bab-el-Ahmoud)

Louis de Clercq (French, 1837–1901) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt... More

Maj. D.B. Bridgford, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.cwp Forms par... More

Three orders to pay - Brookline public library manuscript collection

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[Civil War envelope showing American flag with eagle and laurel atop f...

Addressed to Mr. Eli Whitney, New Haven, Conn.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Ansonia, Ct. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs... More

[Civil War envelope showing United States Signal Corps insignia]

Addressed to Miss Mary Guthrie, New Rumley, Harrison Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp; illegible postmark. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac.

Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern... More

[Civil War envelope for U.S. Christian Commission showing carrier pige...

Addressed to Mrs. Kate A. Holloway, Aaronsburg, Centre Co., Pa.; postmarked Washington, D.C.; stamped: Due 3. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civ... More

Maj. Genl. G. H. Thomas - Public domain portrait print

Print shows George H. Thomas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform.

Battery Sherman, Vicksburg, Miss. during American Civil War

No. 8181. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 197". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified Union officer, half-length portrait, facing front]

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 78. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Civil War envelope showing American flag with second stanza from Fran...

Addressed to Michael Fox Esq., Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with eagle, American flag, and co...

Addressed to Mr. Thos. Van Sichin, Metuchin [i.e. Metuchen], New Jersey; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing woman giving flowers to soldier on horsebac...

Addressed to Mrs. Hannah Wilklow, Hale P.O., Hardin Co., Ohio; postmarked; bears 3 cent stamp." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing sailor labeled "Victory" holding American ...

Addressed to Miss Alla N. Bates, Republican Office, Springfield, Mass.; bears 3 cent stamp; illegible postmark. Notation on recto: Soldiers letter. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Arrival of the New York 71st regiment at the Railroad Depot, Washingto...

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Civil War envelope showing eagle atop arrows and drum with American f...

Addressed to Misses H. Close, Mayfield, Fulton Co., N.Y.; postmarked; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (... More

[Civil War envelope showing Liberty Bell with message "Proclaim libert...

Addressed to J. Baucus Esq., Bacon Hill, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing shield with message "Shield of liberty"]

Addressed to Mr. Jas. H. Luther, Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Li... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate uniform and hat with artill...

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj NewsetLilj01 pp/liljconfed

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

No. 4438. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Quartermaster's Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

Photograph shows a group of horses at the wharf. No. B754. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[A sailor sits in a small boat in the foreground with a side wheeler i...

No. 188 inscribed on photograph. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.