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The ten commandments C. Schuessele delt. & invent

Print shows two panels representing the tablets containing the Ten Commandments with illustrated scene above text for each commandment; with Moses seated at top. Entered according to act of Congress in the yea... More

Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More

P.S. Duval & Son, lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St. ab. Chestnut, P...

Print showing advertisement for printing firm with a scene entitled "The dream of heaven" depicting a sleeping woman being presented by heavenly beings with a basket of fruit containing the words "wisdom, the r... More

She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Spain", possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggling to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Cuba", armed with a gun and sword, and the other label... More

Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labeled "Spain". Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain) Stand back... More

The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

A view of the Butte des Morts treaty ground with the arrival of the co...

The arrival by boat of Lewis Cass and Colonel McKenney at Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, 1827. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American I... More

The pipe dance and the tomahawk dance / F. Barinsou ; painted at the t...

Native men performing the pipe dance and the tomahawk dance. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis. Philade... More

O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago La...

O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing traditional dress and holding rifle, 1827. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most ce... More

Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox the present Chief of the Sauk tribe and...

Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing traditional dress, at Prairie du Chien, 1825. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of th... More

Christ among the doctors - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. "Christ among the Doctors" is a subject in Christian art that depicts the youthful Jesus in th... More

The first suit. Holyday gift from Baldwin the Clothier, to the patrons...

Print shows a young boy displaying a new suit, with two women and a store clerk observing.

French laundry - Kendall Mfg. Co. Providence R.I.

Advertisement for Kendall Mfg. Company's "French Laundry Soap" showing a young woman beating clothes on a rock.

[Winter scene] - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Otto Barth.

[Autumn scene with castle] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Signed lower left: Gust. Jahn, Wien. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Dr. D. Jayne's family medicines

Print shows George Washington, bust portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform. Inscribed in ink on verso: 45474. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

[View of village with religious procession]

Signed lower left: Gust. Jahn, Wien. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

The illustrated book of Christian ballads

Print shows what appears to be a book cover for a possible second edition of the 1844 edition of "The Illustrated Book of Christian Ballads and Poems" edited by Rev. Rufus W. Griswold, published by Lindsay & Bl... More

Leaflets of memory 1848 lith. & print in colr. by Wagner & McGuigan 11...

Prints show an illuminated contents page for "Illustrations" on the left and on the right the title page for "Leaflets of Memory 1848" showing the natural bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Includes print-... More

Photograph album. John F. DuComb, No. 27 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia

Print shows a design for a photograph album and a window card advertisement for photographer John F. DuComb, No. 27 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia. Includes print-registration marks on all sides of each print. St... More

Auburn College, Ala. / T.B., Landscape view print

Print shows a front view of the main building; includes list of members of the "Executive Committee", "Agents", and "Building Committee", with "Revd. A. A. Lipscomb D.D. Chairman, Montgomery, Ala." as chairman ... More

[Small girl leaning against an overturned wash tub on which two puppie...

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Lilies of the valley - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

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

Schloss Windsor. Le château de Windsor. Windsor-Castle. Palazzo Windso...

Print showing the park-like grounds with Windsor Castle in the background. No. 84. Print torn at top right and bottom center. Stamped on verso: LC Division of Prints, 45970. Forms part of: Popular graphic art ... More

Meda songs. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Pictorial notation of an Ojibwa music board. Illus. in: Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States / Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.... More

Oxygenated bitters. A sovereign remedy for fever & ague, dyspepsia, as...

Print shows a female figure sitting on a large ball with two cornucopia-like vases of flowers as part of a scroll design around the margins. Printed at bottom: Reed, Bates & Austin, Wholesale Druggists, Boston... More

Woodpecker / lith. in colors by Ros[enthal].

Print shows wood engraver William B. Gihon as a woodpecker perched on a branch on which is an engraved skeleton and an engraving tool stuck in the wood. Illus. from: The comic natural history of the human race... More

P.S. Duval's lithograhpic & color printing estab! Artizans Building Ra...

Print shows a design for an advertisement for P.S. Duval's lithographic establishment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed as an illuminated manuscript leaf with large ornamental initial letter "D" showing a... More

City of St. Paul, Capital of Minesota i.e. Minnesota Strobel delt. ; o...

Transfer; Division of Maps. Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harrison's handkerchief extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th ...

Print shows a ballroom scene at a stately manor in a sylvan setting, the foreground overflowing with floral arrangements and there are two massive lampposts flanking the entrance. On the left and the right are ... More

Perspective view / L.N. Rosenthals Chromo Lith. Philadelphia.

Print shows a perspective view of an Italianate style building on a street corner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; designed by architect Samuel Sloan, it may have been the residence of Joseph Harrison, Jr. at 221... More

The natural bridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia from a sketch by Maj. ...

Print shows a view from a footpath next to a stream below the natural bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Publication date based on ... More

Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...

Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background. Colnaghi's Authentic S... More

Second reformed Dutch church / Alphonse Bigot del. and lith.

Print with separately printed lithograph showing exterior view of the Second Reformed Dutch Church (John H. Sherwin del. ; L.N. Rosenthal lith., Phila.) at center within a floral wreath and elaborate border wit... More

West Philadelphiadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & sarina works Js. ...

Print shows a street view of the factory buildings of the West Philadelphia Manufacturing Co., with street and railroad in the foreground. Caption continues: Refined pearl starch & corn farina. Chestnut & Brid... More

Pulpit Rocks, Warrior Ridge, Huntingdon Co. / Lehman ; printed in colo...

Print shows rock formations and cliffs at the Pulpit Rocks on Warrior Ridge in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Illus. from: The geology of Pennsylvania; a government survey by Henry Darwin Rogers, State geolo... More

The court of death - from the original painting, by Rembrandt Peale / ...

Print showing religious allegory based on a poem by Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London. Death sits on his throne in a cave. His agents include war, fire, famine, pestilence, pleasure, intemperance, remorse, delir... More

Gravely's best flue cured Prepared by C.R. Sisson : Virginia smoking t...

Tobacco package label showing portrait of Sequoyah, after an illustration by Thomas L. Mckenney.

Mercantile calendar - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a calendar for the year 1860 with floral border, cherubs, and a portrait of Johann Guetnberg as the "Inventor of Printing"; serves as an advertisement for "John H. Duyckinck Stationer and Printer 16... More

Label for druggist P.S. Duval & Son's Lith. Philadelphia.

Print shows a design for a druggist's label with an oval frame resting on a pedestal draped with an American flag, with flowers, caduceus, mortar & pestle at top, and other vessels common to the druggist trade;... More

Certificate of honorary membership of the Weccacoe Fire Company, Phila...

Print shows a certificate for honorary membership in the Weccacoe Fire Company of Philadelphia, with views of five firehouses, horse-drawn engines, and other firefighting equipment. Stamped in lower left: From... More

Washington Greys 8th Regt. N.Y.S.T. Colonel George Lyons Commandant on...

La pensée s'élève, le souvenir demeure

Collecting card shows balloon flying over a bridge and waterway as letters fall from the balloon basket to birds on ground below. Tissandier collection.

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. Purchase; 1958.

Ballon Godard / H.L.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Collecting card shows an ascending balloon with one person on board.

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in oval

Includes print-registration marks and color bar indicating that as many as 15 stones were used. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian... More

[Card shows two children ascending in the basket of a balloon waving a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Skate store - skates of all kinds for sale here W.W. Knight Son & Co. ...

Advertising or window display card showing winter scene with many people ice skating, possibly on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, and a bridge spanning the river in the background. Includes text for the W... More

Old John Brown's career illustrated

Print shows five vignettes from the violent life of abolitionist John Brown, three related to "doing his Kansas work" and the fourth "commencing his Virginia work"; the fifth vignette, at center, labeled "The t... More

Washington. Presidents house / lith. by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore, Md.

Print shows a view across the lawn of the north portico of the White House, with a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front. Inscribed in ink on verso: EYM. Inscription on verso probably refers to Eliza Youn... More

[Balloon "Columba" flying with two passengers]

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'Espérance en traversant l'espace vous portera mes plus douces pensée...

Collecting card shows balloon "L'Espérance" flying over a landscape with two birds carrying a flower and a letter as passengers. Tissandier collection.

Portland star match factory, Portland, Me. / JC [monogram] ; George H....

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Portland Star Match Factory in Portland, Maine, with a Boston & Maine Railroad passenger train passing on the lower right foreground, men unloading timber from railroad cars... More

An evening at Oakland. Romance, composed & respectfully dedicated to t...

Print shows a view from the street of a large white building, the Oakland Female Institute, on the top of a hill, with sidewalk, pedestrians, and parkland in the foreground. Signed on stone in lower left corne... More

L'Aigle et la Colombe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card shows boy wearing a crown sitting outside with a girl in a white dress. A balloon flies in the distance. Text below title: Notre aigle donc, lassè des cieux. Descend sur un rocher, près de lui vient se re... More

Funeral - man preaching at coffin inside a home

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Unattributed. Chromolithograph Sheet 1 of 4

The Book-worm painted by C. Spitzweg ; lith. by Thielley

Print shows a man in a library reading a book atop a library-ladder, with books in hand, between his legs, and under his arm. No. 45474. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on lower ... More

Union, Landscape view print - Public domain print

Print shows the harbor at "Annapolis", Maryland, and a view of "Fort McHenry", on an unfolded lampshade. 660 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on ve... More

[Chemehuevi Indians of the Colorado River region]

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp Carroll, Baltimore, Md / Lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., 104 S....

Print shows bird's eye view of Union encampment on the grounds of Mount Clare, home of the Carroll family. 77 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on t... More

The adventures of a conscript as told by himself

Uncut sheet of twelve illustrated cards presenting the adventures of a rabbit drafted for military service during the Civil War. Title from related materials. Attributed to James Queen. Copyright by William A. ... More

Belger Barracks, Baltimore, Md. 150th Regt. N.Y. Volunteers lith. & pr...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Belger barracks at Camp Belger, Baltimore, Maryland, with soldiers in formation for a review, with the barracks in the background and a small coach on the roadway in the for... More

Belger Barracks, Baltimore, Md lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co. 104 S....

Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry / Jas. Queen del.

Drawing shows the armory building on the corner of 21st and Barker Streets, Philadelphia, headquarters of the First City Troop of Philadelphia Cavalry, with soldiers on horseback in the streets and pedestrians ... More

[Interior and exterior views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon...

Purchase; Marian Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

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

Citizens Volunteer Hospital - corner of Broad St. and Washington Ave. ...

Print shows an exterior view of the hospital building from the street across, beyond the railroad tracks, with locomotive approaching from the right, and with pedestrians and soldiers standing on sidewalk on th... More

Citizens Volunteer Hospital - corner of Broad St. and Washington Ave. ...

Print shows an exterior view of the hospital building from the street across, beyond the railroad tracks, with locomotive approaching, and with pedestrians and soldiers standing on sidewalk on the side of the b... More

Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commi...

Print shows a view from the northwest of the temporary buildings erected for the Great Central Fair in 1864 on Logan Square in Philadelphia, with the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral on the far side. The three-week ... More

Life in camp, part 2 - A picture of a bunch of pictures of people

Souvenir cards showing the daily life of Union soldiers during the Civil War, on the front, in camp, and on furlough, also, an artist traveling with the army, zouaves, parting with loved ones, and an African Am... More

Last of the Alabama Commodore Winslows grand victory march. Respectful...

Print shows the battle between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama off the coast of France, with a private British yacht "Deerhound" nearby; the Alabama is foundering and its crew is being rescued by the Kear... More

The flowers - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a bouquet of flowers at center with two vignettes showing domestic scenes with family members. 155 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22. Inscribed in ink on verso: No. 155 Filed Feby. 17, 1864 E.P. & L. R... More

8th Regimt. N.Y. Artillery - Public domain dedication image

Print showing a chart listing the members of all the companies of the 8th Regiment of the New York Artillery. 15 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by [...(] Postmaste... More

Flowers - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows two bouquets of flowers on a lampshade-shaped die-cut mount, with recurring motif of eagle atop armorial design with cupid at center. 242 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 53. Inscribed in ink on verso: N... More

General Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly...

Includes print-registration marks and color bar indicating that as many as 14 stones were used. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian... More

Washington. Equesn. statue of Genl. Washington lith. by E. Sachse & Co...

Print shows a man and two women standing in front of a statue of George Washington seated on horseback. Gift, L.M. Rabinowitz, 1948 Jan. 5.

Robert E. Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in o...

Includes print-registration marks and color bar indicating that as many as 12 stones were used. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian... More

Portrait of Washington. Statue of Washington, Print

Print shows a statue of George Washington seated with right hand raised; carved on the sides of the base are "First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" and "First in War" / "First in Peace". Stamped in ink at bot... More

The 109th New York State vols. planting their colors on the rebel work...

Print shows Union troops attacking Confederate fortifications in Petersburg, Virginia, on the day before Richmond fell to Union control. Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865 by Andrew McCullum [sic] ... More

Etiquette letter writer being the complete art of fashionable correspo...

Print shows a floral design with putti for a book cover for an instructional guide on the art of letter writing and "fashionable correspondence"; in each of the corners a person is shown seated at a table or de... More

To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern know ye, that ...

Print shows Columbia standing at top center holding a sword and an American flag, on her right are Union soldiers and on her left is a large globe, scales of justice, the "Constitution", books, and a large buil... More

W.M. Raymond & Co. Proprietors & manufacturers of metallic burial case...

Print shows the funeral procession of President Abraham Lincoln after leaving New York City Hall, with spectators lining the street. The area above the procession is taken up by an advertisement for W.M. Raymon... More

François Gregoire & Co. enamel of America for beautifying and preservi...

Print shows an advertising broadsheet for "François Gregoire & Co.", with a female figure as Columbia holding an American Flag that is labeled "Enamel of America". Stamped on upper and lower left: From the fil... More

Prince Albert, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Prince Albert, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, cut to oval shape. 2746 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Prince Albert. Publication date based on copyright sta... More

American prize fruit with basket / G. Spohni lith, Philadelphia.

Print showing still life with fruit, basket, and pitcher. Entered according to cct of Congress in the year 1867 by Thos. Kelly in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern ... More

Poultry life, A after E. Lemmens

Print shows chickens in a farm yard. Signed on stone on lower left: E. Lemmens. From the series: Prang's American Chromos. Label on verso with title and publication statements. Publication date based on copyri... More

Dead game by G. Bosett i.e., Bossett

Print shows a still-life of a dead duck and rabbit. Signed on stone on lower left: G. Boset [?]. From the series: Prang's American Chromos. Label on verso with title and publication statements. Publication dat... More

F. Moras' Lithographic Establishment, Philadelphia, 610 Jayne St. Plai...

Advertising or large business card shows two vignettes, on the left, a man is sitting at a table, drawing on a lithograph stone, and on the right, is an interior view of the lithographic establishment with men ... More

Rest on the roadside after Niles

Print shows a young girl, full-length portrait, holding a basket, sitting against a post on a country roadside. Signed on stone on lower right: G.E. Niles 1862[?]. From the series: Prang's American Chromos. La... More

No. 1, White Mountain scenery - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Print shows a landscape view of the White Mountains, with a traveler on a mountain path approaching a bridge. From a series formerly known as "The Ruggles Gems". Label on verso with title and publication state... More

No. 7, Table Rock, Niagara - Victorian era public domain image

Print shows a landscape view of the waterfalls at Niagara from Table Rock with sightseers standing on the rock overlooking the falls. From a series formerly known as "The Ruggles Gems". Label on verso with tit... More

Kid's playground A. Bruith 66 ; W. Harring, chro. ; after Bruith

Print shows a calf and a kid in a playful confrontation, with a cow, other goats, and ducks nearby. 4105 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone on lower left: A. Bruith 66. Signed on stone on lower right: W. H... More

No. 6, Mount Washington, White Mountains

Print shows a landscape view of Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains with autumn foliage in the foreground. From a series formerly known as "The Ruggles Gems". Label on verso with ... More

No. 5, Catskill Mountains from Hudson River

Print shows a landscape view of the Catskill Mountains with travelers on a stone arch bridge spanning a gorge, with mountains in the background. From a series formerly known as "The Ruggles Gems". Label on ver... More

Cat and kittens after Henrietta Ronner

Print shows a cat with three kittens at a green food or water dish, with a basket of straw in a room where the floor is also strewn with straw. From series: Fac-similes of Water Color Drawings and Oil Painting... More

P.S. Duval, Son & Co. designers & lithographer, Philadelphia. Special ...

Print shows an advertisement for "P.S. Duval, Son & Co. designers & lithographer" showing at center, in an oval frame, a scene labeled "Colorado Miners" with miners near a wagon, with a log cabin on the left an... More

Ma! Look at that gentleman's boots!

Advertisement for Woodhead & Co's Diamond Jet Blacking shoe polish shows two women discussing a man's shiny boots, with the Woodhead factory in the background.

Strawberries after W.M. Brown - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Print shows strawberry plants with blossoms and strawberries. Title, publication statement, and copyright statement printed on label mounted on verso. Printed and inscribed on label on verso: Library of Congre... More

[View of the Paris Exposition of 1867 showing waterfront, main exhibit...

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scotch terrier and pups after Henrietta Ronner

Print shows a Scotch terrier sitting in a basket that has fallen over, with four pups, one at a green food or water dish, and with a piece of cloth covering straw on the floor. From series: Fac-similes of Wate... More

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