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Plate 1: A horse drawn cart carrying people and goods, dead horse in t...

Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plate 10: a family in center foreground, various figures and horses in...

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

Plate 3: An officer giving orders to a solider in centre foreground, c...

Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence) Public domain scan of Italian 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plate 1: A horse drawn cart carrying people and goods, dead horse in t...

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

Plate 1: a horse drawn cart carrying people and goods, dead horse in t...

Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plate 10: a family in center foreground, various figures and horses in...

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

Plate 8: the Colosseum, two herds being directed towards the amphithea...

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

Plate 9: the Arch of Constantine to left, seen from the side, part of ...

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

Plate 13: ruins of an ancient temple in the background, a herd of cows...

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

Plate 4: a Corinthian capital on the ground to left in the foreground,...

Public domain photo of Roman sculpture, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Two Ladies in Foreground of Landscape, Ming dynasty

Unidentified Artist Ming dynasty (?) (1368–1644) Public domain photograph of Chinese silk textile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Earth, four figures in foreground to left, hills to left in the backgr...

Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence) Public domain photograph of 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plate 8: the Colosseum, two herds being directed towards the amphithea...

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

Plate 4: a Corinthian capital on the ground to left in the foreground,...

Public domain photo of Roman sculpture, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plate 9: the Arch of Constantine to left, seen from the side, part of ...

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

Title page: men carrying bags across a rowboat and onto shore in cente...

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cowherd driving three horned cattle before him; below, in the foregrou...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Farmstead with the Gentleman Farmer and his Wife and the Painter in th...

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

A galley covered in sails to left, six cannons and four people to left...

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A galley covered in sails to left, six cannons and four people to left...

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arch of Constantine and Colosseum with sheep grazing in foreground, fr...

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

View of the Tiber river, a large tree to left, two groups of women to ...

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

Walled village on a hill, with church at left and buildings constructe...

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

View of ruins showing the corner of a building with two arched windows...

Karel Dujardin (Dutch, Amsterdam 1622–1678 Venice) Public domain scan of Dutch 17th-century print, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of hillside with ruins (an aqueduct?) and mountain crag beyond, i...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Architectural Perspective for a Stage Set with a Bridge, Statues and a...

Public domain photo of Antique sculpture, Europe, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Prince of Tuscany and his chariots arranged around Mount Atlas in ...

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

Rock of the Philosphers, or Mount Parnassus, many ancient philosophers...

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

[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in b...

Reference copy in LOT 4613. Illus. in: The Second Punick war between Hannibal, and the Romanes. London, 1661.

Vertical Oval Vignette of a Mountainous Landscape with Two Shepherds i...

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Landscape with mountains and a lake, figures in the foreground

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Design for an Altar: Virgin and Child Flanked by Saints, Two Angels in...

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

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins; Fountain in Foreground

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

Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-beare...

Public domain image of military forces, cavalry, horses, horseriding, 18th-19th century war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-beare...

Public domain image of military forces, cavalry, horses, horseriding, 18th-19th century war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Flowers in a Silver Caster, Fruit in the Foreground

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins; Fountain in Foreground

Carlo Fantaccini (Italian, documented Rome 1701–1750 Rome) Public domain scan of 18th century Italian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Old Stock Exchange (Koopmansbeurs), Rotterdam, seen from the East,...

Public domain image of Netherlands landscape, 17th-18th century cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Designs for Stage Set: Three Pavillions in Background with "Oriental" ...

Workshop of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (Italian, Parma 1696–1756 Berlin) Public domain scan of monumental architecture design drawing, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plate 10: The Ancient Gallery: a large covered gallery, light entering...

after Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris) Public domain scan of French 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Title-page for the 'Vedute di Roma' comprising a stone in the backgrou...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Circumcision of Christ, a group of men and women surrounding him, ...

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of religious Christian art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Christ Child sleeping on a cross in a landscape, crown of thorns i...

After a painting by Reni. Verso is not visible as print is laid to another sheet of paper. Engraved by Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna)

The Baptism of Christ (with Christ Standing at Left Center, His Back T...

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

The Baptism of Christ (with Christ Standing at Left Center, His Back T...

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

Design for a Stage Set: Semi-Circular Colonnaded Building, a Bridge Su...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with the Arch o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Rome, classic architecture, ruins, roman building, forum, city, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the capitol, with the Arch o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Rome, classic architecture, ruins, roman building, forum, city, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Temple and wall, with elephant and mahouts in the foreground

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man seated in a chair on a stepped platform holds an audience, two p...

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin (French, born Paris, 1738)

[Spectators in an arena viewing the ascension of a balloon driven by p...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Vietri with Young Country Women Dancing for Shepherds in the F...

Joseph Anton Koch (Austrian, Obergibeln bei Elbigenalp 1768–1839 Rome) Public domain scan of 19th century German drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Vietri with Young Country Women Dancing for Shepherds in the F...

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shore Scene With Cattle in the Foreground and Boats in Shallow Water a...

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

Woman on Veranda, Spinning; another Pounding Cloth on Rock in Foregrou...

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More

Landscape with a Tree in the Foreground

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

Coastal Scene with Beached Boats in Foreground

Samuel Prout (British, Plymouth 1783–1852 London) Public domain scan of 19th century British drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the Tuilleries and the Seine from the Pont de la Concorde

Public domain photo of French landscape, historic place, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Packet boat grounded for tarring beside wharf--Men and wagon in foregr...

John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

River Scene with Bridge in Foreground, Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)) Edo period (1615–1868)

David Octavius Hill - View of the Thames with Figures in Foreground

David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802–1870 Edinburgh, Scotland) David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photographer. He was a pioneer of photography in Scotland and is best known for his c... More

Classical Landscape with Herdsmen in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista ("Titta") Lusieri (Italian, Rome 1754–1821 Athens) Public domain scan of 18th century Italian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Classical Landscape with Hunters in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista ("Titta") Lusieri (Italian, Rome 1754–1821 Athens) Public domain scan of 18th century Italian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A tree trunk with branch and leaves in the foreground, with view of M...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Landscape with Foreground Trees (from Sketchbook)

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Portrait of a bearded man, wearing a coat, seated. A tablecloth decora...

Portrait of a bearded man, wearing a coat, seated. A tablecloth decorated with ornamental motif is visible on the left, in the foreground.

Figures Promenading on a Point of Land; Water and Boats in the Foregro...

Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Witches' Sabbath, within a nocturnal landscape, a necromancer seated a...

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

[Thatched House, People in Foreground, Telegraph Lines in Background]

Unknown 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, which creates a glossy sur... More

Two men shaking hands in the foreground and officers watching them in ...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[St. Cyriac Church at Lacock Abbey, Ghost Figure of Man in a Top Hat i...

Unknown (British) Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charlton House with Seated Figures in Foreground]

Unknown (British) Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of Paris with church steeple in foreground]

Hallmark: Houssemaine Garanti 40. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)

Firefighters putting out a fire in a house, firetruck in foreground

José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)

[2 American beaver in foreground, with 2 more in background, in natura...

Lithograph by J.T. Bowen after drawing by J.J. Audubon. Illus. in: Audubon, Quadrupeds of N. America, plate XLVI. Reference copy may be in LOT 4707A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More

Looking towards Mackenzie's Heights, tents of the 33rd Regiment in the...

Photograph showing vast plain with encampments of tents, wagons, equipment, and military personnel, some on horseback. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s... More

French left attack, Kamiesch in the distance - tents of Sir John Campb...

Plains before Sevastopolʹ, with Sir John Campbell's marquis tent in the foreground. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944... More

Looking towards St. George's Monastery, tents of the 4th Division in t...

Military encampment on the plateau of Sevastopolʹ. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Cri... More

[Kamara Heights in the distance, artillery waggons in the foreground]

View of plateau of Sevastopolʹ showing rows of caissons, with tents on the plains in the background. Title from 1855 exhibition catalog. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; ... More

[Exterior View of Facade and Fountains; Exterior View of Side Pavilion...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Crystal Palace, London World Fair, Great Exhibition, Victorian-era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[View from the west of the U.S. Capitol with reflection in body of wat...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Landscape view showing house on stream with falls in foreground]

On verso: Geo. M. Bretz, Artist, Newville, Cumberland Co., Penn'a. - Negative preserved. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 138, su... More

[Unidentified cluster of buildings with construction scene in foregrou...

In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 152, surrogate p. 43 (upper right). Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room.

[High-arched bridge over river, with street vendor selling "ice cold p...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 234. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

[Construction of Treasury Building, Washington, D.C. With oxen in fore...

Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building. Microfilm in LOT 12364.

Boundary Commission depot, Siniakwateen, Pend Oreille River - Indian w...

Photograph shows a tepee and a canoe in the foreground, across the Pend Oreille River is the British North American Boundary Commission depot at Siniakwateen. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission a... More

[Scene on the Columbia River at the junction with the Pend Oreille Riv...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

City of Montgomery, Alabama [6 blacks farming in field in foreground b...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 June 1), p. 344-345. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Negroes ; Farming.

Indian encampment, Tobacco Plains, Kootenay [i.e., Kootenai] River - f...

Photograph shows tipis and fish trap at a Native encampment at Tobacco Plains on the Kootenai River in British Columbia. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 3... More

Fleet of monitors, Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia Saugus in fore...

No. B848. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Sumner, barracks for officers and soldiers in foreground (Andrew ...

No. 227. 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, which creates a glossy su... More

Wharves at City Point, Virginia, Lincoln's car in foreground

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union pickets foreground. Rebel in hay stack. Munson Hill Fort

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

[View of Atlanta, Georgia, with railroad cars in left foreground]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description