[Saint-Sulpice] / E. Baldus. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 27. 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 o... More
[Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel] / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 14. 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 o... More
[Palais de Luxembourg] / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 28. 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 o... More
Paris. Pavillon Denon / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 16. No. 7.
Paris. Arc de Triomphe / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 2. 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... More
Paris. Place du châtelet / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 21. No. 86.
Paris. La Bourse / E. Baldus. - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 10. No. 57.
Paris. Place St. Germain l'Auxerrois / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 17. No. 80.
[Tour St. Jacques] / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 18. 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 o... More
[Notre-Dame de Paris] / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 24. 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 o... More
Paris. Palais des Thermes / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 26. No. 51.
[Fountain de Saint Michael] / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 25. 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 o... More
Paris. Corps législatif / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 6. No. 55.
Place de la Concorde A Paris / / Photographie d'apres nature par Ch. S...
Photograph shows obelisk and fountain in Place de la Concorde with palaces, Rue Royale, and Church of the Madeleine in the background. No. 215. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O. M. Poe.
Panorama de Paris Pris de la Tour St. Jacques (Côte de Notre Dame) / /...
Photograph shows view of Notre-Dame de Paris rising above Ile de la Cité. No. 227. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O. M. Poe.
Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile A Paris / / Photographie d'apres nature pa...
Photograph shows obelisk and fountain in Place de la Concorde with palaces, Rue Royale, and Church of the Madeleine in the background. No. 204. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O. M. Poe.
Paris. Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile Aubrun del. et lith
Print shows a street level view of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile with horseback riders, pedestrians, and horse-drawn carriages passing on the plaza. Stamped on verso: LC Division of Prints. Inscribed in ink ... More
Charles Marville - [Fountain of the Innocents, Paris, France] / Ch. Ma...
Photograph showing the Fontaine des Innocents as installed at the Marché des Innocents in Paris, probably in 1858, just prior to one of its several relocations and reconstructions. Inscribed in pencil: Fontain... More
James McNeill Whistler - [La marchande de moutarde] / Whistler.
Print shows a young woman standing in the doorway of the shop that sells mustard; a woman stands in the interior of the shop, filling an order. Title from Beall. Signed on plate. American prints in the Library ... More
Le ballon de cuivre, qui doit incessamment s'élever dans les airs est ...
Text-only broadside announcing the public viewing of a copper balloon, at Impasse du Maine, Paris.
Ballon de cuivre. Ateliers de construction, impasse du Maine, no. 10, ...
Admission ticket to an exhibition of a copper balloon in Paris in the late 1850s. Text continues: "Cette machine aérostatique, de forme sphérique, de 10 mètres de diamètre, complètement en cuivre, offre l'impo... More
New library of St. Geneviève / Thomas.
Illus. in: Memoirs of libraries: including a handbook of library economy / By Edward Edwards. London : Trübner & Co.,1859, p. 674.
Navire aérien, le poisson volant, inventé et exécuté par M. Camille Ve...
Broadside announcing the exhibit at the Palais de l'industrie, séances expérimentales in Paris of a fish-shaped, steam-powered airship designed by Camille Vert. Features design drawing of the airship, equipped ... More
[Notre Dame, Paris, France. View of spire, roof with statuary, and cit...
Photograph showing the new spire designed by architect Viollet-le-Duc, looking towards the Île Saint-Louis. Inscribed in pencil: Flêche de Notre Dame, Viollet-le-Duc Ar. Blind stamp: Ch. Marville, photographe ... More
Le nouvel Opera / Photographie H.J. à Paris.
Stereograph shows view of the Paris Opera. On mount: Vue instantée (Déposé). No. 195.
Colonne Vendome. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.
Stereograph shows monument to Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz at Place Vendôme, Paris.
Emile Lassalle - [Lassalle portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 18...
Facsimile of Lincoln's signature at bottom of portrait. Signed on stone: Emile Lassalle.
[Notre Dame, Paris, France. View from spire of roofs, statuary, and ga...
Photograph showing the statuary decorating the gables, roofs, and spires of Notre Dame.
Le Pont-Neuf, vu du quai des Grands Augustins / Photographie H.J. à Pa...
Stereograph shows aerial view of Pont-Neuf, Paris. 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 ... More
Place des Victoires (Statue de Louis XIV)
Stereograph shows equestrian statue of Louis XIV at Place des Victoires, Paris.
Boulevard des Italiens. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.
Stereograph shows aerial view of Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. On mount: Paris. Vue instantanée.
Recherches sur les generations dites spontanees / N. Remond, imp. r. V...
Experiment showing that microbes responsible for decay and fermentation are in the air and not the decaying matter. Illus. in: Memoire sur les corpuscles ... / Louis Pasteur. In Annales des science naturelles, ... More
[Metzmacher portrait of Lincoln.] President des Estats-Unis.
Based on Alexander Gardner photograph of Lincoln. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Halles centrales de Paris - vue perspective à vol d'oiseau / V. Baltar...
Illustration shows bird's-eye view of Les Halles market. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussmann ... par V. Ba... More
Halles centrales de Paris - aménagements du pavillon a la boucherie. F...
Detail shows facade for a butcher's shop at Les Halles. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussmann ... par V. Bal... More
Halles centrales de Paris - grands pavillons - détails des combles / V...
Illustration shows architectural details of roof supports at Les Halles. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussman... More
Halles centrales de Paris - façade latérale au sud / V. Baltard, archt...
Illustration shows south side vue of Les Halles. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Halles centrales de Paris - aménagements du rez-du-chaussée. Bassin po...
Detail shows the fish tank on the main floor at Les Halles. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussmann ... par V.... More
Halles centrales de Paris - corpes de l'est - plan du rez-de-chaussée ...
Illustration shows site plan for main floor at Les Halles. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussmann ... par V. ... More
Halles centrales de Paris - details des appareits pour l'eau et pour l...
Print shows gas lights and fire hydrants(?) at Les Halles. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussmann ... par V. ... More
Halles centrales de Paris - aménagements du pavillon a la boucherie. P...
Detail shows site plan and side view the office for weighing meat in the meat market at Les Halles. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'adm... More
Rue de Rivoli. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.
Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GM 37. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gotthei... More
Fraternite Universelle, [Schultz work of Lincoln and other famous men]...
Public domain scan of a portrait print, bust portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hotel de Ville Paris. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.
Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GM 38. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gotthei... More
L'Aérienne, nouveau systême de ballon dirigeable par Camille Dupuy
Broadside announcing the exhibition of a navigable balloon designed by Camille Dupuy at the "boulevart Magenta, 37" and the "rue des Marais, St. Martin" in Paris beginning December 18, 1866. Tissandier collection.
Highly probable mistake at the forthcoming Paris Exhibition, (where it...
Cartoon showing polite Frenchman saying to Sioux Indian: "Ah? oui-ya-as. I flatter myself to have the honor to address Mistare Andrewes Johnsons." Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1867 Feb. 23, p. 368.
Souvenir de L'exposition. Le President Lincoln
Exposition Universalle. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Charles Marville - Victor Baltard - [Central market, Paris, France] / ...
Photograph showing pavilions of Les Halles, the central market of Paris, including outdoor vendors and new construction in the foreground. Inscribed in pencil: Halles Centrales, Paris, Baltard, Arch. Blind sta... 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
Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1867 Galeries des Beaux-Arts. Section...
Stereograph shows sculpture and paintings on display at the 1867 world's fair in Paris. Part of caption also in English.
Ascension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 à 5 h. Ex...
Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867. Includes pictures of the balloon being inflated ("Le Gonflement") and spectators watching the captive balloon ascend in the ... More
Art-students and copyists in the Louvre gallery, Paris / drawn by Wins...
Painters at work in a long, skylit gallery of the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, no. 576 (1868 January 11), p. 25.
The Palace of the Tuileries / Bingham photo ; Dorherty, sc.
Copyright by B.B. Russell. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Champ-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord ...
Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier,... More
Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérosta...
Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, ... More
Emblêmes patriotiques / J. Bocquin, lith.
Print intended to arouse citizen resistance during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Shows a female figure (Liberty?) carrying a sword standing between two shields. One shield has the motto "Nʹoublie pas 1870, tra... More
Salle de concert du cercie artistique ... Exposition du gigantesque ba...
Broadside announcing a balloon exhibition and ascension by Eugène Godard in his balloon "Cita di Firenze" from the Place St. Michel, Paris. Includes picture of a mirage observed by Godard and Camille Flammarion... More
Les gardes nationaux d'Heurteauville gardant le "Jean Bart" au clair d...
Drawing shows the tethered balloon "Jean Bart" being guarded at night under moonlight by five Heurteauville military guards during the Siege of Paris, November 8, 1870. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82... More
Siège de Paris. Au Bastion / Draner, del. et lith.
Print shows military life at French fort, "Bastion" no. 95," during the Siege of Paris, 1870. A balloon flies over the fort in the distance. Tissandier collection.
Charles Marville - Victor Baltard - [Central market, Paris, France. In...
Photograph showing interior of Les Halles, the central market of Paris, including ethereal traces of people in motion and other activities. Inscribed in pencil: Intérieur des Halles Centrales, Baltard, Arch. B... More
Paris. Cour du Grand Hôtel du Louvre Charles Rivière del. et lith
Print shows an interior view of a covered courtyard with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, and a street vendor selling papers labeled "Album Martinet Paris"; also shows a large stairway at the far end and en... More
Le blocus de Paris complainte nationale et patriotique.
Broadside shows a manned balloon labelled "Au Governement de la defense nationale, projet en l'air infaillible pour bloquement de Paris" with a magnet near the enemy's cannon. The illustrator humorously predict... More
Bombardment von Paris / L.R. wood engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows an artillery battery with several guns firing on Paris, as well as being fired upon and sustaining casualties. In album: Grosses Kriegs- und Schlachten-Album für Deutschlands Jugend. Stuttgart : Ve... More
A Voltaire: vêtements tout fait, vêtements sur mesure / / J. Chéret.
Advertising poster for a clothing shop showing a man wearing a suit inset into a view of Place du Château d'Eau, location of the shop.
Diplôme avec médaille dʹor grand module
Caption continues: Constatant grand et réel progrès ... Délivré à Annibal Ardisson ... le 8 Décembre 1877, à lʹExposition générale de lʹIndustrie Parisienne au Palais de lʹIndustrie. Bella C. Landauer collectio... More
Nouveau Paris monumental : itinéraire pratique de l'étranger dans Pari...
Selected buildings shown pictorially. Bird's eye view. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries / Yves & Barret,...
Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris, probably during the Paris Exposition of 1878. Includes picture of the giant balloon statio... More
Le ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries, construit par M. Giffard, i...
Broadside announcing one of Henri Giffard's balloon ascensions in 1878 and 1879 from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the captive balloon floating over the courtyard. Tissandier collection.
Paris et ses environs : 1878 / - Public domain old map
Picryl description: Public domain image of a french regular park, classical architecture, outdoors, France, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Blanchard-Deguitard, caoutchouc dilaté, spécialité de plumets ... spéc...
Advertisement for Blanchard-Deguitard, a French merchant of balloons and other products. Includes a picture Maison Blanchard, with office, store, and a shed where women lay out cloth on long tables. "Spécialit... More
Le grand ballon captif des Tuileries / Yves & Barret, sc.
Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of passengers in the basket of the giant balloon. Tissandier collection.
Une alerte, place du Carrousel / Lefman, sc. ; PS.
French cartoon shows Prince Don Carlos in a heavily armed balloon that has blown off course appears about to crash into a captive balloon (possibly Henri Giffard's) at the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France. Ill... More
Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].
Blank form for passengers to record "observations" (data) during ascents in Giffard's giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in the Paris Exposition of 1878. Tissandier collection.
Le grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. He...
Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's captive balloon in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the giant balloon with passengers in the basket.
Le captif, grand ballon à vapeur, de la Place du Carrousel
Advertisement announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension at the Place du Carrousel, Paris. Describes Giffard's previous ascension at the Tuileries in 1878 and includes a picture of a captive balloon. ... More
Grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, Cour des Tuileries ...
Admission ticket to the ascent of Henri Giffard's captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris in 1879. Includes picture of a balloon within a bird's-eye view of Paris. Tissandier collection.
Paris - Le Luxembourg / A. Giroudon.
Photograph shows the people walking through Luxembourg Garden with the Palace of Luxembourg in the background. No. 1057. X.Phot. Blind stamped on photograph: A. Giroudon, Rue des Beaux Arts, Paris
[Standing nude with towel]. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Title from Beall. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: épr de'essai. Inscribed in pencil on bottom center: Vernis mon. Breeskin, 9 American prints in the Library of C... More
The corner of the sofa, no. 3. 19th century Japan. Public domain image...
Print shows a woman, three-quarter length, seated on the edge of a sofa. Title from mount. Stamped on verso: Atelier Ed. Degas. Ex-coll.: Edgar Degas (Lugt 658), H.G. Wittemore (Lugt 1342). Breeskin, 16 America... More
Palais du Trocadéro Salle des fêtes - coupe transversale / / Bordet et...
Transverse section of the festival hall at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878. Echelle de 0.m 004 mil pr. mètre. Illus. in: Monographie des palais et constructions diverses de l'Exposition universelle de 18... More
[Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian wa...
Illus. in: Album des travaux de construction de la statue colossale de la Liberté, destinée au port de New-York / Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Reference copy U.S. GEOG FILE - New York New York City Statue of Liberty.
Le Sortie de l'opéra en l'an 2000 / A. Robida.
Print shows a futuristic view of air travel over Paris as people leave the Opera. Many types of aircraft are depicted including buses and limousenes, police patrol the skies, and women are seen driving their ow... More
[Mrs. Cassatt knitting, profile view]
Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Funeral of a little waif, Paris
(DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 27:184 (March 24, 1883).
[Head of Statue of Liberty on display in park in Paris]
Illus. in: Album des travaux de construction de la statue colossale de la Liberté, destinée au port de New-York / Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Reference copy U.S. GEOG FILE - New York New York City Statue of Liberty.
Eden-concert, enl'vez l'ballon revue de m.m. Hermil & Numès, 17 boulev...
French circus poster shows two performers in the basket of an airship navigated by a rudder and a propeller. The basket bears the date 1884. Tissandier collection.
Hotel de ville, vue d'ensemble prise du quai / heliogre. de E. Baldus.
City h all and bridge, Paris, France. Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grande fête aerostatique organisée par lʹunion des pilotes aériens soc...
Caption continues: Republique Française ... Fête Communale de Neuilly-Sur-Seine Le Dimanche 5 Juillet 1885 ... Sous le Patronage de la Municipalitʹe. Bella C. Landauer collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.
Academie Julian, Paris, group of art students
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York : Acanthus Press, 2012. Figure 2a.
Arènes du sport aéronautique sous la direction de Eugène Godard, aîné,...
Broadside announcing an aeronautics exhibition organized under the direction of balloonist Eugene Godard and held in Paris in 1885. Includes picture of the balloon "L'Avenir" equipped with two separate passenge... More
Marché de l'avé Maria, architects: M.M.A. et L. Magne
Illus. in: La Construction moderne. Paris : Houghton,Conseils, 1886, pl. 31.
Paris Exposition, view from ground level of the Eiffel tower with Pari...
Photo shows a view looking through the base of the Eiffel Tower toward the Central Dome of the Palais des industries at the Exposition universelle de 1889, in Paris, with pedestrians walking in the foreground.
[Gallery of Machines, Paris Exposition, 1889]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, P...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Egyptian house in the History of Habitation exhibit, Paris Exposition...
Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Pavilion of the Society of French Pastel Artists, Paris Exposition, 1...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Gas Pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1889]
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Sculpture exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889]
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Thiébaut Fréres bronze exhibit in the Gallery of Thirty Meters, Paris...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Stairway with statue of woman holding light fixture (lampadaire) in t...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description