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[Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, bust portrait, facing right]

[Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, bust portrait, facing right]

Sculptor & painter. K32153 U.S. Copyright Office. Halftone reproduction of painting. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Man performing autopsy on cadaver lying on table as 8 other men look on]

[Man performing autopsy on cadaver lying on table as 8 other men look ...

Illus. in: Joannes de Ketham, Fasciculus medicinae, Venice, Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 15 Oct. 1495, verso of leaf eII. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - MEDICINE. This record contains unverif... More

[The desperate man], Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

[The desperate man], Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Hubbard Collection (Library of Congress). Probably an experimental plate or sketch plate; profile of man at far left may be a portrait of Dürer's brother Endres. Meder, 95 Hollstein, 95 Bartsch, 70 Panofsky, 177

Michel-Ange / Michel-Ange pinxt. ; J.L. Potrelle delt. et sculpt.

Michel-Ange / Michel-Ange pinxt. ; J.L. Potrelle delt. et sculpt.

Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antonio da Trento - [Man seated, seen from behind]

Antonio da Trento - [Man seated, seen from behind]

Print shows a man, possibly Narcissus, seated on a rock in a glade, turned away from a woman, possibly Echo. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington ... More

The philosopher Diogenes and the allegory of astronomy

The philosopher Diogenes and the allegory of astronomy

Allegorical print showing a seated man thinking and another figure looking at a globe. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress,... More

Mr. Titian Peale and Miss Mary Peale

Mr. Titian Peale and Miss Mary Peale

Photograph shows Titian Peale, Miss Mary Peale, and another woman (seated on the left) sitting at a table set for tea, with a large silver tea service on the fore-edge of the table; they are in a room with two ... More

A bearded man, wearing a crown, seated at table facing several others with long horns, harp(?), and an elephant

A bearded man, wearing a crown, seated at table facing several others ...

Woodcut by Gomar. Illus. in: H. Staden, Warhaftig Historia und beschreibung einer Landtschafft der Wilden Nacketen Grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen in der Neuen Welt, part I, Chapter XLVI (Marburg, 1557). This r... More

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, argumenta

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, ...

Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man... More

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More

[Man holding sword and head of decapitated, dismembered body in background]

[Man holding sword and head of decapitated, dismembered body in backgr...

Illus. in: Salomen, Areum Velvis...1599 p. 40 of part II. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death; Executions; Incemabula.

A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print

A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows King George III, speechless (his caption balloon is empty), seated on the right in a high-backed chair at a table, with Lord North seated opposite presenting a paper to the King that states "for the... More

A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a woman playing cards with a monkey dressed as a man, two figures in masquerade attend to them, above and in the background are a musician, a man and a woman, and a cuckold, also seated is an owl sm... More

High life at noon, British Cartoon Print

High life at noon, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room in which two men and two women are taking tea; on the left, a man with an extremely long ponytail attempts to prevent the entrance of a messenger carrying a bill from "Lor... More

The Virgin and child surrounded by saints and kneeling donor / AA, in Mantova, MDCX.

The Virgin and child surrounded by saints and kneeling donor / AA, in ...

Print shows the Virgin Mary seated with the infant Jesus at her side surrounded by saints and one man kneeling. Monogram of Andreani. Sometimes attributed to Girolamo da Carpi. Title from Graphic sampler / comp... More

[Courtly outdoor scene, with fountain and men on horses (recto) ; faint red chalk sketch (verso)]

[Courtly outdoor scene, with fountain and men on horses (recto) ; fain...

Drawing shows mounted man pointing with sword to hunter with hounds and gun; another mounted man behind; woman and little girl standing at the right; also woman seated near fountain arranging hat of child (from... More

The rabbit man

The rabbit man

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

Man smoking a long pipe, seated at table with book, candle and 2 more long pipes

Man smoking a long pipe, seated at table with book, candle and 2 more ...

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

[Illus. from book concerning Justices of the Peace: frontis, of 1669 ed. of A Sure Guide for...Justice of Peace, showing man holding sword over child before king on throne]

[Illus. from book concerning Justices of the Peace: frontis, of 1669 e...

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

Edmund Burke, Esq. - Public domain portrait engraving

Edmund Burke, Esq. - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, 3/4 bust, facing left. Engraving for the Universal magazine. Printed for J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Paternoster Row. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent r... More

[A man crossing a bridge beneath overhanging trees]

[A man crossing a bridge beneath overhanging trees]

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[An elderly man, seen from behind, bathing in a wooden tub]

[An elderly man, seen from behind, bathing in a wooden tub]

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

To the tune of a cobler there was

To the tune of a cobler there was

Caricature of a man, seated, three-quarter length, squinting, and poem starting, "A colonel there was, tho' he is not for now, if you want to know why, I'll soon tell you how ..."

Mr. Garrick in Hamlet / B. Wilson pinxt ; J. McArdell fecit.

Mr. Garrick in Hamlet / B. Wilson pinxt ; J. McArdell fecit.

David Garrick in Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, with hands raised. Smith, 78 LeBlanc, 49 Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.

[Johann Martin Boltzius, 1703-1765; head and shoulders, facing slightly right; German Lutheran emigrated to Georgia]

[Johann Martin Boltzius, 1703-1765; head and shoulders, facing slightl...

Illus. in: Samuel Urlsperger, Americanisches ackerwerk Gottes; ..., Augsburg, 1754-67, vol. 1, frontispiece. Reference copy may be in Biog File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capt... More

[A man carrying a large object]

[A man carrying a large object]

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of Japanese art, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shah Allum in distress, British Cartoon Print

Shah Allum in distress, British Cartoon Print

"A design in two compartments illustrating an article in Biblical phraseology, 'The First Chapter of the Book of Kings' and 'The Lamentations'. In the upper part is depicted a meeting of the General Court of th... More

Admiral Keppel, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Admiral Keppel, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right in oval draped with banner. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1778 (July), p. 291. Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

De man in't hembd, of de gefnuikte hoogmoed, British Cartoon Print

De man in't hembd, of de gefnuikte hoogmoed, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man in a nightshirt (representing England) being attacked by several men (representing the countries of the armed neutrality league and the allies), he is held by a Swede and a Dane, a Frenchman p... More

A side box, British Cartoon Print

A side box, British Cartoon Print

Two elegantly-dressed women seated in theater box, with man offering fruit to one woman. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Santō Kyōden - Sakazuki - Public domain  drawing

Santō Kyōden - Sakazuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and woman seated on the floor, a shamisen between them, a child climbing on the man's back, the woman holding a cup; standing behind them is a woman with many hairpins. Title and other descrip... More

Three weeks after marriage, British Cartoon Print

Three weeks after marriage, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man standing on the left offering portraits of "new passions" to George, Prince of Wales, who is seated on a sofa beneath portraits of "The Perdita" and "The Armstead"; the man tells George that "... More

Bachelors fare, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Bachelors fare, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Print shows a man, seated at a table, embracing and kissing a woman, around the table are seated three women, a fourth, carrying a tankard of beer, enters through a door on the right; on the table are bread and... More

School for boxing, British Cartoon Print

School for boxing, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men engaged in a boxing match, several men stand nearby; one man seated on a stool seems to be suffering a loss of breath, another man is receiving false black eyes. Attributed to William Dent.... More

Patience Margot j'auront bientot 3 fois 8

Patience Margot j'auront bientot 3 fois 8

Cartoon about the French Revolution showing man seated next to menu 'Desires for 1790,' which lists price of bread, meat, and wine as 8 each. Picture on the wall is called reunion of the three orders, and the w... More

The whim of the moment, British Cartoon Print

The whim of the moment, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a royal coach drawn by two horses "Faith" and "Hope" passing through a crowd to shouts of "Huzza"; three figures are seated in the coach, one wearing a crown labeled "German"; a coachman riding on t... More

[A man engaged in metalwork, appears to be melting statues to reuse the metal, with a kitten next to his left leg]

[A man engaged in metalwork, appears to be melting statues to reuse th...

Title and date devised by Library staff; other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fake attributed to Katsushika Hokusai. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; Wright sculpt.

Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; Wright sculpt.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washing... More

The comforts of matrimony - a smoky house and scolding wife, British Cartoon Print

The comforts of matrimony - a smoky house and scolding wife, British C...

Man seated by window and smoky fireplace, with woman shaking fist at him; child falling off stool. Hand-colored engraving by Robert Sayer. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress... More

John Kay - Thomas Paine. Book illustration from Library of Congress

John Kay - Thomas Paine. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing right. No. 234.

Juan de Herrera ... / Mo. Brandi lo grabó ; J. Maca lo dibuxó.

Juan de Herrera ... / Mo. Brandi lo grabó ; J. Maca lo dibuxó.

Half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Illus. in: Retratos de los españoles ilustres con un epitome de sus vidas. Madrid : Imprenta real, 1791. Ref. copy in BIOG FILE - Herrera, Juan de, 1530-1597.

The danger of crim con! / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

The danger of crim con! / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a couple engaged in a "crim[inal] con[versation]"; the woman, seated on a chair, inclined toward a man seated next to her, her hands around his right arm; she says to him, "The good Man is gone a lo... More

Fujin tomarikyaku no zu - Public domain  drawing

Fujin tomarikyaku no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women and one man; three of the women are seated inside tent-like mosquito netting, grooming and exposing their breasts, the other two women and the man stand outside the netting. Title and oth... More

The life and age of man - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

The life and age of man - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Peters, G.S.

Bucked and gaged - triced up DS monogram

Bucked and gaged - triced up DS monogram

Drawing shows two sailors being punished, the first is seated with a rod beneath his knees and over his elbows, his hands tied together just below his knees, a small rod is placed in his mouth with a cord tied ... More

John Stuart Mill, M.P. - Public domain portrait engraving

John Stuart Mill, M.P. - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, bust, facing left. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. A conference held yesterday at the War Department between Army and Corps area commanders and the Secretary of War and Chief of Staff was held to plan intensive training of the army for the next six months. Left to right: Brig. General Lorenzo D. Gasser; Maj. General Daniel Van Voorhis, Commanding General of the 5th Corps. area; Maj. General Percy P. Bishop, Commanding General, 7th Corps. area; Maj. General Herbert J. Brees, Commanding General, 8th Corps area; Lieut. General Stanley D. Embick, Commanding General, 3rd Army and Fourth Corps area; Lieut. General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding General, First Army and Second Corps. area; Major General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff; Harry Woodring, Secretary of War, Lieut. General Stanley H. Ford, Commanding General, 2nd Army and Sixth Corps area on or about Dec. 1 with the rank of Lieutenant General; Maj. General James K. Parsons, Commanding General, 3rd Corps area; Maj. General James A. Woodruff, Commanding General, 1st Corps area; Brig. General George P. Tyner, Assistant Chief of Staff. Note: Brig. General Gasser who is first in this photo is Acting Chief of Staff

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General i... More

[A man or monk seated, facing front, sleeping or meditating]

[A man or monk seated, facing front, sleeping or meditating]

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. A conference held yesterday at the War Department between Army and Corps area commanders and the Secretary of War and Chief of Staff was held to plan intensive training of the army for the next six months. Left to right: Brig. General Lorenzo D. Gasser; Maj. General Daniel Van Voorhis, Commanding General of the 5th Corps. area; Maj. General Percy P. Bishop, Commanding General, 7th Corps. area; Maj. General Herbert J. Brees, Commanding General, 8th Corps area; Lieut. General Stanley D. Embick, Commanding General, 3rd Army and Fourth Corps area; Lieut. General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding General, First Army and Second Corps. area; Major General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff; Harry Woodring, Secretary of War, Lieut. General Stanley H. Ford, Commanding General, 2nd Army and Sixth Corps area on or about Dec. 1 with the rank of Lieutenant General; Maj. General James K. Parsons, Commanding General, 3rd Corps area; Maj. General James A. Woodruff, Commanding General, 1st Corps area; Brig. General George P. Tyner, Assistant Chief of Staff. Note: Brig. General Gasser who is first in this photo is Acting Chief of Staff

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A man or monk seated at a table, leaning on his arms, possibly asleep or meditating]

[A man or monk seated at a table, leaning on his arms, possibly asleep...

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Half-length, sweated portrait of a man wearing a hat]

[Half-length, sweated portrait of a man wearing a hat]

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

[Self portrait] - Print, Library of Congress collection

[Self portrait] - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

Washington giving the laws to America

Washington giving the laws to America

Print shows an elderly man, representing George Washington, seated holding a stone tablet "The American Constitution." He is surrounded by allegorical figures. Britannia and her lion sit at Washington's feet. ... More

Statue of a seated man - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Statue of a seated man - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...

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

[A man carrying a shoulder pole with a trunk and bedding for a patron standing on the left]

[A man carrying a shoulder pole with a trunk and bedding for a patron ...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Seated man with cane Giacomo Meverbeer

Seated man with cane Giacomo Meverbeer

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Maurou. Giacomo Meverbeer

[A man or monk seated, seen from behind, holding a short dagger(?) in right hand, while meditating or contemplating seppuku]

[A man or monk seated, seen from behind, holding a short dagger(?) in ...

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Actors or musicians standing next to a large, decorated cylindar with cover; one man is carrying another on his shoulders]

[Actors or musicians standing next to a large, decorated cylindar with...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

The little man in black - Public domain portrait engraving

The little man in black - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows a caricature of Aaron Burr, full-length portrait, right profile, carrying a book titled "Linkum Fidelius"; originally published in "Salmagundi" by Washington Irving. (DLC/PP-1998:151). Forms part o... More

William Berryman - [Man on horseback on road]

William Berryman - [Man on horseback on road]

Title from finding aid. Watercolor sketch in top right corner. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

[Portrait of a man seated] - Public domain portrait painting

[Portrait of a man seated] - Public domain portrait painting

Possible self-portrait of John Rubens Smith, half-length, seated, facing slightly right.

[Maximilian I] J. Stieler pinx ; B. Rausch del.

[Maximilian I] J. Stieler pinx ; B. Rausch del.

Print shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Maximilian I., King of Bavaria, after a painting by Joseph K. Stieler, made around 1810.

Lord Byron / Edwin, sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Lord Byron / Edwin, sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Engraved for the Analectic magazine. Stauffer II, 723.

Lealtad (A man mocked), aquatint

Lealtad (A man mocked), aquatint

Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 14 Delteil; 218; Harris; 264 II. Purchase; Peter Lamb; 1983; (DLC/PP-1984... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Seki sanjūrō no ukai kujūrō

Utagawa Toyokuni - Seki sanjūrō no ukai kujūrō

Print shows Seki Sanjūrō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in front of a folding screen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Guizott / lith. de Delpech. - Public domain portrait engraving

Guizott / lith. de Delpech. - Public domain portrait engraving

Half-length portrait, facing left. No. 46. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of unidentified man, half-length, seated, facing front

Portrait of unidentified man, half-length, seated, facing front

(DLC/PP-2000:095) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Alfred Moore, 1755-1810 - Public domain portrait engraving

Alfred Moore, 1755-1810 - Public domain portrait engraving

Bust, facing right; in oval. Engraving by J Veagle. Illus. in: Literary and scientific repository and critical review, no. 1, 1820 July. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Cap... More

Circus scene showing a man (magician?) standing on a table holding a curtain, standing to the right is a clown with a horn, on the left a man is balancing on one foot on a moving horse while another performer stands nearby, the audience stands in the background J.A.W

Circus scene showing a man (magician?) standing on a table holding a c...

Woodside's drawing may be a copy after an illustration from an 1815 English edition of "Songs of the Chase." Inscribed in pencil on verso: This is a copy by John A. Woodside of a vignette cut in the book "Songs... More

Francois Seraphin Delpech - Les fumeurs L. Boilly ; G? lith. de Delpech

Francois Seraphin Delpech - Les fumeurs L. Boilly ; G? lith. de Delpec...

Print shows two men, possibly porters, exchanging a light from one another's pipes; one man is seated on rocks or bundles and the other is seated on the frame for carrying bundles on his back. Forms part of: P... More

Lithographe lith. de Engelmann & Cie

Lithographe lith. de Engelmann & Cie

Print shows two scenes, on the left an elderly man is grinding a lithographic stone, printed above is "60 ans" and printed below is "Graineur de pierres lithographiques. Il faut vivre"; the scene on the right s... More

[Camel], Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain dedication image

[Camel], Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows a man playing a triangle while seated on the back of a camel. Includes untranslated text on recto. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Kuniyasu ga (by request). Seal date: year 7 of Bunsei era, Monke... More

Cepheus / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. - Public domain book illustration

Cepheus / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. - Public domain book illustration

Astronomical chart showing a man in seated posture forming the constellation. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 4.

A Thaw. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

A Thaw. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Pr...

Man seated and holding umbrella in room with a leaking roof. Engraving by George Hunt. Drawn and etched by Theodore Lane, publ. 1827. Ref. copy in LOT 4447. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection (Li... More

Major Genl. A. Macomb / T. Sully pinxt ; on stone Childs direx.

Major Genl. A. Macomb / T. Sully pinxt ; on stone Childs direx.

Print shows Alexander Macomb, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, with arms folded across chest, wearing military uniform. Painted by Thomas Sully in 1829 as Macomb assumed the position of Major Gener... More

[Portly man walking with arms outstretched]

[Portly man walking with arms outstretched]

Illustration shows a depiction of the Japanese saying "the person who fills the Great Way," which refers to a person of great virtue who has nothing to hide, although it shows a corrupt man who carries money in... More

Like master like man / E.W. Clay del.

Like master like man / E.W. Clay del.

Print shows two African American men, with their seconds, about to fight a duel with pistols at close range.

Man driving carriage RS monogram

Man driving carriage RS monogram

Print shows a well-dressed man, full-length, sitting on the seat of a carriage, holding a whip in his right hand and the reins in his left. Signed on plate with monogram: RS. Printed below image: Your [...] Th... More

[Optical illusion disc with man and frog]

[Optical illusion disc with man and frog]

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a ball passing between a frog in a circle at the center of the disc and a man in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: McLean's optical illu... More

[Optical illusion disc with birds, butterflies, and a man jumping]

[Optical illusion disc with birds, butterflies, and a man jumping]

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a man jumping from a pole in a circle at the center of the disc and of a birds and butterflies in flight in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Publishe... More

[Optical illusion disc with a face catching a ball and a man with blackface taking a bow]

[Optical illusion disc with a face catching a ball and a man with blac...

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a face catching a ball in a circle at the center of the disc and a man with blackface taking a bow in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: ... More

[Optical illusion disc with man pumping water]

[Optical illusion disc with man pumping water]

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a man pumping water in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Published in: McLean's optical illusions; or magic panorama. London, T. McLean, 1833. Exhibit... More

The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshanks, under the immediate Superintendence of Maj. Jack Downing.

The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshan...

A burlesque parade, led by Andrew Jackson and satirizing various aspects of his administration. The procession moves from right to left. At its head is Jackson, seated on a horse with Martin Van Buren cross-le... More

[Optical illusion disc with man jumping rope and a man sticking out his tongue]

[Optical illusion disc with man jumping rope and a man sticking out hi...

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a man with black-face jumping rope in a circle at the center of the disc and of a man sticking out his tongue in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. Pub... More

[Optical illusion disc with two men throwing and catching cakes and stars]

[Optical illusion disc with two men throwing and catching cakes and st...

The disc is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a man tossing cakes and stars in a circle at the center of the disc to a man seated on a box with a crown on it in a circle at the outer edge of the disc. P... More

Southern ideas of liberty - Political cartoon, public domain image

Southern ideas of liberty - Political cartoon, public domain image

An imaginative portrayal of the violent suppression of abolitionist propagandizing and insurrectionism in the South. The print may have been stimulated by several instances during the early 1830s of hanging, ta... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Triumphal procession of the eagle and other birds, at the April election 1837

Triumphal procession of the eagle and other birds, at the April electi...

A parade of jubilant New York City Whigs, led by successful mayoral candidate Aaron Clark (at right, with walking stick). Clark, who defeated Tammany candidate John J. Morgan in the Spring election, walks arm-i... More

Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux chief / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No. 94 Walnut St.

Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux chief / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithog...

Print shows Waa-Pa-Shaw, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing coat, vest, and necktie.

The new code of chivalry or what we would have done.  As approved by "The American:" For 1838

The new code of chivalry or what we would have done. As approved by "...

The second of two satires by Chambers on events surrounding the killing of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley by Kentucky Representative William J. Graves in a February 24, 1838, duel. (See also "Scene in Washin... More

J. D'Alembert / Lith. de Depech, Zin. Belliard.

J. D'Alembert / Lith. de Depech, Zin. Belliard.

Portrait print showing Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, head and shoulders, facing slightly right. Tiré de l'Academie Royale de France. Drawn by Zepherin Félix Jean Marius Belliard after a painting by Maurice-Quentin d... More

Man driving a coach T.C.W - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Man driving a coach T.C.W - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Print shows a man, facing right, smoking a cigarette, sitting on the seat of a coach, holding the reins and a whip.

Der wiedererstandene Eulenspiegel Da es nun Zeit war, gebot er dem Eulenspiegel, dass er ganz-still und züchtig hinter ihm sitzen sollte

Der wiedererstandene Eulenspiegel Da es nun Zeit war, gebot er dem Eul...

Illustration for a story showing an elderly man riding on a horse with a young boy seated behind him; the horse has lifted its tail to defecate on the street, at the same time, the boy lifts his shirt to expose... More

[Isaiah Lukens, half-length portrait, facing front]

[Isaiah Lukens, half-length portrait, facing front]

Possibly by Paul Beck Goddard. Case: variant of Rinhart 271; pressure sensitive label on case "162." Resealed W.F. Stapp, NPG/Smithsonian 8/5/83. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:087.24). Forms pa... More

The last card. Tip overthrown - Public domain book illustration

The last card. Tip overthrown - Public domain book illustration

A satire on the controversy surrounding charges of election fraud against New York State tobacco inspector James B. Glentworth and other Whigs during the election of 1838. The allegations were made two years l... More

[Emlen Cresson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Emlen Cresson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Printed on yellow paper label pasted to the paper seal: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut [sic], Philadelphia. Written on paper seal: E. Cresson, May 30th, 1840. In cast b... More

Sketch from a cabinet picture by Gibert taken in 1843 by A.J.S.

Sketch from a cabinet picture by Gibert taken in 1843 by A.J.S.

Drawing shows an unidentified man, seated, holding a glass as if for a toast. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2005-2006.

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