[Central Dome, 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
[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and cerami...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and cerami...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Central Dome, 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
[Houses of the Romanesque, Medieval, and Renaissance periods in the Hi...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Maps show percentages of African Americans in the United States between 1800 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of ... More
Vue de la salle de Walse construite au carré de la laiterie (soixante ...
Print shows celebrations for the anniversary of the founding of the French Republic, July 14, 1801 in two images, including a tent for dancing and a balloon ascension from which André Jacques Garnerin descends ... More
Fête du 14 juillet an IX vue du temple eleve dans le grand carré des C...
Print shows a celebration on the Champs Elyseés in Paris, France, on Bastille Day, July 14, 1801. Includes spectators watching a balloon ascension. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
John Bull in Paris; or, English guineas for French pleasure!
Print shows John Bull standing between two French women offering them a bag of guineas.
German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray in...
Cartoon showing Count Starhemberg riding past Napoleon, sniffing snuff, failing to pay his respects to him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Translation de Louis seize et de sa famille au temple le 13 Aoust 1792...
Print shows French soldiers and citizens escorting Louis XVI and the royal family in a carriage to the temple on August 13, 1792.
[Cranial shape of skull of sane man in figure 3 and 4 compared to skul...
Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
3ème et dernière expérience de descente en parachute par Melle. Garner...
Broadside announcing the final parachute jump at Champ-de-Mars, Paris, April 21, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836. Includes two pictures of parachutes. Tissandier collection.
[Projet de marché aux charbons. Second version. Plan and bird's-eye vi...
Projet de marché aux charbons, deuxieme plan. Vue général du marché aux charbons prise de Chaillot. Sheet 3. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP... More
Plan routier de la ville de Paris et des ses faubourgs, divisé en 12 a...
Includes indexes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
West front of the Church of Notre Dame / Drawn by A. Pugin ; engraved ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cathedral or church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Fontaine de Grenelle / J. Romney, sc. ; T.T. Bury, delt. ; A. Pugin, d...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chateau des Tuileries, côté du carrousel Palace of the Tuileries, side...
Print shows a view of the Tuileries Palace with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and a large plaza with pedestrians and carriages in the foreground. From series: Vues de Paris.
Trente jours de plaisirs. 1000 fr. de plaisirs pour 15 fr. Pour 50 cen...
Advertisement for a monthly subscription to theatrical productions, balls, concerts, the circus, and other entertainments, probably at venues in and around Paris. Text appears within an outline of a balloon asc... More
Emotions Parisiennes. L'or est une chimère - pour ceux qui n'ont pas l...
Print shows a man in a tall black hat with his hands in his pockets, looking sardonically at a window, covered by a grill, behind which sit bowls of coins. Daumier was a French caricaturist and cartoonist, who... More
Vue prise du Pont Neuf à Paris / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Martens, s...
View near the Pont Neuf, including equestrian statue of Henri IV, Paris, France. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 20. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.
Fête de la Concorde, arrivée des corporations au Champ-de-Mars / dessi...
Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848, in a ceremony commemorating the French Republic. A large crowd is assembled in the foreground; monuments, banne... More
Cirque Américain - Place du Chateau d'Eau, J.W. Myers, proprietor
Print showing an exterior view of the Place du Chateau d'Eau in Paris, France, with a throng of people in the foreground.
Le diamant de bluze est une nouvelle découverte qui vient de jeter une...
Advertisement for a Paris jewelry store depicting a man sitting in a ring tied to a balloon labeled "Palais des diamants." Tissandier collection.
Paris moderne. Les Tuileries, le Louvre, et la rue de Rivoli, vue pris...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. No. 5 handwritten at bottom of print Plate from Souvenirs de Paris et de ses environs. Monuments et sites les plus remarquables, dessinés d'après na... More
[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)
Kermesse au jardin des plantes (8 septembre) / A. J. Lallemand, sculpt...
Print shows a woman in the basket of an inflated balloon on the ground at right ready for ascent and a crowd in the foreground gathered to celebrate a September fair in the Royal Gardens, Paris, France. Tissan... More
Paris. La Madeleine / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 8. No. 53.
Paris. Panthéon / E. Baldus. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 29. 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. Sainte Clotilde / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 4. No. 83.
Paris. Colonne de Juillet / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 20. No. 32.
Paris. Invalides / E. Baldus. - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 5. No. 23.
[Facade of Notre-Dame de Paris] / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 23. 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
[Place de la Concorde, Paris, France] / E. Baldus.
Place de la Concorde, showing fountains, obelisk and buildings. In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 7.
[Hôtel de justice and St. Chapelle] / E. Baldus.
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 22. 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
[Hotel de ville] / E. Baldus. - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...
In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 19. 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
[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.
[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.
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.
[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.
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
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 - 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 - 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
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
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.
[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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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