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[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Daifukuya no dan, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a man sitting behind a screen watching two women, one holding a long pipe. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri... More

Monsieur Perrukesmore a French cavalier, & Sir Penitent Pig-back a Cat...

Two Lilliputian figures, a French landholder, and a Catalonian pilgrim headed for the Holy Land confront each other. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial border.

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, north gallery, view ...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro031. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, view s...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro022. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, west p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, north gallery, view ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, with c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, with c...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro026. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, with c...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro028. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, view s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, north gallery, view ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, north gallery, view ...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro032. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, with c...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro027. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, with c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, with c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

DCM 0409: Clair Godfroy, aîné Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Dorus G# has a unique 'equilizing lever' to limit rise of ring and key. Foot keys to B of unique design, all holes in one row." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, gold-plated silver keys, f... More

DCM 0300: Anonymous, South American Indian Vertical Whistle Flute (Duc...

DCM ledger: "From the Amazon." Quoting from a letter from Harold Reeves, 29 Nov. 1922, DCM records further: "Sent to Dr. Southgate about 28 yrs ago (1894) by his son, at that time resident in Brazil." Instrumen... More

DCM 1300: Peter Joseph Tonger Flute in C

The head joint tubing is brass with a U-bend followed by a right angle turn leading to the upper joint. The head has a boxwood embouchure barrel and very rectangular embouchure hole. The body is in 2 sections. ... More

DCM 1257: Beukers Recorder in High D (Sixth Flute)

Foot joint lower end of bore has a pair of channels carved about 180 degrees apart and to a depth of about 8 millimeters (along inside bore), purpose uncertain. However, this may have been a means of mounting t... More

DCM 0541: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...

DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." See DCM 539. Tied into the upper retaining thong is a large bird feather to which is attached a piece of yellow ribbon further ornamented with a small swatch of red ribbon. Instrumen... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0633: Anonymous Transverse Flute

Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Unidentified wood, highly ornamented throughout.; 24.45 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Extremely warped unless having been made as ... More

Henricus I. Rex desig. et sculpt. G. Vertue

Henry I, King of England, bust portrait, left profile, with ornaments and vignette below depicting dungeon scene. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of England / Paul de Rapin-Thoyras & N. Tindal. London, 17 .

Fee Simple, a councellor and Beau Bungey, a cringing courtier, British...

Two Lilliputian figures, a lawyer and a courtier, or landholder, stand discussing the means by which the courtier will settle his estate. Includes explanatory verse and ornamental and pictorial borders. Forms p... More

The twelve months represented by Lilliputian figures, British Cartoon ...

Scene in January, showing couple keeping warm in winter clothing; and scene in February, showing couple, in masquerades, holding hands. Each scene framed by elaborate ornamental and pictorial borders. Forms par... More

Francis Beaumont, English dramatist, head-and-shoulders portrait, wear...

Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Fletcher, English dramatist, head-and-shoulders portrait, in orna...

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Signed and dated on plate. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing s...

Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richardus I. Rex Anglorum Vertue del. sculp

Richard I, King of England, bust portrait, facing front, in crown and mantle, holding battle-axe, with ornaments. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of England / Paul de Rapin-Thoyras & N. Tindal. London, 1732.

King Canute ye Dane in. et sculp: G. Vertue

Canute, King of England, Denmark and Norway, bust portrait, left profile, with ornaments and vignette below portrait depicting the story of Canute and his courtiers. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of Eng... More

[America, 1771 - title page ornamentation showing Native wearing skirt...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of ornamental art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Essai dune nouvelle typographie, orne´e de vignettes, fleurons, troph...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[America, 1772 - title page ornamentation showing Native wearing skirt...

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ōtawaraya uchi wakamastsu, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Wakamatsu of Okawara-ya, a courtesan, full-length, walking, turned to the right, with several young apprentices walking with her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

[Map ornament - Mars watches Fame unfurl a detailed map of New York an...

Illus. in: Carte de l'Amérique Septle. pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerre entre les Anglois et les insurgents / M le Chr. de Beaurain. Paris : 1777, detail. Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

Kyōmachi nichōme kirihishiya uchi manyō - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Manyō with another courtesan and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Nidaime yamashita kinsaku - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

[Ornament for the title page of The European magazine showing the godd...

Illus. in: The European Magazine. London : Philological Society of London, v. 3, 1783, title page. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library... More

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

Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Hitomachi with another woman and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Santō Kyōden - Segawa - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the courtesan Segawa standing next to a hibachi with two young attendants wearing elaborate hair arrangements. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

[Arms of the British forces] - Public domain print

Print shows British arms with drum and flag as title page ornament. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 / John Andrews. London : J. Fi... More

Matsubaya uchi Utahime, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Utahime, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishik... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ouka no Oiran dōchū

Print shows a woman standing beneath a parasol with branches of cherry blossoms above. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashira... More

Wakanaya uchi Shiratsuyu, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Shiratsuyu, full-length portrait with many hairpins, sitting, facing left, holding a long pipe. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Mitsuhata senzan misayama itotaki oribae, Eishi Hosoda

Print shows four geishas or courtesans. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Sanya karitaku no zu

Print shows two courtesans, full-length, standing, one leaning on a railing, facing right, the other holding a scroll, reading, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Chōjiya uchi karagoto - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Karagoto, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants.

Matsubaya uchi somenosuke, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows the courtesan Somenosuke with two young female attendants/apprentices. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nihonzutsumi o miru yūjo

Print shows a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part... More

Koto to shō, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women playing musical instruments, one playing the koto and the other panpipes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Kaidan o oriru onna

Print shows a woman descending a staircase, she has a small roll of cloth or paper in her mouth. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

Okamotoya uchi sayagata, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sayagata, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Okamotoya uchi shinateru - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Shinateru with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakana no hat... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Tsuruya uchi tsurunou - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a courtesan with two attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō bijin awase : A series of beauties... More

Tamaya uchi shizuka - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows Shizuka, a courtesan, bust portrait, holding a book, facing slightly right, with many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Chōjiya hinazuru hinamatsu, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Hinatsuru and Hinamatsu of Chōji-ya, courtesans, half-length, one holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More

Miuraya komurasaki shirai gonpachi - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Jitsukurabe iro no minakami : True comparisons of erotic wellsprings. Format: vertica... More

Tamaya uchi wakamurasaki komurasaki, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows two courtesans, bust portraits, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of... More

Paas & Co. Manufacturers of bookbinders & printers' brafs ornaments......

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

Ōgiya takihashi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Takihashi, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with several large hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

[House Members Room. Light of Truth (blue) panel in the Spectrum of Li...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Matsubaya uchi segawa, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows the courtesan, Segawa, with two young male and female servants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the left ... More

Matsubaya uchi yoyotose yoyoginu - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi - Public domain drawing

Print shows Hanaōgi, a courtesan, half-length, holding a portrait of a man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Edo shin-... More

Segawa michisaburō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Segawa Michisaburō, full-length portrait, body turned to the right, facing left, holding a board in raised left hand, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Hana, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing beneath a tree branch with blossoms, facing left, with several hairpins in her hair, holding a handkerchief next to her right eye, looking at a mirror or pict... More

Wakamatsuya uchi midorigi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Aiban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Edochō echizenya uchi morokoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Morokoshi, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing numerous hairpins, with a young female attendant also wearing an elaborate hair dressing. Title and other descriptive in... More

Ichikawa Dannosuke, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa, Danzō, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding cloth or paper in right hand. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Tamaya uchi tagasode - Public domain drawing

Print shows Tagasode of Tama-ya, a courtesan, with many hairpins, and another woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More

Yamabuki ōgiya uchi takigawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows Takiqawa, a courtesan at Ōgiya, with a female attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Kitagawa Utamaro... More

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows the samurai-turned-murderer Gonpachi and the young beauty-turned-prostitute Komurasaki. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Matsubaya uchi yosooi, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows Yosoi of Matsuba-ya, a courtesan, walking with a young female attendant and a male servant carrying a large parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows two women, one writing on a scroll, both wear many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō mutama... More

Tsuruya uchi kashiku - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows the courtesan Kashiku, full-length portrait, standing in front of a tree in blossom, facing slightly right, with young female attendant, both wearing numerous hairpins.

Shin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows several women, with many hairpins and elaborate headdresses, walking down a corridor in a brothel, followed by a man wearing a mask. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Title page, with calligrahic ornamentation, of John Jenkins, The art o...

Illus. in: John Jenkins, The art of writing, Cambridge, Andover, printed by Flagg & Gould, 1813, title page. No reference copy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings... More

Paper hanging 44 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Top border for number forty three. Composed of a horizontal garland ornamented with a rose in the centre and on each side with leaves and j... More

Paper hanging 43 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty Three. Ground imitating a drapery, shaded and lighted by stripes and ornaments in sections of a circle, printed in grey and wh... More

Paper hanging 41 - A piece of cloth with a design on it

Wallpaper design acccompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty One. Ground. Star closely set, printed in grey and white, on a lighter grey ground enclosed on each side with a garland of je... More

[Paper hanging 66]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design. Printed label for companion sheet, LOT 14054, no. 14-a, describes the pattern: "Number Sixty Six. Ground imitating a garden gate, of open ornamental iron work, gilt, on one side a pialster for... More

Paper hanging no. 50 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Fifty. Border for number forty nine. Forming a cornice divided by an ornament Arabesque set with palms, in the centre a medallion, a... More

Kaidan o noboru yūjo, Eizan Kikukawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Paper hanging 55. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Fifty Five. Border for number fifty four. Festoon terminating in points, ornamented with fringe, crescents, and stars. The lower bor... More

Paper hanging 51. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Fifty One. Ground pin work, ornamented with a garland of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, between each garland a palm ornament, on... More

Paper hanging 49 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty Nine. Ground in Arabic style, composed of an Arabesque ascending in the centre--the sides lighted and shaded by horizontal lin... More

[Paper hanging 68]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Sixty Eight. Design of double columns, ornamented with grapes and vine leaves. Another part ornamented with losanges, placed horizon... More

Tamaya uchi koshikibu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Koshikibu, a courtesan, full-length, walking with two attendants.

Paper hanging 66. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design with gilded pillar for Ramée's gilded ironwork. Accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Sixty Six. Ground imitating a garden gate, of open ornamental iron work, gilt, on on... More

Kukimanjiya uchi Takimoto, Kunitomi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Takimoto, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing colorful kimono with rooster design, and with many hairpins, holding a small child. Title and other descriptive ... More

Nihonzutsumi no rakugan tamaya uchi Tamagushi

Print shows Tamagushi, a courtesan, full-length portrait, with several hairpins, seated, reading a scroll; picture hanging on the wall above her shows geese descending on the Nihon embankment. Title and other d... More

Oiran, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows an oiran, a high-class courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: S... More

Hikeyotsu no yoru no ame, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing at an open doorway, looking out at the rain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Miuraya takao - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Takao of the Miura-ya, a courtesan, full-length, standing beneath a pine bough, facing left as a bird flies by her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Daimonjiya uchi ichimoto - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Ichimoto of Daimonji-ya, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, looking to the right, wearing many hairpins and a kimono with a fish design.

Nakamaru matsue no keisei miyako - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakamura Matsue in an onnagata role as the keisei (courtesan) Miyako, standing at a gate in the wall around a city, beating a small drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

Nenrei, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman sitting by a trunk and a large lantern, putting hairpins in her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Yoshidaya, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a full-length portrait of a courtesan, standing, facing right, with diamond-shaped picture hanging on the wall in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More