By the Proprietary of the Province of Pensilvania, and counties annexe...
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The Highland visitors / Van Guzzel delin. ; Van Duivel Kind, sculp., B...
An open space in a country town where "The Post House" is at the sign of "The Old Crown, kept by George King with ye best of Usage". Highlanders are plundering and abusing the inhabitants in all directions. A d... More
High life at midnight, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a street scene: five upper class men and women returning home after an evening of entertainment are attacked by a group of lower class men armed with staffs intent on robbery. One of the well dresse... More
Stolen wine, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain portrait drawing
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th cent... More
Deserved punishment, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th cent... More
House-breaking, before sun-set, British Cartoon Print
British caricature showing man with musket "constitution" shooting bullets "resolve" from Treasury at man "truth" with hatchet and staff "loyality", man with axe "presumptive rights", man with crowbar "begum so... More
Henry Clay's bulbous panteloons sic or where the coffee went to
Drawing shows an Anglo-African (or African American) cabin boy named "Henry Clay" on board a ship; he has been caught by another sailor with a stash of stolen coffee that he has hidden in pantaloons. Inscribed... More
A bull bitch, Thomas Rowlandson, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More
The fatted calf a prey to wild beasts
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More
Godanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows Yoichibei, an old man, returning home after selling his daughter, Okaru, to a brothel to raise money so that his son-in-law, Kampei, can redeem himself. Yochibei is being robbed and murdered by Sada... More
Miseries of bathing, Thomas Rowlandson
Picryl description: Public domain image of erotic art, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, carica... More
Doctor Syntax, stopt by highwaymen, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More
P. 4: Covetiveness, secretiveness, the organ of tune, size, weight, fi...
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Le voleur de poires (1st plate)
Episode of the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." The thief has climbed up a ladder into a tree laden with fruit, and hung his basket on a branch; the "Bonhomme Misère," waving his crutch summons him in the presence ... More
Le voleur de poires (2nd plate)
Same composition as the preceding number (catalogue raisonné number 138), but reduced in size and etched in counter-part, signed at right "A. Legros." Episode of the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." The thief has c... More
Le voleur de poires (1st plate)
Episode of the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." The thief has climbed up a ladder into a tree laden with fruit, and hung his basket on a branch; the "Bonhomme Misère," waving his crutch summons him in the presence ... More
Le voleur de poires (2nd plate)
Same composition as the preceding number (catalogue raisonné number 138), but reduced in size and etched in counter-part, signed at right "A. Legros." Episode of the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." The thief has c... More
Le voleur de poires (2nd plate)
Same composition as the preceding number (catalogue raisonné number 138), but reduced in size and etched in counter-part, signed at right "A. Legros." Episode of the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." The thief has c... More
The "Ostend Doctrine," practical Democrats carrying out the principle
James Buchanan, U. S. Minister to Great Britain, was one of the formulators of the "Ostend Manifesto" which stated that the U. S. should first try to buy Cuba from Spain or if that didn't work the U. S. should ... More
Le voleur de poires (1st plate)
Episode of the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." The thief has climbed up a ladder into a tree laden with fruit, and hung his basket on a branch; the "Bonhomme Misère," waving his crutch summons him in the presence ... More
Le voleur de poires (1st plate)
Episode of the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." The thief has climbed up a ladder into a tree laden with fruit, and hung his basket on a branch; the "Bonhomme Misère," waving his crutch summons him in the presence ... More
Inspectors - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing shows three drunken men, two support the weight of the third. The man on the left removes the wallet of the middle man. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway an... More
Spaniards robbing an Indian temple / J.W. Orr, N.Y.
Spaniards robbing Indians at temple in Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd,... More
[A series of small scenes that illustrate various ways of getting mone...
Title devised. Inscribed: Robbery; Forgery; Burglary; Highway robbery; CHECK BOOK. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0512) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Guerrilla depredations - "Your money or your life!" / sketched by W.D....
Print shows renegade Confederate soldiers robbing a man on horseback, at gunpoint, while others attack a covered wagon in the background. Illus. from: Harper's Weekly, vol. 8, no. 417 (1864 December 24), p. 82... More
Lessons for the uninitiated - pickpockets at work on the city railroad...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 25, 1867 Sept. 21, p. 1.
"We's mast burdlers. Where 'oo keep 'oor cookies?"
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
Ye veracious chronicle of Gruff & Pompey in 7 tableaux Donaldson Broth...
Print shows an eight-panel folding comic advertisement for C.A. Jackson & Co. Chewing Tobacco presenting the story of Gruff and Pompey. Pompey, a boot-black, has stolen a plug of "Jacksons Best Chewing Tobacco"... More
[Gertie]. Old Pew obeyed her -- : beat it now! cried Gertie, fast as ...
Title devised by cataloger. Preparatory sketch for "Gertie" cartoon strip. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
[Gertie. Gertie with woman outside Kids' restaurant, women being seate...
Title devised by cataloger. Preparatory sketches for "Gertie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
[Gertie]. Dig out your wad old scout said she and slip that dame five ...
Preparatory sketch for "Gertie" cartoon strip. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
[Gertie]. One morning on Fifth Avenue Gertie saw Mr. Cyrus Pew the ban...
Preparatory sketches for "Gertie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Our robber barons / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several rogues, Jay Gould labeled "R. Road Monopolist", William H. Vanderbilt labeled "Corporations", Cyrus W. Field labeled "Telegraph Monopoly", Russell Sage(?) labeled "Stock Jobbing", and George... More
Congressional cracksmen / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Print shows "Policeman Puck" and Uncle Sam investigating a robbery at the U.S. Treasury, a safe has been broken into and a barrel labeled "150,000,000 $ Surplus" is empty; there is a hole in the floor which lea... More
Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spo...
Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing a top hat with three plumes, a sack labeled "For the Plunder" hanging from his neck, and a paper tied at his waist that states "20 Years on the Make", attempting to br... More
Out of the frying-pan into the fire / Gillam.
Illustration shows James G. Blaine trying to climb over a wall labeled "National Garden Post No Bills" and "No Admittance to Lobbyists, Jobbers & Other Objectionable Characters"; he is carrying a bag over his s... More
Shutting the stable-door after the horse is stolen / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Chester A. Arthur closing a door labeled "Good Administration" to a stable labeled "Political Record Barn"; there is a lock on the ground with a key in it and, in the background, a group of m... More
A "hold up" that will not work - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Bufford's fruit cards, no. 779-4 [apple] / Bufford.
Print shows a large apple(?) with the arms, legs, and head of a woman, facing right, shaking her fist and scolding a group of boys who may be stealing apples from trees in the background. S24958 U.S. Copyright ... More
"The people wanted a change, and they got it" - Benj. Harrison But the...
Print shows, on the left, Grover Cleveland tipping his hat as he leaves office in 1889, after passing the key to a large safe labeled "U.S. Treasury" with a "Surplus $100,000,000 Dollars" to incoming president ... More
After the hold-up / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows William L. Wilson standing in the street outside the White House, holding open a large carpet bag labeled "Wilson's Free List" which contains papers labeled "Free Wool", he has an umbrella labeled "... More
That deadly dope - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The free silver highwayman at it again / Keppler.
Print shows a highwayman identified as a "Silverite", holding two handguns labeled "Free Coinage" and "McKinleyism", and with papers extending from a pocket labeled "Paternalism" and "Wild Cat Schemes"; he is h... More
The new Siberia by Bartley Campbell.
Caption: I'll pay for it! Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti - N.Y." MacDonough & Kennedy, proprietors. NY-7067. Similar poster with different details and different size: POS - TH - 1... More
Robbing the male, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
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The foolish resurrectionists / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Print shows William Jennings Bryan and James K. Jones digging up a grave labeled "16 [to] 1 Free Silver. Politely executed by a large and enthusiastic body of voters Nov. 1896"; other tombstones in the cemetery... More
Robbing the mail, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
A Hold up, Ontario, Canada - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
They caught him : Hughey's only got a year
(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Moment of Clear Vision" by Octave Thanet, Scribner's magazine, 23:318 (March 1898).
A Hold up, Ontario, Canada - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Pawnee Bill's Wild West Co., Niagara Falls, June 23, 1898; cf. negative D4-42009. "42243" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062067. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The male robber baffled, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
Luke Whoozis. "He's late tonight, I hope nothing has happened to him, ...
Four frame comic strip. A mugger waits for Luke Whoozis to pass, and when he does, demands his wallet. However, Luke replies that he was headed to the police station to get it. No copyright information found ... More
McFadden's row of flats the comedy that has made millions laugh : eve...
D10178 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: I dare you to fire on the American flag. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." No. 4615. Forms part of: The... More
Missed!--A deaf looter at Galveston escapes temporarily a deserved fat...
A "deaf" thief removing a ring from the hand of a dead victim of a hurricane and flood, Galveston, Texas. D21852 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 627-C.
Royal Lilliputians a gigantic organization of lilliputians, dwarfs, mi...
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Siberia written by Bartley Campbell.
D11997 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: I'll pay for it! Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co, Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction, W.J. Fielding. No. 4417. Forms part of: The... More
Evolution of the "hold-up" / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a traveling couple beset upon by every member of the service industry, coachmen, porters, maids, messengers, busboys, and cooks, for some amount of remuneration. The cartoonist equates this t... More
He jes bus' right into a lady's house an' stole all her jew'lry
(DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Book for Mothers" by Lucy Pratt, McClure's magazine, 30:505 (Feb. 1908).
Avfotografering., portrait, Gustav Borgen. Borgensamlingen. Norsk
Avfotografering. Public domain photograph - Gustav Borgen studio, bust portrait, the 1900s Norway, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The hold-up / Albert Levering. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows a group of highwaymen labeled "Trust, Express Company, [and] Protected Monopoly" robbing a stagecoach labeled "The Consumers' Coach"; the driver, labeled "Congress", is throwing them a pouch ... More
"Hands up!" / Will Crawford. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Santa Claus pointing a handgun at the viewer. Caption: As Santa Claus looks to some of us. Illus. in: Puck, v. 72, no. 1867 (1912 December 11), cover. Copyright 1912 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Who rules this town? - Drawing. Public domain image.
(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, Feb. 8, 1912, p. 5.
Poster - L'impérial cambrioleur - Public domain lithograph
Crown Prince, Wilhelm, (1882-1951) stealing and placing valuable items from the 'Chateau de Baye' in crates.
German soldiers stealing a sack of religious objects from an altar as ...
Indecipherable title on item: "La c[...]ée de culte." Edition of 100. Library has "3-100." Straight no. 966-10. In portfolio: Jou, Louis. Spolium! Album de quatorze eaux-fortes sur la guerre par Louis Jous. P... More
[Stealing coal from railroad coal-yard.] Location: [Boston, Massachus...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Stealing coal from railroad coal-yard. Location: Boston, Massachusett...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Stealing coal from railroad coal-yard. Location: Boston, Massachusetts...
In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4714. Hine no. 4718. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More
Swipin' coal from the freight yards. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahom...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Buster Brown]. Is it fun to be a Boy Scout? Is it fun to be? It's the...
Twelve-frame comic strip shows Buster Brown and his dog Tige, inspired by the sight of a group of Boy Scouts drilling with rifles and flags. He and Tige sign up with a recruiter, who gives him a list of laws, ... More
[Stealing coal from railroad coal-yard.] Location: [Boston, Massachus...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Stealing coal from railroad coal-yard. Location: Boston, Massachusetts...
In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4714. Hine no. 4716. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More
[Stealing coal from railroad coal-yard.] Location: [Boston, Massachus...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Stealing coal from railroad coal-yard. Location: Boston, Massachusetts...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4714. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More
Swipin' coal from the freight yards. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4795. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More
If you lift your voice you're done for!
Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Mary Otter" by Roland Pertwee, Saturday evening post, 193:15 (Sept. 25, 1920).
The hold-up, second state - Drawing. Public domain image.
After pulling a sizable edition, forty-two of the first state, Bellows worked a darker, more mysterious quality onto the stone, almost obscuring the figure of the stooping villain on the left. Obviously pleased... More
The hold-up, first state - Drawing. Public domain image.
The contemporary critics compared this print to the satirical work of Daumier. When the print was exhibited at Frederick Keppel and Company, it was in a review in the "New York Times," May 1, 1921, as a "..subj... More
"Stick 'em up!" / Ed Valtman '64.
Editorial cartoon drawing shows a Viet Cong labeled "Guerrilla Warfare" standing at the edge of tall grass, pointing a handgun labeled "Conventional Arms" at a startled President Lyndon Johnson who is carrying ... More
Firefighters and police officers work in harmony to rescue a trapped "...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Hettinger screams in simulated pain as the rescue ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
Rescue team members successfully remove a "victim" from an automobile ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
During an early morning mobility exercise STAFF SGT. Potter of the bas...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Pat...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
STAFF SGT. Kisselvich of MSSQ office checks the Identification tags of...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
STAFF SGT. Jimmy Hope and AIRMAN 1ST Class Shelly Lane read a manual o...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
Inspector General team member, TECH. SGT David King from Peterson AFB,...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
SENIOR AIRMAN Muzinich (left) and GS-6 Tony Riedel, both of the 90th C...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
A view of the phone center where not a moments rest is allowed in any ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon and AIRMAN 1ST Class Johnson prepare to unload tw...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
Dave Fritchie and Roy Vardanega, dressed in white protective suits, bo...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
SENIOR AIRMAN Jeremy Hewey from the 90th Civil Engineering Squadron, g...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 90TH MISSILE WING ORI Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Sce... More
Simulated poisonous pink gas from a Sulfur Mono Chloride spill at the ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
The Civil Engineering troops build wooden structures for future mobili...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
STAFF SGT. Randy Fitzpatrick of the 90th CES/CEF places AIRMAN Sean Ha...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
Dave Fritchie, with the 90th CES/CEF, dressed in a white protective su...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More
Dave Fritchie a GS-7 with the 90th CES/CEF is sprayed off in the first...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More