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[Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, standing on a carpet at the entrance to a yurt, dressed in traditional clothing and jewelry]

[Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, ...

A woman standing in front of a thatched hut. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Izobrazhenie preslavnoi batalii..., engraving, Library of Congress

Izobrazhenie preslavnoi batalii..., engraving, Library of Congress

View of the famous battle between the Russian and the Swedish armies, the Russian troops under the distinguished command of His Imperial Majesty Peter the First of all the Russians, the Swedish under His Royal ... More

[Peter the Great, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

[Peter the Great, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

Hubbard Collection. No. 2829-1. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Member of the riding house at Paris, delivering an harangue from the shoulders of a French citizen, British Cartoon Print

Member of the riding house at Paris, delivering an harangue from the s...

Print shows a member of the new French aristocracy wearing a Phrygian or Liberty cap with circular emblem (Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité) riding on the back of a French citizen; he implores, "Messrs. of the me... More

Nicolai Cavrilovitch Tharnusevsky, the Russian exile

Nicolai Cavrilovitch Tharnusevsky, the Russian exile

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

Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imperial Majesty Alexander 1st. by his much obliged humble servant J.A. Atkinson / drawn on the spot by J.A. Atkinson, from the observatory of the Academy of Sciences.

Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imper...

Print showing panoramic view of St. Petersburg, including Academy of Arts, colleges, Cronstad (i.e., Kronshtadt), warehouses, and the Gottorp Globe. Title also in French. Plate 3 of 4. Includes key to building... More

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Print shows an author lying on a bed being comforted by a friend after being accused of plagiarism by Truth hovering overhead; on the left is a male figure wearing a horned crown labeled "Plagiar[...]; on the l... More

Weg met de regie! Amerikansche waar

Weg met de regie! Amerikansche waar

Print shows Dutch soldiers and Russian cavalry driving away French excise men collecting import taxes on American tobacco in Holland; also shows businessmen around a barrel of tobacco leaves and ships in the ba... More

Vid goroda Makao s morskoĭ storony.

Vid goroda Makao s morskoĭ storony.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Plan of layout of Russian fort in Alaska, 1803-1806] / Capt'n. Lisiansky, del. ; Smith, sculp't.

[Plan of layout of Russian fort in Alaska, 1803-1806] / Capt'n. Lisian...

Reference copy in LOT 4390-P. Illus. in: Lisiansky. A voyage round the world, ..., London, 1814, pl. II.

Fête donner à la grande duchesse Hélène de russie par W.R. Chateaubriant, ambassadeur à Rome en 1830

Fête donner à la grande duchesse Hélène de russie par W.R. Chateaubria...

Drawing shows a crowd gathered around a balloon on the ground at the festivities prepared by Ambassador W.R. Chateaubriant in honor of the Grand Duchess of Russia in Rome, 1830. A second balloon is in sky at up... More

Feodor Nikititsch Romanow s. Philaret Mosquens et omn. Russiar, Patriarcha, Michaelis, Russ. zar parens

Feodor Nikititsch Romanow s. Philaret Mosquens et omn. Russiar, Patria...

Print shows Fedor Nikitich Romanov, Filaret, Patriarch of Russia, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion on pedestal with nameplate. He was the father of Michael (Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov),... More

John Randolph of Roanoke on his embarkation for Russia onboard ship "Concord"

John Randolph of Roanoke on his embarkation for Russia onboard ship "C...

Full-length silhouette portrait shows the Virginia politician John Randolph facing left. He is dressed in a coat with tails, boots with spurs and carries a thin cane. He served as U.S. Minister to Russia in 183... More

B.H.L. Klimkiewicz as a prisoner of state. Dungeon of Kamienice Podolski (Russia) 15th Jany. 1826 from life & on stone by Chas. Fenderich Washn. City

B.H.L. Klimkiewicz as a prisoner of state. Dungeon of Kamienice Podols...

Print shows Colonel Klimkiewicz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform; includes a facsimile signature and a lengthy quote from his prison cell in response to "Policemaster Major Al... More

Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; Hurlimann, sc.

Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; H...

View of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 53. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Eglise de Vassili Blagennoï à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Imp. de Bougeard ; P. Legrand, sc.

Eglise de Vassili Blagennoï à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Imp....

View of St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 52. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Ultimatum on the Oregon question, Political Cartoon

Ultimatum on the Oregon question, Political Cartoon

In his typically jingoist view of Polk's handling of the Oregon question, the artist Edward Williams Clay belittles the self-interested attitudes of Europe toward the dispute. The issue of whether to settle the... More

[Napoleon I, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Napoleon I, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Public domain image of a French military uniform, Napoleonic Wars, armed forces, France, revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Catherine II Empress of Russia portrait / engraved for the Eclectic by George E. Perine, N.Y.

Catherine II Empress of Russia portrait / engraved for the Eclectic by...

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, next to throne.

General Swallow-all-o feasting on a French fricassee!!, British Cartoon Print

General Swallow-all-o feasting on a French fricassee!!, British Cartoo...

Print shows a gigantic Russian soldier, possibly a gross caricature of Field Marshal Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Suvorov, eating the severed head of a French soldier, another oversized man, a chef, holds a platter co... More

Orenburgskii general gubernator i komanduiushchii voiskami orenbur. korpusa. General ad'iutant graf A. Perovskii

Orenburgskii general gubernator i komanduiushchii voiskami orenbur. ko...

Photograph shows half-length portrait of General Adjutant Count Vasiliĭ Alekseevich Perovskiĭ in uniform with cape, holding sword. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 1.

One of the people's saints for the calendar of liberty 1852

One of the people's saints for the calendar of liberty 1852

The artist registers the widespread American sympathy with certain revolutionary movements in Europe. More specifically, the print extols Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot who led an 1848 revolt against the... More

L'Affaire d'orient 1854. 20, Balaklava. Charge heroique des Hussards Anglais 25 Octobre 1854 Balaklava. Heroic charge by the English Hussars 25 October 1854 A.Adam ; dessine et lith. par Albert Adam ; Imp. Lemercier, Paris

L'Affaire d'orient 1854. 20, Balaklava. Charge heroique des Hussards A...

Print shows a vastly outnumbered British Light Brigade cavalry engaging Russian soldiers at the artillery battery at the end of the valley during the disasterous charge of Light Brigade at Balaklava, Ukraine, d... More

Chasseur d'Afrique - officer - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Chasseur d'Afrique - officer - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

French army officer seated on horse, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, facing left, with tents in background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia... More

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment, reading general orders - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment, reading general orders - Roger Fenton's...

Captain Walker, full-length portrait, seated on pile of hay, facing left, reading, with three soldiers standing nearby; conical tent in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton;... More

Captain Fay on General Bosquets staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Fay on General Bosquets staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Pho...

Captain Charles A. Fay, full-length portrait, facing left, leaning against the doorway of a tent. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photogr... More

Captain Layard, aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Pennefather, K.C.B.

Captain Layard, aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Pennefather, K.C.B.

Captain Layard, full-length portrait, standing next to a horse, facing left, in front of a tent. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photogra... More

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski, Glass negative photograph, American Civil ...

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major General the Earl of Cardigan / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major Gener...

Print shows Lord Cardigan leading the charge of the light brigade toward Russian artillery on the left, in the foreground, Russian artillery fire on the left flank of the charging light brigade, as artillery on... More

Captain Lilley, field train - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Lilley, field train - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Lilley, full-length portrait, dressed in uniform, seated on a horse, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Second charge of the guards - when they retook the two gun battery at the battle of Inkermann / W. Simpson del. ; E. Morin lith.

Second charge of the guards - when they retook the two gun battery at ...

Print shows British and Russian troops engaged in battle during the battle of Inkerman. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson.... More

Quartermaster Hill, 4[th] Light Dragoons, the horse taken immediately after the winter season

Quartermaster Hill, 4[th] Light Dragoons, the horse taken immediately ...

Quartermaster Hill, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944... More

Colonel Lowe, [i.e., Low] 4th Light Dragoons & servant in winter dress

Colonel Lowe, [i.e., Low] 4th Light Dragoons & servant in winter dress

Colonel Low, full-length portrait, facing left, standing beside horse and wearing winter coat and hat; another man is standing in front of the horse and facing the camera. Bell tents in the background. Title tr... More

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski, Glass negative photograph, American Civil ...

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The cavalry affair of the heights of Bulganak - the first gun, 19th Sepr. 1854 / W. Simpson del. ; Needham lith.

The cavalry affair of the heights of Bulganak - the first gun, 19th Se...

Print shows expansive view of the countryside, the Russian cavalry and artillery in the distance, Russian guns opening fire on British troops as they draw up into formation. Plate in: The seat of war in the ea... More

Major Morris, C.B., Royal Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major Morris, C.B., Royal Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

Charles Henry Morris seated on horse facing left with bell tent in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Russian Sailors [?], Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Russian Sailors [?], Glass negative photograph, American Civil War tim...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lieutenant General Sir John Campbell & Captain Hume, his aide-de-camp, the general sitting

Lieutenant General Sir John Campbell & Captain Hume, his aide-de-camp,...

Lieutenant General Sir John Campbell, full-length portrait, seated inside tent, facing left; Captain Hume, full-length portrait, standing outside tent, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate titl... More

General Bosquet on Bayard - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

General Bosquet on Bayard - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

General Bosquet, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with vertical line on left and horizontal line across bottom. Purchase; Frances M. Fe... More

Brigadier Garrett, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Brigadier Garrett, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton'...

Robert Garrett, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

General Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line across the bottom. "No. 222" printed belo... More

Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the left of the right attack, or Gordon's battery / W. Simpson delt. ; C. Haghe lith.

Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the ...

Print shows soldiers filling sand bags and firing over a barrier of sand bags and gabions. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simps... More

Lieutenant Gayner [i.e., Gaynor], 47th Regiment

Lieutenant Gayner [i.e., Gaynor], 47th Regiment

Lieutenant Gaynor, full-length portrait, facing right, wearing uniform, seated on large rock, holding sword.

Ismail Pacha on horseback, with Turkish officers - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Ismail Pacha on horseback, with Turkish officers - Roger Fenton's Crim...

Ismail Pacha (General Kmety), full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, with three attendants in the foreground and one in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Ea... More

Captain Chawner, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Chawner, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's ...

Captain Chawner, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

General Sir James Simpson, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

General Sir James Simpson, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photogr...

Sir James Simpson, three-quarter length portrait, wearing hat and coat, standing, facing right with left arm resting on stone wall. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of... More

Captain Halford, 5th Dragoon Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Halford, 5th Dragoon Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

Charles Aug. Drake Halford, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, (with gun and sword), facing left, standing beside horse. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger... More

Lieutenant General, the Honourable Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant General, the Honourable Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. - ...

General Scarlett sitting on horse facing left and Colonel Lowe standing in front of horse facing right, with bell tents in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Invent... More

Colonel Shewell, C.B., commanding Hussar Brigade - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Colonel Shewell, C.B., commanding Hussar Brigade - Roger Fenton's Crim...

Colonel Frederick G. Shewell, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Captain Morgan, Rifle Corps, A.D.C. to General Bernard, on Coxcomb the winner of the Crimean races, the property of Captain Barnard, Grenadier Guards

Captain Morgan, Rifle Corps, A.D.C. to General Bernard, on Coxcomb the...

Captain Morgan sitting on horse, holding reins, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Crimea 1854-56 : the ... More

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski, Glass negative photograph, American Civil ...

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Division

The Honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Divi...

Major Cathcart, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Sebastopol from the sea - sketched from the deck of H.M.S. Sidon / W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith.

Sebastopol from the sea - sketched from the deck of H.M.S. Sidon / W. ...

Print shows sailors and cannons on deck of the H.M.S. Sidon, with a distant view of the forts and other buildings in Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gra... More

Lieutenant General Sir H.J.W. Bentinck, K.C.B.

Lieutenant General Sir H.J.W. Bentinck, K.C.B.

Sir Henry John William Bentinck, three-quarter portrait, standing, facing right with hand in shirt.

Major General Estcourt, three quarter length portrait

Major General Estcourt, three quarter length portrait

Major General James B. Estcourt, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, arm resting on a wall.

Prince Woronzoff's palace - near Yalta on the south coast of the Crimea / W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith.

Prince Woronzoff's palace - near Yalta on the south coast of the Crime...

Print shows a large warship off the coast of Crimea with a distant view of Prince Voront︠s︡ov's palace, Alupka. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the ... More

Russian Sailors ?. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Russian Sailors ?. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War perio...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Group, N.Y. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans;... More

Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Maréchal Pélissier, full-length portrait, wearing hat, standing in front of building, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Print marked for cropping with vertical line at left of image. "202" written or ... More

Zouave & officer of the Saphis [i.e., Spahis] - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Zouave & officer of the Saphis [i.e., Spahis] - Roger Fenton's Crimean...

Zouave, full-length portrait, seated, facing right and Spahi officer, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Inventory, Harry Ransom Humani... More

Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery - Rog...

Lieutenant Strangways, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Russian Sailors [?], Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Russian Sailors [?], Glass negative photograph, American Civil War tim...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charge of the heavy cavalry brigade, 25th Octr. 1854 / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.

Charge of the heavy cavalry brigade, 25th Octr. 1854 / W. Simpson del....

Print shows the Enniskillen Dragoons and the 5th Dragoon Guards engaging the Russian cavalry in the midst of the camp of the light cavalry brigade which is being plundered by the Russian troops during the battl... More

Russian Sailors ?. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Russian Sailors ?. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War perio...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Group, N.Y. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans;... More

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in ink: Russian Admiral. See Harper's Weekly Oct 17, 1863, p. 657-658. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of ... More

Mr. Thompson, Commissariat - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mr. Thompson, Commissariat - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mr. Thompson, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, seated on a horse; horse's reins are held by a servant; a conical tent in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton;... More

Lieutenant General Barnard, C.B., Captain Barnard & servants

Lieutenant General Barnard, C.B., Captain Barnard & servants

Lieutenant General Barnard, facing left, gesturing toward Captain Barnard with other staff around them in front of a wooden building.

Omar Pacha, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Omar Pacha, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crime...

Ömer Lûtfi Paşa, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line across the top. "No. 214" written or printed at top left abo... More

Malakoff or round tower / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.

Malakoff or round tower / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows view of the Russian battery at the Malakoff tower, the principal Russian fortification at Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty t... More

Viscount Kirkwall, Captain 71st Highlanders

Viscount Kirkwall, Captain 71st Highlanders

Kirkwall seated on horse, facing left. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brigadier General Lord George Paget C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Brigadier General Lord George Paget C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War ...

Lord George Paget, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, seated on horse; another soldier or officer standing beside the horse. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 18... More

Russian Sailors ?. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Russian Sailors ?. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War perio...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Group, N.Y. Corresponding print is in LOT 4182. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purcha... More

Colonel Clarke, Scots' Greys, with the horse wounded at Balaklava

Colonel Clarke, Scots' Greys, with the horse wounded at Balaklava

Colonel George Clarke, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing beside his horse, Sultan, facing left; horse's reins are held by a man who is possibly a servant; horse's rump is branded "2D" for 2nd Drag... More

Captain Croker, 17th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Croker, 17th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Croker, standing next to a horse, facing left, with servant facing him. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Lieutenant General Sir George Brown, G.C.B., K.H. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant General Sir George Brown, G.C.B., K.H. - Roger Fenton's Cri...

Sir George Brown, three-quarter portrait, seated facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton Series. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roge... More

The honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Division

The honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Divi...

Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart, three-quarter length portrait, facing right, seated, hands resting on his sword. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crime... More

Captain Bernard, 5th Dragoon Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Bernard, 5th Dragoon Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

Captain Bernard(?), full-length portrait, dressed in uniform, seated on a horse with "V DG" on bags, facing left; another man, possibly a servant, stands at the head of the horse, tent and huts in the backgroun... More

Major Keane, on the staff at Balaklava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major Keane, on the staff at Balaklava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Ph...

Major Keane, full-length portrait, standing next to horse, facing right; wooden huts in background. Title transcribed from verso. "124*" written or printed at top of photo. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Fo... More

Russian Sailors [?], Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Russian Sailors [?], Glass negative photograph, American Civil War tim...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel Wilbraham, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Colonel Wilbraham, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton'...

Colonel Wilbraham, full-length portrait, seated with sword and binoculars, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Captain Pechell, 77th - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Pechell, 77th - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Pechell, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Major General Estcourt, Adj.-General to the British forces in the Crimea

Major General Estcourt, Adj.-General to the British forces in the Crim...

Major-General James B. Estcourt, full-length portrait, wearing uniform and hat, facing right with left arm resting on wall. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton ... More

A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounder, 15th Decr. 1854 / W. Simpson del.

A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounde...

Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lond... More

Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simpson del. ; J. Needham, lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.

Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...

Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background. Colnaghi's Authentic S... More

Interior of the Malakoff with the remains of the round tower W. Simpson del. ; E. Morin, lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen

Interior of the Malakoff with the remains of the round tower W. Simpso...

Print shows an interior view of the Malakoff, the main Russian fortification before Sevastopolʹ, following the successful French assault. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 27.

A description of a view of the city of Moscow

A description of a view of the city of Moscow

Illustration shows the procession of Alexander II into the Kremlin. Illus. in: Description of a view of the city of Moscow, with the gorgeous entry of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Alexander II into the Krem... More

[Interior of a western style house, possibly at a border post, with Russian empire chair and western picture frames]

[Interior of a western style house, possibly at a border post, with Ru...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 86. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Rubinstein, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Rubinstein, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Anton G. Rubinstein, Russian painist/composer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. No. 1230. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Bird's-eye view of the Mukden Palace]

[Bird's-eye view of the Mukden Palace]

Drawing executed at an oblique angle, ascending from left to right. Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 27. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Madam Bakhmeteff, wife of Ams., Russia, 10/1/19

Madam Bakhmeteff, wife of Ams., Russia, 10/1/19

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Honorable Catacazy, Glass Negative, 1860s

Portrait photo of Honorable Catacazy, Glass Negative, 1860s

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Catacazy, Russian Minister. Russian Minister. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of ... More

Russian ship - Public domain  drawing

Russian ship - Public domain drawing

Broadside view at dock in foreground, part in background. Title inscribed twice below image. Inscribed upper right: make mast big. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.90) Forms part of: Morgan collection ... More

Russian fleet in New York Harbor

Russian fleet in New York Harbor

Stereograph shows four or five ships in the harbor, New York. Publisher attribution based on provenance. "neg. by Stacy c. 1860" and "1863" on back of card. Gottheim collection code: GNY 16. Forms part of the ... More

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia, Fransu

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia, Fransu

Japanese print with four illustrations, two of men on horseback and two illustrating clothing styles of Russian and French women. Signature: Yoshitora ga. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi (People... More

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows two Russian men, one holding a telescope, and a child looking at the scenery along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Russian ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engravi... More

Sailors on Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Sailors on Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Virginia (...

Photograph showing Russian sailors standing on the deck of their ship. No. 210. Inscribed on item: [Gen. Haupt & wife attended a reception given by the admiral].

Diagram of L"gherg - Public domain scan / drawing

Diagram of L"gherg - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows cut-away and bird's eye views of the volcanic rock L"gherg in Iceland. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Inscribed at left: page 44. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC... More

English party at Rejkjavik - Public domain  drawing

English party at Rejkjavik - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a group of English visitors in Iceland examining two horses while Icelandic men and a boy stand in the background. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Hear... More

The Hrafnagja (pass out of Thingvalla Iceland)

The Hrafnagja (pass out of Thingvalla Iceland)

Drawing shows four men traveling on horseback crossing a thin stone bridge made in the cleft in lava in Iceland. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC... More

Geir Z"ega Iceland - Public domain  drawing

Geir Z"ega Iceland - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows Geir Z"ega, an Icelandic guide to travelers, standing next to a horse wearing panniers. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. This drawing is similar in composition to that o... More

Lava fjelds in Iceland - Public domain scan / drawing

Lava fjelds in Iceland - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows two men on horseback picking their way across lava stone in Iceland. The "way-marks," as Taylor has labeled them, are large rock cairns that identify the route. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, per... More

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