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Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More

A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].

Illustration shows a female figure holding out a crown labeled "The New Frisco", fashioned after a city skyline; a bear sits on the ground next to her and, in the background, are 16th or 17th century sailing sh... More

The Conclusion of the first Volume of the Caricature Magazine

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The widow Waddle of Chickabiddy Lane, Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

A mistake at New-Market : Or sport and piety

A good pious old soul, wearing a hood, red cloak, clean apron, and pattens, and carrying Wesley's hymns in her hand, is interrogating certain sporting characters, who are lounging at the door of the Ram Inn. Co... More

The discovery, or little faux pas, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known fo... More

Title Page, Rowlandson's Caricature Magazine, Vol. 5. Georgian era 171...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Three weeks after marriage : Or the great little Emperor playing at Bo...

The new Empress is in a fierce passion, wreaking her vengeance on all around ; Talleyrand is levelled with the floor by a blow from the sceptre ; he is crying, 'Be Gar, she will give us all de finishing stroke.... More

[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of L...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1842 May 14, p. 1.

Lowell Offering - National Parks Gallery

Magazine Cover. Lowell Offering, Vol. V, No. 3. Periodical of literature, including poetry and fiction, written by “Mill Girl” workers. March, 1845.

Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Wash...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 19, p. 88.

Vanity fair H.L.S. monogram ; Wevill sc

Print shows a cover design for Vanity Fair magazine showing a harlequin standing on the left gesturing toward a theater stage for a puppet show and a large audience at his feet, in the foreground. 317 U.S. Copy... More

Welcome to the Prince of Wales wood engraving, Library of Congress

Masthead and illustration showing crowd of people gathered on balcony in Boston to greet the Prince of Wales. Illustration in oval on upper left labeled "Washington--Out rolled" showing woman hitting a strike ... More

Honorable Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809 / photo...

Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Wood engraving after photograph by Brady. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, (1860 Nov. 10), p. 705.

Design for the Cover of a Magazine, Valentine's Day Issue

Anonymous, British, 19th century Public domain scan of decorative drawing, decor elements, art design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

International Sweethearts of Rhythm [album cover]

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The secession movement--Entrance hall to an hotel at Charleston, South...

Title page with illustration showing people in lobby of hotel, Charleston, S.C. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1861 Feb. 2, p. 87.

The Civil War in America--Naval engagement in Hampton Roads: the Confe...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1862 April 5, p. 327.

Difficulties of a working general among the bayous Bayou navigation in...

Four illustrations: men poling a flatboat; man seated on shore; soldiers along bayou; and a steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 328 (1863 April 11), p. 225. DCRM(G) example 1F1.1 - Material without... More

Santa Claus in camp - An old newspaper with a picture of a group of pe...

Santa Claus giving gifts to soldiers in camp. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, (1863 Jan. 3), p. 1.

Edward Penfield - Harper's: August

Edward Penfield (American, Brooklyn, New York 1866–1925 Beacon, New York)

General Ward, of Massachusetts, killed in China, October, 1862 General...

Head-and shoulders portrait of Frederick Townsend Ward, head-and-shoulders portrait of General Burgevine, and funeral of German Union soldiers at Comfort, Texas. Three illustrations in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, ... More

Fun for the million! Read the Weekly Innocent Owl issued every Saturda...

Date of publication supplied by Library staff. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1867

Deadly attack of a wolf upon a man, and heroic conduct of the man's wi...

Masthead, text of story and image of woman swinging ax at wolf, which is attacking her husband, near Lexington, Michigan in 1859. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's boys' and girls' weekly. New York : F. Leslie, v. 1, n... More

Takeuchi Keishu - Frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine...

Takeuchi Keishū (Japanese, 1861–1943) Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, 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

New York City--Among the poor - A Summer evening scene at the Five Poi...

Family outside decaying house. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 36, (1873 August 26), p. 357.

American agriculturist - Print, Library of Congress collection

G13691 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Orange Judd Co.

Hostile - but accommodating [Uncle Sam holding Army reduction bill, sa...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 44 (1877 Sept. 1), p. 448.

At last, Conkling does make the "greatest effort of his life,"

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Cirque dʹhiver ... Tous les soirs,à 8 heures / Stafford & Co., Notting...

French circus poster shows an aerialist floating with arms outstretched above a city skyline with a balloon in the background. Tissandier collection.

Running the guantlet. Special course for colored cadets at West Point

Caricature showing African American man being beaten as he goes for commission. Color lithograph by J.A. Wales. Illus. in: Puck, 1880 April 21, cover, p. 105. Ref. copy may be in NEGROES IN THE MILITARY (Search... More

Puck Christmas 1904 / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows Santa Claus reviewing his list, his bag of gifts next to him, while sitting in an automobile that is being driven by two women standing on the back, dressed like chauffeurs. Illus. in: Puck,... More

More money wanted - O'Connor's charity craft / F. Opper.

Print shows an Irishman sailing in a top hat with a sail labeled "Money Wanted Fur to Free the Ould Country!" mounted on a clay tobacco pipe; his coattails are labeled "Land League" and "Free Ireland". He is ju... More

Garfield / J. Keppler. - Public domain portrait print

Print shows James A. Garfield, bust portrait, facing left, in oval, with scenes from his life and death; includes verse. Illus. from Puck, v. 10, no. 235, (1881 September 7), supplement. Copyright 1881 by Kepp... More

Where Justice will have to look for jurors who have not formed an opin...

Print shows Justice holding a large sword and carrying a lantern, with a cloth labeled "Justice" over her mouth, searching a cemetery, among tombstones labeled "Formed no opinion died 1660, Formed no opinion 16... More

Caricature, The food of our youth, public domain cartoon image

Caricature showing infant in crib with weapons surrounded by anti-Indian and violent dime novels. Illus. in: Puck, 1881 Sept. 21, cover, p. 33. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - CHILDREN READING 1881. This record c... More

AGRANDISSEMENTS CONSIDERABLES/ Grands Magasins/ AUX/ BUTTES CHAUMONT/ ...

Affiche Lettre - " AGRANDISSEMENTS CONSIDERABLES/ Grands Magasins/ AUX/ BUTTES CHAUMONT/ FAUBOURG St. MARTIN A L'ANGLE DU BOULD. DE LA VILLETTE/ Exposition Générale/ DES/ TOILETTES/ ET/ MODES NOUVELLES/ Pour Ho... More

Harper's young people, an illustrated weekly

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D41. 1881.

The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving

Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More

Poster - Grant as his own iconoclast - Public domain lithograph

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Puck's perplexing position - between two evils / D.K.

Print shows Puck standing between John Kelly, on the left, in front of "Tammany Hall", holding a flag that states "Down with the Bloated Monopolists!!", he has F.B. Thurber in his coat pocket, and on the right,... More

Caricature, The food of our youth / J.K., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a mean-spirited infant boy in a cradle labeled "Infant Indian Exterminators", armed with a rifle, knives, and handguns, feeding from a large bottle filled with "Dime Novel" and "5 ct. Paper[back]" l... More

A way out of President Arthur's dilemma / Gillam.

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant recommending to President Chester A. Arthur some "friends" of his as political appointees; all the men shown were involved in scandals during Grant's administration. Caption: Gener... More

Puck magazine cover - Unwelcome passengers / J.A. Wales.

Print shows a coach labeled "Rural Democracy" filled with "Rural Regulars" carrying their farm tools, racing "To the State Convention", driven by Samuel J. Tilden, with John Kelly representing "Tammany Hall" an... More

Puck magazine cover - The irrepressible log / Gillam.

Print shows a bear labeled "N.Y. Democracy" climbing a tree labeled "New York" and "N.Y. State Patronage Hive" to get at the honey, however a block of wood labeled "Tammany Kelly" suspended by a rope labeled "6... More

Jay Gould's private bowling alley / F. Opper.

Print shows Jay Gould bowling on Wall Street using bowling balls labeled " Private Press, General Unscrupulousness, False Reports, [and] Trickery" to knock down pins labeled "Banker, Small Operator, Speculator,... More

Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.

Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More

Will he cast his sword into the balance? / Gillam.

Print shows John I. Mitchell labeled "Independent Reps." standing on one side of a balance scale labeled "Republican Scales" and "Penn"; he outweighs James D. Cameron who sits on the other side of the scale in ... More

Puck magazine cover - British benevolence / J. Keppler.

Print shows an oversized British Lion wearing boxing gloves labeled "Army" and "Navy", standing over its most recent victim labeled "Egyptian", trailing off to the left are other victims labeled "Ashantee, Afgh... More

Forgotten on purpose / Gillam. - coin, public domain photograph

Print shows a man labeled "Tax Payer" fallen on steps labeled "Congress", he has a large boulder labeled "War Taxes on Iron on Sugar on Cloth Salt Leather [and] Linens" strapped to his back. On the steps is a s... More

The mighty meeting of the Masons / J. Keppler.

Print shows four elderly men wearing Masonic uniforms, standing between the Masonic pillars labeled "Boaz" and "Jachin" that look like barber poles; the men are performing a song and dance routine. Caption: Wh... More

Too weak to fight - too old to run / F. Graetz.

Print shows the British Lion carrying William E. Gladstone, dressed as a woman, on his back, as they head into the sea after departing the "British Consul" in advance of "Anarchy, Riot, [and] Bloodshed"; the li... More

Poster - Shipwrecked patriotism - Public domain lithograph

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A sunday show - profit for pagan and preacher / F. Opper.

Print shows Robert G. Ingersoll speaking from a stage in an auditorium filled with an audience whose heads are half-dollar coins; dangling from a cord at the edge of the stage is Thomas De Witt Talmage as a mar... More

Left in charge - A cartoon of a fox and a dog in a barn

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Poster - Circumstances alter cases! - Public domain lithograph

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John Kelly galvanizes the corpse of Tammany / F. Graetz.

Print shows John Kelly trying to bring Tammany Hall back to life by turning an electrical apparatus labeled "Deal with the Republicans" connected to an "Anti-Monopoly" device, then with wires spelling "Patronag... More

"Tammany will send a full delegation to the state convention" - New Yo...

Print shows John Kelly driving a wagon labeled "Tammany" overloaded with rowdy delegates to the New York state convention in Syracuse; the wagon is being pulled by the Tammany tiger. Several men are drinking al... More

The living president's tribute to the dead president / G.

Print shows a statue of Roscoe Conkling, with cloven hooves, seated on a bench labeled "Supreme Bench" atop a monumental tomb labeled "Sacred to the Memory of J.A. Garfield"; the monument is signed "Guiteau scu... More

Caricature, Hyenas at work / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a pack of hyenas labeled "N.Y. Commercial, N.Y. Sun, N.Y. Herald, Washtn. Post, The Rosecrans Letters, [and] 306" crowded around a sepulchral monument to James A. Garfield labeled "Fame"; those hyen... More

Puck magazine cover - Democracy's opportunity / J. Keppler.

Print shows a man labeled "Republican War Record" standing in a pond labeled "Republican Corruption Water", yelling to an Irishman wearing a hat labeled "Democracy", gathering up the Republican's clothing label... More

Self-supporter Sammy - coin, public domain photograph

Print shows two images of Samuel J. Tilden, dressed identically, to the left and right of a barrel full of coins, labeled with monogram "SJT"; papers extending from their pockets state "For President, S.J. Tild... More

Between two evils / Gillam [spelled backwards].

Print shows a shabbily dressed man labeled "Intemperate Drunkard" on the left, a well-dressed man labeled "True Temperance" drinking a mug of beer at center, and a man labeled "Intemperate Teetotaler", wearing ... More

The agony of the assessed - between two terrors / F. Graetz.

Print shows "G.W. Curtis" and "Jay Hubbell" as executioners, each wearing a mask and holding large axes labeled "Civil Service Reform Association" (Curtis) and "Republican Congressional Committee" (Hubbell). Cu... More

"With thee to support me, I defy the whole world!" / J. Keppler.

Print shows George M. Robeson dressed as a sailor and labeled "Leader of the Republican Party" and Republican Champion", leaning on a large duffle bag labeled "Surplus $150,000,000"; a group of men standing on ... More

Jay Gould's private bowling alley

Poster - That greedy boy again! - Public domain lithograph

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The result of the Star Route trials / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a well-dressed Robert G. Ingersoll carrying two large bags of money labeled "Counsel Fees" as he departs the "Washington Court House"; exiting on the right side, wearing tattered clothing, ar... More

Celestial wrath / F. Opper. - A book with a cartoon of a man holding a...

Print shows startled French soldiers in rice paddies confonting an angry blazing sun rimmed with cannon barrels and bayonets, and stating "Population 500,000,000", also signs labeled "Malaria, Disease, [and] Fe... More

Caricature, Bismarck's boost / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a large elephant labeled "Bismarck" lifting "Alfonso" XII high over the head of a soldier labeled "France". Caption: The Uhlan King "I'm taller than YOU, now!" Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 351, (1... More

Caricature, What 's in it? / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table in the "Congresssional Lunch Rooms", he is being served a large sausage labeled "Tariff Bill" by a waiter labeled "Republican", another waiter labeled "Democrat" ... More

A trio that must go / F. Graetz.

Print shows a "Church Bell" as a female figure, an injured elephant labeled "Republican Party" with bandages and an eye patch labeled "Nov. 1882", and a Chinese man. Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 339, (1883 Sep... More

Barkis is willin' / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows an Irishman man labeled "Democracy" standing at center, holding a small glass slipper labeled "'84 Presidential Nomination", with Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana as courtiers standing behind hi... More

An apparatus by means of which suicides can get the better of the "pen...

Illustration shows a man whose offer of marriage has been rejected and is now determined to kill himself as a means of ending his suffering; he is sitting in a chair with two handguns, aimed at his chest, mount... More

Puck magazine cover - Driven to desperation / F. Opper.

Print shows William S. Holman holding up a page from the "The Sun" newspaper that shows his portrait above the caption "Our Candidate for President - W.S. Holman"; his hat and coat are on a chair and he is roll... More

The goose that lays the golden eggs / F. Opper.

Print shows Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa spoon-feeding a promissory note that states "Pay the Bearer $5 When Ireland is Free" to an Irish servant girl labeled "Bridget"; on the floor between them is a hat labeled "... More

An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows Herbert Spencer as a statue of a large dog at the entrance to a public building emitting rays of light labeled "Science"; many diminutive men, wearing oversized top hats, scamper about with l... More

The original political dude out-duded / F. Opper.

Print shows Chester A. Arthur dressed as a dandy, walking on a sidewalk with a young woman labeled "Republican Party" who is carrying a small dog labeled "Protection"; standing behind them, on the sidewalk, is ... More

19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

An old book with a cartoon of a woman talking to a man, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Wa... More

Dorsey, the American "informer" - he finds one willing ear / F. Opper.

Print shows the interior of the "N.Y. Sun Editorial Rooms" where "Political Scandals [are] Promptly Attended to", also "Post Mortem Scandals Especially Desired", with elderly editor Charles A. Dana sitting at a... More

Puck magazine cover - Anything for popularity! / J. Keppler.

Print shows James G. Blaine slipping off a cask labeled "Whiskey"; under his arm is tucked a paper that states "Distribution of Surplus - Jim Blaine". Caption: Our star diplomat par excellence, in his great wh... More

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Allen G. Thurman on one side of a man labeled "Liquor Interest" and John Sherman on the other side; Thurman represents "The Ohio Democracy is the liquor dealers old friend!!", while Sherman e... More

Caricature, Our congressman / J. Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a richly dressed man standing in the street in a neighborhood of lavish homes, with two large bags of money hanging at his sides, they are labeled " Profits as Attorney at Law" and "Profits a... More

The whitwash is too thin / Gillam.

Print shows George F. Hoar standing in front of a monument that states "To the Eternal Shame of Massachus'tts - Conceived in Corruption Erected in Humanity [?] Tewkesbury"; his hat labeled "Republicans" is unde... More

Set a -- to catch a -- / F. Graetz.

Print shows a policeman labeled "Gov. Foster" grabbing the arm of a diminutive man labeled "Hoadly" who is holding a piece of fruit labeled "Dem. Nomination 83" that he has stolen from a street vendor who is an... More

The prodigal's return - a cold reception / F. Opper.

Print shows Chester A. "Arthur" as a wealthy sheikh holding a rope attached to a fat cow labeled "Federal Patronage"; he turns away William "Mahone", as an old man, acestic or hermit, who has returned home from... More

Hopelessly bound to the stake / Gillam.

Print shows a man labeled "Workman" tied to a stake labeled "Monopoly" and sitting on a flaming pile of logs with the faces of Jay Gould, William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Roscoe Conkling, Cyrus W. Field, Wh... More

In a critical condition / F. Opper.

Print shows a domestic scene with Benjamin F. Butler as the mother of a sick child labeled "Butler Boom" who is being examined by Puck as a physician; various medicines labeled "Grand Reforms, Tewksbury Investi... More

The two dromios / Gillam. - Victorian era public domain image

Print shows an American cowboy talking to a British nobleman who is standing on papers labeled "Brutality, Vulgarity, Insolence, Arrogance, Selfishness, [and] Boorishness", with an "Invitation N. Pacific R.R. O... More

Another one gone wrong / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows John Kelly dressed as a woman, threatening New York City Mayor Franklin Edson with a stick labeled "N.Y. Board of Aldermen" and pointing toward jars on a shelf, containing former Mayors Edwar... More

The good monopoly missionaries and the wicked island / F. Opper.

Illustration shows William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, and Cyrus W. Field in a small boat escaping from cannibals on an island where they have build a railroad, but refused to give the natives a reduced fare rate... More

The Irish declaration of independence that we are all familiar with / ...

Illustration shows a scene in a kitchen with a petite woman imploring her muscular Irish cook to continue in her duties; the cook shakes her fist in defiance. Illus. from Puck, v. 13, no. 322, (1883 May 9), co... More

The death-watch - the execution postponed / F. Opper.

Print shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" in the "Condemned Cell" labeled "To Be Executed Nov. 6th 1883" of a jail, with Charles A. Dana labeled "Jailor" and Henry Watterson labeled "Turnkey"; Watterson lo... More

In memory of our best citizen / J. K.

Illustration shows a female figure holding a "Civic Crown" over the head of Peter Cooper; she is also holding a ledger that states "Peter Cooper died April 4th 1883 Age 92". Among the books and papers at the bo... More

Puck magazine cover - Congressional contempt / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a "Republican" Congressman ice skating with a "Monopolist" on the "Capitol Skating Pond", together they hold a stick labeled "Money Interests"; skating nearby is a man labeled "Democracy". Be... More

The harder he pumps, the dirtier his case gets / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Robert G. Ingersoll, attorney in the Star Route trials, pumping Montfort C. Rerdell, depicted as a pump, for more "Evidence" as Thomas J. Brady and Stephen W. Dorsey stand in the "Prisoners B... More

A played-out tenor - from star to street-singer / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Roscoe Conkling as a street musician singing in the street outside the "Washington Senatorial Opera-House", with him is a small dog labeled "Howard Carroll" who is holding a hat into which Pu... More

The cave of despair / F. Opper.

Print shows Jay Gould as a giant holding a large club labeled "Monopoly", sitting on rocks, gleefully watching a line of downtrodden people entering a cave labeled "Western Union Telegraph Company - All Hope Ab... More

Puck magazine cover - Spoiling their slide / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler spreading ashes labeled "Censure, Exposure, Desire for Reform, [and] Criticism" on a slide in the snow labeled "Slide of Public Mismanagement" to the dismay of a group of c... More

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