waterfronts

Detail from a south east view of ye great town of Boston in New Englan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The south prospect of the city of New York in America

Print shows the waterfront on the south side of New York City with ships and boats in the foreground; prominent features numbered, legend not included.

North east view of the great Town of Boston

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hafen = Vuë de Boston vers le C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ukie itsukushima jinjya no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a perspective view of the Itsukushima Shrine built over the water. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban... More

The town of Boston in New England and Brittish ships of war landing th...

A restrike of a cropped plate originally engraved, printed, and sold by Paul Revere in 1770. See Brigham. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Imaginary view of S. Giacomo di Rialto]

Print shows the church of San Giacomo di Rialto. Restrike from a scratched and reworked plate, with signature removed. Constable, no. 20 Forms part of: Gardiner Greene Hubbard collection (Library of Congress).... More

[Capriccio with reminiscences of Padua], engraving, Library of Congres...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century Italian print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A prospect of ye great town of Boston in New England in America

Public domain image of a historic vintage city view, cityscape, plan, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Vue du Louvre] / Callot, fec. - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

The Louvre, Paris, France, with many boats on the Seine in foreground, during annual jousting contest.

A prospect of Bridge Town in Barbados 1695 by Samuel Copen / I. Kip fe...

Waterfront view of Bridgetown, Barbados. Transfer; Map Division.

Rendering of Boston and waterfront

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England

Public domain image of a cityscape, city view, streets, 18th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of waterfront, edge painting

Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

View of waterfront, fore edge painting

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A perspective view of Montreal in Canada

Print shows a view of Montréal from across the Saint Lawrence River.

An east view of Montreal, in Canada Vue orientale de Montréal, en Cana...

Print shows a view of Montréal from across the Saint Lawrence River, with ships in the foreground, and a legend identifying the General Hospital, the "Recollects," St. Sulpicius, the nunnery, the Jesuit's Churc... More

A north view of Pensacola, on the Island of Santa Rosa / drawn by Dom....

Print shows view of Pensacola from aboard ship with boats in the foreground.

A prospective view of the town of Boston, the capital of New-England -...

Print shows eight British warships (numbered and identified in bottom margin) in the harbor with Boston in the background. Illus. in: Edes & Gill's North-American almanack, and Massachusetts register for the y... More

A perspective view of the town and fortifications of Montreal in Canad...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the fortifications at Montréal from above the Saint Lawrence River. Illus. in: The Annual Register of World Events. Dublin : J. Exshaw, 1774, p. 407. Published in: The American... More

Plan of the town & fortifications of Montreal or ville Marie in Canada...

Print shows map "Plan of the town & fortifications of Montreal or ville Marie in Canada" on the Saint Lawrence River, with insert, after D. Pomarede (see no. 352), "View of the town &c of Montreal" which the fo... More

Tōto ryōgokubashi yūsuzumi no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows crowded waterfront scene with pedestrians on the promenade, on the Rogoku Bridge, and waiting in stalls, possibly for boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Plan of part of the city of Washington, in the vicinity of the upper E...

Covers area bounded by 12th, L, 15th streets, and Anacostia River waterfront S.E. Shows block numbers and outlines, buildings, and block and building dimensions. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and blue w... More

Plan of part of the city of Washington, in the vicinity of the upper E...

Covers area bounded by 12th, L, 15th streets, and Anacostia River waterfront S.E. Relief shown by hachures. On accompanying fact sheet: Nicholas King journal, Ms. Division L.C. ... order to map ... 1796. King .... More

Map of part of the city of Washington shewing the situation of the man...

Shows block numbers, buildings by type of occupancy, fences, and street names. Covers area along Potomac River waterfront between E and L streets S.W. Drawn by Nicholas King. Black and brown inks, watercolors, ... More

Map of part of the city of Washington, shewing the situation of the ma...

Shows block numbers, buildings by type of occupancy, fences, and street names. Covers area along Potomac River waterfront between E and L streets S.W. Facsim. of ms. map drawn by Nicholas King. Original version... More

Genoa ; Venice. Fore edge painting.

Information from accompanying cards: Beneath the gilt fore-edges of each volume are fine detailed paintings. Volume II is divided into two parts: Genoa and Venice. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

City of Rimini, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: The fore-edge of each volume is decorated with a painting under the gilt. On the first volume is a view of the city of Rimini. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rome, Rome, fore edge painting, Italy

Information from accompanying cards: Each volume with a fine fore edge painting of a view of an Italian city. Florence, Rimini, Rome and Venice are depicted in that order on the four volumes. Courtesy of Boston... More

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A south east view of the City of Boston in North America

Public domain image of a cityscape, city view, streets, 18th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Coastal view with village and pine trees along the waterfront]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Canaletto - Le Preston. V / A. Canal. f.

Print shows pedestrians on the walkway of the waterfront with the canal on the right and buildings and a bridge on the left. Constable, no. 14 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (Library of Congr... More

Vue de la basse ville à Québec vers le fleuve St. Laurent / gravé par ...

Print shows the harbor at Québec, one ship at anchor, men working loading or unloading a boat, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. Published in: The America... More

Waterside scene - watercolors fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: The painting on the fore-edge is an excellent example of the art, depicting a waterside scene, a group of buildings in the background and a small fishing boat in the foregro... More

These copies are from portions of an extremely rare print by Visscher,...

Print shows the waterfront buildings along the Thames River during the reign of King James 1st, with principal buildings identified on the plate, also shows some sailboats on the river, as well as a royal floti... More

Packet boat grounded for tarring beside wharf--Men and wagon in foregr...

John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York in 1753, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: The first volume displays a view of New York in 1753 beneath the gilt of the fore-edges. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Philadelphia in 1753, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: The second volume displays a view of Philadelphia in 1753. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston, Boston Massachusetts - Boston pictorial archive

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Abel Bowen - South east view of Boston

Public domain image of a cityscape, city view, streets, 18th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, possibly looking north toward Sul...

Drawing shows in lower left the figure of a man walking along the shoreline and a larger preliminary sketch of the man, also to the right of the man is a preliminary sketch of a woman walking to the right carry... More

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps looking southwest, showin...

Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Includes a remarque at lower left center of sheet showing the figure of a man in a rowboat. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 92. (DLC/PP-... More

A view taken from the S.W. end of Charleston, S.C. Jany 17th 1812

Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 90. (DLC/PP-1995:140.90). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

Italian coastal town, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: With a painting concealed under the gilt of each fore-edge depicting views of Italian coastal towns. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Italian coastal town, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: With a painting concealed under the gilt of each fore-edge depicting views of Italian coastal towns. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Italian coastal town, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: With a painting concealed under the gilt of each fore-edge depicting views of Italian coastal towns. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps coming down the Cooper Ri...

Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 93. (DLC/PP-1995:140.93). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

Philadelphia in 1750, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: Beneath the gilt of the fore-edges of vol. II is a view of Philadelphia in 1750. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

New York in 1750, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: On the fore-edge of vol. I is a view of New York in 1750. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan of wharfing : [Anacostia River waterfront, Washington D.C.] /

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Tower of London, with ships at anchor in the Thames River

Information from accompanying cards: A fine example of the art of fore-edge painting, each volume bearing a double painting on the fore-edge. Vol. I: The Tower of London, with ships at anchor in the Thames Rive... More

Troy from Mount Ida / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I.R. Smith ; ...

Print shows view looking across the Hudson River with Troy, New York, on the left. No. 11 of the Hudson River Port Folio. Stamped lower right: Map Division, Library of Congress, Nov. 18, 1915. Preliminary draw... More

William Guy Wall - Hudson / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from the shore with a view across the river of Hudson, New York; also shows two men pulling a fishing nets ashore, men in a rowboat, sailboats, and on the right a steamboa... More

Pool of London, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: With and interesting fore-edge painting on each volume. Vol. II - "Pool of London" with several boats and many buildings in the background. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Abattoir at Montmartre Pont au change drawn by A. Pugin ; engraved by ...

Prints show, on the top, slaughterhouses with livestock in the foreground at Montmartre, with men trying to drive the animals toward the buildings; and on the bottom, a bridge, the Pont au Change, spanning the ... More

[Buildings and large tree on the waterfront, with two boats anchored o...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suffolk House, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: On the fore-edge of the volume appears a finely executed view of Suffolk House from the river side. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Manuscript sketch of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch bounding th...

Shows waterfront, wharves, and bridges. Depths shown by soundings. Title from Phillips's Descriptive list of maps and views of Washington. On verso in ink: Handed to the Surveyor by Mr. J.P. Ingle for safe keep... More

Boston, from the s. east - Boston pictorial archive

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of portrait, 18th century prin...

Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Poughkeepsie Landing Hudson River.

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

Robert Salmon's view of Long and Central Wharves, Boston.

Public domain image of a harbor, sailing ship, boat, city building, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of part of the Potomac River, from the head of tide water to Alexa...

View of the city of Boston - Boston pictorial archive

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boston from Dorchester Heights, 1836

Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Boston and Bunker Hill in 1836 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Takanawa no zu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and travelers on foot and horseback along the waterfront of Takanawa, with ships coming into port and at anchor in the background, and a public house on the left. Title... More

Boston from the Dorchester Heights

Picryl description: Public domain image of a harbor, sailing ship, boat, city building, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: With a fine watercolor painting of American interest on the fore-edge of each volume, as follows: A view of Philadelphia showing the Delaware with boats in the foreground an... More

Albany, fore edge painting, New York City

Information from accompanying cards: With a fine watercolor painting of American interest on the fore-edge of each volume, as follows: A view of Albany with boats on the Hudson and buildings in the background. ... More

Two houses along a river, one up on a rocky embankment, the other clos...

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Unrelated mathematical computations inscribed on the verso. (DLC/PP-1997:... More

[New York Harbor] - Public domain drawing

Landscape drawing shows men fishing off the pier, perhaps on Staten Island, looking across New York Harbor. Sailboats dot the water. Below the image, on the mount, various locations are identified in the drawin... More

Ship at a wharf along the waterfront in Philadelphia, the cityscape vi...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Topographical view of buildings along the far shore of a river, with s...

Paper irregularly shaped. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentar... More

Boston, Boston Massachusetts - Boston pictorial archive

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Waterfront scene with boats and buildings on embankment

Drawing shows buildings, one from which the American flag flies, above embankment on river, train passing lower left?, rowboat on river, steamboat vertical to image on the right. Drawing undated. Supplied date... More

View of the City of Boston from Dorchester Heights

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of the City of Boston from Dorchester Heights

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of the City of Boston from Dorchester Heights

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States almanac, for the year 1841

Print shows the title page for the United States Almanac for the year 1841 showing the deity Mercury/Hermes soaring above the waterfront at Philadelphia with ships and boats on the Delaware River and two men mo... More

Boston, and Bunker Hill (from the east)

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jefferson City E. Sachse del - Public domain city architecture drawing

Drawing shows a scene near the waterfront with a capitol building atop a hill next to the Missouri River where a steamboat approaches the shore; shows other buildings along the waterfront and, in the foreground... More

The Hudson River at Albany, U.S. Saturday July 18th 1846

Drawing shows several ships at dock on the waterfront of the Hudson River, and a view of the landscape across the river of buildings in Hudson, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086)... More

A panoramic view from Bunker Hill Monument

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Massachusetts. Boston from East Boston, 1848

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Man sketching on a wharf with a dog seated next to him, in the backgro...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 102 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing fil... More

Arrival of the royal procession at the custom-house quay

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Head of navigation of the Potomac River / nautical chart

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Photocopy of ms. map. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes notes. LC copy originally printed on separate sheets, assembled to 1 s... More

Camp ground from the highlands, Stereoscope Card

reverse side of stereoscopic card Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Lighthouse at end of pier, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An exact prospect of Charlestown, the metropolis of the province of So...

Print shows a view of the waterfront at Charleston harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, with several ships and small boats in the harbor and men, some with fishing nets, standing on a bit of land in the lower le... More

Veduta di S. Eustachio / N. Matraini del. ; J. Ottaviani inc.

Print shows a distant view of Oranjestad on Saint Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles, with many ships in the foreground. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le migliori carte geografiche, e topogra... More

[Chinese junk tied to Yang-tze River bank]

J228257 or 228258 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 17th, 18th, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston, from State Street block, [illegible]

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Three boats moored to a wharf in Providence

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.