[Mort de trois Espagnols, & le tourmens que soffrit Jean Ortis]
The killing of three Spaniards and torture of Juan Ortiz. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride ... par Ferdinand de Soto ... / L'Inca Gardillasso de la Vega. Aleide : Pierre Vander, 1731, oppos. p. ... More
The monument of Major André - Public domain cabinet drawing
Print shows a sarcophagus resting on a pedestal, on the top, Britannia weeping with the British lion, on the side, a tableau shows the capture of Major André. Illus. in: The universal magazine of knowledge and... More
The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt...
Print shows Charles Lee at his capture by British troops. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward... More
Major André, von drey Americanern angehalten zu Tarrytown am 23ten Sep...
Print shows Major John André being taken into custody by three men, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams, near Tarrytown, New York, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolu... More
[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - discover Kira's hiding ...
Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 Rōnin; the samurai discover Kira's hiding place. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More
Kira Yoshinaka - Jūnidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows the night attack on the villa and the capture of Moronō (Kira). Scene from act twelve of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Retour de Varennes. Arrivée de Louis Capet à Paris, le 25 Juin 1791 Pr...
Print shows a royal coach carrying Louis XVI and his family on their return to Paris after their aborted flight to freedom; three men riding on the front of the coach appear to be under arrest as well; large nu... More
Translation de Louis seize et de sa famille au temple le 13 Aoust 1792...
Print shows French soldiers and citizens escorting Louis XVI and the royal family in a carriage to the temple on August 13, 1792.
Arrestation de Louis Capet à Varennes, le 22 Juin 1791 Prieur inv. & d...
Print shows the interior of a tavern where Louis XVI and his family have stopped to eat while on their attempted escape to Varennes, traveling in disguise, they have been identified, and are apprehended by a mo... More
The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...
Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road "to Elba" from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farew... More
An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Ca...
Print shows Napoleon I standing on a slip of land labeled "Elba" yelling at George, Prince of Wales, who is standing on a patch of land labeled "England." Napoleon complains that the British have deprived him o... More
Le tigre enchainé - A group of men in uniforms standing next to each o...
Cartoon showing Napoleon I as a tiger in chains held by a British officer holding a whip; two men representing Russia and Austria play musical instruments nearby. DeVinck, 9800 Forms part of: French Political C... More
Capture of Andre / from a sketch by Stothard ; engraved by W.E. Tucker...
Print shows militiamen John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams apprehending and searching British Major John Andre near Tarrytown, New York. Forms part of: Biographical File filing series (Library of... More
Ein Neues Trauer-lied ... - Public domain book illustration
In German, a poem, entitled "A New lament," which tells the tale of Susanna Cox (1785?-1809), who was executed for the murder of her illegitimate child.
The capture of General Vega (In the act of discharging a canon); by th...
Print shows Captain Charles Augustus May, on horseback, stopping General Vega, in the act of lighting a fuse on a cannon; troops all around them are still fighting. No. 158. Below image: Entered according to A... More
The capture of General Vega (In the act of discharging a canon) by the...
Print shows Captain Charles Augustus May, on horseback, stopping General Vega, in the act of lighting a fuse on a cannon; troops all around them are still fighting. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fili... More
[Print speciman of American Indian man on horseback with struggling Ca...
Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 7]
The captivity of Mrs. Rowlandson, engraving, Library of Congress
Mary White Rowlandson, in canoe, being held captive by Indians. Illus. from: Harper's Monthly, v. 15 (1857), p. 34.
Juan Ortiz watching the dead bodies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.
Juan Ortiz keeping guard over Indian bodies on scaffolds. A bear is in the cemetery. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadel... More
Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delar...
Print shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting on rocks on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Signed on stone on lower l... More
Bône. Prisoniers Kroumirs á la Casbah / ND.
Five prisoners (possibly Berbers) in courtyard, Annaba (Bône), Algeria. No. 189?
Secrets of the prison-house--a cell in the female department of the Wa...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jeff Davis, in his traveling costume
Photograph of political cartoon shows montage of photographic portrait of Jefferson Davis' head atop a drawing of person in a dress, referring to a story that Davis was captured dressed as a woman. Gift; Tom L... More
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.
Exterior, African American woman standing in foreground. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. Stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic History (no. 2300). LC-B811-2300 (half). This record contains ... More
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.
Interior. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. Full stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic History (No. 2298). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: V... More
Arrest of Marshal Kane, at his house in Baltimore, at three o'clock A....
Print shows Union troops taking Marshal Kane into custody outside his home in Baltimore, Maryland. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 12, no. 294 (1861 July 6), p. 113.
Civil War envelope showing slave master holding whip as slave attempts...
Addressed to John Heagy Esq., Highspire P.O., Dauphin Co., Penna. ; postmarked Hummelstown, Pa., September 25 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) pp/liljmem
The capture of General August Willich at Stone's River Tennessee, 1862
Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.61" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): III-59. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congre... More
Libby Prison, Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia from nature by Act...
Print shows the interior of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia with Union officers and soldiers sitting or standing in groups. Brigadier General August Willich (1810-1878), captured at the Battle of Stones River,... More
Revival of the old slave laws of Louisiana--a scene in New Orleans--ar...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 381.
Edward Sylvester Ellis - The lost trail
A captive woman being carried off into the wilderness by a Native man. Illus. in: Beadle's Dime Novels, no. 71 (The Lost Trail). New York : Beadle and Company, 1864, cover. Reference copy in LOT 4391-E. Publish... More
Jeff's double quick. The last words of the Confederacy: "Jeff's war ho...
Another comic version of Confederate President Jefferson Davis's ignominious capture by Union troops in May 1865. (See also "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A.," no. 1865-11.) Here Davis, clad as a woman and... More
The last ditch polka d'accacia / drawn & engd. by H.F. Greene, Boston.
Sheet music cover celebrating Confederate president Jefferson Davis' confinement at Fort Monroe, after his capture by Union troops in May 1865. Davis is portrayed as a rat in a wire cage which in turn is sealed... More
[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell a...
Full page includes four illustrations and an article describing Herold's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 441 (1865 June 10), p. 365. Herold's name erroneousl... More
The Indian campaign--prisoners captured by General Custer / sketched b...
Prisoners, from Black Kettle's camp, captured by General Custer, traveling through snow. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, 1868 Dec. 19, p. 825.
Negroes hiding in the swamps of Louisiana / Sheppard del. ; J.L. Langr...
African Americans by a camp fire under lean-to. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 May 10, p. 396.
The Modoc indians / from photographs taken by C.F. [sic] Watkins, San ...
Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper with portraits of eleven Modoc Indians, federal prisoners and alleged participants in a violent uprising.
Tweed-le-dee and Tilden-dum / Th. Nast.
Boss Tweed, as policeman, wearing uniform of convict, holding two boys by the collar with one hand, and holding up billy club with the other. Reform Tweed: "If all the people want is to have somebody arrested, ... More
A slave-coffle passing the Capitol
Slaves wearing handcuffs and shackles passing the United States Capitol, around 1815. Illus. in: A popular history of the United States. New York : Scribner, Armstrong, and company, 1876-1881. Reference copy in... More
The chain gang, Thomasville, Georgia
Nine African American men posed, standing along fence. In album: p. 64.
John A. Logan in 1859 / Gillam.
Illustration shows John A. Logan standing at center, holding a paper that states "No Interference with Slave-Hunters!", and looking over his left shoulder at two slave hunters rounding up a family of fugitive s... More
The old and the new year / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows Father Time presenting the new year labeled "1886" to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil; behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland'... More
Africa - Tanganyika - Dar Es Salaam--Women convicts working on road
Women chained togther by neck rings. Photograph by E.M. Santos, Dar Es Salaam. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
The convicts' lock-step - Public domain book illustration
Illustration shows a queue of prisoners. Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and rescue work in tough places, with personal experiences amo... More
[Louis Napoleon escaping from Ham in 1846]
Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III, 1808-1873) and two accomplices make their escape from the fortress of Ham. Leading the procession is "Doctor Conneau" carrying a suitcase. Behind him is Napoleon disguised as a wor... More
[Isma Martin, half-length portrait of criminal for police identificati...
George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 3166. Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[A chain gang] - Public domain portrait print
15619 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cell from which Evangelica Cisneros escaped, Havana, Cuba
48724 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9959. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The interrogation of Robespierre on the morning of the tenth Thermidor
8523 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a painting by L. Melingue. Copyright by G. Barrie & Son.
Portrait photo of Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph
Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2169 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: "No. 2."
Portrait photo of Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph
Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2174 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: "No. 7."
Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin
Reproduction of first photograph of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, in jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's weekly, McKinley extra, 1901 Sept. 9, cover. Copyrighted by Judge Company, 1901.
[Detective Lt. Joseph Petrosiino( left) , Inspector Carey and Inspecto...
Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Dagestan. Mi︠e︡sto pli︠e︡nenīi︠a︡ Shamili︠a︡
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Columbus returning to Spain in chains [on board ship]
Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ute Indians captured by 6th Cavalry on the march through Belle Fourche...
Copyright by Louis G. Billings. Public domain photograph of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chinamen arrested after Mock Duck & Tom Lee factions' shooting in Chin...
Photograph shows Chinese-American men arrested for being involved in a war between On Leong Tong and Hip Sing Tong organizations for control of Chinatown standing outside police station with police officers. F... More
Gathering potatoes in Fort Bend County, Tx
Photograph shows African American male picking potatoes, possibly prisoners from the Imperial State Prison Farm; three men on horseback oversee the work. Schlueter, Houston. No. 14.
Casement i.e. casemate where Jefferson Davis was imprisoned, Fort Monr...
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072489. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Casement [i.e. casemate] where Jefferson Davis was imprisoned, Fort Mo...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rangoon prisoners - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Photograph shows five male prisoners squatting with hands pressed together amidst a fibrous material in Rangoon, Burma. In album: China, Singapore, Burmah, India, Aden, Suez, Egypt, Palestine, 1910-20(?). Copy... More
[Left to right: Joseph Caruso, Joseph J. Ettor, and Arturo Giovannitti...
Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Emperor Nicholas II working in the kitchen garden at Tsarskoe Selo. Be...
J213271 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted in 1922 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. Title from typed caption on photo mount. Underwood & Underwood photo number: 248994. Copyright deposit; 1922.
Before the main entrance of the house of the governor at Tobolsk. The ...
Photograph shows Czar Nicholas II and family outside the Governor's House during their internment at Tobolsk, late August 1917 to April 1918. J213268 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Und... More
Empress Alexandra in her rolling chair embroiders while the rest of th...
Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Alexis Nicolaevitch, Czarevitch, heir to the Russian throne, and his ...
Photograph shows the prince and princess sitting (with shovels) in the foreground, Russian soldiers in the background. J213277 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y... More
Photo of the late Czar and his family working in garden
Photograph shows Czar Nicholas II and family gardening at Alexander Palace during internment at Tsarskoe-Selo, 1917. J213277 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. ... More
[Russia]. German & Austrian prisoners. [Russian men and women]. [Russi...
Titles from item and devised by Library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:041
The Romanovs working in the garden at Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, 1917
J213274 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. Title from typed caption on photo mount. Photograph is a cropped version of LOT 11119, no. 10. Copyright deposit; 1921.
Arestation du roi et de sa famille à Varenne le 22 Juin 1791
Reproduction of original two sheet woodcut, showing the carriage of Louis XVI surrounded by armed men. Illus. in: Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1871: Collection de Vinck, vol. 2 / François-... More
Emperor Nicholas II shovelling snow in the park at Tsarskoe Selo, Russ...
J213276 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from typed caption on photo mount. Underwood photo number: 246000. Photographed copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood. Copyright deposit; 1921.
Very vicious, Spaniard, American, Turk
Photographs show front and right profile mug shots of four prisoners including a Spaniard, an American and a Turkish man, Philippines.
Three detectives responsible for the capture of the "Bobbed Hair Bandi...
Detectives Grey and Casey and Captain McCloskey, standing with others, facing front. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[African American prisoners at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana ( Lea...
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Angola, Louisiana"; "N66-1"; "N67-1." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting fol... More
[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.
[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolin...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Convicts Reed Camp, SC; Dec. 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians... More
[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.
[Prisoners in the woodyard, Darrington State Farm, Texas; A Baptist co...
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "N106: Negro child, singer for singing game. Eatonville, Fla. June, 1935"; "N298: poss. Florida"; "... More
[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly at Darringto...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "[Darrington State Farm, Ap. 1934]?; Texas." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk m... More
[African American convicts working with axes, watchtower in background...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Convicts Reed Camp, SC; Dec. 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians... More
Prisoner in camp hospital, Darrington State Farm, Texas
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Portraits of musician Bill Tatnall of Frederica, Ga.; Luneda Commeaux...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Prisoners working outside Reed Camp, South Carolina; Portraits of Ern...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "N54: Ernest and Paul Jennings, La. July 1934, no other print of this"; "N57: Sam Ballard (Old Dad), New Ibe... More
$5,000 reward - A black and white advertisement for a reward
Wanted poster showing identification portraits of Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter. Date stamped on verso: Aug 7 1939. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Libra... More
[Louis "Lepke" Buchalter handcuffed to guard, getting into van] / Worl...
NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
Fresno (Calif.) Assembly Center Brightening the open spaces between ba...
No. 9SvC-42-3395-PSF. S65. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles, California--evacuation: pastor saying good-bye to two eva...
No. 9CA-42-1792-PSF. In album: v. 1, p. 97.
[Vincent Alo, alias Jimmy Blue Eyes, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...
NYWT&S staff photograph. Date stamped on recto: Feb 4 1950. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
American terrorist George Metesky being escorted by New York Detective...
Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
N.Y. detectives who made arrest in conjunction with Conn. police Shown...
Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
George Metesky behind bars at Waterbury, Conn., police station World T...
Photograph shows American terrorist George Metesky in jail. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
George Metesky being brought from second to first floor to Waterbury p...
Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[Meyer Lansky, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, being led ...
NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[Meyer Lansky, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, at...
NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[Teenage gang members arrested in fatal shooting of Brooklyn youth] / ...
Photograph shows, left to right, Carl Cintron, Transit Patrolman Ernest Fatoruso, Carlos Reyes, Patrolman Frank Collins, Melvin Torres and Israel Narvaes at the Popular St. police station, New York City.
Carl Cintron grins as he was booked early today in the fatal shooting ...
Photograph shows , left to right, Transit Patrolman Ernest Fatoruso, Carl Cintron, and Patrolman Frank Collins of Safety Unit E at Popular St. police station, New York City. NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from ... More
Sirhan Mesches '68, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Drawing shows Sirhan B. Sirhan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. The drawing is dated [19]68, so may have been done while in captivity or at an arraignment, prior to Sirhan's trial in 1969. ... More
The seizure of Atahualpa at Cajamarca / J.M. Moreau junior, inv. ; P. ...
Spaniards taking Atahualpa away as woman faints. Reference copy in: BIOG FILE - Atahualpa, d. 1533.
Hesper appearing to Columbus in prison / drawn by Smirke : engraved by...
Columbus chained to prison wall, mythological figure with star above head appearing in doorway. No. 1076.
Jeff's Soliloquy to be or not to be (hanged) that's the question
Photographic montage combines painting by M.A. Andrews showing a woman walking through an ominous forest and photograph of Jefferson Davis's head atop the body of the woman, referring to a story that Davis was ... More