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Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," nea...

Photograph shows Sign on building: Wolfe County Office WPA Project Superintendent; sign on car: Jesus saves.

Crossing a dirty street A. Grant, del, British Cartoon Print

"A gentleman (left) hands a lady across the cobble-stones of a street; both are in back view..." (Source: George) Print made by James Gillray after A. Grant (Source: British Museum). Catalogue of Political and... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukie kinryūzan ichi no zu

Print shows a large throng of people at the open-air marketplace at Kinryūzan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban... More

Satsuki ame, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women walking beneath an umbrella and a young woman about to open an umbrella as it has started to rain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta de Campo Vaccino

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins in the foreground of the Campo Vaccino, with the arch of Septimius Severus to the left and three columns on the right. Some of the men appear to be examining the ruins. E... More

[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

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta del tempio de Bacco

Print shows an exterior view of the Temple of Bacchus in Rome, Italy. Exhibited: "From La Serenissima to the Eternal City : The Grand Tour in 18th Century Venice and Rome" at The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's C... More

A view of the market place in the city of the Havana Vue de la place d...

Print showing a large plaza with water fountain, tradesmen, venders, pedestrians, and soldiers in drill formation, also a coach and four, in the city of Havana. Plate numbered in lower right corner: d.6. Trimm... 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

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - November, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of November, showing pigs grazing, swineherds resting, and women minding children, also with trees at center and a distant view of a village. Includes the zodia... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - December, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of December, showing pigs being slaughtered and processed, sheaves of wheat or corn readied for storage, cows and pigs gathered into the town square on the left... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - Januarius Petrus Stephani inventor

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of January, showing men with axes and handsaws cutting and gathering wood for fuel and other uses, others transporting wood on wagons; they are working among tr... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - Martius, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of March, showing a bird's-eye view of a palace on the right and a lagoon in the middle distance; also shows a bustle of activity preparing for Spring planting ... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - Februarius Petrus Stephani inven

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of February, showing a late winter celebration and feast, with much revelry taking place among those eating and drinking in front of a tavern or restaurant on t... More

[Crowd in square in Haarlem, Netherlands] / P. Zaenredam invent. ; J.V...

Public domain image of Netherlands landscape, 17th-18th century cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Veduta dell' arco di Costantino, e dell' anfiteatro Flavio detto il co...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins with the Arch of Constantine in the foreground and the Flavian Amphitheater or Colosseum in the background, with numbered key. Some of the men appear to be examining the r... More

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich - [The barker at the fair]

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. LeBlanc, no. 61.

[The market at Dolo] / A. Canal., f.

Title from shelflist card. Signed in pencil. Constable, 19. Pallucchini, 19. George Lothrop Bradley Collection.

Giuseppe Vasi - Palazzo dell' Accademia di Francia / G. Vasi.

Street scene in Rome, Italy. Reference copy in LOT 4614. Illus. in: Vasi, Giuseppe / Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna, Rome, 1747-1761, v. 9, pl. 170.

Utagawa Toyoharu - Kennyuhsan no zu ni

Print of a painting in an ornate frame with feet for display on floor or other flat surface showing crowd outside vendor stalls around a large temple; most of the people are entering the temple. Title and other... More

This print representing part of the town and harbour of Halifax in Nov...

Print shows a broad view of the town and harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with meadow in the foreground, buildings of the town along the waterfront, and ships in the harbor, also two islands and a distant view o... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie on edo fukagawa sanjūsangendō no zu

Print shows a wooden building, Sanjūsangendō, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues of Kannon, a Buddhist goddess, with an archer kneeling at one end shooting an arrow into the bull's-eye of a target at the ot... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie fukagawa eitai suzumi no zu

Print shows many boats, large and small, in the waterways at Fukagawa-shi, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal O... More

Vuë de la place capitale a Quebeck. Prospect des haupt plazes der unte...

Print shows street view with soldiers marching, and pedestrians in Québec; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Col... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Nakazu no kei. Book illustration from Library of Co...

Print shows pedestrians crossing a bridge spanning a river crowded with boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Chub... More

Ukie wakoku no keiseki shin-yoshiwara nakanochō no zu

Print shows many people on the Nakanocho Boulevard at night near the gate to the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo, possibly during the lantern festival, with teahouses and shops lining the street.

Shinpan ukie shiba shinmeigū no zu

Print shows people entering the Shiba Shinmei Shrine and on the streets and in shops around the shrine.

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie wakoku no keiseki shin-yoshiwara nakanochō no ...

Prospect der König Strasse gegen das land thor zu Boston = Vuë de la...

Print shows view of King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Interior view of the Temple of Neptune, Paestum, plate 13]

Print shows several men, a cow, and a dog barking at a donkey transporting two barrels, among the columns of the Temple of Neptune in Campania (Paestum), Italy, with lettered key identifying elements of the str... More

An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a street scene outside a print shop on a windy day as pedestrians struggle against the force of the wind. Handwritten title from item. Alternate title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the B... More

Veduta del porto di ancona L. De Vegni inc

Print shows a view of the port of Ancona with several sailing ships, rowboats, and activity on a wharf. Printed at top center: No. 2. Trimmed to within plate mark at top. Blind stamped on lower left, in oval: ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukie Kinryūzan ichi no zu

Ukie Edo nihonbashi odawarachō sakana ichi no su

Print shows a perspective view of a marketplace. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japa... More

Hikitejaya mae no yuki usagi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a person walking to the left, mostly hidden by a snow-covered umbrella, a woman walking to the right, holding a tray with a snow sculpture of a bunny on it, and a woman sitting on a bench at a tea s... More

Hikitejaya mae no yuki usagi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a person walking to the left, mostly hidden by a snow-covered umbrella, a woman walking to the right, holding a snow bunny on a tray, and a woman sitting on a bench at a tearoom. Title and other des... More

Canaletto - Al Dolo / A. Canal. f.

Print shows gondolas on a canal with pedestrians walking alongside, and buildings on both sides. On plate in lower right corner: FF3. Constable, no. 4 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (Library ... More

Ale Porte del Dolo / A. Canal. f.

Print shows a large boat entering the main canal from a small canal, with many gondolas on the canal, and large buildings in the background. On plate in lower right corner: FF1. Constable, no. 2 Forms part of:... More

The encampment in St. James's Park MDCCLXXX

Print shows soldiers relaxing in tents and talking on horseback, with women and children and dogs in the foreground, and a view of Westminster Abbey in the background.

The encampment in the museum garden MDCCLXXX / N' P. Sandby f.

Print showing men, women, and children on the lawn in the museum garden, building on the left, and the tents of a military encampment, on the right.

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

A return from an invasion, or, Napoleon at a nonplus / JN., British Ca...

Print shows Napoleon I coming ashore at Calais, France, defeated at every turn, without men and ships, to face the ridicule of fisherwomen, the governor, a French soldier, and an English sailor who says, "Take ... More

Jean Henri Marlet - Tableaux de Paris. Les charbonniers Marlet ; lith....

Print shows a woman with her arms spread, standing between two men who are fighting, one being restrained by another man, in front of a small shop that may sell alcoholic drinks; there are large bags hanging on... More

Nihonzutsumi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two porters carrying a sedan chair and a third person with an umbrella walking along embankment with city in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

In crowds the ladies ran, all wish'd to see and touch the tawny man Ti...

Print shows a tall Native, missing one eye, standing with five women and two men on a street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also a cluster of women and a few men at the entrance to a building behind them. In th... More

Nihonbashi yori fuji o miru zu - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows pedestrians on a high-arched bridge over the Nihonbashi River with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

[Preliminary sketch for neoclassic building with "MDCCXIX" on pediment...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 102. (DLC/PP-1995:140.102). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with homes and outbui...

Preliminary sketch on verso. Trimed to inside the puncture holes that were around the edges where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark: AMIES. Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[Perspective view of Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina, with ...

Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the right margin. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 99. (DLC/PP-1995:140.99). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a large home and...

Preliminary sketch on verso. Includes puncture holes around the edges where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark with a large fleur de lis with W. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 97. (DLC/PP-1995:14... More

St. Michaels Church, Charleston, S.C., engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of a street in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a chu...

Includes puncture holes along sides and bottom where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the left margin. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 95. (DLC/PP-1... More

[View of the city of Charleston, S.C., with a mansion, the Nathaniel R...

Includes puncture holes around edges where paper was fastened to a board. Preliminary perspective sketch on verso. Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the left margin. Philadelphia Print Sh... More

[Preliminary sketch for neoclassic building with "MDCCXIX" on pediment...

Preliminary sketches on verso. Watermark shows a dove holding an olive branch, representing Amies & Co. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 101. (DLC/PP-1995:140.101). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith colle... More

Moto-yanagibashi yuki no kōkei - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman opening up a parasol while walking in the snow at night near the Motonoyanagi Bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

City street scene with "Brewhouse" in "Spittle Fields"

Drawing shows a horse team harnessed to a low cart or wagon at the side of a street with buildings along each side, possibly in Spitalfields. Details show lamps along the side of the street, a man leaning again... More

Panorama of the times, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Med... More

Verlegenheiten. No. 11, Himmel! ich bin auf den ersten Deutschen angag...

Print shows two men on a city street, pressed against a wall as a carriage passes, splattering them with mud; one man is worried because he is scheduled to dance the first waltz. Parallel text in German and French.

Vue de la place des boutiques / Cadolle delt. ; lithe. par Deroy.

Print showing a view across a plaza with carriages and pedestrians at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Fontaine de Grenelle / J. Romney, sc. ; T.T. Bury, delt. ; A. Pugin, d...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A monday morning view of Friends meeting house and academy, Philada. f...

Print shows many Quakers and others walking along the sidewalk in front of the Friends' Meeting House and Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; also shows two African American children with a large pig on the ... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.

Print shows an African American couple walking on the street; the woman asks the man whether he likes the waltz. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:253). Caption: "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" "'Pon de honour of... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 C

Print shows an African American woman, wearing a very large hat, in a shop trying to purchase a pair of stockings. Plate XI. Caption: "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" "Oui Madame! her... More

A fourth day morning view of Friends meeting house on Cherry Street, P...

Print shows many Quakers walking along the sidewalk on Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the Friends' Meeting House in the background. Caption continues: This building which is about 42 feet fron... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Nihonbashi, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying bundles across the Nihon Bridge on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōk... More

Like master like man / E.W. Clay del.

Print shows two African American men, with their seconds, about to fight a duel with pistols at close range.

The Colonel electioneering. How to get a vote, or going fixed for the ...

Print shows a man at center, assumed to be Davy Crockett, standing on a busy commercial street, offering one man a drink and another man tobacco, while campaigning for political office. Two dogs have stopped to... More

Life in Philadelphia. How you like de new fashiom shirt, Miss Florinda...

Print shows a garishly dressed African American man talking with a garishly dressed African American woman in a parlor. Caption continues: I tink dey mighty elegum I see you on new year day when you carry de ... More

Great solar eclipse. To be seen every day at West's observatory, No. 7...

Print shows an advertisement for West's Blacking Climax with five adults, a child, and a dog using smoked glass to observe West's Blacking logo eclipse the sun. The man on the left states, "What an awful eclips... More

Samuel Prout - Ghent Saml. Prout ; J.H. Kernot

Print shows a view of the waterfront area along the canal with boats, fishermen, and others, with municipal buildings to the sides and St. Michael's Church in the background. Published title: View in Ghent. St... More

Samuel Prout - Antwerp Saml. Prout ; William Floyd

Print shows a street scene with pedestrians and a view of the tower of the cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Published title: Cathedral tower, Antwerp. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso:... More

Samuel Prout - Dresden Saml. Prout ; J.T. Willmore

Print shows a view from the right bank of the Elbe River showing the "Augustus Bridge", "Dresden Cathedral", and the "Frauenkirche". Published title: City and bridge of Dresden. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division... More

Samuel Prout - Como Saml. Prout ; Thomas Barber

Print shows a view of the port on Lake Como, with boats and buildings, and with men standing on the shore in the foreground, at Como, Italy. Published title: Port and lake of Como. Stamped on verso: L.C. Divis... More

Roman column at Igel near Treves drawn by S. Prout ; ornament by F.W. ...

Print shows the Roman column at Igel, Germany. At head of title: Continental annual by Prout 1832. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso: 43734. Print has six thread-holes where sheet was... More

Samuel Prout - Padua Saml. Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Print shows a plaza with pedestrians, possibly nuns, and street vendors, and a monument, with a church in the background. Published title: Place of St. Antonio, Padua. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints... More

Samuel Prout - Brussels Sam'l Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Print shows a street scene with pedestrians along the front of the Brussels town hall (Hôtel de Ville). Published title: Hotel de Ville at Brussels. Stamped at bottom center: Library of Congress City of Washin... More

Samuel Prout - Caen Saml. Prout ; Jas. Carter

Print shows a canal with women washing clothing on a small quay and a view of the rear of the Church of Saint Pierre in Caen, France, with bird-shaped gargoyles at top. Published title: Church of St. Pierre at... More

Samuel Prout - Treves Saml. Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Print shows a street-level view of the Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany, with several women coming and going, each with a large bundle on her back. Published title: The Porta Nigra, or Roman ruin, at Treves. Stam... More

Samuel Prout - Rouen Saml. Prout ; W. Wallis

Print shows a street-level view of the cathedral at Rouen, with street vendors and pedestrians in the foreground. Published title: Rouen cathedral. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso: ... More

Samuel Prout - Nuremberg Saml. Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Print shows a commercial street with pedestrians, and with the Church of St. Lawrence in Nuremberg, Germany, in the background. Published title: View in Nuremberg. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. St... More

Samuel Prout - Prague Saml. Prout ; J. Le Keux

Print shows a view of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, with towers at the far end on the right, the statue of Lutgardis on the left, and pedestrians on the bridge, with cityscape of Prague in the b... More

Nihonbashi no hakuu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Nihon bridge over the Nihonbashi River during a rain storm; view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

Takanawa ōkido no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sailing ships in the harbor, men moving goods by hand and with carts in the port area, and a small building, possibly the customs house. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Chateau des Tuileries, côté du carrousel Palace of the Tuileries, side...

Print shows a view of the Tuileries Palace with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and a large plaza with pedestrians and carriages in the foreground. From series: Vues de Paris.

Nihonbashi [2nd edition], Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers and porters crossing the bridge at the Nihonbashi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Fujisawa Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge with a torii in the foreground and view of the rooftops and temple buildings at the Fujisawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled... More

Kanbara [2nd edition], Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a snowy evening at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōkaidō gojūs... More

Le chirurgien nègre ; Boutique d'un marchand de viande de porc / J.B. ...

Illustrations showing a black surgeon tending to patients in the street and pork seller's shop with men selling and carving meat. Illus. in: Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, depuis 1816 jusqu'en 1831... More

Siberian town from across a river

Print shows a distant view from across a river of a town in Siberia with a large church or monastery at center, in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC... More

Siberian village, Landscape view print

Print shows a view of a town or village in Siberia surrounded by a wooden wall, with a buddhist temple in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:... More

View of Worcester, Massachusetts. taken from Union Hill / P. Anderson ...

Print shows a cityscape view of Worcester, Massachusetts, from an elevated vantage point on Union Hill, with a river in the foreground on which is a canal boat drawn by two horses or mules, and railroads approa... More

Siberia, Landscape view print - Public domain scan / print

Print shows a distant view from an elevated vantage point of a town in Siberia with a large church or monastery in the background. Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: "Siberia." Stamped in lower left: From t... More

Gotenyama hanazakari, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people sitting and walking, picnicing and viewing blossoms on a bluff above a town on the seacoast with ships offshore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ōji ōgiya, Ando Hiroshige

Print shows tearooms lining a small stream with two people crossing to where a man and a child are sitting. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Kanagawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers walking up incline on the Tōkaidō Road at the Kanagawa station with village buildings and harbor with ships on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Shin-yoshiwara nakanochō haru no kei Andō Hiroshige

Print shows many women and a few men on the Nakanochō Boulevard in the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo, during spring, with teahouses and shops lining the street and a large cherry tree in bloom. Titl... More

Shinobazu no ike benten no hokora Andō Hiroshige

Print shows pedestrians on a bridge across Shinobazu Pond leading to the Benten shrine; pine trees along the bridge, buildings on pilings extending into the pond, and buildings of the town in the background. Ti... More

Col. Peel T.C.W - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a man, facing left, leaning against a building at a window.

Gotenyama hanazakari no zu Andō Hiroshige

North-country mails at the Peacock, Islington / painted by James Polla...

Print shows several passenger and mail coaches on street in front of the Peacock building in Islington, London, England. Engraved from the original picture in the possession of Henry Wormald, Esqr. to whom thi... More

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