history, 19th century

David Octavius Hill - The Scott Monument under Construction

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843..Accession no. PGP HA 424 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.10 x 14.90 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 424 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photo... More

[Masonic chart] - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

Footbridges and Elaborate Commercial Building, S. China

Attributed to Felice A. Beato (Italy, 1825-1908) Italy, 1860 Photographs Albumen silver print. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Feldman (M.83.302.54)

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in Helsinki, 1906 - A black and white photo of three women sitti...

Pi och Ulla Berg, Pa Nyberg och Elsa Berg på Skatudden ca 1906. .Foto Frans Nyberg..slsa817_35_84.Wikipedia: Katajanokka ( http://Katajanokka ) ..Ur boken Helsingfors i ord och bild..Utgiven av Svenska litterat... More

Man and child, lantern slide - An old photo of a man holding a child

SFFf-1992078.0005..Description: The girl is probably Anna Øye, later married Nordang (1906-1997). The man holding her is Elling J. Øyehol (born 1841) from Heimste-Holen...Photographer: S. J. Beckett...http://ww... More

[Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and cerami...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Byzantine Miraculous Draught of Fishes

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Photo of King David the Poet - Public domain dedication

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White Sewing Machine Co. - Public domain dedication image

: tradecards,4457 ( tradecards,4457 ) .. Subject (TGM): Women; Sewing equipment & supplies; Sewing machine industry; Sewing machines; Appliance stores; Appliances;

[Houses of the Romanesque, Medieval, and Renaissance periods in the Hi...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment...

Photo shows soldier believed to be identified as Augustus C. Thompson. Case: Berg, no. 3-22. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: B.G. "Chip" Newman, Broker of Fine Antiquities, Mad... More

[Portrait of Emanuel Rudasill, Company M, 16th North Carolina Regiment...

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music from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo...

This image has been taken from scan 000223 from volume 01 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000183 from volume 02 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000039 from volume 02 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000133 from volume 04 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000026 from volume 01 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000062 from volume 01 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000177 from volume 01 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000141 from volume 04 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000120 from volume 01 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000040 from volume 03 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000122 from volume 02 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

A group of men in uniform standing on steps. goodbyes fontainebleau.

A group of men in historical clothing walking down a set of steps / A group of men dressed in period clothing standing on a set of stairs public domain military photo.

A painting of a woman wearing a crown. bonaparte portrait.

Stock photography: A portrait of a man in a gold frame / A painting of a woman wearing a crown.

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000136 from volume 02 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000078 from volume 03 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000096 from volume 03 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...

Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More

map from "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ....

This image has been taken from scan 000082 from volume 02 of "The Campaigns of Napoleon: Arcola, Marengo, Jena, Waterloo ... extracted from Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire; and edited, with Eng... More

Le traité de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour ...

Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I, holding a bundle of dried twigs and telling the cat to retract its claws, resulting in the Treaty... More

The Capitol in 1800 taken from advanced proof of plate 38 History of t...

Print showing exterior of U. S. Capitol building. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol... More

Buckland Grange, Proposed Alterations, South Elevation

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

[Wu-Ting-Fang, Chinese minister, in Washington, D.C.]

Photo shows Wu Tingfang, Chinese diplomat, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding a fan in right hand, and with left hand resting on the arm of a chair; table with vase and flowers on the... More

I don't know as I can better serve the cause I love so well than to di...

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

Alamo. San Antonio Texas Stereoscope Card.

Texas stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assemb... More

Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out o...

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

Bonaparte, premier consul de la Republique Française -- revue du quint...

Print shows Napoleon Bonaparte, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in medallion above scene depicting troop review. Déposé à la Bibliotheque Nle. le 29 Thermidor An X. Trimmed to within plate mark. de V... More

A statue in a building with statues in the background. Napoleon sarcop...

Tombs photographs: Free images of tombs and cemeteries, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

Edward Robeson Taylor autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higg...

Sends a typed copy of a letter by John Brown, the original being in the possession of one of his students. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

I tremble for my country when I remember that God is just and that his...

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Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out o...

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Empress Theodora and Members of Her Court

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A man in a top hat is kneeling on the ground. ic wars re-enactment his...

A man in a green uniform and hat laying on the ground with a gun / A soldier in green uniform laying down in the grass with a white gun public domain military photo.

Emperor Justinian and Members of His Court

Public domain image of a mosaic, medieval, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thus saith the lord: Ye have not hearken'd unto me in proclaiming libe...

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Death of Socrates, ink drawing - Public domain drawing

Anonymous, German, 19th century Public domain scan of 19th century German drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Passage of the Red Sea - Public domain museum image. A mosaic of a man...

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Byzantine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nagasaki no chizu Historic map, Library of Congress

Japanese print shows map of harbor area of Nagasaki. Nagasaki print. One corner is torn. Backed with sheet of paper covered with Japanese writing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 176; 47623a. Earl... More

Ellerson's Mill. Battle-field of Mechanicsville, Virginia

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 920. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Francesco Bartolozzi - Ignatius Sancho, 19th century, Thomas Gainsboro...

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)

Le Triomphe de la religion - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows Pope Pius VII, Cardinal Caprara, and other members of the clergy seeking to receive the spirit of light from the beneficial rays emanating from a dove at top center, parting the dark clouds of ign... More

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mr. Spéroni, nonce apostolique, porte-croix de Notre St. Père Le Pape

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback being led by a guard, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. He is following the papal carriage carrying th... More

Mr. Speroni nce. apostolique, porte croix du Pape, précédant sa sainte...

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback passing between two guards, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon... More

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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.

The genius of France nursing her darling / T.B.:-d-lle delt., British ...

Cartoon showing France, a savage virago, dandling a tiny Napoleon seated on her hand and wearing a royal robe over his military dress. Above her head she holds a rattle with bells surmounted by a crown. She gri... More

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Le pied de nez de Milord Pit - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows Napoleon I, wearing laurel wreath and ermine robe, pushing down one side of scale with his sword, which lifts two frightened monarchs, on the other side, off the ground; in the background stands a... More

[John Cassin, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 402 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Voilà la plus cuite, mon Empereur!

Print shows Napoleon stopping at an evening mealtime bivouac to converse with the rank and file soldiers who offer him one of their potatoes. Déposé. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

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

The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

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

John Bluck - Covent Garden Market, Westminster Election. Georgian era ...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19... More

The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

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

A new drop scene for D. L. T. / Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & scul...

"A fantastic scene on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre. Tradegy and Comedy are being done to death by the management, while dogs and imitation animals are made ready to perform ..." (Source: George) This record ... More

Boney at Bayonne blowing a Spanish bubble, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon convincing the Spanish royalty, who are enclosed in a bubble, of his friendship as he fires a cannonball at Madrid. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Soc... More

[Table of types of elements and explanation of plates showing various ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...

Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More

Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Jan. ...

May praises the support of the abolition cause in its early days by its English friends and discusses the controversies between the English and American abolitionists during the war. He speaks of the attitude o... More

Roman Scenes from Roman history

Public domain photo of a 3d object, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The ball room - A group of people standing in a room

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacio...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Spanish manuscript map of Spanish Texas, Louisiana Territory and the Trans-Mississippi West, prepared for the use by the Spanish Crown in defending its claims to Spanis... More

Francis Stanfell papers, Great Britain Admiralty

The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig. 2. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

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

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

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

Genl. H. Dearborn / C.W. Peale pinx. ; Edwin sc.

Print shows Henry Dearborn, bust portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ship United States - Public domain drawing

Detail drawing showing how the hull of the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, sails in the water.

George Cruikshank - A Sepulchral Enquiry into English History

George Cruikshank (British, London 1792–1878 London) Public domain scan of British 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 18th-century prin... More

A Paradice [sic] for Fools–A Nocturnal Trip–or–The Disciple of Johanna...

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

Le Carnaval de 1814, ou Le marcaroni Impérial

Cartoon shows Napoleon and Cambacérès as a harlequin and punch, respectively; between them is a table on which is a map of Europe. Cambacérès ladles out a macaroni soup comprised of the unpopular actions and ev... More

Peace - A painting of two women shaking hands in front of a flag

In an allegory of the Treaty of Ghent, signed on Dec. 24, 1814, Britannia and America hold olive branches before an altar. Sailors, holding British and American flags, hold an uninscribed banner; through drapes... 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

La Poire était mûre - A drawing of a pear on a branch

A ripe pear, with profile of Napoleon between leaf and branch, falling from a branch.

Roman Scenes from Roman history

Public domain photo of a 3d object, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America guided by wisdom An allegorical representation of the United S...

Allegorical print shows America as a woman in Grecian dress and feathered helmut with Roman deities Minerva, Ceres, and Mercury to symbolize wisdom, commerce, and agriculture. To their right is a triumphal arch... More

Et l'on revient toujours A ses premiers amours.

Cartoon showing Napoleon I stepping down from throne into a marsh filled with frogs; in his left hand he holds a long pike with a liberty cap on top at which he is looking. DeVinck, 9541 Purchase; S. Emmering; ... More

The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived tha...

Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier.