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[Manuscript Book mural in Evolution of the Book series, John W. Alexan...

Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts a monk illustrating a manuscript, with two monks in background. Mural marked at bottom left: Copyright ... More

John Hancock - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, bust, facing right. "Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a painting by Copley." This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Civliano consuli ac patricio Priscianus salutem

Print shows page of text on weights and measures, with illuminated borders.

[Siege and relief of Vienna in 1683, with portraits of Ernst Rudiger v...

Illus. in: Der Turckische Schau-Platz erofnet und ..., Hamburg, T. von Wiering, 1685. cf: Victory at Vienna: The Ottoman Siege of 1683, p. 22 and p. 23. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...

Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... More

Consequences of a successful French invasion / Sir John Dalrymple, inv...

French soldiers pillaging and destroying the House of Lords. A guillotine takes the place of the throne and above it hangs a Liberty Cap. A French soldier carries away the mace while others rip and burn the tap... More

Painting "Pocahontas Saving the Life of Capitain John Smith" at Court ...

Artist: Paul Cadmus, 1939. Oil, 83" x 13' 11 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit l... More

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...

1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More

[Illus. title page of The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gat...

Illus. in: The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde, London, 1636, title page. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434J. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capti... More

Title page of John Underhill, Newes from America, London, J.D. for Pet...

Illus. in: John Underhill, Newes from America, London, J.D. for Peter Cole, 1638, title page. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Wars Pequ... More

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern, in a collectio...

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Bruster House (1670), East Setauket, Suffolk County, NY

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, south wal...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro082. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, view east...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, northwest...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, northwest...

Public domain photograph related to Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, west gall...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, west gall...

Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, corner of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, icon scre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, central d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, south gal...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, south wal...

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

Noye vnd richtige abbildung so aus der Vngerischen Mappn gezochen vmb ...

Print shows a birdseye view of battlefields along the banks of the Danube River in Hungary. Includes representations of Budapest, Gran (Esztergom) and Vienna. Includes allegorical images of angels, an eagle, a ... More

[Frontis., John Bunyan, head and shoulders portrait, sleeping - in bac...

Engraving by Sturt. Illus. in: John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, frontis. Reference copy may be in LOT 4443. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

John Goldar - The Country Choristers, Dayton C. Miller Collection

after John Collet, landscapist and caricaturist, 1725-1780 (artist notes) British (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Collet, John, 1725-1780 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) J. Coll... More

John Marshall - Public domain portrait print

Full-length silhouette portrait shows John Marshall, legislator and jurist, facing right.

John Bull fighting the French single handed / P.F.L.B. fecit., British...

Print shows John Bull rapping a French soldier on the head with a cudgel, stomping on a French officer with his right foot, and using his left foot to kick the French nobility out of England and back to France ... More

[John Wesley M.H.] / J. Faber, fecit.

Title from shelflist card. Inscription below portrait: Fellow of Lincoln Colledge Oxford. Jno. Williams, pinxt. J. Faber, fecit. On shelflist card: Printed for and sold by Robt. Sayer ... . Stamp on verso: depo... More

John Locke, 1632-1704, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Lithograph by de Fonroug(...)? after H. Garnier This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists; Publ I. (2); BI; Shelf.

Church of John the Baptist in Roshchenie (1710-17), interior, northwes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of John the Baptist in Roshchenie (1710-17), interior, southeas...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Whipping John of Islington, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room in which a man holds a bare-bottomed woman with a pained look on her face on his back as another woman holds up the woman's dress and points to her naked backside; a man, ... More

John Glyn esqr., member of Parliament for Middlesex, British Cartoon P...

Full-length portrait facing left, standing next to column with Liberty figure. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

John Hankock - praesident des Americane congresses

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84, p. 120 (Copy 2). P... More

The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continen...

Print shows left profile bust portrait of John Hancock between text on "The Character of a Patriot." Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, ... (Boston, Mass.). Boston : 1777, p. 3. Published in: The Americ... More

Major general John Sullivan - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows John Sullivan, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, holding spear in right hand, left hand on hip.

John Bull triumphant. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Brit...

Print shows a bull tossing a Spaniard into the air, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Mansfield are attempting to hold it back by pulling on its tail; a Frenchman and America (represented by a Nativ... More

[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance t...

Prints show distant views of The Wolves, a cluster of islands off New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, Grand Manan Island, and the entrance to the Saint John River, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. i... More

The honble. John Hancock / Pollard sculp.

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in America; containing an acco... More

John Malcom / dessiné et gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Académie Imple. et...

Print shows John Malcolm, a customs officer, standing in a two-wheeled cart on a street crowded with onlookers as men prepare to tar and feather him. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents é... More

Lord Hood - from a painting by West in the possession of Sir John Dick...

Print shows Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal with name plate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Hollan... More

View of the seat of his excellency John Hancock Esqr., Boston / Hill, ...

Print shows view from street, across expanse of lawn, of the Hancock house. Engraved for Massachusetts Magazine July 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational en... More

John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise

A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is impl... More

The faith of treaties exemplified or John Bull's last effort to oblige...

A satire on the diplomatic situation in 1794, showing French soldiers shooting at raging bull, and saying "Vive la republic, Blood & plunder, no quarter to John Bull!" To the bull's back is strapped a bundle in... More

John Hayes St. Leger, 1737-1789

Bust, facing right. Engraving by P. Roberts, from a miniature painted by R. Cosway, in European Magazine, 27:363 (1795). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. C... More

John Leland. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Stone bust, facing left. Engraving copyrighted by W. Richardson. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Publ. Ind.

Billy's Raree-Show or John Bull en lighten'd, British Cartoon Print

"Pitt, as a peep-show man, stands by his box, which is supported on trestles..." (Source: George) [Ansell?] This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserve... More

[Cut-paper silhouette of John I. Hawkins, left profile, possibly by hi...

Inscribed in ink on lower left corner: Mr. Hawkins. (DLC/PP-1998:151.28) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

John Stuart Mill, M.P. - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, bust, facing left. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Portrait of Reverend John Skinner, Print

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Atkinson, T.

Sheridan - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chapin, Jno. R. [Inscribed below image]

John R. Meigs just back from Battle of Bull Run

Viewing stereographs with a woman. Photo from Montgomery C. Meigs papers, Manuscript Div. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Entertainment; Stereographs; BI; Shelf.

John Randolph, Esq. - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: John Randolph. B. & W.

John Bentley, publisher - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

John Bunyan in Bedford Jail, 1667, his blind child leaving him for the...

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

[Leaders of Ireland; John Dillon, Chas. Stewart Parnell, Michael Davit...

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

Jno. H. Pleasants - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Unattributed. Lithograph Ref. copy in Biog. file

Maj. General John C. Fremont, U.S.A.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Buttre, J.C.

John Henry Pestalozzi, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

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

Mr. Serjeant Glyn, John Wilkes Esqr. The Revd. Mr. John Horne

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

General Phil. Sheridan - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chapin, Jno. R. [Inscrobed on verso].

John C. Freemont - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.

John Randolph of Roanoke - Public domain portrait print

Full-length silhouette portrait shows the Virginia politician John Randolph facing left. He wears a cape and cap. Purchase; 1915; (DLC/PP-1915:44874).

The wife of John Bunyan, interceding for his release from prison

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

Reverend John McMahon, Catholic priest, engraving, Library of Congress

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

John Erskine, Earl of Marr [sic] / Sir Geoffrey Kneller, pinxt; Page, ...

John Erskine, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing armor and wig.

John Bull in Paris; or, English guineas for French pleasure!

Print shows John Bull standing between two French women offering them a bag of guineas.

Buonaparte, 48 hours after landing!--Vide John Bulls home-stroke, arme...

Head of Napoleon dripping blood, held high on a pitch fork by a British volunteer soldier, "John Bull." Other volunteers gather around. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion-with the kind offices of...

Cartoon showing Addington saying, "courage John Bull-courage", as he bleeds arm of John Bull, who is supported by Hawkesbury, who repeats "courage Johnny". Napoleon holds out his hat to catch the blood, "West I... More

John Bull offering Little Boney fair play, British Cartoon Print

Bare chested sailor, "John Bull," standing in English channel with arms akimbo, looking at Napoleon, whose head looks over top of fortification on the French coast. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Colle... More

A great stream from a petty-fountain; or John Bull swamped in the floo...

John Bull in boat sinking, losing an oar labelled with Pitt's name as cormorants including Lord Grenville and Charles James Fox stuffing themselves with fish. Hand-coloured etching by James Gillray. Forms part ... 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

Mount Sidney, the seat of Genl. John Barker, Pennsylv'a / drawn, engra...

Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-A.

Hoboken in New Jersey, the seat of Mr. John Stevens / drawn, engraved ...

Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-C.

Architectural drawing for a house for John Markoe, near 9th Street and...

Working drawing showing vestibule doors, moldings, and hardware as plans, elevations, sections, and details; rendering. UNIT title devised. City, building name, and client's first name from O'Gorman's Drawing t... More

Title page, with calligrahic ornamentation, of John Jenkins, The art o...

Illus. in: John Jenkins, The art of writing, Cambridge, Andover, printed by Flagg & Gould, 1813, title page. No reference copy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings... More

Preparing John Bull for general congress / G. Cruikshank, fect., Briti...

"John Bull, a giant beset by pigmies, sits on a bank with his back against a massive oak, his legs wide apart..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Pe... More

Baptism of Jesus Christ J.J. Barralet A.C.S. delt. ; C. Tiebout A.C.S....

Print shows Jesus Christ being baptised by John the Baptist in the Jordan River; a small group of people are watching from the shore. 691 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: for Thus it becometh us to fu... More

John Fawcett painted by George Henry Harlow ; engraved by W. Say

Print shows full-length portrait of John Fawcett standing looking right; hands clutching gloves, cane, and top hat. No. 17889. Publication date based on online source: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search... More

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

John Bull's three stages or, from good to bad & from bad to worse / G....

Three section print showing John Bull and his family eating a large meal before the war, eating less during the war, and with bones on plates during peace time. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More

State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ;...

Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and the gouty Regent. Broug... More

The modern Job! or John Bull and his comforts! / Marks del et sc., Bri...

John Bull, in tattered clothes, seated on a stool, gazing gloomily at a book on the ground: "The Extraordina[ry] Red Book". He is surrounded by the Regent with two gouty legs supported on crutches, Liverpool, M... More

To my fellow-citizens. A gross, scandalous and unprovoked libel, appea...

Imprint 2.; On verso: 6 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 191, Folder 13.

[Title page of The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820, il...

/ E Tisdale, del.; W.H. Bassett fc. Engraving by W.H. Bassett after drawing by E. Tisdale. Illus. in: The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - PATRIOTISM 1820. This re... More

The sailor's description of a chase & capture / J Sherm, invt. [Lieut....

"A burly sailor (right) sits with five other sailors, one a negro, and two perhaps being petty officers, drinking grog at a plank-table slung from the roof ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... More

[John Rodgers, the first Protestant martyr of Queen Mary's reign, bein...

Includes woodcut on one page and text on opposite page. Reference copy in LOT 7012. Illus. in: The New England primer ... 1823, pp. 20 & 21.

The reading of a will / engraved by John Burnet ; painted by David Wil...

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

To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-Pr...

Election ticket for Jackson delegates from various Ohio counties in the presidential contest of 1828, illustrated with an image of a straw broom. The broom, a traditional pictorial and literary symbol of reform... More

John Anderson, my Jo, a Scotch Air, sung by Sinclair, arranged by Koze...

LOT subdivision subject: Humor Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Pendleton's Lithography. Published by C. Bradlee, 164 Washington Street.

View of Philadelphia as seen from top of Great Ship House, Augt. 1829 ...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.12) Notations below, above and within image identify types of ships and places. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 152. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

[John Bull and the Yankee barber]

Title from handwritten notation on mat. Study for etching, plate 1, published in "Scraps" #2, 1830. Purchase; Childs Gallery; (DLC/PP-1984:366). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

John Randolph of Roanoke on his embarkation for Russia onboard ship "C...

Full-length silhouette portrait shows the Virginia politician John Randolph facing left. He is dressed in a coat with tails, boots with spurs and carries a thin cane. He served as U.S. Minister to Russia in 183... More

... Anecdote of John Randolph of Roanoke inclosing one of his cards. 5...

The battle at Bunker's Hill near Boston. June 17, 1775 / John Trumbull...

Print shows British and American soldiers in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Bunker Hill; among the soldiers depicted are Major General Joseph Warren, Captain Thomas Gardner, Major Andrew McClary, Colo... More

Fireman's quick march: Composed & respectfully dedicated to Albert Ric...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2122

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

The crow quadrilles. Piano forte by John H. Hewitt / N. Currier's lith...

Music cover with eight vignettes of caricatures of blacks. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1436.