The dissolution of P[arliamen]t
Print shows members of Parliament riding in a large carriage past a building commemorating "John Wilkes Esqr."
The wise men of Gotham and their goose, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Lord Bute, with sword raised, about to cut the head off the goose "who laid each day an egg of gold" representing British policies toward the American colonies. A corpulant bishop is sitting in the ... More
La folie des deux partis, où vue politique de l'etat et de la nation A...
Print shows a wagon, driven by Lord Bute, mired in the mud, and several men, including an Anglican bishop, pushing the cart which is drawn by five mules labeled Weymouth, Richmond, Senechal, Germain, and North,... More
Englisch printet. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...
Print shows eight men wearing legal or clerical bands sitting at a long table, in front of which is a procession of animals; on the right is a donkey throwing its rider, followed by a unicorn ridden by a cock, ... More
Wm Strahan - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows portrait of Scottish printer, publisher, and member of Parliament William Straham after painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Joseph Verner Reed; 1949.
Samuel Sitgreaves, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, variant of 460 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.... More
Franklin Davenport, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 470 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Joseph Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 428 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Josiah Parker, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 494 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Silas Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 446 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John Smith, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 463 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Robert Goodloe Harper, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 453 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John Chew Thomas, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, variant of 478 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.... More
Matthew Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 39 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nationa... More
[Jonathan Brace, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 468 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Christopher Grant Champlin, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 464 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Bailey Bartlett, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 472 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Leven Powell, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 462 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Mahlon Dickerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : National Portrait ... More
Thomas Jefferson to Tennessee Legislators, February 23, 1803
Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Nahum Mitchell, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 490 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Henry Walter Livingston, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 433 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Benjamin Huger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. No. 38 trimmed to image. No. 38A: On recto, beneath image: Col. Huger. No. 38A: Handwritten on mount verso: Huger, Benjamin - Bt. St. Memin - no. 48... More
William Stedman, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 437 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Joseph C. Lewis II, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 474 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Silas Betton, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 500 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Samuel Thatcher, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 432 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Joseph Bryan, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 486 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Thomas Claiborne, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 473 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Sanuel Hunt, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 498 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Thomas Griffin, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 479 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John S. Smith, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 483 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 427 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Joseph Hopper Nicholson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 475 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Seth Hastings, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 435 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 505 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Philip Rootes Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 491 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Samuel Whittelsey Dana, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 430 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Thomas Dwight, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 436 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John Cotton Smith, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 492 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John Davenport, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 426 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
John Leeds Kerr, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 554 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Thomas Marshall, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 593 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Hugh Nelson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 602 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
George Poindexter, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 440 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Jacob Kinney, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 603 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Henry Clay / Childs & Inman Lith., engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows Henry Clay, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Stamped on back: Briggs Coll. A. 41499.
To the Senators and Representatives of the United States of America. L...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 4 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 191, Folder 2. Copy scanned: 1
H. Hubbard, senator from New Hampshire from life on stone by Chas. Fen...
Print shows Henry Hubbard, half-length portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Stamped on verso: 43309. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library... More
H. Hubbard, senator from New Hampshire from life on stone by Chas. Fen...
Print shows Henry Hubbard, half-length portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Stamped on verso: 43309. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Forms part of: Popul... More
Garret D. Wall, senator from New Jersey from life on stone by Chas. Fe...
Print shows Garret D. Wall, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front; includes a facsimile signature. Stamped on verso: 43309. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Thomas H. Benton, senator from Missouri Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Caption continues: Solitary & alone, and amidst the jeers and taunts of my opponents, I put this ball ... More
Dr. Lewis Field sic Linn, senator from Missouri from life & on stone b...
Print shows Lewis F. Linn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on verso: No. 169 dep. for ... More
Thomas H. Benton, senator from Missouri Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Caption continues: Solitary & alone, and amidst the jeers and taunts of my opponents, I put this ball ... More
Eli Moore, representative from New York Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Ely Moore, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a quote by Moore. Published at the City of Washington. Caption continues: A purely democratic government must necessarily be ... More
Thomas H. Benton, senator from Missouri Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Caption continues: Solitary & alone, and amidst the jeers and taunts of my opponents, I put this ball ... More
Thaddeus Stevens painted by I. Eichholtz ; engd. by J. Sartain
Print shows Thaddeus Stevens, half-length portrait, facing front, holding papers in left hand, resting on book. Includes facsimile signature. 192 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress in ... More
Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia from life & on stone by Chas. Fend...
Print shows Wilson Lumpkin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on verso: 43309. Stamped on verso: ... More
James K. Polk. Speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. from life...
Print shows James K. Polk, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia from life & on stone by Chas. Fend...
Print shows Wilson Lumpkin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. 34 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink ... More
Sam L. Southard, senator from New Jersey from life on stone by Chas. F...
Print shows Samuel L. Southard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left; includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on verso: 43309. Stamped on verso: L.C. Di... More
N. P. Tallmadge. Senator from New-York from life & on stone by Chas. F...
Print shows Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, half-length portrait, facing left; includes facsimile signature. No known restrictions on publication. Printed below title: "The Credit System is the distinguishing feature ... More
W.C. Rives, senator from Virginia from life & on stone by Chs. Fenderi...
Print shows William Cabell Rives, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Includes quote: "In taking this course... More
W.C. Rives, senator from Virginia from life & on stone by Chs. Fenderi...
Print shows William Cabell Rives, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Includes quote: "In taking this course... More
Dixon H. Lewis, representative from Alabama Chs. Fenderich del. 1839
Print shows Dixon H. Lewis, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding papers in his right hand, with a map of Alabama printed in the background; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on sto... More
A. Mouton, senator from Louisiana from life on stone by Chas. Fenderic...
Print shows Alexander Mouton, half-length portrait, facing left, with coat over right shoulder. No known restrictions on publication. Facsimile signature on stone. Remainder of title is printed on larger sheet... More
Henry A. Wise, representative from Virginia from life on stone by Chs....
Print shows Henry A. Wise, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Printed at bottom: "The Union of the Whigs for the sake of the Union!" Publication date based on ... More
Robert Carter Nicholas, senator from Louisiana from life on stone by C...
Print shows Robert Carter Nicholas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. 64 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed... More
Henry Clay / painted by G. Linen ; engraved by J. Sartain. Philada.
Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting with legs crossed, facing front, with right arm resting on a table, and holding papers in lap with left hand. Entered according to Act of Congress, in th... More
J.J. Crittenden, senator from Kentucky from life on stone by Chs. Fend...
Print shows John J. Crittenden, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on verso: L.C. Divi... More
Honorable John Bell, Secretary of War from life on stone by - Chs. Fen...
Print shows John Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone on lower right. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamp... More
Honorable Abbott Laurence, representative in Congress from Massachuset...
Print shows Abbott Lawrence, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Stamped on verso: 43309. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing serie... More
Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd,...
Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay. Entered according t... More
Mark A. Cooper, representative from Georgia from life on stone Chs. Fe...
Print shows Mark A. Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso: 43309. For... More
Hamilton Fish, representative from New York drawn from life on stone b...
Print shows Hamilton Fish, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Printed at bottom: Sold at Wm. Colman's Broadway. Stamped on verso: 43309. Stamp... More
[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...
Alternative identification: Fitzpatrick (cat. 5). Scratched on face of plate: 33; Fitzpatrick. Scratched on back of plate: 292; Sen from [?] Identified by Owen Blevins 4/2017 based on similar image in the Biogr... More
Henry Clay / painted by James Wise ; engraved by J. Sartain.
Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, gesturing with right hand, left hand resting on table; a globe and two books are on the floor in lower left corner. Entered accor... More
Henry Clay, born, 12th April 1777 in Virginia from life on stone by Ch...
Print shows Henry Clay, half-length portrait, facing left; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Sta... More
Hamilton Fish, ... of New York Chs. Fenderich 1844
Print shows Hamilton Fish, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Signature and title inscribed in lithographic crayon at bottom. Signed and dated on stone. Printed at bottom: Sold at Wm. Colman's Broadway... More
Henry A. Wise, Representative from Virginia
Print shows Henry A. Wise, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. 151 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone. Printed at bottom: "The Union of the Whigs for the sake of the Union!"... More
Mike Walsh. The people's champion and leader of the yound or progressi...
Print shows Mike Walsh, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Includes text listing "a few of the peculiar doctrines of which he is the father and chosen advocate"; also, a facsimile signature.
Louis-Joseph Buffet - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Buffet, pendant six mois.. - Engraving, Public domain image
Buffet, pendant six mois, du ministère membre, contemplant ses attraits au bord du clair miroir, cherche à savoir d'où vient qu'on tient loin du pouvoir. Le Narcisse du dix Décembre. (Viennet, autre impromptu) ... More
[John Griffin Carlisle, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
To the legislators. Gentlemen of the Senate, and gentlemen of the Hous...
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 82, Folder 21.
John C. Calhoun's speech to the United States Senate against the Compr...
Reproduction number: A20 (color slide; page 1) The famous South Carolinian John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) made his last Senate speech during the course of the great debate over the Compromise of 1850, a complicate... More
To the legislators. Gentlemen of the Senate, and gentlemen of the Hous...
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 244, Folder 27.
La France..Il y a assez longtemps..
La France. Il y a assez longtemps que je vous porte sur mes épaules! Courtesy of Boston Public Library
La France..Il y a assez longtemps..
La France. Il y a assez longtemps que je vous porte sur mes épaules! Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Chamber of Representatives (Washington) / C.R., DEL, John Poppel, SC.
Print showing House of Representatives in session. Upper left side above image: Ms C. L. No. 1558. Identical image in PPOC with title: Die Congress-Halle im Capitol (Washington); Aus d. Kunstanst d. Bibl Inst.... More
[James Cameron Allen, Democrat congressman from Illinois, full-length ...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Francis O. Watts - Daguerreotype, Public domain
Photograph shows portrait of Francis O. Watts, lawyer and Massachusetts state senator. Case: Leather; no design. Gift; of Francis Lincoln Lee Family; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:052.646). Forms part of: Daguerreotype C... More
Southern chivalry - argument versus club's
Three days after his speech "The crimes against Kansas" in the Senate, Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was attacked by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina and severely beaten with a heavy cane. Sumn... More
Scene in the House of Representatives - Contest for the election of sp...
Congressman speaking while others stand and watch. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1, no. 5 (1856 Jan. 12), p.[65].
Congressional row, in the U. S. House of Representatives, midnight of ...
U.S. representatives fighting. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 5, 1858 Feb. 20, p. 177.
Brady's political photography, Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.
Photograph shows a composite photograph of the members of the thirty-sixth Senate; Jefferson Davis (first figure, second row), Southern secessionists Judah P. Benjamin, (third from the left, fifth row from the ... More
United States Senate / M. B. Brady.
Composite photograph showing 68 Senators of the 36th Congress. Key to portraits is available in LOT 11507. Handwritten on front of mount: Deposited in Clerk's office Southern Dist. New York, Sept. 20, 1859. Cop... More