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Clay jar sealing, Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 3000 – 2650 BCE

Clay jar sealing, Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 3000 – 2650 BCE

Jar sealing bearing an impression reading for oil or fat coming from the magazines of Khasekhemwy. From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Umm el-Qaab, Tomb of Khasekhemui, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations ... More

Powder Magazine, Fort Scott national historic site

Powder Magazine, Fort Scott national historic site

The powder magazine is the only structure at Fort Scott lined with brick, for the simple reason that brick is resistant to fire. Brick can withstand temperatures up to 1300 degrees without being compromised. C... More

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, former 50th

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, former 50th

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, former 50th Flying Training Squadron Commander, shows Courtney Cox, editor of Town and Gown magazine, documents and photos of when he was a prisoner of war, Oct. 17, 2017,... More

Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.

Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More

She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.

She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Spain", possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggling to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Cuba", armed with a gun and sword, and the other label... More

Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.

Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labeled "Spain". Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain) Stand back... More

The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Rome: Bezoek aan de stad, Willem van de Poll

Rome: Bezoek aan de stad, Willem van de Poll

S. Maria in Aracoeli-basiliek. Kinderpreek.Tussen Kerst en Epifanie mogen kinderen preken in deze kerk: publiek luistert naar een welsprekende jonge dame Willem van de Poll worked as a photojournalist for Dutc... More

A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].

A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].

Illustration shows a female figure holding out a crown labeled "The New Frisco", fashioned after a city skyline; a bear sits on the ground next to her and, in the background, are 16th or 17th century sailing sh... More

Ocean liners: The Atlantic Telegraph

Ocean liners: The Atlantic Telegraph

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print

A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows King George III, speechless (his caption balloon is empty), seated on the right in a high-backed chair at a table, with Lord North seated opposite presenting a paper to the King that states "for the... More

View of Faneuil-Hall in Boston, Massachusettsachusetts / W. Pierpont del. ; S. Hill sculp.

View of Faneuil-Hall in Boston, Massachusettsachusetts / W. Pierpont d...

Engraved for Massachusetts Mag. March 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no.... More

Liendl Schnekenfist des Ienerischen Nachtkinigs Magazin-Visirer, Ambts fuhren Inspector und material Verwalter, Pl. 46

Liendl Schnekenfist des Ienerischen Nachtkinigs Magazin-Visirer, Ambts...

Public domain scan - 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the harbour & city of the Havana, taken from the hill near the road, between La Regla & Guanavacoa Vue du Port et de la ville de la Havane, prise de la Montagne près du Chemin entree la Regla et Guanavacoa = Vista del Puerto y Ciudad de la Havaná, desde el Monet inmediato al Camino entre la Regla y Guanavacoa / / W. Elliottt sculpt.

A view of the harbour & city of the Havana, taken from the hill near t...

Print showing various types of trees and shrubs, with a distant view of many ships in the harbor and of the city of Havana. Includes a numbered key showing: 1. The Cavanos; 2. The Morro; 3. Entrance of the Harb... More

View of the seat of the hon. Moses Gill Esqr. at Princeton, in the County of Worcester, Massachusettsts. engrav'd by Sam Hill, State Street, Boston

View of the seat of the hon. Moses Gill Esqr. at Princeton, in the Cou...

Print shows view of home and property of Moses Gill, with men gathering hay in the foreground. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass.... More

Diverses veuës faictes sur le naturel par Israel Silvestre.

Diverses veuës faictes sur le naturel par Israel Silvestre.

L'hôtel de Vendôme (Artificial title) 2ème état Inscription concernant le titre - Au recto, sur la gravure, en bas au centre, imprimée à l'encre noire : "Diverses veuës faictes sur le naturel par Israel Silvest... More

La Statue de Henry IV. et de l'Isle du Palais.

La Statue de Henry IV. et de l'Isle du Palais.

La statue d'Henri IV et l'île du Palais. (Artificial title) 2ème état Inscription concernant le titre - Au recto, sur la gravure, en bas au centre, imprimée à l'encre noire : "La Statue de Henry IV. et de l'Isl... More

Israel Silvestre - Vue des bons hommes

Israel Silvestre - Vue des bons hommes

Vue des Bonshommes (Artificial title) 3ème état. Inscription concernant le titre - Au recto, sous la gravure, imprimée à l'encre noire : "Veuë des bons hommes" Inscription - Au recto, sous la gravure, imprimée ... More

Israel Silvestre - Porte de la Conference

Israel Silvestre - Porte de la Conference

La Porte de la Conférence (Artificial title) 3ème état. Inscription concernant le titre - Au recto, sous la gravure, imprimée à l'encre noire : "Porte de la Conference" Inscription - Au recto, sous la gravure, ... More

Glas, Willem Van De Poll photo, Willem van de Poll

Glas, Willem Van De Poll photo, Willem van de Poll

Antiek, gegraveerd glas Public domain photograph related to Dutch photo, Netherlands history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Willem van de Poll worked as a photojournalist f... More

The American Magazine - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.

The American Magazine - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum ...

Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A map of Royal or Cape Breton I. from the best authorities

A map of Royal or Cape Breton I. from the best authorities

Relief shown by hachures. From the London Magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly (July 1747), volume XXVI, page 305. Includes illustrations. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Available also through the Library ... More

Plan of the city of New York ; An exact prospect of Charlestown : the metropolis of the province of South Carolina.

Plan of the city of New York ; An exact prospect of Charlestown : the ...

New York City map shows streets, wharves, ferries, principal buildings, and built-up area. Charleston view is panorama of waterfront and quays with principal buildings lettered for identification (no index pres... More

The Auction; or modern conoisseurs, British Cartoon Print

The Auction; or modern conoisseurs, British Cartoon Print

Print depicts a group of fashionable ladies and gentleman attending an an auction. The two porters exhibit a picture turned upside down, but the audience does not notice. Cartoon published in The Oxford Magazi... More

[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print

[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print

Print shows Hibernia, a woman representing Ireland, lying on the floor holding a broken harp, Lord Townshend is holding her down with his left foot; on the left, Lord North reaches into a money bag labeled with... More

Shah Allum in distress, British Cartoon Print

Shah Allum in distress, British Cartoon Print

"A design in two compartments illustrating an article in Biblical phraseology, 'The First Chapter of the Book of Kings' and 'The Lamentations'. In the upper part is depicted a meeting of the General Court of th... More

La botanique mise à la porteé de tout le monde ... [Tome I. Title page].

La botanique mise à la porteé de tout le monde ... [Tome I. Title page...

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Thayendaneken the Mohawk chief, engraving, Library of Congress

Joseph Thayendaneken the Mohawk chief, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), half-length portrait, facing right; in oval. Caption continues: From an original drawing in the possession of James Boswell, Esqr. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1776... More

The siege of Rhode Island, taken from Mr. Brindley's house on the 25th of August, 1778

The siege of Rhode Island, taken from Mr. Brindley's house on the 25th...

Print shows General John Sullivan's troops advancing on the British at Newport, Rhode Island; includes identifying letters that may correspond to a key or legend possibly published along with the print in The G... More

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cis... More

The Contest at Auckinleck, in Which Ursa Major made a Severe Retort on the Journalist's Father (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second)

The Contest at Auckinleck, in Which Ursa Major made a Severe Retort on...

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 view of the new market from the corner of Shippen & Second-streets Philada. 1787 / Thackara sc.

A view of the new market from the corner of Shippen & Second-streets P...

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788 February, opp. p. 53. Fielding, 1569 Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

Charles Willson Peale - Mr. Thomas Paine Peel pinxt. ; Angus sculpt

Charles Willson Peale - Mr. Thomas Paine Peel pinxt. ; Angus sculpt

Print shows Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, turned to the right, facing front, with right hand on cheek, and holding open book at his waist; after painting by Charles Willson Peale. Printed at top: Literar... More

The National Assembly, petrified, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray

The National Assembly, petrified, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray

Designed in two compartments [with The National Assembly Revivified], one above the other, the figures in both being three quarter length. Here, a ragged French barber, in profile to the right, gesticulating an... More

View of Christ's Church, Cambridge, Massachusettsachusetts Hill

View of Christ's Church, Cambridge, Massachusettsachusetts Hill

Print shows exterior view of Christ's Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and ... More

Churchill from an origl. A. Smith sculp

Churchill from an origl. A. Smith sculp

Print shows Charles Churchill, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval. Does not include text published with the print. Illus. from: the Biographical Magazine. London : Printed for Harrison & Co., No... More

A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination, James Gillray

A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination, James Gillray

Grenville stands on a hearth-rug, his back to a blazing fire (right), holding up to his face an open book at which he looks sideways and near-sightedly. He raises his coat-tails to warm his bulky posteriors, hi... More

General Washington engraved by W. Ridley, from an original picture in the possession of Saml. Vaughan Esqr

General Washington engraved by W. Ridley, from an original picture in ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing civilian clothing, in oval. Printed at top: European Magazine. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Stuart. Inscribed in... More

Comfort to the corns, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray

Comfort to the corns, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray

An old hag sits in a carved chair with a gothic back by a vast open fire-place (right), with sticks blazing on the hearth. She uses a large knife to slice at one of her distorted toes. Beside her are a tub and ... More

George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army

George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hinton. Anonymous. [18th? cent. American?]. Engraved for the Universal Magazine. Printed for T. Hinton... Engravi... More

Representation of waterspouts at St. Jago de la Vega in Jamaica

Representation of waterspouts at St. Jago de la Vega in Jamaica

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

Falls of Niagara. View of the great pitch taken from below, see Foresters, a poem

Falls of Niagara. View of the great pitch taken from below, see Forest...

Drawing shows great volumes of water cascading over a cliff as seen from below at Niagara Falls. See: "The Foresters : A poem descriptive of a pedestrian journey to the falls of Niagara, in the Autumn of 1804"... More

Le diable-boiteux - or - the Devil upon two sticks conveying John Bull to the land of promise

Le diable-boiteux - or - the Devil upon two sticks conveying John Bull...

Fox, as the Devil, has sprung into the air, supported by small feathered wings and by two stout crutches, which rest upon dark clouds. He has a heavy hairy body with cloven hoofs, and wears a bonnet rouge with ... More

Black brown & fair, Thomas Rowlandson

Black brown & fair, Thomas Rowlandson

At the window of a tavern, at Wapping 'Dock Head,' is a bevy of beauties, representing the variations of complexion described by the song-writer. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English c... More

Pilgrims and the peas, Thomas Rowlandson

Pilgrims and the peas, Thomas Rowlandson

In the illustration to Peter Pindar's Apologue of 'The Pilgrims and the Peas,' the disconsolate sinner, with hard peas in his shoes, is crawling along, doubled up with agony, to the shrine at Loretto, meeting h... More

Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London / Rowlandson, scul., British Cartoon Print

Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London / Rowlandson, scul., British ...

"Two designs on one plate. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall...Below, three members of the orchestr... More

The widow Waddle of Chickabiddy Lane, Thomas Rowlandson

The widow Waddle of Chickabiddy Lane, Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

A cure for lying and a bad memory

A cure for lying and a bad memory

A wag at one of the universities has applied to an empiric, on a visit to the neighbourhood, for a cure, as a proof of his skill, for a propensity to tell lies, and a memory which retained no recollection of wh... More

Sensual love : Or a sop in the pan

Sensual love : Or a sop in the pan

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Title page of "The Caricature Magazine or Mirror of Mirth being a collection of humerous and satirical caricatures"

Title page of "The Caricature Magazine or Mirror of Mirth being a coll...

Picryl description: Public domain image of printed material, catalog page, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain... More

The friend of the people and his petty-new-tax-gatherer paying John Bull a visit

The friend of the people and his petty-new-tax-gatherer paying John Bu...

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

A nincompoop : Or hen peck'd husband, Thomas Rowlandson

A nincompoop : Or hen peck'd husband, Thomas Rowlandson

It is supposed to be the day of rest and ease, and comfortable cits are taking their summer outings to suburban resorts. A buxom city wife is sailing along with an air like a tragedy queen, fanning herself as s... More

Title Page, Rowlandson's Caricature Magazine, Vol. 5. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Title Page, Rowlandson's Caricature Magazine, Vol. 5. Georgian era 171...

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

Title Page, Rowlandson's Caricature Magazine. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Title Page, Rowlandson's Caricature Magazine. 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

Title Page, Rowlandson's Caricature Magazine, Vol. 5. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Title Page, Rowlandson's Caricature Magazine, Vol. 5. Georgian era 171...

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

Scene on the Susquehannah [sic.] See the Foresters a poem

Scene on the Susquehannah [sic.] See the Foresters a poem

Print shows Alexander Wilson and two companions walking along a trail in a heavily wooded area near the Susquehanna River where they encounter a large rattlesnake blocking their way, one man raises a rifle to s... More

Kitchin stuff, Thomas Rowlandson

Kitchin stuff, Thomas Rowlandson

A fire is roaring up the kitchen grate, and a fat old cook, slumbering in an armchair drawn up to the kitchen table, has her feet resting on the chimneypiece, and a glass of 'cherry bounce ' held in her chubby ... More

Crib uncorking Blackstrap, Thomas Rowlandson

Crib uncorking Blackstrap, Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

The bassoon with a French horn accompanyment Rowlandson, del, British Cartoon Print

The bassoon with a French horn accompanyment Rowlandson, del, British ...

"A man and woman sleep in a rough wooden bed, heads thrown back so that their nostrils face the spectator..." (Source: George) Repository impression is hand-colored. Filed in Caricature Magazine, London (77-10... More

Masquerading, Thomas Rowlandson

Masquerading, Thomas Rowlandson

The comicalities of a masquerade at the beginning of the century, when this class of entertainment, although declining since the palmy days of the Pantheon and Madame Cornely's extravagances in Soho Square, was... More

A cat in pattens, Thomas Rowlandson

A cat in pattens, Thomas Rowlandson

Though thoroughly in Rowlandson's characteristic manner the scene is somewhat suggestive of Hogarth's plate of 'Morning,' 'Times of the Day,' in which the portrait of Miss Bridget Allworthy is exhibited, the in... More

[Early steam locomotive with toothed "propelling wheel" which gripped a ribbed rail while other wheels rode on a smooth rail, and two coal cars]

[Early steam locomotive with toothed "propelling wheel" which gripped ...

Illus. in: The monthly magazine. [London : Printed for R. Phillips], 1814 June 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

Rural sports, or a pleasant way of making hay

Rural sports, or a pleasant way of making hay

In the rear are lasses raking the hay together, and lads are tossing the loads on to the well-filled wains. In the front of the picture is a group of boisterous haymakers of both sexes, who, throwing aside thei... More

Battle of Niagara - Print, Library of Congress collection

Battle of Niagara - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows an American infantry charge against British guns during the battle of Lundy's Lane on Lake Niagara, Ontario, July 25th, 1814. This print is shortened on the right side, eliminating half of the fence... More

Honorable Theophilus Parsons, late Chief Justice of Massachusetts / Stewart pinxt. ; Leney sculpt.

Honorable Theophilus Parsons, late Chief Justice of Massachusetts / St...

Theophilus Parsons, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Engraved for the Analectic Magazine. Copyright by Moses Thomas.

MARIAGE / DE SON A. R. Mgr. LE DUC DE BERRI, / AVEC SON A. R. LA PRINCESSE MARIE-CAROLINE.

MARIAGE / DE SON A. R. Mgr. LE DUC DE BERRI, / AVEC SON A. R. LA PRINC...

Année 1816 - Mariage du Duc de Berry. (Serie's title) Planche collée sur son montage. Verso non visible

Drawing for scene from Vanity Fair: "Street Scene" (recto); Sketch of Young Woman (verso)

Drawing for scene from Vanity Fair: "Street Scene" (recto); Sketch of ...

James Barret (British, London, active 1785–1819 London) Public domain scan - Vanity Fair illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - Vanity Fair ... More

Pierre Langlume - Adorable!!! Charles Philipon

Pierre Langlume - Adorable!!! Charles Philipon

Les ridicules. (Group title) Planche numérotée 1001 Inscriptions au verso Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress magazine, periodical, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More

Pierre Langlume - Un ancien camarade. Une incogruité. Charles Philipon

Pierre Langlume - Un ancien camarade. Une incogruité. Charles Philipon

Déplaisir. (Group title) Planche numérotée 2 Inscriptions au verso Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress magazine, periodical, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Leech - Lilthorpe's Gallant Attack on Street, Nuisances

John Leech - Lilthorpe's Gallant Attack on Street, Nuisances

John Leech (British, London 1817–1864 London) Public domain scan of 19th century British drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 19th century British d... More

Modes de 1830. / Les trois divinités du jour. Charles Philipon

Modes de 1830. / Les trois divinités du jour. Charles Philipon

Inscriptions au verso Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress magazine, periodical, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caricature, Juin, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Juin, public domain cartoon image

A young woman turned 3/4 to the left, seated, her eyes on the magazine she holds on her knee. At left a young man seated near her, looking at her rather than at the book. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Imitation libre d’un tableau de Mr. Horace Vernet, représentant le massacre des Janissaires

Imitation libre d’un tableau de Mr. Horace Vernet, représentant le mas...

La Caricature politique, morale, littéraire et scénique (Group title) Planche parue dans La Caricature politique, morale, littéraire et scénique, volume 7, 10 avril 1834 (Planche n°376-377) Inscription - Titr... More

Poinsettia pulcherrima Holden delt. ; Smith sc

Poinsettia pulcherrima Holden delt. ; Smith sc

Illus. in: Paxton's magazine of botany & register of flowering plants / London : W.S. Orr & Co., 1838, v. 4, opp. p. 97. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga ... More

Camp Wayne. Pennsylvania volunteer encampment on the Paoli battle ground Sept. 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd 1840 taken from nature on the spot by J. Queen ; P.S. Duval Lith. Philada

Camp Wayne. Pennsylvania volunteer encampment on the Paoli battle grou...

Print shows soldiers marching in formation during a military review and training at Camp Wayne on the Battle of Paoli battlefield in Chester County, Pennsylvania; also shows the 1817 monument commemorating the ... More

John Leech - A row in a city kitchen / JL.

John Leech - A row in a city kitchen / JL.

Cartoon shows an uproar in a kitchen. One cook wearing a white jacket attacks another with a large fish. Men dressed in horse costumes joust with each other and other men wave various kitchen utensils. Leech... More

Andre Gill - La Lune - Victor Hugo

Andre Gill - La Lune - Victor Hugo

La Lune, 19 Mai 1867, troisième année, n°63 (Artificial title) Extrait de périodique constitué de quatre pages conservé dans un montage avec film Mylar. Lettre - Dans la marge supérieure : "VICTOR HUGO, par GIL... More

Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.

Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.

Print shows an officer on horseback behind American soldiers as British soldiers storm the barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. Published in Graham's magazine, 27, 1 (July 1845), between p. 40 and 41.

ne jette donc pas comme çà des pommes au père noble! tu l'embêtes! ! / Tiens, moi! quand j'vas au spectacle! faut que j'm'amuse!!.

ne jette donc pas comme çà des pommes au père noble! tu l'embêtes! ! /...

Les Ouvriers de Paris (Group title) Planche n°21 non montée sur une feuille cartonnée. Pas d'inscriptions au verso.

[The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17th 1775] / [painted by J. Trumbull ; on stone by A. Hoffy]

[The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17th 1775] / [painted by J. Trumbul...

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

General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames / on stone by James Queen, P.S. Duval, lith., Philadelphia.

General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames /...

Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More

Caricature, Des modes de la semaine, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Des modes de la semaine, public domain cartoon image

A man and woman at left looking down upon a seated woman reading, with two young children. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A Henri Rochefort / Il reviendra !! / Chanson patriotique

A Henri Rochefort / Il reviendra !! / Chanson patriotique

Documents sur Boulanger II (Serie's title)

[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of London from waterfront, and view of the destruction of the city of Hamburg by fire]

[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of L...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1842 May 14, p. 1.

New suspension bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia, constructed by Charles Ellet Jr., C.E. / W. Croome, del; engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smille.

New suspension bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia, constructed by Charl...

Drawn and engraved expressly for Graham's Magazine. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1955 July 22.

St. Andrews, Fishergate, Woman and Children Baiting the Lines

St. Andrews, Fishergate, Woman and Children Baiting the Lines

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton, Newhaven

Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton, Newhaven

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[Mrs. Major Bell] - Early photography, Public domain image

[Mrs. Major Bell] - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

Grandpapa's pet John H. Richards

Grandpapa's pet John H. Richards

Print shows a young girl walking toward an elderly man sitting on a bench; a dog is sleeping on the floor beneath the bench. Caption continues: Drawn and lithotinted by John H. Richards, expressly for Miss Les... More

[Group of English Yachtsmen] - Early photography, Public domain image

[Group of English Yachtsmen] - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[Henry Dunlop] - Public domain portrait print

[Henry Dunlop] - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

The happy family / mezzotint by Sartain expressly for Miss Leslie's Magazine.

The happy family / mezzotint by Sartain expressly for Miss Leslie's Ma...

Print shows a family gathered in a parlor for tea; seated at a table are the father, holding a book and with a young daughter leaning on his knee, and the mother, pouring tea, also present are another daughter ... More

[Bonaly Tower, Colinton] - Early photography, Public domain image

[Bonaly Tower, Colinton] - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[South Street & Cathedral St. Andrews]

[South Street & Cathedral St. Andrews]

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[John Sobieski Stuart] - Early photography, Public domain image

[John Sobieski Stuart] - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[Rev Dr Patrick Clason] - Public domain dedication image

[Rev Dr Patrick Clason] - Public domain dedication image

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[D.W.Treyevant, William Napier and John Richardson]

[D.W.Treyevant, William Napier and John Richardson]

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[Greyfriars' Churchyard, the Naismith Monument with Thomas Duncan and D. O. Hill]

[Greyfriars' Churchyard, the Naismith Monument with Thomas Duncan and ...

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[Newhaven Group] - Early photography, Public domain image

[Newhaven Group] - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

[Calton Hill, the Dugald Stewart Monument]

[Calton Hill, the Dugald Stewart Monument]

Public domain photograph by Hill Adamson, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adam Hill was a Scottish photographer known for h... More

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