The Three Porters, Allart van Everdingen
Allart van Everdingen (Dutch, Alkmaar 1621–1675 Amsterdam) Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 18th-centur... More
Tōjin gyōretsu no ezu ichi - Public domain drawing
Print shows a procession of Chinese men on horseback and on foot, some carrying a palanquin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: h... More
[A lover's quarrel] - Public domain drawing
Print shows a man, scowling, with a shoulder pole and a basket full of jars and bowls, standing in front of a woman with a smug look on her face. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More
Ohan chōemon, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows a porter carrying a woman across a stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of: J... More
Ukie momotarō mukashibanashi no zu - Ukiyo e print
Print showing a procession of men wearing animal masks and hats with horns, carrying a warrior on a litter along the shore of a lake, with a temple in the background.
[Suzume uri to suzume odori] - Public domain portrait print
Drawing shows a porter sitting on the ground with shoulder pole and baskets; his hands are raised as he looks to the left at three fairy-like figures dancing. A stern-looking head-and-shoulders portrait of a ma... More
[Two men walking, one carrying a shoulder pole with barrel-like contai...
Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
[A man carrying a shoulder pole with a trunk and bedding for a patron ...
Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Toyohiro Utagawa: Yoshiwara - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows travelers on the Tōkaidō Road with view of snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More
Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows porters carrying a large sedan chair, pilgrims, and packages across a wide stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More
Ōiso, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two women watching a man try to lift a large stone or bundle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More
Kameyama - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows two travelers, one possibly a porter, with luggage and shoulder pole at a rest stop, with large building, possibly a temple or castle in the background.
Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows pilgrims or travelers walking with a porter carrying a shoulder pole along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More
Fujikawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows several pilgrims, two on horseback, and a porter crossing a small bridge near Fukikawa, the 38th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More
Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows pilgrims and a porter with shoulder pole on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More
Nihonzutsumi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two porters carrying a sedan chair and a third person with an umbrella walking along embankment with city in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More
Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More
Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two people riding on the shoulders of porters, with other porters carrying large bags and trunks, in Shimada, possibly crossing the Ōi River, on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive informa... More
Sakanoshita, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man, smoking a pipe, and a porter resting on the mountain pass through Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō Road; the porter gestures toward the view of mountains across the ravine. Title and other descript... More
Odawara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two travelers, a woman standing next to a large trunk, possibly pondering an offer made by the other traveler or porter who is sitting next to the trunk, holding a small box in raised left hand; lar... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa Rokō to Bandō Mitsugorō
Print shows the actors Segawa Roko and Bando Mitsugoro as travelers, one carrying a large box suspended from a pole that rests on his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More
[The dead hog] / Williamson & Howitt ; J. Clark etched.
Public domain photograph related to Great Britain, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The inflexible porter - guarding the door againt unwanted visitors
The inflexible porter - guarding the door against unwanted visitors Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor,... More
Love laughs at locksmiths, Thomas Rowlandson
The stronghold in which an old man has confined his treasure has enormous padlocks on the area gate and the door studded with nails. The proprietor has returned with provisions for a merry-making ; a porter bea... More
Secchū sanbashi no geinin, Eizan Kikukawa
Print shows two women, possibly geisha, and a male porter standing on a wharf on the edge of a river during a snow storm; they are holding umbrellas and wearing geta, there are boats on the river and a bridge i... More
Francois Seraphin Delpech - Les fumeurs L. Boilly ; G? lith. de Delpec...
Print shows two men, possibly porters, exchanging a light from one another's pipes; one man is seated on rocks or bundles and the other is seated on the frame for carrying bundles on his back. Forms part of: P... More
Utagawa Hiroshige - Nihonbashi, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows porters carrying bundles across the Nihon Bridge on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōk... More
Utagawa Hiroshige - Okitsu-gawa
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tōto aoigaoka no taki - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows travelers at a roadside rest stop with several buildings, possibly a tearoom, near a waterfall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More
Utagawa Hiroshige - Mishima, Asagiri
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Utagawa Hiroshige - Hodogaya (Iroshiwara), Hidari Fuji
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows porters carrying travelers across a river near the Kanaya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fro... More
Hiratsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows porters ladened with bundles walking past a small shrine near the Hiratsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More
Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More
Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows travelers fording a small river as others wait their opportunity to continue the journey; also shows some travelers with horses and many porters at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and... More
Mishima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows travelers in sedan chairs, on horseback, and on foot passing a torii at Mishima shrine near the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More
Ishiyakushi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows three travelers (one on horseback) entering a village and two porters with shoulder pole walking on a berm between two fields with haystacks and laborers, and the village in the background at the Is... More
Tōkaidō kanaya no fuji - Public domain drawing
Print shows porters carrying litters, sedan chairs, and individual persons across the river near the Kanaya station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive info... More
Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows travelers fording a small river as others wait their opportunity to continue the journey; also shows some travelers with horses and many porters at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and... More
Nihonbashi [2nd edition], Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows travelers and porters crossing the bridge at the Nihonbashi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More
Fujieda - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows travelers with two horses and porters at a rest stop at the Fujieda station on the Tōkaidō Road.
Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prforman...
Print shows travelers and porters carrying a sedan chair passing shops on a street at the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More
Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows two travelers and a porter next to a rice paddy with two herons and a view of Mount Fuji at the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More
Kusatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows porters carrying large containers and sedan chairs on street passing in front of a teahouse at the Kusatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More
Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows travelers on a bridge across a river with buildings in the background at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More
Shōno, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows travelers, including two porters carrying a litter, walking up an incline near the Shōno station on the Tōkaidō Road during a rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Mishima no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a woman standing next to a box on a cloud watching porters carrying a person in a sedan chair as they pass the Mishima Shrine, the 12th station on the Tōkaidō Road.
Yui no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows a man carrying a large box on his back on a cloud in a mountainous area with large body of water and Mount Fuji in the background; Yui is the 17th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descri... More
Dainagon tsunenobu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows two men carrying baskets suspended from a long shoulder pole approaching a building with an overflowing spring-fed fountain where two women have come to wash their containers, and further downstream... More
Tori no machi no kaimono - Public domain drawing
Print shows a woman with her head covered by cloth followed by a man carrying a sack on his back, possibly returning from the harvest festival on the day of the rooster. Title and other descriptive information ... More
Murasame no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows travelers walking in the rain, two are using shoulder poles to carry parcels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More
Takanawa no zu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and travelers on foot and horseback along the waterfront of Takanawa, with ships coming into port and at anchor in the background, and a public house on the left. Title... More
Okitsu no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back and a tray with two cups appears to be walking on clouds; in the background, porters carrying a person in a sedan chair and a person on horseback are crossing th... More
Shimada no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows a woman sitting in a small partially enclosed area on a cloud; in the background, porters and travelers are preparing to cross a river near the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other d... More
Saka no shita no zu - Public domain drawing
Print shows a woman sitting, playing a flute on a cloud outside an inn or large commercial building with porters and travelers passing in the street at the Sakano shita station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and ot... More
Kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows many porters carrying travelers on platforms, some on their back, fording a river, also some carrying bundles at the Kanaya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compi... More
Futagawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows a man with a shoulder pole, travelers, and others outside a thatched-roof shop, the vendor sitting on a table in front, at the Futagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive infor... More
Fujieda, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows five travelers fording a stream, each carrying either a person or a bundle on their back, low buildings in the background, at the Fujieda station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive inf... More
Yui, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows low wooden walkways spanning a small stream and rough or muddy land areas, with two man carrying a palenquin, and others with burdens on shoulder poles, at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title... More
Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows porters carrying a traveler in a sedan chair and carrying bundles on a shoulder pole as they follow the roadway through pine trees toward Totsuka station along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other desc... More
Numazu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows travelers and porters with palanquin passing village at the Numazu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More
Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows porters carrying a sedan chair and one carrying a shoulder pole with bundles on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More
Shimada kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a long trail of travelers crossing the Oi River between the Shimada and Kanaya stations on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More
Utagawa Hiroshige - Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows travelers, including a person riding in a basket on horseback, pass rice fields near the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive info... More
Nihonbashi akebono no zu Andō Hiroshige
Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and pedestrians crossing the Nihon Bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More
Otsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows porters carrying goods and palanquins near the Otsuka station of the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More
Mishima, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows porters carrying three palanquins near thatched roof buildings at the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More
Yoshiwara yuki no asa Andō Hiroshige
Print shows a snow covered community in the morning with porters carrying sedan chairs, probably containing male customers, down the main street leading away from the gated entrance to the yoshiwara. Title and ... More
Odawara, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows many travelers fording a stream at the Odawara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More
A modern belle going to the rooms at Bath, British Cartoon Print
Print showing two porters carrying an elegantly dressed woman in a sedan chair. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8895 Forms part of:... More
Hakone, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows travelers and porters crossing a steep pass in the mountains at the Hakone station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More
Fujieda, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows travelers crossing a stream, with men carrying women on their backs and two porters carrying a sedan chair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More
Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain architecture drawing
Print shows pilgrims and porters fording a wide, narrow river at Shimada, the 24th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More
Surugachō, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows men and women pedestrians and porters on a busy street, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More
Suruga-chō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows perspective view looking down commercial street with many pedestrians and porters, also shows Mount Fuji in the distance, above the clouds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More
Sitaya hirokōji, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows people walking in a procession down a street past clothing or drapery stores in Shitaya. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More
Macao from Penha Hill W. Heine ; J. Queen delt. ; P.S. Duval & Co., Ph...
Print shows a view of the harbor at Macao, with buildings along the waterfront; also shows two porters with shoulder poles on a roadway at bottom center, and a group of women on the lower right who may be nuns.... More
Shitaya hirokōji, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows people walking in a procession down a street past buildings in Shitaya. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: M... More
Hakkeisaka yoroikakematsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows travelers at rest stop on bluff with large pine tree near the harbor at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More
Bikunibashi setchū, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a porter walking in ankle-deep snow at the approach to the Bikuni bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More
Shunen ouigawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows porters carrying passengers on litters across the Ōi River, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
[Cairo. Porter] - Public domain portrait print
In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 169B. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More
Shimada, Utagawa Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows porters carrying travelers across a river at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More
Shijūhachi shin-yoshiwara emonzaka - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a full moon over the two porters carrying a sedan chair with passenger, the porter in the rear has slipped causing the passenger to tumble out of the chair onto the ground; another man, wearing get... More
Porters, Jein - State: [Blank] - Year: [Blank]
Papers Relating to Citizens
[Stanley meets Livingstone] / H.H., Tanzania
Illustration showing Henry Morton Stanley greeting Dr. David Livingstone at a village in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in present day Tanzania. Stanley's porters stand on the left, one at center carries an Americ... More
[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from İstanbul,...
(1) a cabman; (2) a water carrier; and (3) a porter. French caption from book: Constantinople: Figure 1: Caı̈kdji; Figure 2: Sakka; Figure 3: Hammal. Captions also in Ottoman Turkish. Part I, plate II. Illus. ... More
[Exterior view of fish market with several people, shoppers and mercha...
No. 1996. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 20] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some ma... More
[A woman riding in a palanquin]
Photograph shows a woman riding in an open palaquin or litter; also shows a porter with shoulder pole carrying small bundles. Inscribed in pencil on mount: Kango bearers. No. 2001. Illus. in: Views & costumes ... More
[Porter wearing protective outer garments made of straw]
Photograph shows a porter, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing a hat and outer garments made of straw for protection against rain and snow over his shoulders and around his waist, carrying shoulder pole... More
Pack horse - Public domain drawing
Drawing shows a man sitting on the ground next to bundles and a packhorse standing next to him. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. From "Travel and transportation" series.... More
Agricultural laborer - Public domain print
Drawing shows a 19th century Japanese farm worker with shoulder pole carrying baskets of produce. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms p... More
[Palanquins with porters] - Public domain scenic drawing
Drawing shows two types of palanquins: a "Kago" or basket attached to a frame, and a "Norimbus"? or the traditional enclosed, box-like palanquin with sliding panels, complete with passenger and porters. Includ... More
Portefaix / Abdullah Frères. - Public domain portrait print
Turkish porter, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, carrying luggage on his back. No. 812.
Mexico, street scenes, cargadores
Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Includes shrine and old aqueduct. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8557. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Men carrying ivory tusks, Kenya] - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Photo by Publishers Photo Service, N.Y.C. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.
[Group of cargadores by old aqueduct, Mexico City, Mexico]
Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mexico, street scenes, cargadores
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mexico, street scenes, cargadores
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mexico, street scenes, cargadores
Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Possibly old aqueduct in rear. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 5289. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.