Vue et description de la ville de Meaco capitale du Japon avec d'autre...
Prints shows views of Meaco (Kyoto) and Saccai (Sakai), scenes of Christians being tortured, a Japanese wedding ceremony, and a temple in Sakai, and a plan of Dejima trading island; also includes descriptions o... More
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
Virtual representation, 1775. Book illustration from Library of Congre...
Print shows Lord Bute aiming a blunderbuss at a man representing colonial America; a member of Parliament, pointing at the American, tells Bute "I give you that man's money for my use", to which the American re... More
The olive rejectd or the Yankees revenge, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a representative of the British crown in America for peace negotiations (identified in the text as Edmund Burke, though possibly Lord North), he is wearing a crown with olive branch on his head and ... More
Les Anglois molestes et chatiees, Political Cartoon
Print shows 1. a beaming sun with fleur-de-lis shining on 2. a man who resembles George Washington, wearing military uniform and hat labeled "Congress" and "Washington," holding a raised lash in his right hand ... More
By his majestys royal letters patent - the new invented method of puni...
Print shows Britannia drawn and quartered at a crossroad by ropes attached to three horses, one labeled "Tyranny" racing down the road "to America", another labeled "Venality" racing down the road "to Spain", a... More
War of posts / T. Colley, fect., British Cartoon Print
Print shows the new ministers, Pitt, Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox, and Richmond riding on wooden posts and cannon drive, with the aid of a devil, the old ministers, Nick, Sandwich, Amherst, North, and Mansfield i... More
Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print
Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lio... More
Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, who h... More
The abolition of the slave trade Or the inhumanity of dealers in human...
Print shows sailor on a slave ship suspending an African girl by her ankle from a rope over a pulley. Captain John Kimber stands on the left with a whip in his hand. Attributed to I. Cruikshank in BM CPPS. Cat... More
Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons /...
Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More
Suspension of the habeas corpus, British Cartoon Print
Print showing John Bull suspended by his feet between two columns labeled "Lords" and "Commons." Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. UV bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin
Print shows the letter "U" formed by the spirit of a man wearing a hat departing a grave marked with a post topped with a hat, and the letter "V" formed by a harlequin figure perched on his elbows with legs rai... More
The Bostons paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering / copied on ...
Print shows a mob pouring tea into the mouth of a Loyalist who has been tarred and feathered. Behind the group, on the right, is the "Liberty Tree" from which hangs a noose and a sign "Stamp Act" written upside... More
A New method of Macarony making as practised at Boston / copied on sto...
Print shows two American revolutionaries tarring and feathering the tax collector. In the background, a gallows.
Eene aangezigtspyn-phantasie van Alexander V.H. / Steendr. v.: P. Blom...
Print shows scene of fantastical creatures inflicting pain upon the head of a man.
Mazeppa - pl. 4 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Mazeppa - pl. 2 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Mazeppa - pl. 4 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Mazeppa - pl. 3 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Mazeppa - pl. 3 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Ye execution of Goff ye Neger of Mr. Hochins on ye commons lith. by G....
Print shows a scene on common or park grounds where a slave is being executed by hanging before a group of soldiers; on the left, a man driving a wagon passes, and in the distance are a public well and large bu... More
Emancipation Proclamation / del., lith. and print. by L. Lipman, Milwa...
Print shows at center the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom... More
Sentenza di morte. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Beatrice Cenci and her mother in prison being informed that they have been sentenced to death.
La tortura - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Beatrice Cenci's being tortured in prison in the presence of her mother, religious authorities and police. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right corner: 6. (DLC/PP-43735)
The Union as it was The lost cause, worse than slavery / / Th. Nast.
Man "White League" shaking hands with Ku Klux Klan member over shield illustrated with African American couple with dead(?) baby. In background, man hanging from tree. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 18, no. 930... More
Kiralfy Bros "Michael Strogoff"
N16299 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy, 1882." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Larger version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 4a (C size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collectio... More
Sensible Roosevelt--A whipping-post for wife-beaters
Cover illustration showing man wearing mask whipping another man manacled to whipping post, as a woman with arm in sling looks on. Illus. in: Judge, v. 3 , no. 71 (1883 Mar. 3), p. 1.
Where they belong! / Keppler. - Public domain portrait engraving
Print shows three men in a small cage hanging outside the "Democratic National Headquarters"; the cage is labeled "Gorman Brice Smith, Jr. - Exposed Here - As a Warning, For All Time - These Traitors to Democra... More
From American bondage to the Halls of Congress
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Truvy, Abraham M., copyright claimant. Category de... More
Caricature, A good beginning / Keppler., public domain cartoon image
Print shows Justice sitting, blindfolded and holding her scales at her side, with the Eiffel Tower in the background; standing at her feet is Puck holding a list of names that includes "Esterhazy, Paty de Clam,... More
![A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound prisoners forward.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMTIvMzEvYS1wb2xsYWp1b2xvLXNpYy1icml0aXNoLW11c2V1bS0xOTA2LW51ZGUtbWVuLWRyaXZpbmctYm91bmQtcHJpc29uZXJzLWZvcndhcmQtYTgwNDJiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/35/webp "A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound prisoners forward.]")
A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound pri...
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Quo Vadis G.C.K.monogram, Movie Poster
Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" show the character Lygia bound to a bull. In the background is the emperor Nero(?) and spectators in a coliseum. Caption: Lygia bound to the wild bull; George Kleine pres... More
Belgian farmyard - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Print shows a dead or wounded woman lying on the ground and a German soldier standing at her feet, undressing or putting on his shirt. Signed in pencil. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: No. 19. Bellows, 138 ... More
![Heptanomide. Beny Hasan [Beni Hasan]. Bas-relief et peintures de divers hypogées.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjEvMTIvMzEvaGVwdGFub21pZGUtYmVueS1oYXNhbi1iZW5pLWhhc2FuLWJhcy1yZWxpZWYtZXQtcGVpbnR1cmVzLWRlLWRpdmVycy1oeXBvZ2Vlcy1jZWJkOWMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Heptanomide. Beny Hasan [Beni Hasan]. Bas-relief et peintures de divers hypogées.")
Heptanomide. Beny Hasan [Beni Hasan]. Bas-relief et peintures de diver...
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Mazeppa: pl. 1 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, being bound to the back of a wild horse by several men, as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair, shown here as the elderly ma... More
Bock beer - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows "Bock" goats upending Chinese men, to the amusement of several men sitting at tables drinking beer. 8533 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright and lith., 1879, by A.J. Maerz, Brooklyn, E.D. N.Y.
Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians, at Mankato, Minnesota, De...
Print shows the residents of Mankato, Minnesota, gathered to watch the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians, who stand on a scaffold with nooses around their necks, separated from the community by rows of s... More
The cigarette / George Bellows. - Lithograph, public domain, Library o...
Man, possibly a soldier, smoking cigarette alongside of nude woman, with breast cut off, and knife through her hand, stuck into door. No. 43. Signed in pencil on stone.
Francisco Goya - Lo merecia. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain scan of Spanish 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Lash - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Card showing bound African American slave being whipped. No. 5, no. 61. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.
The Lash - Drawing. Public domain image.
Card showing bound African American slave being whipped. No. 5, no. 61. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.
![Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYmFpbmJyaWRnZS1pZS1iYW1icmlkZ2Utb24tdHJpYWwtZm9yLW11cmRlci1ieS1hLWNvbW1pdHRlZS1vZi10aGUtaG91c2Utb2YtZjA1NWYxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.")
Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the...
Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More
![Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYmFpbmJyaWRnZS1pZS1iYW1icmlkZ2Utb24tdHJpYWwtZm9yLW11cmRlci1ieS1hLWNvbW1pdHRlZS1vZi10aGUtaG91c2Utb2YtYzNmOTEzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.")
Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the...
Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More
Stop your cruel oppression of the Jews / Flohri.
Print shows an aged man labeled "Russian Jew" carrying a large bundle labeled "Oppression" on his back; hanging from the bundle are weights labeled "Autocracy," "Robbery," "Cruelty," "Assassination," "Deception... More
Stop your cruel oppression of the Jews / Flohri.
Print shows an aged man labeled "Russian Jew" carrying a large bundle labeled "Oppression" on his back; hanging from the bundle are weights labeled "Autocracy," "Robbery," "Cruelty," "Assassination," "Deception... More
Ladies whipping girls. - Public domain dedication image
Public domain scan of an art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Punishment of one of the King of Whidah's wife and her gallant.
Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Francisco Goya - Por que? - Public domain drawing
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Francisco Goya - Que hai que hacer mas?
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Kiralfy Bros.' "Michael Strogoff"
N16296 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Smaller version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 4 (B size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Kiralfy Bros.' "Michael Strogoff"
N16296 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Smaller version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 4 (B size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah
48671 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Israel put the the torture. The rabbi's punishment for refusing to exert his medical skill in behalf of the Governor General's daughter. Created and "copyright 1899 by The ... More
Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah
48671 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Israel put the the torture. The rabbi's punishment for refusing to exert his medical skill in behalf of the Governor General's daughter. Created and "copyright 1899 by The ... More
Bed-stocks for intoxication, &c / drawn on stone by R. Bridgens.
Print shows two African Trinidadians with their feet locked in stocks; one man has his hands bound behind him, the other man is sleeping; a mask is hanging on the wall in the upper left. Published in: Bridgens... More
Bed-stocks for intoxication, &c / drawn on stone by R. Bridgens.
Print shows two African Trinidadians with their feet locked in stocks; one man has his hands bound behind him, the other man is sleeping; a mask is hanging on the wall in the upper left. Published in: Bridgens... More