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Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Scenic Railroad in Durango, Colorado

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Stained glass in Neiman Marcus store, San Francisco, California

Stained glass in Neiman Marcus store, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This stain glass in Neiman Marcus on Union Square, was once in The City of Paris store. The architectural centerpiece of the building is the original rotu... More

Déesse 16, rue Halévy, Paris / / PAL.

Déesse 16, rue Halévy, Paris / / PAL.

Poster shows semi-nude goddess in flight holding bicycle above crowd of bicyclists from all over the world.

City Hall subway station, New York

City Hall subway station, New York

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite

Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Princess Hope & Queen Hope in the palace, Sikkim

Princess Hope & Queen Hope in the palace, Sikkim

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN05-0072. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 027 (color reference... More

Detail of a historic car with license plates from the 1940s. San Francisco, California

Detail of a historic car with license plates from the 1940s. San Franc...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Memorial Church on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California

Memorial Church on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Califo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an industrial area. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an industrial area. Dodge Brothers Motor Ca...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a living room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a living room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Moto...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an empty building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an empty building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large machine. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large machine. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a water heater. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a water heater. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a tall tower. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a tall tower. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an old building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an old building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a water tower. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a water tower. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white map of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white map of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white drawing of a floor plan. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white drawing of a floor plan. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Dodge Brothers...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A man working on a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A man working on a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory with many tables. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory with many tables. Dodge Brothers ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of people in a car. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of people in a car. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

Some of the unusual structures at Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in Simi Valley, California

Some of the unusual structures at Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. At age 60, Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey, began carting bottles home from the town dump to use as inexpensive building material, initially for a wall between ... More

Roadside stalls selling Indian jewelry and pottery near Tuba City, Arizona

Roadside stalls selling Indian jewelry and pottery near Tuba City, Ari...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Uncovered artifacts turned into art at Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Uncovered artifacts turned into art at Boone Hall Plantation and Garde...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Boone Hall Plantation is one of America's oldest working plantations, continually growing crops for more than 320 years. Its large Col... More

Display of potions at the Yellow Fever Martyrs Church and Museum in Holly Springs, Mississippi

Display of potions at the Yellow Fever Martyrs Church and Museum in Ho...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Sisters of Mercy at St. Joseph's Catholic Church were front and center in the care of victims of a virulent yellow fever outbreak in 1... More

Illuminated manuscript pages. Annunciation illumination I

Illuminated manuscript pages. Annunciation illumination I

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virg... More

Martin Schongauer - [The Angel of the Annunciation] / MS.

Martin Schongauer - [The Angel of the Annunciation] / MS.

Martin Schongauer, also known as Martin Schön or Hübsch Martin by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younge... More

Photo of Surveying compass - Public domain dedication

Photo of Surveying compass - Public domain dedication

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Peter Schöffer, Melanchton, Johann Fust, and Lucas Cranach] / Stahlstich v. Carl Mayer's Kunst-Anstalt in Nürnberg.

[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Pete...

Public domain reproduction of German art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Macbeth (McDonald Augustus Fritz), Renaissance Ballroom, New York, N.Y., ca. July, 1947]

[Portrait of Macbeth (McDonald Augustus Fritz), Renaissance Ballroom, ...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb The Renaissance Ballroom information was provided in the 2014 [Bear Family] publication Calypso Craze, 1956-1957 and Beyond (EAN: 53971021694... More

Mainz, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 14 Aug. (in vigilia Assumptionis Mariae) 1462.

Mainz, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 14 Aug. (in vigilia Assumption...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Seelentrost. Dutch. [from old catalog]]Der Sielen Troest.Utrecht, 10 Nov. 1479.

[Seelentrost. Dutch. [from old catalog]]Der Sielen Troest.Utrecht, 10 ...

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

[Trees with medicinal virtues, growing naturally and cultivated in pots]

[Trees with medicinal virtues, growing naturally and cultivated in pot...

Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Megenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 55.

[The Last Supper], 15th century

[The Last Supper], 15th century

Illus. in: Juan de Torquemada, Meditations, Rome, 1484. Reference copy may be in LOT 4444-B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incunabula; BI WORKS; Bible, N.T.... More

Henry Meyer - Correggio / engraved by H. Meyer.

Henry Meyer - Correggio / engraved by H. Meyer.

Correggio, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. On recto: After a head by himself in the Cathedral of Parma. On recto: Under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

[Un officier allemand portant un drapeau, accompagné d'un tambour, d'un fifre et de deux soldats] / DH.

[Un officier allemand portant un drapeau, accompagné d'un tambour, d'u...

Five German soldiers, one carrying a sword, one playing the fife, a drummer whose drum bears Hopfer's initials, one carrying a flag, and one carrying a halberd.

Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. [from old catalog]Hore ad vsum Romanum.Hours [from old catalog]

Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. [from old catalog]Hore ad vsum Ro...

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

To Sinai by car. El Kossaima. Distant view looking eastward toward Ain Gedeirat

To Sinai by car. El Kossaima. Distant view looking eastward toward Ain...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the frontier centre of El Qusaima to the west, looking east and showing the spring and orchar... More

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), southwest view across Bay of Felicity, evening, after storm, Solovetskii Island, Russia

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

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

[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, with books and sign reading Victory or Death!]

[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; central oval and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Matthew Fleming, Milan, Ohio, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fa... More

[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Casino steps]

[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Casino steps]

Site History. House Architecture: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola, 1568-1600. Landscape: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola and Carlo Maderno, 1568-1600. Also, Tomaso Ghinucci, fontaniere. Associated Name:... More

[Villa La Pietra, via Bolognese, 120, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Terrace wall]

[Villa La Pietra, via Bolognese, 120, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Terrac...

Site History. House Architecture: First half 16th century, purchased by Arthur Acton 1907. Landscap: Arthur and Hortense Mitchell Acton. Other: Arthur and Hortense Mitchell Acton owned the villa in 1925. Also k... More

[The interior of a kabuki theater]

[The interior of a kabuki theater]

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

El Camino de las Misiones, Ysleta, Socorro, San Elizario Vicinity, San Elizario, El Paso County, TX

El Camino de las Misiones, Ysleta, Socorro, San Elizario Vicinity, San...

Significance: The mission churches at Ysleta and Socorro and the church at San Elizario near El Paso represent remnants of an elaborate system of Spanish Indian missions, colonial villages and forts erected in ... More

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. El Mahrad. (Peran) head of the wadi

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. El Mahrad. (Peran) head of the wadi

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking west ... More

To Sinai by car. Route from El Kossaima to Ain Kadeis

To Sinai by car. Route from El Kossaima to Ain Kadeis

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in the vicinity of Wadi Geisi between Ain El Qadeirat and Ain Qideis water spring, looking south-s... More

[Process of distilling water]
[Crowd watching dissection of female cadaver with skeleton at its head]

[Crowd watching dissection of female cadaver with skeleton at its head...

Illus. in: De humani corporis fabrica / Andreas Vesalius. Basileae : [ex oficina I. Oporini], 1543. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 120

Hans Sebald Beham - Ensign, drummer and piper

Hans Sebald Beham - Ensign, drummer and piper

Copy in reverse after B. Beham. Engraving by Hans Sebald Beham, 1500-1550. Bartscht 198, Pauli 201 (1st state), Hollstein 201. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Coll. mark of Hubbard Coll. (Lugt Suppl. 1... More

Francis I, King of Fran[ce] / Titian, pixt ; J. Heath, sculpt.

Francis I, King of Fran[ce] / Titian, pixt ; J. Heath, sculpt.

Portrait print showing Francis I, King of France. Bust portrait, right profile in oval flanked by two knights in armor. The knight on the left, representing France, with a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis, has t... More

Temptation of St. Anthony [by winged demons]

Temptation of St. Anthony [by winged demons]

Engraving by Lucas Cranach. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Demons & devils; Bible; Art. works.

Calcearius, der schuhmacher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Calcearius, der schuhmacher. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

Print shows the interior of a cobbler's workshop and store with two men making shoes as another man attends to a customer. Illus. in: Panoplia. Francofvrti ad Moenvm : [Impressvm apud G. Coruinum, impensis S. ... More

[Geometric figure of earth, sun, and moon calculated by Aristarchus to approximate real scale of the solar system]

[Geometric figure of earth, sun, and moon calculated by Aristarchus to...

Illus. in: De magnitudinibus, et distantiis solis, et lunae / Aristarchus of Samos. Pisauri : Apud. C. Francischinum, 1572, p. 30. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : L... More

[A man operating a lathe with fixed cutting tool driven by the action of weights; here the machine is cutting screw threads in wood]

[A man operating a lathe with fixed cutting tool driven by the action ...

Illus. in: Theatrvm instrvmentorvm et machinarum / Jacques Besson. Lvgdvni : Apud B. Vincentium, 1578. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washi... More

Navigational charts & designs: Astrolab [to take the altitude of the sunne]

Navigational charts & designs: Astrolab [to take the altitude of the s...

Illus. in: Martin Cortés, Arte de Navigation, London, 1589, fol. 70. Reference copy may be in SSF - Navigation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Moon; Sun; Ast... More

Far che con un dracone ... - Public domain dedication image

Far che con un dracone ... - Public domain dedication image

An automatic theater run by a water siphon system, moving Hercules, with club, a dragon, and a fountain; surrounding text and decorated initial V. Illus. and text in: Gli artifitiosi et curiosi moti spiritali d... More

[Diagram of a ship at sea illustrating sight lines?]

[Diagram of a ship at sea illustrating sight lines?]

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: Martin Cortés, The arte of navigation, London, 1589, fol. 50. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio

Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio

French expedition under Jean Ribaut enter the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Rena... More

Jeppipo Wasu, the king of the tribe and many of his kin become very ill

Jeppipo Wasu, the king of the tribe and many of his kin become very il...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 39. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Triumph(us) Caesaris (The triumph of Julius Caesar), plate 7]

[Triumph(us) Caesaris (The triumph of Julius Caesar), plate 7]

Plate 7 from series showing people in triumphal procession of Julius Caesar. After the painting by Andrea Mantegna. Bartsch, v. XII, p. 101.11. Gift; Ian Woodner; (DLC/PP-1984:513).

Franciscus est in coelo - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

Franciscus est in coelo - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

Francis in heaven being torn apart. Item in PR 06 CN 789.

Kiyonobu Torii - [Two lovers under an umbrella]

Kiyonobu Torii - [Two lovers under an umbrella]

Print shows a man and a woman, full-length, walking beneath an umbrella. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Hell in triumph or The devil has got his own / Peepo Mellico, scratchavit., British Cartoon Print

Hell in triumph or The devil has got his own / Peepo Mellico, scratcha...

Print shows Sir Hugh Palliser, a naval admiral and accuser of Admiral Augustus Keppel following the inconclusive battle off the coast of Ushant in 1778, being pulled off a cliff by demons toward the open mouth ... More

[Reading a love letter], Kiyomasu Torii

[Reading a love letter], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows a young woman reading a love letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V

Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V

Illustration shows an actor portraying Henry V in Shakespear's play by the same name. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: H... More

Sir Francis Drake, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Sir Francis Drake, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing left. Engraving by W. Hall. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. "From an original Picture in the possession of Sir T.F. E... More

Eine Cracke von S. Thome Wirdt...

Eine Cracke von S. Thome Wirdt...

Dutch? naval battle. Engraving by Thodor de Bry. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, India Orientalis (Peregrination in India), 1605, part 7, plate XII. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capti... More

The Virgin and child surrounded by saints and kneeling donor / AA, in Mantova, MDCX.

The Virgin and child surrounded by saints and kneeling donor / AA, in ...

Print shows the Virgin Mary seated with the infant Jesus at her side surrounded by saints and one man kneeling. Monogram of Andreani. Sometimes attributed to Girolamo da Carpi. Title from Graphic sampler / comp... More

Actes and monvments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall historie of the same ...London, The Company of Stationers, 1610.p. cm.

Actes and monvments of matters most special and memorable, happening i...

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

Homo volans. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Homo volans. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man, wearing a large square-framed parachute, safely parachuting next to a building, presumably from which he has jumped off. Illus. in: Machinæ novæ. Venetiis : [1615?]. Published in: The tradit... More

[Ox-powered machine for grinding or milling grain]

[Ox-powered machine for grinding or milling grain]

Illus. in: La premiere partie des desseins artificiavlx de tovtes sortes des movlins a vent, .... Impriméz a Francfort svr le Main : Par P. Iacques, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks ... More

Captianeus Johannus Schmidius in secunda..., engraving, Library of Congress

Captianeus Johannus Schmidius in secunda..., engraving, Library of Con...

Illus. in: DeBry, Americae...Part 10, pl. 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Composite figures in cubist and surrealistic style composed of materials such as chain links, tubes, sieves and tennis racquets]

[Composite figures in cubist and surrealistic style composed of materi...

50 plates (t.p., frontis., Medici coat of arms to whom the work is dedicated, and 47 etchings). Illus. in: only known complete copy of Bizzarie di varie figure of Giovanni Battista Braccelli, publ. in Livorno, ... More

[Composite figures in cubist and surrealistic style composed of materials such as chain links, tubes, sieves and tennis racquets]

[Composite figures in cubist and surrealistic style composed of materi...

50 plates (t.p., frontis., Medici coat of arms to whom the work is dedicated, and 47 etchings). Illus. in: only known complete copy of Bizzarie di varie figure of Giovanni Battista Braccelli, publ. in Livorno, ... More

[Composite figures in cubist and surrealistic style composed of materials such as chain links, tubes, sieves and tennis racquets]

[Composite figures in cubist and surrealistic style composed of materi...

50 plates (t.p., frontis., Medici coat of arms to whom the work is dedicated, and 47 etchings). Illus. in: only known complete copy of Bizzarie di varie figure of Giovanni Battista Braccelli, publ. in Livorno, ... More

Rembrandt van Rijn - [The return of the prodigal son]

Rembrandt van Rijn - [The return of the prodigal son]

Reference copy may be in LOT 4444 B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bible; Artists works; Shelf.

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the manner of the destroying it by Captayne Underhill and Captayne Mason / RH.

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...

The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, view south, with ceramic ornament and frescoes (1715-16), Yaroslavl', Russia

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, view s...

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

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, fresco of the Last Judgement (1715-16), Yaroslavl', Russia

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, fresco...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The Last Judgment refers to the final judgment by God of all people, both the living and the d... More

Illustrissimo viro Domino D. Joanni Baptistæ Colbert / Nanteuil ad vivum ping. et sculpebat cum priuii Regis.

Illustrissimo viro Domino D. Joanni Baptistæ Colbert / Nanteuil ad viv...

Print showing Jean Baptiste Colbert, head-and-shoulders portrait in medallion hanging on an obelisk, supported by two women in allegorical scene with turtle, rooster, hourglass, dog, and putti, with men working... More

[Jan Lutma, goldsmith] / Rembrandt, 1656., engraving, Library of Congress

[Jan Lutma, goldsmith] / Rembrandt, 1656., engraving, Library of Congr...

Title from shelflist card. Signed and dated in pencil. Impression from worn plate. Rovinski, 276 (3rd state). Bjorklund, 56-C. Library has three impressions. No. 276a: Bradley Collection. No. 267b: Penned on ve... More

[Ironclad vessel with rudder and paddlewheel]

[Ironclad vessel with rudder and paddlewheel]

Illus. in: Gaspar Schott, Technica Curiosa, 1664, pl. 30, opp. p. 388. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Marine engineering; ... More

Church of Saint Nicholas Mokryi (1665-72), interior, south wall, including frescoes depicting Ecumenical Councils (1672), Yaroslavl', Russia

Church of Saint Nicholas Mokryi (1665-72), interior, south wall, inclu...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: yaro059. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

[Illus. from book concerning Justices of the Peace: frontis, of 1669 ed. of A Sure Guide for...Justice of Peace, showing man holding sword over child before king on throne]

[Illus. from book concerning Justices of the Peace: frontis, of 1669 e...

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

Porte de l'entrée du Chasteau du Louvre, du costé de la Riuiere, faict par la conduitte de Monsieur le Vau / I. Marot, fecit.

Porte de l'entrée du Chasteau du Louvre, du costé de la Riuiere, faict...

Entrance of the mansion of the Louvre, in or near Paris, by the river, built under the direction of Monsieur le Vau. Illus. in: Le Grand Marot / Marot. Paris: 167-?, plate 186. Reference copy available in LOT 4620.

Jacob van Meurs - America - Print, Library of Congress collection

Jacob van Meurs - America - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, south wall, with frescoes of Crucifixion and scenes from life of John the Baptist (1694-95), Yaroslavl', Russia

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

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

Philippus de Champaigne Bruxellensis pictor regius, ... / Se ipse pinxit ; G. Edelink sculpsit 1676.

Philippus de Champaigne Bruxellensis pictor regius, ... / Se ipse pinx...

Portrait print of artist Philippe de Champaigne, based on his self-portrait of 1668. Marsh Collection. Published in: The first Smithsonian collection : the European engravings of George Perkins Marsh and the r... More

[Fountain of the Dragon at the Palace of Versailles]

[Fountain of the Dragon at the Palace of Versailles]

Illustration in Vues de Versailles, 1676, a volume incorporating prints and views from multiple sources. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) F... More

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