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Bathing beach beauty contest, [1920], Eliz. Roache (most beautiful suit)

Bathing beach beauty contest, [1920], Eliz. Roache (most beautiful sui...

A black and white photo of a woman holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM WARM SPRINGS. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. LOOKING THE PICTURE OF HEALTH, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY RETURNED FROM A SPRING VACATION AT WARM SPRINGS. BESIDES SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HARRY HOPKINS WHO ACCOMPANIED THE PRESIDENT ON THE TRIP FROM HIS GEORGIA RETREAT, OTHERS AT UNION STATION WERE SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL AND SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HENRY MORGENTHAU. LITTLE DIANA HOPKINS, DAUGHTER OF THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, IS ALSO IN THE PICTURE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM WARM SPRINGS. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: Pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight and Munroe Ashbury. The district is noted for its role ... More

Queen Hope on throne at coronation

Queen Hope on throne at coronation

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN 0124. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Coll... More

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

A black and white photo of an empty street. 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 factory with old cars. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory with old cars. Dodge Brothers Mot...

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 plan of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

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

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 city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

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

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

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

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

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 hospital room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

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

A black and white photo of a kitchen. 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 bridge over a river. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a bridge over a river. Dodge Brothers Motor...

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

An old black and white photo of a street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

An old black and white photo of a street. 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 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 city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

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

A black and white photo of women 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

An old photo of a crowd of people. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

An old photo of a crowd of people. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Pl...

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

A remnant of one the unusual structures at Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle V...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Large metal chickens for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Marble Falls, Texas. Such chicken yard art is quite popular throughout Texas

Large metal chickens for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Ma...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[Mural depicting baseball by Frederic C. Martin. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Mural depicting baseball by Frederic C. Martin. Library of Congress T...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

E. Butterick & Co.'s quarterly report of New York fashions, for fall 1873

E. Butterick & Co.'s quarterly report of New York fashions, for fall 1...

C10521 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Butterick (E.) & Co.... More

Paul et Virginie, par J. - Public domain dedication image

Paul et Virginie, par J. - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To Sinai by car. Bedouin camp under Acacia trees

To Sinai by car. Bedouin camp under Acacia trees

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim), possibly, downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Nakhila, El Hswa, El ... More

Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.

Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an elephant labeled "G.O.P." holding a tambourine labeled "Stand Patism" and handing out free baskets labeled "Tariff Graft" containing a turkey, duck, or chicken to ragged figures labeled "C... 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

"Insula Canibalium" - Indians attacking fleet of Spanish ships; scene of cannibalism in left fg.

"Insula Canibalium" - Indians attacking fleet of Spanish ships; scene ...

Illus. in: Plautius, Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio, 1492. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Sculpture "Alaska snowshoe mail carrier," by Chaim Gross at the Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Alaska snowshoe mail carrier," by Chaim Gross at the Ariel ...

Date: 1936; dimensions: 4' 1" x 1'7" x 1'; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photograph... More

[Portrait of Macbeth, Count of Monte Cristo, Lord Invader, and Wilmoth Houdini, Renaissance Ballroom, New York, N.Y., ca. July, 1947]

[Portrait of Macbeth, Count of Monte Cristo, Lord Invader, and Wilmoth...

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

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in decorative border]

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in deco...

Title page in: Astronomicum caesareum / Petrus Apianus. [Ingolstadii, 1540] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p.43.

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum

Illus. in: Werner Roelvinck, Fasciculus Temporum (Utrecht, 1480), fol. lxxj. Reference copy may be in LOT 4496 R - Incunabula. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euclid's "Elements," which they illus.: 2 diagrams of text (page headed "II")]

[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euc...

Repr. of line drawing by Erhard Ratdolt, printer of the edition. Illus. in: Euclides Elementa Geometriae, Venice, 1482. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 P. This record contains unverified, old data from captio... More

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P and geometric diagrams]

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P...

Title page in: Elementa geometria / Euclides. Venice : E. Ratdolt, 1482. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 225.

[Man performing autopsy on cadaver lying on table as 8 other men look on]

[Man performing autopsy on cadaver lying on table as 8 other men look ...

Illus. in: Joannes de Ketham, Fasciculus medicinae, Venice, Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 15 Oct. 1495, verso of leaf eII. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - MEDICINE. This record contains unverif... More

[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens.Paris, Antoine Vérard, 1495.

[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens....

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

[Saint Cecilia holding her emblems: portable organ and martyr's palm]

[Saint Cecilia holding her emblems: portable organ and martyr's palm]

Illus. in: De Claris mulieribus, Ferrara : Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 1497. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Graveur sur bois au XVIe siècle / d'aprés Jost Amman.

Graveur sur bois au XVIe siècle / d'aprés Jost Amman.

Print shows an engraver at work with a wood block. Woodcut by Jost Amman. Illus. in: Hartmann Schopper's Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum aut sedentarium atrium genera continens. Frankfurt-am-Main, 156... More

[Villa La Pietra, via Bolognese, 120, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Entrance drive]

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

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

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More

Sinai. Ain Gedeirat, Kadesh Barnea. Num. 20:1

Sinai. Ain Gedeirat, Kadesh Barnea. Num. 20:1

Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from the central section of Wadi El Qusaima (El Qadeirat) in the vicinity of Ain El Qadeirat water ... More

[Portrait of Lucas van Leyden] / L [monogram].

[Portrait of Lucas van Leyden] / L [monogram].

Title from caption card. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. No call number on caption card

[Crucifixion study]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Crucifixion study]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Inscribed in pencil on mat: [Raffaeli on old mat]. Ink inscription on back of drawing not deciphered. Title from P&P Bradley collection inventory card. George... More

Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field

Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field

Print shows Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed monster pulling in opposite directions; Louis wears the horns of a cuckold and Marie Antoinette has the head of Medusa wearing ostrich feathers. de Vi... More

The flight into Egypt / PHL. - Public domain dedication image

The flight into Egypt / PHL. - Public domain dedication image

Print shows angels pulling a tree within the reach of the infant Jesus who rides in the lap of the Virgin Mary on a donkey. Joseph guides the donkey on the family's journey to Egypt. Anonymous artist after Rap... More

Ugo da Carpi - The resurrection, 16th century

Ugo da Carpi - The resurrection, 16th century

Print shows Jesus, dressed in a shroud, stepping out of his tomb as it rests in a cave. On the right, the women weap, and on the left, the guards tumble over each other in fright. Title from Graphic sampler / ... More

[The knight, Death, and the Devil] / AD [monogram].

[The knight, Death, and the Devil] / AD [monogram].

Title from mount. Hubbard Collection. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 186.

Death and the Devil surprise two women DH monogram

Death and the Devil surprise two women DH monogram

Print shows Death and the Devil interrupting the lives of two wealthy women. Bradley Collection. Stamped on verso: Tilgungs-Stempel K.K.C. Stamped on verso: Kupferstich-Sammlung der Königl: Museen. Stamped on ... More

Parmigianino - The Virgin in an oval

Parmigianino - The Virgin in an oval

Print shows the Virgin Mary seated with a child in her lap. Anonymous artist after Francesco Mazzuoli who was called Il Parmigianino. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photogra... More

Antonio da Trento - Fortitude, 16th century

Antonio da Trento - Fortitude, 16th century

Allegorical print showing a seated woman holding onto a column. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, pp. 24-28. Print... More

The philosopher Diogenes and the allegory of astronomy

The philosopher Diogenes and the allegory of astronomy

Allegorical print showing a seated man thinking and another figure looking at a globe. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress,... More

[Page with mathematical essay in Greek, decorated initial, and mathematical drawing]

[Page with mathematical essay in Greek, decorated initial, and mathema...

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Six women who meet daily to spin and discuss family life and current events]

[Six women who meet daily to spin and discuss family life and current ...

Illus. in: Die Evangelien vande spinrock wilt aenscouwen, Thantwerpen, ca. 1550. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Woman Misc. 16th c.; RBD; Shelf.

Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian oracle ; a scene in the Academic Grove, No. 1 / Js. Gy., invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print

Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian ...

Allegorical British satire on the 'Venetian secret', or the secret of Titian's coloring, which Mary Ann Provis discovered, showing woman painting a goblin-like bearded figure intended as Titian, above group of ... More

[Mining methods in 16th Century England]

[Mining methods in 16th Century England]

Water wheel powering pulley mechanism above mine shaft. Book 6, p. 155. Illus. in: Georg Agricola, De Re Metallica, (Basel, 1556). Ref. copy may be in SSF - MINING. This record contains unverified data from cap... More

Meleagre & Atlante. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Meleagre & Atlante. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Page of poetry with illus. of the myth of Meleager. Illus. in: Ovid, Metamorphoses (Lyons, 1557). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incunabula; Mythology.

[Interior of Canadian Indian dwelling; women are weeping over dying warrior in hammock; parrot is perched on rafter]

[Interior of Canadian Indian dwelling; women are weeping over dying wa...

Illus. in: André Thevet, Les Singularitiés de la France Antarctique, autrement nommé Amerique (Paris 1558), page 86. Ref. copies may be in SSF(Gr) - INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA CANADA 16 ? This record contains unv... More

[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]

[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]

Engraving by Agostino Ramelli. Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine, Paris, 1588. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with paddles, cog and shafts, and housing]

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...

Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More

[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a religious relic]

[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a rel...

Illus. in: Alciati, Andrea. Omnia Andreae Alciati v.c. emblemata, Parisiis, apud Ioannem Richeriū, 1589. Reference copy may be in LOT 4707A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption... More

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B., engraving, Library of Congress

[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B., engraving, Library of Congress

Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.

[The queen-elect is brought to the king]

[The queen-elect is brought to the king]

Native men carrying the queen seated on a throne supported by a litter; trumpeters lead the procession which is followed by young women carrying baskets of fruit and by a contingent of bodyguards. Illus. in: Br... More

Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Marin

Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Ma...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, p. 5. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: The typical compound of the Tuppin Inwa (prisoner being tortured)]

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 70. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The women and children [nude Indians] eat the intestines of the killed prisoner

The women and children [nude Indians] eat the intestines of the killed...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 87. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Four women of the tribe take four pieces of the dead body and carry these around a hut while they scream with pleasure

Four women of the tribe take four pieces of the dead body and carry th...

Nude Indians butchering and cooking human bodies. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 86. This record contains unverified data from old caption card.

[Garden angelica and wilde angelica. 2 flowering herbs]

[Garden angelica and wilde angelica. 2 flowering herbs]

Illus. in: John Gerard, The Herbal, or, Generall historie of plantes. London, 1597. English Printing Coll. Illus. on top half of p. 846. Reference copy may be in SSF - BOTANY. This record contains unverified, o... More

Garden radish. Small garden radish, engraving, Library of Congress

Garden radish. Small garden radish, engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: J. Gerarde, The Herball, or, Generall historie of plantes. London, 1597, p. 183. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434 B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... More

DCM 1598: Anonymous Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat)

DCM 1598: Anonymous Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat)

Instrument type: Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat) Medium: Cocus(?), nickel silver key and ferrules.; 42 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, post and rod, direct mount. Mark Maximum: (crown) / London (cursive) / IMPROVED... More

Jacques Callot - [Trastullo kneeling before Signorina Lucia]

Jacques Callot - [Trastullo kneeling before Signorina Lucia]

Part of a set by Israel Silvestre after the Balli di Sfessania by Callot, 1621.

A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a woman playing cards with a monkey dressed as a man, two figures in masquerade attend to them, above and in the background are a musician, a man and a woman, and a cuckold, also seated is an owl sm... More

Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?

Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?

Print shows a man, possibly Joseph-François Foullon, on his hands and knees with a woman of the Third Estate, a sword at her side, riding on his back. de Vinck, 2950 Blum, 206 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son

Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More

[Landscape with a pilgrim in prayer] / A. Canal. f.

[Landscape with a pilgrim in prayer] / A. Canal. f.

George Lothrop Bradley collection. Constable, 22. Pallucchini, 22. Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jason returning with the golden fleece / AA [monogram of Andrea Andreani] in Mantoua 160.

Jason returning with the golden fleece / AA [monogram of Andrea Andrea...

Print showing Jason wearing armor and holding sword in right hand, returning to his ship on the left with right arm raised and carrying the golden fleece over his left arm. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled... More

British resentment, or The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg / L. Boitard, invt. et delin. ; J. June, sculp.

British resentment, or The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg / L. Boit...

"Britannia, seated on a throne inscribed,---"Nemo me impune lacessit", attends to the complaints of injured Americans, and affords them protection..." (Source: Stephens)

Richard Low 17th century - Public domain  engraving

Richard Low 17th century - Public domain engraving

after a painting possibly by John Hayls, portraitist, 1600?-1679; published by John Smith, painter, draughtsman, and engraver, 1652-1743 (artist notes) British (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (art... More

Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late William Beckford Esqr. by the Court of Common Council

Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late ...

Print shows William Beckford stands full-length, with his back to a wall of windows, treading on the male figure of tyranny bound with chains at his feet, with his right hand on the shoulder of Britannia in a c... More

Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecedebant Victimam et Hecatoniben (Trumpeteers, cornetists, lyre players, horn players, who precede the victims and sacrifice...)

Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecedebant Victimam...

Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: top center: (in Latin) Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecede- / bant Victimam et Hecatoniben. / Sacra enim sua nunquam / celebrabant antiqui sine musicis ... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain  drawing

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman, wearing geta, walking beneath an umbrella next to a blossoming tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More

The fate of city Rem- - -ces, British Cartoon Print

The fate of city Rem- - -ces, British Cartoon Print

"An engraving showing George III. seated at a table approached by his son, the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., who, taking off his plumed coronet, says to his father:---"Papa, I want some Paper to make ... More

A comfortable dish of tea in high-life, British Cartoon Print

A comfortable dish of tea in high-life, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two wealthy and fashionable European women sitting in a room with pets including a dog, a cat, a monkey, a squirrel, and birds being served tea by an African servant. Not found in British Museum Cat... More

Samuel de Champlain - Public domain portrait engraving

Samuel de Champlain - Public domain portrait engraving

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Portrait, 3/4 facing left; maturity. Reproduction of painting.

[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

Pocohontas Virginiae Regis Filia..., engraving, Library of Congress

Pocohontas Virginiae Regis Filia..., engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: DeBry, Americae...Part 10, pl. 7. 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

St. Jerome / Guid. Rhen. inuen., Barthol. Coriolanus, eques, sculpsit bonon.

St. Jerome / Guid. Rhen. inuen., Barthol. Coriolanus, eques, sculpsit ...

Print shows Saint Jerome in adoration before a crucifix. Exhibit caption (2014): This chiaroscuro woodcut comes from the Library's Pembroke Album collection assembled between ca. 1683 and 1733 by Philip and Tho... More

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