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CollectionThe Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America See and Hear American History Through Song "Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing."- Date: 1581
Collection Items: View 51,843 Items
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CollectionPopular Graphic Arts About 15,000 historical prints (ca. 1700-1900) created to document geographic locations or popular subjects and sometimes used for advertising and educational purposes. Most are by American printmakers (e.g., Baillie, Currier & Ives, Sachse & Co.), but publishers in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo). Subjects vary widely, from city and harbor views, street scenes, and manufacturing plants to genre scenes,…- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe presentation (of Jesus) in the temple (oblong) 1 print : etching. | Hannah approaches Simeon who is holding Jesus.- Contributor: Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn
- Date: 1640-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Full figure of woman wearing ruffled collar and wide-brimmed hat] 1 print : engraving.- Date: 1640-01-01
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CollectionFinding Our Place in the Cosmos: From Galileo to Sagan and Beyond A thematic collection exploring changing models of the universe through time, ideas of life on other words and Carl Sagan’s place in the tradition of science. It features manuscripts, rare books, celestial atlases, newspaper articles, sheet music and movie posters.- Contributor: Macfarlane, Seth - Sagan, Carl - Druyan, Ann
- Date: 1495
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Studies for a church] 1 drawing : red chalk and ink on paper ; 26 x 41 cm.- Contributor: Franceschini, Baldassare
- Date: 1640-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingRoyal Coin, Louis XIII. Ten Louis d'Or.
Monnaie royale, Louis XIII. Dix louis d'or The mechanization of the minting of coins from precious metals in France made possible the creation, in 1640, of the louis d'or, named after King Louis XIII (1601--43; reigned, 1610--43), who first introduced the coins. This series of gold pieces was part of a reform that changed the minting method from hammered coinage to a more precisely milled and weighed coinage. These coins included…- Contributor: Louis XIII, King of France - Varin, Jean
- Date: 1640-01-01
- Resource: Image
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CollectionCities and Towns This category includes maps that depict individual buildings to panoramic views of large urban areas. These maps record the evolution of cities illustrating the development and nature of economic activities, educational and religious facilities, parks, street patterns and widths, and transportation systems.- Date: 1500
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Photo, Print, DrawingDrei Flötenspieler (Three Flute Players)- Contributor: Pauli, Andries
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Courtly outdoor scene, with fountain and men on horses (recto) ; faint red chalk sketch (verso)]
Street scene with horsemen and fountain 1 drawing : Pen and brown ink with gray and brown wash ; sheet 20.7 (right) 23.6 (center) x 20 cm (8 1/8 (right) 9 1/4 (center) x 7 15/16 in.) | Drawing shows mounted man pointing with sword to hunter with hounds and gun; another mounted man behind; woman and little girl standing at the right; also woman seated near fountain arranging hat…- Contributor: Wouverman, Philippe
- Date: 1640-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingEdmund A. Bowles collection of musical iconography, 1300-1985 Edmund Bowles (born 1925) is a musicologist specializing in the history of the timpani and other musical instruments. This collection consists of photostats and photographic prints of musical iconography dating from 1300 through 1985, the bulk of which was created during the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. It is especially rich in representations of percussion instruments, particularly the timpani, and includes a considerable amount of…- Contributor: Bowles, Edmund A. (Edmund Addison)
- Date: 1300
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Flute Player- Contributor: Vorsterman, Lucas
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Boy with recorder]- Contributor: Ganière, Jean
- Date: 1600
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CollectionCase Books Consists of more than 2,200 books and serials spanning the period 1550 to the present, with most published between 1840 and 1970. Illustrations are the featured aspect of these works, and many of the volumes contain original visual materials such as engravings, woodcuts, lithographs, fine photogravures, and photographic prints. The subject matter and country of origin vary widely. Representative examples include: The Designs of…- Date: 1550
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Photo, Print, DrawingAdoration of the shepherds- Contributor: Marinus
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, DrawingSchreiber collection of European book illustrations Wilhelm Schreiber (1855-1932), German printmaking scholar and author of the major reference work Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle (1891-1911), organized a personal study collection of over 20,000 book illustrations produced during the 15th through the 18th centuries. The Library acquired this collection in 1929 along with Schreiber's handwritten inventory. (Source: Melville guide)
- Contributor: Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig
- Date: 1400
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CollectionFine Prints About 85,000 prints created as art works, ca. 1450-present (most dating between 1800 and the present). Prints by American printmakers and artists (e.g., Paul Revere, Mary Cassatt, Jim Dine, Joseph Pennell) predominate, but creators in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Albrecht Dürer and Marc Chagall). Subjects vary widely, for example, portraits, religious themes, historical events, and street scenes.- Date: 1450
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Photo, Print, DrawingA discourse concerning a new world & another planet, in 2 bookes 1 print : engraving. | Title page with astrological chart and full-length portraits of Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler. 1640.- Date: 1640-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Fete under a Trellis- Contributor: Abraham Bloteling, or Blooteling
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, DrawingAbriss der Statt vnd Cittadelle Perpignia sampt dem Stat der Kön. Armee und derselben Circumvallation
Abriss der Statt und Cittadelle Perpignia sampt dem Stat der Kön. Armee und derselben Circumvallation | Translated title: Outline of the city and citadel of Perpignan including the city of the royal army and its defensive wall 1 print : engraving and etching ; sheet 27 x 35 cm on card mount 36 x 46 cm | Print shows plan of the walled city of Perpignan, France and its star shaped fortress surrounded by outer fortifcations and troop formations. In the foreground are a group of soldiers on horseback in the lower left hand corner and a general on horseback in…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc
- Date: 1640
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Photo, Print, DrawingRecorder Player- Contributor: Bloemaert, Cornelis
- Date: 1600