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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
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Photo, Print, DrawingGrauelinge attacato dalle Armi Francesi sotto il Maresciallo della Ferte Seneterra alli 16 di Agosto 1658, reso alli 28 dello stesso mese
Gravelinge attacato dalle Armi Francesi ... | Gravelines under attack by the French Army under Marshal Ferte Seneterra on August 16, 1658 until the 28th of the same month 1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 33 x 41 cm on card mount 51 x 61 cm | Birds-eye view print shows plans of the battlefield near Grevelingen (Gravelines) in northern France in August 1658. Includes views of foritifications, troop encampments and locations and ships in the water labeled "Mare germaniqve." Includes inset map in lower left hand corner showing more distant…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc
- Date: 1658-01-01
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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, Drawing[Allegory]- Contributor: Probably Theodore Greuter, Active in 1648
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, DrawingDissegno di Mortara assediata dall'armi di Francia sono il comma[n]do Del Ser.mo Duca Francesco di Modona alli 3. di Agosto e resa alli n.s. del do. mese 1658.
Plan of Mortara under siege by the French Army 1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 32 x 40 cm on card mount 51 x 61 cm | Birds-eye view print shows plan of the battlefield near Mortara, Italy during siege of French troops under Duke Francesco I d'Este Modena in August 1658. In the lower right foreground are standing human figures, horses and carts under a tree in the left hand…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc
- Date: 1658-01-01
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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, DrawingSoo D'oude Songen Soo Pepen De Jongen (As the old sing, so the young twitter)- Contributor: Danckerts, Cornelis, Before 1656
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, DrawingLes Danseurs à la flûte et au tambourin (Dancers with flute and tambourine)- Contributor: Unknown Artist
- Date: 1600
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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 Fluteplayer- Contributor: Coryn, or Quirin, Boel, or Bol
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, DrawingAdoration of the shepherds- Contributor: Marinus
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, DrawingPastorale - Flute Playing Shepherd- Contributor: [Dc?]
- Date: 1600
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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, DrawingDissegno del forte di Monte Spiz preso dal Gran Marescialle Lubomirschi
Translated title: Drawing of the fortress of Monte Spiz taken by the Grand Marshal Lubomirschi 1 print : engraving ; sheet 31 x 39 cm on card mount 61 x 51 cm | Birds-eye view print shows valley with locations for fortifications of Monte Spiz [Spiš Castle in Slovakia], ca. 1660. Includes views of foritifications, troop encampments and locations and boats coming up the river. Two figures on horseback preceded by two people walking are visible in the right…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc
- Date: 1658
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Photo, Print, DrawingDuncherchen assediato dall'armi Francesi sotto il Maresciallo di Turenne alli 24. di Maggio 1658 reso alli 25 di Giugno del d. mese
Dunkirk besieged by the French army under Marshal Turenne between May 24 until Gune 25, 1658 1 print : engraving ; sheet 32 x 40 cm on card mount 51 x 61 cm | Birds-eye view print shows plan of the fortified coastal city of Dunkerque (France) under siege by French forces under command of Marshall Turenne from May 24 until June 25, 1658. Print also shows an English armada of ships on the ocean, locations of troops. In the…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc - Lerch, Johann Martin, Active - Lerch, Johann Martin
- Date: 1658-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Paracelsus, half-length portrait painted from life by Tintoretto] 1 print : engraving.- Contributor: Chauvéau, Francois - Tintoretto
- Date: 1658-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDrei Flötenspieler (Three Flute Players)- Contributor: Pauli, Andries
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Fete under a Trellis- Contributor: Abraham Bloteling, or Blooteling
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Landscape with Flute-playing Shepherd]- Contributor: Lefebre, Valentin
- 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, Drawing[Boy with recorder]- Contributor: Ganière, Jean
- Date: 1600
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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, DrawingThe Young and Elder Goatherd- Contributor: Vorsterman, Lucas
- Date: 1600