Search Photos, Prints, Drawings
-
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
-
Photo, Print, DrawingLes Danseurs à la flûte et au tambourin (Dancers with flute and tambourine)- Contributor: Unknown Artist
- Date: 1600
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Frontis. and title page from The Pilgrim's Progress...by John Bunyan; frontis. shows author dreaming and pilgrims progressing] 1 print : engraving.- Date: 1684-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingGemma Frisius 1 print : engraving. | Frisius Gemma, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.- Contributor: Boulonois, Edme De - Boulonois, Edme De Active 17th Century
- Date: 1682-01-01
-
CollectionBook of drawings of the contributions of the "Royal Free-School" to the Annual Guild Days of Norwich, England, between 1683 and 1719, which celebrated the installation of each new mayor 186 wash drawings on 52 folio leaves ; 43 x 28 cm. | Illustrated mottoes for schoolboy orations.- Contributor: Starling, Thomas
- Date: 1683
-
Photo, Print, DrawingEigentliche Abbildung dess Städtleins Esseck in Crabaten, und der berühmten Brücken über den grossen Strohm die Drab genannt, wie der Kayserliche General Graf von Lesslie dorthin den Pass glücklich geöffnet und etliche …
Actual depiction of the small city of Esseck in Croatia and the famous bridges over the large river called the Drava where the imperial general Count Leslie fortunately opened a pass and subdued in devotion to the Emperor certain stronghold locations especially Wirovitiz and Bresowiz which so happened in July of this year 1684 | Brücken bey Esseck | Bridges near Esseck | Christian successes near Osijek (Esseck) by forces under the command of General James Leslie, July 1684 1 print : engraving ; sheet 39 x 29 cm on card mount 61 x 51 cm | Print shows a birdseye view of the battle of Esseckh (present day Osijek, Croatia) and the rebuilt bridge over the confluence of the Danube and Drava rivers near the town. The bridge after burning down in 1664 was rebuilt by Ottoman emperor Suleiman the Second. The…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc
- Date: 1684-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingLes musiciens champêtres (Country musicians)- Contributor: Dassonville, Jacques
- Date: 1600
Resource: View All Images | PDF
-
Photo, Print, DrawingBelager- und Eroberung der Kön. Ungarischen Haupt-Stattt Ofen durch die Kayserl. und dero Hohen Alliirten glückseleige Waffen
Siege and conquest of the royal Hungarian capitol Ofen by the blessed weaponry of the Imperial and Grand Alliance | Kurz verfasste Erzehlung aller Merckwürdigkeiten so sich zugetragen bey der Anno 1686. vorgenommenen Belager- und darauf erfolgten Eroberung der Königlichen Haupt-Stadt Ofen | Short explanation of all the curiosities which befell the capital city of Ofen during the 1686 siege and its subsequent capture | Siege and caputre of Buda (Ofen) by Christian forces, 2 September 1686 1 print : engraving ; sheet 74 x 57 cm on card mount 102 x 72 cm | Print shows birds-eye view of the city of Ofen [Buda] on the banks of the Danube under siege in 1686. Includes views of troops in battle, explosions and smoke rising from the city with its numerous towers. In the foreground are numerous commanders and soldiers on…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Koppmayer, Jakob - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc - Hafner, Johann Christoph
- Date: 1686-01-01
-
Photo, Print, Drawing -
Photo, Print, Drawing[Two lovers embracing in front of a painted screen] 1 print : woodcut ; 29.7 x 40.3 cm (sheet) | Print shows a young man sitting on the floor, embracing a young woman straddling him.- Contributor: Sugimura, Jihei, Active - Hishikawa, Moronobu - Hishikawa, Moronobu, Approximately 1618-Approximately 1694 - Sugimura, Jihei
- Date: 1680-01-01
-
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
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Murder of David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselins, Ghent, 1554] 1 print : engraving. | Illustration showing the execution of van der Leyen and Ghyselins by burning at the stake; van der Leyen, showing signs of life, is stabbed with a long fork; implements of torture lie on the ground; spectators are on the left and a church is in the background; religious officials observe the proceedings.- Contributor: Luiken, Jan
- Date: 1685-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingGeofrey Finger Kneeling- Contributor: Simon Gribelin, or Gribelin Fils
- Date: 1688
-
Photo, Print, DrawingKume no sennin
Kume the Immortal spies on a beauty 1 print : woodcut ; 26.8 x 38.1 cm. | Kume Sennin or Kume the Immortal, a recluse with the ability to travel through the air, spying on a young woman washing clothes.- Date: 1685-01-01
-
Photo, Print, Drawing -
CollectionFine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915 The Library's Prints and Photographs Division houses more than 2,500 woodblock prints and drawings by Japanese artists of the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries including Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, and Yoshiiku. The Library of Congress appreciates the financial support provided by Nicihibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies, an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation) to scan 1,100 of the Ukiyo-e prints.- Contributor: Utagawa, Kuniteru - Utagawa, Yoshikazu - Utagawa, Sadahide - Utagawa, Hiroshige - Andō, Hiroshige - Utagawa, Yoshitoyo - Ochiai, Yoshiiku - Utagawa, Yoshitora - Ikkei
- Date: 1615
Collection Items: View 2,785 Items
-
Photo, Print, Drawing -
Photo, Print, DrawingBramant, Architecte, De Rome, Et des Arts. Liv. V. Print shows Donato Bramant, (1444?-1514), bust portrait.- Date: 1682
-
Photo, Print, DrawingThe scientifik three horned doctor, Father Peters, a great labourer, in works of Darckness 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 30 x 42 cm, sheet 30.4 x 42.5 cm.- Date: 1689
-
Photo, Print, DrawingLa Musique Enragée (Mad Music)- Contributor: Possibly Jacob Gole
- Date: 1670
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Soldier playing flute, recto; fisherman, verso]- Contributor: Weyer, Jacob
- Date: 1600
Resource: View All Images | PDF
-
Photo, Print, DrawingWahre Abbildung der Herrlichen Victoria so von den Christen wider den Erbfeind vor Gran erhalten worden den 16. August. Ao. 1685
True depiction of the wonderful victory near Gran which the Christians received against the sworn enemies on August 16 1685 | Defeat of the Turkish besieging force at Esztergom (Gran) by Christian forces under the command of Charles V of Lorraine, 16 August 1685 1 print : engraving ; sheet 51 x 39 cm on card mount 61 x 51 cm | Print shows a birdseye view of a battlefield outside of Gran (Esztergom, Hungary) in 1685.Includes locations of troops, troop formations and a listing of the regiments fighting in the battle. Includes a listing (A-L) of activities identified in the print with an explanatory key printed below…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc - Wening, Michael
- Date: 1685-01-01
-
Photo, Print, DrawingJames II, King of England, 1633-1701 1 print : engraivng. | Half lgth., facing left.- Date: 1688-01-01
-
Photo, Print, Drawing -
Photo, Print, DrawingEigentliche Vorstellung des verlassenen Esseck und eroberten Walpo welche beyde nunmehr dem Register so vieler durch Kayserliche Waffen ruhm-besigter Städte und Vestungen anhängig gemacht werden.
Actual depiction of the abandoned city of Esseck and the captured Walpo 1 print : engraving ; sheet 39 x 30 cm on card mount 46 x 36 cm | Print shows a birdseye view of a battle scene across a valley. A walled city labeled "Esseck" a bridge and a river (the Drava) is visible in the background. Print shows troops on horseback in the forground, columns of infantry below.- Contributor: Felsecker, Johann Jonathan - Azelt, Johann - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc - Hauslab, Franz
- Date: 1687-01-01