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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Musical Family Concert of Ladies- Contributor: Unknown Artist
- Date: 1770
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Iron-stone rock in various stages being formed by natural processes of heat and cold] 1 print : engraving.- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe Joueur de Cornemuse (The Bagpiper)- Contributor: Helman, Isidore-Stanislas,/1809
- Date: 1770
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CollectionDrawings (Documentary) The Documentary Drawings category includes more than 4,000 drawings made between 1750 and 1970. Eye-witness sketches made during the U.S. Civil War are the most frequently used images. Also included are topographical views, bank note vignettes, portraits, and courtroom sketches. A large group of Russian drawings show areas of China in the 1800s. Among the well-known artists represented by numerous works are William Birch,…- Date: 1750
Collection Items: View 3,361 Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingHistoric events and early balloon flight in Europe 15 prints : many color ; 44 x 58 cm. or smaller. | European prints of celebrations, ceremonies, and other events featuring balloons or early balloon flight. Subjects are varied and include festivities in honor of the French Republic and Bastille Day; fairs and festivals; political pageants; a British fund raising event; the opening of New London bridge; the coronation of George IV, King…- Date: 1788
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Photo, Print, DrawingView from Bushongo Tavern 5 miles from York Town on the Baltimore Road 1 print : etching.- Contributor: Trenchard, James
- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingL'Aimable Accord (The Pleasant Harmony)- Contributor: Tardieu, Elisabeth Claire
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingBulfinch architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress) Primarily architectural drawings by Charles Bulfinch, Architect of the Capitol (1818-1829), for and of residential buildings, government buildings, monuments, and churches in Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Maine, and unidentified locations. Among the designs represented in the archive are the U.S. Capitol, the White House, and the First Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. and the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine. Materials document various phases of…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Charles
- Date: 1787
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Photo, Print, DrawingOsome hisamatsu chikai no jūshichiya machi 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.6 x 19 cm.- Contributor: Utagawa, Toyokuni
- Date: 1788-01-01
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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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Photo, Print, DrawingThe fair American [and] Old Nauticus 1 print : engraving. | Print shows cameo portraits of an American widow and an old naval officer thought to be Lord Richard Howe.- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingView of a pass over the South Mountains from York Town to Carlisle 1 print : etching.- Contributor: Bedwell, Thomas, Active - Bedwell, Thomas - Thackara, James
- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLa Tentation de St. Antoine (The Temptation of St. Anthony)- Contributor: Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Flutist in garden with exotic birds]- Contributor: Unknown Artist
- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe federal pillars 3 prints : woodcut. | A series of prints published over several months showing columns, each labeled after a state, being placed upright by a hand extending from a cloud. The first print, published January 16, 1788, labeled "United they stand - divided fall" shows the Massachusetts column being added to those of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut. In the June 11th…- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingRevolutionists 1 print : etching ; 38.5 x 23.7 cm (sheet) | Print shows George III sitting on a throne atop a mountain labeled "Constitution" which is protected by a "Pit of Circumvention" as British revolutionists climb the mountain bearing a flag and various weapons, (an axe labeled "Cromwell", a rifle, a cudgel labeled "Wit", a dagger labeled "Buskin", and a pen holder labeled "Artillery").…- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGlobo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr. Vincenzo Lunardi nell'Anfiteatro Correa il di 8 luglio 1788 1 print : etching. | Print shows Vincenzo Lunardi in the gondola of his balloon during an unsuccessful balloon ascension from the amphitheater in Rome. He experimented with oars for navigation. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Musical Family Concert of Ladies- Contributor: Unknown Artist
- Date: 1770
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Photo, Print, DrawingNiwa no hanami 1 print : woodcut, color ; 39.5 x 24.7 cm. | Print shows three women resting in a park while viewing cherry blossoms.- Contributor: Hosoda, Eishi
- Date: 1788-01-01
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CollectionCartoon Prints, British The Prints and Photographs Division holds one of the largest collections of British political and satirical prints in America. The approximately 9,000 prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the collection highlight British political life, society, fashion, manners, and theater. They were published primarily between 1780 and 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray…- Date: 1620
Collection Items: View 1,026 Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe return of poor Sam Stern and his supporter to the T--y 1 print : etching. | Print shows a man sitting upon and facing the rear of a donkey on which is a blanket with crest and the motto "honi soit que mal y pense" and a key hanging from its neck. The man says, "In April 82 I was all astern, but saved my Credit by laying in the way and picking up the…- Date: 1788-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingStudy collection of 18th and 19th-century American book illustrations and portrait prints The collection contains primarily American book illustrations and portraits from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The content of the prints includes portraits of American and European notables of the day, scenes depicting events described in books and periodicals, especially from the Bible, botanical and zoological prints and technical diagrams. Engravers represented by more than 100 prints include George B. Ellis, James B.…
- Contributor: Maverick, Peter - Mitchell, James T. (James Tyndale) - Longacre, James B. (James Barton) - Ellis, George B. - Tiebout, Cornelius - Tanner, Benjamin
- Date: 1770
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Photo, Print, DrawingUn faiseur de flutte / Ein Pfeiffenmacher (A Male Wind Instrument Maker)- Contributor: Rössler, Michael
- Date: 1700