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Scena d'invenzione e disegno del Cavalier Bibiena rappresentante Sala ...

Print shows a theatrical production in a magnificent hall in the royal palace, showing actors around a table set for dining at center and musicians on the left and right, with a perspective view down the center... More

Die berühmbte Vestung Rotenberg, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a birdseye view of the walled fortress of Rothenberg, under siege [from 1703?]. Shows trajectories of cannon fire into the fortress from sites below. Includes a key for 12 identified items in the pr... More

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta de Campo Vaccino

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins in the foreground of the Campo Vaccino, with the arch of Septimius Severus to the left and three columns on the right. Some of the men appear to be examining the ruins. E... More

The south prospect of the city of New York in America

Print shows the waterfront on the south side of New York City with ships and boats in the foreground; prominent features numbered, legend not included.

Verua von denen Franzosen 1704 and 1705 beständig belagert

Birds-eye view print shows the mountain top stone fortress of Verruca [Verua] under siege in 1704 and 1705. Includes views of troops, cannons, cavalry and panorama view with the River Po in the background. Meda... More

The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other wounded, two of them... More

A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows King George III, speechless (his caption balloon is empty), seated on the right in a high-backed chair at a table, with Lord North seated opposite presenting a paper to the King that states "for the... More

Der Alliirten Schiff flotte - A black and white map of a town

Print shows a birds-eye view of ships in the harbor of Toulon, France during the battle of Toulon in 1707. Title from caption at bottom of print. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 233A. Illustration in: Hauslab A... More

The beaver J.E. Ridinger at vir del. ; J.S. Müller sculpt

Print shows beavers in their natural habitat. Print damaged with some loss to image at top right and to text at bottom left. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Michelangelo Morigi / Marcellino Minasi incise diretto d'Antonino Mina...

Michelangelo Amerighi da Caravaggio, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.

Hendrick Goltius. Book illustration from Library of Congress

On shelflist card: Attrib. by Hirschmann (see Hollstein) to J. Matham. Trimmed to inside border of arch on all sides. Unident. coll. marks, recto and verso. Bartsch, 172. Hollstein, 297 (3rd state). LC purchase 1804.

Hugues de Saint Victor - Public domain portrait engraving

Hugues de Saint Victor, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding book.

Disigno dell' isola de Gerbi con le seche che la difendeno dall' inond...

Print shows an assault on Jerba Island (Tunisia) by the Christian Alliance armada under the command of Andrea Doria and the arrival of the Turkish fleet; the Christian fleet retreats in advance of the Turks who... More

Stephanus Franciscus Geoffroy Parisinus, natus anno. 1672 N. de Largil...

Print shows Etienne François Geoffroy, half-length portrait, body turned to the left, face front, in a window, holding a copy of his "Materia Medico" upright with left hand. Caption continues: Facult. Medic. P... More

The convention makers, British Cartoon Print

"The interior of a room; a picture called A Convention, depicting the Convention between England and Spain on the Falkland Islands, is falling from a broken cornice inscribed National Honour, onto four prostrat... More

The village barber / H. J., British Cartoon Print

"A barber is dressing the hair of a woman seated in profile to the right ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Depa... More

A View of the taking of Quebeck by the English forces commanded by Gen...

From London Magazine, vol. 29, June 1760. Reference copy in Lot 4711 B.

Flagellation / L'Agneau inv. ; June sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man stepping through a door on the left to witness a woman with a handful of birch whipping the exposed buttocks of an elderly gentleman who appears to drive much pleasure from the punishment he i... More

The Female frizzler, British Cartoon Print

British cartoon showing woman, seated on huge hairdo of another woman, as she works on the hairdo. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

[Roger bacon conducting an experiment], engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Symbola avreæ mensæ dvodecim nationvm. Francofvrti : typis A. Hummij, impensis Lucæ Iennis, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. ... More

Tarabites or Peruvian rope bridges, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a rope bridge and two transport cables spanning a river canyon; in the foreground and middle distance a person is hauled across the canyon in a hammock suspended from rope cables and a horse, suspen... More

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta del tempio de Bacco

Print shows an exterior view of the Temple of Bacchus in Rome, Italy. Exhibited: "From La Serenissima to the Eternal City : The Grand Tour in 18th Century Venice and Rome" at The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's C... More

Cornelis Cort - The battle of Zama

Print showing Scipio Africanus on horseback with Roman soldiers engaging Hannibal, riding a war elephant, during the battle of Zama. Trimmed within plate. Lower right and left corners torn with loss of text an... More

An election entertainment at Brentford, British Cartoon Print

A party of freeholders of Middlesex, seated at a table, dining, during the election of a M.P. for the county, Dec. 1768, when Sergeant Glynn, Wilkes's friend and counsel, opposed Sir William Beauchamp Proctor,... More

[Christian IV, King of Denmark] / Böner sc.

Half-length portrait, facing left. Inscription: Christiano quarto re di Danimarca, e di Norvegia duca d' Holstein. Hubbard Collection. Hollstein, 17. LeBlanc, 19.

Thomas Willis, M.D., ob. 1675 Aeta 54 G. Vertue sculp., 1742

Thomas Willis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in oval frame.

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

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

Quinquanpolix, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

"This engraving is a Dutch satire on John Law of Lauriston, promoter of the Mississippi Company and other bubble schemes of the year 1720; it is No. 21 in vol. i. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a colle... More

Enthusiasm display'd: or, the Moor Fields congregation, British Cartoo...

The print shows evangelical Methodist minister George Whitefield preaching at Moorsfield, London.. He is supported by two females, one holding a mask and labeled "Hypocrisy", the other a Janus-faced "Deceit". O... More

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...

Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... More

Sculptura in æs / Ioan Stradanus invent. ; Phls Galle excud.

Print shows an interior view of a workshop with several men and boys engaged in the various activities involved in the etching, engraving, and printing of illustrations. Caption continues: Sculptor noua arte, ... More

B. Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole, Pittore / G. Vasari, T.I. ; G. Batt.C...

B. Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole, half-length portrait, facing left, with pen on paper.

A smuggling machine or A convenient cosauway for a man in miniature, B...

Print shows "A portrait of Richard Cosway, R.A., standing under the wide hooped petticoat of a tall lady, his wife, Maria, who puts her arms round him..." (Source: George) Color impression Partially trimmed to ... More

Veüe et perspective de la Ville de Paris du côté de la porte de la Con...

Item in scrapbook: Histoire de l'art Française au XVII. S. par Henri Lemonnier. The architecture of Paris XVII. C. in contemporary prints by Aveline, Perelle, Mariette, Israel, et al., p. 2. J.D. Batchelder Collection.

Izobrazhenie preslavnoi batalii..., engraving, Library of Congress

View of the famous battle between the Russian and the Swedish armies, the Russian troops under the distinguished command of His Imperial Majesty Peter the First of all the Russians, the Swedish under His Royal ... More

Hernando de Alarcon ... / B. Bazquez lo grabó ; J. Lopez Enguidanos lo...

Half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Illus. in: Retratos de los españoles ilustres con un epitome de sus vidas. Madrid : Imprenta real, 1791. Ref. copy in BIOG FILE - Alarcon, Hernando de.

Wie die Franzosen ein gelegen Ort eine Festung zu bauwen erwehlet

French begin to construct fort at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida.

Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt, engraving, Library of Congr...

Outline of French fort, Fort Caroline, at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: [America. pt. 2. German] Der ander Theil, der newlich erfundenen Landschafft Americae, von dreyen Schi... More

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kurtze und grundliche erzehelung der Machtigen vnd vbertrefflichen Arm...

Print shows birdseye view of many sailing ships coming into the harbor near the island of Vulpen and map of the area around Biervliet, Vlissingen and Sluis in the Netherlands. Includes plan of the forts and loc... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - October P. Stephani inven

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of October, showing baskets of grapes being brought in for crushing, large barrels for the juice, and grapes being harvested in the middle distance. Includes th... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - November, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of November, showing pigs grazing, swineherds resting, and women minding children, also with trees at center and a distant view of a village. Includes the zodia... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - December, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of December, showing pigs being slaughtered and processed, sheaves of wheat or corn readied for storage, cows and pigs gathered into the town square on the left... More

Of the unicorne [sic] - Public domain dedication image

Unicorn facing right with one leg in air. Illus. and text in: The historie of foure-footed beastes / Edward Topsell. London : W. Laggard, 1607, p. 711. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno.... More

Carro delle zaffosina. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a mechanical device for transporting small boats from one body of water to another or over unnavigable sections by means of sleds with wheels that run through tracks. Illus. in: Novo teatro di mach... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - Januarius Petrus Stephani inventor

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of January, showing men with axes and handsaws cutting and gathering wood for fuel and other uses, others transporting wood on wagons; they are working among tr... More

Marcus Sadeler - Aprilis P.S, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of April, showing family members enjoying a leisurely day on the columned portico of a palace while gardeners are at work with Spring planting on the grounds to... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - Martius, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of March, showing a bird's-eye view of a palace on the right and a lagoon in the middle distance; also shows a bustle of activity preparing for Spring planting ... More

Man shooting rifle resting on support

Illus. in: Maniement d'armes, d'arqvebuses, mousqvetz, et piqves. En conformite de l'ordre de monseigneur le prince Maurice, prince d'Orange ... / Jacob de Gheyn. Amsterdam : Imprimé chez R. de Baudous, on les... More

Junius P. Stephani inven, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of June, showing laborers shearing sheep, with others tending sheep in a pen, and sheep grazing on a hillside. One man carries a sack over his shoulder, another... More

Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - Februarius Petrus Stephani inven

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of February, showing a late winter celebration and feast, with much revelry taking place among those eating and drinking in front of a tavern or restaurant on t... More

Das von süsser Friedens Ruh ...

Print showing historical figures, scenes and symbols relating to the Thirty Years' War.

Closter Reckum, the city of Luyck [Liège]

A black and white drawing of a village, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. a... More

Michael Angelvs Bonarotvs Partitivs Florentinvs an - agens LXXIV / Chr...

Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait in oval, facing left, wearing hat. H de T. Stat. stamped in lower right corner.

[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]

Natives using devices for making noise to drive deer and other game towards a fenced area. Illus. in: Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine [...] / Samuel... More

[Garden monument when heated by the sun brings water to a boil generat...

Illus. in: Les raisons des forces movvantes auec diuerses machines tant vtilles que plaisantes, ... / par Salomon de Cavs .... Francfort : en la boutique de I. Norton, 1615. Published in: The tradition of tech... More

Homo volans. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man, wearing a large square-framed parachute, safely parachuting next to a building, presumably from which he has jumped off. Illus. in: Machinæ novæ. Venetiis : [1615?]. Published in: The tradit... More

Martinus Lutherus ss. theologiæ ... antitypus orthodoxae religionis .....

Broadside announcing the first Lutheran jubilee year by showing the contrast between the light of Lutheranism (life) and the darkness of Catholicism (death), with references to biblical verses.

[Ox-powered machine for grinding or milling grain]

Illus. in: La premiere partie des desseins artificiavlx de tovtes sortes des movlins a vent, .... Impriméz a Francfort svr le Main : Par P. Iacques, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks ... More

[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shel...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 110 recto.

[Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, half-length portrait, facing rig...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bacon's ship embarking on a voyage, flanked by mythical pillars of He...

Frontispiece in: Instauratio magna / Francis Bacon. Londini : Apud J. Billium, 1620. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, opp. p. 1.

Massacre of the innocents NB monogram in. et s

Print shows men killing babies in their mothers' arms. Trimmed close to plate mark.

Eygentlicher Abriss dess Scharmützels bey Neuheusel in Hungern daher K...

Print depicts the death of Imperial General Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy in battle during the siege of Érsekújvár (Neuhäusel) on 10 July 1621. Visible are soldiers on horseback brandishing... More

Die erste Figur darinnen der Scharmützel dess Bayrischen Volcks mit de...

Print shows birds-eye view of the skirmish between forces of the Holy Roman Empire, Bavaria and Bohemia in a valley along a small river and swamp with troops in formation on opposite sides of a bridge. Troops i... More

Eigentliche Abbildung der Churfürstlichen Hauptstatt Heydelberg Wie si...

Print shows a birds-eye view of Heidelberg on the Necker River with towers, bridges, churches, castle, etc. Also shows riders on horseback, city views and encampment beyond the city. Includes activities and loc... More

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elabora...

Illus. in: The complete gentleman / Henry Peacham. London : Francis Constable, 1622, title page. Reference copy in LOT 7007.

Matoaka als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhatan ... / Passe...

Illustration shows portrait of Pocahantas as Mrs. John Rolfe, from a portrait painting done in London, England, 1616. Published in: The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ... Lond... More

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...

1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More

Abriss der blutigen Schlacht so ihr Exc. Grave Tÿlli. Kaÿs. General de...

Print shows a birds-eye view of the Battle of Lutter (Lutter am Barenberge) from August 1626 between the troops of Christian IV of Denmark against the forces of Emperor Ferdinand II led by Johan Tzerclaes, Coun... More

Theodorus Vanlonius / Paul. duPont, sculp. ; Ant. van Dyck, pinxit.

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crowd in square in Haarlem, Netherlands] / P. Zaenredam invent. ; J.V...

Public domain image of Netherlands landscape, 17th-18th century cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Alberti Dureri Noribergensis, Pictorum Germaniae Principis effigies ge...

Print based on Dürer's self portraits in the Heller Altarpiece and the Holy Trinity Altarpiece shows double portrait of Dürer standing on either side of a table in front of an archway with instruments from his ... More

Entwerffung von Eroberung der Stadt Olinda so in der Hauptmansschaft P...

Print shows birds-eye view of the harbor and the hillside city of Olinda in Brazil in 1630. Shown are ships entering along the coast flying Dutch flags, flames visible in the background, troops and scenic backg... More

Marcus Sadeler - Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc.

Landscape, with dead and live animals, baskets of fruit, and man standing holding dog on rope. Bradley Collection.

Over Muelen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

People walking near mill beside stream with bridge.

Cleijnen bijgaerden. Book illustration from Library of Congress

People walking and conversing; village in background. Title translated: The small garden. Bradley Collection.

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione - [Melancholy] / G. Bened. Castilionus ...

Woman(?) seated outdoors, with various animals, books and a suit of armor lying on ground. Marsh collection. LeBlanc 58.

Waarhafftige Abbildung und Beschreibung dess grossen unnd gewaltigen T...

Birds-eye view engraving shows the battlefield outside of Leipzig, Germany between Swedish and Saxon troops in September 1631. Includes views of troop formations and the location of the city of Leipzig. Key loc... More

Eroberung der Stadt Würtzburg in Francken vnd Vesten Schlosses daselbs...

Print shows a birds-eye view of the walled city of Würzburg, Germany with its castle on the hill on the opposite side of the Main River as it looked before the siege by troops under the command of Swedish King ... More

Abbildung der zwar hoch betrübten ...

Mock funeral procession for the heavy imperial taxes levied on the Protestants but lost after the Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. A similar copy, with different text, is filed under PC 6 - 1632 (B size).

Warhafftiger und Natürlicher. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

People standing before the city walls of Nuremberg, viewing the image of a lion, which miraculously appeared on the wall; text below image. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 789.

Mr. Hobson, obyt ano 1630, vixit annos 86 / J. Payne fecit.

Print shows half-length portrait of Thomas Hobson, standing, facing front holding a money bag. Hobson was a weathly mail carrier from Cambridge, England, known for establishing the phrase "Hobson's choice." Poe... More

Warhafftige Abbildung vnd Beschreibung dess grossen vnd gewaltigen Tre...

Ein Kurtz--Jedoch nachdenktlich Bespräch--eines Fuches und Katzen

A fox tied to a tree, a cat, lying as if dead, with a rat in its mouth, an open rat cage and rats; across the river, Magdeburg burns; text below image.

Lob vnd Klagspruch der Augspurischen Confession uber die ritterlichen ...

Print shows the dead King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden lying on his back under a tree above the battle plaing near Lutzen. Depicted standing next to him is the Virgin Mary. The Swedish king was killed in the Bat... More

[The king giving the accolade] / A. Bosse in.

Print shows the Louis XIII sitting on the throne with eight men kneeling before him; scene through windows shows fortifications with cannons, bell tents, and soldiers in formation. Title from shelflist card. Po... More

Der statt Constantz gelagenheit vnd Belagerung Im September Anno 1633

Print shows birds eye view from the south of Konstanz on the shore of Lake Constance at the mouth of the Rhine River. Also shwn are the towns of Reichenau, Gottlieben, Pettershusen [Petershausen], Almenstorff [... More

Eigentliche Abcontrafactur und gründliche Beschreibung der abermals he...

Print shows birds-eye view of the battlefield and formation of troops outside of Hessisch Oldendorf on the Weser River in June 18, 1633 between the Swedish and Hessian armies under George, Duke of Brunswick-Lün... More

Belägerung vnd Einemung der Statt vnd Schloss Dachstein im vndern Elsa...

Print shows birds eye view of the encampment of Swedish troops outside of Dachstein in Alsace. The walled town with its castle indicate is shown under attack by cannon fire, smoke is visible from within the tow... More

Eigentlicher Abriss welcher gestalt die Stadt Hameln von Ihrer Fürstl....

Print shows two birds-eye views battlefields of Hameln and near present day Hessich-Oldendorf, Germany in June/July 1633. The upper image shows the fortifications around the city of Hameln located on the conflu... More

Relation. Ferdinandvs III Rex Vngariae et Boemiae, paternarvm copiarvm...

Allegorical print shows Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III in uniform riding on a horse. Above him are mythical characters, one blowing a trumpet with the motto "Se ovor omina tanta" [he over all others] in a car... More

Illmo. D.D. Rogerio du Plesseis Dno. de Liancourt Marchioni de Montfor...

Frontispiece illustration shows nude elderly male angel holding scythe and appearing to eat a fragment of a sculpture as two putti stand nearby and hold a coat of arms and a snake bites its tail on the floor. I... More

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...

The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More

Preisachischer Accordts Puncten Extract so zwischen der Röm. Kais. Maj...

Birds-eye view print shows map of the area around Breisach on the Rhine during the siege in 1638. Also shown are troop encampments, fortifications and positions of troops. Includes added etched explanatory key ... More

Hugo Grotius, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Hugo Grotius, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delineatio der Statt Newburg am waldt vnd wie selbige durch die Röm. K...

Birds-eye view print shows the walled city of Neuburg and the river Schwarzach in Germany surrounded by formations of troops around the outside perimeter. The edge of a forest is visible in the foreground, hill... More

The true maner [sic] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lo...

Crowd gathered for execution. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Voicy la representation d'un sculpteur dans son atelier]

Title from shelflist card. Fait a l'eau forte par A. Bosse, a Paris en Lisle du palais, l'an 1642, avec priv. Inscription: Les choses dont il forme ... grandeur. LeBlanc, 742 Duplessis, 1386. Coll. mark of Hubb... More

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