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Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Benjamin Franklin, 18th century

Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (French, Paris 1756–1844 Paris) Public domain scan of French 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Jefferson - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ball, W.

Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imper...

Print showing panoramic view of St. Petersburg, including Academy of Arts, colleges, Cronstad (i.e., Kronshtadt), warehouses, and the Gottorp Globe. Title also in French. Plate 3 of 4. Includes key to building... More

Thomas Paine's recantation! Thomas Paine's last moments

Seated in chair with woman (Mary Roscoe) at his side and 3 men in doorway. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Broadsides 180... More

Gold-Covered Benjamin Franklin, 19th century

Armand-Auguste Caqué (French, Saintes 1793–1881 Paris) Made in France

Gold-Covered Benjamin Franklin, 19th century (West Midlands)

A bronze medal of politician, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auguste Bry - Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Auguste Toussaint Lecler (French, Paris 1788–after 1849) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Sully - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson

Photograph showing Martha Randolph, head and shoulder portrait, facing left. Portrait by Thomas Sully.

Plaque of Benjamin Franklin, bronze

Attributed to Jean Martin Renaud (French, Sarreguemines 1746–1821 Paris) Possibly made in Paris, France

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin - Public domain portrait engraving

Possibly after H. Sanford (1783–1822) Made in France Public domain photograph of 19th-century American painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Funeral thoughts, excited by the death of John Adams and Thos. Jeffers...

Broadside publ. in Boston following the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1826. Reference copy may be in PRES FILE - Adams, John This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Cap... More

Letter from Thomas Jefferson, to Mr. Weightman, late Mayor of Washingt...

An allegory of printing and liberty, illustrating a broadside of a June 24, 1826, letter from Thomas Jefferson on American democracy. The female figure of Liberty displays to the Four Continents the art of prin... More

Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with ...

Adrien Jarry de Mancy (French, 1796–1862) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin - Public domain portrait engraving

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio (French, Monaco 1764–1827 Paris) Public domain scan of 19th century French drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; T. A. Dean sc.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney. Inscribed on mount: Frontispiece to Rights of Man. 1830 2d.

Figure of Benjamin Franklin (West Midlands)

Made in Staffordshire, England Public domain photograph of an archaeological object, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Paine / J. Shury & Son sculp.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Probably based on 1792 painting by George Romney.

Benjamin Franklin engraved by T.B. Welch from the portrait by Martin i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Franklin, portrait print, Print

Print shows an embroidery pattern sheet showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, seated in a chair in an office or library, he holds a compass in his right hand and there is a large globe at his feet; w... More

John Adams, 2nd president of the United States / on stone by A. Newsam...

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

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States / on stone by A. ...

Print showing Thomas Jefferson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in ornately framed oval.

John Adams, 2nd President of the United States / on stone by A. Newsam...

Print showing John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in ornately framed oval.

The American Crisis. by the author of Common Sense [Thomas Paine] "The...

Written in Dec. 1776. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412 DB This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. Rev.; Broadsides [1776]; BI WORKS; RBD; Shelf.

[Thomas Paine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] / pa...

Facsimile signature: Thomas Paine. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Robert Edge Pine - Edward Savage - [Congress voting the Declaration of...

Print shows men gathered in the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall), Philadelphia. Completed figures include John Adams, Roger Sherman, James Wilson and Thomas Jefferson... More

Benjamin Franklin, bronze, American, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Benjamin Franklin, bronze, American, Metropolitan Museum of Art

A bronze portrait of a man with a long hair, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Adams, Pres. U.S. - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing left; in oval. Steel engraving by W. Wellstood after painting by Gilbert Stuart, copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption... More

Benjamin Franklin, Boston, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Museum of Art

A silver coin with a portrait of politician on it, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin, Boston, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Museum of Art

A coin with a portrait of a man on it, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Grizzly" Adams, full-length portrait, walking with grizzly bear name...

Reference copy in LOT 4433-C. Illus. in: The adventures of James Capen Adams, mountaineer and grizzly bear hunter, of California / San Francisco : Towne & Bacon, 1860, opp. p. 186.

Washington monument, in the Capitol grounds, Richmond, Virginia The st...

Stereograph showing the Washington Monument with an equestrian statue of George Washington in the grounds of Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Dat... More

[Statue of George Washington on horseback on top of a monument in the ...

Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 67.

Richmond, Virginia. George Washington's headquarters - 19th century Vi...

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Furankurin to kaminari no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man (Benjamin Franklin) and a woman sitting at a table in a house during a thunderstorm as lightning strikes a length of chain extending from a tub of water on the ground to a rod attached to the ... More

Benjamin Franklin, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. "Engraved by H.B. Hall from the original picture in Passel painted from life by J.A. Duplessis in 1783, and now (1868) in the possession of John Bigelow, Esq." This ... More

[Bank note vignettes showing surrender of General Burgoyne, George Was...

In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 57. Public domain photograph of an official portrait, meeting, ceremony, group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Isaac Broome - Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, 19th century - Public domain portrait engraving

William P. Babcock (1826–1899) Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Nicolas Cochin II - Benjamin Franklin, 19th century (West Midl...

Portrait of a woman in a green jacket, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Nicolas Cochin II - Benjamin Franklin, 19th century

Probably designed by Emile Dupont-Zipcy (1822–1885) Made in France

[George Washington, bust portrait after Gilbert Stuart]

Hart, 452a Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, facing right] / Etch. by H.B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[John Adams, bust portrait, facing left]

Facsimile signature: John Adams. Attributed to: H.B. Halls Sons, N.Y. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2010.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[George Washington in small boat bidding farewell to crowd in New York...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

3/4 length, seated, facing left. Photo by H.G. Smith, of painting by Otto Grundmann. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; BI; Shelf.

Charles Nicolas Cochin II - Benjamin Franklin

Probably designed by Emile Dupont-Zipcy (1822–1885) Made in France

Jean Antoine Houdon - Plate of Benjamin Franklin

Probably designed by Emile Dupont-Zipcy (1822–1885) Made in France

Benjamin Franklin, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke bran...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Benjamin Franklin, printer's sample for the World's Inventors souvenir...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

Statue of Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Title from jacket. "44 extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032181. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Statue of Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[George Washington, full length, standing, back view, with 3 men (blac...

Halftone repr. of painting, copyrighted by Harper & Brothers. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Presidential I.; Shelf. African Americans?

[Thomas Jefferson, 1743, 1826, reading rough draft of Declaration of I...

Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ceiling mural in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, ...

Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 292. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[George Washington, monument in Fairmount Park, Philadelphiadelphia - ...

21768 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo of monument by Rudolf Siemering, copyrighted by Wm. H. Rau. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Phtoog. Index; Sculpture Seimer... More

[George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, right...

Reproduction of painting by Gilbert Stuart. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin and Richard Oswald discussing the Treaty of Peace Pa...

Depicts events from 1782. Halftone repro. of drawing by Howard Pyle. Illus. in: Scribner Magazine, 1898, v. 24, p. 721. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412K. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, Print, engraving, Library of Congress

42421 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Lefort, Henri, et... More

Isaiah Thomas esq. designed and engraved on copper by F.S. King

Print shows Isaiah Thomas, half-length portrait, turned to the left, facing front, in medallion with lavish ornament, including bust portraits of Johann Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin. Caption continues: Prin... More

[Group of school children in front of statue of George Washington, Was...

No. 356. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[African American school children facing the Horatio Greenough statue ...

No. 355. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Thomas Jefferson, half-length portrait]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain photograph of portrait print, engraving, book illustration, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Franklin Statue, Philadelphia, Pa

Inscription on statue: Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 venerated for benevolence, admired for talents .... Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012987. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin opening first subscription library in Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

George Washington, Carroll portrait

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

[George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, full-length portrait pa...

Public domain image of portrait painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin opening first subscription library in Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charles Willson Peale - Benjamin Franklin, engraving, Library of Congr...

Photograph of painting at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M311. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The Houdon bust of George Washington, Mt. Vernon, Virginia]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

George Washington, Athenaeum portrait

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Five-person drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence pre...

Print after painting by John Trumbull shows John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin standing before John Hancock as members of Congress observe, Philadelphia, Pe... More

[George Washington, full-length portrait]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Benjamin Franklin] - Public domain portrait engraving

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[George Washington, full-length portrait]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin - Public domain portrait engraving

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

[George Washington. Carroll portrait]

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

[Statue of Thomas Jefferson in Rotunda, University of Virginia]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin opening first subscription library in Philadelphia

Photograph of a painting copyrighted by the Franklin Foundation. The Free Library of Philadelphia. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 28058. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[George Washington, full-length portrait]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Thomas Paine] - Public domain portrait engraving

Sculpture shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, full-length, facing left, wearing a military uniform. Inscription on base of statue is in French.

[Thomas Jefferson, three-quarter length portrait, facing left]

Photograph of a painting by Thomas Sully in the United States Capitol.

Benjamin Franklin opening first subscription library in Philadelphia

Photograph of a painting by Charles E. Mills, copyrighted by the Franklin Foundation. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 028058. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in silho...

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

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birthplace of John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing left]

47637 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo of painting? This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Presidential I.; Shelf.

Tomb of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal, bronze

Bronze medal of the french revolution, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal, bronze

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington's Fishing Tackle

Fish hooks, line, and hook container. H84328 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by J.A. Anderson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fishing (Sport); Pres. I. Misc.; Shelf.

[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing left]

Repro. of painting, copyrighted by the W.H. Gallagher Co., N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Presidential I.; Shelf.

Burial Place of John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts.

View of church. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Benjamin Franklin, editor and writer]

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Franklin directing the building of stockade fort

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, left profile. Reproduction of painting by Charles E. Mills. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

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