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Pre Columbian Panel, Peru - Public domain museum image. A red and yell...

Public domain photograph of textile 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Reliquary Casket of Saints Adrian and Natalia, Spain

Public domain photograph of a museum art object, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Violence, Fraud and Deceit from BL Royal 14 E II, f. 145

Detail of a miniature of Violence, Fraud, and Deceit with arms and the lady Greed with her treasure, following a rubric, 'Comment Fraude Barat et Violence secourir les tresors de dame Avarice'. Image taken from... More

Processional Cross with Saint Mary Magdalene and a Blessed Hermit

Picryl description: Public domain image of a crucifix, crucifixion, New Testament, Bible, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Public domain image of Renaissance art, painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Andrea Mantegna - Battle of the sea gods

Public domain photo of Italian art prints, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Example of the advantage of patient perseverance over hasty violence: ...

Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hercules, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Public domain photo of Albrecht Durer art print, Germany, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cain killing Abel, Lucas van Leyden

Public domain photo of European sculpture, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Cain and Abel - the first two sons of Adam and Eve. According to the book of Genesis,... More

Lot Prevents the Sodomites from Violence, from The Story of Lot

Lot, at center, addresses two Sodomites at left, while an angel pulls on his arm at right. Based on Genesis 19:10. Plate 2 from a series of four engravings. Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/... More

[Loth empêche les habitants de Sodome de faire violence aux anges]

Allemagne Public domain scan of 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernardino Poccetti - Christ driving out the money changers.

Public domain photograph of 17th-18th-century Baroque art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught

The fair Indian damsel America held down by Lord Mansfield while Lord North forces tea down her throat. Boston is cannonaded in the background. Published the day after the Boston Port Bill closed Boston's port ... More

No title. (Two men and a woman fighting.)

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century genre print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johan Sadeler - Méchanceté et violence sur Terre

Pays-Bas Public domain scan of 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Public domain image of portrait painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The peasants' quarrel., Adriaen van Ostade

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

William Hogarth - The South Sea scheme

Print shows Fortune, Honesty, and Honor being mutilated and beaten amid a crowd of unfortunate investors in the South Sea investment scandal. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Committee Chamber, New-York, April 29, 1775. Extract of the proceeding...

Imprint 3.; On verso: S; Apr 29, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 13.

The parricide. A sketch of modern patriotism

An Indian maiden, America, directed by Wilkes, stabs a half-clothed Britannia, who is also being attacked by Camden's lion. Cresswell comments that this lacks the humor found in most English cartoons at the tim... More

Tom Jones Rescues Mrs Waters from the Violence of Northerton, from "Th...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

[Two men struggling next to a stone lantern, upsetting a teapot]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Minerva turning from scenes of violence and destruction to religion an...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: James Barry. Purchase; Christopher Mendez; 1983; (DLC/PP-1983:086).

[Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony]

Print shows a man or demon, holding sword in his mouth, struggling with two women at a tea party beneath a tree. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congr... More

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

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

Letter from George Thompson, Liverpool, [England], to Robert Purvis, 1...

George Thompson writes to Robert Purvis in regards to arriving safely in Liverpool. He delivered Purvis' work and letter to Mr. Haynes who sends his kind support to him. He has seen the New York papers discussi... More

Downfall of abolition, anti-slavery movement

This illustration in ink, titled "Downfall of abolition," depicts the anti-Garrison riot which occurred in Boston on October 21, 1835. It shows the rioters removing the sign from the Anti-Slavery Office and con... More

Printed matter: Mr. Thompson's journal

A printed account from "Mr. Thompson's Journal" of his activities which appeared in the Glasgow Chronicle. He writes of his visit to Providence and of his lectures and encounters while there. He writes of inter... More

Letter from Thirty Truckmen, [Boston, Massachusetts?], to William Lloy...

In this letter to the Editor of the Liberator, the "Thirty Truckmen," declare that the editor is to "remove your office and not to issue the paper any more." They warn that if the Liberator continues, "you will... More

Letter from Thirty Truckmen, [Boston, Massachusetts?], to William Lloy...

In this letter to the Editor of the Liberator, the "Thirty Truckmen," declare that the editor is to "remove your office and not to issue the paper any more." They warn that if the Liberator continues, "you will... More

Letter from George William Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Will...

George William Benson writes to William Lloyd Garrison saying he has just returned from Boston "in pursuit" of Garrison and was "rejoiced to hear that you had safely escaped those blood thirsty mobocrats." He d... More

Letter from George Thompson, Marblehead Beach, [Massachusetts], to Wil...

George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison after hearing about "yesterday's proceedings in Boston" [the anti-Garrison mob] and rejoicing that Garrison has "escaped the jaws of the lion." Thomson questions... More

Letter from Samuel Edmund Sewall, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William ...

Sameul Edmund Sewall writes to WIlliam Lloyd Garrison about Garrison staying in Brooklyn, Connecticut, remarking, "you will certainly have less interruption there in preparing matter for the paper." Sewall beli... More

Letter from Isaac Knapp, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Gar...

Isaac Knapp writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking God that he "is "now, comparatively, safe from the fury of a misguided and ferocious mob." Knapp states that while no more violence has occurred since Garri... More

Letter from Isaac Stearns, Mansfield, [Massachusetts], to Anne Warren ...

Isaac Stearns Jr writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to receiving the petition to Congress to abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia issued by the Boston Female anti-slavery society. He has obt... More

Letter from Joseph Congdon, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah W...

Joseph Congdon writes to Deborah Weston in regards to thanking her for sending a copy of "Right and Wrong" and his delight in reading it. He writes, "I admire this little work not only for its noble advocacy of... More

Letter from Susan Taber, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah West...

[Susan Taber?] writes to Debora Weston in regards the anti-slavery society preparing materials for a sale to raise funds. She writes of her surprise for the news of Angelina E. Grimke's marriage to Theodore T. ... More

Letter from Susan Taber, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah West...

[Susan Taber?] writes to Debora Weston in regards the anti-slavery society preparing materials for a sale to raise funds. She writes of her surprise for the news of Angelina E. Grimke's marriage to Theodore T. ... More

Letter from Susan Taber, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah West...

[Susan Taber?] writes to Debora Weston in regards the anti-slavery society preparing materials for a sale to raise funds. She writes of her surprise for the news of Angelina E. Grimke's marriage to Theodore T. ... More

Letter from Susan Taber, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah West...

[Susan Taber?] writes to Debora Weston in regards the anti-slavery society preparing materials for a sale to raise funds. She writes of her surprise for the news of Angelina E. Grimke's marriage to Theodore T. ... More

Letter from Esther Moore, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Maria Westo...

Esther Moore writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to hearing that Maria "at the memorable epoch in Phila," the riot in Pennsylvania Hall in 1838. She complains that "the quakers are accomplaces [sic] in th... More

Letter from Esther Moore, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Maria Westo...

Esther Moore writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to her path is solitary as her family connections are sectarian and opposed to "modern abolition movements." She exhorts Maria to continue in her valiant f... More

Letter from Esther Moore, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Maria Westo...

Esther Moore writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to her path is solitary as her family connections are sectarian and opposed to "modern abolition movements." She exhorts Maria to continue in her valiant f... More

Letter from Esther Moore, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Maria Westo...

Esther Moore writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to her path is solitary as her family connections are sectarian and opposed to "modern abolition movements." She exhorts Maria to continue in her valiant f... More

Letter from Esther Moore, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Maria Westo...

Esther Moore writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to her path is solitary as her family connections are sectarian and opposed to "modern abolition movements." She exhorts Maria to continue in her valiant f... More

Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Concord, [N.H.], to William Lloyd Garris...

Parker Pillsbury writes William Lloyd Garrison calling his attention to the "Union Meeting" held in Manchester, asserting that Garrison would have been "greatly edified" by a number of the speeches delivered, a... More

Letter from Theodore Parker to Francis Jackson, [1851] April 19

Theodore Parker writes to Francis Jackson in regards to a handbill that needs to be printed warning African Americans to beware of police officers due to the recent laws imposed in Boston concerning the Fugitiv... More

Slede - Norsk Folkemuseum - Norway. Public domain image

Slede Public domain historical photograph, Norway, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Slede - Norsk Folkemuseum - Norway. Public domain image

Slede Public domain photograph of a sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...

Gerrit Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him that he read in the Anti-Slavery Standard about Garrison's arm injury and that he is "recovering from a similar accident." Smith says he sympathizes wit... More

Letter from Wendell Phillips, to William Lloyd Garrison, [October 1870...

Wendell Phillips informs William Lloyd Garrison that he replied to "Brown's invitation" when he received Garrison's note, and notes that he was obliged to decline. Phillips asserts that Baltimore is "an importa... More

Moma's in a bad humor again - Public domain book illustration

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Visit of the Ku-Klux; A drawing by Frank Bellew in Harper's Weekly, 24...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Letter from A. Pflueger, Troy, N.Y., to William Lloyd Garrison, March ...

A. Pflueger addresses William Lloyd Garrison inquiring if it is true that "Lillburn Lewis cut one of his slaves to pieces alive and deliberately threw them into the fire" with the design of instilling fear and ... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel May, Jr. thanks William Lloyd Garrison for his delivery of the "Independent" of the 6th, and expresses his joy that Garrison is still living to "hold up the mirror to the people, and make them see the th... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from John Robert Graham Pitkin, Wash[ingto]n, [D.C.], to Willia...

John Robert Graham Pitkin forwards to William Lloyd Garrison "three briefs in the La. case", one of which is his own work, which he desires that Garrison should know of, stating that the "peril" facing freedmen... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from George Washington Murray, Columbia, S.C., to William Lloyd...

George Washington Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison to convey to the latter a first-hand account of the "political affairs" obtaining in South Carolina. Murray describes the recognition of Wade Hampton as go... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel May, Jr. thanks Garrison for the delivery of Boston newspapers detailing the account of Garrison's birthday, and of Garrison's "full notice" of George Thompson's death. May supposes that Garrison is stil... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel May, Jr. offers his gratitude for Garrison's "renewed & hearty" invitation to join their "travelling party" for a proposed summer journey to England. May states that he would be delighted to accompany Ga... More

The U.S. Hotel badly needs a "bouncer" / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows the lobby of the U.S. Hotel with Uncle Sam and Puck behind the front desk on the left, at center is Chester A. Arthur as the "U.S. Hotel Presidential Bouncer" who is clearing the lobby of agi... More

The new policeman on the beat - the monopoly gang defies him! / F. Opp...

Illustration shows a policeman from the "New Chicago Anti-Monopoly Party" holding a broken nightstick labeled "Popular Support", standing on a sidewalk at "Vanderbilt's Monopoly Car Yard", confronting a gang of... More

[Man confronted by barking dog tied to post]

Title devised by cataloger. Sketch for Rudder Grange / Frank Stockton. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. (DLC/PP-1933:0054). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

How do they like it themselves? / Gillam.

Illustration shows Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and Johann J. Most shocked by sudden attempts of violence against them. At their feet are headlines from the "United Irishmen" and "Freiheit" that state "Sacrifice Wo... More

He was hungry for a fight - Public domain drawing

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

Belay that! came a roar which brought us up short

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Spanish Gold.

[African American dandy strikes another dandy with an umbrella]

V35189 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12. Copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich.

A positive process from a negative result, "try yer funny bizness on u...

Print shows a man with canine facial features that match his dog's, is swinging a large camera like a club at a man whose clothing is in tatters and who is sprawled on the floor, the dog biting his ear; the fur... More

Public domain studio portrait, NFB.34062, Gustav Borgen

NFB.34062 Public domain photograph - Children, Gustav Borgen studio, group portrait, the 1900s Norway, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre D...

B245725 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: For his brother's sake. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & N.Y." No. 7183. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Attacking him in broad daylight / Dalrymple.

Print shows a large policeman labeled "Civil Service Reform" holding a nightstick labeled "Public Opinion", and standing outside a building labeled "Public Offices"; he is about to be assaulted by two diminutiv... More

War in camp - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Man and woman fighting violently and small child lying on floor.

The mote in our neighbor's eye / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows at center, Uncle Sam as a policeman attempting to stop a bullfight, calling it a "brutal and degrading sport"; vignettes surrounding the main image show a "Six Day Bicycle Race" with exhausted rider... More

He gripped Prosper by the head - Public domain illuminated manuscript

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Vaillantcouer" by Henry Van Dyke, Scribner's magazine, 26:161 (Aug. 1899).

The Chicago platform applied in St. Louis / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, with a huge smile, sitting on the Democratic donkey labeled "Democracy" with a long, sad face; Bryan is gleefully waving his hat in the direction of a violent riot inv... More

Caricature, Their best friend / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a female figure labeled "Arbitration" standing between a laborer labeled "Strike" who is holding a bomb and about to throw a brick, with the words "Riot" and "Arson" appearing in the smoke bi... More

Only one standard / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a mob of labor union laborers charging up the steps of the U.S. Capitol, one man carries a flag that states "The (Labor) Union forever! The man who works when we won't, is a traitor - Kill Hi... More

The scab's appeal to Justice / Keppler.

Illustration shows on the left an angry mob of strikers with clubs, guns, and bricks pursuing a man labeled "Independent Labor" who has fallen near his wife and child in front of the statue of Justice. Justice ... More

Justice aroused / Kep. - Public domain drawing

Illustration shows a large, angry female figure representing Justice, drawing a sword labeled "Law and Order" as she strides toward striking union laborers who, taking the law into their own hands, are beating ... More

At the stake / Keppler. - Public domain portrait print

Illustration shows three men labeled "Riot, Lynching, [and] Violence" burning a female figure labeled "Law and Order" at the stake; she is bound to the stake with ribbons labeled "Prejudice" and "Defiance". Il... More

Concerning a growing menace / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing at a flag-draped podium on the right, pointing to two men on the left, each with a foot on a female figure labeled "Law" lying on the ground; one man has... More

A dangerous brew / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers, representing the United Mine Workers and the American Federation of Labor, as witches stirring a "dangerous brew" of labor violence in a cauldron labeled "Un... More

The Hoosier Don Quixote / J.K. after Doré.

Illustration shows Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as Don Quixote sitting in a chair, reading, with a sword in raised right hand, with visions of former (and current) presidents, as well as some of the soci... More

Will the white slave have a Lincoln? / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a man labeled "'Independent' Labor" tied to a post labeled "Organized Tyranny" and being whipped by a man labeled "Professional Entertainer"; in the background, a factory is burning. Illus. ... More

Joseph Tombling, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences

Name: Joseph Tombling.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 4 February 1905.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-63-Joseph Tombling..The Shields Daily News for 10 February... More

Auguste Lepere - Amiens Cathedral: Jour de l'Inventaire (Inventory day...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Amiens Cathedral, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Public domain studio portrait, NFB.29990, Gustav Borgen

NFB.29990 Public domain photograph - Gustav Borgen studio, female portrait, the 1900s Norway, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[German soldiers machine gunning New York crowds]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The magic hat / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows, at center, Samuel Gompers standing on a platform, pointing to a sign with a whip labeled "Expulsion", the sign states "To Organized Labor defend you persecuted brethren. Put up, or lose you ... More

Public domain studio portrait, NFB.02966, Gustav Borgen

NFB.02966 Public domain photograph - Gustav Borgen studio, female portrait, the 1900s Norway, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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