Historical Congressional Events

Depicts various historical legislative gatherings including the impeachment trial, lottery draws, and international law congresses, showcasing political engagement and decor.

The explorers deliver a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society Date: 1862
The explorers deliver a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society Date: 1862
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Artist's impression of Elisha Gray presenting his caveat for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 4 p.m. on 14th February 1876, just two hours after Alexander Graham Bell. Dated 1890.
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Infront of the jury court, speech of the public prosecutor, Berlin, Germany, around 1880 / Vor dem Schwurgericht, Rede des Staatsanwalt, Berlin, Deutschland, um 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.
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England. London. Political crisis in the House of Lords. Engraving. "L'Illustration", 1909.
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Amsterdam, Allard, Hugo (I), Noordelijke Nederlanden, 't Licht is op den kandelaer gestelling, Het licht is op de kandelaar gestelling, Northern Netherlands, Anti-Roman cartoon with a group of reformers seated around a table on which a burning candle stands. The candlestick stands on a book marked the Gospel. The devil, the pope, a cardinal and a monk try in vain to blow out the candle. The figures are indicated by letters that are explained in the caption, six columns in Dutch., print, prent, cartoon, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 408 mm, width 515 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1640 - 1684, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1620 - 1684, publisher
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The water. Catering Street of Fine Arts (Paris) .... (registered title) | 24 beverages of man. (title of all)
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In the security committee, Excerpt from sheet of the series , satirical chronicle of Vienna, Anton Zampis -, Lithographer, Johann Höfelich -, printer
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Public subscription in Madrid for the repurchase to free slaves from Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1869, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a...
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Facsimile of a meeting of the Swabian common people's representation at the level of the districts of Ulm in 1669, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown
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After the Crimea War, Cavour tells delegates to the Congress of Paris of Italy's grievances. Date: 1856
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William Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons. Date: 1793
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Spain. 19th century. Pawnshop and Savings Bank, an institution created with a social and religious assistance to the most needy. Pawn jewelry. Madrid. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration", 1876. Colored.
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A FRENCH MURDER TRIAL Soleilland on trial for the killing of little Marthe Erbelding, for which he is found guilty : here, the victim's mother testifies Date: July 1907
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Ilustración satírica publicada en la revista semanal La Nueva Flaca, enero de 1874. Sesión de las Cortes constituyentes presidida por Emilio Castelar, presidente. Author: Juan Alaminos López.
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Drafting the Declaration of Independence. The Committee - Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Livingston and Sherman. Copy of engraving after Alonzo Chappel. undefined. 1776-01-01T00:00:00.
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Congress of Erfurt, vintage engraving. Congress of Erfurt, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656430
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Historia. Tercer Concilio de Toledo en el año 589 presidido por el rey Recaredo I (559-601) que selló la unidad del reino visigodo que dejó de ser arriano y se convirtió al catolicismo. Grabado de 1871.
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Times Correspondent looking at sacking of Kaiser Bach capture of Lucknow, India, Asia Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox
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Illustrations of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain MP, Radical English politician, delivering an address on Protectionism at the Olympia Hall, Newcastle. Date: 1903
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The Republic of Texas is no more - President Anson Jones formally turned over the government to J Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of the state of Texas. As the Texas flag lowered, Jones said "The drama is ended. The Republic of Texas is no more" 1846
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Digitally restored picture of President Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet.
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Engraving Of Franklin Jefferson Adams Livingston & Sherman Gathered Around Table Drafting Declaration Of Independence
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The Dulwich College Charity Meeting at the Adelphi Theatre, 1856. 'Mr. Charles Dickens, the chairman, addressing the meeting called by Mr. Webster...to memorialise the Charity Commissioners on behalf of the theatrical profession...Mr. George Webster then...concluded a long and most interesting speech, by stating that the amount of wealth possessed by Dulwich College was perfectly astounding. The estate consisted of 1145 acres, and Sir Charles Barry had calculated each acre to be worth £1000, so that the total value of the property was £1,145,000. Under good management that est
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The peace treaty is signed in the Palace of Versailles
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Professors considering whether a pair of conjoined twins should be separated after the death of one of them; representing a political discussion in Bradford about the separation of two factions (). Coloured lithograph, 1868.
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The Stone Fleet sailed from New Bedford harbor on November 16, 1861. To stop the blockade runners in and out of the Southern ports at the beginning of the Civil War, the Navy Department decided to sink ships laden with stones in the narrow channels. New Bedford, Massachusetts, furnished 24 vessels of the 45 sought by the government. The men (pictured in this photograph) were the captains of the Stone Fleet vessels.
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SATIRA - REVISTA LA FLACA - 5 DE MARZO DE 1871. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ISABEL II REINA DE ESPAÑA (1830-1904). PRAXEDES MATEO SAGASTA (1825-1903). ALFONSO XII (1857-1885).
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Inauguration of Washington., 1880., New York. Washington, George, 1732-1799. Engravings
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Elsevier photo collection. Executive Board Commission "claim Dutch inviolability". Recording Huize former minister m.f. Treb (center), Scheveningseweg Hague. Left pro. Dr. P.J. Block (professor Leiden), standing former Colonel G. Nijpels, Lieutenant B.D. W.M. Van Terwisga, former commander field army / committee directed Belgian annexation Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. September 1919. Hague, South Holland
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Engraving showing William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), the English Liberal statesman (centre left), addressing the House of Commons during a debate on Irish Home Rule, 8th April 1886. Gladstone twice tried to introduce a Home Rule Bill for Ireland, but was defeated once in the Commons and once in the Lords. Date: 1886
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Prison Sainte-Pelagie, the reading cabinet Jean-Victor Adam, said Victor Adam (1801-1866). Prison Sainte-Pelagie, the reading cabinet. Lithography.
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John Hancock signs the Declaration of Independence, 1776
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Le Comité de l'Exposition Française a Copenhague en 1888. Wittmann Ch. & Chardon Ch., Editions (Paryż ; wydawnictwo, drukarnia ; fl. ca 1889-ca 1907), printing house, Jasiński, Feliks Stanisław (1862-1901), graphic artist, Kroyer, Peter Severin (1851-1909), painter
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Cartoon - An Awful Offence Rostap (1866-1949)
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Upolnomochennye Rossii na Parizhskikh Konferentsiiakh o mire v 1856 godu; Odno iz zasedanii Konferentsii.. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian
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Emperor Joseph I declares imperial oath against the Electors Joseph Clemens of Cologne and Max Emanuel of Bavaria, 29 April 1706
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1500S Martin Luther At Diet Of Nuremberg The First Reformers Protest 1522 Or 1529
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Municipal Council meeting in Weimar, 1901. State state view Hamburg, collection of photography history
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1500S Martin Luther & Melanchton Seated At Table Translating Bible Into Vernacular
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Photo production of (presumably) a print to a painting by Adolph Tidemand, c. 1860 - c. 1865 photograph Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks. paper. photographic support albumen print family, relationship, descent. preaching (in general). farmers Norway
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Benjamin Franklin and US Independence. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Have syllable design on De Wipplank, Petrus van Geldorp, 1900 Amsterdam paper politician, e.g. party leader. political caricatures and satires. scholastic education, tuition. historical persons
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Digitally restored print of President George Washington delivering his Inaugural Address.
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English gentleman held by two lawyers in wigs and gowns, Regency era. His pockets empty, Tom Takeall is tried in court and sent to Fleet prison for debt after the failure of his book of poems. Legal documents and books on the floor. Taking All. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Dagley from Takings, or the Life of A Collegian, John Warren, London, 1821.
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CARICATURA DEL LIBRO DEL BARON DE PARLA VERDADES -MADRID, 1849. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-ARCHIVO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Our Bill of Rights is everybody's business, by Stanley Dersh (1924-1993). Colour, halftone, poster format. Print of an early American courtroom scene labelled 'Trial by Jury' with a man, possibly a jury foreman, standing next to the jury box, presenting a statement;another man sits in the foreground, at a desk on which are books, papers and quill pens, he is resting his right arm on the railing that separates him from the jury, and, like the man speaking, he holds a paper in his right hand.
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''The Parnell Commission at the Royal Courts of Justice; Mr. Biggar appears for himself', 1888. From, 'The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888'.
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History of England. Meeting at the Royal Society of London. Engraving,1890. Colored.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881). 20th President of the United States, from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year. Garfield taking oath. Engraving. "La Ilustracion", 1887.
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Luigi SETTEMBRINI imprisoned in Santo Stefano for having published criticisms of Bourbon government in Naples, Italy, 1849 (struggle for Italian independence)
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The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 - At the Old City Hall, New York - The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston of the States of New York - Mr. Otis the Secretary of the Senate holding up the Bible on a crimson cushion. 1876 Currier & Ives American Scene from the American history. Eleven men witness Washington taking the oath of office. He places his right hand on an open bible and holds a sword with his left hand. Figures noted in key below image include Alexander Hamilton, Chancellor Livingston, Roger Sherman, Mr. Otis, John Adams, Baron Steuben, and General Knox.. The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 - At the Old City Hall, New York - The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston of the States of New York - Mr. Otis the Secretary of the Senate holding up the Bible on a crimson cushion. 659888
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N ° 1 / The new Supper (IT)
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Supreme Court of the United States | Library of Congress
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Washington's Oath.