Credits
Image credits and licensing
All images on this site are in the public domain or used under a permissive Creative Commons license. Attribution is provided per each holding institution’s recommended citation.
| Image | Title | Creator | Year | Holder | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shakespeare-first-folio-title-page-1623.jpg | Title page of the First Folio (1623) | Engraved by Martin Droeshout | 1623 | Folger Shakespeare Library | Public domain |
| shakespeare-chandos-portrait.jpg | The Chandos portrait of Shakespeare | Attributed to John Taylor | c. 1610 | National Portrait Gallery, London | Public domain |
| adams-trumbull-c1792.jpg | John Adams | John Trumbull | c. 1792 | White House Historical Association | Public domain |
| jefferson-peale-1800.jpg | Thomas Jefferson | Rembrandt Peale | 1800 | White House Historical Association | Public domain |
| franklin-duplessis-1785.jpg | Benjamin Franklin | Joseph Siffred Duplessis | c. 1785 | National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian | Public domain |
| washington-stuart-1796.jpg | George Washington (Athenaeum portrait) | Gilbert Stuart | 1796 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / National Portrait Gallery, Washington | Public domain |
| madison-stuart-1804.jpg | James Madison | Gilbert Stuart | 1804 | Bowdoin College Museum of Art | Public domain |
| hamilton-trumbull-1806.jpg | Alexander Hamilton | John Trumbull | 1806 | National Gallery of Art, Washington | Public domain |
| trumbull-declaration-1819.jpg | Declaration of Independence (1819) | John Trumbull | 1819 (commemorating July 1776) | U.S. Capitol rotunda; widely reproduced | Public domain |
| shakespeare-droeshout-engraving.jpg | Engraved portrait of Shakespeare (Droeshout) | Martin Droeshout | 1623 | First Folio frontispiece | Public domain |
| first-folio-macbeth-p738.jpg | First Folio: Macbeth (page 738) | William Shakespeare; printed by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount | 1623 | Bodleian First Folio (Bodleian Library, Oxford) | Public domain |
| first-folio-macbeth-p742.jpg | First Folio: Macbeth (page 742, 'Tomorrow' soliloquy area) | William Shakespeare; printed by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount | 1623 | Bodleian First Folio (Bodleian Library, Oxford) | Public domain |
| first-folio-othello-p827.jpg | First Folio: Othello (page 827) | William Shakespeare; printed by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount | 1623 | Bodleian First Folio (Bodleian Library, Oxford) | Public domain |
| first-folio-julius-caesar-p728.jpg | First Folio: Julius Caesar (page 728) | William Shakespeare; printed by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount | 1623 | Bodleian First Folio (Bodleian Library, Oxford) | Public domain |
| first-folio-julius-caesar-cropped.jpg | First Folio: Tragedy of Julius Caesar (cropped) | William Shakespeare; printed by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount | 1623 | Bodleian First Folio (Bodleian Library, Oxford) | Public domain |
| adams-diary-manuscript.jpg | John Adams diary manuscript page | John Adams | 1735–1826 | Royall Tyler Collection | Public domain |
| washington-orderly-book-001.gif | Washington's General Orders (Varick Transcripts), p. 1 | Secretarial copy under Washington's direction | 1781–1783 (transcribed from 1775–1783 orderly books) | George Washington Papers, Library of Congress, Series 3G | Public domain |
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