Resources
for Images for American Revolution ABC Book 
Library
of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
Type subject (person or event) in search box. Limit search to Search in
subject fields for best results. If searching for a portrait of a
person, type painting or portrait along with the person's name. (Examples:
Thomas Jefferson painting...or...Thomas Jefferson portrait)
Metropolitan
Museum of Art - Works of Art: American Paintings and Sculpture http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=2
Portraits,
landscapes, history paintings, still lifes, folk art, and sculpture from
colonial times through the early 20th century at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York.
Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
The Guide to Great Art on the Internet. Search artwork by artist's name,
title, or museum. Look for the green check mark that signifies how the
image can be used.
- Students and teachers are granted permission to use works for school
reports and projects.
- Images can be used for educational purposes and also for personal
projects, such as a personal homepage, but generally not as part of any
commercial (for-profit) endeavor.
- Images can be freely reused for any purpose. However the license may
include a requirement to provide attribution, or that derivative works
be published under the same type of license.
Pictures of
the Revolutionary War
http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/
The selected pictures are among the audiovisual holdings of the
National Archives that relate to the American Revolution. They are
photographic copies of works of art. The dates and mediums of the
originals and the names of the artists are given wherever it has been
possible to determine them.
Archiving Early America http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Here at Archiving Early America, you will discover a wealth of
resources — a unique array of primary source material from 18th Century
America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings
come to life on your screen just as they appeared to this country's
forebears more than two centuries ago. The images at this site are
copyrighted; however we have received written permission to use them for
this project.
National
Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/index.cfm
The National Museum of American History collects artifacts of all
kinds—from gowns to locomotives—to preserve for the American people an
enduring record of their past. The Museum has more than 3 million
artifacts in its collection. Information and photos of selected objects is
available in the online collections database.
Smithsonian
National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.si.edu/
Click on Portrait Search to
conduct an NPG
Portrait Search of more than 12,000 records from the
collections of the National
Portrait Gallery. The Portrait Gallery's collections of
paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and photographs document the
diversity of individuals who have made significant contributions to the
history and culture of the United States.
Works of Art at the Capitol Complex http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/index.cfm
The works of art in the Capitol Complex reflect the development of the
United States and the Congress. They range from bronze and marble statues
to oil portraits and frescoed murals. Their subjects include prominent
Americans, important moments in history, and allegorical representations
of the nation's ideals.
Paintings at the US Senate Building http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/art/g_three_sections_with_teasers/paintings.htm
The Senate maintains over 70 paintings created
by some of America's preeminent artists, commemorating many of the great
persons and events of our national history.
Sculptures http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/art/g_three_sections_with_teasers/sculpture.htm
The Senate maintains over 80 sculptures carved
by some of America's preeminent artists, commemorating many of the great
figures of our national history.
Rare Map
Collection - Revolutionary America http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/revamer.html
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University
of
Georgia Libraries
LIBERTY! - The American Revolution www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
PBSFeatures a potpourri of interactive information, timelines, a
revolutionary game, and video clips from the series.
American
Memory from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
American Revolution and Its Era Maps and
Charts Collection: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies
1750 – 1789 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
Search by keyword, geographic location, or subject index.
Documents from the Continental Congress and
Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/
The Rochambeau Map Collection -
Revolutionary War Maps of comte de Rochambeau
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rochambeau-maps/index.html
The Rochambeau Map Collection contains cartographic items used by Jean
Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), when he was
commander in chief of the French expeditionary army (1780-82) during the
American Revolution. The maps were from Rochambeau's personal collection,
cover much of eastern
North America
, and date from 1717 to 1795. The
maps show Revolutionary-era military actions, some of which were published
in
England
and
France
, and early state maps from the
1790s. Many of the items in this extraordinary group of maps show the
importance of cartographic materials in the campaigns of the American
Revolution as well as Rochambeau's continuing interest in the new
United States. The collection consists of 40
manuscript and 26 printed maps, and a manuscript atlas, the originals of
which are in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division.
The Thomas Jefferson Papers http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/
The Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1606-1827. The complete Thomas Jefferson
Papers from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress consists of
approximately 27,000 documents. Document types in the collection as a
whole include correspondence, commonplace books, financial account books,
and manuscript volumes. The collection is organized into ten series or
groupings, ranging in date from 1606 to 1827. Correspondence, memoranda,
notes, and drafts of documents make up two-thirds of the Papers and
document Jefferson's activities as a delegate to the second Continental
Congress; his drafting of the Declaration of Independence, June-July 1776;
his position as governor of Virginia, 1779-81; his return to Congress as a
representative, 1783-84; and his appointment as minister plenipotentiary
in Europe and then minister to the Court of Louis XVI, succeeding Benjamin
Franklin, 1784-89.
George Washington Papers http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
The complete George Washington Papers collection from the Manuscript
Division at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 65,000
documents. Document types in the collection as a whole include
correspondence, letterbooks, commonplace books, diaries, journals,
financial account books, military records, reports, and notes accumulated
by Washington from 1741 through 1799. The collection is organized into
nine Series
or groupings. Commonplace books, correspondence, and travel journals,
document his youth and early adulthood as a Virginia county surveyor and
as colonel of the militia during the French and Indian War. Washington's
election as delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses and
his command of the American army during the Revolutionary war are well
documented as well as his two presidential administrations from 1789
through 1797.
