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Explore an exceptional array of visual arts from the renowned Bettmann Archive, showcasing the artistic and historical significance of some of the most iconic images. This carefully curated collection serves as a unique lens into the visual culture and history that have shaped our world, emphasising the enduring relevance of these artworks.

14,002 Framed Prints

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Man Blowing Smoke Rings

Man Blowing Smoke Rings
(Original Caption) Le Divertida

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Engraving of St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun

Engraving of St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun
(Original Caption) Cheerleader for St. Patrick's Day. Undated engraving. The saying underneath: "Hurrah for mother, Erin, St

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Greek Philosopher Heraclitus Pausing Pensively on Hill

Greek Philosopher Heraclitus Pausing Pensively on Hill
(Original Caption) Hericlitus

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: 'Long Live Ireland' Postcard

"Long Live Ireland" Postcard
(Original Caption) Illustrated Irish postcard depicting a "LONG LIVE IRELAND" (ERIN-GO-BRAGH) flag, with a castle surrounded by a ring of golden shamrocks in its center

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Man And Woman Playing Pool; Color Illus

Man And Woman Playing Pool; Color Illus
(Original Caption) "The Game of Billiards." Undated illustration

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Boston Massacre Handbill

Boston Massacre Handbill
Part of a handbill in the Library of Massachusetts describing the Boston Massacre

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Doctor Using Instrument on Young Girl Patient

Doctor Using Instrument on Young Girl Patient
(Original Caption) Adams Medical Electrical Machine Electrometer and Bottle. The machines drawn by Mitne, and Engraved by J. Lodge. The Figuris designed by F. Blake and Engraved by W. Grainger kc

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Diagram Depicting Blood Vessel Distribution

Diagram Depicting Blood Vessel Distribution
(Original Caption) Anatomical drawings showing blood vessel distribution an lymphatics. (Engraving after William Hunter), 1790

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Washington's Inauguration at Philadelphia

Washington's Inauguration at Philadelphia
WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION AT PHILADELPHIA, 1793

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Woman Wearing Early French Designs

Woman Wearing Early French Designs
(Original Caption) Merveilleuse Du Directoire

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Early Map of New York

Early Map of New York
(Original Caption) A new and accurate plan of the city of New York in the State of New York in North America

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Socrates

Portrait of Socrates
Greek philosopher Socrates

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Irish Rebellion of 1798

Irish Rebellion of 1798
(Original Caption) Irish Rebellion of 1798: Rebels execute their Protestant prisoners at Wexford, June 20, 1798

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: The Death of George Washington

The Death of George Washington
1799-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: The Death OF Washington

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Waitress with Beer and Pretzels

Waitress with Beer and Pretzels
(Original Caption) USA: The Bock Beer Lady. The Bock Beer Lady gaily attired with "bockwursts" and radishes. Goat motive of Bock Beer ornaments her hat

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Patrons During Early Bowling Game

Patrons During Early Bowling Game
(Original Caption) A Ten Strike

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Illustrative Portrait of President Franklin Pierce

Illustrative Portrait of President Franklin Pierce
(Original Caption) Franklin Pierce

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Hannibal and His Men Crossing Terrain for Battle

Hannibal and His Men Crossing Terrain for Battle
(Original Caption) Hannibal Crossing the Alps with his Army to invade Italy (221 BC)

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Physician Visiting Home of Infant for Vaccination

Physician Visiting Home of Infant for Vaccination
(Original Caption) Vaccinating The Baby

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Men Carrying Injured Man to Hospital

Men Carrying Injured Man to Hospital
(Original Caption) Man with gout being transported to the hospital on a carrying chair

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Physician and Assistants during Early History Leg Amputation

Physician and Assistants during Early History Leg Amputation
(Original Caption) France: Jacques Guillemeau (1550-1630). Amputation Of A Leg. Note than no less than 5 assistants are present

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of American Author Thomas Paine

Portrait of American Author Thomas Paine
USA: Thomas Paine, American political philosopher and author was born in England

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Physician Preparing Patient for Surgical Purposes

Physician Preparing Patient for Surgical Purposes
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Doctor prescribing a tonic to a man suffering from gout. Late 15th century color engraving

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Shifty Loan Man and a Regretful Borrower

Shifty Loan Man and a Regretful Borrower
(Original Caption) USA: I Sold On Credit! - I Sold In Cash

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: General Garnet Joseph Wolseley Escaping France by Lion

General Garnet Joseph Wolseley Escaping France by Lion
(Original Caption) "The English Tunnel Bugaboo." Cartoon showing French Rooster chasing frightened British Lion ridden by General Wolseley

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: War Scene of the Battle of Austerlitz

War Scene of the Battle of Austerlitz
(Original Caption) Battle of Austerlitz, also called Battle of The Three Emperors, (Dec)

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope
Watercrafts sailing through the Cape of Good Hope while man tries to spear a whale

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Man's Hand with Cigar

Man's Hand with Cigar
(Original Caption) On Hand

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Woman Smoking a Havana Cigar

Woman Smoking a Havana Cigar
(Original Caption) Utopia. It Has Havana In It

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Matthew Perry Entertaining Japanese Commissioners on Ship

Matthew Perry Entertaining Japanese Commissioners on Ship
Matthew Perry, U. S

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Naval Officer Matthew Perry Taking President's Letter to Japanese

Naval Officer Matthew Perry Taking President's Letter to Japanese
Matthew Perry, U. S

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Shield Carrying Grecian Military Chiefs Gesturing on Fallen Horse

Shield Carrying Grecian Military Chiefs Gesturing on Fallen Horse
(Original Caption) Greece: The Oath Of The Seven Chiefs

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Major Andre After Being Caught for Treason

Major Andre After Being Caught for Treason
(Original Caption) The Death Warrant Of Major Andre. He placed his hat on the table and cheerfully said, "I am ready at any moment."

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Profile of German Author Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Profile of German Author Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
(Original Caption) Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: 1749-1832. German poet, playwright, and novelist

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Gustave Courbet

Portrait of Gustave Courbet
19th century Realist painter from France

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of German Music Composer Robert Schumann

Portrait of German Music Composer Robert Schumann
(Original Caption) Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Injured Rebel Troops at Stonewall Jackson Encampment

Injured Rebel Troops at Stonewall Jackson Encampment
(Original Caption) Prayer In Stonewall Jackson's Camp. (Thomas Jackson, 1824-1863)

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Mozart Playing Piano for Young Songstress

Mozart Playing Piano for Young Songstress
(Original Caption) Germany: Mozart With Aloysia Weber, a 17 year old girl whom he met at Manneheim. She was his unhappy grand passion. The young girl rejected him after a short courtship

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Wolf Accosting Little Red Riding Hood

Wolf Accosting Little Red Riding Hood
(Original Caption) Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Advertisement for a Chair with Man Smoking While Reclining

Advertisement for a Chair with Man Smoking While Reclining
(Original Caption) A Great Bargain In A Newly Designed Morris Chair. - Victorian gentleman, smoking a cigar, seated in large upholstered mission style chair

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: English Street Thief Being Apprehended by Authority

English Street Thief Being Apprehended by Authority
(Original Caption) Wanted Posters. Arrest of an English rogue

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Interior of Early American Department Store

Interior of Early American Department Store
(Original Caption) USA: Interior Of James M'Creery & Co.'s Establishment

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Emile Zola Reading in His Studio

Emile Zola Reading in His Studio
(Original Caption) Emile Zola: (1840-1902, French novelist in his studio

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Early Spanish Vessel on the Sea

Early Spanish Vessel on the Sea
(Original Caption) A Spanish galleon of the 15th century

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Five Labels for Poison

Five Labels for Poison
(Original Caption) Labels for Poison. From an old time trade catalogue

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Exterior of Dutch Cottages with Church and Grounds

Exterior of Dutch Cottages with Church and Grounds
(Original Caption) New York: Dutch Cottage In New York, 1679

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Historical Depiction of Sepoy Cavalry and British Fighting

Historical Depiction of Sepoy Cavalry and British Fighting
(Original Caption) India: Encounter between Lieut. Hills, R. E. And a body of Sepoy Cavalry in which he killed four of the enemy and wounded several others

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Horse and Carriage Passing University of Pennsylvania

Horse and Carriage Passing University of Pennsylvania
(Original Caption) USA: University of Pennsylvania, 1807-1829

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Leaders Conversing at the Utrecht Congress

Leaders Conversing at the Utrecht Congress
(Original Caption) Congress At Utrecht

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Sir Francis Drake

Portrait of Sir Francis Drake
(Original Caption) Sir Francis Drake (ca. 1540-1596), English admiral, first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Emperor Maxmillian

Portrait of Emperor Maxmillian
(Original Caption) Maximillian, Emperor of Mexico: (1832-1867)

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Christopher Columbus with Bowed Head in Jail Cell

Christopher Columbus with Bowed Head in Jail Cell
(Original Caption) Columbus In Prison

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Depiction of Robinson Crusoe Alone with Animals in Makeshift Dwelling

Depiction of Robinson Crusoe Alone with Animals in Makeshift Dwelling
(Original Caption) Daniel Dafoe's Robinson Crusoe. His hut and animal companions

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Soldiers Utilizing Different Types of Artillery on Field

Soldiers Utilizing Different Types of Artillery on Field
(Original Caption) Artillery, 15th to 17th Century. 1. 15th Century. "Bombard" on traveling carriage. 2. A Culverin, 15th-16th Century. 3. Bombard in siege battery mounting. 5. & 6

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: African American Picking Cotton with Overseer

African American Picking Cotton with Overseer
(Original Caption) USA: Negroes picking cotton while white overseer watches

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Barents and Explorers Capturing Polar Bears at Arctic

Barents and Explorers Capturing Polar Bears at Arctic
(Original Caption) Arctic: Members of the Barents expedition catching polar bears in the water from small boats

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Russian Custom of Examining Newly Wedded Bride's Linen

Russian Custom of Examining Newly Wedded Bride's Linen
(Original Caption) Russia: Russian Marriage Custom. After the first night linen is examined by village women to look for signs of proper defloration

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Display of a Smith and Wesson Pistol

Display of a Smith and Wesson Pistol
(Original Caption) USA: Smith and Wesson, .38 M&P

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Depiction of Crowd Surrounding Jesus Christ on Cross

Depiction of Crowd Surrounding Jesus Christ on Cross
(Original Caption) "The Crucifixion". Painting by Piero della Francesca

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Mother and Daughters in Paris Fashions

Mother and Daughters in Paris Fashions
(Original Caption) Paris: Mother's and children's fashions of 1849

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Bust of Grecian Philosopher Plato

Bust of Grecian Philosopher Plato
(Original Caption) Plato: Great Grecian Philosopher. Assumed portrait after a sculpture in the Museum, Vatican, Rome

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Playwright Heinrich Von Kleist

Portrait of Playwright Heinrich Von Kleist
(Original Caption) Heinrich von Kleist, (1777-1811), German dramatist

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of English Scholar Peter Mark Roget

Portrait of English Scholar Peter Mark Roget
(Original Caption) Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), English physician and scholar

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of President James Madison

Portrait of President James Madison
(Original Caption) James Madison

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Saint Clara of Assisi

Portrait of Saint Clara of Assisi
(Original Caption) Virgo nobilis pamperum Dominarum Ordinem, aucefore S. Francifco, eiue fuo, anno 1212. inchoauit, et paupertatis privilegium ab Innocentio III impetrauit. Moritur anno 1253

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Scene from Cervantes Don Quixote

Scene from Cervantes Don Quixote
(Original Caption) Pillaging soldier trampling and slaughtering sheep as opposing men fight nearby

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Crowd Gazing out at Sailing of New Boat the Fulton

Crowd Gazing out at Sailing of New Boat the Fulton
(Original Caption) Crowd watching successful trial of Fulton

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Travelers and Picnickers Along Regents Canal

Travelers and Picnickers Along Regents Canal
(Original Caption) Junction Of The Regent's Canal, At Paddington

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Drawn Portrait of Early President John Adams

Drawn Portrait of Early President John Adams
(Original Caption) John Adams

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Arthurian Saga: How Arthur Drew The Sword

Arthurian Saga: How Arthur Drew The Sword
(Original Caption) Arthurian Saga: How Arthur Drew The Sword

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Profile of Mathematician Leonard Euler

Profile of Mathematician Leonard Euler
(Original Caption) Leonard Euler: (1707-1783), Swiss Mathematician

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Man Bringing False Costume Piece To Women

Man Bringing False Costume Piece To Women
(Original Caption) The use of falsies by a French lady

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Physicians and Patient During Early Blood Transfusion

Physicians and Patient During Early Blood Transfusion
(Original Caption) Blood Transfusion: After Scultetus, 1667

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: American Ship Planter Battling the French

American Ship Planter Battling the French
(Original Caption) Prior To War Of Tripoli: The American merchant ship Planter, beating off a French National Privateer of 22 guns, July 10, 1799

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Book Cover on Dutch Voyages

Book Cover on Dutch Voyages
(Original Caption) Title from Hartgetrt's series of Dutch Voyages, Amsterdam, 1648

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Maximilian

Portrait of Maximilian
(Original Caption) Emperor Maximilian of Mexico; 1832-1867. A portrait recently discovered in the Brady-Handy Collection. It is unknown how Brady acquired it, probably from a Mexican photographer

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Early Portrait of John Brown

Early Portrait of John Brown
Early portrait of John Brown (1800-1859), prominent abolitionist, who died in a failed slave insurrection on the US Armory in Virginia. Undated photograph

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Spanish Writer Cervantes Famous for Don Quixote

Portrait of Spanish Writer Cervantes Famous for Don Quixote
(Original Caption) Cervantes

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Sculpture of the Head of Austrian Composer Franz Joseph Haydn

Sculpture of the Head of Austrian Composer Franz Joseph Haydn
(Original Caption) Joseph Haydn

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Masonic Apron Presented to George Washington

Masonic Apron Presented to George Washington
(Original Caption) USA: Brother George Washington's Masonic Apron. Wrought By, And Presented To Him By The Marchioness Lafayette In 1784

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Mathematician Leonhard Euler in Pensive Pose

Portrait of Mathematician Leonhard Euler in Pensive Pose
(Original Caption) Leonhard Euler. Leonhard Euler, 1707-1783, Swiss Mathematician worked for the heads of Europe developing theories in Math and Physics

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Men Hoisting Cable from Aboard Ship

Men Hoisting Cable from Aboard Ship
(Original Caption) The Breaking Of The Atlantic Telegraph Cable On Board The Great Eastern

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of George Berkeley as Bishop

Portrait of George Berkeley as Bishop
(Original Caption) Dr. George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne

Background imageVisual Arts Framed Print Collection: Portrait of Spanish Explorer Juan Ponce De Leon

Portrait of Spanish Explorer Juan Ponce De Leon
(Original Caption) Ponce De Leon. Explorer and discoverer of Florida who sailed with Columbus on his second voyage



Each piece not only reflects its time but also invites viewers to appreciate the profound impact these images have had on our understanding of history and art.

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