1848

Washington--Capitol (east view) / Drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner ; ...

No. 185, no. 32. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S.... More

Capt. F. W. Binder's quick step, no. 6, op. 77

Major-General Zachary Taylor--President of the United States / from an...

Zachary Taylor, full-length portrait, standing beside horse, facing front. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, July 27, 1848 (Speech on Taylor and veto)

Zachary Taylor, people's candidate for President

Print shows a campaign banner for Whig presidential and vice presidential nominees for 1848, Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Unlike Currier's other Whig banners (nos. 1848-5 and -7) this example is horizon... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

The bright sunny south - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Would that my schooling days were o'er

Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamu...

Ukiyo-e triptych showing three courtesans (shin yoshiwara). Left section: Hanamurasak from Tamaya house on Edo Street. Center section: Sugatano from Ebiya house on Kyo Street. Right section: Shigeoka from Okamo... More

Tsurishinobu mebae no futsuzuka - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a dance performance from a play with a woman dancing with musicians in the background, also a portrait of a warrior hanging on the wall in the upper right.

Attack on the Castle Chapultepec / Ataque del Castillo de Chapultepec

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0323.

An available candidate--the one qualification for a Whig president

Political cartoon showing man in military uniform, with epaulets and plumed hat, holding sword and seated on pile of skulls. A scathing attack on Whig principles, as embodied in their selection of a presidentia... More

An available candidate--the one qualification for a Whig president

Political cartoon showing man in military uniform, with epaulets and plumed hat, holding sword and seated on pile of skulls. A scathing attack on Whig principles, as embodied in their selection of a presidentia... More

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Yamauba to kaidōmaru, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows actors portraying the old woman of the mountain, Yamauba, and the wild boy, Kaidomaru. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Dip... More

The Presidents of the United States Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate f...

Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass. It is almost identical in design to a banner Currier produced the same year for Zachary Taylor (no. 1848-5), except that here, abo... More

Son of temperance / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Print shows a young man with declaration: "No Brother shall make, buy, sell or use as a beverage, any spirituous or malt, liquors, wine or cider". Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Resear... More

Donizetti A questo sen ritorna = The reconciliation, duettino

"Manuscript in possession of Signor De Begnis"; English translation by WJ Wetmore From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimil... More

Philadelphia Laurel-Hill Cemetery / / Drawn from nature by Aug. Köllln...

Print showing path leading to gatehouse entrance to cemetery, designed by John Notman, with cemetery, superintendent's house, and chapel behind it; two men ride horses on road in foreground.

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in... More

Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagaw...

Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto, possibly from the popular play known as Benten Kozō, Tenjuku Tokubei, perhaps the adventurer/magician, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Title and other... More

[Men pulling Reliance Fire Company hose carriage]

Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996 (DLC/PP 1996:087.14) Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Thomas F. Meagher, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

Half-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding rolled paper. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no.6496

John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States / E.B. & E.C. ...

John Quincy Adams, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding small book in left hand.

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows three actors as warrior/metalworkers hammering a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: lef... More

Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany.

Topographic strip map of the Hudson River Valley from Waterford to New York City, showing drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, cities and towns, roads and canals. Indicates the track of... More

Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.

Bound volume---15 August 1848-20 April 1849

The Linden gallopade - Public domain American piano sheet music

Emeline - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of 16th-17th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Henry L. Abbot, half-length portrait, facing left]

Case: variant of Rinhart 131. Label in case: Henry L. Abbot at Boston Pub. Latin Sch. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot family papers); 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:044). Fo... More

Musashi no Monta - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Musashino Monta, sumo wrestler, full-length portrait, standing, facing right.

Melodies of Bancker's troop of Sable Brothers

LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by A & J.P. Ordway.

[William Young McAllister, three-quarters length portrait, seated in a...

Case: green leather with flowers and butterflies. Embossed on velvet inside case: Root's Gallery, 140 Chestnut St., Philada. Label attached to case: W.Y. McAllister. Label attached to case: About 1851. Label at... More

A 100th anniversary map of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Massachusetts, S...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers pausing at statue next to a torii at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.... More

Kame, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows two turtles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Nishikie. Part of a Harimaze-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More

Map and view of St. Louis, Mo. - Public domain old map

Includes illus. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 438 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2

[Ancient Indian burial mounds. Moundsville, W.Va.] Group of Sepulchral...

Engraving by J.W. Orr. Illus. in: Squier & Davis, Ancient Monuments..., 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: W.Va. Moundsv... More

The young chieftain - Print, Library of Congress collection

Artist: J.A.H. (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7405

Ann - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0245.

Jesus is despoiled of his vestments. / Jesus esta despojado de sus ves...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3491

Attack on the Widow M'Cormack's house: on Boulagh Common Ireland, July...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0325.

Moscou / dess. d'après nat. par Indeisseff ; imp. par Lemercier, à Par...

Prints showing (in 10 parts) a panoramic view of Moscow from the Kremlin. From the mid-point, facing to the south and the Moscow River, the view extends about 270 degrees, from the palace and the Church of St. ... More

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

Print shows pedestrians bowing in greeting to others on roadways leading to a walled city across a river, also several porters carrying bundles into the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

Print shows pedestrians bowing in greeting to others on roadways leading to a walled city across a river, also several porters carrying bundles into the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

The modern Colossus. Eighth wonder of the world

Martin Van Buren's inability to bridge the distance between the "Conscience," or abolitionist, Whigs and conservative Democrats is portrayed as his downfall in the 1848 presidential race. Van Buren led the Free... More

Sleep gentle Mary, serenade - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The Hennrietta waltzes - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Freedom's gathering - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Donizetti Lucrezia Borga waltz - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

I wish you would propose, or, The leap year

Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (649a), right (649b). Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie Diptych. Forms... More

My lubly Dinah Mae - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Buffalo gals - Public domain American music sheet

My Lucy and me - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

John Mitchell, esq., proprietor of the "United Irishman", Dublin, Irel...

John Mitchel, half-length portrait, facing left, seated at desk, holding pamphlet "United Irishman" in left hand. 285 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J. Baillie, N.Y.

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0044.

Le latanier military waltz - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate for president

Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic candidates Lewis Cass and William O. Butler produced for the 1848 presidential election. The banner is designed in a horizontal format, similar to Currier's "Zachary... More

The U.S. naval expedition under Com..ore M.C. Perry, ascending the Tus...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Naval Portfolio No. 2. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lt. U.S. Navy.

The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile:...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1003.

The young housekeepers, the day after marriage / lith. & pub. by N. Cu...

Man and woman seen through window, half-length, standing. Copyright by N. Currier. Below image: Deposited in the Clerk's office of Southern District of New York, Oct 2, 1848. No. 222; No. 5. Conningham no. 5710... More

U.S. steam frigate Mississippi, in the Gulf of Mexico, March 1847

Conningham no. 5273. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6856

The naval expedition under Com..re Perry, assending [sic] the Tabasco ...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Naval Portfolio. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut. U.S. Navy (No. 5).

The city celebration of the fourth of July, 1848

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Lucy Neal - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagaw...

Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto, possibly from the popular play known as Benten Kozō, Tenjuku Tokubei, perhaps the adventurer/magician, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Title and other... More

Storming of Chapultepec in Mexico, Sept. 13th, 1847

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

Union / Strong, N.Y., US Democratic party

An extremely large, color campaign poster for Democratic nominee Zachary Taylor. The victorious Mexican War general is shown mounted on a white charger. He holds a wide-brimmed straw hat. Above his head, in a b... More

Charles F. Adams: Free soil candidate for Vice President

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1100.

Charles F. Adams: Free soil candidate for Vice President

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1100.

Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More

Bound volume---15 August 1848-20 April 1849

Sacred heart of Mary Sacred heart of Jesus ; Descent from the cross ; ...

Print shows a proof sheet with four vignettes, at top left, a bust portrait with the sacred heart of Mary, at top right, a bust portrait with the sacred heart of Jesus, at bottom right, the crucifixion of Jesus... More

Goyu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a palanquin, on a street in the commercial district at the Goyu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsor... More

Fête de la Concorde, arrivée des corporations au Champ-de-Mars / dessi...

Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848, in a ceremony commemorating the French Republic. A large crowd is assembled in the foreground; monuments, banne... More

Hakone, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers passing through a mountainous region near the Hakone station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Hakone Lake in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Yoshiwara yuki no asa Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a snow covered community in the morning with porters carrying sedan chairs, probably containing male customers, down the main street leading away from the gated entrance to the yoshiwara. Title and ... More

Okabe, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a palanquin, on a passageway through a valley near the Okabe station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

Odawara, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows many travelers fording a stream at the Odawara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ejiri, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge during a heavy rain storm at the Ejiri station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Grand Presidential sweep-stakes for 1849

The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential contest as a race between the three major candidates. The contenders are on the course. Whig candidate Zachary T... More

Political guillotine. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A cryptic satire critical of Lewis Cass and incumbent President James K. Polk. The work probably appeared prior to the Whig national convention (June 9-10), since reference is made to a Clay-Fillmore ticket. (T... More

[William Cassiday Cattell, holding large Bible, with five page boys]

Photographer unidentified. Case: curved diamond surrounded by leaves, with linked border. Accompanying note: Wm. Cassady Cattell with the page boys whom he tutored in Abermarle, Va. Transfer; Manuscript Divisio... More

[Zachary Taylor, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in unifor...

Copyright by A.H. Ritchie. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Taylor, Zachary In uniform Half-length. NOS 12/96.

La Tourrette's reference map of the state of Louisiana : from the orig...

Shows land ownership. Includes insets: New Orleans 29 x 21 cm. and land districts 18 x 19 cm. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The holy eucharist: la sagrada eucaristia

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3076

The French revolution: burning the royal carriages at the Chateau d'Eu...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2317

Grand funeral procession of the victims of the revolution: les tunebie...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2700

Deutsche Romisch Katholische. St. Nicholas Kirche in New York. German ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mayer.

The pointer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5222

Moscou / dess. d'après nat. par Indeisseff ; imp. par Lemercier, à Par...

Prints showing (in 10 parts) a panoramic view of Moscow from the Kremlin. From the mid-point, facing to the south and the Moscow River, the view extends about 270 degrees, from the palace and the Church of St. ... More

Pioneer history : being an account of the first examinations of the Oh...

F.S. Chanfrau in the character of "Mose" as originally written for, an...

Print shows Francis S. Chanfrau in the character "Mose", full-length portrait, as a fireman in a defiant stance, standing in the street, facing left, as fire fighters man the hoses in the background. 130 U.S. C... More

La Alameda de Mexico The public park of Mexico.

Print shows a public park in Mexico, with people walking near a fountain in the park. Printed below title: 631. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the... More

Awake - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0355.