1856

Parker's sectional & geological map of Iowa exhibiting her iron, lead,...

Names of railroads are listed at lower left of map. Scale 1:506,880. LC also has another edition by "A.M. Bailey draughtsman", 1856 which includes advertisements below inset and at left of title. LC Railroad ma... more

[Gerf-Hossayn - Osiride portico of the Rock Temple]

Three statues connected at the head by slabs of rock. Title from label on item. No. 1806.

Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.

Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennesse... more

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Merchants' p...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

Grottoes at Hager Silsilis

Title from item. No. 1846. On verso: Silsileh. Grottoes.

Passage in the Driv. Norway

Drawing shows a man leaning over the edge of a river's bank in the Drivsdalen, Norway, looking at the rushing water below. There is no bridge to the opposite side. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after t... more

Egypt - Suez Canal - Lake Timsah, from opp. the chalet

Title from item. No. 1948. No. 1908. On verso: Suez canal. Lake Timsah from opp. the Chalet.

The great Presidential race of 1856

An animated comic scene ridiculing the Democratic and American party candidates. In the foreground is a somewhat rickety wooden "Democratic Platform," into which presidential candidate James Buchanan has just r... more

Ceiling of the Vice President's room, north wing

Photograph of lost architectural drawing showing design for a ceiling fresco in the President's room of the U.S. Capitol depicting William Brewster, Americus Vespucius, Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin,... more

Henry's valedictory, June 16th 1856. Ladies and gentlemen: We have tak...

Statues of Memnon. Thebes

Twin reconstructed statues of Memnon seated on throne, people with animals resting at the base. Title from item. No. 1857. On verso: Thebes. Statues of Memnon.

Hunkers, attend! Fire away!! The above is a true likeness of "ten cent...

Political campaign - poster. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 7.

Liberty. The fair maid of Kansas in the hands of the "border ruffians"...

A flying trip through Norway

Drawing is design for frontispiece of book. It shows Norwegian fisherman standing with their nets at the edge of a fjord shoreline. The sun comes up over the horizon and two fishermen point across the sea at it... more

Klinger's grotto

Drawing shows travelers standing before a grotto in the woods in Germany. Bayard Taylor traveled through Germany several times in his life, between 1844 and his death in 1879, but the manuscript makes it clear ... more

Chief interpreter Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro interpreter / dag. by ...

Print shows two Japanese men, Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro, full-length portrait, standing facing front, as interpreters for members of the Perry expedition in Japan. Title from item. Plate from: Narrative of ... more

Alexander H. Rice, Esq., Mayor of Boston

Head and shoulders, facing right; with biogr. text and full masthead illus. of crowded Boston Harbor. Illus. in: Ballou's Pictorial, 1856 January 12. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... more

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Port of Toum...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

Carnac

Building remains and rubble, an obelisk in background. Title from item. No. 1875. On verso: Thebes. Karnak.

Interior of Messrs. Leavitt and Delissier's sales-room, Broadway, New ...

Men at book sale. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 5, p. 264.

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Entrance to ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

The holy well: St. Fineen's--Gougaune, Barra, Ireland

Parker H. French / S.F. Baker sc.; from an ambrotype by Brady.

Parker H. French, half-length portrait, facing right. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 Jan. 12, p. 73.

Map of the southern part of the United States, designed to accompany A...

Outline map of the southern states showing the railroad network.

Ryōgokubashi Ōkawabata

Print shows pedestrians and porters crossing the Ryōgoku Bridge with many boats on the river and view of vendor stands in foreground along the river bank. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... more

McClellan's map of Windham County, Vermont /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1192 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations and statistical charts. Cambridge Port -- Fayetteville --... more

United States railway map, showing all the railways completed in progr...

Map of the eastern United States within decorative borders showing drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines and state of construction. Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. Inset... more

[2 illus.]: 1. Nicaragua - Gen. Walker landing troops at Fort Castillo...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 23 (1856 May 17), p. 356. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.... more

Ōji takinogawa

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Takino River near the Ōji station with steep cliff, waterfall, walkway along the river with torii at entrance to shrine, a wooden bridge spanning the river leading to cherry... more

[Koum Ombos - the Temple]

Remains of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris (Ombos). Title from item. No. 1835. On verso: Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt.

Who are the ruffians, murderers, and robbers in Kansas? [1856?]

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 20, Folder 3.

"If I am elected to the high office for which your partiality has nomi...

Verse.; Campaign song. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 10.

[Boy carrying large basket on his back]

Drawing shows a boy walking from the train station at Market Schorgast in Germany as he carries a large basket on his back with Taylor's luggage in it. Bayard Taylor traveled through Germany several times in hi... more

Medinet Habou

Two people outside pylon adorned with hieroglyphics and a bas-relief figure. Title from item. No. 1867. On verso: Thebes. Medinet Habou. Pylon gateway.

Landing place. Assouan

Boats harbored in the Aswan area on the Nile River. Title from item. No. 1831. On verso: Assouan. Landing place.

Ryōgoku sentyu asakusa enkei

Print shows view from the Ryōgoku Bridge of boats on a river.

Old Houses in Chatham Street, opposite the Park [N.Y.C. street scene]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 36 (1856 Aug. 16), p. 149. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383-R. Caption card tracings: NY... more

Majr. Genl. William T. Sherman: U.S. Army

Interior of George Steers' "model room", as it appeared at the time of...

Room with model ships on walls designed by famous marine architect. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 Dec. 13, p. 17. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - STEERS, GEORGE, 1820-1856. This rec... more

Mount Ararat, the resting place of the Ark after the flood

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 35 (1856 Aug. 9), p. 140. Reference copy may be in LOT 4702-B. Caption card tracings: Bibl... more

Winter quarters of HM ships Resolute and Intrepid 53 & 54 in the pack,...

Drawing shows the British ships Resolute and Intrepid embedded in the ice pack in Melville Sound near the Arctic Ocean in Canada. The British lived in the ships during the winter of 1853 and 1854 and in the sum... more

White Sulphur Spring House, Chittenango, New York

Woman and child on lane in foregrd., couple on bridge, and house in backgrd. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1856 June), p. 6. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Napha from the sea / from nature by W. Heine ; shipping by Lieut. H. W...

Title from item. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under ... M.C. Perry ... / Matthew C. Perry ; Francis L. Hawks, comp... more

Medinet Habou

Rubble and remains of a temple with pylons.

[Statues of Memnon, upright view. - Thebes]

Twin reconstructed statues of Memnon seated on throne, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1858. On verso: Thebes. Statues of Memnon.

Great Kansas meeting at St. Louis, Missouri / [from a photograph by Fi...

Crowd at public meeting on question of slavery in Kansas in front of the courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 40 (1856 Sept. 13), p. 209.

Mt. Vernon Virginia Ladies Association, Monday, March 17, 1856 (Act o...

Letting the last "Democratic drop"

The only obvious portrait in this crudely drawn satire is that of Republican candidate John C. Fremont (right). An emaciated man (center) sits in a chair near an open window. He is apparently James Buchanan, a... more

Chinese apparatus for hulling and coarse grinding rice / J.B. Meffert ...

Print shows a man driving a water buffalo hitched to a large grinding wheel in a circular trough for grinding and hulling rice; farmers arriving with baskets of rice to pour into the trough. Title from item. Pl... more

[Gen. Wm. Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Old church on the Grand Plaza, ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 45 (1856 Oct. 18), p. 292. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

Bear chase in Norway

Humorous drawing shows a bear chasing a sportsman who fires his rifle into the air as the bear chews the tails of his coat. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed ab... more

Wady Saboua

Facade of pylon of a temple near the Sabou River. Title from item. No. 1800.

Freedom's songs! For the Campaign of 1856! John C. Fremont. An Acrosti...

Temple of Kalabshe

Title from item. No. 1808.

Egypt - Karnak

Rows of colonnades amid rubble, Karnak, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1882. On verso: Thebes. Karnak. Columns of Great Temple.

Map of Windsor County, Vermont /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 1195 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations. Insets: Barnard -- Bethel -- Bridgewat... more

The Pylon. Edfou

Rear view of pylons with bas-relief of the Temple of Horus at Idfū, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1841. On verso: Edfou. The Pylon.

[Egypt - Karnak - Exterior of Great Hall]

Title from item. No. 1880. On verso: Thebes. Great Hall.

Temple of Dakkeh

People standing around remains of a pylon and Nubian temple of Dakkeh. Title from item. No. 1802.

"Buck" taking the "pot"

A pro-Buchanan satire, critical of the divisive or sectionalist appeal of the other two presidential contenders in the 1856 race. "Buck" or Buchanan (left) has evidently won a card game over Fremont (fallen at ... more

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, full lgth., standing holding pen and...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 14 (1856 Mar. 15), p. 217. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE. Caption card tracings: Mass... more

See my new boots!

Artist: Louis Maurer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5851

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot--from a daguerreotype...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton holding her daughter Harriot, half-length portrait, facing right. Photograph of a daguerreotype taken in 1856. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1979:169. BIOG FILE reference copy NOS 1/97.

Bassua Liberia / R.K.G.

View with two sailboats on water in foreground, and buildings in background. Annotations identify scale, Sugarloaf Mt., and Saddleback Mt.

An address from the Young Men's Fillmore & Donelson Association, of Bo...

Major Gen. Benj. F. Butler: of Massachusetts

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4237

Prof. Hedrick's defence From the North Carolina Standard of Oct 8, 185...

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off ...

Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack undersail near the entrance to New York harbor. Includes measurements for length, breadth, weight, and horse power. Title fr... more

Philœ from Mishod

Man walking down path at river's edge with a distant view of Philae from Mishdod. Title from item. No. 1814. On verso: Philae.

The Great Hall &c. Carnac

Ruins of the Great Hall and two obelisks; in foreground people gather at water's edge. Title from item. No. 1894. No. 1004. On verso: (Karnak) Thebes. The Great Hall. General view.

Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committ...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 20, Folder 5.

At Carnac

People near pylons, Karnak, Egypt.

The prize

Drawing shows two Norwegian peasants, one barefoot, standing at a table where a seated man holds a money bag that reads "150 silber prize." A gentleman in a long coat and wearing glasses stands behind the peasa... more

Resumption of the fast express train Through to Pittsburg in 13 hours....

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 8g.

The Buck chase of 1856.

Map of Strafford County, New Hampshire /

Relief shown by hachures Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 435 Includes 26 views, 11 village plans, chart of distances, 3 directories, table of distances. Available also through the Library of Congr... more

Map of the town of Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass. /

General map showing buildings and householders' names and election districts. Relief shown by hachures. Includes 2 insets and statistical information. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... more

The departure

Immigrants waving farewell to crowd on dock, as their ship leaves. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1, no. 5 (1856 Jan. 12), p. 77 (top).

The Passport Bureau

Drawing shows a passport official examining a traveler's documentation, perhaps Taylor himself. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, ... more

Map of the State of Florida showing the progress of the surveys; from ...

Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, trails, and location of two railroad lines in the northern part of the state. Stated scale reads: 12 miles to an inch. It is corrected in ink to read 18 m... more

Slave sale, Charleston, S.C.

From a sketch by Eyre Crowe. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Nov. 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: S.C.; A... more

Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler

The artist lays on the Democrats the major blame for violence perpetrated against antislavery settlers in Kansas in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Here a bearded "freesoiler" has been bound to the "Democr... more

Egypt - Cairo - old house and masharabieh

Title from item. No. 1939? On verso: Old house & Masharabieh.

Plan of the Fairhaven Slate Quarry estate, the property of the Allen S...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows roads, buildings, railroads, and quarries. Includes inset of "Angular view of the Lower North Quarry, partly in Section: shewing the mode of working by the Pithead and Gear chain... more

Dr. Christie's Ague Balsam - a sure remedy for ague, fever and all bil...

Advertisement label with right profile of Dr. Christie's(?) head

Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania /

General-content county map showing schools, meetinghouses, smithies, inns, post-offices, etc.; does not show landowners'/householders' names. Hand col. to emphasize township/borough boundaries and territories. ... more

Great reduction. Northern passenger and freight express by Troy line o...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 8k.

The "mustang" team

The abolitionist Republican presidential ticket and its supporters in the press are the targets of the cartoon. Candidate Fremont, wearing an emigrant's smock and carrying a cross (an allusion to his rumored Ca... more

A map of the county of Pike, Pennsylvania : shewing the location and f...

Shows warrant-deed survey areas (numbered). Hand col. with area tints to show township territories. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Prime meridian: "Meridian of Philadelphia". "Entered according to A... more

How illustrated newspapers are made

Ten illustrations showing editorial rooms, engravers' room, artists at work, engraving tools, etc., at offices of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, 185... more

San Francisco MDCCCLV

Title from item. Medallion portraits of Jules Beyerque and Francois-Alfred Pioche, who commissioned the print, are in the foreground. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Wheeling girls of Hamburg

Drawing shows two women or girls doing cartwheels in the street behind a wagon while amazed travelers watch. One man sits atop the wagon. Bayard Taylor traveled through Germany in 1856 and 1857 after the death ... more

Public meeting. Parties spring from the wants of the times; and the pr...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 9, Folder 1.

The cook

African American woman in kitchen. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 12, 1856. See LC-USZ62-2571. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Samuel Houston / engd. by W.J. Edwards, from a daguerreotype.

Print shows Sam Houston, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval with scroll work border above a cartouche showing a view of the "City of Houston in Texas." Title from item. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms p... more

Everett cigarros puros superiores

Edward Everett, Senator, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, on tobacco label. By R.M. Staigg; engraved by J. Cheney.

Coloured Sculpl[superscript]s. Abydus

Title from item. No. 1906. On verso: Abydos. Colored sculp...

Egypt - Beni Hassan - Entrance to Painted Tombs

Title from item. No. 1909. On verso: Beni Hassan. Entrance to painted tombs.

Com. Perry paying his farewell visit to the Imperial commissioners at ...

Lithograph by Sarony, on stone by Heine (A size). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.

Laura Keene's Varieties [Man and woman on stage; crowded theater in ba...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving by Risdon & Conger. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 4 (1856 Jan. 5), p. 52.