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Political caricature. No. 2, Miscegenation or the millennium of abolitionism

Political caricature. No. 2, Miscegenation or the millennium of abolit...

The second in a series of anti-Lincoln satires by Bromley & Co. This number was deposited for copyright on July 1, 1864. The artist conjures up a ludicrous vision of the supposed consequences of racial equalit... More

Henry Ward Beecher / from a photograph by Rockwood & Co. of New York.

Henry Ward Beecher / from a photograph by Rockwood & Co. of New York.

Print shows Henry Ward Beecher, head-and-shoulders portrait, right porfile. B202 U.S. Copyright Office. Label on back from "The Advance Company" gives title and additional text. Copyright number inscribed in p... More

Puck's pyrotechnics - Fourth-of-July fireworks free to all / Opper & Co.

Puck's pyrotechnics - Fourth-of-July fireworks free to all / Opper & C...

Print shows a fireworks display with Puck bowing on a stage in front of a "Fan Light" featuring the likenesses of William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and Jay Gould; on stage with Puck is a hand... More

The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More

Henry Ward Beecher from photographs by Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston

Henry Ward Beecher from photographs by Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston

Photograph shows clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Gift; Connor Paul Younkin; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:151). Forms part of: Younkin collection of cartes de visite. Unprocess... More

Political caricature. No. 2, Miscegenation or the millennium of abolitionism

Political caricature. No. 2, Miscegenation or the millennium of abolit...

The second in a series of anti-Lincoln satires by Bromley & Co. This number was deposited for copyright on July 1, 1864. The artist conjures up a ludicrous vision of the supposed consequences of racial equalit... More

Puck's plan to relieve the country of two embarrassments - give Grant the surplus, and let him spend it on a little court of his own / Gillam.

Puck's plan to relieve the country of two embarrassments - give Grant ...

Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant as a king sitting on a throne, surrounded by his courtiers, identified as Rev. J.P. Newman, Henry Ward Beecher, Roscoe Conkling, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, William Belknap,... More

Cleveland's entry into Washington - March 4th. 1885 / J. Keppler.

Cleveland's entry into Washington - March 4th. 1885 / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland riding the Democratic donkey past the "Republican R.R.R. Hotel" on the way to his inauguration; he is surrounded by a host of characters that includes many political figures ... More

The Independent, [newspaper]. October 20, 1864.
Henry Ward Beecher / photo by Williamson ; eng'd. by J.A. O'Neill.

Henry Ward Beecher / photo by Williamson ; eng'd. by J.A. O'Neill.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gulliver and the party Liliputians -- they cannot bind him / Gillam.

Gulliver and the party Liliputians -- they cannot bind him / Gillam.

Illustration shows Henry Ward Beecher as Gulliver holding on his knee a small building labeled "Plymouth Church" and reaching his left hand out, in a friendly gesture, toward a crowd of "Liliputians" who are sc... More

Henry Ward Beecher / from a photograph by Rockwood & Co. of New York.

Henry Ward Beecher / from a photograph by Rockwood & Co. of New York.

Print shows a proof sheet after three stones of Henry Ward Beecher, head-and-shoulders portrait, right porfile; includes print registration marks on all sides and the color bar indicating number of stones print... More

Reason against unreason / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Reason against unreason / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows the "Light of Reason", containing bust portraits of "Johannes Kepler, I. Kant, Th. Paine, Jefferson, B. de Spinoza, Franklin, Voltaire, E.H. Haeckel, Tyndall, Huxley, [and] Darwin", beaming against ... More

The end of the republican party After "The Destruction of Jerusalem" by Kaulbach.

The end of the republican party After "The Destruction of Jerusalem" b...

After a large painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach showing the "destruction of Jerusalem", this print shows the demise of the Republican Party with various Republicans, Mugwumps, Democrats, and allegorical figures,... More

Henry Ward Beecher statue, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Henry Ward Beecher statue, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More

H.W. Beecher, portrait print - Public domain portrait engraving

H.W. Beecher, portrait print - Public domain portrait engraving

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3250

The grave of the union. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

The grave of the union. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The transfusion of blood - may the operation prove a success! / J. Keppler.

The transfusion of blood - may the operation prove a success! / J. Kep...

Illustration shows Puck standing next to the symbolic figure labeled "Independent" who is undergoing a blood transfusion with an old man labeled "Democracy" sitting in a chair; among the men depicted observing ... More

Beecher and his regiment in Canada--celebrating the Queen's birthday / Keppler.

Beecher and his regiment in Canada--celebrating the Queen's birthday /...

Composite of caricatures of Henry Ward Beecher. Illus. in: Puck, 1879 May 21, pp. 168-169.

Why they dislike him -- he will not prove himself a cat's-paw in the enterprise / Gillam.

Why they dislike him -- he will not prove himself a cat's-paw in the e...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a lion with his paw on a monkey labeled "T. Grady" on top of a rock labeled "Civil Service Reform" near a small fire in which are roasting chestnuts labeled "City Spoils, ... More

Henry Ward Beecher, portrait print

Henry Ward Beecher, portrait print

14753 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Conant, M., artist. K... More

The rival Sunday shows in Brooklyn / J. Keppler ; Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, lithographers, N.Y.

The rival Sunday shows in Brooklyn / J. Keppler ; Mayer, Merkel & Ottm...

Cartoon showing Thomas DeWitt Talmage on one side, trying to get people to come into Museum of Monstrosities, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the other side holding sign "Here you are! Solid junks of religion ..... More

[Henry Ward Beecher, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to table, facing front, holding paper in right hand] / painted by T. Hicks, N.A. ; engraved by J.C. McRae, N.Y.

[Henry Ward Beecher, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to t...

190 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed inscription with facsimile signature: I am very truly yours, Henry Ward Beecher. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by J.C. McRae, in Clerk's Office of the... More

The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.
Brother Tallman "What never?" Brother Broadman "No, never!" Brother T "What never?" Brother B "H-a-r-d-l-y ever!"

Brother Tallman "What never?" Brother Broadman "No, never!" Brother T ...

Print shows Theodore Tilton as "Brother Tallman" and Henry Ward Beecher as "Brother Broadman", full-length portraits, facing each other, standing on the sidewalk outside a building, as Tilton accuses Beecher of... More

Celebrities of the great trial "Theodore Tilton vs. Henry Ward Beecher" the verbatim report

Celebrities of the great trial "Theodore Tilton vs. Henry Ward Beecher...

78028 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Tismot, P., artist. M... More

Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a dog show where a variety of breeds are competing; in the upper left corner, labeled the "Judges' Stand" are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett (N.Y. Herald), Whi... More

Men may come, and men may go; but the work of reform shall go on forever / J. Keppler.

Men may come, and men may go; but the work of reform shall go on forev...

Illustration shows Columbia standing with Puck's figure for the "Independent" party/vote and Puck who is holding a design drawing for a statue labeled "Reform", which is under construction behind them by "D.W. ... More

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. & drawn by James E. Cook 46 Desplaines St. ; Commercial Lith. Co. 180 Clark St.

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. ...

Print shows, at center, Henry Ward Beecher with Elizabeth Tilton sitting on his lap as he embraces her, the "Holy Bible" open on her lap. Includes vignettes of the Henry Ward Beecher-Theodore Tilton scandal, in... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April 14th, 1865 Henry Ward Beecher delivering the oration on the occasion of the raising of the old flag.

Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April ...

Stereograph shows flag-festooned stage and benches within Fort Sumpter with crowd listening to Henry Ward Beecher speaking at a ceremony to raise the American flag in triumph. Corresponding glass negatives: LC... More

The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.
Brooklyn's new champion - the old-timers "knocked out" by the prayer-cure "pounder" / F. Opper.

Brooklyn's new champion - the old-timers "knocked out" by the prayer-c...

Illustration shows a boxing ring with Henry Ward Beecher, Thomas De Witt Talmage, and the "Rev. Dr. Monck" who has knocked them both out at a "Tournament of Sensationalism"; he wears a bandana labeled "Holy Hea... More

Beecher, captain of Yale foot ball team Old Judge & Gypsy Queen Cigarettes.

Beecher, captain of Yale foot ball team Old Judge & Gypsy Queen Cigare...

Cigarette card for Goodwin & Co. tobacco manufacturer shows portrait of Henry Ward Beecher, football player for Yale University. Issued by: Goodwin & Co., New York.

Our heaven born banner / painted by William Bauly ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y.

Our heaven born banner / painted by William Bauly ; lith. of Sarony, M...

A pro-Union patriotic print, evidently based on Frederic Edwin Church's small oil painting "Our Banner in the Sky" or on a chromolithograph reproducing that painting published in New York by Goupil & Co. in the... More

Our heaven born banner / painted by William Bauly ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y.

Our heaven born banner / painted by William Bauly ; lith. of Sarony, M...

A pro-Union patriotic print, evidently based on Frederic Edwin Church's small oil painting "Our Banner in the Sky" or on a chromolithograph reproducing that painting published in New York by Goupil & Co. in the... More

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the November smash-up

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...

Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More

"Evacuation day" March 4th, 1885 - a Democratic dream / Gillam. Joseph Pulitzer

"Evacuation day" March 4th, 1885 - a Democratic dream / Gillam. Joseph...

Print shows the Republican Party, laying down their arms, lead by Chester A. Arthur, with George M. Robeson, James G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, Charles J. Folger, Robert... More

"The Mulligan guard lies, but - surrenders" / J. Keppler.

"The Mulligan guard lies, but - surrenders" / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows an explosion at the "Claim Agency, Formerly Republican Head Quarters" with William M. Evarts peeking through the opening in the tent to survey the damage; several small kiosks labeled "Machin... More

"The soul of Blaine" still on the rampage / Gillam.

"The soul of Blaine" still on the rampage / Gillam.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine, wearing Elizabethan style dress, and a small band of accomplices labeled "Clapp, Reid, Murat Halstead, Elkins, [and] Mahone" making their way down a Tudor style street, marki... More

Washington St. from Fulton, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Washington St. from Fulton, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The rival Sunday shows in Brooklyn / J. Keppler ; Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, lithographers, N.Y.

The rival Sunday shows in Brooklyn / J. Keppler ; Mayer, Merkel & Ottm...

Cartoon showing Thomas DeWitt Talmage on one side, trying to get people to come into Museum of Monstrosities, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the other side holding sign "Here you are! Solid junks of religion ..... More

[Henry Ward Beecher, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to table, facing front, holding paper in right hand] / painted by T. Hicks, N.A. ; engraved by J.C. McRae, N.Y.

[Henry Ward Beecher, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to t...

190 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed inscription with facsimile signature: I am very truly yours, Henry Ward Beecher. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by J.C. McRae, in Clerk's Office of the... More

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. & drawn by James E. Cook 46 Desplaines St. ; Commercial Lith. Co. 180 Clark St.

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. ...

Print shows, at center, Henry Ward Beecher with Elizabeth Tilton sitting on his lap as he embraces her, the "Holy Bible" open on her lap. Includes vignettes of the Henry Ward Beecher-Theodore Tilton scandal, in... More

The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.
Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.

Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled "Third Term", Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, ... More

Clergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher with hat C.D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway, New York ; 108 Calle de la Habana, Habana ; 31 Passage du Havre, Paris

Clergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher with hat C.D. Fredricks ...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, January 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (L... More

Clergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher with hat C.D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway, New York ; 108 Calle de la Habana, Habana ; 31 Passage du Havre, Paris

Clergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher with hat C.D. Fredricks ...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, January 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (L... More

Contraband's song of freedom - American Civil War sheet music
Proclamation emancipation, [Smith/Rosenthal].
Henry Ward Beecher statue, Brooklyn, N.Y

Henry Ward Beecher statue, Brooklyn, N.Y

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016937. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.
Contraband's song of freedom - American Civil War sheet music
Christian Repository, [newspaper]. July 1, 1865.
The  War song of the Union - Public domain music sheet scan
Ho! For the Kansas plains - Public domain  engraving

Ho! For the Kansas plains - Public domain engraving

An illustrated sheet music cover for an antislavery song, dedicated to abolitionist spokesman Henry Ward Beecher. The illustration features a roundel illustration of the burning of the Free State Hotel in Lawre... More

Appalling circumstance! The President dead! Escape of the Murderer!
Christian Repository, [newspaper]. July 1, 1865.
The  War song of the Union - American Civil War sheet music
Celebrities of the great trial "Theodore Tilton vs. Henry Ward Beecher." The verbatim report / Ed. W. Welcke & Bro. photo. lithographers, N.Y.

Celebrities of the great trial "Theodore Tilton vs. Henry Ward Beecher...

Print shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Chief Justice Joseph Neilson surrounded by head-and-shoulders portraits of 17 people, including S.D. Morris, Theodore Tilton, Francis D. Moulton, and Henry Ward Beecher.

Henry Ward Beecher from photographs by Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston

Henry Ward Beecher from photographs by Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston

Photograph shows clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Gift; Connor Paul Younkin; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:151). Forms part of: Younkin collection of cartes de visite. Unprocess... More

The Independent, [newspaper]. October 20, 1864.

The Independent, [newspaper]. October 20, 1864.

Picryl description: Public domain periodicals page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  War song of the Union - American Civil War sheet music
Marshall's Beecher, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

Marshall's Beecher, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

13212 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Marshall, W.E., copyr... More

Pioneers of freedom - Public domain monumental decor print

Pioneers of freedom - Public domain monumental decor print

Individual portraits of Charles Sumner, Henry Ward Beecher, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith, Horace Greeley, and Henry Wilson. Copyright by B.B. Russell & Co., Boston.

Puck's coaching parade, 1883 / F. Opper.

Puck's coaching parade, 1883 / F. Opper.

Illustration shows eight stagecoaches in a procession, each jammed with passengers; riding in the first coach, labeled "Republican Harmony Coach", are Chester A. Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, James G. Blaine, John A... More

Washington St. from Fulton, Brooklyn, N.Y

Washington St. from Fulton, Brooklyn, N.Y

Viewed from City Hall; Phoenix Insurance Building at far left, Continental Insurance Company Building middle left, Beecher statue in foreground. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072145. Cadman Plaza. Gift; State Hist... More

Contraband's song of freedom - American Civil War sheet music
Christian Repository, [newspaper]. July 1, 1865.

Christian Repository, [newspaper]. July 1, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain periodicals page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April 14th, 1865 Henry Ward Beecher delivering the oration on the occasion of the raising of the old flag.

Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April ...

Stereograph shows flag-festooned stage and benches within Fort Sumpter with crowd listening to Henry Ward Beecher speaking at a ceremony to raise the American flag in triumph. Corresponding glass negatives: LC... More

The  War song of the Union - American Civil War sheet music
The  War song of the Union - American Civil War sheet music
President Lincoln in 1861. Significant extract from his inaugural address.

President Lincoln in 1861. Significant extract from his inaugural addr...

Belonged to Henry Ward Beecher. Brought back to U. S. from England by him. Purchased on Stern fund.

The only thing he won't kiss J. Keppler

The only thing he won't kiss J. Keppler

Cartoon showing man holding Bible and Henry Ward Beecher with right hand raised. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's budget of fun, 1875 June, no. 207, p. 1.

Contraband's song of freedom - American Civil War sheet music
Christian Repository, [newspaper]. July 1, 1865.