The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, who escaped from ...
A somewhat comic yet sympathetic portrayal of the culminating episode in the flight of slave Henry Brown "who escaped from Richmond Va. in a Box 3 feet long, 2-1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide." In the office of the... More
The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, who escaped from ...
A somewhat comic yet sympathetic portrayal of the culminating episode in the flight of slave Henry Brown "who escaped from Richmond Va. in a Box 3 feet long, 2-1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide." In the office of the... More
A dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work ...
An imaginative and biting satire on Harriet Beecher Stowe and her recently published antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Printed serially beginning in June 1851, the novel first appeared in book form in 1852... More
The right man for the right place
Another satire complimentary to Fillmore, whose campaign slogan was "the right man in the right place." Fillmore was nominated at the American party's February 22 convention in Philadelphia. Here he is the embo... More
Specie claws. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A melodramatic portrayal of the plight of the tradesman during the Panic of 1837, whose financial distress the artist ascribes to Loco Foco politics and the effects of the Specie Circular, or "Specie Clause." T... More
A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the humane British and their ...
An anonymous copy of a print by William Charles in 1812; cruder but similar in detail. Lanmon cites copies in reverse of the Charles print with the signature "LG," but this copy is neither reversed nor signed.... More
Great speech of Clay -- bran bread is riz!!!
Henry Clay's November 1847 address to a public meeting in Lexington, Kentucky, condemning the Polk administration's prosecution of the Mexican War and opposing the pondered annexation of all of Mexican territor... More
A boxing match, or another bloody nose for John Bull / W. Charles, del...
The artist gloats over naval losses suffered by England early in the War of 1812, in particular the defeat of the warship "Boxer" by the American frigate "Enterprise" in September 1813. King George III stands ... More
The seven stages of the office seeker / Clay, fecit.
A satire on patronage and corruption in New York State politics, based on the medieval theme, perpetuated in American folk art, of the "life and ages of man." Here the seven stages are illustrated as key points... More
The spirit of 61. God, our country and liberty!!
Columbia, armed with a sword and grasping an American flag, advances toward the left. She strikes an aggressive pose and has a stern, almost fierce demeanor. The motto "GOD, OUR COUNTRY AND LIBERTY,!!" appears ... More
The spirit of 61. God, our country and liberty!!
Columbia, armed with a sword and grasping an American flag, advances toward the left. She strikes an aggressive pose and has a stern, almost fierce demeanor. The motto "GOD, OUR COUNTRY AND LIBERTY,!!" appears ... More
Grand National Democratic banner. Press onward
One of several campaign banners Nathaniel Currier is known to have produced for the Democrats in 1844. It features two laurel-wreathed, oval portraits of Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates... More
Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856
Fremont and his abolitionist supporters are ridiculed. In particular, the artist condemns the Republican candidate's alliance with New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley and Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher's r... More
American citizens! We appeal to you in all calmness. Is it not time to...
An advertisement announcing publication of the "American Citizen," a short-lived nativist newspaper. The broadside is illustrated with an elaborate and venomous anti-Catholic scene. At left a temple of Liberty ... More
Grand national union banner for 1864. Liberty, union and victory
Print shows a campaign banner for 1864 Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln and running mate Andrew Johnson. A drawn curtain reveals bust portraits of the two candidates in roundels framed in oak l... More
The great match at Baltimore, between the "Illinois Bantam" and the "O...
Dissension within the Democratic party in 1860 and Stephen A. Douglas's capture of the party's presidential nomination at the party's May convention are satirized as a cockfight. Douglas stands, the victorious ... More
The great Republican Reform Party, calling on their candidate
Fremont is portrayed as the champion of a motley array of radicals and reformers. As he stands patiently at far right he is "called upon" by (left to right): a temperance advocate, a cigar-smoking, trousered su... More
A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...
A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More
United American. Patriotism, charity, harmony., engraving, Library of ...
An idealized portrayal of a member of the nativist Order of United Americans, a society founded in New York in 1844 as the American Brotherhood. (The organization acquired its present name the following year.) ... More
Major General Zachary Taylor / drawn by S. Wallin, from a late sketch ...
A full-length standing portrait of Mexican War hero Zachary Taylor. Although issued in 1847, this poster-sized woodcut was probably designed with the 1848 U.S. presidential campaign in mind. The Library also ha... More
National Union Republican nomination. For president General U.S. Grant...
A large, color campaign poster for Grant and Colfax. Bust portraits of the two candidates are framed in ovals emblazoned with stars. Flanking them are standing allegorical figures Justice (left), blindfolded a... More
Letter from Thomas Jefferson, to Mr. Weightman, late Mayor of Washingt...
An allegory of printing and liberty, illustrating a broadside of a June 24, 1826, letter from Thomas Jefferson on American democracy. The female figure of Liberty displays to the Four Continents the art of prin... More
Soloque. Emperor of Hayti, creating a grand duke
Published & for sale by J.L. Magee, no. 34 Mott St, NY. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Chevy Chase or the bank runner (how Burrows ran on the 1st of Novr. & ...
Entered according to the Act of Congress by William Kelly, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of the City of New York. Inscribed in ink above image: Depos... More
New standard of justice - Public domain book illustration, Library of ...
Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
The heads of two great nations have at last come to the situation of t...
A pro-Jackson commentary on the confrontation between the United States and France over reparations due the U.S. under the Treaty of 1831 (See "Spirit of the Times" no. 1836-4). The situation reached crisis int... More
Spirit of the times - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...
Satire on the diplomatic crisis and threat of hostilities between the United States and France over the latter's refusal to pay indemnifications set by the Treaty of 1831. The situation was exacerbated by remar... More
Sub treasurers taking long steps, or The magician broke down
Entered according to Act of Congress, in 1838 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of N.Y. Printed & published by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt & 11 ... More
Called to account, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
Once more the House of Representatives investigation of Treasury practices under the Van Buren administration in connection with the Swartwout embezzlement scandal. (See above nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The print... More
Granny Harrison delivering the country of the executive Federalist
A satire on the Van Buren administration challenged by Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. Harrison, dressed as a woman, tries to remove Van Buren from his throne with a midwife's forceps. Van... More
Fanny Ellsler's last seranade or the soap-locks disgraceful attack upo...
A riot scene: German parade musicians (possibly accompanying touring ballerina Fanny Elssler) are attacked and beaten with their own instruments by a gang of toughs (or "Soap-Locks" for the long, soaped hair lo... More
See our torn flag still waving - Public domain book illustration
An illustrated sheet music cover glorifying the nativist cause, produced shortly after the bloody anti-Catholic riots in Kensington, Philadelphia, of May 1844. The song was composed and arranged by James W. Po... More
The four traitors, who most infamously sold themselves to the Dorrites...
An illustrated broadside reviling four Rhode Island Whigs who broke party ranks to support a popular movement to free imprisoned radical Thomas Wilson Dorr. (On the Dorr Rebellion see also "Trouble in the Spart... More
Present Presidential position. Book illustration from Library of Congr...
Once again Polk's handling of the Oregon territorial dispute between the United States and Great Britain is criticized. (See "Polk's Dream" and "War! or No War!" nos. 1846-2 and 1846-4). Here the artist seems t... More
The national union - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
A patriotic, illustrated sheet music cover for a song composed by Charles Collins, Jr., and dedicated to Kentucky senator Henry Clay. The work celebrates Clay's efforts to preserve the Union, and was a product ... More
White Mountains in labour - Political cartoon, public domain image
The artist belittles the Democrats' relatively undistinguished choice for presidential nominee in 1852, Franklin Pierce. The cartoon is based on Aesop's fable about the mountain which, being in labor, groaned s... More
Strong's dime caricatures. No. 1, Domestic troubles
The first in a series of four satires published by Thomas W. Strong, criticizing the secession movement in the South during the closing months of the Buchanan administration. (This impression was deposited for ... More
Down with the traitors serpent flag
An illustrated unionist sheet music cover, condemning secessionist state South Carolina, and probably issued shortly after its Charleston Convention of December 20, 1860. (See "The Palmetto State Song," no. 186... More
Jeff Davis, on his own platform, or the last "act of secession"
Another state of no. 1861-23, with the addition of a skull and crossbones drawn on Davis's chest. Probably published by Currier & Ives, New York. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 129.... More
First candidate out for president of the United States in 1876
6265 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1875 by J.W. Shiveley, Alexandria, Va. Endicott & Co. Lith. 57 Beekman St. N.Y. Promotional print published to advertize a pamphlet, Lectures by the first candidate out for ... More
New Hampshire delegation. Young Men's National Convention
A campaign badge produced for the New Hampshire delegation to the Baltimore "Young Men's National Convention" of May 4, 1840. It is quite similar to the "Poor Man's Friend" badge (no. 1840-9), having the rounde... More
Z. Taylor, the people's choice, inaugurated March 5th, 1849
A commemorative badge for the inauguration of President Zachary Taylor. Taylor was sworn in on March 5, a day later than the customary inauguration date, which in 1849 fell on a Sunday. The badge features a bus... More
Theory. Practice. Effect - Print, Library of Congress collection
An unusual, three-part wood engraving attributing John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the influence of the proslavery secret society, the Knights of the Golden Circle. Lincoln was shot by Bo... More
The man of the people! Governor Horatio Seymour. Elected by ten thousa...
A dramatic apotheosis, commemorating Horatio Seymour's 1862 election as governor of New York. In the center is a bust portrait of Seymour with the word "Union" below. Above him in the sky is Liberty or Columbia... More
The constitutional amendment!. Book illustration from Library of Congr...
One of a number of highly racist posters issued as part of a smear campaign against Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee John White Geary by supporters of Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer. (See also... More
![[Proof for an American flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvcHJvb2YtZm9yLWFuLWFtZXJpY2FuLWZsYWctY2FtcGFpZ24tYmFubmVyLWZvci1qb2huLWMtYnJlY2tpbnJpZGdlLWFuZC1qb3NlcGgtODI2OTM5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/26/webp "[Proof for an American flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane]")
[Proof for an American flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge a...
A proof specimen on paper for a campaign banner for Southern Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. The banner consists of an American flag pattern printed in reverse. It was probably intended ... More
The Republican Party going to the right House
Abraham Lincoln's supporters are portrayed as radicals and eccentrics of various stripes. The satire is loosely based on an anti-Fremont cartoon from the previous presidential race, "The Great Republican Reform... More
A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the "humane" British and thei...
Charles denounces British and Indian depredations on the American frontier during the War of 1812, alluding specifically to the practice of offering bounties for American scalps. The cartoon may have been prom... More
Pilgrims' progress - Political cartoon, public domain image
Democratic party war-horse Andrew Jackson appears frequently in the satires of the 1844 election campaign. Here, wearing a long frock coat and tall hat, he leads a donkey carrying Democratic candidates Polk and... 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
John Bull makes a discovery, Confederate States of America.
An anti-British satire, reflecting Northern fears of English assistance to the Confederacy. The print probably appeared in late 1862 or early 1863, when a cotton shortage caused by the Union blockade of Confede... More
![Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. No. 37 / G. Kaehrle [Gabriel Kaehrle].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLW9mLWlsbGlub2lzLWFuZHJldy1qb2huc29uLW9mLXRlbm5lc3NlZS1uby0zNy1nLWthZWhybGUtZ2FicmllbC00Y2I5NDItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. No. 37 / G. Kaehrle [Gabriel Kaehrle].")
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. No. 37 / G. ...
Print shows a campaign banner for the Republican ticket in the 1864 presidential election. It consists of facing bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln (left) and Andrew Johnson (right). Below each portrait is an id... More
The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns....
A sentimentalized allegory "Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln" of the reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Kimmel and Forster also produced two si... More
The Presidents of the United States. Liberty and union / lith. of G. &...
A commemorative print published after the inauguration of President James K. Polk. The design incorporates oval bust portraits of the eleven Presidents arranged in an oval with Washington in the center and Polk... More
The great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) ov...
Satire on the presidential election of 1852, showing Winfield Scott, Daniel Webster, and Franklin Pierce competing in a footrace before a crowd of onlookers for a $100,000 prize (the four-year salary for a pres... More
Grand National Republican banner, US Democratic party
Print shows a campaign banner for the 1876 Republican presidential ticket. Bust portraits of Ohio governor Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler are framed with laurel wreaths. Above them hang swags of dra... More
The shackle broken - by the genius of freedom / lith. & print by E. Sa...
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Westward the march of empire takes it flight / lith. by Baker, 8 Wall ...
A grand Whig campaign broadside, with text "A brief sketch of the principal events in the lives of William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler . . ." written by Benjamin Owen Tyler. The biographies highlight the can... More
The adventures of General Beauregard and his charger--In four parts
A folding comic puzzle in which the heads of Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard and a donkey switch bodies. An example of mass of anti-Beauregard material published in the north after the outbreak of hostili... More
"Taking the stump" or Stephen in search of his mother
A satire on Douglas's July 1860 campaign tour of upstate New York and New England. (See also "Stephen Finding His Mother," no. 1860-35.) Here a double-entendre in the use of the word "stump," playing on its use... More
![The great American tanner / Thomas Worth. sketch ; on stone by [John] Cameron.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTQvdGhlLWdyZWF0LWFtZXJpY2FuLXRhbm5lci10aG9zLXdvcnRoLXNrZXRjaC1vbi1zdG9uZS1ieS1qb2huLWNhbWVyb24tYjczYjcyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "The great American tanner / Thomas Worth. sketch ; on stone by [John] Cameron.")
The great American tanner / Thomas Worth. sketch ; on stone by [John] ...
An election-year cartoon invoking both Grant's humble beginnings as a tanner and his successful Civil War military career. Before the war Grant had worked in his family's leather goods establishment in Galena, ... More
The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.
Another of several large prints commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats... More
The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...
A slightly altered version of another print by the same title also issued by Metcalf and Clark (no. 1870-2), commemorating the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment and its celebration in Baltimore. In the cente... More
John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...
A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More
Dress, the most distinguishing mark of a military genius / designed an...
Caricature of a military officer, which appeared in "Advice to the Officers of the Army, to the Officers of Ordinance, and to the Secretary of War" (Philadelphia: Matthew McConnel, 1813). Title appears as writ... More
The nations bulwark. A well disciplined militia
A satire on the Philadelphia militia, the first and apparently only number issued in a projected series of "Sketches of Character" by Edward Williams Clay. In the center an officer reviews a disorderly line of ... More
![Passmore Williamson, in Moyamensing Prison for alledged contempt of court / on stone by E[mil] Luders ; lith. of A[ugust] Kollner, Philadelphia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvcGFzc21vcmUtd2lsbGlhbXNvbi1pbi1tb3lhbWVuc2luZy1wcmlzb24tZm9yLWFsbGVkZ2VkLWNvbnRlbXB0LW9mLWNvdXJ0LW9uLTczNTkwMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Passmore Williamson, in Moyamensing Prison for alledged contempt of court / on stone by E[mil] Luders ; lith. of A[ugust] Kollner, Philadelphia.")
Passmore Williamson, in Moyamensing Prison for alledged contempt of co...
An unusual informal portrait of the secretary of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, seated in a prison cell. Williamson was sentenced on July 22, 1855, to imprisonment for his "false return" (i.e., evasive tes... More
Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"
The artist portrays a President tormented by nightmares of defeat in the election of 1864. The print probably appeared late in the campaign. (The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on September 22.) Lin... More
Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"
The artist portrays a President tormented by nightmares of defeat in the election of 1864. The print probably appeared late in the campaign. (The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on September 22.) Lin... More
Henry Clay / Ino. Neagle, pinxit, 1843 ; engraved by John Sartain from...
A formal campaign portrait of Whig presidential candidate Henry Clay, after the painting by John Neagle done at Ashland, Clay's estate in Kentucky. As this print's legend states, the original was painted "by th... More
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 American flag, a new national lyric by Revd. J.B. Dickson of Scotl...
Woman dressed in red, white, and blue, with stars on skirt, holding sword and U.S. flag.
N. Tom o' logical studies. The great tumble bug of Missouri, bent-on r...
A caricature of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton, as an insect rolling a large ball "Expunging Resolution" uphill toward the Capitol. The print employs Benton's own metaphor of rolling a ball for his uphill ... More
The modern balaam and his ass - Political cartoon, public domain image
Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Southerner rights segars. Expressly manufactured for Georgia & Alabama...
A considerably idealized view of slave life in the American South, appearing on a printed label for cigars "expressly manufactured for Georgia and Alabama." The New York firm Salomon Brothers may have sought to... More
![The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXByYWlyaWUtZG9nLXNpY2tlbmVkLWF0LXRoZS1zdGluZy1vZi10aGUtaG9ybmV0LW9yLWEtZGlwbG9tYXRpYy1wdXBwZXQtNDRiOTU5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.")
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...
James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More
The right man for the right place
Another satire complimentary to Fillmore, whose campaign slogan was "the right man in the right place." Fillmore was nominated at the American party's February 22 convention in Philadelphia. Here he is the embo... More
![Reconstruction / eng. by J.L. Giles, N.Y. ; printed by F[rancis] Ratellier, 171 Broadway, N.Y.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvcmVjb25zdHJ1Y3Rpb24tZW5nLWJ5LWpsLWdpbGVzLW55LXByaW50ZWQtYnktZnJhbmNpcy1yYXRlbGxpZXItMTcxLWJyb2Fkd2F5LWFmYjRjOC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "Reconstruction / eng. by J.L. Giles, N.Y. ; printed by F[rancis] Ratellier, 171 Broadway, N.Y.")
Reconstruction / eng. by J.L. Giles, N.Y. ; printed by F[rancis] Rate...
Print shows a grand allegory of the reconciliation of North and South through the federal program of Reconstruction. Visionary in its breadth and scale, the work is a remarkable combination of religious and pat... More
The seven stages of the office seeker / Clay, fecit.
A satire on patronage and corruption in New York State politics, based on the medieval theme, perpetuated in American folk art, of the "life and ages of man." Here the seven stages are illustrated as key points... More
War! Or no war - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress
Another cartoon relating to the dispute between the United States and Great Britain over the northern boundary of American territory in Oregon. Opinion was sharply divided between support for a compromise claim... More
Grand National Democratic banner. Press onward
One of several campaign banners Nathaniel Currier is known to have produced for the Democrats in 1844. It features two laurel-wreathed, oval portraits of Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates... More
Democratic reformers in search of a head
A mild parody on the strife and corruption within the New York Democratic party. In 1876 Tammany leader "Honest John" Kelly used his power over rank-and-file Democrats to oppose New York governor Samuel Tilden'... More
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
Grand national union banner for 1860. The candidates and their platfor...
Print shows a campaign banner for Constitutional Union party presidential and vice presidential candidates Bell and Everett. The two men stand before a large curtain, their hands resting on the Constitution. Be... More
The great match at Baltimore, between the "Illinois Bantam" and the "O...
Dissension within the Democratic party in 1860 and Stephen A. Douglas's capture of the party's presidential nomination at the party's May convention are satirized as a cockfight. Douglas stands, the victorious ... More
The great Republican Reform Party, calling on their candidate
Fremont is portrayed as the champion of a motley array of radicals and reformers. As he stands patiently at far right he is "called upon" by (left to right): a temperance advocate, a cigar-smoking, trousered su... More
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
Emancipation Ordinance of Missouri. An ordinance abolishing slavery in...
One of two splendid, large allegorical prints commemorating the ordinance providing for the immediate emancipation of slaves in Missouri. (See also no. 1865-1.) The ordinance was passed on January 11, 1865, thr... More
Scene in Chatham Square - by a spectator
Cartoon shows a duel between Saul, who has the head of a donkey, and Stoningham in Chatham Square. Both men sit on horseback at a "distance [of] 2 rods," while three other man standing between them bet on the o... More
![Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Africa"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzYvMDEvMDEvamlubm9vd2luZS1pZS1nZW51aW5lLWpvaG5zb24tdGlja2V0LWNhcnJ5aW5nLXRoZS13YXItaW50by1hZnJpY2EtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/110/webp "Jinnoowine [i.e. \"genuine\"] Johnson ticket. \"Carrying the war into Africa\"")
Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Afr...
An illustrated election ticket for the presidential campaign of 1836. Oddly, the ticket lists Ohio's Democratic electors for Van Buren while making a vicious and obscene slur on the wife of his running-mate Ri... More
Capitol fashions for 1837 - Public domain book illustration
A caricature of President Martin Van Buren issued during the Panic of 1837, strongly critical of his continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies. Particular reference is made to the Specie ... More
The disappointed abolitionists. Book illustration from Library of Cong...
Three men at left, one saying, "Verily friend Darg since we have returned thee thy money, I claim the reward of $1000 - Brother Barney Corse was merely my agent, verily!" Another "Yea verily I was but thy instr... More
A bull chase. The words of the wise, are as goads
Another satire on the special committee of the House of Representatives investigating Van Buren's Treasury Department. The committee, chaired by James Harlan but dominated by Henry A. Wise of Virginia, centered... More
The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!
A parody of Democratic efforts to reelect incumbent Martin Van Buren in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The print is a crude woodcut evidently based on Napoleon Saro... More
Notice to quit. March 4th 1841 - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
An optimistic Whig artist (probably Edward Williams Clay) portrays Martin Van Buren's evacuation of the White House on Inauguration Day 1841. A disgruntled Van Buren descends the steps, muttering "Our sufferin... More
The masked battery or Loco-Foco strategy
Another commentary on the Texas question (see "Texas Coming In," no. 1844-28), illustrating Democratic campaign strategy as advanced by Andrew Jackson. The idea of the annexation of Texas, repudiated by many of... More
A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration
"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... More
The telegraphic candidates - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
In a race between the railroad and the telegraph the "telegraphic candidates," Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, are first to the White House. The artist ridicules Zachary Taylor for his hazy stance on major ca... More
After a little while - Public domain book illustration, Library of Con...
A pro-Republican campaign print casting Lincoln as peacemaker, and as the hope for reconciliation between the North and South. The top half of the composition represents the North and the bottom the South. In... More
A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...
The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal... More