President Taylor and his cabinet / drawn on stone by Davignon & Hoffma...
Print showing President Taylor standing in front of his cabinet officers, seated from left, Reverdy Johnson, Attorney General, William M. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, William B. Preston, Secretary of th... More
[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]
Whig Senator from Delaware, 1829-1836, 1845-1849, 1853-1856; U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-1850. Scratched on back of plate: 15; Hon. John M. Clayton (Del.), Sec'y State Prest. Taylor's Cabinet/John M.Clayton, ... 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
President Taylor and his cabinet / drawn on stone by Davignon & Hoffma...
Print showing President Taylor standing in front of his cabinet officers, seated from left, Reverdy Johnson, Attorney General, William M. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, William B. Preston, Secretary of th... More
John M. Clayton, head-and-shoulders length studio portrait, facing lef...
Inscribed in pencil on mount: Portrait of John M. Clayton. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.
[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]
Whig Senator from Delaware, 1829-1836, 1845-1849, 1853-1856; U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-1850. Scratched on back of plate: 15; Hon. John M. Clayton (Del.), Sec'y State Prest. Taylor's Cabinet/John M.Clayton, ... More
The Clay statue. A model of a man. Designed by the goddess of liberty
The artist lionizes Kentucky senator Henry Clay, author of the Compromise of 1850, and slams his political foes and critics of the compromise, particularly those in the Taylor administration. A text in the lowe... More