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Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and loss of life in Salt River

Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and ...

Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Called to account, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

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

[Envelope addressed to Genl. Henry A. Wise, Roanoke Island, N. Carolina]

[Envelope addressed to Genl. Henry A. Wise, Roanoke Island, N. Carolin...

Handwritten envelope addressed to General Henry Alexander Wise of General & Staff Confederate States Infantry Regiment; bears 5-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljen... More

The main question - Victorian era public domain image

The main question - Victorian era public domain image

Satire on the escalation of tensions during the Maine-New Brunswick border conflict in February and March 1839. The dispute involved the claim to valuable, timber-rich territory in the Aroostook region. The are... More

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More

Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

The second of two particularly well-drawn caricatures by the same artist, on the subject of the 1839 congressional probe of Van Buren's Treasury Department. (See above, nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The inquiry was ... More

Going up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Going up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...

Political cartoons friendly to Van Buren were the rare exception during the 1840 campaign. Here the artist parodies the exploitation by Whig politicians of populist candidate William Henry Harrison. Martin Van ... More

A bull chase. The words of the wise, are as goads

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

"Worse than a Spanish Inquisition", Political Cartoon

"Worse than a Spanish Inquisition", Political Cartoon

A commentary on the workings of the January 1839 congressional probe of the Treasury Department in the wake of the Swartwout embezzlement. (See "Price Current" and "Sub Treasurers Meeting in England," nos. 1838... More

The political dancing Jack: a holiday fift for sucking Whigs!!

The political dancing Jack: a holiday fift for sucking Whigs!!

A rare anti-Whig satire, giving a cynical view of the party's image-building and manipulation of candidate William Henry Harrison. Two influential Whigs, Senator Henry Clay (left) and Congressman Henry A. Wise,... More

Henry A. Wise, Representative from Virginia

Henry A. Wise, Representative from Virginia

Print shows Henry A. Wise, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. 151 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone. Printed at bottom: "The Union of the Whigs for the sake of the Union!"... More

Henry A. Wise, representative from Virginia from life on stone by Chs. Fenderich ; P.S. Duval's Lith. Press, Philadelphia

Henry A. Wise, representative from Virginia from life on stone by Chs....

Print shows Henry A. Wise, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Printed at bottom: "The Union of the Whigs for the sake of the Union!" Publication date based on ... More

[Henry Alexander Wise, half-length portrait, facing right, arms folded]

[Henry Alexander Wise, half-length portrait, facing right, arms folded...

Copyright by C. Bohn. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry A. Wise, representative from Virginia from life on stone by Chs. Fenderich ; P.S. Duval's Lith. Press, Philadelphia

Henry A. Wise, representative from Virginia from life on stone by Chs....

Print shows Henry A. Wise, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Printed at bottom: "The Union of the Whigs for the sake of the Union!" Publication date based on ... More

Confederate chieftains Engd. by J.C. Buttre, New York

Confederate chieftains Engd. by J.C. Buttre, New York

Head-and-shoulders portraits, in ovals, of Judah P. Benjamin, Henry A. Wise, R. Barnwell Rhett, Alexander H. Stephens, James M. Mason, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, John Slidell, William L. Yancey, Robert Too... More

Professor Wise, performing a surgical operation in Congress Hall

Professor Wise, performing a surgical operation in Congress Hall

Representative Henry A. Wise, vociferous opponent of the Van Buren administration, is portrayed as a surgeon, operating on Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury. The satire refers to the cross-examination of Woodbur... More

Henry A. Wise, representative from Virginia from life on stone by Chs. Fenderich ; P.S. Duval's Lith. Press, Philadelphia

Henry A. Wise, representative from Virginia from life on stone by Chs....

Print shows Henry A. Wise, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Printed at bottom: "The Union of the Whigs for the sake of the Union!" Publication date based on ... More

The main question. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The main question. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Satire on the escalation of tensions during the Maine-New Brunswick border conflict in February and March 1839. The dispute involved the claim to valuable, timber-rich territory in the Aroostook region. The are... More