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)
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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[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
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