The Presidential fishing party of 1848
The cartoonist takes a dim view of all but Zachary Taylor's chances for the presidency in his commentary on the election campaign of 1848. The candidates fish from opposing banks of a river filled with fish bea... 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
Can you rest one hand on the sacred altar of Liberty, and with the oth...
A strongly pro-Van Buren cartoon, espousing the antislavery platform of the Free Soil party and condemning Whigs and conservative Democrats alike. The artist also reflects the lingering bitterness among many De... 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
Can you rest one hand on the sacred altar of Liberty, and with the oth...
A strongly pro-Van Buren cartoon, espousing the antislavery platform of the Free Soil party and condemning Whigs and conservative Democrats alike. The artist also reflects the lingering bitterness among many De... 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
![The great American tanner / Thomas Worth. sketch ; on stone by [John] Cameron.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTQvdGhlLWdyZWF0LWFtZXJpY2FuLXRhbm5lci10aG9zLXdvcnRoLXNrZXRjaC1vbi1zdG9uZS1ieS1qb2huLWNhbWVyb24tNTU1YjZkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/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 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 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 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
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
The political "Siamese" twins, the offspring of Chicago miscegenation
The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1864 election is ridiculed here. The ar... 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 political "Siamese" twins, the offspring of Chicago miscegenation
The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1864 election is ridiculed here. The ar... More