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White Mountains in labour - Political cartoon, public domain image

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

The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Puck magazine cover - Self-supporter Sammy / F. Opper.

Puck magazine cover - Self-supporter Sammy / F. Opper.

Print shows two images of Samuel J. Tilden, dressed identically, to the left and right of a barrel full of coins, labeled with monogram "SJT"; papers extending from their pockets state "For President, S.J. Tild... More

Getting them into line for 1884 / Gillam.

Getting them into line for 1884 / Gillam.

Print shows Benjamin F. Butler as a military officer sitting on a horse, gesturing with his "Programme" to a snickering man labeled "Solid South" to get him to fall into line with Butler's support for his presi... More

Put 'em on ice! / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Put 'em on ice! / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam putting politicians, newspaper editors, and others on "Ice" in an icehouse to keep them cool until campaign time for the presidential election. Among those depicted are Ulysses S. G... More

"A sail! A sail!!" / J. Keppler.

"A sail! A sail!!" / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Dem. Party" on the rocky coast of a deserted island, nearby is an empty jug labeled "Bourbonism the Only Subsistence for 16 Years (1860-76)" and a broken cask labeled "For 8 ... More

The bogus workingman and his lonsome boom / F. Opper.

The bogus workingman and his lonsome boom / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a laborer standing next to a box of tools labeled "Tools for Exhibition Purposes", telling his valet, labeled "Butler's Valet" to "keep an eye on the valuables", at whos... More

The return from exile / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

The return from exile / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows William McKinley, as Napoleon I, riding a white horse labeled "Ohio" and carrying a sword labeled "McKinley", on the banks of a river, leading an army that includes Benjamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed... More

Caricature, A bad outlook for him, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A bad outlook for him, public domain cartoon image

Print shows a man labeled "Bossism" armed with weapons labeled "False Count", "Fraudulent Registration", "Intimidation", and "Deals"; behind him are two policemen labeled "Independent Democrat" and "Independent... More

Caught in his own trap / Dalrymple.

Caught in his own trap / Dalrymple.

Print shows David B. Hill caught in a large claw-type animal trap labeled "Nomination for N.Y. Governorship"; a sign posted next to the trap states "This Trap was set by David B. Hill to catch an Anti-Snapper".... More

Coxey'[s ... patern]alism" / C.J. Taylor.

Coxey'[s ... patern]alism" / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows "Gen. Coxey" carrying a sword labeled "Sensation" and leading a band of disgruntled citizens marching under the banner "We Want $500,000,000 in Irredeemable Money! and Death to Interest on Bonds!"; ... More

Too much like Cæsar / C.J. Taylor.

Too much like Cæsar / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Benjamin Harrison as Caesar, standing in the foreground, wearing a Roman toga and a laurel wreath; Thomas B. Reed as Cassius and William McKinley as Brutus are standing in the background, wearing Ro... More

The poster craze in candidateville / C.J. Taylor.

The poster craze in candidateville / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam strolling through a maze of presidential campaign posters along "Presidential Avenue" being posted by several of the candidates, including William "McKinley on his High Charger 'War-Tariff... More

No party lines when the national honor is in peril / Dalrymple.

No party lines when the national honor is in peril / Dalrymple.

Print shows the combined forces of the gold standard supporters, including some newspaper editors, and a reluctant William McKinley, marching under the standard "The Nation's Credit Must Be Upheld", toward a fo... More

The old leading man retires / J.S. Pughe.

The old leading man retires / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Matthew S. Quay and Thomas C. Platt holding papers labeled "Great Republican Farce Comedy - Presidential Aspirations - Star Part", with Thomas B. Reed, William B. Allison, William McKinley and Levi ... More

He did not think so in '92 / Keppler.

He did not think so in '92 / Keppler.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan casting a vote for the nomination of J.B. Weaver, the Populist Party candidate in 1892, instead of the Democratic Party candidate, Grover Cleveland. Bryan supported the "Popul... More

Impudence / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Impudence / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering his small, ineffective umbrella labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-trust," and "Anti-Expansion," to a woman labeled "Columbia" who is carrying a more effective umbrella ... More

A hint to the Democratic convention / Keppler.

A hint to the Democratic convention / Keppler.

Illustration showing Puck holding an artist's palette and brushes, with a box of paints at his feet, gesturing toward a portarit of Richard Olney, labeled "Straight Democracy." Caption: Puck Here is an able D... More

Picking his way / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Picking his way / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled "Republican Party" walking on stilts labeled "Senate" and "House" on a path covered with eggs labeled "Monopoly, High Tariff Excuses, 'Bad Trusts', Labor Quest... More

Transformed / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Transformed / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows an old woman labeled "Miss Democracy" riding on the Democratic donkey along a dirt road labeled "Political Pike"; there is a banner labeled "S and S" (Safe and Sane) hanging from the donkey's... More

Puck magazine cover - Theodore Roosevelt - Time! / J.S. Pughe.

Puck magazine cover - Theodore Roosevelt - Time! / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker as boxers in a boxing ring, shaking hands before the start of the match; Uncle Sam, as the referee, stands in the background. Illus. in: Puck... More

A wolf from Wolfert's Roost / Keppler.

A wolf from Wolfert's Roost / Keppler.

Illustration shows Alton B. Parker(?) as a wolf wearing a sheep skin labeled "Parker Boom" standing on a bluff overlooking a herd of sheep labeled "Democratic Patronage". Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1420 (1904... More

The retirement of David / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

The retirement of David / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows David B. Hill as a farm wife feeding chickens, geese, and pigs, with several vignette scenes showing Hill working the farm, shopping, and pontificating to a group of hayseed farmers; the fina... More

"I've got a permit" / L.M. Glackens.

"I've got a permit" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows William H. Taft sitting on the shore of a small fishing hole labeled "Nomination Pool", holding a fishing pole, he has a jug of "White House Apple Jack" next to him; a sign on the right state... More

"I wonder if I am his valentine" / Kep.

"I wonder if I am his valentine" / Kep.

Illustration shows Charles W. Fairbanks as an old woman sitting in a rocking chair in front of a fireplace, holding a portrait of the Republican Elephant; he is wearing a pair of shoes labeled "Nomination Sneak... More

The lost child / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The lost child / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows six policemen labeled "Chafin, Taft, Debs, Watson, Hisgen, [and] Bryan" gathering around a young boy labeled "Reactionary Voter" standing on "Radical Ave.", who appears confused by all the po... More

The return of the scouts / Keppler.

The return of the scouts / Keppler.

Illustration shows Moses C. Wetmore and Norman E. Mack carrying a shoulder pole labeled "For Contributions" from which hangs a tiny bag, they explain to William Jennings Bryan, as Moses, seated with Henry Watte... More

"And the waters were divided" / Kep.

"And the waters were divided" / Kep.

Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson, as Moses, standing on a rock with left arm raised, at the parting of the seas labeled "Republican Split" through which a horde of Democrats labeled "Marshall, M'Combs, Bryan, ... More

The trusts - the tariff - the nigger in the woodpile / J. Norman Lynd.

The trusts - the tariff - the nigger in the woodpile / J. Norman Lynd.

Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson pulling a leg labeled "The Tariff" that is caught in a woodpile labeled "The Trusts". The Democratic donkey observes from the far end of the woodpile. Title transcribed from it... More

The Republican Party going to the right House

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

Pilgrims' progress - Political cartoon, public domain image

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

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

The great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) over the Union Course 1852

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

The right man for the right place

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

The seven stages of the office seeker / Clay, fecit.

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

Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Victorian era public domain image

Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain image

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. Scene in a New Hampshire village.--Pierce the good Samaritan

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...

Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More

Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate

Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate

A satire on the Democrats' or "Loco Focos'" 1852 pursuit of Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. At the foot of the White Mountains in the "Dismal Swamp," an immense, swampy region of North Carolina... More

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Allen G. Thurman on one side of a man labeled "Liquor Interest" and John Sherman on the other side; Thurman represents "The Ohio Democracy is the liquor dealers old friend!!", while Sherman e... More

Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More

"Stop thief!" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

"Stop thief!" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration, reminiscent of Thomas Nast's cartoon of the same title published in Harper's Weekly, October 7, 1871, hence "That trick is very stale", shows a group of monopolists and Blaine supporters scatterin... More

Caricature, A preliminary set-to / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A preliminary set-to / Gillam., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine badly bruised after boxing a round against the "Ohio Secretary of State" who is slumped against the ropes; William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid attempt to revive Blaine with a ... More

Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spoiled / J. Keppler.

Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spo...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing a top hat with three plumes, a sack labeled "For the Plunder" hanging from his neck, and a paper tied at his waist that states "20 Years on the Make", attempting to br... More

"Me and Jack" / Gillam after a popular print.

"Me and Jack" / Gillam after a popular print.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing shorts, sitting on a board extending over a pond with John A. Logan, as a dog, sitting next to him; a can labeled "Pro-Slavery" is tied to the dog's tail and there is ... More

Puck magazine cover - "Love's labor's lost" / Gillam.

Puck magazine cover - "Love's labor's lost" / Gillam.

Illustration shows heavily tattooed James G. Blaine sitting on a stool while Whitelaw Reid, using a brush labeled "Tribune Excuses" and a "Explanation Pumice Stone", and William W. Phelps, using "Vindication Sa... More

Delilah Randall betrays the democratic Samson / Gillam.

Delilah Randall betrays the democratic Samson / Gillam.

Illustration shows Samuel J. "Delilah" Randall sitting in a chair labeled "Protection", holding scissors labeled "41 Democrats" in one hand and hair labeled "Tariff Reform Bill" in the other, his feet are resti... More

Puck's presidential impossibility. The political peanut vender / J.S. Pughe.

Puck's presidential impossibility. The political peanut vender / J.S. ...

Print shows a peddler labeled "D.B. Hill" selling "Fresh Roasted (Political) Peanuts", standing outside the gates to the White House, where a sign has been posted that states "Notice! No Peddlers or Suspicious ... More

The rival May parties / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

The rival May parties / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows hopeful presidential candidates dancing around the "Republican Presidential Nomination" maypole, hanging onto ribbons labeled "New York" (Levi P. Morton), "Maine" (Thomas B. Reed), "Indiana" (Benjam... More

Now for his third term leap - Public domain banknote scan

Now for his third term leap - Public domain banknote scan

"Fall Elections 1895" on broken trapeze. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The silver-tongued ventriloquist and his dummies / F. Opper.

The silver-tongued ventriloquist and his dummies / F. Opper.

Print shows a "Silver Mine Owner" as a "silver-tongued ventriloquist" sitting on a box labeled "16 to 1" on a stage, with William Jennings Bryan as a dummy sitting on his lap, holding papers labeled "Free Silve... More

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A magazine with a cartoon of a man and a woman, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

Puck magazine cover - Bryan's thanksgiving / Dalrymple.

Puck magazine cover - Bryan's thanksgiving / Dalrymple.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan chasing a turkey labeled "Nov. Election"; the tail feathers of the turkey are labeled with the states of the union, Bryan has managed to pull out the one labeled "Nebraska". ... More

Caricature, A sad case / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A sad case / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Puck massaging the scalp of a deranged-looking Richard Olney who is sitting on a bench in a padded cell in the "Hopeless ward for incurables" and holding a rattle of William Jennings Bryan as... More

Caricature, The "living" issue / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The "living" issue / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan pulling on strings attached to a skeleton labeled "16 to 1" trying to make it jump like a wooden toy. Caption: Bryan They say it's dead! Can't you see it move? Illus.... More

The spider and the three silly flies / J.S. Pughe.

The spider and the three silly flies / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large spider labeled "Free Silver" with three flies labeled "White, Schurz, [and] Godkin" caught in his web labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-expansion," "Chicago Platform"... More

Thanks to whom thanks are due / Dalrymple.

Thanks to whom thanks are due / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows President William McKinley, standing, leading a toast to a dejected William Jennings Bryan sitting in a chair labeled "Guest of Honor"; seated around the table are, among others, "Teddy" Roos... More

A hard game of "follow your leader" / Keppler.

A hard game of "follow your leader" / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan leading a donkey labeled "Dem" loaded down with a platform, including bunting, labeled "Democratic Platform" and boxes labeled "Anti-expansion," "Anti-trust," and "Free... More

The promised feast / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

The promised feast / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President William McKinley, on the left, offering up a steaming plate of bloated male figures labeled "Commercial Trusts" and, on the right, William Jennings Bryan offering up a similar plate... More

He shouts for Bryan, but this is the way he will vote / Dalrymple.

He shouts for Bryan, but this is the way he will vote / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger, dressed in formal wear and wearing a sash labeled "Tammany," proclaiming that he/Tammany supports William Jennings Bryan for president while, behind his b... More

The modern Cincinnatus, who will not leave his plough / J.S. Pughe.

The modern Cincinnatus, who will not leave his plough / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows former president Grover Cleveland as "Cincinnatus" plowing a field; an elderly woman labeled "Democracy" is standing in the field, holding a paper which states "Cleveland's letter of retireme... More

The poor man's candidate / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

The poor man's candidate / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing on a reviewing stand, holding hat in raised right hand as a large group of capitalists, industrialists, and financiers wearing the tattered clothing of t... More

Wanted: an occupant / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Wanted: an occupant / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows several vignettes that illustrate the difficulty of catching a vice presidential candidate, including offering some "Possible Premiums", such as a "Cabinet Portfolio", a "Carnegie Hero Pensio... More

Willie and his make-up - Political cartoon, public domain image

Willie and his make-up - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows William R. Hearst wearing the clothing of past presidents as he embarks on a campaign for the presidential election in 1908. He is wearing Washington's shoes, Lincoln's pants and whiskers, Je... More

The rivals / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The rivals / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a white cat wearing a bow labeled "Nomination" being courted by other cats who represent potential candidates in the upcoming presidential election; two other cats peer over walls in the back... More

The charmer / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon

The charmer / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as Orpheus singing and playing a lyre labeled "Harmony", attracting a motley group of wild animals identified as: G. Gray, Kern, Folk, Gompers, McCarren, Mitchell, Hear... More

Tethered / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Tethered / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan and William H. Taft driving a stake labeled "Publicity" into the ground in a wilderness area; a rope labeled "Public Opinion" is tied to the stake and one end is tied t... More

The Cannon boom. Are you on? / Keppler.

The Cannon boom. Are you on? / Keppler.

Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon standing on a small platform labeled "Wall Street" at the end of a long two-handled accordion-like folding extension device manipulated by J. Pierpont Morgan who is standing ... More

The third hole / Frank A. Nankivell 1908.

The third hole / Frank A. Nankivell 1908.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan pulling on a saddle strap labeled "1896, 1900, 1908" on the Democratic donkey, trying to get it tight enough for the pin to fit into "The Third Hole" labeled "1908". C... More

Riding him on the big stick The Boss - Say, you're splitting the party  / / Bart.

Riding him on the big stick The Boss - Say, you're splitting the party...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt holding one end of "The Big Stick" while a man representing New York in 18th century dress holds the other. Riding astraddle the stick is a man labeled ... More

The full dinner-pail / L.M. Glackens.

The full dinner-pail / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a personified full dinner pail, banged-up in places and a little drunk (there is a bottle labeled "Bluff" at his feet); he is leaning against a door labeled "1912" with the door frame labeled... More

The call / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The call / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a moose hunter using a bullhorn labeled "Insatiate Egotism" to call moose; a large bull moose with the face to Theodore Roosevelt stands off in the distance. The reflection in a body of water... More

The angel of the show / W.E. Hill '12.

The angel of the show / W.E. Hill '12.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as a burlesque dancer labeled "Rosie", clutching money, and standing with a man labeled "Perkins" who is reaching into his pocket; in the background is a poster labeled "Bu... More

The Presidential fishing party of 1848

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

A serviceable garment--or reverie of a bachelor

A serviceable garment--or reverie of a bachelor

Democratic presidential candidate James Buchanan is depicted as a poor bachelor in his squalid quarters. Though indeed a confirmed bachelor, Buchanan in reality was hardly needy. After serving as American minis... More

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Political cartoon, public domain image

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Political cartoon, public domain image

Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott is pictured as a fighting cock with human attributes. The cock wears fringed military epaulets, a sword, spurs, and a plumed hat. He is just emerged from an egg marked... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Pilgrims' progress. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Pilgrims' progress. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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 great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) over the Union Course 1852

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

[Henry Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Henry Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Republican Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811; Congressman, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825; U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-1829; Whig Senator, 1831-1842, 1849-1852; Democratic Republican candidate for ... More

Stop! Look!! Listen!!! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Stop! Look!! Listen!!! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt charging through air at a high rate of speed at an extremely large President Taft who is seated on top of the White House. Uncle Sam appears as a professor of physics "to w... More

Social qualities of our candidate, Political Cartoon

Social qualities of our candidate, Political Cartoon

Reports of his alcoholism haunted Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce during the 1852 campaign. The matter is taken up here with mocking reference to the Maine Liquor Law of 1851, a landmark prohibition measur... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

Sold for want of use - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Sold for want of use - Public domain book illustration, Library of Con...

Bucholzer again uses animal characterizations to poke fun at the respective faults of prominent Democrats in the 1844 presidential race. In an interior, Whig nominee Henry Clay conducts a livestock auction, off... More

Texas coming in. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Texas coming in. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A pro-Democrat cartoon forecasting the collapse of Whig opposition to the annexation of Texas. James K. Polk, the expansionist candidate, stands at right near a bridge spanning "Salt River." He holds an America... More

The whale that swallowed Jonah - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

The whale that swallowed Jonah - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

An election-year cartoon satirizing disharmony within the Whig ranks on the bank issue. The artist suggests a division of opinion between New England's Daniel Webster and presidential nominee Henry Clay on the ... More

Tyrants prostrate liberty triumphant, Political Cartoon

Tyrants prostrate liberty triumphant, Political Cartoon

A polemic applauding Democratic support of the Dorrite cause in Rhode Island. (See also "Trouble in the Spartan Ranks," and "The Great Political Car and Last Load of Patriots," nos. 1843-6 and 1845-5). In the ... More

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

Rowing him up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of...

The cartoonist is optimistic about the prospects of Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, here shown rowing Democratic oppponent Lewis Cass up the river of political misfortune. Cass, seated in the stern,... More

"Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows"

"Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows"

A satire on the unlikely alliance of rival editors Horace Greeley and James Watson Webb in support of Zachary Taylor for the presidency in 1848. Unlike Webb, one of Taylor's earliest and most enthusiastic New Y... More

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 for one hundred thousand dollars

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 fo...

The familiar metaphor of the presidential contest as a boxing match is invoked once again. (For an earlier example see "Set to Between the Champion Old Tip and the Swell Dutchman of Kinderhook," no. 1836-12.) T... More

The undecided political prize fight, Political Cartoon

The undecided political prize fight, Political Cartoon

A pro-Breckinridge satire on the 1860 presidential contest. Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln (right) and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas (left) appear as boxers squaring off in a ring before a small crowd of on... More

Waiting for the word - Drawing. Public domain image.

Waiting for the word - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Caricature, A sop to Cerberus / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A sop to Cerberus / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Print shows Chester A. Arthur offering a "Bill Excluding Chinese for 10 Years", in the shape of a Chinese man's face, to a three-headed Cerberus labeled "Western Vote" with the heads labeled "Demagogue, Hoodlum... More

Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.

Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.

Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More

George Hunt - Democratic harmony under the Jeffersonian banner / J. Keppler.

George Hunt - Democratic harmony under the Jeffersonian banner / J. Ke...

Illustration shows Thomas F. Bayard carrying a banner that shows a portrait of Thomas Jefferson and is labeled "Jeffersonian Principles", with a streamer at top that states "A Government of the People, by the P... More

Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a dog show where a variety of breeds are competing; in the upper left corner, labeled the "Judges' Stand" are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett (N.Y. Herald), Whi... More

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