Grand democratic free soil banner, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows a campaign banner for Free Soil Party candidates Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams in the presidential race of 1848. The two candidates, nominated at the third party's convention on August ... 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 Presidents of the United States Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate f...
Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass. It is almost identical in design to a banner Currier produced the same year for Zachary Taylor (no. 1848-5), except that here, abo... 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
![Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvdW5pb24tcGFpbnRlZC1ieS10b21wa2lucy1oLW1hdHRlc29uLWVuZ3JhdmVkLWJ5LWhlbnJ5LXMtc2FkZC04N2VhOGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.")
Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...
A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More
Zachary Taylor, the people's choice for 12th president
Print shows a Whig campaign banner for the 1848 presidential election. In the center of a facsimile cloth banner is an oval bust portrait of candidate Zachary Taylor in military uniform. Surrounding the oval, o... More
Grand democratic free soil banner, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows a campaign banner for Free Soil Party candidates Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams in the presidential race of 1848. The two candidates, nominated at the third party's convention on August ... More
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
Marriage of the Free Soil and Liberty parties
A comic portrayal of the alliance between Free Soil Democrats and Whigs and the more extremist abolitionist Liberty party interests during the election campaign of 1848. The factions joined to form the Free Soi... More
![Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvdW5pb24tcGFpbnRlZC1ieS10b21wa2lucy1oLW1hdHRlc29uLWVuZ3JhdmVkLWJ5LWhlbnJ5LXMtc2FkZC0yMTZhYTAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.")
Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...
A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More
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 Democratic platform, US Democratic party
Again the 1856 Democrats are characterized as friendly to proslavery interests. Old guard Democrats Martin Van Buren and Thomas Hart Benton are also resurrected for abuse here. Van Buren appears as a fox, lurki... More
The Democratic platform - Political cartoon, public domain image
Again the 1856 Democrats are characterized as friendly to proslavery interests. Old guard Democrats Martin Van Buren and Thomas Hart Benton are also resurrected for abuse here. Van Buren appears as a fox, lurki... More
The Presidents of the United States Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate f...
Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass. It is almost identical in design to a banner Currier produced the same year for Zachary Taylor (no. 1848-5), except that here, abo... More
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
Marriage of the Free Soil and Liberty parties
A comic portrayal of the alliance between Free Soil Democrats and Whigs and the more extremist abolitionist Liberty party interests during the election campaign of 1848. The factions joined to form the Free Soi... More