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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 McKinley national memorial statue was modeled from this photograph The official post card for sale here.

The McKinley national memorial statue was modeled from this photograph...

Broadside advertising the sale of postcards showing reproduction of Frances Benjamin Johnston's 1901 photograph of "President McKinley delivering his last address, Buffalo, September 5, 1901." Frances Benjamin ... More

[Sugar Creek refinery], gelatin silver print

[Sugar Creek refinery], gelatin silver print

J129816 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Standard Oil Co. (Indiana); July 29, 1909. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. B.

[Sugar Creek refinery], gelatin silver print

[Sugar Creek refinery], gelatin silver print

J129816 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Standard Oil Co. (Indiana); July 29, 1909. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. B.

More mysterious strangers - Drawing. Public domain image.

More mysterious strangers - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, 1928.

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

[Nathaniel Ruggles Childs and Albert Childs, half-length portrait, facing front]

[Nathaniel Ruggles Childs and Albert Childs, half-length portrait, fac...

Hallmark: Plumbe's patent, Oct. 22, 1842. Matted in wooden frame. Written on back of frame: H.C. Nov. 25, 1842. Nathaniel Ruggles & Albert Childs. Purchase; 1970; (DLC/PP-1970:279). Forms part of: Daguerreotype... More

[Young woman (Nancy Lovis (Kraft)) in Middle Eastern costume and jeweled headband, with hand to forehead, seated]

[Young woman (Nancy Lovis (Kraft)) in Middle Eastern costume and jewel...

Blind stamp: lower left. On verso of mount: "Gy" pencil upper right. Image content features: MODEL Nancy Lovis (Kraft); COSTUME Mediterranean/Middle Eastern/N. African, jewelry; PEOPLE young women. Title and o... More

Tric-Trac, semanario humoristico, Año 1, Núm 7, Junio 7 de 1903

Tric-Trac, semanario humoristico, Año 1, Núm 7, Junio 7 de 1903

Formerly filed under call number: LOT 6659. Gift; Alice Lee Parker; 1952.

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, half-length portrait, nearly facing front, slightly to the right, seated]

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, half-length portrait, nearly...

Scratched on back of plate: #25?; 39 [cancelled] Alternative identification: Hon. Joseph Lane, 1801-1881. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library ... More

Delegates to the First National Convention of the Socialist Party of the United States of America, held at Chicago, Illinois, May 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 1904

Delegates to the First National Convention of the Socialist Party of t...

Photograph shows a group portrait of Socialist Party delegates with a key to people depicted printed on the mount. H48530 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright 1904 by Geo. D. Evans". Copyright deposit; 1904.

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first aid and Chinese men running with sails (as from Chinese junks) on their backs and carrying rifles]

[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the ... More

Jeff. Davis! "As women and children." / Scattergood, eng.

Jeff. Davis! "As women and children." / Scattergood, eng.

Cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, dressed as a woman and holding a Bowie knife, labeled "Arkansas tooth-pick" in order to avoid capture by Union soldiers after the A... More

The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreigners : The problem solved.

The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreig...

Print shows a one panel, three scene cartoon showing, in the first scene, an Irish man with the head of Uncle Sam in his mouth and a Chinese man with the feet of Uncle Sam in his mouth, in the second scene they... More

The council of the rulers, & the elders against the tribe of ye Americanites, British Cartoon Print

The council of the rulers, & the elders against the tribe of ye Americ...

Print shows a group of men in the Hall of Commons, several seated around a table, on the wall is a map labeled "North America" which has burst into flames, in the foreground stands Lord North passing banknotes ... More

[William L. Dayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

[William L. Dayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Whig Senator from New Jersey, 1842-1851. Scratched on back of plate: 108; Dayton, William L. Identification from engraving by J.C. Buttre. Hallmark: [asterisk] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:461... More

The American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, British

The American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, Brit...

Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoy... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarters length portrait, standing in front of painted backdrop]

[Unidentified man, three-quarters length portrait, standing in front o...

Case: ornamental circle theme. Same sitter as in DAG no. 1380. Barboza number: 6019.020. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part... More

[Alfred Francis Russell, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at desk]

[Alfred Francis Russell, three-quarter length portrait, full face, sea...

Russell was born in Kentucky and moved to Liberia in 1833. Vice President of Liberia from 1878 to 1883. Became President in 1883. Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: A.F. Russell, Senator fro... More

[Henry, George and Stephen Childs, half-length portrait, facing front]

[Henry, George and Stephen Childs, half-length portrait, facing front]

Hallmark: Plumbe's patent, Oct. 22, 1842. Matted in wooden frame. Written on back of frame: H.C. Nov. 25, 1842. Stephen, Henry & George Childs in order from the left - Henry - George - Stephen. Purchase; 1970; ... More

A boom on rollers - Public domain print

A boom on rollers - Public domain print

William McKinley waving "me and protection" flag and roller skating. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southeast Minneapolis. Cityscape photograph,  Panoramic Photograph

Southeast Minneapolis. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

H9979 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Crandall & Fletcher; October 15, 1901; DLC/PP-1901:41475. Stamped on verso: "Crandall & Fletcher, 323 W. Superior St., Duluth, Minn."

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed... More

[Henry Inman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left]

[Henry Inman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left]

Artist (painter). Identification from engraving in C. Edwards Lester, The artists of America: a series of biographical sketches..., 1846, p. 33. Scratched on back of plate: 51; 440. Facing the light / H. Pfiste... More

1902 M, New York skyline,  Panoramic Photograph

1902 M, New York skyline, Panoramic Photograph

H24822 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Irving Underhill; December 6, 1902; DLC/PP-1902:41733. Copyright claimant's address: New York City. Buildings spliced into image at left, noted with an arrow, ent... More

Property protected--à la Françoise, British Cartoon Print

Property protected--à la Françoise, British Cartoon Print

British satire of Franco-American relations after the XYZ Affair in May of 1798; 5 Frenchmen plunder female "America", while five figures representing other European countries look on. John Bull sits laughing o... More

A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Prey" / Th Nast.

A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Pre...

Illustration shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A. Oakey Hall, weathering a violent storm on a ledge with the picked-over remains of New York City. Cap... More

The royal Hercules destroying the dragon python, British Cartoon Print

The royal Hercules destroying the dragon python, British Cartoon Print

Print shows George III as Hercules gripping three Whigs on a three-headed Hydra identified as the "dragon python." On the left, Charles James Fox utters, "O! this is my last gasp", on top is Frederick, Lord Nor... More

The prodigals nurse, or modern heir / M. Iackson, invt. ; Boitard sculpt., British Cartoon Print

The prodigals nurse, or modern heir / M. Iackson, invt. ; Boitard scul...

Print shows an interior view of a room in which a dapperly dressed young man, "Booby Squander, Esq.", turns over the deed to the family estate, his inheritance, to a money lender, the usurer "Solomon Thrifty", ... More

The dextrous trimmer or Pool Pill Garlick left in the suds / R. Houston, fecit., British Cartoon Print

The dextrous trimmer or Pool Pill Garlick left in the suds / R. Housto...

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

Antisejanus Drink deep, or taste not the Porterian Spring., British Cartoon Print

Antisejanus Drink deep, or taste not the Porterian Spring., British Ca...

Cartoon shows a full-length portrait of a man (possibly Dr. W. Scott) reading from a book, "The Perils of Poetry." In the background a winged donkey flies over a stream spilling from a barrel, labeled "Trin : C... More

To be sold to the best bidder / E. T., invt. [E. Topham]., British Cartoon Print

To be sold to the best bidder / E. T., invt. [E. Topham]., British Car...

"An auctioneer holding up his hammer in his left hand, stands in his rostrum, a box supported on four legs, and reached by a ladder (left)..." (Source: George) [V. 2. 5.] This record contains unverified data fr... More

Bunkers Hill or America's head dress

Bunkers Hill or America's head dress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman, right profile, with exaggerated coiffure supporting three redoubts with infantry and artillery firing at close range, tents, an artillery train, and a sea battle i... More

Miss shuttle-cock / R. S. [Monogram, i.e. 'Richard Sneer']., British Cartoon Print

Miss shuttle-cock / R. S. [Monogram, i.e. 'Richard Sneer']., British C...

"A game of shuttlecock between two men who face each other, standing at opposite sides of the design, each with a raised battledore..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Attribu... More

[Association meeting at York] - A drawing of a large group of people sitting around a table

[Association meeting at York] - A drawing of a large group of people s...

Print shows an allegorical representation of a meeting of the Association of York during which all disputes were amicably settled.

The budget, political cartoon - An old book with a drawing of a man in a blue suit

The budget, political cartoon - An old book with a drawing of a man in...

Print shows three headless men riding on the back of a two-headed beast which says, "I will support my friends, I have head enough for them all"; with one arm it devours a paper labeled "20 millions more" and w... More

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lio... More

The Royal Society. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The Royal Society. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

"The Prince presides at a carouse round a circular table..." (Source: George) One of a set of prints on the marriage of the Prince of Wales, see No. 6924, &c. This record contains unverified data from George. C... More

Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More

Philosophy run mad or A stupendous monument of human wisdom / GLS.

Philosophy run mad or A stupendous monument of human wisdom / GLS.

"A central monument [1] representing the French Republic is flanked by figures on pedestals inscribed [2] Liberty and [3] Equality..." (Source: George)

The Union Club / Js. Gillray, invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print

The Union Club / Js. Gillray, invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print

"A drunken debauch in the new Union Club, see No. 9698..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints an... More

Secret influence or a peep-behind the screen / [Williams]., British Cartoon Print

Secret influence or a peep-behind the screen / [Williams]., British Ca...

"George III (right) sits under a draped canopy, his face concealed by a folding screen which extends across much of the design ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue o... More

The cowpox tragedy - scene the last / G. Cruikshank, sculpt., British Cartoon Print

The cowpox tragedy - scene the last / G. Cruikshank, sculpt., British ...

Funeral procession showing coffin labeled "Vaccina aged 12 years" on which stands a golden calf; four vignettes, two on each side, present realistic scenes related to cow pox. Caption: Dedicated to the Associat... More

An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Cartoon Print

An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Ca...

Print shows Napoleon I standing on a slip of land labeled "Elba" yelling at George, Prince of Wales, who is standing on a patch of land labeled "England." Napoleon complains that the British have deprived him o... More

State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ; Invd. by Yedis., British Cartoon Print

State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ;...

Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and the gouty Regent. Broug... More

The king's friend boarded at sea, or the wife defeating her enemies, British Cartoon Print

The king's friend boarded at sea, or the wife defeating her enemies, B...

Cartoon showing Mrs. Rowley, in a military uniform, discovering Admiral Rowley rising from bed where another woman lies sleeping. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature---Old Sherry--- / Broom [Brougham] invt. ; G. Cruikshank, fect., British Cartoon Print

Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature...

"From two huge green bags, pear-shaped and broad-based, emerge respectively the heads of the King and Queen..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Dedicated to Old Bags [Eldon]. ... More

La patrie est en danger / F. d'Orléans, j[ui]n 1830.

La patrie est en danger / F. d'Orléans, j[ui]n 1830.

French political cartoon uses a scene from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to compare the situation surrounding the 1830 July Revolution in France to the time when l'Assemblée (the French revolutionary gove... More

Mystery of Babylon. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Mystery of Babylon. Book illustration from Library of Congress

An anti-religious satire attacking most of the major denominations of the nineteenth century, including Catholics, Episcopalians, Calvinists, Universalists, Methodists, Baptists, and Quakers. The artist parodi... More

The debilitated situation of a monarchal government . . .

The debilitated situation of a monarchal government . . .

A pointed comparison of French and American governments, prompted by events surrounding American efforts in 1836 to force France to honor spoliation claims for American shipping losses suffered during the Napol... More

Comme je te trouvé engraisse depuis que tu veux mourir

Comme je te trouvé engraisse depuis que tu veux mourir

A sullen-looking young man and young woman stand face-to-face. The man holds a top hat at his hip and is formally dressed. The woman wears a bonnet and an apron covers her skirt. No copyright information foun... More

6 cents. Humbug glory bank - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

6 cents. Humbug glory bank - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

Another mock bank note parodying the "shinplasters" of the 1837 panic. Such small-denomination notes were based on the division of the Spanish dollar, the dominant specie of the time. Hence they were issued in ... More

New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost

New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost

Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... More

Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing

Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing

Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More

An exploring expedition on the Canal Street plan / The exploring expedition at the South Pole, waiting for stores

An exploring expedition on the Canal Street plan / The exploring exped...

Print satirizes Charles Wilkes' United States Exploring Expedition, which left in August 1838. The upper left vignette shows Wilkes in a rowboat with scientists who use a transit or telescope to see fauna. The ... More

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to right]

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to righ...

President of Liberia. Was part of LOT 8554. Case: central diamond surrounded by leaves. Stamped on brass mat: McCartey. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-... More

[Clark sisters, five women, three-quarter length portraits, all facing front]

[Clark sisters, five women, three-quarter length portraits, all facing...

Grandmother and aunts of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: Rinhart 63. Accompanying note in case on stationery of the Arts Club of Washington, in handwriting... More

Evenhanded justice of the breaking up of the star chamber

Evenhanded justice of the breaking up of the star chamber

Another in the series of "Spoodlyks's" satires on the Glentworth affair. (See also nos. 1840-60, -61, and -63). Here the artist portrays Glentworth's attempt to remove evidence in the vote fraud inquiry from t... More

O.K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

O.K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

A postelection Whig satire, "Respectfully dedicated to the members of the Eighth Ward Tippecanoe Club and inscribed to their Patriotic Chairman Charles H. Delavan, Esqr." The artist shows a crowd of Whigs assem... More

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with blue scarf, holding hat]

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with blue scar...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 125. Label on back of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rod... More

[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait]

[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portr...

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 112. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Madame De Lara, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters view, facing left]

[Madame De Lara, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarter...

Photographer unidentified. Identification from label on front of case: Madam De Lara (Cuba). Case: central quadrafoil surrounded by scrolls. Gift; Mrs. G.M. Parkhurst; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:46952). Forms part of: ... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photographer unidentified. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

This log cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend . . .

This log cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend . . .

A Whig campaign print, showing William Henry Harrison greeting a wounded veteran before a log cabin by a river. The cabin flies an American flag with the words "Harrison & Tyler" and with a liberty cap on its s... More

[Distant view of a house and yard]

[Distant view of a house and yard]

Photographer unidentified. Case: flowers in central quadrafoil. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Matty's dream. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Matty's dream. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Clay portrays Martin Van Buren driven from the White House by nightmares of cider barrels and Whig presidential challenger William Henry Harrison. Van Buren flees the presidential mansion in his nightshirt, dro... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William Y. McAllister. Case: plain leather double case; pressure sensitive label attached to case: 22/23. Housed in case with DAG no. 1276. Printed on paper label on back of case: William Y. McAll... More

The two bridges - Political cartoon, public domain image

The two bridges - Political cartoon, public domain image

As in "Texas Coming In" (no. 1844-28), a bridge over Salt River is the central motif, making the difference between the Whigs' successful crossing to the "Presidential Chair" and the disastrous route taken by t... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Alternative identifications: Henry Dodge, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin; John Jordan Crittendon. Scratched on back of plate: 10; Hon. John J. Crittenden. Written in pencil on back of plate: Henry Dodge. Transfer;... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left]

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Two corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Edwin Forrest, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[Edwin Forrest, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Actor. Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Written in pencil on back of plate: E. Forrest. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Dag... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right]

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the ...

Scratched on back of plate: 338. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front]

[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front]

Leather merchant and later a banker in New York City. Scratched on face of plate: 206; Shepherd Knapp. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of ... More

Fight between the Kentucky coon & the Tennessee alligator

Fight between the Kentucky coon & the Tennessee alligator

A woodland fantasy satirizing the prominent figures of the 1844 election campaign. The artist again favors Whig candidate Henry Clay, the "Kentucky Coon," who is shown overwhelming Democrat James K. Polk, the ... More

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing spectacles]

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, half-length portrait, three-...

Scratched on back of plate: 188 [canceled]; 189. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153) Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, seated]

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Penciled on back of plate: Albert G. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Loco Foco triumphal honors - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Loco Foco triumphal honors - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

A mock triumphal procession ridiculing "Loco Foco" or radical Democratic support of candidates James K. Polk and George M. Dallas. The Loco Focos are portrayed as ragged Irishmen, carrying the two candidates on... More

[Framed painting of unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Framed painting of unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, fac...

Alternative identification: Robert Morris. Copy of a painted portrait. Hallmark: Rinhart 13a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)... More

[Anna Bishop, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, seated in chair]

[Anna Bishop, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, se...

In oval brass mat. Identified by Owen Blevins 8/2014 based on similar daguerreotype of Bishop in the Harvard Theatre Collection. Alternative identification: Jenny Lind. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP... More

[Memucan Hunt, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

[Memucan Hunt, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Envoy, Minister Plenipotentiary, from Republic of Texas. Identification from engraving in DeBow's Southern and Western Review, October, 1852, frontispiece. Scratched on face of plate: 207; Hunt, Texas. Scratche... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right]

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the ...

Scratched on face of plate: 37; Hunt. Scratched on back of plate: 280. Alternative identification: Mr. Hunt (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collecti... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated beside small table with tablecloth]

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Scratched on back of plate: 336. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[A. Oakey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes front]

[A. Oakey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes fr...

Mayor of New York City. Identification from engraving of a later photograph by Sarony in Daily graphic, March 31, 1883, p. 221. Scratched on back of plate: 109; Oakey Hall. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DL... More

John Leech - [The rising generation], Political Cartoon

John Leech - [The rising generation], Political Cartoon

A young boy with hands folded looks beseechingly at a lovely, young woman, dressed in a gown who stands looking at him. Inscribed below image: Now then you tiresome boy, what is it you wish to say to me that so... More

Santa Anna declining a hasty plate of soup at Cerro Gordo

Santa Anna declining a hasty plate of soup at Cerro Gordo

An exultant view of Winfield Scott's second major victory in the Mexican War, at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, where Mexican commander Santa Anna beat an unceremonious retreat. In the mid-April victory Santa Anna'... More

The bandits bride vide Herald May 5th 1847

The bandits bride vide Herald May 5th 1847

Lith. & pub. by H.R. Robinson 142 Nassau St. N. York. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Who says gas? Or the Democratic b-hoy

Who says gas? Or the Democratic b-hoy

A pro-Democrat satire, pitting Democratic candidate Lewis Cass against Whig nominee Zachary Taylor in a bout for the presidency. Cass (center) is the obvious favorite. He wears the stovepipe hat, boots, bold pl... More

Cass & his cabinet in 1849 - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cass & his cabinet in 1849 - Political cartoon, public domain image

The satire imputes to the Democrats of 1848, led by candidate Lewis Cass, the corrupt practices of the Van Buren-era party. The artist also criticizes Whig repudiation of stalwart party leader Henry Clay in fav... More

Knock'd into a cock'd hat - Public domain scan / print

Knock'd into a cock'd hat - Public domain scan / print

Zachary Taylor's presidential nomination at the Whig national convention in Philadelphia on June 9, 1848, is represented as a severe blow to Lewis Cass, nominated by the Democrats a few weeks earlier. The extre... More

Grand set to between rough and ready and Genal. Gas

Grand set to between rough and ready and Genal. Gas

Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass engage in a bout of fisticuffs in their battle for the presidency in 1848. Taylor, clearly getting the better of his opponent, seizes Cass by the lapels saying, "A little more gra... More

Self-inflating pillow. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Self-inflating pillow. Book illustration from Library of Congress

American general Gideon J. Pillow's self-promoting attempts to discredit Mexican War commander Gen. Winfield Scott are ridiculed in this portrayal of Scott puncturing "Polk's Patent" pillow. Pillow's efforts we... More

The modern Gilpins. Love's labor lost

The modern Gilpins. Love's labor lost

A parody of Democratic politics in the months preceding the party's 1848 national convention. Specifically, the artist ridicules the rivalry within the party between Free Soil or anti-slavery interests, which u... More

[John Ross, full length portrait, facing front standing next to a small table]

[John Ross, full length portrait, facing front standing next to a smal...

Photograph shows portrait of John Ross, also known as Guwisguwi, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828-1866 and founder of Ross's Landing in 1816, site of the original settlement of Chattanooga, Tenn... More

[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left]

[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left...

Democratic Congressman from Illinois, 1843-1847; Senator, 1847-1861. Produced possibly by Mathew Brady's studio in New York or Washington; or Alexander Hesler, Chicago. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington... More

James Marshall, discoverer of gold, at Sutter's Mill

James Marshall, discoverer of gold, at Sutter's Mill

Photomechanical reproduction of the 1850(?) daguerreotype by R. H. Vance shows James Marshall standing in front of Sutter's sawmill, Coloma, California, where he discovered gold.

[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

Printed on back: Stereoscopes. Written on label on back: J. McAllister, Jr. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Mar... More

[George Cunnabell Howard, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

[George Cunnabell Howard, half-length portrait, three-quarters to righ...

Actor. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[William Young McAllister, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[William Young McAllister, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image

The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image

A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically... More

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