Print comments on the issue of the annexation of Texas by the United States in the 1844 U.S. Presidential election. President Tyler is depicted uncomfortably astride a Democratic "Tex-ass" with Democratic candidate James Polk who has annoyed Tyler by ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
H.R. Robinson, 142 Nassau Street, E.W.C. (signed on stone, E. Clay)
Subject (Geographic):
United States, United States., Texas, and Texas.
Subject (Name):
Polk, James K. 1795-1849 (James Knox),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Tyler, John, 1790-1862, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Equal Rights Party (N.Y.), Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.), Whig Party (U.S.), and Democratic Party (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Presidents, Election, Caricatures and cartoons, History, Animals, Symbolic aspects, Public buildings, and Annexation to the United States
Subject: Image of the French colony of Aigleville, Texas, now part of Alabama. Men, women and children are gathered outside, all seen wearing French clothing or military uniforms. At center, a man in uniform stands under a tree with a sign reading "Ai...
Description:
Advertised as published by Basset in April, 1820 in Recueil des actes administratifs, Volume 20, Tours, 1820, p. 190. Erroneously dated 1830 by Library of Congress.
Publisher:
A Paris chez Basset rue St. Jacques no. 64. Déposé au bureau
Subject: View of the French settlement of Aigleville, Texas, now part of Alabama. At center a young woman sits on a log holding a baby, while at right center, a man steps over the log to embrace a young man. At left, a man is seen taking letters out o...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +117: Imperfect: damp-stained. Hand-colored.
Publisher:
A Paris chez Basset rue St. Jacques no. 64. Déposé au bureau
Portrays, imaginatively, an event in the Texas war of independence: the surrender of Mexican commander Santa Anna and his brother-in-law, General Martin Perfecto de Cos, to American leader Samuel Houston after the Battle of San Jacinto in late April 1...
Alternative Title:
General Houston, Santa Anna and Cos
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +188: On sheet 36 x 52 cm. Hand colored.
Publisher:
Published June, 1836 by the proprietor, H.R. Robinson, 48 Courtlandt Street, New York
Subject (Geographic):
Texas, United States, Mexico., and United States.
Subject (Name):
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863, Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876, Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 1800-1854, Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 1800-1854., and Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
Subject (Topic):
San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836, History, Campaign, Foreign relations, and Diplomatic relations
Print satirizes the United States politics; on left, a barrel labeled "White House gruel" guarded by an aproned man; a boy asks "Please, boss, I want some more."; a banner reading "annexation veto" hangs from his coat-tails; to right in background, a ...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +152: Handwritten on recto below image: 1844.
Publisher:
printed & published by E. Jones
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Texas
Subject (Topic):
Presidents, Election, and Annexation to the United States
A pictorial lettersheet with a large central image at top and smaller images enclosed in vine medallions trailing down the left and right sides, with a large blank space for the message. The central image, bordered by figures of a Native American and ...
Description:
Title from caption below central image.
Publisher:
Published by Pentenrieder & Blersch
Subject (Geographic):
San Antonio (Tex.), Texas, San Antonio, and Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Mission Concepción (San Antonio, Tex.), Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.), and Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Church buildings, and Missions
A pictorial lettersheet with a large central image at top and smaller images enclosed in vine medallions trailing down the left and right sides, with a large blank space for the message. The central image, bordered by figures of a Native American and ...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 445: With manuscript letter dated April 11, 1856.
Publisher:
Published by Pentenrieder & Blersch
Subject (Geographic):
San Antonio (Tex.), Texas, San Antonio, and Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Mission Concepción (San Antonio, Tex.), Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.), and Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Church buildings, and Missions
