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
BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 7 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; manuscript table of contents. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross
A scene on the frontier of the United States: a Native American (left) is shown scalping a dead British soldier. Another British soldier who has already been scalped is shown on the left edge of the design. In the center a second Native American, from...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, History, Scalping, Soldiers, and British
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
Augt. 1, 1778.
Call Number:
778.08.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene before an American fort and palisade, perhaps depicting the indifference of Congress to the sufferings of American soldiers and the pro-slavery attitude of the Americans. A black man lies wounded in the foreground, surrounded by cannon balls. ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Colonies, History, Forts & fortifications, and Blacks
Picart, Charles, approximately 1780-approximately 1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1809]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, nearly half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, looking to left; wearing wig, naval uniform, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
United States and United States.
Subject (Name):
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816,, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Royal Navy.
His Historisch-genealogischer Cakebder; oder, Jahrbuch der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten für 1784. Leipzig, Zur Messe bey Haude und Spener von Berlin).
History, Health aspects, Public toilets, Military hygiene, Diarrhea, Sanitation, Public health, Soldiers, Sick persons, Privies, Defecation, Forts & fortifications, Tents, Cannons, Flagpoles, and Flags
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861, United States, History, War wounds, Transport of sick and wounded, Soldiers, Ambulances, Battlefields, Dead persons, Explosions, and Horses
Print depicts the battle at the Little Big Horn river in Montana. Custer stands in the center of the action firing a pistol with each hand; Native Americans on horseback attacking dismounted U.S. soldiers
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc43 889ba: On sheet 49 x 71 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers
Subject (Geographic):
Montana, United States, Montana., and United States.
Subject (Name):
Custer, George A. 1839-1876 (George Armstrong), and Custer, George A. 1839-1876. (George Armstrong),
Subject (Topic):
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 and History
Political cartoon depicting Jonathan forcing a mug of 'Perry' down the throat of John Bull, a uniformed man. Jonathan is depicted saying "Take it, Johnny - take it I say - why can't you take it? - It will mend your morals & your manners too, friend J...
Description:
Amos Doolittle, known for his engravings of the Battle of Lexington, designer and engraver of a number of political cartoons.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Perry, Oliver Hazard.
Subject (Topic):
History, Humor, caricatures, etc, and Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813
Leaf 56. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady (three-quarter length) in profile to the right. with the enormous coiffure of 1776-7 grotesquely exaggerated. Her hands are in a muff. Her inverted pyramid of hair supports three quasi-circular redoubts surrounded by cannon on which troops are...
Alternative Title:
America's head dress America's headdress
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 19 by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States and England
Subject (Topic):
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, History > Revolution, 1775-1783, Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Muffs, Soldiers, British, Flags, Apes, and Geese
A woman facing right under an enormous coiffure. Within her hair several scenes illustrate London low-life on May Day, including pigs, a horse-drawn cart, street-vendors, chimney-sweeps, and a Jack-in-the-green
Alternative Title:
May day
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. May 1, 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Topic):
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, May Day (Labor holiday), Social life and customs, Politics and government, History, Colonies, Wigs, Hairstyles, and Chimney sweeps
Published by Chas. Magnus 12 Frankfort St. New York & 520 Seventh St. Washington, D.C. and Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1864 by Chas. Magnus in the Clerks Office of the Southern District of N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
Military hospitals, Hospitals, Bird's-eye views, and History
Print shows Farragut's fleet bombarding and fighting at the battle of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, April 1862. Ships shown include for the Confederate States Navy, three ironclads: CSS Manassas, Louisiana, and Mississippi; for th...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Virtue, Yorston & Co.?
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Mississippi River, Fort Jackson (La.), Fort Saint Philip (La.), and New Orleans (La.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Navy. Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, Manassas (Ship), Mississippi (Ironclad), Louisiana (Ironclad), Hartford (Ship), Pensacola (Screw steamer), Brooklyn (Ship), and Varuna (Ship)
