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)
Carte-de-visite photographs of soldiers in the 65th and 67th United States Colored Infantry Regiments during the American Civil War created in the studios of photographers in southern Louisiana, 1864-1867. The studio portraits primarily depict white ...
Description:
The 65th Colored Infantry Regiment organized March 11, 1864. It performed garrison duty at Morganza, La., until May 1865 when it moved to Port Hudson, La., and performed garrison duty there and at Baton Rouge and in Northern District of Louisiana unti...
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Emmerson, Gentry., Hunt, Albert F., Laughlin, Pomeroy W., Lilienthal, Theodore, b. 1829., Losey, Henry E., Lytle, Andrew David, 1834-1917., Merriam, Lewis., Mills, Anson B., 1842-1915., Petty, J. W., b. 1834., Roberts, Hiram M., Scales, Jordan J. D., Stafford, Thomas., Frey & Olsen, Photographers., Theodore Lilienthal's Photographic Gallery., United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 65th (1864-1867)., and United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 67th (1864-1865).
Subject (Topic):
African American soldiers, Soldiers, History, African Americans, and Participation, African American
Photographs depicting Cherokee leaders: a head-and-shoulders portrait of John Ross, a half-length portrait of a uniformed Lewis Downing, and a full-length portrait of a uniformed "Captain in one of the Cherokee loyal Regiments." There is also a portra...
Description:
John Ross, first chief of the Cherokee Nation. Lewis Downing, second chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Downing, Lewis and Ross, John, 1790-1866
Subject (Topic):
History, Participation, Indian, Cherokee Indians, and Indians of North America
Published by Charles Magnus 12 Frankfort St., N.Y. and Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1862 by Chas. Magnus in the Clerks Office of the Southern District Court of New York
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
Military hospitals, Soldiers, Military camps, Tents, Covered wagons, Flags, Fences, History, and Hospitals
Correspondence, documents, writings, printed material, photographs and financial papers relating to the Cowdery, Gillum, and Starling families. The correspondence, which consists primarily of family news, includes letters written during the Civil War,...
Description:
The Cowdery family of Columbus, Mississippi and Lakeland, Florida included the siblings Mattie J., Sally, Dolly, Lewis, Lester, Walter, and Almarine Cowdery Slade. Lester and Lewis Cowdery worked in the business started by their father, the L.L. Cowde...
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Columbus (Miss.), Hopkinsville (Ky.), Lakeland (Fla.), and Pensacola (Fla.)
Subject (Name):
Alexander, G., Captain., Barlow, Kate Light., Cowdery family., Cowdery, Lewis., Gillum family., Gillum, Henry, 1832-1907., Gillum, Virginia A. (Virginia Anne), Goodwin, Joseph B., Starling family., Starling, Lewis., Confederate States of America. Army, Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 16th., L.L. Cowdery & Co. (Columbus, Ga.), and Seth Thomas Clock Company.
"The figures are numbered, referring to a short printed explanation beneath the plate. A man (1), England, dressed only in a shirt, with an expression of horrified rage, is being held by two men, (4) and (5), representing Denmark and Sweden. France (7...
The Count sits in a large chair, a basket of frogs on the floor between his wide-spread legs; he wears a powdered wig under his hat, his uniform, a gold cross on a black ribbon around his neck, high black boots with spurs, and sword at his waist. He i...
Alternative Title:
French admiral in all his glory
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign participation, French, Frogs, and Wigs
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of the diary of a dissenting divine living in Ireland who records, with close interest, the progress of the Dutch War and other domestic and foreign activities, including a famine in Ireland, the activities of Lo...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, America., Netherlands, and United States
Subject (Name):
Condé, Louis de Bourbon II, prince de, called "le Grand Condé,", 1621-1686., Eliot, John, 1604-1690., Mather, Increase, 1639-1723., Taylor, Timothy, 1626-1681., and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Anecdotes, Dissenters, Dissenters, Religious, Dutch War, 1672-1678, King Philip's War, 1675-1676, Colonies, Politics and government, Religious life and customs, and History
Manuscript, in a single hand, providing charts, summaries, and personal observations on French finances during the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War. The volume includes a list of the ordinary revenues and expenses of the king; ordinary ...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
France and United States
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774. and France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)
Subject (Topic):
Appropriations and expenditures, Finance, History, Royal households, Economic aspects, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, and Politics and government
Vue d'optique depicting the burning English frigate Quebec and its opponent the French frigate Surveillante, during the battle of October 6, 1779 near the island of Ushant. The print is dedicated to the memory of the Quebec's captain, George Farmer, w...
Alternative Title:
Etat malheureux du Quebeck et Surveillante vais. de guer. franʻ
Description:
Headline title printed in reverse mirror image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Farmer, George, 1732-1779., Surveillante (Frigate), and Québec (Frigate)
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
Design occupying top third of plate shows Bute driving a cart labelled G.R. III, having just crossed the Rubicon, laden with National Debt, Pensioners, etc., drawn by ministerial donkeys including ones labelled North, Germaine, Sandwich, and Weymouth....
Alternative Title:
View of the political state of the nation
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 11, 1778 at Darly's, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Hancock, John, 1737-1793., and Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Colonies, Donkeys, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Seesaws, and Coats of arms
Woodcut illustration showing Fort Washita in mid-ground; two wagons in lower left; two riders and horses in lower right; with caption below image: Fort Wachita
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc41 861fo: On sheet 6.5 x 24.5 cm that has been cut from the top of a larger sheet.
Bust-length portrait in profile to right of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in field uniform. Facsimile signature below image. Image based on a photographic portrait of Custer in half-length, seated pose
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga copy 1: On sheet 30.3 x 24.0 cm.
Bust-length portrait in profile to right of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in field uniform. Facsimile signature below image. Image based on a photographic portrait of Custer in half-length, seated pose
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga copy 1: On sheet 30.3 x 24.0 cm.
Bust-length portrait in profile to right of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in field uniform. Facsimile signature below image. Image based on a photographic portrait of Custer in half-length, seated pose
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga copy 1: On sheet 30.3 x 24.0 cm.
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
Correspondence, writings, and clippings by, to, and about James William Denver and his wife Louisa. Seven letters, dated 1855-1863, are written to Louisa by her cousins, August, Alfred, and Sophia Kautz. Each of these cousins describes their daily lif...
Description:
Denver fought in the Mexican War and was elected to Congress from California in 1855, and was made Secretary of the Territory of Kansas in 1857 to keep peace there. He was made governor of the Territory the next year, at which time the city of Denver ...
Subject (Geographic):
California., United States., United States, Fort Orford (Or.), Fort Steilacoom (Wash.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Denver, James William, 1817-1892., Denver, Louisa C., Kautz, Alfred, b. 1839., Kautz, August V. 1826-1896. (August Valentine),, Kautz, Sophia., and United States Naval Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Politics, Practical, History, and Politics and government
Leaf 6. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 4th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 4th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd 4th Jany. 1780. by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 4th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
