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
Also contained in the letter are three pen drawings: one of Sir Robert Peel; another of the crowd at the Italian opera; and a caricature of his idea for an exhibit of the Whig Ministers at Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
Description:
Binding: full red morocco folder; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901 and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Donizetti, Gaetano,--1797-1848.--Lucia di Lammermoor, Doyle, Richard,--1824-1883, Duff Gordon, Lucie,--Lady,--1821-1869, Graham, James,--Sir,--1792-1861, Great Britain.--House of Commons, Peel, Robert, Sir, 1822-1895--Caricatures and cartoons, and Tussaud, Marie,--1761-1850
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Opera--Great Britain, and Wit and humor--Pictorial
Poscards employ poetic satire to lampoon 'L'Affaire Humbert,' using text that vividly captures the prevailing sentiments of the era and delivers a cutting, satirical critique of diverse societal groups
Alternative Title:
Postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert affair and Legally themed ostcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert affair
Description:
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1463580
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Crime, Humor., Parodies, imitations, etc, Caricatures and cartoons, Humor, and Swindlers and swindling
Image depicts Thérèse Humbert in a cell with reference to the effects of prison meals of beans
Alternative Title:
Postcard depicting Thérèse Humbert passing gas in her prison cell as a consequence of the bean meals and Legally themed postcard depicting Thérèse Humbert passing gas in her prison cell as a consequence of the bean meals
Description:
Lower left corner: RP.
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Swindlers and swindling, Humor, Parodies, imitations, etc, and Caricatures and cartoons
Image depicts Thérèse Humbert in a cell, with reference to the effects of prison meals of beans
Alternative Title:
Postcard suggesting Thérèse Humbert in her prison cell to become accustomed to eating bean meals and Legally themed postcard suggesting Thérèse Humbert in her prison cell to become accustomed to eating bean meals
Description:
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1463756
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Swindlers and swindling, Humor, Parodies, imitations, etc, and Caricatures and cartoons
Image depicts the French bar divided between Jobarderie and Complicité, the latter supporting Thérèse Humbert
Alternative Title:
Postcard depicts the French bar divided between Jobarderie and Complicité, with the latter supporting Thérèse Humbert and Legally themed postcard depicts the French bar divided between Jobarderie and Complicité, with the latter supporting Thérèse Humbert
Description:
Lower left corner of illustration: W.B.
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Swindlers and swindling, Humor, Parodies, imitations, etc, Caricatures and cartoons, and Lawyers
Image depicts a poster with six images that recount the Humbert affair
Alternative Title:
Héritage Humbert-Crawford : messieurs, dames, voyez le premier tableau, Postcard depicts a poster with six images recounting the Humbert affair, and Legally themed postcard depicts a poster with six images recounting the Humbert affair
Description:
Lower left corner of illustration: Saint Roch; in lower right corner logo: JP or PJ; in right margin: AB...Paris.
Publisher:
AB
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Swindlers and swindling, Humor, Parodies, imitations, etc, and Caricatures and cartoons
"L'héritage Crac-Fort," a series of 10 postcards illustrating and parodying the story of Thérèse Humbert: "L'affaire Humbert," the notorious swindler of French celebrities. The title of the series is a pun on the family name of Thérèse Humbert's suppo...
Alternative Title:
Postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert story and Legally themed postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert story
Description:
Dates from postmarks and manuscript notes.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Crime, Humor., Parodies, imitations, etc, Caricatures and cartoons, Humor, Swindlers and swindling, and Impostors and imposture
