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The heads of two great nations have at last come to the situation of t...

A pro-Jackson commentary on the confrontation between the United States and France over reparations due the U.S. under the Treaty of 1831 (See "Spirit of the Times" no. 1836-4). The situation reached crisis int... More

The death of old Tammany and his wife Loco Foco

A satirical view of the heavy losses suffered by Loco Foco and Tammany factions of the New York City Democratic party in the municipal elections of April 1837. The vote brought about not only the defeat of Tam... More

Race between Bennett and Greely for the Post Office stakes

A satire on the competition between rival editors Horace Greeley and James Gordon Bennett for New York post office printing contracts. The artist also comments on the circulation wars between Bennett's "New Yor... More

A sawney in Ireland trying to pass for an American gentleman

The "sawney" (i.e., fool or simpleton) is New York "Herald" editor James Gordon Bennett. The artist gives a comic portrayal of Bennett's celebrated public rebuff by O'Connell in the Corn Exchange in Dublin in A... More

Jamie & the bishop - Political cartoon, public domain image

One of James Gordon Bennett's perennial editorial campaigns against the Catholic bishop of New York John Hughes is the subject of "Jamie & the Bishop." On the left Scottish-born "Jamie" Bennett, a quill pen beh... More

Patent Democratic Republican steam shaving shop

A cryptic satire possibly dealing with some facet of the 1844 presidential campaign. The print features two unsuccessful aspirants for the Democratic presidential nomination: Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Joh... More

The morning after the election--November 1856

The victorious James Buchanan sits under a trellis of grape vines, holding reports of election returns on his lap. He reflects, "What a happy morning for my country and myself. Here I find returns for myself & ... More

The morning after the election _ November 1856.

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The "mustang" team - A cartoon of a horse pulling a cart with people o...

The abolitionist Republican presidential ticket and its supporters in the press are the targets of the cartoon. Candidate Fremont, wearing an emigrant's smock and carrying a cross (an allusion to his rumored Ca... More

James Gordon Bennett, Esq. / SW [monogram]

James Gordon Bennett, Esq., half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Photographed by Brady. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. 2, 1858 July 10, title page.

War 1862 -

A Civil War cartoon showing New York Herald publisher and editor, James Gordon Bennett, as an American Indian whose pants, torso, and face are embellished with the Stars and Stripes. He awaits the arrival of a... More

Abe linking with his significantly named cabinet

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by M.E. Goodwin in the Clerk's Off. in the Dist. Court of the United States for the Southern Dist. of N.Y. Designed by R.D. Goodwin. Title appears as it is ... More

The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving

Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More

Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled "Third Term", Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, ... More

A summer smoke-cloud / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck reclining before a table covered with alcoholic beverages, some labeled "V.H. Dusenbury's P.P. Brandy" and "Puck Punch [No London Punch]", smoking and blowing smoke rings. Among the figures app... More

Another bombardment - the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Wa...

Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled "N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun,... More

Puck's pyrotechnics - Fourth-of-July fireworks free to all / Opper & C...

Print shows a fireworks display with Puck bowing on a stage in front of a "Fan Light" featuring the likenesses of William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and Jay Gould; on stage with Puck is a hand... More

Science, or sport? - A modern spectacle after an old model / J. Kepple...

Print shows a group of explorers of the polar regions, representing discovery and exploration, floating on an ice floe, they may all be on the verge of death; weighing judgement are James G. Bennett of the New ... More

Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a dog show where a variety of breeds are competing; in the upper left corner, labeled the "Judges' Stand" are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett (N.Y. Herald), Whi... More

The grand opening march over the Brooklyn Bridge / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a large procession crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, at the front, dressed as policeman with nightsticks, are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett, Oswald Ottendorfer, W... More

"New York Herald" / Nemo ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith.

James Gordon Bennett, full-length portrait, seated on suitcase, facing right, holding walking stick. Illus. in: The Vanity fair album: a show of sovereigns, statesmen, judges, and men of the day / Jehu Junior. ... More

Crowding the cabinet-making business / J. Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer

Illustration shows newspaper editors James Gordon "Bennett" holding up a bust of Roscoe Conkling labeled "Sect. Interior" and a tray labeled "Bennett's Beauties" at his feet; Whitelaw "Reid" holding a tray labe... More

Cleveland's entry into Washington - March 4th. 1885 / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland riding the Democratic donkey past the "Republican R.R.R. Hotel" on the way to his inauguration; he is surrounded by a host of characters that includes many political figures ... More

Bad for business / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer

Print shows a band of street musicians comprised of yellow journalism newspaper editors/publishers; two men are playing "The War Wave" on horns labeled "Daily Sensation" (Joseph Pulitzer) and "Morning Exciter" ... More

New York's new solar system / Keppler.

Print shows Richard Croker as a radiant sun at the center of New York's "Solar System" with such figures labeled "Pawnbroker, Brewer, Laborer, Hayseed, Fireman, Gambler, Liquor Dealer, Contractor, Soubrette, [a... More

Greenwood Cemetery monument. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope...

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Greenwood Cemetery monument. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope...

Representative journals & journalists of America

Print shows portraits of journalists and their newspapers, top row, from left: Joseph R. Hawley of the "Hartford Courant", Oswald Ottendorfer of the "New-Yorker Staats-Beitung", Whitelaw Reid of the "New-York T... More

Representative journals & journalists of America

Print shows portraits of journalists and their newspapers, top row, from left: Joseph R. Hawley of the "Hartford Courant", Oswald Ottendorfer of the "New-Yorker Staats-Beitung", Whitelaw Reid of the "New-York T... More

[James Gordon Bennett, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters t...

Editor of the New York Herald. Scratched on face of plate: 84. Scratched on back of plate: 188; 271 [canceled] Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Identification from engraving by Jourdan in United States Democratic Review, N... More

[James Gordon Bennett, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters t...

Editor of the New York Herald. Scratched on face of plate: 84. Scratched on back of plate: 188; 271 [canceled] Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Identification from engraving by Jourdan in United States Democratic Review, N... More