William Hogarth - Pl. 4. Chairing the members
Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Dodington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street,... More
William Hogarth - Pl. 2. Canvassing for votes
A rural scene with three inns: "The Portobello" (celebrating the naval victory of 1739 in contrast with the recent loss of Minorca), outside which two veterans sit reminiscing; "The Excise Office" (the Whig str... More
William Hogarth - Pl. 1. An election entertainment
A feast given by two candidates in an election for parliament. Two large tables in a paneled interior (probably intended as a 17th-century inn) are surrounded by an assembly of drunken citizens. Courtesy of Bos... More
William Hogarth - Pl. 1. An election entertainment
A feast given by two candidates in an election for parliament. Two large tables in a paneled interior (probably intended as a 17th-century inn) are surrounded by an assembly of drunken citizens. Courtesy of Bos... More
William Hogarth - Pl. 2. Canvassing for votes
A rural scene with three inns: "The Portobello" (celebrating the naval victory of 1739 in contrast with the recent loss of Minorca), outside which two veterans sit reminiscing; "The Excise Office" (the Whig str... More
William Hogarth - Pl. 3. The polling
A rural scene with a polling booth where ailing reserve voters are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bott... More
William Hogarth - Pl. 3. The polling
A rural scene with a polling booth where ailing reserve voters are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bott... More
William Hogarth - Pl. 4. Chairing the members
Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Dodington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street,... More
The election, a medley, humbly inscribed to Squire Lilliput, professor...
Cartoon shows the old courthouse in Philadelphia during the October 1, 1764 election where a line of men wait at the steps on the right to enter the courthouse and cast their votes; in the foreground, many men,... More
Westminster election 1780 / E--g inv., British Cartoon Print
Print shows Lord Lincoln standing on the right of St. Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodn... More
The f--x and H--d or rival candidates - humbly address'd to the worthy...
Print shows Charles James Fox standing on the left and Lord Lincoln on the right, facing each other as candidates in the Westminster elections. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division ... More
The poll, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain drawing
The scene is still the polling-booth, Covent Garden ; the canvassers, committees, and mobs are giving their entire attention to the performance carried on for their entertainment between the fair rival advocate... More
The drum major of sedition, Thomas Rowlandson
The portrait of Major John Cartright, one of the most energetic and disinterested Reformers, is given under this title. The Major is firmly grasping a pole of Liberty in his right hand, and is holding forth in ... More
Fox's martyrs or The patriots in limbo
Print shows Charles James Fox's martyrs during the American Revolution. On the right, Frederick, Lord North, hangs from a devil's pitchfork and wears a large stone labeled "American War" from his neck. In the c... More
Candidates canvassing for seats in Parliament, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More
A long headed election, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known fo... More
The city candidates, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More
The funeral procession of the rump / G. Cruikshank invt. et fect., Bri...
A satire on the defeat of Hobhouse by Lamb at the Westminster Election. The Rump, or remnant of Reformers, is represented by the hind-quarters of a cart-horse, with its hoofs in the air, carried on a knacker's ... More
Match for the king's plate (A) - by Hacks : The Coalition Lamb carryin...
A caricature on the Westminster election, Feb 13th, 1819. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Going the whole hog - Public domain book illustration
Martin Van Buren's New York political favorites are represented as piglets suckled by a giant sow "The Empire State." The artist's pointed reference is to the exploitation of New York State by the President and... More
The would-be mayor preparing to quell a riot
A disparaging portrayal of New York Tammany Democrats and their candidate for mayor in the April 1837 municipal elections. Here the angular, aristocratic candidate John J. Morgan presents a striking contrast to... More
Triumphal procession of the eagle and other birds, at the April electi...
A parade of jubilant New York City Whigs, led by successful mayoral candidate Aaron Clark (at right, with walking stick). Clark, who defeated Tammany candidate John J. Morgan in the Spring election, walks arm-i... More
How to make the mare/Mayor go - Public domain book illustration, Libra...
Another satire on the 1838 New York mayoral contest, this time suggesting collusion between Whig candidate and incumbent mayor Aaron Clark and conservative Democrat Richard Riker. Here Clark sits on his stalled... More
Loco Foco scramble for collectors licenses
Democratic patronage in New York is parodied in a scene of Loco Foco drivers or carmen rushing for cab licenses distributed by recently appointed collector of the port, Democratic stalwart Jesse Hoyt. Hoyt repl... More
Executive mercy/Marcy and the Bambers
An attack on New York governor William L. Marcy's controversial decision to surrender Irish fugitives John Bamber, Sr., and his son James to the British consul after their detention in New York. The Bambers, wa... More
Loco Foco persecution, or custom house, versus caricatures
A satire on the publisher's own troubles with the Democratic establishment in New York. In his print shop Henry R. Robinson is confronted by an unidentified man (center, arms crossed) who says, "I am determined... More
The three mares/mayors, New York course, spring races, 1838
A satire on the 1838 New York mayoralty contest, here shown as a horse race between (left to right) Whig candidate Aaron Clark, Democrat Richard Riker, and Loco Foco Democrat Isaac L. Varian. Clark is clearly i... More
Scene in Washington. In which the Presidental candidate of all the dec...
Whig senator Henry Clay is attacked here on several fronts. The artist alludes to his reputation for gambling, his widely publicized outburst in the House of Representatives in February 1838, and his alleged un... More
Loco Foco expresses. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A commentary on the Whigs' disappointment of "Loco Foco" Democratic expectations in the New York municipal elections of spring 1838. Successful Whig mayoral candidate Aaron Clark holds two horses by their tails... More
The forty thieves or the common scoundrels of New-York
The title continues: "Breaking up of a Grand Spree in the Tea Room & total abflustification of the common scoundrels." Weitenkampf calls the print a satirical look at members of the New York Common Council "aft... More
The last card. Tip overthrown - Public domain book illustration
A satire on the controversy surrounding charges of election fraud against New York State tobacco inspector James B. Glentworth and other Whigs during the election of 1838. The allegations were made two years l... More
Evenhanded justice of the breaking up of the star chamber
Another in the series of "Spoodlyks's" satires on the Glentworth affair. (See also nos. 1840-60, -61, and -63). Here the artist portrays Glentworth's attempt to remove evidence in the vote fraud inquiry from t... More
O.K. - Political cartoon, public domain image
A postelection Whig satire, "Respectfully dedicated to the members of the Eighth Ward Tippecanoe Club and inscribed to their Patriotic Chairman Charles H. Delavan, Esqr." The artist shows a crowd of Whigs assem... More
Loco Foco consternation or the orful kat-ass-trophe
Another satire on the Glentworth scandal controversy, by the same artist as "The Last Card," "Evenhanded Justice," and "O. K." (nos. 1840-60, -62, and -63). Here the artist lampoons Democratic efforts to sensat... 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
Progress of reform!!! No. 1 - Political cartoon, public domain image
A scene in New York, outside the gates of City Hall Park. Two well-dressed men with top hats overturn the table of two apple-women. One of the men (from all appearances a Loco Foco radical Democrat) shouts at t... More
The election game / turning the cards
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Scene in the House of Representatives - Contest for the election of sp...
Congressman speaking while others stand and watch. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1, no. 5 (1856 Jan. 12), p.[65].
The election--At the polls / W.J.H.
Cartoon of scene at election polls, with 2 people fighting. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, 1857 Nov. 7, p. 712.
The election - Drawing. Public domain image.
Two cartoons showing politicians trying to buy votes. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, 1857 Nov. 7, p. 713.
Mayor's Tiemann's race to the voting-place as the escort of United Sta...
Mayor Tiemann and soldiers running to the polls in New York City; the "voting-place" is a tavern. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 2 (1858 Nov. 13), p. 724.
Mayor's Tiemann's race to the voting-place as the escort of United Sta...
Mayor Tiemann and soldiers running to the polls in New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1858 Nov. 13, p. 724.
Heads of the democracy - Drawing. Public domain image.
Purchase; Old Print Shop; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:492). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1985:492.
Election in Baltimore, November, 1862
Satire on corrupt, Union-supervised elections. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 9.
Brookline High School, Brookline Mass photograph collection
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Temple Kehillath Israel, Harvard St.
Public domain photograph of synagogue building, Judaism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Driscoll School, Brookline Mass photograph collection
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dexter School, Brookline Mass photograph collection
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lawrence School, Brookline Mass photograph collection
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harvard Church, Brookline Mass photograph collection
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Devotion School, Brookline Mass photograph collection
Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Freedmen Voting In New Orleans.
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Significant election scene at Washington, June 3, 1867 / sketched by A...
Black and white men observe while other blacks and whites prepare to place ballots into box.
Swearing in of U.S. Deputy Marshals and Supervisors of Registry and El...
Crowd of men in courtroom. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 31, 1870 Nov. 19, p. 145.
![[James Blaine with "As speaker" and "R.R. jobs" letters sticking out of his back pocket and reaching for "the Mulligan letters" over "Blaine's record" hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzAvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtYmxhaW5lLXdpdGgtYXMtc3BlYWtlci1hbmQtcnItam9icy1sZXR0ZXJzLXN0aWNraW5nLW91dC1vZi1oaXMtYmFjay1wb2NrZXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[James Blaine with \"As speaker\" and \"R.R. jobs\" letters sticking out of his back pocket and reaching for \"the Mulligan letters\" over \"Blaine's record\" hat]")
[James Blaine with "As speaker" and "R.R. jobs" letters sticking out o...
Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1980:080.4). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
The ring arithmetic--as taught by the modern ceasers
Tammany political boss William Marcy Tweed is portrayed as a bullying schoolteacher giving New York City comptroller Richard B. Connolly a lesson in arithmetic. A teary-eyed Connolly stands on a stool writing ... More
The Philadelphia election fraud / from sketches by Albert Berghaus.
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 35, 1872 Oct. 26, p. 97.
Incidents of the Texas contest / sketched by Douglas E. Jerrold.
Four illustrations of a contested election in Texas including the gathering of the Democrats to oust the Radicals arresting the mayor of Austin and guarding the secretary of state's office, and Democrats discus... More
South Carolina--The November election--The dead-lock in the state legi...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 43. (1876 Dec. 16), cover.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
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A state divided against itself - coin, public domain photograph
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Gen'l Garfield, Gen'l Arthur - Public domain portrait print
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Elections... More
The political pot in Boston : who will get the pork?
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
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Two campaign hustlers from way back, Booze & Boodle
Anthropomorphized liquor bottle and money bag. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dana's support - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title from handwritten notation on mat. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
A state divided against itself - coin, public domain photograph
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
A weak ticket in the field - and a weaker expected--If the Republicans...
Cartoon showing James A. Garfield and Chester Arthur standing on the left, and Samuel J. Tilden and David Davis standing on the right. Illus. in: Puck, 1880 June 16, vol. 7, p. 257.
The mugwump mabille - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
Now Campbell will run - Public domain dedication image
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
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Republican candidates for President and Vice-President, James A. Garfi...
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Arnold, Vic., artist. Sarony, photographer. Seer's... More
National Democratic banner, Gen'l Hancock, William H. English
11926 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Hoover, J., copyright... More
Proud as a peacock with two tails
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Caricature, For sale again / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image
Print shows John Kelly carrying a basket labeled "27,000 Votes For Sale", accosting passengers on a "New York Train", seeking buyers; around the car, men are seated beneath windows labeled "Democratic Nominatio... More
"With thee to support me, I defy the whole world!" / J. Keppler.
Print shows George M. Robeson dressed as a sailor and labeled "Leader of the Republican Party" and Republican Champion", leaning on a large duffle bag labeled "Surplus $150,000,000"; a group of men standing on ... More
Stalwart stupidity / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck, holding his lithographic pen, and the Independent Party figure, holding an axe labeled "November Election", standing inside a cabin next to the head of Roscoe Conkling that has been cut... More
Richard three times over. Election eve, November, 1883.
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) represented as Richard III. Butler running for election as governor of Massachusetts. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
"April fool!" / F. Opper. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows John Kelly bending to pick up a wallet labeled "New York City Mayoralty" that is lying in the street; Puck, hiding behind a tree, is holding onto a string attached to the wallet, ready to pul... More
"Whitelaw Reid refuses to accept the New York senatorship" / Gillam.
Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid, dressed as a dandy, turning away from a young woman labeled "N.Y. State" who is carrying a bucket labeled "Reform Milk" and headed in a direction indicated by a sign "To Reform... More
The knight of the wind-bag enters the senatorial field / Gillam.
Illustration shows William M. Evarts as a knight on horseback with Whitelaw Reid as his page who is blowing a horn labeled "Evarts Letter" outside the "Albany Legislature" castle to announce Evarts' arrival. Re... More
Kik - kik - cock-a-doodle doo! Mr. Kelly, how are you? / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows New York City Mayor William R. Grace as a rooster crowing over a defeated and demoralized John Kelly, Tammany Hall boss; Grace, an anti-Tammany Hall politician, was just re-elected mayor of N... More
Mr. Hill tries it on / Gillam. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Illustration shows the Governor of New York, David B. Hill, riding backwards on the Democratic donkey labeled "Democracy" running on railroad tracks near a sign that states "Look Out for the Enlightening Expres... More
Gulliver and the party Liliputians -- they cannot bind him / Gillam.
Illustration shows Henry Ward Beecher as Gulliver holding on his knee a small building labeled "Plymouth Church" and reaching his left hand out, in a friendly gesture, toward a crowd of "Liliputians" who are sc... More
19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A black dog sitting on top of a wooden bench, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, ... More
Puck magazine cover - The two retired bar'ls / Zimmerman.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Flower" sitting on a barrel labeled "For a Presidential Nomination Only" and Samuel J. Tilden sitting on a barrel labeled "Plenty of Advice but no Money, S.J.T.", they are back... More
Puck magazine cover - The rival sandwich-men / Zimmerman.
Illustration shows David B. Hill placing a cap labeled "Gen'l Jones" on an old man's head and handing him a sword labeled "Baltimore Blade"; the old man is wearing a sandwich board that states "Hill & Jones Pol... More
Making the most of it / Gillam.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Hill" holding a large magnifying glass labeled "Democratic Presss Magnifier" between a donkey with blinders labeled "N.Y. Democracy" and a tiny shock of hay labeled "Cleveland'... More
The burial of the bloody shirt - Public domain portrait print
20886 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Oberlender, J. D., co... More
Good men on a bad platform / Zimmerman.
Illustration shows three men labeled "Wadsworth, Davenport, [and] Genl. Carr" hanging onto each other, standing on "The One Solid Plank" labeled "Financial & Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions" of a shaky platfor... More
New York City - John Most, the anarchist, addressing a meeting of symp...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.64, 1887 April 16, p. 133.
An experienced performer : Ring-master Platt--Now Chauncey, have you e...
Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 32:440 (June 16, 1888).
Saved! The Republican Party throws its protecting shield over American...
19254 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Browne, Carl, copyrig... More
Illustrated political chart, a cartoon of American politics and the Ta...
11776 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Graham, A. B., copyri... More
Electioneering in Georgia -- a candidate pleading for a mountaineer's...
After a sketch by Horace Bradley. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Electioneering in Georgia," Harper's Weekly, 32:696 (Sept. 15, 1888).
Tammany "workers" at the polls in Pell Street, New York - the beginnin...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1889 Nov. 16, p. 920. Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The upshot of the late elections --
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1980:080.1). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).