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"Get off the track!" A song for emancipation, sung by The Hutchinsons, . . .

"Get off the track!" A song for emancipation, sung by The Hutchinsons,...

An illustrated sheet music cover for an abolitionist song composed by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. The song is dedicated to antislavery editor Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, "As a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the ... More

Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836

Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836

A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "O... More

Pilgrims' progress - Political cartoon, public domain image

Pilgrims' progress - Political cartoon, public domain image

Democratic party war-horse Andrew Jackson appears frequently in the satires of the 1844 election campaign. Here, wearing a long frock coat and tall hat, he leads a donkey carrying Democratic candidates Polk and... More

The celeste-al cabinet - Political cartoon, public domain image

The celeste-al cabinet - Political cartoon, public domain image

A mild satire on Jackson and his Cabinet, portraying in imaginative terms a White House reception of popular French dancer and actress Madame Celeste. Seated in chairs in a White House parlor are six cabinet me... More

National Democratic Republican nomination / lith. of Endicott, 152 Fulton St., New York.

National Democratic Republican nomination / lith. of Endicott, 152 Ful...

A campaign broadside for Democratic candidates Martin Van Buren and Richard Johnson, produced for the presidential election of 1840. It is illustrated with: 1) a vignette of the American eagle in a halo of star... More

M. Van Buren. - Public domain dedication image

M. Van Buren. - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Martin Van Buren.] Engraved by Henry Smith

[Martin Van Buren.] Engraved by Henry Smith

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[Martin Van Buren.] - Public domain portrait engraving

[Martin Van Buren.] - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Martin Van Buren.] - Henry Bryan Hall

[Martin Van Buren.] - Henry Bryan Hall

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Martin van Buren. - Public domain portrait engraving

Martin van Buren. - Public domain portrait engraving

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The main question - Victorian era public domain image

The main question - Victorian era public domain image

Satire on the escalation of tensions during the Maine-New Brunswick border conflict in February and March 1839. The dispute involved the claim to valuable, timber-rich territory in the Aroostook region. The are... More

Inklings of travel, up Salt River

Inklings of travel, up Salt River

A broad satire, ridiculing all of the candidates in the 1848 presidential campaign. Swimming up "Salt River" and pulling the "Salt River Barge" is fox Martin van Buren. Seated in the barge are (left to right):... More

The modern balaam and his ass - Political cartoon, public domain image

The modern balaam and his ass - Political cartoon, public domain image

Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

The rats leaving a falling house

The rats leaving a falling house

A simpler and less animated composition on the same general idea as Edward W. Clay's ".00001" (no. 1831-1). Again Jackson is seated in a collapsing chair, with the "Altar of Reform" toppling next to him, and ra... More

The rats leaving a falling house

The rats leaving a falling house

A simpler and less animated composition on the same general idea as Edward W. Clay's ".00001" (no. 1831-1). Again Jackson is seated in a collapsing chair, with the "Altar of Reform" toppling next to him, and ra... More

The automatic family record and marriage certificate / penwork by [...].

The automatic family record and marriage certificate / penwork by [......

Print showing a colorful genealogical chart for recording marriages, includes separately printed portraits of Martin Van Buren and Little Red Riding Hood. W36518 U.S. Copyright Office. Damage to lower right co... More

The automatic family record and marriage certificate / penwork by [...].

The automatic family record and marriage certificate / penwork by [......

Print showing a colorful genealogical chart for recording marriages, includes separately printed portraits of Martin Van Buren and Little Red Riding Hood. W36518 U.S. Copyright Office. Damage to lower right co... More

Martin Van Buren: eighth President of the United states

Martin Van Buren: eighth President of the United states

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4378

Martin Van Buren: eighth President of the United states

Martin Van Buren: eighth President of the United states

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4378

Loco Foco expresses, arriving at Washington

Loco Foco expresses, arriving at Washington

A satiric commentary on the effects of the landslide Whig victory in New York state elections in the autumn of 1838. President Van Buren (left) greets two of his defeated allies: incumbent governor William L. M... More

Specie claws - Public domain dedication image

Specie claws - Public domain dedication image

A melodramatic portrayal of the plight of the tradesman during the Panic of 1837, whose financial distress the artist ascribes to Loco Foco politics and the effects of the Specie Circular, or "Specie Clause." T... More

The vision. Political hydrophobia, shewing the comfort of crowns, and how to obtain them

The vision. Political hydrophobia, shewing the comfort of crowns, and ...

A crudely drawn but bitter attack on Andrew Jackson's veto of the re-charter of the Bank of the United States and his subsequent campaign to destroy the Bank. Jackson (right) is a king fiddling on his throne as... More

The vision. Political hydrophobia, shewing the comfort of crowns, and how to obtain them

The vision. Political hydrophobia, shewing the comfort of crowns, and ...

A crudely drawn but bitter attack on Andrew Jackson's veto of the re-charter of the Bank of the United States and his subsequent campaign to destroy the Bank. Jackson (right) is a king fiddling on his throne as... More

Caucus on the Surplus Bill - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Caucus on the Surplus Bill - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

A derisive view of Andrew Jackson's reluctant, politically-minded endorsement of the Distribution Act, or "Surplus Bill," a measure authorizing distribution of surplus federal funds among the states. Facing the... More

Caucus on the Surplus Bill - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Caucus on the Surplus Bill - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

A derisive view of Andrew Jackson's reluctant, politically-minded endorsement of the Distribution Act, or "Surplus Bill," a measure authorizing distribution of surplus federal funds among the states. Facing the... More

"Let every one take care of himself" (As the Jack ass said when he was dancing among the chickens)

"Let every one take care of himself" (As the Jack ass said when he was...

A satire attacking Andrew Jackson's plan to distribute treasury funds, formerly kept in the Bank of the United States, among "branch banks" in various states. The artist also alleges Vice-President Van Buren's ... More

"Let every one take care of himself" (As the Jack ass said when he was dancing among the chickens)

"Let every one take care of himself" (As the Jack ass said when he was...

A satire attacking Andrew Jackson's plan to distribute treasury funds, formerly kept in the Bank of the United States, among "branch banks" in various states. The artist also alleges Vice-President Van Buren's ... More

Bursting the balloon - Political cartoon, public domain image

Bursting the balloon - Political cartoon, public domain image

Democratic frustrations in the race for the "Presidential Chair" are again parodied in the sequel or companion to "Balloon Ascension to the Presidential Chair" (no. 1844-32). Here the ascent of the Democrats is... More

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States

Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right. Reproduction of 1839 painting by Henry Inman.

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States

Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right. Reproduction of 1839 painting by Henry Inman.

The rebound of the ball - Public domain book illustration

The rebound of the ball - Public domain book illustration

A satire on the Democrats' defeat in the fall New York state elections, here viewed as a referendum on Van Buren's independent treasury, or "Sub-treasury" system. A large ball labeled "Sub Treasury" is pushed d... More

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