Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.
Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More
Ring again the liberty bell in 1900, 1800 Jefferson, W.J. Bryan, 1900
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Knisely, A. W., copyright claimant. Globe Co., pub... More
Democratic ticket. Stop Van!!! - Public domain book illustration
An illustrated election ticket for Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, listing Ohio Democratic electors for the presidential race of 1836. The ticket is illustrated with a small vignette of a man, possibl... More
![Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Africa"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzYvMDEvMDEvamlubm9vd2luZS1pZS1nZW51aW5lLWpvaG5zb24tdGlja2V0LWNhcnJ5aW5nLXRoZS13YXItaW50by1hZnJpY2EtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/110/webp "Jinnoowine [i.e. \"genuine\"] Johnson ticket. \"Carrying the war into Africa\"")
Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Afr...
An illustrated election ticket for the presidential campaign of 1836. Oddly, the ticket lists Ohio's Democratic electors for Van Buren while making a vicious and obscene slur on the wife of his running-mate Ri... More
Political balance - U.S. Presidential Elections
Election of 1840. The "log cabin and hard cider" campaign. A balance marked "government's true scales" and supported by "popular opinion" has William Henry Harrison, the Whig candidates on one side and Martin V... More
General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames /...
Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More
North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image
A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More
The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!
A parody of Democratic efforts to reelect incumbent Martin Van Buren in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The print is a crude woodcut evidently based on Napoleon Saro... More
The great American steeple chase for 1844
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Whig nominee-apparent Henry Clay and is highly critical of incumbent John Tyler. The "chase" for the presidency ... More
Treeing coons - Political cartoon, public domain image
One of the few satires sympathetic to the Democrats to appear during the 1844 presidential contest. Democratic presidential nominee James Polk is portrayed as a buckskinned hunter who has treed "coons" Henry Cl... More
For President: James K. Polk, of Tennessee. For Vice President: George...
A Democratic election ticket for the 1844 presidential campaign, issued sometime between May 29, when Polk received the Democratic nomination, and the November canvass. The ticket names the party's eight electo... More
The two bridges - Political cartoon, public domain image
As in "Texas Coming In" (no. 1844-28), a bridge over Salt River is the central motif, making the difference between the Whigs' successful crossing to the "Presidential Chair" and the disastrous route taken by t... More
The honest statesman, his country's steadfast friend. Harry of the Wes...
Campaign badge produced for the Whig National Convention held at Baltimore in May 1844. A bust-length portrait of Whig candidate Henry Clay appears in an oval, against a backdrop of American flags. The oval is... More
Virtuous Harry, or set a thief to catch a thief!
A satire on the Whig party's anti-annexation platform. The question of whether or not to annex Texas was a large issue separating candidates in the 1844 campaign. Annexation's serious implications for the futur... More
The hunter of Kentucky - coin, public domain photograph
Henry Clay is the hunter, and various Democrats his quarry. Clay wears a fringed buckskin outfit and coonskin cap reminiscent of Davy Crockett and the Western characters of the contemporary stage, such as Nimro... More
Footrace, Pennsylvania Avenue. Stakes $25,000, Political Cartoon
The race for a $25,000 prize (the president's salary) is a metaphor for the 1844 campaign. The favored contender here is Henry Clay. The other runners are James K. Polk and John Tyler, while commentaries are of... More
Matty meeting the Texas question, Political Cartoon
A satire on the Democrats' approach to the delicate question of the annexation of Texas. In marked contrast to his portrayal of the issue as a beautiful woman in "Virtuous Harry" (no. 1844-27), the artist here ... More
Sale of dogs - Political cartoon, public domain image
Seeking a middle course between the issues of the annexation of Texas on one hand and abolitionism on the other, Van Buren lost the support of southern Democrats, including elderly statesman Andrew Jackson. Her... More
![[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvaGVucnktY2xheS10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy10by10aGUtbGVmdC1mYWNpbmctNzU2ZTFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth]")
[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left...
Republican Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811; Congressman, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825; U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-1829; Whig Senator, 1831-1842, 1849-1852; Democratic Republican candidate for ... More
Governors race in New Jersey. Young Hyson riding over the backs of the...
A satire on the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign of 1844, centering on a major issue of the race--extension of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The Whig candidate, New Jersey native Charles C. Stratton, campaign... 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 Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More
Caricature, The modern colossus, public domain cartoon image
Election of 1848. Martin van Buren, ex-President and "Free-Soil" Party candidate is shown trying to bridge the gap between the Whig-Abolition platform and the Democratic platform. Both major parties, the Whigs ... More
The liberty chariot - Political cartoon, public domain image
A burlesque triumphal procession representing victory for the Democratic platform in the election of 1848. In a chariot drawn by Democrats Lewis Cass and William O. Butler (shown as two horses), Uncle Sam drive... More
Whig harmony - Political cartoon, public domain image
A severe split within the Whig ranks, between partisans of Henry Clay and those of Zachary Taylor, preceded the party's convention in June 1848. Here Horace Greeley, one of Clay's most influential northern supp... More
Questioning a candidate - Political cartoon, public domain image
Zachary Taylor's stubborn resistance to declaring his views on the major political issues during his candidacy in the 1848 presidential campaign was a favorite theme of the opposition. Here Taylor, in uniform, ... More
The buffalo hunt - Drawing. Public domain image.
An optimistic view of the presidential prospects of Martin Van Buren, nominated at the Free Soil Party's August 1848 convention in Buffalo, New York. Here Van Buren rides a buffalo and thumbs his nose as he se... More
Smoking him out - Political cartoon, public domain image
A humorous commentary on Barnburner Democrat Martin Van Buren's opposition to regular Democratic party nominee Lewis Cass. Van Buren and his son John were active in the Free Soil effort to prevent the extensio... More
Shooting the Christmas turkey - Political cartoon, public domain image
While Democratic and Whig candidates debate strategies to win the presidency, or "shoot the Christmas turkey," Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren makes off with the bird. At left Democrat Lewis Cass (facing f... More
Worrying the bull - Political cartoon, public domain image
In a ring a large bull, wearing a ribbon marked "The Rough & Ready" between its horns, faces five matadors. The bull represents Zachary Taylor, nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready." The matadors are prominent Whigs,... More
A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration
"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... More
The telegraphic candidates - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
In a race between the railroad and the telegraph the "telegraphic candidates," Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, are first to the White House. The artist ridicules Zachary Taylor for his hazy stance on major ca... More
Grand Presidential sweep-stakes for 1849
The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential contest as a race between the three major candidates. The contenders are on the course. Whig candidate Zachary T... More
Terrible rout & total destruction of the Whig Party. In Salt River
The 1852 Democratic victory under the standard of Franklin Pierce is foreseen as a debacle for the Whig party, led by Winfield Scott. Pierce (center) sits on his horse, holding aloft a banner bearing his and ru... More
A magnificent offer to a magnificent officer
A cartoon ridiculing Whig nominee Winfield Scott as the pawn of New York antislavery senator William Seward. A member of the "Whig Committee" kneels before Scott and offers him a crown and a bag of money marked... More
The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image
A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically... More
The poor soldier & his ticket for soup
The presidential aspirations of Whig general Winfield Scott during the 1852 election are again belittled. Scott, in a tattered uniform and supporting himself on a crutch, extends his feathered cap toward the fi... More
Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...
Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More
Two candidates at the door of nomination
A satire on the competition between Daniel Webster and Winfield Scott for the 1852 Whig nomination for the presidency. In the drawing, the candidates stand on opposite sides of a door, Scott on the left and Web... More
Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate
A satire on the Democrats' or "Loco Focos'" 1852 pursuit of Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. At the foot of the White Mountains in the "Dismal Swamp," an immense, swampy region of North Carolina... More
Ornithology - Engraving, Public domain image, Political Cartoon
A mild election-year cartoon portraying Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott (left) as a turkey and Democrat Franklin Pierce (right) as a gamecock. The two face each other from opposite sides of "Mason &... More
Quartette from the new opera of the "Whig celebration at Lundy's Lane....
Winfield Scott's controversial performance as commander in the War of 1812 battle at Lundy's Lane turned to account by the artist in this parody of the general's candidacy in 1852. The battle of Lundy's Lane ag... More
Soliciting a vote - Political cartoon, public domain image
A cynical view of party competition for the working man's vote in the presidential campaign of 1852. In a polling place, four candidates struggle to force their own election ticket on a short, uncouth-looking c... More
Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y
A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The ... More
The fish question settled - Public domain print
A facetious, and somewhat racist, look at public opinion surrounding the controversy over American fishing rights in British-controlled waters off North America. (See also "John Bull's Fish Monopoly," no. 1852-... More
A big blue bottle fly in the web
Another swipe at Whig candidate Winfield Scott's manipulation by antislavery Whigs Seward and Greeley. Here, Scott is a fly caught in a large web, spun by spiders Greeley (left) and Seward (right). Scott excl... More
Barn-burners in a fix - Political cartoon, public domain image
A satire on the Barnburners, a radical faction of New York State Democrats, led by John Van Buren, whose commitment to social and monetary reforms was likened to a farmer's burning his barn to rid it of rats. H... More
Position of the Democratic Party in 1852. "Freemen of America, how lon...
A crudely drawn satire bitterly attacking Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and appealing to the "Freemen of America." The print, possibly executed by a free black, criticizes the Democrats' pla... More
Experiments on the tight rope - Political cartoon, public domain image
A figurative portrayal of Whig candidate Winfield Scott's failure in the 1852 presidential contest, attributed by the artist to his alliance with abolitionist interests. Scott is hoisted aloft via a pulley sys... More
Capability and availability - Political cartoon, public domain image
Sharply critical of both the Democratic and Whig choice of presidential candidates in 1852, the artist laments the nomination of two soldiers, Winfield Scott (center) and Franklin Pierce (far right), in prefere... More
Pilgrims of the Rhine-O! - Political cartoon, public domain image
Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott and his party pursue an abolitionist course leading toward Salt River and political doom. New York senator and antislavery advocate William Seward appears as a poodle ... More
Eclipse & no eclipse or two views of one object
Two scenes showing the differing perceptions of Franklin Pierce's stand on the issue of slavery, as viewed by the North and South. The cartoon is divided vertically by "Mason & Dixon's Line." An arrow identifie... More
A piercing piece of loco foco hocus pocus
The title plays on Franklin Pierce's last name, at the expense of Whig presidential hopefuls Millard Fillmore, Winfield Scott, and Daniel Webster. The print was probably published shortly after the June 1852 Wh... More
The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 fo...
The familiar metaphor of the presidential contest as a boxing match is invoked once again. (For an earlier example see "Set to Between the Champion Old Tip and the Swell Dutchman of Kinderhook," no. 1836-12.) T... More
The morning after the election, November 1856
Election of 1856. Democrat James Buchanan sits reading the returns of the election while newspaper editors approach from the left. Behind them the defeated Republican candidate John C. Fremont rides off into th... More
Letting the last "Democratic drop", Political Cartoon
The only obvious portrait in this crudely drawn satire is that of Republican candidate John C. Fremont (right). An emaciated man (center) sits in a chair near an open window. He is apparently James Buchanan, a... More
Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...
A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... 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 great Republican reform party.
Presidential campaign of 1856. John C. Fremont, Republican candidate running on a "Free-soil" platform was defeated by James Buchanan the Democratic candidate. In this cartoon, Fremont is approached by 6 "would... More
Shall I vote for ten cents a day?
Election of 1856. While Democrat James Buchanan, the eventual victor, speaks in the background, his opponents, Know-Nothing - Whig Millard Fillmore (center) and John C. Fremont (left) propose some sort of "stop... More
Shall I vote for ten cents a day?
A campaign parody somewhat favorable to Republican candidate John C. Fremont, but suggesting a conspiracy between Fremont and Millard Fillmore to defeat Democrat James Buchanan. Buchanan's nickname "Ten Cent Ji... More
Caricature, "Buck" taking the "pot", public domain cartoon image
Election of 1856. James Buchanan, Democrat, carries off the price a pot of "Union Soup" while his opponents' spoons in hand fail to reach it. John C. Fremont trips over the rock of disunion. His Republican part... More
The buck chase of 1856 - Political cartoon, public domain image
Democratic candidate James Buchanan, as a buck deer, crosses the finish line of a racecourse ahead of competitors Millard Fillmore and John C. Fremont. Spectators cheer in the stands behind. Fillmore appears a... More
"Buck" taking the "pot" - Drawing. Public domain image.
A pro-Buchanan satire, critical of the divisive or sectionalist appeal of the other two presidential contenders in the 1856 race. "Buck" or Buchanan (left) has evidently won a card game over Fremont (fallen at ... More
Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler
The artist lays on the Democrats the major blame for violence perpetrated against antislavery settlers in Kansas in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Here a bearded "freesoiler" has been bound to the "Democr... More
The great Presidential race of 1856
An animated comic scene ridiculing the Democratic and American party candidates. In the foreground is a somewhat rickety wooden "Democratic Platform," into which presidential candidate James Buchanan has just r... More
The great American buck hunt of 1856
Another Currier satire favoring American party candidate Millard Fillmore. A "buck" (James Buchanan) runs toward the White House, visible in the distance, as the two rival candidates take aim at him with their ... More
Scene at the polls, New York City--Boxes for the distribution of ticke...
Crowd of men gathered around booths with signs "Fremont", "Buchanan", and "Fillmore". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 49 (1856 Nov. 15), p. 353.
![The real "irrepressible conflict"--[See Congressional debates]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvdGhlLXJlYWwtaXJyZXByZXNzaWJsZS1jb25mbGljdC1zZWUtY29uZ3Jlc3Npb25hbC1kZWJhdGVzLTU0MWFjZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "The real \"irrepressible conflict\"--[See Congressional debates]")
The real "irrepressible conflict"--[See Congressional debates]
Two men fighting in front of sign pointing way to White House. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 3, no. 156 (1859 Dec. 24), p. 832.
Hannibal Hamlin, Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United...
Print shows Hannibal Hamlin, half-length portrait, seated. He was Abraham Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate in the 1860 presidential election. Exchange; Jacques Schurre; Jan. 24, 1950.
Honorable John C. Breckinridge: Democratic candidate for sixteenth pre...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3153
The undecided political prize fight, Political Cartoon
A pro-Breckinridge satire on the 1860 presidential contest. Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln (right) and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas (left) appear as boxers squaring off in a ring before a small crowd of on... More
Honorable Stephen A. Douglas: of Illinois, national democratic candida...
Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, before delivering his Cooper Union address, New York, N.Y., on Feb. 27, 1860]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWNhbmRpZGF0ZS1mb3ItdXMtcHJlc2lkZW50LWJlZm9yZS1kZWxpdmVyaW5nLWhpcy1jb29wZXItdW5pb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, before delivering his Cooper Union address, New York, N.Y., on Feb. 27, 1860]")
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, before delivering his ...
Ostendorf, no. 17 (variant) Meserve, no. 19 or no. 20 (detail) Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 385.
Free territory for a free people
A proof, printed on paper, for a small campaign badge or banner for 1860 Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. The badge has interesting similarities to "Lincoln and Hamlin" (no. 1860-10), ... More
The political quadrille. Music by Dred Scott
A general parody on the 1860 presidential contest, highlighting the impact of the Dred Scott decision on the race. That controversial decision, handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, ruled that ne... More
Lincoln quick step - Public domain portrait photograph
Campaign sheet music for the Lincoln candidacy. The cover illustration features an oval bust portrait of Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by vignettes and motifs recalling his early backwoods car... More
Ager vs. information Young America politics.
Illustrations showing (1) a stranger interviews an Illinois native about Abraham Lincoln and the native goes into an "ager shake" (malarial chills); and (2) children discuss whom their fathers will vote for in ... More
![[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking left, May 20,1860]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWNhbmRpZGF0ZS1mb3ItdXMtcHJlc2lkZW50LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWxvb2tpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking left, May 20,1860]")
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42.) The Library's print is a copy of an ambrotype. As a result,... More
The little giant in the character of the gladiator
Election of 1860. This cartoon shows Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas as a gladiator ready to fight for the principle of popular sovereignty.. Douglas is shown with a full chin-beard and shaven upper lip as... More
![[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking right, May 20,1860]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWNhbmRpZGF0ZS1mb3ItdXMtcHJlc2lkZW50LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWxvb2tpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/64/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking right, May 20,1860]")
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... More
Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858. Honest old Abe on the S...
A caricature of Abraham Lincoln, probably appearing soon after his nomination as Republican presidential candidate. The artist contrasts Lincoln's modest posture at the Illinois Republican state convention in S... More
The great match at Baltimore, between the "Illinois Bantam" and the "O...
Second Democratic Convention meeting. The Illinois Bantam Stephen A. Douglas defeats James Buchanan, incumbent president, for the nomination but still faces a challenge from John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky. Th... More
Presidential electioneering in New York--a street scene ; Presidential...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 supplement, Oct. 15, p. 349.
"I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest…
Print shows George B. McClellan, in the character of Hamlet, standing near an open grave holding the head of Abraham Lincoln. He soliloquizes, "I knew him, Horatio: A fellow of infinite jest . . . Where be your... More
Lincoln, portrait, Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing, lacking fastener. (PR 17 CN 541.10) Forms part ... More
Little Mac's double feat of equitation
During the 1864 presidential campaign a popular analogy was drawn between Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan and an acrobat uneasily straddling two horses at once. The artist here portrays th... More
![[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLTYwNWUwYi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/39/webp "[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph")
[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal frame casing with oval window, lacking fastener on verso... More
George Hunt - Democracy. 1832. 1864., Confederate States of America.
Two scenes contrast Democratic presidential candidate of 1832 Andrew Jackson and 1864 George B. McClellan. McClellan is portrayed as weak and conciliatory toward the South, whereas his earlier counterpart's st... More
![[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWEyODg1ZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph")
[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing with pin fastener attached. (PR 17 CN 541.6) For... More
Election day in New York. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Depicts election day in wealthy neighborhood and poor neighborhood. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Dec. 3, p. 560.
The Presidential campaign in America. Great M'Clellan meeting in Union...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Oct. 1, p. 345.
The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill
Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel "Galena." The print recalls two p... More
The true issue or "that's whats the matter."
Election of 1861. The Democratic candidate George B. McClellan is shown trying to prevent Abraham Lincoln, the Republican incumbent and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy from tearing a map of the Un... More
George Hunt - Little Mac's double feat of equitation
During the 1864 presidential campaign a popular analogy was drawn between Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan and an acrobat uneasily straddling two horses at once. The artist here portrays th... More
![[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLTFmMjE1Ni0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/41/webp "[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph")
[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing. (PR 17 CN 541.7) Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tinty... More
The abolition catastrophe. Or the November smash-up
Election of 1864. Republican A. Lincoln defeated Dem. George B. McClellan and his early peace platform. This pro-McClellan cartoon shows "Little Mac" in the cab of the "Union" train, which has a clear track to ... More
Union and liberty! And union and slavery!
An anti-McClellan broadside, contrasting Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln's advocacy of equality and free labor in the North to Democratic opponent McClellan's alleged support of the Southern slave system. ... More
![[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLTE2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph")
[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (Brady photo Jan. 8, 1864); lacking metal casing and fastener.
![[Abraham Lincoln mourning badge, with photo taken Feb. 9 1864]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLW1vdXJuaW5nLWJhZGdlLXdpdGgtcGhvdG8tdGFrZW4tZmViLTktMTg2NC1kZGJkZmUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/118/webp "[Abraham Lincoln mourning badge, with photo taken Feb. 9 1864]")
[Abraham Lincoln mourning badge, with photo taken Feb. 9 1864]
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864). Brass mat with oval window and photo attached to a blue velve... More