Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows an elephant labeled "G.O.P." holding a tambourine labeled "Stand Patism" and handing out free baskets labeled "Tariff Graft" containing a turkey, duck, or chicken to ragged figures labeled "C... More
Liberty triumphant; or the downfall of oppression
Political cartoon shows New England colonists' response to the British Tea Tax, enacted by Lord North's ministry in 1773, superimposed over a map of the Northern and Middle British Colonies. Probably published... More
Weg met de regie! Amerikansche waar
Print shows Dutch soldiers and Russian cavalry driving away French excise men collecting import taxes on American tobacco in Holland; also shows businessmen around a barrel of tobacco leaves and ships in the ba... More
Tyrants prostrate liberty triumphant, Political Cartoon
A polemic applauding Democratic support of the Dorrite cause in Rhode Island. (See also "Trouble in the Spartan Ranks," and "The Great Political Car and Last Load of Patriots," nos. 1843-6 and 1845-5). In the ... More
The people's welfare my reward - Public domain book scan / engraving
Another Whig campaign badge, featuring a bust-length portrait of presidential candidate Henry Clay, with books, drapery, and the base of a column in the background. Above Clay's portrait is the motto: "The Peop... 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
Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle
A virulent attack on Vice-President George M. Dallas, charging the former Pennsylvania attorney and senator with duplicity in his stand on the tariff of 1846. "Jesuitism" was a strong contemporary term for dece... 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
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
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
The blessings of liberty or how to "hook" a "gentleman of color"
A diverse group of abolitionists try to drag an unwilling black man toward the left with a large gaff hook. Holding the hook are (left to right) an old hag, a Quaker man, and two other homely men. The hag dec... 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
Beer duty stamp, ten gallons (specimen)
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Beer duty stamp, five gallons (specimen)
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Beer duty stamp, ten gallons (specimen)
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Beer duty stamp, eighteen gallons
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Beer duty stamp, five gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Beer duty stamp, two gallons - Public domain banknote scan
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Beer duty stamp, three gallons - Public domain banknote scan
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Beer duty stamp, one hogshead - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Beer duty stamp, two gallons - Public domain banknote scan
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Beer duty stamp, twenty-eight gallons
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Beer duty stamp, eighteen gallons
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Beer duty stamp, thirty gallons
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Walking the plank - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Beer duty stamp, twenty-seven gallons
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Randall holding coat tails of Morrison who is trying to cut "tariff" t...
Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
Beer duty stamp, one hogshead - Public domain banknote scan
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Beer duty stamp, ten gallons - Public domain banknote scan
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As dead as Julius Caesar - Drawing. Public domain image.
"After the great historical picture "The Death of Caesar" by Jean Leon Gerome." No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project don... More
Beer duty stamp, five gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Puck's perplexing position - between two evils / D.K.
Print shows Puck standing between John Kelly, on the left, in front of "Tammany Hall", holding a flag that states "Down with the Bloated Monopolists!!", he has F.B. Thurber in his coat pocket, and on the right,... More
The political Sodom and Gomorrah are doomed to destruction / F. Grätz.
Print shows an angel labeled "New Party" with wings labeled "Tariff-Reform" and "Anti-Monopoly" leading two small orphan children labeled "Political Honesty" and "Political Wisdom" to safety, away from the fire... More
Our robber barons / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several rogues, Jay Gould labeled "R. Road Monopolist", William H. Vanderbilt labeled "Corporations", Cyrus W. Field labeled "Telegraph Monopoly", Russell Sage(?) labeled "Stock Jobbing", and George... More
Getting hot enough for him / F. Graetz.
Print shows Chester A. Arthur sitting on a chair at a beach on the seashore, he is perspiring heavily and using a fan labeled "Stalwart Method" to cool himself, as the sun, labeled "Disunion-of-the-Republican-P... More
Beer duty stamp, fifty-two gallons
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George Hunt - Democratic harmony under the Jeffersonian banner / J. Ke...
Illustration shows Thomas F. Bayard carrying a banner that shows a portrait of Thomas Jefferson and is labeled "Jeffersonian Principles", with a streamer at top that states "A Government of the People, by the P... More
Caricature, What 's in it? / Gillam., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table in the "Congresssional Lunch Rooms", he is being served a large sausage labeled "Tariff Bill" by a waiter labeled "Republican", another waiter labeled "Democrat" ... More
Beer duty stamp, twenty-seven gallons
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Queen Victoria beer duty stamp, fifty two gallons, overprinted SPECIME...
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Beer duty stamp, five gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Beer duty stamp, fifty-two gallons
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The allies under the new flag - the Republicans and the monopolists tr...
Print shows the Republican and monopolist allies raising a flag that states "Down with the Workingman and Up with the Tariff" in an artillery battery where they are aiming a cannon toward "Fort Labor" which is ... More
Beer duty stamp, three gallons - public domain postal stamp scan
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Plate proof for beer duty stamp, eighteen gallons
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Plate proof for beer duty stamp, thirty gallons
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Beer duty stamp, two gallons - public domain postal stamp scan
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The original political dude out-duded / F. Opper.
Print shows Chester A. Arthur dressed as a dandy, walking on a sidewalk with a young woman labeled "Republican Party" who is carrying a small dog labeled "Protection"; standing behind them, on the sidewalk, is ... More
Nursing our infant industries / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows several congressmen and senators dressed as women nursing symbols of American industry; Sherman and Blaine feeding "American Swine" as it sits on a rocking horse, William D. Kelley, known as ... More
Plate proof for beer duty stamp, fifty two gallons
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Beer duty stamp, ten gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Beer duty stamp, five gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Beer duty stamp, three gallons - Public domain banknote scan
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Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More
Beer duty stamp, two gallons - Public domain banknote scan
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Beer duty stamp, three gallons - public domain postal stamp scan
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Beer duty stamp, eighteen gallons
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Beer duty stamp, eighteen gallons
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Beer duty stamp, eighteen gallons
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Beer duty stamp, fifty-two gallons
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Block of four Beer duty stamps, eighteen gallons
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Beer duty stamp, thirty-six gallons
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Beer duty stamp, thirty gallons
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Block of two beer duty stamps, five gallons
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Beer duty stamp, fifty-two gallons
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Beer duty stamp, fifty-two gallons
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Beer duty stamps, five gallons and three gallons (cancelled)
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Beer duty stamp, thirty-six gallons
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Beer duty stamp, thirty-six gallons
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Beer duty stamp, ten gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Beer duty stamp, fifty-two gallons
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Beer duty stamp, five gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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Beer duty stamp, thirty-six gallons
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Beer duty stamp, two gallons - Public domain banknote scan
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Beer duty stamp, five gallons - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
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The greatest show on earth - "who can ride the mule?" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a circus performance under the big top with Uncle Sam as ringmaster for a show with a bucking bronco or donkey labeled "Tariff Question"; the donkey has already thrown one man labeled "Democr... More
The end of a bad show / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a scene in the "Grand National Congressional Theatre" at the conclusion of the performance of "Fair Promise Combination No. 47 - Great Reform Bill - Act I Tarif Reform - Act II Civil Service ... More
A new way of "waking" the Democratic shaughraun / Gillam.
Print shows a small, rustic room crowded with members of the Democratic Party, some dressed as old women, others drinking and smoking clay pipes; one man, the "Shaughraun" labeled "Democratic Party" is lying on... More