Research Catalog
American political caricatures
- Title
- American political caricatures [graphic].
- Publication
- 1841-1856.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 13 prints : etching, engraving, lithograph, some col.; 28.7 x 41 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Caricatures on topics including the 1851 America's Cup race, the Cuban insurrection of 1849-1851, Anti-Catholicism, miscegenation, political elections, slavery, and temperance. Individuals portrayed include James Buchanan, Stephen Douglas, Millard Fillmore, John C. Fremont, Jenny Lind, Queen Victoria, and the fictitious character Brother Jonathan.
- Subjects
- Black people > United States
- Prints > United States > 1800-1899
- Caricatures > United States > 1800-1899
- United States > History > 1815-1861
- Kansas > History > 1854-1861
- Cuba > History > Insurrection, 1849-1851
- Cuba > History > 1810-1899
- Yacht racing
- Temperance > United States
- Slavery > United States
- Political elections > United States
- Miscegenation
- United States Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Brother Jonathan (Nickname)
- Anti-Catholicism > United States
- Animals in human situations
- America's Cup races > History
- Catholic Church United States > History
- America (Yacht)
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
- Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887
- Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
- Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
- Douglas, Stephen A (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Genre/Form
- Caricatures – United States – 1800-1899.
- Prints – United States – 1800-1899.
- Note
- Printmakers include Edward Williams Clay, Currier & Ives and T. Strong.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Contents
- 1. Sandy's Dream -- 2. An Amalgamation Polka / EWC -- 3. Professor Pompey Magnetizing an Abolition Lady / T. Strong -- 4. The Smartest Boy in All Creation! -- 5. The Napoleon of Managers' last Charge on his used up Upperten Subscribers! -- 6. The Fire Annihilator Annihilated! -- 7. The Expedition -- 8. 10 Cent Rebellion -- 9. Sincere Neutrality -- 10. The Fisherman astray -- 11. The true Holy Alliance -- 12. Dear Liberty -- 13. The Right Man for the Right Place -- 13. Liberty, the Fair Maid of Kansas in the Hands of the Border Ruffians.
- Call Number
- MEZYRS
- Title
- American political caricatures [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1841-1856.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857. LithographerStrong, T. EngraverCurrier & Ives. ltgs
- Research Call Number
- MEZYRS