A Select Committee of Enquiry hard at work
A swipe at the integrity of the House of Representatives committee investigating the Swartwout scandal under Van Buren's administration (see "Price Current" and "Sub Treasurers Meeting in England," nos. 1838-21... More
A bull chase. The words of the wise, are as goads
Another satire on the special committee of the House of Representatives investigating Van Buren's Treasury Department. The committee, chaired by James Harlan but dominated by Henry A. Wise of Virginia, centered... More
Full tilt for the Capitol - Public domain book illustration
The artist envisions public repudiation of Democratic hard-money policies, and the triumph of administration opponent Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, a conservative Democrat. Tallmadge, on horseback and armed with a l... More
Rats quitting the ship - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...
Postmaster general Amos Kendall's 1840 resignation prompted the artist's speculation on the desertion of other Van Buren cabinet members. Kendall resigned on May 16, to concentrate on editing the "Extra Globe,"... More
The modern Gilpins. Love's labor lost
A parody of Democratic politics in the months preceding the party's 1848 national convention. Specifically, the artist ridicules the rivalry within the party between Free Soil or anti-slavery interests, which u... More
Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J...
Print shows Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing right. Inscribed in ink at bottom right: Briggs Coll. 41499. Sheet cropped and appears to have been removed from a bound volume.
Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J...
Print shows Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing right. 217 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by Southworth & Hawes in the Clerks office of the District Court ... More
Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J...
Print shows Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing right. 217 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by Southworth & Hawes in the Clerks office of the District Court ... More