1848

Nissaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers standing around large rock with writing on it at the Nissaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Fukuroi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers resting and cooking near the Fukuroi station on the Tōkaidō Road, includes a woman seated sidesaddle on a horse.

Sumida tsutsumi hanami no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sightseers walking along pathway viewing cherry blossoms on the bank of the Sumida River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Momijigari no himegimi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptypch. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings... More

, musical notation - Public domain American music sheet

The fox hunt. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Again Van Buren's flirtation with radical interests is portrayed as his downfall. As in "The Modern Colossus" (no. 1848-56) antislavery activist Abby Folsom (here "Abby Fulsome") is prominently featured. Here s... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

Hallmark: Rinhart 44. Date based on hallmark. Case: front - flowers surrounded by frame design; back - geometric design. In Marian S. Carson's inventory, the sitter is identified as Dr. George W. Cardeza of Jef... 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

An old hunker fishing for votes

Facing a relative lack of enthusiasm for his campaign in New York State, Lewis Cass hoped to muster Democratic rank-and-file support by endorsing for lieutenant-governor the popular lawyer Charles O'Conor. Her... 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

[Title page and frontispiece showing slave on top of mountain, with hi...

Illus. in: Walker's appeal, with a brief sketch of his life / by David Walker. New York : Printed by J.H. Tobitt, 1848, title page and frontispiece.

Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, Sunday, April 30, 1848 (Politi...

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

Dodge's songs. Ossian E. Dodge as the mesmeric lecturer

LOT subdivision subject: Magic. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Ossion E. Dodge. Lithograph by J.H. Bufford's Lith. Boston, after daguerreotype by Whipple. Capti... More

Patent balancing by an amateur - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley is ridiculed for vacillating between support of candidates Martin Van Buren and Zachary Taylor in the presidential election of 1848. Greeley balances precariously on a t... More

Hunting Indians in Florida with blood hounds

A tableau dramatizing the brutal tactics employed by Zachary Taylor as commander of U.S. forces against the Seminole Indians during the Second Seminole War (1835-42). Taylor, on horseback at right, presides ov... More

The guardian angel - Print, Library of Congress collection

358 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a litter with passenger, on the Tōkaidō Road at the Totsuka station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Hamamatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers warming themselves at a large fire on the Tōkaidō Road near the Hamamatsu station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

The assassination of the Sage of Ashland

The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia. The convention's act was... More

State of New Hampshire. A proclamation for a day of thanksgiving and p...

Public domain scan of document of American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scène de barricade, Paris, Juin 1848

Etching by Adolphe Hervier, 1821-1879. Beraldi, 12. One of 43 plates published in 1888 by L. Joly and titled Album Hervier. Edition of 250. Signed and dated on plate. Others inscriptions on plate include: Paris... More

Les rois s'en vont-- bon voyage! / dessiné par Monta.

French cartoon about kings departing for the moon, possibly in reference to the end of monarchy in Europe. Print shows several balloons labeled "Service du roi" from Spain, Prussia, Denmark, Naples, etc., landi... More

[Thomas George Pratt, half-length portrait, slightly to left]

Senator from Maryland. Scratched on back of plate: 141; Gov. Pratt; Sen. Pratt, Md. Hallmark: Rinhart 21. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library ... More

Jūgo, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain image related to music p...

Print shows a man and a woman walking along a roadway illuminated by lanterns, at night under a full moon; on the left is a male servant carrying a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front, seated in cha...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 49. Case: front, central oval surrounded by scroll; back, variant of Rinhart 123. Accompanying label inside back of case: Wm. Shew, miniature case maker and dealer i... More

Kanagawa - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers passing thatched roof buildings at the Kanagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. F... More

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Portrait edgar allan...

Stock photography: A portrait of / A black and white photo of a man with a mustache.

Honmoku kara no Fuji [o nozomu] Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a view of Mount Fuji from across a bay with sailboat; tree studded cliff in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Coming to terms!. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A gently satirical commentary on Zachary Taylor's bid for the presidency. In a small office Taylor, hat in hand, is interviewed by a young Brother Jonathan, who sits in a rocking chair with his legs propped up ... More

Asleep - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0313.

President (C)ass beginning operations, losing no time

Once again, Lewis Cass is attacked as a militaristic expansionist. (See "A War President," no. 1848-16.) His support during the 1846 Oregon boundary dispute of the expansionist 54 40' parallel and his War of 1... More

"Principles, not men." The Democratic candidates for President and Vic...

A large, banner-style campaign poster for the 1848 Democratic ticket. Bust portraits of the two candidates, Cass and Butler, are framed by oak leaves and acorns, symbols of the Democratic party. Above the portr... More

Zachary Taylor - "I ask no favors, and shun no responsibilities"

Print shows a head and shoulders portrait of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850). Etching on silk badge. Reference copy may be in Pres. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tra... More

Water celebration, Boston, October 25, 1848.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 59, Folder 12.

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

Hanaikada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows flower petals falling on a log raft and the man driving the raft. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Sumizurie. Proba... More

James Buchanan to Dolley Payne Madison, June 8, 1848. Receipt.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

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

Carte de la Turquie D'Asie, de la Perse: de l'Afghanistan, du Belouchi...

Shows parts of lower Nile and Nile Delta in Egypt. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The day after the fair - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...

A pro-Cass satire, predicting the Democratic nominee's victory over Whig Zachary Taylor and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. After the "fair," or election, Lewis Cass appears at the window of the White Ho... More

[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848,...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4446. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street vendors; Gt. Brit. Hist. 1848; Holiday... More

[Walt Whitman, full-length portrait, standing with hand in pocket and ...

From portrait by Black. No. 8242-62. Saunders no. 2. Specimen Days no. 125. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

Philadelphia State-house / / drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner; lith. ...

(DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke, sumo wrestler, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Speech of the Taylor candidate for Congress. Mr. Jacob Barker's speech...

Campaign. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 24, Folder 22.

Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the U...

Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads. The southern portion of map indicates proposed shipping rou... 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.

Cock of the walk - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congres...

The title refers to Whig candidate Zachary Taylor as the probable victor in the 1848 presidential contest. Taylor is portrayed as a victorious fighting cock, standing over his dead opponent, another cock with t... More

The available party trying to get their villany endorsed by the every ...

Again partisan bitterness, over the perceived Whig betrayal of Henry Clay's hopes for the presidential nomination and over subsequent efforts to obtain Clay's endorsement of Zachary Taylor's candidacy, is vente... More

Zachary Taylor: twelfth President of the United States

Artist: Risso (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7441

Reconnaissance of the route from Monterey to Saltillo and Mazapil with...

Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink; blue, red, and yellow inks; on tracing linen. Includes text, distance list, and index to known or reported battle grounds. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 582 Available also throu... More

Rotundo [i.e. Rotunda] Gardens. Mr. Hampton's grand 77th ascent with h...

Broadside announcing an ascension and parachute jump from the Rotunda Gardens, Dublin, Ireland, by balloonist John Hampton. Includes a picture of his balloon "Erin-Go-Bragh." Tissandier collection.

The undersigned informs his friends that he proposed to go to England ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 19.

To the honorable, the Senate and the House of representatives of the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 199, Folder 7.

The Village Blacksmith - Engraving, Public domain image

Music cover. LOT subdivision subject: Daily Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A & J.P. Ordway; lithograph by E.W. Bouvé.

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

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers, including a group with a palanquin, in the commercial district of the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Yokkaichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers around the torii at the entrance to a shrine at the Yokkaichi station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Fujisawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a street at the Fujisawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōkaid... More

Ejiri, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge during a rain storm at the Ejiri station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Zachary Taylor, the people's choice for 12th president

Print shows a Whig campaign banner for the 1848 presidential election. In the center of a facsimile cloth banner is an oval bust portrait of candidate Zachary Taylor in military uniform. Surrounding the oval, o... More

Shiba sinmeisha nai no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows people, including many women and children, and roosters at the Shiba Sinmei shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

[Charles Hazen Peaslee, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the le...

Democratic Congressman from New Hampshire, 1847-1853. Alternative identification: William King Sebastian, 1814-1865. Scratched on face of plate: 213; Sebastian, Sen. [illegible] Scratched on back of plate: 162.... More

The little magician & the modern witch of Endor

Another satire on Van Buren's alliance with extremists, here personified by radical abolitionist Abby Folsom. Van Buren's emergence as candidate of the Free Soil party in the 1848 presidential race was viewed a... More

Doorway old church 1848 building. A red fire hydrant sitting in front ...

Architecture stock photograph: A door with a white frame and a light on it / A red fire hydrant sitting in front of a stone building.

Order of exercises, in Eastport, Maine, Friday, March 31, 1848, occasi...

Adams, John Quincy. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 27, Folder 6.

Map of Delaware County, Pennsylvania : from original surveys, with the...

Shows farm boundaries and landowners' names. Hand colored to emphasize township boundaries and territories. Prime meridian: Washington D.C. Printed in western/eastern segments (sheets). LC copy imperfect: Britt... More

Now and then: or how to meet an old friend with a new face

Peter Smith (pseudonym for N.C.). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4904

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

Washington's reception by the Ladies on the bridge

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

The candidate of many parties. A phrenological examination to ascertai...

Whig nominee Zachary Taylor's reluctance to clearly declare his political views was an issue eagerly exploited by the opposition in the 1848 campaign. Here the artist shows phrenologist Orson S. Fowler probing... More

E. Goodwin & Brother's Spanish mixed smoking tobacco. 153, South Stree...

Tobacco label showing farmer contentedly smoking pipe on porch with family. LOT subdivision subject: Daily life and activities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... 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

Western Continent Extra Dec. 9th, 1848. To the Southern public. We are...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 30, Folder 32.

Notice to the lovers of ease & comfort. A good fitting boot produces e...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 199, Folder 16.

J. C. Alexander to Andrew Jackson, Jr., February 11, 1848

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Washington City, August 17, 1848. Sir: Captain Fraser solicits the hon...

Data written in in manuscript.; Invitation. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collecti... More

Idol mio = Oh return love, aria

English translation by W.J. Wetmore From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In b... More

Matsuchiyama yukibare no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a winter scene with a bridge spanning a canal and boats on a river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Nishikie, prob... More

"Moore's Vacancy" : [Washington D.C.] /

Cadastral survey map. "Surveyed 6th Nov'r 1848." On verso in lead pencil: From Joseph M. Toner papers. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Torn, missing small sections along edges, and faced with rice paper. Includes ... More

Hiratsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers at an open-air rest stop near shrines at the Hiratsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More

Yui - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows thatched roof buildings on coastline with mountain in the background and harbor with three ships under sail, and travelers stopping at the rest stops at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Mishima, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows porters carrying three palanquins near thatched roof buildings at the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Map of Oregon and upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fr...

Hand colored. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Annotated on verso in black ink: California & Oregon 1848. Millard Fillmore. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows area of U.S. west of t... More

Plan of the House of representatives, U. S. Engraved and published by ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 232, Folder 31.

Emeline - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of 16th-17th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Henry L. Abbot, half-length portrait, facing left]

Case: variant of Rinhart 131. Label in case: Henry L. Abbot at Boston Pub. Latin Sch. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot family papers); 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:044). Fo... More

Musashi no Monta - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Musashino Monta, sumo wrestler, full-length portrait, standing, facing right.

Dance Twiggs rifle-men's quick step - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Melodies of Bancker's troop of Sable Brothers

LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by A & J.P. Ordway.

Akasaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers, including several with lanterns, passing between two trees at night under a crescent moon near the Akasaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers pausing at statue next to a torii at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.... More

Railroads in New Jersey, Pennysylvania, Delaware and Maryland; drawn a...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848. From Doggett's Railroad Guide, New York, (1848), p. 56. LC Railroad maps, 75 Description derived from published bibliography. Avail... More

[William Young McAllister, three-quarters length portrait, seated in a...

Case: green leather with flowers and butterflies. Embossed on velvet inside case: Root's Gallery, 140 Chestnut St., Philada. Label attached to case: W.Y. McAllister. Label attached to case: About 1851. Label at... More

A 100th anniversary map of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Massachusetts, S...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kame, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows two turtles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Nishikie. Part of a Harimaze-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More

Map of East Bridgewater, Mass. / - Public domain old map

General map showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Copy i... More

Map and view of St. Louis, Mo. - Public domain old map

Includes illus. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 438 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2