19th century, governors

A return from an invasion, or, Napoleon at a nonplus / JN., British Ca...

Print shows Napoleon I coming ashore at Calais, France, defeated at every turn, without men and ships, to face the ridicule of fisherwomen, the governor, a French soldier, and an English sailor who says, "Take ... More

His Excellency Oliver Wolcott, Governor of the State of Connecticut

Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796–1886 Maplewood, New Jersey)

The Bay of New York and Governors Island Taken from Brooklyn Heights

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The Bay of New York and Governors Island Taken from Brooklyn Heights

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Coverlet, Saint Ann's Robe or Governor's Garden pattern

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James K. Polk Papers: Series 6: Notes, circa 1831-1847; Subject file; ...

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Public domain photo of a 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright ...

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Letter from Lucretia Ann Cowing, Cherry Grove, [Maryland], to Caroline...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Partial letter from Lucretia Ann Cowing, [Cecilton?, Maryland], to Ann...

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Design Adopted by Governor Mason for University of Michigan (elevation...

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Letter from Lucretia Ann Cowing, Annapolis, [Maryland], to Deborah Wes...

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Letter from Lucretia Ann Cowing, Cherry Grove, [Maryland], to Deborah ...

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Executive mercy/Marcy and the Bambers

An attack on New York governor William L. Marcy's controversial decision to surrender Irish fugitives John Bamber, Sr., and his son James to the British consul after their detention in New York. The Bambers, wa... More

James K. Polk. Governor of the state of Tennessee / from life & on sto...

Print shows James K. Polk, half-length portrait, facing left; includes facsimile signature.

Design Adopted by Governor Mason for University of Michigan (elevation...

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Gov. Morton's grand march - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...

An allegorical design on the cover of a piano-music composition dedicated to the newly elected Democratic governor of Massachusetts, Marcus Morton. The illustration's central motif is based on the state seal, s... More

Letter from Lucretia Ann Cowing, Cherry Grove, [Maryland], to Caroline...

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[Unidentified copy of a painting showing a man, head-and-shoulders por...

Photographer unidentified. Possibly William C. C. Claiborne, Governor of Louisiana. Case: Rinhart 124. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Trouble in the Spartan ranks. Old Durham in the field

A complex and somewhat obscure satire celebrating the defeat of Dorrite Democrats in the Rhode Island state elections of spring 1843. The canvass was held the year following the successful suppression of the Do... More

[Richard Yates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Whig Congressman from Illinois, 1851-1855; Republican Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865; Republican Senator from Illinois, 1865-1871.

[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the right...

Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-1824; Democratic Senator, 1825-1831, 1841-1845; Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834; Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-1851. Sc... More

[Howell Cobb, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Democratic Congressman from Georgia, 1843-1851, 1855-1857; Governor of Georgia, 1851-1853; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1857-1860. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Dague... More

[William C. Bouck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Governor of New York. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Joseph Vance, half-length portrait, slightly to the left]

Democratic Congressman from Ohio, 1822-1835; Governor, 1836-1838; Whig Congressman, 1843-1847. Scratched on face of plate: 165. Scratched on back of plate: 285; Gov. Vance, Ohio. Transfer; U.S. War College; 192... More

Francis R. Shunk: Governor of Pennsylvania

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[Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, ...

Independent Congressman from New York, 1853-1855; Governor of Idaho Territory, 1864-1865. Scratched on back of plate: 273. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

Whig Congressman from Ohio, 1831-1840; Governor of Ohio, 1840-1842; Senator, 1845-1850; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1850-1853; Republican Congressman, 1858-1861. Identified by Owen Blevins 4/2017 based on s... More

[James McDowell, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

Governor of Virginia. Scratched on face of plate: 236; McDowell. Scratched on back of plate: 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congr... More

[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to...

Colonel, U.S. Army; Governor of Tampico, Mexico, 1846-1848. Scratched on back of plate: 327; Col. Gates, USA. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Libr... 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

[Washington Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to right]

Whig Congressman from New York, 1843-1849; Governor of New York, 1850-1852. Identification from engraving by A.H. Ritchie, Dagpe. by Brady. Scratched on back of plate: 17. Hallmark: [paschal lamb] A. Gaudin 40(... More

James K. Polk Papers: Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1827-1884; Chronologica...

List of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians & privates ...

Print shows a long list of officers and enlisted men of the First Regiment of the Mississippi Riflemen; appearing at the top are a portrait of "Albert G. Brown Governor of the State of Mississippi", the emblem ... More

James K. Polk Papers: Series 2, General Correspondence and Related Ite...

Mrs. Nicholas Fish (Elizabeth Stuyvesant)

The sitter was a descendant of the Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant. John Carlin (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1813–1891 New York)

View of the Villa of Scoonenbergh near Brussels belonging to their Roy...

Widmung: dedicated to their Royal Highnesses, by their most humble & and most obedient Servants

View of the Villa of Scoonenbergh near Brussels belonging to their Roy...

Widmung and their Royal Highnesses by their most humble & most obedient Servants

View of the Orangery, and Pagoda, in the Garden of Scoonenbergh belong...

dedicated to their Royal Highnesses, by their most humble & obedient servant

View of the Temple of Friendship, with a part of the Park of Scoonenbe...

dedictaed to their royal Highnesses by their most humble & obedient servant

View of the House, and part of the Park of Scoonenbergh belonging to t...

dedicated by their most humble & most obedient servants

View of the House, and part of the Park of Scoonenbergh belongin to th...

dedictaed by their most humble & most obedient servants

The apotheosis - Drawing. Public domain image.

The print is a fragment of a larger lithograph entitled "Invasion of Cuba," composed of two panels, applauding American "filibustering" expeditions to liberate Cuba from Spain. (See also "The Great Naval Blocka... More

Untitled (possibly ”Honest John” Davis, Governor of Massachusetts)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The governor's mansion, Lecompton, Kansas Territory

Men on horseback outside a log building. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, no. 23 (1857 June 6), p. 356.

[Dr. Beale, Surgeon to Governor General]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[Outskirts of Governor Generals Camp]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[Governor General's and Commander in Chief's Camp, Jullundur]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface t... More

[Campbell Twins in a Shigram, Governor General's Camp]

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[Statue of Lord Hardinge, Governor General of India]

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[Governor General's State Elephant and Silver Howdah]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface t... More

[Governor General's Body Guard], Metropolitan Museum of Art

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Statue of Lord Hardinge, Governor General of India]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[Campbell Twins in a Shigram, Governor General's Camp]

Jean Baptiste Oscar Mallitte (French, 1829–1905) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg wh... More

[Right Flank of Governor Generals Camp]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[Group portrait at the Governor Generals Camp, L-R: Maj Jones, Mr. Wal...

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[Governor General's and Commander in Chief's Camp, Jullundur]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Side View of Main Street, Governor General's Camp]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[ A Travelling Camel Carriage from Lahore to Peshawar, Governor Genera...

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[ A Travelling Camel Carriage from Lahore to Peshawar, Governor Genera...

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[Governor General's State Elephant and Silver Howdah]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Governor General's Body Guard]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[Part of Governor General's Camp at Cawnpoor,1859]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Durbar Held at Governor Generals Camp,1859]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

Washington Greys 8th Regt. N.Y.S.T. Colonel George Lyons Commandant on...

Copyright by Otto Botticher. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

[Main Street, Governor General's Camp]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Part of Governor General's Camp at Cawnpoor,1859]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

[Main Street, Governor General's Camp]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

Andrew B. Moore, war governor of Ala.

Notation on recto: B8161-10033. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

Governor Bard, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Populace Begin to Gather in Front of the City Hall to Witness the ...

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Gov. John Winthrop -- In honor of the birthday of Governor John Winthr...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Gov. John Winthrop, flanked by statues of a Native American (left) and a pilgrim (right). Illus. from: Gleasons Pictorial, 1854, v. 6, p. 353.

Governor Bard, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Thomas G. Pratt, Maryland governor, half-length portrait, facing left...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lord Canning, Viceroy and Governor General of India, from March 1856 ...

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Gov. Andrew [Massachusetts Governor] Cartes de visite

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Strayed, Confederate States of America., Confederate States of America

An exultant view of the rout, by Union forces commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, of troops under Gen. Sterling Price and Claiborne F. Jackson at Boonville, Missouri, in June 1861. Jackson, the secessionist gove... More

Jeff Davis on the right platform, or the last "act of secession"

A caricature of Jefferson Davis, probably issued not long after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, but certainly postdating his February 1861 election as president of the Confederacy. Davis is shown standing on a ... More

The folly of secession, Confederate States of America.

South Carolina struggles against the outgoing Buchanan administration in an attempt to "smash the Union up!" The artist uses the age-old pictorial conceit of two parties pulling on the different ends of a cow, ... More

The fox without a tail, Confederate States of America.

A satire on South Carolina's role as instigator of secessionism in the South. The artist may be lampooning the convention of seceded states which assembled at Montgomery, Alabama, on February 4, 1861. The promi... More

The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More

The Fetish Man, and the Governor of Wydah, african travels

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The meeting of the friends, City Hall Park

New York governor Horatio Seymour's famous "My Friends" speech, delivered from the steps of New York's City Hall during the draft riots, was widely misrepresented in the press. On the basis of reports such as t... More

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More

Jui-Lin, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces

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How Columbia receives McLellan's Salutation from the Chicago Platform

Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the... More

The restoration of the Union - inauguration of Honorable Michael Hahn,...

Print shows a large crowd attending the inauguration of the new governor of Louisiana, Michael Hahn, in New Orleans.

Platforms illustrated, Confederate States of America.

The August 1864 Democratic national convention in Chicago is unfavorably compared to the Republican convention in Baltimore in June of the same year. The artist is especially critical of prominent New York Peac... More

Governor of New Jersey - Public domain portrait print

Local Accession Number: 826..Description: Portrait of Governor Wilson of New Jersey...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Unknown..Size: 8x10, 6x8.5..Medium: Print, Black and White..Date: 1912?

Governor Woodrow Wilson for President

Local Accession Number: PC 126..Description: Portrait of Governor Wilson of New Jersey during campaign season...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Unknown..Size: 3x5..Medium: Print, Sepia..Date: 11-08-1912

The Wilson Family Around The Study Fire

Local Accession Number: PC 115..Description: Caption reads: "Evening around the study fire. Governor Woodrow Wilson and family at home."..Photographer: Unknown..Source: Sergei Troubetskoy..Size: 3x5..Medium: Pr... More

The Wilson Family Around The Study Fire

Local Accession Number: PC 115..Description: Caption reads: "Evening around the study fire. Governor Woodrow Wilson and family at home."..Photographer: Unknown..Source: Sergei Troubetskoy..Size: 3x5..Medium: Pr... More

Governor of New Jersey - Public domain portrait print

Local Accession Number: 826..Description: Portrait of Governor Wilson of New Jersey...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Unknown..Size: 8x10, 6x8.5..Medium: Print, Black and White..Date: 1912?

Governor Woodrow Wilson for President

Local Accession Number: PC 126..Description: Portrait of Governor Wilson of New Jersey during campaign season...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Unknown..Size: 3x5..Medium: Print, Sepia..Date: 11-08-1912

The Wilson Family Around The Study Fire

Local Accession Number: PC 115..Description: Caption reads: "Evening around the study fire. Governor Woodrow Wilson and family at home."..Photographer: Unknown..Source: Sergei Troubetskoy..Size: 3x5..Medium: Pr... More

Governor of New Jersey - Public domain portrait print

Local Accession Number: 826..Description: Portrait of Governor Wilson of New Jersey...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Unknown..Size: 8x10, 6x8.5..Medium: Print, Black and White..Date: 1912?

Richmond, Virginia. Houses on Governor Street

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Richmond, Virginia. Governor Street - 19th century Virginia.

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Governor Woodrow Wilson for President

Local Accession Number: PC 126..Description: Portrait of Governor Wilson of New Jersey during campaign season...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Unknown..Size: 3x5..Medium: Print, Sepia..Date: 11-08-1912