The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...
Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More
The Massachusetts hoar, outwitted, or hopping-John, and Johnny-cake, f...
An imaginative but puzzling commentary on sectional tensions over slavery between New England abolitionists and southern agrarian slaveholders. In his sweeping satire the artist also portrays a considerable hos... More
Caucus curs in full yell, or a war whoop, to saddle on the people, a p...
A critical commentary on the press's treatment of Andrew Jackson, and on the practice of nominating candidates by caucus during the presidential race of 1824. The cartoon pointedly attacks Republican nominee Wi... More
Caucus curs in full yell, or a war whoop, to saddle on the people, a p...
A critical commentary on the press's treatment of Andrew Jackson, and on the practice of nominating candidates by caucus during the presidential race of 1824. The cartoon pointedly attacks Republican nominee Wi... More
I'm sinking with Jack and his Coffins
THE PEDLAR and his PACK or the Desperate EFFORT, an OVER BALANCE. A cartoon by James Akin?, a comment on the counter-effectiveness of the Coffin Handbills, published in Philadelphia? 1828 (image reference) Joh... More
1804 prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic p...
Title: The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect. Creator(s): Akin, James, ca. 1773-1846, artist Date Created/Published: [Newburyp... More
Thomas Leavitt Hannah Melcher
Portraits of Thomas Leavitt and his wife Hannah (Melcher) Leavitt by South Carolina artist James Akin, a friend of Leavitt's. Akin's portraits were drawn in 1808. Thomas Leavitt and his wife Hannah of Hampton ... More
Lithograph by J. Akin from James Carey, post mortem examination.
James Akins made this illustration at Carey’s postmortem examination in Philadelphia on June 5, 1838. It bears Akin’s attestation that attending physicians approved his anatomical representation of Carey’s amb... More
A frontispiece for a journal - Public domain dedication image
Print shows a beggar maid (Fanny Kemble, who married Pierce in 1834 and retired from the stage) holding play-bill, "beggar's petition," and a sheet of paper that states "Pity kind Yankees, friends to Humanity, ... More
A frontispiece for a journal - Public domain dedication image
Print shows a beggar maid (Fanny Kemble, who married Pierce in 1834 and retired from the stage) holding play-bill, "beggar's petition," and a sheet of paper that states "Pity kind Yankees, friends to Humanity, ... More
Implements of torture, and their dangerous effects. Illustrated / By J...
An impassioned attack on cruelty in Pennsylvania's Eastern Penitentiary. Akin presents a life-size, detailed rendering of an iron gag, "Locked upon Mathias Maccumsey, a Convict from Lancaster County, sentenced... More
Implements of torture, and their dangerous effects. Illustrated / By J...
An impassioned attack on cruelty in Pennsylvania's Eastern Penitentiary. Akin presents a life-size, detailed rendering of an iron gag, "Locked upon Mathias Maccumsey, a Convict from Lancaster County, sentenced... More
![Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely a vague suspicion for the internal robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania / 'grav'd by J[ames] Akin [Philadelphia].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvcGF0cmljay1seW9uLXdoby1zdWZmZXJlZC10aHJlZS1tb250aHMtc2V2ZXJlLWltcHJpc29ubWVudC1vbi1tZXJlbHktYS12YWd1ZS03YjA3MjItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely a vague suspicion for the internal robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania / 'grav'd by J[ames] Akin [Philadelphia].")
Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely ...
Portrait of the Philadelphia blacksmith and locksmith who became a well-known victim of judicial injustice. Lyon, who had manufactured the iron doors and locks for the vault of the Bank of Pennsylvania, was fa... More
![Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely a vague suspicion for the internal robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania / 'grav'd by J[ames] Akin [Philadelphia].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvcGF0cmljay1seW9uLXdoby1zdWZmZXJlZC10aHJlZS1tb250aHMtc2V2ZXJlLWltcHJpc29ubWVudC1vbi1tZXJlbHktYS12YWd1ZS05YTg2MDQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely a vague suspicion for the internal robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania / 'grav'd by J[ames] Akin [Philadelphia].")
Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely ...
Portrait of the Philadelphia blacksmith and locksmith who became a well-known victim of judicial injustice. Lyon, who had manufactured the iron doors and locks for the vault of the Bank of Pennsylvania, was fa... More
Jackson, New Orleans, Jany. 8th, 1815
An emblematic portrait of Andrew Jackson, invoking his past as a military hero and especially his victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Jackson's bust portrait in uniform appears on an oval medallion su... More
Jackson, New Orleans, Jany. 8th, 1815
An emblematic portrait of Andrew Jackson, invoking his past as a military hero and especially his victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Jackson's bust portrait in uniform appears on an oval medallion su... More
The farmer's field register, or Portraiture of neat cattle, horses, sh...
Title page. 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 154, Folder 4.
The farmer's field register, or Portraiture of neat cattle, horses, sh...
Title page. 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 154, Folder 4.
Dress, the most distinguishing mark of a military genius / designed an...
Caricature of a military officer, which appeared in "Advice to the Officers of the Army, to the Officers of Ordinance, and to the Secretary of War" (Philadelphia: Matthew McConnel, 1813). Title appears as writ... More
Dress, the most distinguishing mark of a military genius / designed an...
Caricature of a military officer, which appeared in "Advice to the Officers of the Army, to the Officers of Ordinance, and to the Secretary of War" (Philadelphia: Matthew McConnel, 1813). Title appears as writ... More
![The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXByYWlyaWUtZG9nLXNpY2tlbmVkLWF0LXRoZS1zdGluZy1vZi10aGUtaG9ybmV0LW9yLWEtZGlwbG9tYXRpYy1wdXBwZXQtYmRiNTg2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.")
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...
James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More
![The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXByYWlyaWUtZG9nLXNpY2tlbmVkLWF0LXRoZS1zdGluZy1vZi10aGUtaG9ybmV0LW9yLWEtZGlwbG9tYXRpYy1wdXBwZXQtODUwMmIzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.")
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...
James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More
![The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXByYWlyaWUtZG9nLXNpY2tlbmVkLWF0LXRoZS1zdGluZy1vZi10aGUtaG9ybmV0LW9yLWEtZGlwbG9tYXRpYy1wdXBwZXQtY2FiZDRlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.")
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...
James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More
![The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXByYWlyaWUtZG9nLXNpY2tlbmVkLWF0LXRoZS1zdGluZy1vZi10aGUtaG9ybmV0LW9yLWEtZGlwbG9tYXRpYy1wdXBwZXQtYzM2M2M4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.")
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...
James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More
![The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXByYWlyaWUtZG9nLXNpY2tlbmVkLWF0LXRoZS1zdGluZy1vZi10aGUtaG9ybmV0LW9yLWEtZGlwbG9tYXRpYy1wdXBwZXQtNDRiOTU5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin, fect.")
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...
James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More