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Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman
A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More
All on hobbies, gee up, gee ho!
The major figures in American national politics in 1838 are gently satirized, each characterized as riding a favorite issue or "hobbyhorse." At the lead (far left) is President Martin Van Buren, riding a horse ... More
![Wm. Henry Harrison statue, Cincinnati, O[hio]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvd20taGVucnktaGFycmlzb24tc3RhdHVlLWNpbmNpbm5hdGktb2hpby0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Wm. Henry Harrison statue, Cincinnati, O[hio]")
Wm. Henry Harrison statue, Cincinnati, O[hio]
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Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836
A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "O... More
Wm. H. Harrison, President of the United States / drawn on stone by Ch...
President William Henry Harrison, half-length portrait, facing right. 1289 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Chas. Fenderich & Co. P.S. Duval's Lith. Press, Phila. Library has two copies: no. 142 and no. 142a... More
North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image
A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More
The Tippecanoe quick step / J.B.N. ; John Bufford's Lith. Boston.
Print shows a music sheet cover with an illustration for the Tippecanoe quick step showing William H. Harrison on horseback, leading troops against Native Americans at the Battle of Tipecanoe, Indiana, in 1811.
William Henry Harrison--Late President of the United States / painted ...
William Henry Harrison, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Mrs. William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvbXJzLXdpbGxpYW0taGVucnktaGFycmlzb24taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTE5YzNkOC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Mrs. William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
[Mrs. William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left...
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Battle of Tippecanoe - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows American troops under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison fighting the Indian forces of The Prophet, Tenskwatawa (the brother of Tecumseh) in a forest. Tenskwatawa was part of Tecumseh'... More
Battle of Tippecanoe - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows American troops under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison fighting the Indian forces of The Prophet, Tenskwatawa (the brother of Tecumseh) in a forest. Tenskwatawa was part of Tecumseh'... More
The people's line--Take care of the locomotive
Incumbent President Martin Van Buren drives "Uncle Sam's Cab," a carriage pulled by a blindered horse, which wrecks on a pile of "Clay." The carriage founders in the path of a locomotive, really an assemblage o... More
American generals / Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. sc.
Print shows a composite of bust portraits of American generals during the War of 1812, including Henry Dearborn, Winfield Scott, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Jacob Brown, and Zebulon Pike.
![Tippecanoe inauguration ball, March 4, 1841 : [invitation].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDEvMDEvMDEvdGlwcGVjYW5vZS1pbmF1Z3VyYXRpb24tYmFsbC1tYXJjaC00LTE4NDEtaW52aXRhdGlvbi02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "Tippecanoe inauguration ball, March 4, 1841 : [invitation].")
Tippecanoe inauguration ball, March 4, 1841 : [invitation].
Unaddressed printed invitation to William Henry Harrison's "Tippecanoe" inaugural ball held at Carusi's Saloon in Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening, 4th of March, 1841, one of three balls attended by Harris... More
![Genl. Harrison - from a picture of Benjamin Harrison of Berkley / R.T. [i.e., R.P.] ; painted by R. Lorton ; lith. of J.T. Bowen, 94 Walnut St., Phila.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvZ2VubC1oYXJyaXNvbi1mcm9tLWEtcGljdHVyZS1vZi1iZW5qYW1pbi1oYXJyaXNvbi1vZi1iZXJrbGV5LXJ0LWllLXJwLXBhaW50ZWQtMTI0MzQ1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/52/webp "Genl. Harrison - from a picture of Benjamin Harrison of Berkley / R.T. [i.e., R.P.] ; painted by R. Lorton ; lith. of J.T. Bowen, 94 Walnut St., Phila.")
Genl. Harrison - from a picture of Benjamin Harrison of Berkley / R.T....
Print showing William H. Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform, and with arms folded across chest, holding sword in left hand. 158 or 1293 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed o... More
Wm. H. Harrison, 9th President of the United States / on stone by A. N...
Print shows William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in printed frame. From series: Portraits of the Presidents. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846, by C.S. Williams... More
Our country's hope. Harrison & reform 4th May 1840
A Whig campaign ribbon, produced for the Young Men's National Convention held in Baltimore in May. At the top in a corona of stars is a fasces. Below it an eagle holds a streamer with the words "Union for the S... More
Francestown. She welcomes the friends of Old Tip
A Whig campaign badge, produced for the Francestown, New Hampshire, rally of October 1840. It includes a bust portrait of William Henry Harrison, with the words "She [Francestown] Welcomes the Friends of Old Ti... More
Log cabin, Hartford, Conn., dedicated to Gen. William H. Harrison, Jul...
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New England Convention Bunker Hill. September 10TH. 1840
Campaign badge produced for the New England Whig Convention in Boston, September 10-11, 1840. An aureole of light surrounds an oval bust portrait of Harrison, ringed by medallions of the arms of the states of... More
The North Bend farmer and his visitors
A slanderous portrayal of Democratic tactics against Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The supposedly insidious and high-living Van Buren and his minions suffer by comparison to the Whig cand... More
The political dancing Jack: a holiday fift for sucking Whigs!!
A rare anti-Whig satire, giving a cynical view of the party's image-building and manipulation of candidate William Henry Harrison. Two influential Whigs, Senator Henry Clay (left) and Congressman Henry A. Wise,... More
William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States. Born Febr....
Print shows William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.
A political movement. Book illustration from Library of Congress
The artist forecasts with obvious relish the ouster of Van Buren and his cronies from office by William Henry Harrison. Van Buren is shown leaving Washington in a large cart drawn by supporters (left to right) ... More
Granny Harrison delivering the country of the executive Federalist
A satire on the Van Buren administration challenged by Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. Harrison, dressed as a woman, tries to remove Van Buren from his throne with a midwife's forceps. Van... More
The old Harrison mansion--Harrison's landing James River
Group of soldiers relaxing around a house with signal towers mounted over chimneys. Title inscribed below image. Possibly by William Waud. Inscribed below title: The birth place of Wm. Henry Harrison now used a... More
New Hampshire delegation. Young Men's National Convention
A campaign badge produced for the New Hampshire delegation to the Baltimore "Young Men's National Convention" of May 4, 1840. It is quite similar to the "Poor Man's Friend" badge (no. 1840-9), having the rounde... More
Matty's perilous situation up Salt River
A pro-Whig satire on the presidential campaign of 1840. Martin Van Buren is neck-deep in the waters of "Salt River," a colloquial term for political misfortune or failure. He sinks under the weight of boxes m... More
William Henry Harrison. - Public domain portrait engraving
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Log cabin anecdotes. Illustrated incidents in the life of Gen. William...
A Whig campaign broadside, with text describing a series of 12 incidents in the life of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with wood-engravings. The incidents are (counterclockwise from upper left): "Harrison'... More
Presidential inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison in Washington City, D.C.,...
Print shows a large crowd gathered in front of U.S. Capitol, with soldiers on horseback and a marching band, during the inauguration of William Henry Harrison. Printed below title: For Sale at Mr. F. Taylor, B... More
Wm. H. Harrison, President of the United States / drawn on stone by Ch...
President William Henry Harrison, half-length portrait, facing right. 1289 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Chas. Fenderich & Co. P.S. Duval's Lith. Press, Phila. Library has two copies: no. 142 and no. 142a... More
The people's line--Take care of the locomotive
Incumbent President Martin Van Buren drives "Uncle Sam's Cab," a carriage pulled by a blindered horse, which wrecks on a pile of "Clay." The carriage founders in the path of a locomotive, really an assemblage o... More
All fours-important state of the game-the knave about to be lost
The presidential campaign of 1836 viewed as a card game by a satirist in sympathy with the Whigs. Opposing candidates Martin Van Buren (Democrat) and William Henry Harrison (Whig) face each other across a card... More
Going up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...
Political cartoons friendly to Van Buren were the rare exception during the 1840 campaign. Here the artist parodies the exploitation by Whig politicians of populist candidate William Henry Harrison. Martin Van ... More
This is the house that Jack built
The Van Buren administration's record, particularly with regard to the handling of public finances, is condemned as corrupt and a perpetuation of unpopular Jacksonian policies. The artist echoes perennial Whig ... More
Gen. William Henry Harrison / lith. of Endicott.
Print shows a campaign banner with Harrison on horseback; surrounded by 12 vignettes of his home, military service, and political activity.
This log cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend . . .
A Whig campaign print, showing William Henry Harrison greeting a wounded veteran before a log cabin by a river. The cabin flies an American flag with the words "Harrison & Tyler" and with a liberty cap on its s... More
Matty's dream. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Clay portrays Martin Van Buren driven from the White House by nightmares of cider barrels and Whig presidential challenger William Henry Harrison. Van Buren flees the presidential mansion in his nightshirt, dro... More
![New England Convention, Sepr. 10th, 1840 / W.J. Rund, s[culpsi]t.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDAvMDEvMDEvbmV3LWVuZ2xhbmQtY29udmVudGlvbi1zZXByLTEwdGgtMTg0MC13ai1ydW5kLXNjdWxwc2l0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/100/webp "New England Convention, Sepr. 10th, 1840 / W.J. Rund, s[culpsi]t.")
New England Convention, Sepr. 10th, 1840 / W.J. Rund, s[culpsi]t.
A campaign badge produced for the New England Whig Convention, held at Boston on September 10-11, 1840. From top to bottom: an eagle in flight with a banderole reading "Harrison, Tyler" and the words "One fire ... More
Gen. William Henry Harrison / lith. of Endicott.
Print shows a campaign banner with Harrison on horseback; surrounded by 12 vignettes of his home, military service, and political activity.
High places in government like steep rocks only accessible to eagles a...
Campaign satire predicting Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison's ascendancy over Democrat Martin Van Buren. In the center of the print is a mountain with a statue of George Washington, "Pater Pat... More
General Wm. H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames / on ...
Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More
Blake's patriotic log cabin music
A Whig campaign song in praise of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with a rural tableau of the candidate's fabled log cabin on the Ohio River. The cabin stands in a clearing, and flies an American flag. A ci... More
The Tippecanoe or log cabin quick step / Bufford.
Sheet music cover for a melody composed by Henry Schmidt and dedicated to Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. A wreath of entwined branches, between which appear the seals of the states, is surm... 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
Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836
A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "O... More
Battle of Tippecanoe - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows American troops under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison fighting the Indian forces of The Prophet, Tenskwatawa (the brother of Tecumseh) in a forest. Tenskwatawa was part of Tecumseh'... More
Democratic ticket. Stop Van!!! - Public domain book illustration
An illustrated election ticket for Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, listing Ohio Democratic electors for the presidential race of 1836. The ticket is illustrated with a small vignette of a man, possibl... More
Public meeting. A general meeting of the friends of Harrison & reform ...
An illustrated broadside announcing a "general meeting of the friends of Harrison & Reform" in Alton (Illinois) on May 9, 1840. Harrison, in farmer's clothes and broad-brimmed hat, stands next to a plough. Be... More
Cutting down the hickory tree and disturbing the crow's nest
Figurative portrayal of Whig opposition to the independent treasury or subtreasury system conceived by Jackson and implemented by Van Buren and the Democrats. In a large tree is a nest labeled "Sub Treasury" i... More
President from "Presidential inaugurations from George Washington 1789...
This image has been taken from scan 000156 from "Presidential inaugurations from George Washington 1789 to Grover Cleveland 1893. With inaugural addresses, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
William Henry Harrison: ninth President of the United States
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7234
[Harrison letter sheet, portrait print
An illustrated Whig campaign letter sheet. On the left is a vignette bust portrait of William Henry Harrison framed with entwined ears of corn, stalks of wheat, and fruit. On the right, with the same enframemen... More
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[William Henry Harrison.] Engraved by Henry Smith
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William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States. Born Febr....
Print shows William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.
Set-to between the champion old tip & the swell Dutcheman of Kinderhoo...
Satire on the presidential campaign of 1836, portraying the contest as a boxing match between Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren and Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The artist clearly favors Harrison.... More
Harrison quadrilles. Book illustration from Library of Congress
An illustrated sheet music cover for a set of "popular airs" for the piano, dedicated by the publisher to "Whigs of the United States." A Whig campaign piece, the work eulogizes the supposed humble rusticity of... More
The poor man's friend wood engraving, Library of Congress
A Whig campaign ribbon, "Dedicated to the Young Men's National Convention," probably issued for the Baltimore ratifying convention of May 4, 1840. (Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison was actuall... More
Tomb of William Henry Harrison, North Bend, Ohio
H114247 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ohio N- B-; Pres. I.; Tombs; Death; Geogr.; Shelf.
Presidential inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison in Washington City, D.C.,...
Print shows a large crowd gathered in front of U.S. Capitol, with soldiers on horseback and a marching band, during the inauguration of William Henry Harrison. Printed below title: For Sale at Mr. F. Taylor, B... More
William Henry Harrison, President of the United States.
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The Presidents of the United States Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate f...
Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass. It is almost identical in design to a banner Currier produced the same year for Zachary Taylor (no. 1848-5), except that here, abo... More
Federal-Abolition-Whig trap, to catch voters in
An illustrated anti-Whig broadside, designed to combat the "Log Cabin campaign" tactics of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The text warns the people of New Orleans of Whig election propaganda: "P... More
A hard road to hoe! Or, the White House Turnpike, macadamized by the ...
A crude satire on the obstacles facing Van Buren's reelection effort in 1840. Weighed down by a large bundle labeled "Sub Treasury," Van Buren follows the lead of Andrew Jackson toward the White House. His wa... More
The fox chace. Book illustration from Library of Congress
The artist's portrayal of Harrison's rout of Van Buren reflects strong Whig confidence late in the presidential campaign of 1840. Van Buren is shown as a fox, with a bird (an albatross?) labeled "Treasury" aro... More
Clar de kitchen. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Another Whig campaign satire, picturing incumbent Martin Van Buren and his Democratic advisers or "Kitchen Cabinet" routed by Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. In a domestic kitchen Harrison, dressed as a ... More
Baltimore Convention, Old Tippecanoe, a patriotic song
An illustrated sheet music cover for a "Patriotic Song. Written, to be sung at Baltimore during the Young Men's Whig Convention" of May 1840. The composer is identified as "a Pennsylvanian." The illustration, l... More
A bivouack in safety or Florida troops preventing a surprise
Another parody of Van Buren administration efforts to end the long and costly Second Seminole War in Florida. The War Department was regularly subjected to public and congressional attacks for cruelty, waste, a... More
![[Mrs. William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvbXJzLXdpbGxpYW0taGVucnktaGFycmlzb24taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LWFkZjdhMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Mrs. William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
[Mrs. William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left...
Photo of portrait. On negative envelope: "Mrs. Jane Irwin Findlay (1768-1851) wife of General James Findlay & hostess of White House for President William Henry Harrison".
Genl. W.H. Harrison / drawn from life by J. Penniman ; lithographed & ...
William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Facsimile signature under title.
William Henry Harrison of Ohio - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...
27 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sartain, John.
Death of Harrison, April 4 A.D. 1841
William Henry Harrison on his deathbed with Rev. Hawley, a physician, niece, and nephew in attendance, as well as Thomas Ewing, Secretary of Treasury, Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and Francis Granger (wa... More
The life and public services of William H. Harrison / stereotyped by J...
A large Whig campaign broadside for the presidential election of 1840. Three columns of text outline the career, military accomplishments, and other distinctions of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison... More
The ship of state on a lee shore, experienced hands coming to her res...
The artist forecasts a Whig electoral victory and dramatizes the politically ruinous effects of Van Buren's fiscal policy and his alignment with Loco Foco forces in New York. Whig candidate William Henry Harri... More
Notice to quit. March 4th 1841 - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
An optimistic Whig artist (probably Edward Williams Clay) portrays Martin Van Buren's evacuation of the White House on Inauguration Day 1841. A disgruntled Van Buren descends the steps, muttering "Our sufferin... More
The shipwreck. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A Whig vision of the rout of Van Buren in the presidential election of 1840. In a stormy sea Van Buren grasps the mast (labeled "Maine") of a foundering vessel "O.K." (the initials for "Old Kinderhook," a Van ... More
The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!
A parody of Democratic efforts to reelect incumbent Martin Van Buren in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The print is a crude woodcut evidently based on Napoleon Saro... More
W. H. Harrison : from the original painting by Chappel in the possessi...
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![[William Henry Harrison.] - Public domain portrait engraving](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDAvMTIvMzEvd2lsbGlhbS1oZW5yeS1oYXJyaXNvbi04Zjc0MDItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[William Henry Harrison.] - Public domain portrait engraving")
[William Henry Harrison.] - Public domain portrait engraving
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Log cabin anecdotes. Illustrated incidents in the life of Gen. William...
A Whig campaign broadside, with text describing a series of 12 incidents in the life of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with wood-engravings. The incidents are (counterclockwise from upper left): "Harrison'... More
General Harrison's log cabin marc & quick step
An illustrated Whig campaign music sheet. Before a log cabin in the wilderness Harrison greets a crippled veteran in a fashion similar to "This log cabin . . ." (no. 1840-17). In the distance is a somewhat lar... More
Harrison, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.