J.J. Crittenden, Senator from Kentucky, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows John J. Crittenden, half-length portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. 174 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. In... More
Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...
A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More
Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry
A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More
Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...
A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... 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
J.J. Crittenden, Senator from Kentucky, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows John J. Crittenden, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on verso: L.C. Divi... More
[John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
Whig Senator from Kentucky, 1817-1819, 1835-1841, 1842-1848, 1855-1661; U.S. Attorney-General, 1841-1842, 1850-1853; Governor of Kentucky, 1848-1850. Identification from engraving by T. Doney after a daguerreot... 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
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
Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry
A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More
[John J. Crittenden, Senator from Kentucky, Thirty-fifth Congress, hal...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 216. Each item includes subject's orig... More
J.J. Crittenden, senator from Kentucky from life on stone by Chs. Fend...
Print shows John J. Crittenden, half-length portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on verso: L.C. Divi... More
Capability and availability - Political cartoon, public domain image
Sharply critical of both the Democratic and Whig choice of presidential candidates in 1852, the artist laments the nomination of two soldiers, Winfield Scott (center) and Franklin Pierce (far right), in prefere... More
[John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
Whig Senator from Kentucky, 1817-1819, 1835-1841, 1842-1848, 1855-1661; U.S. Attorney-General, 1841-1842, 1850-1853; Governor of Kentucky, 1848-1850. Identification from engraving by T. Doney after a daguerreot... More