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J.J. Crittenden, Senator from Kentucky, engraving, Library of Congress

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. Sadd.

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

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. Sadd.

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 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

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]

[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 man they have assasinated

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

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

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, half-length portrait]

[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

The Hollidaysburg Register, [newspaper]. March 13, 1861.
The Hollidaysburg Register, [newspaper]. March 13, 1861.
J.J. Crittenden, senator from Kentucky from life on stone by Chs. Fenderich 1841

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

The Hollidaysburg Register, [newspaper]. March 13, 1861.
The Hollidaysburg Register, [newspaper]. March 13, 1861.
Capability and availability - Political cartoon, public domain image

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]

[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