Cartoon Prints, American

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• Collection: Cartoon Prints, American
• Collection: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand

• Title: The first great Western empire or, the United States of America ... / / by Jonathan Clark.
• Other Title: United States of America
• Related Names:
     Clark, Jonathan.
     Packard, Robert, 1774?-1840.
     Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
• Date Created/Published: Albany : Printed by and for the authors, at the press of R. Packard, no. 51 State-Street, 1812.
• Medium: 1 print : wood-engraving with letterpress, on wove paper ; 26 x 37.5 cm. (image)
• Summary: A patriotic broadside illustrated with emblems of the United States composed chiefly of typographic elements. A large central framework incorporates a small "Temple of Freedom" surmounted by a small Liberty figure, and containing the words "The Federal Constitution." On each side are oval bust portraits of Presidents (left to right) Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. Above them are small vignettes representing (on the left) Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures, the "immoveable pillars of the Independence of our country," and (on the right) Commerce, "a strong support to our national edifice." In the upper section of the framework are the seal of the United States and a listing of the names of the seventeen states with their 1810 census figures. Various quotations and brief texts are included, the longest of which are an account of George Washington's resignation of his commission, a description of the geography, government, and people of the United States, and the song "Columbia" written by "Dr. Dwight, President of Yale College."
• Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-40915 (b&w film copy neg.)
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  
• Call Number: Broadside Collection, portfolio 114, no. 12 c-Rare Bk Coll Broadside portfolio 114 no. 12 Copy 1 1 p. 40 x 53 cm. Broadside portfolio 114 no. 12 Copy 2 1 p. 40 x 53 cm.
• Repository: Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
• Notes:
  • Entered . . . the Fifteenth Day of January, 1812, by Jonathan Clark, of Albany, New-York.
  • The broadside is purported to be the eighth edition, of June 1812, and "Executed with American Materials."
  • Title appears as it is written on the item.
  • Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1812-1.
  • LAC nsk 2022-02-09 update (1 card)
• Subjects:
  • Adams, John,--1735-1826.
  • Dwight, Timothy,--1752-1817.
  • Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826.
  • Madison, James,--1751-1836.
  • Washington, George,--1732-1799.
  • Liberty--1810-1820.
• Format:
  • Broadsides--1810-1820.
  • Wood engravings--1810-1820.
• Collections:
  • Cartoon Prints, American
  • Miscellaneous Items in High Demand
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Cartoon Prints, American

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• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
• Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-40915 (b&w film copy neg.)
• Call Number: Broadside Collection, portfolio 114, no. 12 c-Rare Bk Coll Broadside portfolio 114 no. 12 Copy 1 1 p. 40 x 53 cm. Broadside portfolio 114 no. 12 Copy 2 1 p. 40 x 53 cm.
• Medium: 1 print : wood-engraving with letterpress, on wove paper ; 26 x 37.5 cm. (image)

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• Call Number: Broadside Collection, portfolio 114, no. 12 c-Rare Bk Coll Broadside portfolio 114 no. 12 Copy 1 1 p. 40 x 53 cm. Broadside portfolio 114 no. 12 Copy 2 1 p. 40 x 53 cm.
• Medium: 1 print : wood-engraving with letterpress, on wove paper ; 26 x 37.5 cm. (image)

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