Martin Van Buren: Selected 19th-Century Political Cartoons
A selection of nineteenth-century American political cartoons featuring Martin Van Buren, party politics, and current events, 1833-1848, from the collections of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Links to larger images and detailed information about all these featured political illustrations from the Van Buren era are available in the item records found in the Library of Congress Online Catalog and the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog and by following the item links provided in the list below.
This is the house that Jack built, 1833. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman, 1836. Edward Williams Clay. Pub. H. R. Robinson. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Set-to between the champion old tip & the swell Dutcheman of Kinderhook, 1836. Edward Williams Clay. Pub. H. R. Robinson. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
High places in government like steep rocks only accessible to eagles and reptiles, 1836. Pub. H.R. Robinson. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Caucus on the Surplus Bill, 1836. Pub. H. R. Robinson. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Illustrations of the adventures of the renowned Don Quixote & his doughty squire Sancho Panza, c. 1837. David Claypoole Johnston. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Settin’ on a rail, 1838. Edward Williams Clay. Pub. H. R. Robinson. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Disturbing a martin’s nest, c. 1838. Pub. H. R. Robinson. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
The cut direct. Or a scene in the high life of Saratoga Springs, 1839. [Henry Dacre?], Pub. H. R. Robinson. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Matty’s dream, 1840. Edward Williams Clay. Pub. John Childs. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
The modern colossus. Eighth Wonder of the World, c. 1848. Peter Smith [Nathaniel Currier]. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Smoking him out, 1848. Peter Smith [Nathaniel Currier]. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
The little magician and the modern witch of Endor, 1848. [H. Bucholzer?]. Pub. James Baillie. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
The Presidential fishing party of 1848. Peter Smith [Nathaniel Currier]. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.