In Ten years in Oregon (Ithaca, 1848), frontispiece., Born in Tioga County, New York, Sarepta (or Serepta) White accompanied her husband Elijah White to Oregon in 1836, after the Board of Missions of the New England Conference of the Methodist Church appointed him the physician to the Willamette Valley, Oregon. During their time in Oregon, both their son and their adopted son drowned. Later in life she practiced medicine in San Francisco., Waist-length of the wife of physician-missionary, next to her husband.
In The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth (New York, 1856), p. [116]., The Native American woman died after her husband punished her for disobeying him when she chose to dance in celebration of the scalping of three white men. After her death, her father (a Flat Head) prevented Beckwourth from being killed, and also presented him with the wife’s younger sister as a replacement wife., Recumbent portrait of Mrs. Beckwourth after her husband struck her with the side of his battle-axe.
In The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth (New York, 1856), p. [203]., The Native American woman was taken captive and adopted by the Crows when she was about ten. After excelling as a warrior, she became a chief, and was known as Bíawacheeitchish, or Woman Chief. She married four women in her lodge. In his autobiography, James Pierson Beckwourth, calling her Pine Leaf or Bar-chee-am-pe, claims to have had a romantic relationship with her., Full-length portrait of the woman warrior astride a horse.
In Transplanted flowers, or, Memoirs of Mrs Rumpff, daughter of John Jacob Astor esq and the Duchess de Broglie, daughter of Madame de Staël (New York, 1839), frontispiece., Three-quarter portrait of the New York native, who married Count Vincenz von Rumpff (1789–1867) in 1825; Countess von Rumpff died in Vaud, Switzerland.
In Account of the golden wedding of James and Mary Brewster, September 18, 1860 (New Haven, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Your Affectionate Mother Mary Brewster., Waist-length portrait of the woman wearing a lace collar and a lace bonnet.
In The lovely sisters, Margaret and Henrietta (Hartford, 1846), frontispiece., Waist-length portraits of Margaret Flower in bed, with her sister Henrietta and their parents Ebenezer and Anne Granger Flower at her bedside.
In Twelve years a slave (Auburn, N.Y., 1853), plate opposite p. 320., Same image appears in Twelve years a slave (Auburn, N.Y., 1854)., Full-length portrait of Mrs. Solomon Northup embracing her husband; their daughters Elizabeth and Margaret stand nearby.
In Only full report of the trial of Rev. I.S. Kalloch, on charge of adultery ... with accurate portraits of Kalloch, and the beautiful lady in black (Boston, 1857), p. 4., “The Springfield republican says: ‘The lady thus unfortunately implicated with Mr. Kalloch, is the young and lovely wife of a citizen of Brattleboro’, Vt.’”, Waist-length portrait of the “lady in black,” touching her necklace with her right hand.
In Tragic almanac 1843 (New York, 1842), p. [25]., According to the accompanying article, Thomas Topping beat his wife Elizabeth for five hours before she died. He also threatened to kill Catharine Kelly, who was in the room, if she made any effort to sound an alarm., Probably fictitious characters., Full-length portrait of the victim on the ground with her left hand raised to avert a blow; a woman lies in a bed in the background.
In Tragic almanac 1843 (New York, 1842), p. [30]., According to the accompanying article, James Adams, a street sweeper, quarreled with a servant girl named Ann Gorman. “During the dispute he seized a plate ... and threw it at the girl’s head, when his wife expostulated with him.” He killed his wife after she threatened to call an officer., Probably fictitious characters.
In Serious almanac, 1845 & '46 (New York, 1845), p. [25]., According to the accompanying article, Julian Gardner answered the door when her husband was not at home. A black man wielding a lighted torch pushed his way in and “with one blow split open the head of Mrs. G. with an axe.”, Probably a fictitious character., The same image appears in Tragic almanac. 18-46 (1845), p. [13].
In the Weekly herald, vol. 9, no. 25 (June 29, 1844), p. 203., Another portrait by another artist appears on the same page; see also the Weekly herald, vol. 9, no. 2 (Jan. 13, 1844), p. 9, for an earlier publication of this portrait., Waist-length portrait of the accused murderess wearing a bonnet.
In Agnes C. Wirt (New York, 1842), title page vignette., Another portrait, on the first page of text, depicts the young woman seated across from her father, U.S. Attorney General William Wirt., Full-length portrait of the young woman seated in a chair.
In Memoir of Margaret Ann Walton (New York, 1842), title page vignette., Another portrait, on the first page of text, depicts the girl seated with her mother., Full-length portrait of the young girl, kneeling in prayer with a black girl, with an open book on a stool between them.
In Hannah Corcoran, the missing girl of Charlestown (Boston, 1853), title page vignette., Three-quarter length portrait of the young woman, wearing a Maltese cross brooch.
In The missionary sisters (Boston, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signatures: Seraphina H. Everett; H.M.L. Hamlin., Two separate waist-length portraits of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionaries, in arabesque frames: Mrs. Seraphina Haynes Everett; Mrs. Harriet Martha Hamlin.
In Narrative of the deceptive courtship and seduction of Miss Phebe Crossen (Cincinnati, 1857), wrapper vignette., Fictitious person? Born near Blanchester, Ohio, Phoebe Crossen was raised by her grandparents after her mother died (and her father went West); her seducer promised marriage and then supplied Phebe with medicine in order to kill their unborn child; after the child was born dead, she wrote the narrative and committed suicide with laudanum on February 19, 1857., Three-quarter length portrait of the unwed mother, carrying a book in one hand and a lace handkerchief in the other hand.
In The lighted valley, or, The closing scenes in the life of a beloved sister (New York, 1850), frontispiece., The young woman was the daughter of the Rev. Robert Bolton (1788-1857), an Episcopalian clergyman who was born Savannah, Georgia; in 1807, he traveled to England, where he married Anne Jay Bolton (1793-1859); the couple and their children left England in 1836 and settled in New York; they opened the Bolton Priory School in Pelham Manor, New York, in 1838., Three-quarter-length portrait of the young woman., Another portrait appears in Bolton, R. The Lighted valley, or, The closing scenes of the life of Abby Bolton (London, 1851), frontispiece ("Eng'd by W. Holl, from a painting by her brother [i.e., William Jay Bolton]").
In Twelve years a slave (Auburn, N.Y., 1853), plate opposite p. 88., Same image appears in Twelve years a slave (Auburn, N.Y., 1854)., Full-length portrait of the enslaved women, possibly a fictitious character, kneeling next to her daughter Emily; two white men stand above her.
In Serious almanac, 1845 & '46 (New York, 1845), p. [33]., According to the accompanying article, Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Sweeney “were part of a drunken Irish family, and had been intoxicated and quarrelling for several days.”, Probably a fictitious character., Full-length portrait of a woman wielding a knife over a man on the ground; a bottle is on a table in the background; and an overturned drink glass is on the ground in the foreground.
In The Tragic almanac (New York, 1849), p. [10]., According to the accompanying article, Mrs. Colton shot Mr. Corlis after having had “illicit intercourse” with him., Probably a fictitious character., Full-length portrait of the murderer standing on a sidewalk, firing a pistol at the victim.
Waist-length portrait of the Boston native., In Jones, A.D. The illustrated American biography (New York, 1853), v. 1, p. [29]., In 1679, Rebecca Rawson married a man who swindled her out of her fortune and abandoned her in England., Another portrait appears in Jones, A.D. The American portrait gallery (New York, 1855), p. [29].
In Jones, A.D. The illustrated American biography (New York, 1853), v. 1, p. [31]., In 1657, Penelope Winslow married Josiah Winslow (1629-1680), the Governor of Plymouth Colony., Another portrait appears in Jones, A.D. The American portrait gallery (New York, 1855), p. [31]., Bust-length portrait of the English colonist.
In Trial of Mrs. Margaret Howard, for the murder of Miss Mary Ellen Smith (Cincinnati, 1849), p. [4]., Mary Ellen Smith was stabbed to death by her lover’s wife., Bust-length portrait of the murder victim, wearing a bonnet.
Image: A cherub-like figure sits near a wheel, an urn, an open book, and flowers that frame the verse. The masts of a ship are visible in the background., Verse 973: "I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
A man, one half of his body shown as a white man and the other half as an African American man, lectures in front of a small table. He holds an umbrella with his African American hand, as well as wears no shoe on his African American foot., Text: Whew! don't you know that you're played out? That your occupation's gone? Why do you make such fuss about that poor old well-pick'd bone? Or are you lost, so far corrupted, You can't improve 'till re-constructed?
Patent medicine bottle made in amber glass. Reads along the side of the bottle, Dr. H.S. Thacher’s Cholera Mixture Chattanooga, Tenn. Diamond embossed on the base. Henry Savage Thacher (1826-1898) was a chemist and apothecary who founded the Thacher Medicine Company in 1890. John Lupton bought the company in 1910, and the FDA later shut it down in the 1930s. The American Medicine Association and the federal government declared Dr. Thacher’s medicines to be quackery, that they made false and fraudulent claims, and that the ingredients were misbranded., Gift of Charles E. Rosenberg, 2017.
Reproduction of a drawing showing a bust-length portrait of the allegorical female figure of Liberty. She wears a gold crown, a necklace with a large medallion stamped "U.S.," and the American flag as a shawl., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Creator
Horton, Henry W.
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52b]
The large-nosed boarding-house keeper is very thin. She holds a thin rooster by the neck in one hand and a knife in the other; "Age 65" is written on its body. A speech bubble by her face reads "You'l do/ Old BUZZARD." A butter dish with legs and insects appear in the top left corner. The border features a woman embracing a man; the pair resembled Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom is a pack of matches marked "Lucifer's matches.", Text: Old mother Skinflint, I know you well, / Your species is common, and mean at that; / You think yourself able to "keep an hotel," / Which in you're too stingy to keep a cat. / Your boarders look yellow and skinny and thin, / Just like the old rooster you feed them on-- / Why don't you hang out, from your sorry inn, / The sign of the "Living Skeleton?", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The "shoddy" military contractor is handed a $50 bill and stands in front of a barrell marked "STINKING PORK FOR U.S. ARMY from SHODDY." He says "I CAN'T SEE THAT THE PORK STINKS A BIT," and there a sign behind him that reads "SHODDY INSPECTOR OFFICE.", Text: You can't see it? No wonder you can't, / With a fifty dollar green back in your eye; / The soldier may starve-- the sailor may want, / What cares Shoddy if even they die? / He's a curse to his kind -- his country's worst bane, / Deserving the noose on the hangman's line; / But, alas, you don't get it, and to publish your shame, / Is left alone for this poor Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
