where every concentric ring hums with the conviction that God
Design of the National Washington Monument 1846 — an architect's vision for the obelisk on the Potomac
The Gentlemans Vanity Patent for the Perfected Whisker reads as a study in restraint — the close
1868 — a domestic lithograph staged in the year the general traded epaulets for the presidency
The print speaks the antebellum dialect fluently — liberty rendered as harvest
Hon. Schuyler Colfax, the People's Choice for Vice President 1868 Geological_Print where every concentric ring humsHon. Schuyler Colfax, the People's Choice for Vice President 1868 a campaign portrait of the Indiana Speaker hoisted onto Grant's ticket, printed in the brisk civic optimism of a republic still bandaging itself, before the Crdit Mobilier scandal would tarnish the smiling Hoosier's name. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,