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Cockburn in the chair

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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American History -- 1810s

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Cockburn in the chair

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Title
Cockburn in the chair
Names
Fredericks, Alfred (Artist)
Karst, John, 1836-1922 (Wood-engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1810s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1881
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-181
Topics
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Capture by the British, 1814
Cockburn, George, Sir, 1772-1853
United States -- 1810-1819
United States -- History -- War of 1812
Military personnel -- British -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1810-1819
Victories
War destruction & pillage
Torches
Genres
Conjectural works
Notes
Content: "But the President's mansion and the unfinished Capitol were burned,--one of the stories of the time being that Cockburn leaped into the Speaker's chair, as his followers filled the halls of Congress, and shouted, 'Shall this harbor of Yankee democracy be burned? All for it will say Aye!'"--from text accompanying image.
Source note: Popular history of the United States, from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen to the end of the Civil War. (New York : Scribner, c1876-1881) Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 11 x 12 cm. (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17168662
Barcode: 33333159315288
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1a5a7fc0-c531-012f-3e59-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1881: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cockburn in the chair" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f702-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cockburn in the chair" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f702-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1881). Cockburn in the chair Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f702-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Cockburn in the chair