Burial of De Soto 1876 framed map art The Rigging House 1846 —

The Rigging House 1846 — a documentary view of the dockside workshop where rope

the People's Choice for Twelfth President of the United States 1847 — a campaign portrait floated on the eve of the 1848 race

A presidential portrait struck at the height of Old Hickory's second term — the year of the Force Bill

its octagonal superstructure and lantern-room geometry drawn by engineers who knew the harbor would test every rivet they specified

First Regiment Missouri Volunteers

Burial of De Soto 1876 framed map art The Rigging House 1846 —Burial of De Soto 1876 a Centennial era engraving reaching three centuries backward to the Mississippi's muddy shallows, where the conquistador was lowered into the river he had claimed. The composition belongs to that Reconstruction appetite for founding myths, dressing Spanish ambition in the solemn drapery of American memory. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the