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The Last Ditch of the Chivalry, or A President in Petticoats
The Last Ditch of the Chivalry, or A President in Petticoats

The Last Ditch of the Chivalry, or A President in Petticoats

Artist
Date1865
ClassificationsPrint
Mediumlithograph
DimensionsObject: 9 × 14 in. (22.8 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 1/8 in. (34.2 × 46.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rona and Martin Schneider Collection of Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Fine Art Prints
Object number2017.0320
Three-Part Invention
Three-Part Invention
Martha Ives
2012
29. The Frivolous Frog “Cru, Cru,”sings the frog,/ “Cru, Cru,” under the water,/ “How I like to see your sister’s petticoats go flashing by.”
29. The Frivolous Frog “Cru, Cru,”sings the frog,/ “Cru, Cru,” under the water,/ “How I like to see your sister’s petticoats go flashing by.”
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
No. 9 The Parson in the Ditch
No. 9 The Parson in the Ditch
John Leech
c 1865 [1855]
An Attack and Lodgement on the Covert Way: i.e., The part which lies between the Ditch and the Glacis
An Attack and Lodgement on the Covert Way: i.e., The part which lies between the Ditch and the Glacis
after Jacques Rigaud
1794
A Cabinet That Could Afford It [“There is not in my Cabinet one man to whom it is not a financial disadvantage to stay in the Cabinet” - President Roosevelt at Ashbury Park.
A Cabinet That Could Afford It [“There is not in my Cabinet one man to whom it is not a financial disadvantage to stay in the Cabinet” - President Roosevelt at Ashbury Park.
John S. Pughe
1905
Oath for Johnson on Air Force One: President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president by Judge Sarah T. Hughes as his wife and Mrs. John F. Kennedy flank him in cabin of the presidential plane -- Air Force One, November 22, 1963
Oath for Johnson on Air Force One: President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president by Judge Sarah T. Hughes as his wife and Mrs. John F. Kennedy flank him in cabin of the presidential plane -- Air Force One, November 22, 1963
Cecil Stoughton
1963, printed 1967
The Last Chore
The Last Chore
Charlotte Joan Sternberg
1953
Last Light
Last Light
Richard Florsheim
1975
Image Not Available for 85. Reminiscence. The régimes that have come and gone!/ I have lived in tumultuous times./ I recall the old sword of President Diaz,/ And the cannon of the rebellion.
85. Reminiscence. The régimes that have come and gone!/ I have lived in tumultuous times./ I recall the old sword of President Diaz,/ And the cannon of the rebellion.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
93. Ex-General. I was a brave general/ Of the time of President Diaz;/ And now I look at every soldier— / Having a pistol that lacks a trigger.
93. Ex-General. I was a brave general/ Of the time of President Diaz;/ And now I look at every soldier— / Having a pistol that lacks a trigger.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
90. Candidate. I am a candidate for a seat, / I hope to be President,/ Look! I’ll go through on my goatee/ And my cascading mustaches.
90. Candidate. I am a candidate for a seat, / I hope to be President,/ Look! I’ll go through on my goatee/ And my cascading mustaches.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the U.S. at the Capitol, Washington March 4, 1861
The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the U.S. at the Capitol, Washington March 4, 1861
Winslow Homer
1861