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Fancied Security, or the Rats on a Bender

Artist: Louis Maurer, 1832 - 1932
Sitter: Millard Fillmore, 7 Jan 1800 - 8 Mar 1874; Robert Augustus Toombs, 2 Jul 1810 - 15 Dec 1885; James Buchanan, 21 Apr 1791 - 1 Jun 1868; Horace Greeley, 3 Feb 1811 - 29 Nov 1872; John Charles Frémont, 21 Jan 1813 - 13 Jul 1890; William Lewis Dayton, 17 Feb 1807 - 1 Dec 1864; Howell Cobb, 7 Sep 1815 - 9 Oct 1868; Preston Smith Brooks, 6 Aug 1819 - 27 Jan 1857; Unidentified Sitter

Date: 1856

Type: Print

Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 27.2 × 38.2 cm (10 11/16 × 15 1/16")

Topic: Nature & Environment\Animal\Rat; Exterior\Agricultural\Barnyard; Howell Cobb: Male; Howell Cobb: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\Cabinet Member\Secretary of Treasury; Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Speaker of the House; Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Georgia; Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\Governor\Georgia; Horace Greeley: Male; Horace Greeley: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate; Horace Greeley: Communications\Publisher\Magazine; Horace Greeley: Communications\Publisher\Newspaper; Horace Greeley: Communications\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper; Horace Greeley: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist; James Buchanan: Male; James Buchanan: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; James Buchanan: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate; James Buchanan: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Pennsylvania; James Buchanan: Politics and Government\President of US; James Buchanan: Politics and Government\Cabinet Member\Secretary of State; James Buchanan: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister; James Buchanan: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Pennsylvania; Preston Smith Brooks: Male; Preston Smith Brooks: Politics and Government\US Congressman\South Carolina; Millard Fillmore: Male; Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York; Millard Fillmore: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US; Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\President of US; Millard Fillmore: Education\Administrator\University\Chancellor; Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New York; Robert Augustus Toombs: Male; Robert Augustus Toombs: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Robert Augustus Toombs: Politics and Government\Statesman; Robert Augustus Toombs: Military\Army\Officer\Civil War; Robert Augustus Toombs: Military\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate; Robert Augustus Toombs: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Georgia; Robert Augustus Toombs: Natural Resources\Agriculturist\Planter; Robert Augustus Toombs: Politics and Government\US Senator\Georgia; William Lewis Dayton: Male; William Lewis Dayton: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; William Lewis Dayton: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister; William Lewis Dayton: Politics and Government\US Senator\New Jersey; William Lewis Dayton: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge\Justice\State Supreme Court Justice\New Jersey; William Lewis Dayton: Politics and Government\State Attorney General\New Jersey; William Lewis Dayton: Politics and Government\Vice-Presidential Candidate; William Lewis Dayton: Politics and Government\State Senator\New Jersey; John Charles Frémont: Male; John Charles Frémont: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate; John Charles Frémont: Natural Resources\Explorer; John Charles Frémont: Military\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union; John Charles Frémont: Politics and Government\US Senator\California; John Charles Frémont: Politics and Government\Governor\California; John Charles Frémont: Military\Army\Officer\Major General; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.85.146

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery