Millard Fillmore campaign banner (Baker & Godwin, 1856)
Woodcut banner with Fillmore's portrait in a roundel crowned by an eagle, flanked by Justice with sword and scales and Liberty with Phrygian cap and a Constitution scroll, over a scroll marked "The Union". The tell: personified virtues and national emblems surround the candidate, transferring their prestige to him.
- Date
- July 1856
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Baker & Godwin, New York (printer); American Party campaign
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Pierce Administration
- Leader
- Franklin Pierce
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1856 US Election
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain: published 1856, US; LOC: "No known restrictions on publication."
Baker & Godwin, New York, 1856 (LC-DIG-pga-03523); Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Text on the object
MILLARD FILLMORE, AMERICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1856, by Baker & Godwin [lower left] In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. [lower right] THE UNION. [on the scroll, lower left] CONS[obscured]ON [on the scroll held by Liberty] LIBERTY [on the pennant at right] [Handwritten library note, not part of the print: "341 Deposited in Clerk's Office S. Dist. N.Y. July 10. 1856."]
The word on the Constitution scroll is partly hidden by the figure's arm.
