Know Nothing Polka,to everybody,by nobody,c1854

Title: Know Nothing Polka dedicated to everybody by nobody
Related Names:
Couenhaven, James.
Date Created/Published: 1854.
Summary: A sheet music cover illustrated with the American nativist device of an eye in an aureole of light. The watchful eye (a commonplace in Masonic iconography) here symbolizes the Know Nothings' vigilance against 'foreign influence' in American politics and government. For an earlier instance of the nativist use of this motif see the certificate of the Order of United Americans (no. 1848-1).
Notes:
Entered . . . 1854 by J. Couenhoven.
Philadelphia James Couenhoven 162 Chesnut St.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1854-1.
Subjects:
American Party--1850-1860.
Engravings--1850-1860.
Sheet music covers--1850-1860.
Bookmark /2008661569/
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