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A crude nonpartisan satire, parodying all four candidates in the 1860 presidential election. A map of the United States hung on a wall is being torn apart by three of the candidates. Abraham Lincoln Biography, Sturbridge Village, John Bell, Media Images, American Civil War, American Presidents, Presidential Election, Civilization

Abraham Lincoln Biography

Sturbridge Village

American Civil War

American Presidents

Presidential Election

A crude nonpartisan satire, parodying all four candidates in the 1860 presidential election. A map of the United States hung on a wall is being torn apart by three of the candidates.

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In a rare pro-Democrat cartoon presidential aspirant George Brinton McClellan is portrayed as the intermediary between Abraham Lincoln and Confederacy president Jefferson Davis. Gen. McClellan is in the center acting as a go-between in a tug-of-war over a "Map of the United States" engaged in by Lincoln (left) and Davis. He holds the two men by their lapels and asserts, "The Union must be preserved at all hazards!" George B Mcclellan, Fine Art Prints, Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Jefferson Davis, Currier And Ives, Thing 1

George B Mcclellan

Fine Art Prints

Jefferson Davis

Currier And Ives

In a rare pro-Democrat cartoon presidential aspirant George Brinton McClellan is portrayed as the intermediary between Abraham Lincoln and Confederacy president Jefferson Davis. Gen. McClellan is in the center acting as a go-between in a tug-of-war over a "Map of the United States" engaged in by Lincoln (left) and Davis. He holds the two men by their lapels and asserts, "The Union must be preserved at all hazards!"

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A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically trim, rides a giant gamecock. He is clearly in the lead here, and tips his hat to Pierce, taunting, "What's the matter, Pierce? feel "Faint? " ha! ha! ha! lord what a "Goose!" don't you wish you had my "Cock?" well good bye, Pierce, good bye." Winfield Scott, Franklin Pierce, Mexican American War, Democratic National Convention, Andrew Jackson, Cartoon Shows, Dark Horse

Franklin Pierce

Mexican American War

Democratic National Convention

A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically trim, rides a giant gamecock. He is clearly in the lead here, and tips his hat to Pierce, taunting, "What's the matter, Pierce? feel "Faint? " ha! ha! ha! lord what a "Goose!" don't you wish you had my "Cock?" well good bye, Pierce, good bye."

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A satire on Franklin Pierce's alleged ineptness as an officer during the Mexican War. There are two scenes. In the left frame, in "New Hampshire," Pierce trains a band of volunteer militia, exhorting them, "Forward! my brave Compatriots preserve but that undaunted front, and victory is ours." Dachshund, Frederic Remington, Le Far West, Norman Rockwell, Western Art, Figurative Art, Mammals, Mustang

Frederic Remington

Norman Rockwell

A satire on Franklin Pierce's alleged ineptness as an officer during the Mexican War. There are two scenes. In the left frame, in "New Hampshire," Pierce trains a band of volunteer militia, exhorting them, "Forward! my brave Compatriots preserve but that undaunted front, and victory is ours."

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Fictional Characters, Fantasy Characters

Fictional Characters

Fantasy Characters

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llustration shows a woman holding a baby that is crying out "I want my pa" as Grover Cleveland passes. Contributor Names Beard, Frank, 1842-1905, artist Created / Published 1884 September 27. Satire Humor, Political Satire, American History, Modest Proposal, Grover Cleveland, Holding Baby

Political Satire

American History

Modest Proposal

Grover Cleveland

llustration shows a woman holding a baby that is crying out "I want my pa" as Grover Cleveland passes. Contributor Names Beard, Frank, 1842-1905, artist Created / Published 1884 September 27.

Political Cartoons

Satire on the presidential campaign of 1836, portraying the contest as a boxing match between Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren and Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The artist clearly favors Harrison. The work is a variation on an 1834 cartoon which uses the boxing match as a metaphor for the struggle between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States. (See "Set To Between Old Hickory and Bully Nick," no. 1834-4). In a ring Van Buren and Harrison spa Satirical Cartoons, William Henry Harrison, Satire, Revolutionaries, Bullying, Champion

Satirical Cartoons

William Henry Harrison

Revolutionaries

Satire on the presidential campaign of 1836, portraying the contest as a boxing match between Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren and Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The artist clearly favors Harrison. The work is a variation on an 1834 cartoon which uses the boxing match as a metaphor for the struggle between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States. (See "Set To Between Old Hickory and Bully Nick," no. 1834-4). In a ring Van Buren and Harrison spa

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Harpers Weekly cartoon of the election of 1857 Election Results, Vintage Cartoon, Fine Art, Humor, Humour

Election Results

Vintage Cartoon

Harpers Weekly cartoon of the election of 1857

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Cartoonist in 1912 celebrate Teddy Roosevelts announcement that he will run for President Media Magazine, Running For President, Moving Pictures, Cairo, Presidents, Public, Drawings, Roosevelt

Running For President

Moving Pictures

Cartoonist in 1912 celebrate Teddy Roosevelts announcement that he will run for President

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Reports of his alcoholism haunted Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce during the 1852 campaign. The matter is taken up here with mocking reference to the Maine Liquor Law of 1851, a landmark prohibition measure first passed in Maine and subsequently adopted in several other states. An obviously inebriated Pierce leans against ... Kings Man, Its A Mans World, Presidential Candidates, Democratic Party

Its A Mans World

Presidential Candidates

Democratic Party

Reports of his alcoholism haunted Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce during the 1852 campaign. The matter is taken up here with mocking reference to the Maine Liquor Law of 1851, a landmark prohibition measure first passed in Maine and subsequently adopted in several other states. An obviously inebriated Pierce leans against ...

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The 1888 Presidential election- James Blaine and the Republicans United States Map, A Cartoon, A0 Poster, Poster Size Prints, Print Poster, Vintage World Maps

United States Map

Poster Size Prints

Vintage World Maps

The 1888 Presidential election- James Blaine and the Republicans

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From the Presidential Election Campaign of 1872- Fight Political Corruption Political Corruption, Campaign, Stickers, Movie Posters, Film Poster, Billboard

Political Corruption

From the Presidential Election Campaign of 1872- Fight Political Corruption

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Two political cartoons on one sheet: cartoon on left by Clifford Berryman published in the Washington Star, April 28, 1907, shows Taft leaving a dog labeled "Politics" behind in Washington, D.C., as he travels to Ohio; cartoon on right by Charles Lewis Bartholomew published in the Minneapolis Journal, April 27, 1907, shows Taft as a stone rolling down a hill over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, and the Philippines but gathering no moss. April 27, Minneapolis, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, Philippines, Ohio

Two political cartoons on one sheet: cartoon on left by Clifford Berryman published in the Washington Star, April 28, 1907, shows Taft leaving a dog labeled "Politics" behind in Washington, D.C., as he travels to Ohio; cartoon on right by Charles Lewis Bartholomew published in the Minneapolis Journal, April 27, 1907, shows Taft as a stone rolling down a hill over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, and the Philippines but gathering no moss.

Political Cartoons

Bryan- Print shows William Jennings Bryan riding a donkey labeled "Popocracy", holding a sword labeled "16 to 1" and a string attached to a small cannon labeled "Boy Orator", at the head of a small army of followers, among those identified are "Stewart, Watson, Coxey, Lease, Peffer, Tillman, [and] Altgeld", and possibly Joseph C.S. Blackburn. They are armed with farm tools, brooms, and a large sword labeled "Silver Syndicate" carried by Stewart. Their military standards state "Repudiation, Down Farm Tools, The Orator, Vintage Love, Caricature, Comic Art, Joseph

Bryan- Print shows William Jennings Bryan riding a donkey labeled "Popocracy", holding a sword labeled "16 to 1" and a string attached to a small cannon labeled "Boy Orator", at the head of a small army of followers, among those identified are "Stewart, Watson, Coxey, Lease, Peffer, Tillman, [and] Altgeld", and possibly Joseph C.S. Blackburn. They are armed with farm tools, brooms, and a large sword labeled "Silver Syndicate" carried by Stewart. Their military standards state "Repudiation, Down

Political Cartoons