The grand national caravan moving east – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures The grand national caravan moving east in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This lithograph turns a traveling show into political satire, titling itself "The grand national caravan moving east" and bringing together President Andrew Jackson, his successor Martin Van Buren, and the Sauk leader Black Hawk in one procession. Black Hawk, captured after the 1832 war, was touring eastern cities at the time, and the print uses that moment to comment on Jackson's Indian policy and the economic disputes of the early 1830s. The drawing is credited to David Claypool Johnston under the pseudonym Hassan Straightshanks and was issued under the name of Maj. Jack Downing, a comic Yankee persona created by writer Seba Smith.
| Created / published | 1833 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 23.1 x 32.8 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Antiques, July 1972 p. 101-107. Murrell, p. 120, 124. Weitenkampf, p. 31. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1833-11. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 173. |
| Notes | Drawn by Hassan Straightshanks (David Claypool Johnston?), under the immediate Superintendence of Maj. Jack Downing. Entered . . . by Endicott and Swett New-York 1833. Title appears as it is written on the item. Fowble, no. 332. Malcolm Johnson, David Claypool Johnston |
| Subjects | Black Hawk,--Sauk chief,--1767-1838. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. Economic policy--1830-1840. Boston (Mass.)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,031 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111438 |
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