Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856 – Vintage Print
![Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856, N.Y., : For sale [by Nathaniel Currier] at no. 2 Spruce St., [1856] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/08/087c021fae28-L.webp)
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This antique lithograph of Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856
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Col. John C. Frémont is named in the title as the leader of one more exploring expedition, a nod to the western surveys that had earned him the nickname "Pathfinder" in the 1840s. By 1856 he was the Republican Party's first presidential nominee, and Nathaniel Currier's shop issued this lithograph during that campaign, using the language of exploration to comment on his candidacy. Frémont lost to James Buchanan that November, and the print shows how the national fight over slavery in the territories was argued in inexpensive popular prints as well as in newspapers and speeches.
| Created / published | N.Y., : For sale [by Nathaniel Currier] at no. 2 Spruce St., [1856] |
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| Medium | 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 27 x 39 cm. |
| Genre | Political cartoons 1850-1860.Lithographs 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1309 Weitenkampf, p. 117 Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1856-20. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,020 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111113 |
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