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The masked battery or Loco-Foco strategy – Vintage Print

The masked battery or Loco-Foco strategy, 1844 — antique lithograph
The masked battery or Loco-Foco strategy, 1844. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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The title, "The masked battery or Loco-Foco strategy," borrows a military image of concealed artillery to suggest a hidden trap set for an opponent. The print is a lithograph by H. Bucholzer, issued in New York in 1844 by James Baillie, a lithographer and print colorist. The Loco-Focos were a radical wing of New York Democrats who opposed bank charters and monopolies, and the people shown, including Henry Clay, Theodore Frelinghuysen, James K. Polk, and John Tyler, span the 1844 presidential contest. Its listed subjects, the Bank of the United States and banking, reflect the fight over paper money that divided parties at the time.

Created / published1844
Medium1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 31.8 x 44.9 cm. (image)
GenreLithographs 1840-1850.Political cartoons 1840-1850.
NotesEntered . . . 1844 by James Baillie, N.Y. Lithography and print coloring on reasonable terms by James Baillie No. 33 Spruce St. New York. Official records show that the print was registered for copyright on June 28, 1844. The Library's impression is inscribed with the deposit date of July 1. Signed: H. Bucholzer. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 75. 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 1844-29.
SubjectsCalhoun, John C. (John Caldwell),--1782-1850. Clay, Henry,--1777-1852. Frelinghuysen, Theodore,--1787-1862. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor),--1780-1850. Polk, James K. (James Knox),--1795-1849. Tyler, John,--1790-1862. Bank of the United States--1840-1850. Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.)--1840-1850. Banking--1840-1850. Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,031 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-112040

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