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Specie claws – Vintage Print

Specie claws, N.Y. : Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, [1838 or 1839] — antique lithograph
Specie claws, N.Y. : Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, [1838 or 1839]. 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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Its title, *Specie claws*, points to the hard-money fight that gripped the country after the Panic of 1837. The satire centers on Martin Van Buren, who took office in 1837 and inherited the Specie Circular of 1836, which required payment for public lands in gold and silver. H.R. Robinson printed and published the lithograph in New York, and watercolor was added by hand. The caricature also reflects the Equal Rights Party, the New York faction of Democrats known as Locofocos, who opposed banks and paper money.

Created / publishedN.Y. : Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, [1838 or 1839]
Medium1 print : lithograph with watercolor on wove paper ; 30.6 x 41.2 cm.(image)
GenreLithographs 1830-1840.Political cartoons 1830-1840.
NotesPrinted & publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N.Y. Signed with monogram: HD (Henry Dacre?). Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 52. 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 1838-14.
SubjectsVan Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.)--1830-1840. Democratic Republican new era--1830-1840. Employment--1830-1840.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,145 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-117954

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