Patent Democratic Republican steam shaving shop – 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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Edward Williams Clay's lithograph turns the 1844 Democratic contest into a barbershop, with a steam-powered shop where James Gordon Bennett, Richard M. Johnson, and Martin Van Buren are the figures in view. Willis & Probst of Wall Street in New York issued the print, and Clay's monogram identifies him as its designer, a caricaturist of partisan politics. The joke would have landed with contemporary readers because Van Buren's bid for renomination faltered that year after his opposition to annexing Texas split his party. Its mock-patent title was a common satirical device of the period.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 29.4 x 44.4 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850.Political cartoons 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Signed with monogram: EWC (Edward Williams Clay). Title appears as it is written on the item. Willis & Probst Lith. 2, Wall St. N.Y. Davison, no. 178. Murrell, p. 150. Weitenkampf, p. 53. 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 1844-44. |
| Subjects | Bennett, James Gordon,--1795-1872. Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor),--1780-1850. Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 958 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111307 |
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