Hon. John C. Breckinridge: Democratic candidate for sixteenth president of the United States – Antique Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Hon. John C. Breckinridge: Democratic candidate for sixteenth president of the United States, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hon. John C. Breckinridge: Democratic candidate for sixteenth president of the United States
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This lithograph presents John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky as the Democratic candidate for the sixteenth presidency, a label that marks the contest of 1860 as it was seen from the Southern wing of the party. Breckinridge was serving as vice president under James Buchanan when the Democrats split at their 1860 convention, and the Southern faction nominated him on a platform that defended slavery in the territories. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that turned out inexpensive lithographs for a mass audience, issued many campaign portraits that year, and portraits like this one were meant to put a candidate's face before voters in parlors, taverns and newspaper offices. Breckinridge lost the November election to Abraham Lincoln, and the split he represented helped set the stage for secession.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1860. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3154 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,074 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174709 |
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