Polk's dream – Historic Reproduction
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A window into the past: Polk's dream, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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*Polk's dream* is an 1846 New York lithograph signed with the monogram of Edward Williams Clay and published by James Baillie. It caricatures President James K. Polk alongside James Buchanan, George Bancroft, Robert J. Walker, and the British diplomat R. Pakenham, and it turns on the Oregon question. Polk had campaigned in 1844 on claiming the territory up to latitude 54 degrees 40 minutes, but the dispute was settled at the 49th parallel in June 1846, months after this print was deposited for copyright.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Lith. & pub. by James Baillie, 1846. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 27.7 x 39.9 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850.Political cartoons 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1846 by James Baillie. Lith. & pub. by James Baillie, 118, Nassau St. N.Y. Signed with monogram: C (Edward Williams Clay). The Library's impression was deposited for copyright on April 8, 1846. Title appears as it is written on the item. Davison, no. 191. Blaisdell and Selz, no. 19. Weitenkampf, p. 85-86. 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 1846-2. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 2003. |
| Subjects | Allen, William. Bancroft, George,--1800-1891. Buchanan, James,--1791-1868. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Pakenham, R. (Richard),--1797-1868. Polk, James K. (James Knox),--1795-1849. Walker, Robert J. (Robert John),--1801-1869. Oregon--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,022 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111814 |
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