Ultimatum on the Oregon question – Vintage 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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This rare antique lithograph captures Ultimatum on the Oregon question in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ultimatum on the Oregon question
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Edward Williams Clay signed this 1846 lithograph, published in New York by James Baillie, with his initials, and its title refers directly to the Oregon question. That dispute over the Pacific Northwest, which both the United States and Britain claimed, was pressing toward a crisis that spring, and the treaty settling the boundary at the 49th parallel came later that year. Clay used the fictitious Gen. Bunkum, a stock figure of American political satire, and the print's many subjects, including Prince Albert, Louis Philippe, Nicholas I, Ireland, Canada, Cuba and California, show how the cartoon tied Oregon to wider rivalries among the great powers.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Lith & pub. by James Baillie, 1846. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 28.4 x 40.2 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850.Political cartoons 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1846 by J. Baillie. Lith & pub. by James Baillie 118 Nassau St. N.Y. Signed with initials: E.W.C. (Edward Williams Clay). The Library's impression was deposited for copyright on April 5, 1846. Title appears as it is written on the item. Davison, no. 194. Weitenkampf, p. 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 1846-1. |
| Subjects | Albert,--Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1861. Louis Philippe,--King of the French,--1773-1850. Nicholas--I,--Emperor of Russia,--1796-1855. Bowery Theatre--1840-1850. Bunkum, Gen. (Fictitious character)--1840-1850. Ireland--Politics and government--1837-1901. California--1840-1850. Canada--Foreign relations--United States--1840-1850. Cuba--1840-1850. France--1840-1850. Oregon--1840-1850. United States--Foreign relations--Canada--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,032 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111088 |
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