Funeral obsequies of free-trade – Historic Print
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This rare antique lithograph captures Funeral obsequies of free-trade in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Few prints from 1846 treat the tariff debate as bluntly as this one, which casts free trade as a corpse and names a roster of prominent Democrats around it, including President James K. Polk, Vice President George M. Dallas, and South Carolina's John C. Calhoun. The occasion was the Walker Tariff, which lowered duties on imported goods and passed that summer, with Dallas casting the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. The artist, Edward Williams Clay, a Philadelphia caricaturist who signed with a monogram, was writing from the protectionist side, which saw the bill as a blow to American manufacturers.
| Created / published | N.Y. : H.R. Robinson's Lith., 1846. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25.2 x 39.3 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850.Political cartoons 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Entd . . . 1846 by H.R. Robinson. H.R. Robinson's Lith. 142 Nassau St. N.Y. Signed with monogram: C (Edward Williams Clay). T.B. Peterson Agent 98 Chesnut St. Phila. Title appears as it is written on the item. Davison, no. 187. Weitenkampf, p. 87. 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 1846-12. |
| Subjects | Buchanan, James,--1791-1868. Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell),--1782-1850. Dallas, George Mifflin,--1792-1864. Lewis, Dixon Hall,--1802-1848. Marcy, William L. (William Learned),--1786-1857. McDuffie, George,--1790-1851. Polk, James K. (James Knox),--1795-1849. Rhett, Robert Barnwell,--1800-1876. Ritchie, Thomas,--1778-1854. New York (State)--1840-1850. Pennsylvania--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 936 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110678 |
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