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The Radical Party on a heavy grade / J.M. Ives, del. ; on stone by Cameron. – Historic Print

The Radical Party on a heavy grade / J.M. Ives, del. ; on stone by Cameron., [New York : Currier & Ives], c1868. — antique lithograph
The Radical Party on a heavy grade / J.M. Ives, del. ; on stone by Cameron., [New York : Currier & Ives], c1868.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Rather than a scene of ballots or battlefields, this print presents the Radical Party as a heavy load on a steep "grade," a metaphor that makes its political difficulties clear at a glance. It was issued by Currier & Ives, the New York firm that produced large numbers of popular political cartoons, and it was drawn by J.M. Ives and worked on stone by Cameron. The date places it in 1868, when the Radical Republicans were pushing Reconstruction policy and fighting over the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, so the image reads as a comment on the faction's hard climb during that contest.

Created / published[New York : Currier & Ives], c1868.
Medium1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 25 x 39 cm.
GenrePolitical cartoons 1860-1870.Lithographs 1860-1870.
NotesTitle from item. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5476 Weitenkampf, p. 157 Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1868-14.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 990 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110782

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