Going the whole hog – Historic Reproduction
(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 Going the whole hog, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Titled with the American idiom "Going the whole hog," meaning to commit fully to a course, this 1837 lithograph takes aim at Martin Van Buren, the New York Democrat who took office as president in March of that year. The record also lists Tammany Hall, the Democratic political organization in New York City, and state and local elections, which ties the satire to the city's machine politics. H.R. Robinson, a New York printer and publisher of political lithographs, issued it, and it reflects the heated partisan contests of the Jacksonian era. It was printed the same year the Panic of 1837 struck, shortly after Van Buren's inauguration, and the economic crisis would dominate his presidency.
| Created / published | New York : Printed and published by H.R. Robinson, 1837. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25 x 41.8 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1830-1840.Political cartoons 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Printed and published by H.R. Robinson, 48 & 52 Cortlandt St. New York. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 51. 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 1837-15. |
| Subjects | Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. Tammany Hall--1830-1840. Political elections--1830-1840. Politics & government--1830-1840. New York (N.Y.)--1830-1840. New York (State)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 883 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162777 |
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