A cure for Republican lockjaw – Antique Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of A cure for Republican lockjaw. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A cure for Republican lockjaw" turns a medical joke into political commentary: a party that will not open its mouth, aimed here at Republicans in Congress. The print appeared in the winter of 1860-61, when seven Southern states had already left the Union and lawmakers in Washington were debating compromise proposals on slavery's future, and critics charged the Republicans with refusing to bargain. It was published in New York by Benjamin Day, and the design is signed by Benjamin H. Day Jr., and it shows the sharp partisan cartooning of the period, when such prints spoke to readers who already held strong views on the sectional crisis.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Published by Benj. Day, 1861. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 19.4 x 23.6 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870.Political cartoons 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Ent'd According to act of Congress 1861. Published by Benj. Day 48 Beekman St. N.Y. Signed: BDay del (Benjamin H. Day, Jr.). Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 130. 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 1861-1. |
| Subjects | United States.--Congress--1860-1870. Slavery--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,233 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113060 |
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