The buffalo hunt – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures The buffalo hunt in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This 1848 lithograph uses the city's name for its joke, with Buffalo, New York, serving as the setting for a political hunt among presidential hopefuls. The Free Soil Party held its founding convention in Buffalo that August and nominated Martin Van Buren, who appears among the names here alongside Lewis Cass and Zachary Taylor. The party opposed extending slavery into the western territories, the goal of the Wilmot Proviso, and the print reflects that contest. Publisher H.R. Robinson issued it in New York that year, and it is probably drawn by a artist identified only as W.J.C.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Published by H.R. Robinson, 1848. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 27.4 x 39.1 cm. (image) |
| Genre | 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1848 by H.R. Robinson. Probably drawn by W.J.C." Published by H.R. Robinson 31 Park Row N.Y. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf |
| Subjects | Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866. Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850. Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. Free Soil Party (U.S.)--1840-1850. Wilmot proviso--1840-1850. Postal service--1840-1850. Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850. Buffalo (N.Y.)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,034 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111558 |
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