The three mares/mayors, New York course, spring races, 1838 – Vintage 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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This rare antique lithograph captures The three mares/mayors, New York course, spring races, 1838 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The three mares/mayors, New York course, spring races, 1838
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This lithograph turns the 1838 New York municipal contest into a horse race, and its title, "The three mares/mayors," puns on the candidates' offices. The subjects named in its record are Aaron Clark, Richard Riker and Isaac L. Varian, all tied to the city's politics of that decade. Spring elections in New York were fiercely fought between Tammany Hall and the Equal Rights party, often called Locofocos, and cartoonists often used racing imagery to mock the scramble for office. The print is signed "Shanks," probably the caricaturist Edward Williams Clay, and was published in New York by H. R. Robinson.
| Created / published | 1838 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 26.1 x 39.5 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1830-1840.Political cartoons 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Ent'd . . . 1838 by H.R. Robinson . . . New York. Signed: Shanks (probably Edward Williams Clay). Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 57. 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 1838-6. |
| Subjects | Clark, Aaron,--1783 or 4-1861. Riker, Richard. Varian, Isaac L. Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.)--1830-1840. Tammany Hall--1830-1840. Political elections--1830-1840. New York (N.Y.)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,005 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114870 |
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