The political barbecue – Historic 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 lithograph borrows its title from a mock painting, "Henry Clay Esqre's big picter," supposedly drawn from nature by a "Zek Downing, Historical Painter," and dedicated to "Uncle Jack & Jineral Jackson." Published in New York by H.R. Robinson in 1834 as a second edition, it caricatures the leading political figures of the day, including Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster, and William J. Duane. The fight over the Second Bank of the United States, which Jackson had opposed and whose federal deposits he moved in 1833, supplies its subject, and the print turns that bitter rivalry into a satirical banquet scene.
| Created / published | New York : Published by H.R. Robinson, 1834. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25.5 x 36.6 cm. (image) |
| Genre | both marked "Second Edition" and published by E. Bisbee. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf |
| Notes | From Henry Clay Esqre's big picter draw'd off from Natur by Zek Downing Historical Painter to Uncle Jack & Jineral Jackson. Second Edition. Published by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. New York. Similarities in format, draughtsmanship and its peculiar shadowed lettering which the print shares with The Vision. Political Hydrophobia" (no. 1834-8) |
| Subjects | Biddle, Nicholas,--1786-1844. Clay, Henry,--1777-1852.--Political activity. Duane, William J. (William John),--1780-1865. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Preston, William Ballard,--1805-1862. Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. Webster, Daniel,--1782-1852. Bank of the United States--1830-1840. Economic policy--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,042 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111439 |
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