Terrible rout & total destruction of the Whig Party. In Salt River – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Terrible rout & total destruction of the Whig Party. In Salt River. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Terrible rout & total destruction of the Whig Party. In Salt River
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The title's phrase, "In Salt River," gives this lithograph its particular twist. By the 1850s, "up Salt River" was American slang for political ruin, and the print casts the Whig Party's collapse as banishment to that imaginary place. Issued in 1852, the year Whig candidate Winfield Scott lost the presidency to Franklin Pierce, it reflects a party splintering over slavery and sectional disputes. The cartoon's named figures, including Webster, Fillmore, Seward, and Greeley, point to the rival factions and rising new parties of the period. John L. Magee, a New York publisher of political caricatures, produced it for sale on Nassau Street.
| Created / published | 1852 |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 30.6 x 43.5 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860.Political cartoons 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Drawn by John L. Magee. For sale at 124 Nassau St., New York. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 109-110. 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 1852-26. |
| Subjects | Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866. Douglas, Stephen Arnold,--1813-1861. Fillmore, Millard,--1800-1874. Greeley, Horace,--1811-1872. King, William R. (William Rufus),--1786-1853. Pierce, Franklin,--1804-1869. Seward, William Henry,--1801-1872. Webster, Daniel,--1782-1852. Free Soil Party (U.S.)--1850-1860. Presidential elections--United States--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,258 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128602 |
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