The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught! – 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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A window into the past: The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!
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The fox in this 1840 woodcut is Martin Van Buren, whose hometown of Kinderhook, New York, gave him the nickname "the Kinderhook fox," and the title announces him finally snared. It belongs to the crowded run of campaign prints from that year's election, when Whig supporters promoted William Henry Harrison with log cabins and hard cider while attacking the incumbent president. The record also names Andrew Jackson and New Orleans, a nod to Van Buren's long ties to Jackson's political circle. The sheet was published in New York by Huestis & Co., combines woodcut and letterpress, and was tinted with watercolor.
| Created / published | 1840 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut and letterpress with watercolor, on wove paper ; 22.3 x 30.3 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Political cartoons 1840.Woodcuts 1840. |
| Notes | Sold By Huestis & Co. 104 Nassau-St. N.Y. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 67. 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 1840-25. |
| Subjects | Harrison, William Henry,--1773-1841. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. Log cabins--1840. New Orleans (La.)--1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,082 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161026 |
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