The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism – Vintage 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.)
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The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism
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The title, *The Great November Contest. Patriotism versus Bummerism*, sets the 1868 presidential election, held in November, as a contest between two causes, and the subject list names Ulysses S. Grant, Schuyler Colfax, Horatio Seymour's running mate Frank P. Blair, and Benjamin F. Butler, along with Horace Greeley and Henry Ward Beecher. Grant and Colfax ran on the Republican ticket that year, and the cartoon's references to the Constitution, the Capitol, employment, agriculture, and African American voters reflect the questions of Reconstruction and national reunion that dominated that campaign. Lithographs like this one were widely printed and sold during the period, so they show how partisans used satire and allegory to make their case to voters.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 45.2 x 58.4 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870.Political cartoons 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Entered . . . l868 by Bromley & Co. . . . New York Title appears as it is written on the item. Lorant, p. 303. Weitenkampf, p. 157. 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 1868-15. |
| Subjects | Beecher, Henry Ward,--1813-1887. Blair, Frank P. (Frank Preston),--1821-1875. Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin),--1795-1858. Colfax, Schuyler,--1823-1885. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885. Greeley, Horace,--1811-1872. United States. Constitution--1860-1870. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1860-1870. African Americans--1860-1870. Agriculture--1860-1870. Employment--1860-1870. Presidential elections--United States--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,108 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110938 |
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