The
liberty chariot
Durang, Edwin Forrest,
1829-1911
Abel & Durang.
still image
graphic
government publication
Lithographs-1840-1850.
Political cartoons-1840-1850.
pau
monographic
Philada
Published by Peter E. Abel & Durang
1848
eng
1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 28.4 x 39.6 cm. (image)
A burlesque triumphal procession representing victory for the Democratic platform in the election of 1848. In a chariot drawn by Democrats Lewis Cass and William O. Butler (shown as two horses), Uncle Sam drives toward the White House. On his way he rides over and cuts in two a black man representing abolitionism and then continues over Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. Whig candidates Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore trail along behind, sharing the saddle of the same bucking horse. Uncle Sam's chariot, called "Firm Confederation," is composed of a cab formed of large eagle wings and a shield. In it ride four crowned Liberty figures. They hold spears with banners reading: "Tariff of 1846," "Welcome [----] Oppressed," "No National Bank," and "Honor and Peace." Uncle Sam remarks enthusiastically, "Do tell now, ain't this the way to make a happy Republic?" Van Buren, visible beneath the chariot's wheels, groans, "Second sober thoughts--I wish I had been out of this muss!" Fillmore comments, "I say Taylor, we two have been too weighty for the Old buster! [i.e., their horse]" Taylor replies, "No, the Old thing was in a very bad condition when we mounted him."
No known restrictions on publication.
Published by Peter E. Abel & Durang, Philada.
Signed with initials: E.F.D. (E.F. Durang).
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1848-43.
Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Butler, William Orlando,
1791-1880
Cass, Lewis,
1782-1866
Taylor, Zachary,
1784-1850
White House (Washington, D.C.)
1840-1850
Abolition movement
1840-1850
Banking
1840-1850
Liberty
1840-1850
Presidential elections
United States
1840-1850
Tariffs
1840-1850
PC/US - 1848.A141, no. 5
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b36101
Weitenkampf,
p. 95
American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
(DLC) 2005680400
2008661505
LC-USZ62-89730 DLC
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