[POLITICS]. [CURRIER, Nathaniel (1812-1888), publisher] An Available Candidate, the One Qualification for a Whig President.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
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Nov 4, 2022
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Estimate
$300 -
$600
Sold for $1,875
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Lot Description
[POLITICS]. [CURRIER, Nathaniel (1812-1888), publisher] An Available Candidate, the One Qualification for a Whig President.
Lithograph with hand-coloring, [1848], sheet 11 1/8 x 16 in., on wove paper, minor soil, closed tear to left edge, framed to 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 in., not examined out of frame.
Published in the lead-up to the 1848 Whig National Convention where the party's main contenders for the presidential nomination were Generals Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) or Winfield Scott (1786-1866). A figure, probably a combination of the two generals, is depicted in caricature wearing a comically ostentatious plumed hat, his military uniform, and grasping a sword while seated upon a large pile of skulls. The cartoon is a criticism of the Whig party's choice of a popular military general with unclear political beliefs, over the ideals of the party, embodied by stalwarts like Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. RARE: OCLC locates only 1 copy, without color, held at the American Antiquarian Society.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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