A-Going to Be Used Up./ Look for the Farmers, Matty.
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: depicted
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: possibly depicted
content: Clay, Henry
label: maker
content: unknown
label: artist attribution
content: Childs, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This undated print most likely refers to the Election of 1840 between incumbent Democratic president, Martin Van Buren and his Whig opponent, William Henry Harrison. In this print, a large man tentatively identified as Kentucky senator and Whig leader, Henry Clay, is holding a much smaller Van Buren by his coattails and dangling him near his open mouth. In his other hand, is a pitcher labeled “Hard Cider/ Tippecanoe.” This is a reference to Harrison, as he was called the hard cider and log cabin candidate, and used the political slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” in reference to his war victory in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Below Clay, is the warning “look out for the farmers Matty,” printed in both English and German. The addition of the German subtitle is an attempt to swing the German immigrant vote towards William Henry Harrison.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The artist of this print is unknown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
topic: label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Peters Political Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3375
label: catalog number
content: 60.3375
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 10 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 21.59 cm