The Funeral of Old Tammany
date: label: Date made
content: 1836
name: label: depicted
content: Price, William M.
label: depicted
content: Gulick, James
label: depicted
content: Gilbert, Garrit
label: maker
content: Robinson, Henry R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1836 print by Whig printmaker Henry R. Robinson predicts a Whig victory in the 1836 election, and illustrates what he thinks the death of Tammany Hall and its backing institution, the Democratic Party. Tammany Hall was a political machine in New York City that worked to get Democrats elected to office. At the left of the print, the editor of the “Courier & Enquirer,” James Watson Webb drives the hearse carrying “Old Tammany.” Following the hearse is a crowd of mourners including prominent figures of the time such as politicians, Garrit Gilbert and William M. Price, office holders like James Gulick, and various other bankers and editors of Democratic newspapers on foot. The mourners all express their displeasure at the end of Tammany rule, but behind the mourners are smiling fire fighters, most likely in reference to Tammany Hall’s political manipulation of the New York City fire department. On the far right, Tammany Hall is depicted beneath an American flag flying at half-mast.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The lithographer of this print is Henry R. Robinson (1827-1877). Robinson worked in New York, and had a store to sell his prints. In 1842, he was arrested for selling obscene pictures and books leading to the September 28, 1842 court case, People vs H. R. Robinson found in the District Attorney Indictment Papers, Municipal Archives. He was politically affiliated with the anti-Jackson Whig party which was made obvious by the wig silhouette used in 1838 as an advertising logo for his shop.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Communication, newspapers
label: Subject
content: Economy
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content: Municipal Government
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content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
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content: Political Parties
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content: Horses
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content: Fire Fighting
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content: Carriages
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
label: Subject
content: Music
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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: 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.60.3385
label: catalog number
content: 60.3385
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 9 1/4 in x 19 1/8 in; 23.495 cm x 48.5775 cm