O'Connell's Call and Pat's Replay
date: label: Date made
content: 1843
name: label: depicted
content: O'Connell, Daniel
label: maker
content: Robinson, Henry R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1843 color print depicts a cross Atlantic conversation between Irish political figure, Daniel O’Connell standing in Ireland on the left side of the print, and a stereotypical Irish-American family (a man named "Patrick", his wife, three children and dog) located on the right side of the print on farm land labeled "America." O’Connell leaning on a stick labeled “Agitation” and speaking into a horn labeled “Abolition,” was a key figure in the Young Ireland movement calling for Irish independence from Great Britain and the movement to develop Irish nationalism. This position was not popular in Ireland. This image depicts a police officer and British “Redcoat” chastising O’Connell for his preachings. Across the Atlantic in America, an Irish-American, Patrick gives his rebuttal to O’Connell, praising America and highlighting the success he and his family has found there. This print is by Henry R. Robinson, a Whig lithographer, demonstrating the party’s new interest in Irish immigrants following the 1841 New York Legislative election where it became clear that their political power could not be ignored. This print promotes Irish immigrants as new Americans, and serves as a means of recruitment for the Whig party.
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: Education
label: Subject
content: Children
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content: Blacks
label: Subject
content: Municipal Government
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content: Chronology: 1840-1849
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content: Livestock
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
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content: Pets
label: Subject
content: Marriage
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content: Birds
label: Subject
content: Glasses
label: depicted
content: Uniforms, Military
label: Subject
content: Reform Movements
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: depicted
content: Spinning wheel
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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.60.3331
label: catalog number
content: 60.3331
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 12 1/2 in x 19 in; 31.75 cm x 48.26 cm