Log Cabin Politicians
date: label: date made
content: 1841
name: label: publisher
content: G. W. Burgess and Company
label: maker
content: Bowen, John T.
label: artist
content: Hall, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hand colored lithograph by John Townsend Bowen (1801-ca 1856) refers to the log cabin campaign of William Henry Harrison. It is one of many that depicts several men drinking, smoking, and presumably discussing politics. Issued in 1841, shortly after the election, the print was published in Philadelphia by G. W. Burgess & Co., and painted by William Hall. The men are in front of a building labeled the "Harrison Hotel," with a sign indicating L. Stilman as proprietor. Signs on the hotel indicate a meeting for Van Buren and election broadsides for William Henry Harrison, President and John Tyler, Vice President. The hotel is clearly not a log cabin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Drinking
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1840-1849
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content: Costume
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content: Pets
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
label: depicted
content: Horseback Riding
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Commercial Buildings
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
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.60.2409
label: catalog number
content: 60.2409
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 14 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in; 36.83 cm x 50.165 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 22 1/2 in; 45.72 cm x 57.15 cm