The Great Tumble Bug of Missouri, Bent on Rolling His Ball.
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: depicted
content: Benton, Thomas Hart
label: maker
content: Robinson, Henry R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This undated print refers to President Andrew Jackson’s decision to remove the deposits from the Second National Bank of the United States in October of 1836. In this print, Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton is characterized as a large bug. He is attached to a huge ball labeled “Expunging Resolution,” rolling it uphill towards the Capitol Building. Benton states, “Solitary and alone and amidst the jeers and taunts of my opponents I put this ball in motion,” a quote from his 1834 speech about his “uphill” campaign to strike from the record censure of President Andrew Jackson regarding removing deposits from the Second National Bank of the United States. Benton initially received very little support, but eventually his resolution was passed in 1837. On the ball is a list of “Black Knights,” senators who supported Benton’s resolution regarding the deposits.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The publisher 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: U.S. National Government, legislative branch
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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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.60.3407
label: catalog number
content: 60.3407
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 9 7/8 in x 15 1/2 in; 25.0825 cm x 39.37 cm