Triumphal Procession of the Eagle and Other Birds at the April Election 1837.
date: label: Date made
content: 1837
name: label: depicted
content: Clark, Aaron
label: maker
content: Brown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1837 black and white print depicts Aaron Clark, the Whig nominee for Mayor of New York City, leading a crowd of supporters in a parade procession after he had defeated Tammany candidate, John J. Morgan. An Irish immigrant carries a sign reading “Fortune Favorite Aaron Clark” with an eagle on top, while two others play drums and a third plays a fife. The eagle perched on the sign states, “I’m d—d sick of this set!!,” while in the left corner of the print, a man sitting at a table labeled, “Whig nomination for Mayor Aaron Clark,” collects ballots. Clark became the second popularly elected mayor of New York City, and focused on reviving the city’s economy amidst the Panic of 1837. While his economic policies made him popular, his electoral success is attributed to the rise of the Loco Foco faction of the Democratic Party. While Tammany Hall and Loco Foco Democrats shared some ideas, they differed on economic policy—a key issue of the time. Their split from Tammany Hall meant that there were two Democratic candidates on the mayoral ticket, dividing the vote and securing a win for the Whigs.
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content: The publisher of this print is someone who went by Brown, but no additional information is known about them at this time.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Furnishings
label: Subject
content: Municipal Government
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content: Political Parties
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content: Political Caricatures
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content: Birds
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1830-1839
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content: Music
label: Subject
content: Walking
label: depicted
content: Eagles
label: depicted
content: Voting
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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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.60.3349
label: catalog number
content: 60.3349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 9 3/4 in x 15 1/8 in; 24.765 cm x 38.4175 cm