The Strife between an Old Hunker, a Barnburner and a No Party Man
date: label: Date made
content: 1848
name: label: depicted
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: depicted
content: Taylor, Zachary
label: depicted
content: Cass, Lewis
label: maker
content: Robinson, Henry R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This print references the election of 1848. In this image, Free Soil Party candidate and former Democratic president, Martin Van Buren is seated on a stool milking a cow while Whig candidate Zachery Taylor holds her tail and Democratic candidate Lewis Cass holds her horns. Published by Whig artist, Henry R. Robinson, this print serves as a warning of what will happen if the issue of slavery is continually held back by Democrats and Whigs while being “milked” by the Free Soil Party. Both Taylor and Cass hold firm to their party’s principles, while Van Buren says, “I go in for the Free Soil. Hold on Cass, don’t let go Taylor (that’s the cream of the joke).” Both Democrats and Whigs feared that Van Buren and the Free Soil Party would split the vote, ensuring a victory and second presidential for Van Buren and his radical new ideas.
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: Chronology: 1840-1849
label: Subject
content: Political Parties
label: Subject
content: Livestock
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
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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.60.3362
label: catalog number
content: 60.3362
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 9 1/2 in x 15 in; 24.13 cm x 38.1 cm