Political Race Course - Union Track - Fall Races 1836
date: label: Date made
content: 1836
name: label: depicted
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: depicted
content: Jackson, Andrew
label: depicted
content: Harrison, William Henry
label: depicted
content: Crockett, Davy
label: depicted
content: Webster, Daniel
label: originated character
content: Smith, Seba
label: depicted
content: White, Hugh L.
label: maker
content: Robinson, Henry R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1836 print refers to the election of that year between Democratic candidate, Vice President Martin Van Buren, and a slate of Whig candidates including William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Hugh L. White. In this print, the four aforementioned men are depicted as horses being ridden by jockeys. Famed frontiersman, Davy Crockett is mounted on a horse with the face of Harrison, President Andrew Jackson rides a horse with the face of Van Buren, fictional character, Major Jack Downing is on a horse with the face of Webster, and an unidentified jockey rides the horse with the face of White. Spectators line the course, all announcing their reasons for voting against the Democratic candidate. They all feel that Van Buren was “too trained” to be effective, referring to his close relationship with his mentor, Jackson, and throw their support behind Harrison who is depicted as in the lead.
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: Political Parties
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Glasses
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
label: depicted
content: Jack Downing
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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.60.3414
label: catalog number
content: 60.3414
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 9 5/8 in x 17 1/4 in; 24.4475 cm x 43.815 cm