The political barbecue PC/US - 1835.R661, no. 2 (A size)... |
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Options: 1) Download Source Image from Library of Congress 2) If link above doesn't work, try alternate LOC link 3) Report broken link TITLE:The political barbecue CALL NUMBER:PC/US - 1835.R661, no. 2 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-9647 (b&w film copy neg.) SUMMARY:Andrew Jackson is roasted over the fires of "Public Opinion" by the figure of Justice in a cartoon relating to the controversy surrounding Jackson''s removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. Jackson, with the body of a pig, is prone on a gridiron over a stone barbecue oven. The fire is stoked by former Secretary of the Treasury William Duane, at lower right, while Jack Downing, lower left, splits kindling. Jack Downing: "I jest split a little kindleying wood, so Amos can jest make Broth for all hands &c." Duane: "I am opposed to Removing the Deposits, as I was when I was Secretary, but prefer gently Stirring them up." Five men, opponents of Jackson''s bank program, stand behind the barbecue. They are (from left to right) Senators Henry Clay, Daniel Webster (holding a knife), William B. Preston, Bank president Nicholas Biddle, and an unidentified fifth man. Vice-President Martin Van Buren, as an imp, flies off to the right with a sack of Treasury Notes over his shoulder. Clay: "Dan this is what they call in Kentuc our High Game to their Low Jack." Webster: "In Massachusetts they call it Roasting." Preston: "In South Carolina t''is called Barbecue only he wants a little more Basteing." Biddle: "In Pennsylvania we find it difficult to find a home for the animal but have concluded to call him Nondescript pertaking of the General, Hog, Man and Devil." Fifth man: "We think he pertakes strongly of the Rooter, for he has rooted our treasures all over the country and was squeeling for the Pension-fund when Clay caught him and put a ring in his nose, and we''ve all given it a twist." Van Buren: "T''is my business to get folks in trouble and their business to get themselves out." MEDIUM:1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25.5 x 36.6 cm (image) CREATED/PUBLISHED:1834. RELATED NAMES: Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850. NOTES: Title appears as it is written on the item. From Henry Clay Esqre''s big picter draw''d off from Natur by Zek Downing Historical Painter to Uncle Jack & Jineral Jackson. Second Edition. Published by H. R. Robinson. 52 Courtlandt St. New York [1834?] Similarities in format, draughtsmanship and its peculiar shadowed lettering which the print shares with "The Vision. Political Hydrophobia" (no. 1834-8), "Political Firmament" and "Political Quixotism" (Murrell nos.119 and 120) suggest a series issued in parts by E. Bisbee and possibly pirated by Henry R. Robinson. Weitenkampf lists two other versions of this print, both marked "Second Edition" and published by E. Bisbee. Weitenkampf, p. 37 Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1834-9. TOPICS: Downing, Jack or "Zek" (Fictitious character) FORMAT: Political cartoons. REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a12097 CONTROL #:app1994000754/PP
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