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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 Polk in his extremity PC/US - 1844.B157, no. 27 (B size)...TITLE:Polk in his extremityCALL NUMBER:PC/US - 1844.B157, no. 27 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZC4-7077 (color film copy transparency) SUMMARY:Henry Clay''s easy ascent to the presidency here is in contrast to the serious difficulties experienced by his Democratic opponent James K. Polk. Clay has reached the top of a large pole and has the "Civic Crown" in his grasp. Below him Polk is pushed and prodded by influential supporters Andrew Jackson (left) and Thomas Hart Benton, while John C. Calhoun (far left) watches aghast. Clay: "With ease I reach the goal, when the hearts of my countrymen are with me." Polk to Jackson, who prods him with his cane in the seat of his pants: "Almighty hero! desist. I beseech you: for this courtesy is more honored in the "breech" than in the observance." Benton: "His situation Looks rather "pokerish."" Calhoun: "Ye gods! what a climber this is! The more he is "poked," the more he don''t go up!" MEDIUM:1 print : lithograph with watercolor on wove paper ; 45.8 x 29.7 cm (image) CREATED/PUBLISHED:1844. RELATED NAMES: Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855. NOTES: Title appears as it is written on the item. [Drawn by H. Bucholzer] Lith & pub. by J. Baillie 33 Spruce St. N.Y. Entered . . . 1844 by James Baillie . . . The Library''s impression of the print was deposited for copyright on June 26, 1844. Weitenkampf, p. 74 Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1844-22. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. FORMAT: Political cartoons. REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g07077 CARD #:app1994000183/PP
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