Add to ORKGA figurative portrayal of the 1844 presidential contest as a cock-fight, in which Whig candidate Henry Clay prevails. Clay and Democratic opponent Polk battle in a pit or ring as several prominent political figures look on. The Polk bird is obviously waning, having lost many of its feathers. Clay crows, "Cock a doodle doo doo." Outside the ring some of the spectators comment on the action. Daniel Webster (far left) says: "I'll bet one of my best Chowders on the Kentucky Rooster [i.e., Clay]." Beside him Clay's running-mate Theodore Frelinghuysen watches silently. Disappointed Democratic aspirant Martin Van Buren (center) remarks, "They rejected me, let them look to their Champion!" Beside Van Buren stand (left to right) prominent Demo...
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Wh...
A cartoon on the defeat of Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election, ascribing his loss of ...
The artist foresees a Democratic defeat in the 1844 presidential election. Party figures Martin Van ...
A woodland fantasy satirizing the prominent figures of the 1844 election campaign. The artist again...
The title refers to Whig candidate Zachary Taylor as the probable victor in the 1848 presidential co...
Again, the race motif is used to parody election-year rivalries. (See "Footrace, Pensylvania Avenue,...
The print is a reproduction of a political cartoon satirizing the 1860 United States Presidential El...
One of the few satires sympathetic to the Democrats to appear during the 1844 presidential contest. ...
The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential con...
Henry Clay is the hunter, and various Democrats his quarry. Clay wears a fringed buckskin outfit and...
Reflecting Whig preelection confidence in the campaign of 1844, the artist portrays that party's asc...
A cynical view of party competition for the working man's vote in the presidential campaign of 1852....
A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election...
The race for a $25,000 prize (the president's salary) is a metaphor for the 1844 campaign. The favor...
The artist resorts to the familiar metaphor of a card game for the presidential stakes in his rendit...
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Wh...
A cartoon on the defeat of Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election, ascribing his loss of ...
The artist foresees a Democratic defeat in the 1844 presidential election. Party figures Martin Van ...
A woodland fantasy satirizing the prominent figures of the 1844 election campaign. The artist again...
The title refers to Whig candidate Zachary Taylor as the probable victor in the 1848 presidential co...
Again, the race motif is used to parody election-year rivalries. (See "Footrace, Pensylvania Avenue,...
The print is a reproduction of a political cartoon satirizing the 1860 United States Presidential El...
One of the few satires sympathetic to the Democrats to appear during the 1844 presidential contest. ...
The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential con...
Henry Clay is the hunter, and various Democrats his quarry. Clay wears a fringed buckskin outfit and...
Reflecting Whig preelection confidence in the campaign of 1844, the artist portrays that party's asc...
A cynical view of party competition for the working man's vote in the presidential campaign of 1852....
A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election...
The race for a $25,000 prize (the president's salary) is a metaphor for the 1844 campaign. The favor...
The artist resorts to the familiar metaphor of a card game for the presidential stakes in his rendit...
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Wh...
A cartoon on the defeat of Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election, ascribing his loss of ...
The artist foresees a Democratic defeat in the 1844 presidential election. Party figures Martin Van ...