| Contributor |
Magee, John L., artist. |
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Smith, P., printer. |
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Currier & Ives, publisher. |
| Title |
Pap, soup, and chowder / J.L. Magee, del. |
| Publisher |
New York : P. Smith : [Currier & Ives] |
| Date |
1852 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 44 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.) |
| Description |
Depicts the 1852 presidental Whig candidate Winfield Scott, President Millard Fillmore, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster
riding on the shoulders of newspaper editors. In the center, General Winfield Scott, attired in a military uniform, sits on
New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley's shoulders. Scott holds a bowl labeled, "soup," which spills down Greeley's neck.
A white man representing the South, pulls on Scott's arm who says, "don't budge another step towards the White House, yonder,
until you satisfy me about my fugitive slave." Scott replies, "I will give you every satisfaction about your Fugitive slave
after I have arrived at the White House." In the right, Daniel Webster sits on the shoulders of Courier & Enquirer editor
J. Watson Webb and eats a bowl of chowder. In the left, Millard Fillmore eats a bowl of "government pap" while sitting on
the shoulders of the New York "Mirror" editor. In the background, Franklin Pierce on horseback carries a flag that reads,
"The Union and the Compromise" and travels towards the White House. A rifle and a knife lie on the ground.
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| Is referenced by |
Weitenkampf, p. 107 |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date and publisher from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by P. Smith, in the Clerk's
office of the District Court of the Southn Distt of N,Y,
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Text printed on recto: For sale at No. 2 Spruce St. N.Y. Address of Currier & Ives firm in 1852. |
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RVCDC |
| Subject |
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Greeley, Horace, 1794-1878 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1802-1884 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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United States. Fugitive slave law (1850) |
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White House (Washington, D.C.) |
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Whig Party (U.S.) |
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Eating & drinking. |
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Newspaper editors -- United States. |
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Presidential elections -- United States -- 1852. |
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Slavery -- United States. |
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Soups. |
|
African American History. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- 1815-1861. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Political cartoons -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1852 - 17W [P.2023.61.1] |
| Accession number |
P.2023.61.1 |
