Contributor |
Dawkins, Henry, -1786? |
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Hunt, Isaac, approximately 1742-1809. |
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Watson, John F. 1779-1860, former owner. |
Title |
The election a medley, humbly inscribed, to Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1764 |
Date |
[1764] |
Physical Description |
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper; sheet 48 x 36 cm (19 x 14 in.) |
Description |
A pro-Franklin cartoon depicting a crowd gathered to vote at the Philadelphia courthouse during the Pennsylvania Assembly
Election of October 1764. The print advocates Franklin's appointment as provincial agent to Britain despite his election loss
which was a result of his double-sided politics in dealing with the "Paxton Boys," white frontiersmen who murdered peaceful
Native Americans. Contains thirty-three verses attributed to Rev. Isaac Hunt to be sung to various tunes. Created as an attack
on satirist James Dove, referred to in this title as "Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity," in response to his anti-Franklin
print, "The Paxton Expedition." The courthouse crowd includes caricatures of James Dove and five African Americans, including
a woman stating in the vernacular, "Mase Lidiput you puchuss a me," a reference to a character pursued sexually by Dove in
an earlier anti-Dove cartoon, "A Conference between the Devil and Mr. Dove" (1764).
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Is referenced by |
Snyder, City of Independence p. 76 |
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Murrell, Graphic Humor, vol. I p. 16 |
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Evans 9650 |
Notes |
Place and date of publication provided by Snyder and Murrell. |
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Possibly after the work of Henry Dawkins. |
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Manuscript note on recto in Watson's hand: Wrote by the Revd. Isaac Hunt at or before 1764 - when Franklin was made agent
to London for this "Medley" says "Franklin will be agent." [and] Property of John F. Watson.
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Manuscript note on verso: Purchased from John F. Watson, Esq. June 14 1860. C.P. [Charles Poulson]. |
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LCP copy lacking fragments along center vertical fold. Backed with laid paper. |
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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Subject |
Dove, David James, 1696?-1769, -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Pennsylvania. Provincial Assembly -- Elections, 1764. |
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African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Courthouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
Geographic subject |
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775. |
Genre |
Political cartoons -- 1760-1770. |
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Intaglio prints -- 1760-1770. |
Provenance |
Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860, former owner. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - [1764] Ele [1885.F.32] |
Accession number |
1885.F.32 |