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The Great Rohan & the cattle market. [graphic].
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Title
The Great Rohan & the cattle market. [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1838
Date
[1838]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 31 x 37 cm (12 x 18.25 in.)
Description
Cartoon depicting a pasture with a tree at the center that shows a white man growing from it. The man holds a paper entitled, "Coal is coal," and states that he needs his roots covered. On one of the branches, perches a figure with the body of a bird and the head of a man who states, "The rascally Whigs killed poor Cilley," a reference to the death of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley in a duel with Kentucky Congressman William J. Graves. Surrounding this figure are white men and cattle. In the right, a man attired in a long coat and top hat states that the cattle will not feed on "Rohans" and “if we could whip in the miserable conservatives, it would be really ‘contholing.’” Two other men scrounge on the ground, one labeled "Green Pear" who asks to be let up the "Rohan," and the other, who bemoans being overshadowed by the image of a bloody hand. In the left, an African American man portrayed in racist caricature speaks in the vernacular, “Hold on Massa Gineral, it be oh no use to go to dat market,” as he tries to reign in cattle with human heads that are labeled "Hampton Bull." In the right background, an onlooker warns a cattle driver who is being trampled that he can not drive them.
Is referenced by
Reilly, 1838-19
Notes
Purchase 1987.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
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.
Subject
Cilley, Jonathan, 1802-1838 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Animals in human situations.
Birds -- United States.
Cattle -- United States.
Cattle herding -- United States.
Racism in popular culture.
Geographic subject
United States -- Politics and government -- 1837-1841.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Political cartoons -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1838-19 [P.9192.3]
Accession number
P.9192.3
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
African American History Political Cartoons
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1801-1865
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