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Creator Bucholzer, H., lithographer.
Contributor Baillie, James S., active 1838-1855, publisher.
Title Not a drum was heard nor a funeral note as his corpse to the ramparts we hurried -- : Not a loco discharged his farewell shot o'er the ditch where our hero we buried. [graphic] / H. Buchholzer.
Publisher New York : Lith. & Pub. by J. Baille, 33 Spruce St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1844
Date 1844
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 36 x 49 cm (14.25 x 19.25 in.)
Description Cartoon of a funeral procession portraying the erosion of Democratic support for presidential hopeful Martin Van Buren, the "Kinderhook Fox," during the election of 1844. Depicts President Tyler, instrumental in Van Buren's defeat, stating, "Thus do all our hopes end in Clay," as he steers a funeral cart carrying Van Buren, depicted as a dead fox; his son, poet Robert Tyler; and a bale of cabbages. The cart is pulled by Andrew Jackson, depicted as an old nag boasting about his part in Van Buren's death. Following the cart are the devil sobbing and bemoaning that he is Van Buren's only friend and a rotund man in a wide brimmed hat who rings a bell and calls, "Bring out your dead." In the right, two barefooted African American men gravediggers, portrayed in racism caricature and attired in torn and worn clothes, hold shovels as they stand over and comment about the open grave they have dug for Van Buren. "Here comes Pompey, we'll have this Fox earthed at last." A small cabin, with an emaciated white man in the doorway, and labeled "Loco Foco Hall" (Loco Focos were a radical branch of the Democrats who supported Van Buren) stands in the background.
Is referenced by Reilly, 1844-17
Weitenkampf, p. 79-80
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1844 by James Baille in the Clerk's office of the Dist Court of the Southern District of N. York.
Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, 1977.
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Access points revised 2021.
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Biographical / historical note Bucholzer was a New York cartoonist whose work was published by James Baillie from 1843 until 1847.
Subject Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Tyler, Robert, 1816-1877 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Animals -- Symbolic aspects.
Carts & wagons -- United States.
Devil.
Foxes.
Gravediggers.
Graves.
Racism in popular culture.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1844.
African American laborers.
Geographic subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Political cartoons -- 1840-1850.
Printer Baillie, James S., active 1838-1855, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political cartoons - 1844-17 [8366.F.21]
Accession number 8366.F.21