| Contributor |
Childs, J. publisher. |
| Title |
Whig equestrian exercises - ground and lofty tumbling. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York : Published by John Childs, 84 Nassau St |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1852 |
| Date |
[ca. 1852] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 26 x 38 cm (10 x 14.75 in.) |
| Description |
Cartoon mocking 1852 Whig Presidential candidate General Winfield Scott, his abolitionist supporters, and the antithetical
party platform. Shows the candidate and his supporters as performers at a horse circus. In the right, Scott, in uniform, struggles
to straddle the horse "Slavery Compromise" (i.e., the Fugitive Slave Act) and "Tariff Free Soil" (i.e., prohibition of the
extension of slavery) as his exclaims, “If the Southern horse don’t moderate his pace, I shall be down presently and break
all my bones! Whoa! Whoa!" Nearby, abolitionist and New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, fearing he will not "strike on
his feet this time" flips head-long into a "Tribune Dung Heap of Abuse and 'isms" next to the "Tribune Building" adorned with
signs that promote Scott for president and "No journeyman cut throats." In the background, the "Higher Law Vaulters," advocates
of New York Senator William Seward's 1850 quote that a higher law than the Constitution should exist in regard to slavery,
jump over the horse "Constitution." Vaulters include Whig political boss Thurlow Weed, Seward, abolitionist William Lloyd
Garrison, and abolitionist Wendell Phillips. Also shows in the left foreground, New York Times editor and Scott supporter
Henry J. Raymond depicted as a harlequin brandishing a billboard announcing the acts.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from content. |
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Purchase 2006. |
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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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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| Subject |
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Greeley, Horace, 1794-1878 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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United States. Fugitive slave law (1850) |
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Whig Party (U.S.) |
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Abolition movement -- United States. |
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Abolitionists -- United States. |
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Antislavery movements -- United States. |
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Circuses & shows -- United States. |
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Harlequin (Fictitious character) |
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Horse circuses. |
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Jumping. |
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Presidential elections -- United States -- 1852. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Political cartoons -- 1850-1860. |
| Printer |
Childs, J. (John), publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - [1852] Whi [P.2006.6.2] |
| Accession number |
P.2006.6.2 |
