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Creator Wood, William Horace.
Title Grinning for the presidency. [graphic].
Publisher New York: William Horace Wood, photographer
Date c1864
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on carte de visite mount; 11 x 7 cm.(4 x 2.25 in.)
Description Photographic reproduction of a caricature satirizing the undesirability of the possible candidates for the presidential election of 1864. Shows George McClellan, John Fremont, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin F. Butler wearing horse collars on a stage in front of a grinning spectator. A broadside reading, "Great Match. Grinning through Horse Collar. The Ugliest to Win. Prize White House." adorns the stage.
Is referenced by Cabinet series No. 1.
Notes Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Presidential elections -- United States -- 1860.
Genre Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Caricatures -- 1860-1870.
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.97i]
Accession number 5792.F.97i

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