| Creator |
Currier & Ives. |
| Contributor |
Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, lithographer. |
| Title |
The national game. Three "outs" and one "run" [graphic] : Abraham winning the ball. |
| Publisher |
New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St |
| Date |
c1860 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 33 x 44 cm (13 x 17.75 in.) |
| Description |
Cartoon influenced by the 1860 presidential candidates' position on the extension of slavery and comparing the results of
the 1860 presidential election with a completed baseball game. In the right, Lincoln, the winner who represents the "Wide
Awake Club," stands on “Home Base” and holds a rail-shaped bat labeled, "Equal Rights and Free Territory." He speaks in baseball
terms to his competitors and declares "a good bat and strike a fair ball to make a clean score & home run." In the left is
Constitutional Unionist John Bell of the "Union Club" with his "Fusion" bat who cries “foul.” Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas
of the "Little Giant Club" with his "Non-Intervention" bat says, “I thought our fusion would be a short stop to his career.”
Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge of the "Disunion Club" carries his "Slavery Extension" bat and holds his nose with
his left hand as he states that he “better leave for Kentucky…we are completely ‘skunk’d.’” In the center, a skunk lifts its
tail and sprays.
|
| Is referenced by |
Weitenkampf, p. 124 |
|
Reilly, 1860-42. |
| Notes |
Probably drawn by Louis Maurer. |
|
Title from item. |
|
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk’s Office
of the District Court for the Southern Distt of N.Y.
|
|
Purchase 1967. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
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.
|
| Subject |
Bell, John, 1797-1869 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Baseball bats. |
|
Baseball players -- United States. |
|
Presidential elections -- United States -- 1860. |
|
Skunks -- United States. |
|
Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1860-42 [7612.F] |
| Accession number |
7612.F |
