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A "dodge" that won't work. [graphic] / J. Cameron.
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Creator
Cameron, John, approximately 1828-, lithographer.
Contributor
Currier & Ives.
Title
A "dodge" that won't work. [graphic] / J. Cameron.
Publisher
New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St
Publisher
N.Y. New York.. 1872
Date
1872
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 34 x 45 cm (13.25 x 17.75 in.)
Description
Satire of 1872 Liberal Republican presidential nominee Horace Greeley's attempt to court the African American vote despite his condemnation of civil rights policies under Reconstruction. Depicts Greeley with former Confederate President Jefferson Davis hovering behind him holding shackles and a whip (a reference to Greeley's partial payment of Davis' prison bond). Greeley asks the two African American men if they will vote for him, "Of course Sam and Ceasar, you’ll vote for me your old friend Horace Greely?" The men reply that they will vote for Ulysses Grant. "No Mr. Greely we can’t vote for you, for behind you we see Jeff Davis and behind him is the old lash and bondage." "We vote, as all true hearted colored men will vote; for Mr. Lincoln’s friend General Grant who conquered the rebellion & secured our freedom."
Is referenced by
Weitenkampf, p. 163
Notes
Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Accessioned 1979.
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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note
John Cameron was a Scottish lithographer who worked for several years with the renowned New York lithographic firm Currier and Ives.
Subject
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Liberal Republican Party.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Voting.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1872.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Shackles.
Whips.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Political cartoons -- 1870-1880.
Printer
Currier & Ives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1872 - 6W [P.2275.2]
Accession number
P.2275.2
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
African American History Political Cartoons
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