The rail candidate.
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- Title
- The rail candidate.
- Date
- [1860]
- Notes
- Abraham Lincoln looks uncomfortable while straddling a rail labeled "Republican Platform" that is being carried by Horace Greeley and an African American man. Greeley remarks that they "can prove that you have split rails & that will ensure your election to the Presidency."
- "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."
- Probably drawn by Louis Maurer.
- Names and Subjects
- Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Greeley, Horace,--1811-1872--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1860.
- Presidential candidates--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Slavery--1860-1870.
- Prints shelf.
- Maurer, Louis,--1832-1932,--artist.
- Currier & Ives,--publisher.
- United States--New York (State)--New York.
- ID
- 294
- Barcode
- B4972230
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph ; 34.4 x 45.7 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:01:15
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5149 x 3639
- File Size
- 963 KB
- Record
- 294
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-294/wcl000367
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"The rail candidate.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-294/wcl000367. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 27, 2024.