The great match at Baltimore between the "Illinois Bantam" and the "Old Cock" of the White House.
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- Title
- The great match at Baltimore between the "Illinois Bantam" and the "Old Cock" of the White House.
- Date
- [1860]
- Notes
- After cockfighting, Stephen A. Douglas stands victorious atop his badly beaten rival James C. Buchanan. Both men have the bodies of roosters, and feathers still fill the air from the fray. On the right an unidentified man sets a new rooster (with the face of John C. Breckinridge) into the ring. A man with a stovepipe hat watches from ringside left.
- "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
- Douglas, Stephen A.--(Stephen Arnold),--1813-1861--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Breckinridge, John C.--(John Cabell),--1821-1875--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Buchanan, James,--1791-1868--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Presidential candidates--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Cockfighting--1860-1870.
- Animals--Symbolic aspects.
- Prints shelf.
- United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.
- Maurer, Louis,--1832-1932,--artist.
- Currier & Ives,--publisher.
- United States--New York (State)--New York.
- ID
- 297
- Barcode
- B5065847
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph ; 34.4 x 45.8 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:01:35
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5149 x 3639
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 297
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-297/wcl000370
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