All fours : important state of the game -- the knave about to be lost.

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Title: All fours : important state of the game -- the knave about to be lost.
Date: [1836]
Notes: Opposing candidates Martin Van Buren (Democrat) and William Henry Harrison (Whig) face each other across a card table. Behind Van Buren stands his vice-presidential running mate, Richard M. Johnson. Behind Harrison is incumbent president Andrew Jackson, who smokes a clay pipe and stands on tip-toe to spy on Harrison's hand. On the wall above the table is a depiction of the Battle of the Thames, probably the version by Edward Williams Clay.; Attributed to Edward Williams Clay.; "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States of the Southern District of New York."
Names and Subjects: Harrison, William Henry,--1773-1841--Caricatures and cartoons.; Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845--Caricatures and cartoons.; Johnson, Richard M.--(Richard Mentor),--1780-1850--Caricatures and cartoons.; Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862--Caricatures and cartoons.; Caricatures and cartoons--United States.; Presidents--United States--Election--1836.; Presidential candidates--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.; Prints shelf.; United States--Politics and government--1829-1837.; Clay, Edward Williams,--1799-1857,--artist.; Robinson, Henry R.,---1850,--publisher.; United States--New York (State)--New York.
Genre: Satires (Visual works) 1830-1840.; Lithographs Colored 1830-1840.
ID: 252
Barcode: B4880859
Physical Description: 1 print : lithograph, colored ; 33.1 x 42.9 cm
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-01-06 00:02:42

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 5059 x 3649
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 252
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