Platforms illustrated.

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Title: Platforms illustrated.
Date: 1864]
Notes: The August 1864 Democratic national convention in Chicago is unfavorably compared to the Republican convention in Baltimore in June of the same year. The cartoon is divided into two panels: "Baltimore" (left) and "Chicago" (right). In Baltimore, Abraham Lincoln, seated and holding a roll inscribed "Emancipation," is with Columbia on a platform supported by Charles Sumner, Ulysses S. Grant, and David Farragut. In Chicago, George McClellan is being supported by Clement Vallandigham on a "Cheese" platform, held up by snakes, with Horatio Seymour and Fernando Wood uttering Southern sentiments.
Names and Subjects: Farragut, David Glasgow,--1801-1870--Caricatures and cartoons.; Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Caricatures and cartoons.; Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Caricatures and cartoons.; McClellan, George B.--(George Brinton),--1826-1885--Caricatures and cartoons.; Seymour, Horatio,--1810-1886--Caricatures and cartoons.; Sumner, Charles,--1811-1874--Caricatures and cartoons.; Vallandigham, Clement L.--(Clement Laird),--1820-1871--Caricatures and cartoons.; Wood, Fernando,--1812-1881--Caricatures and cartoons.; Caricatures and cartoons--United States.; Presidents--United States--Election--1864.; Presidential candidates--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.; Columbia (Symbolic character); Prints shelf.; United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.; L. Prang & Co.,--publisher.; United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
Genre: Satires (Visual works) 1860-1870.; Lithographs 1860-1870.
ID: 328
Barcode: B4971880
Physical Description: 1 print : lithograph ; 28.0 x 39.0 cm.
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-01-06 00:03:15

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 4849 x 3639
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 328
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