"A popular verdict" / T.J. Brittain, del. [signed on stone].
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- Title
- "A popular verdict" / T.J. Brittain, del. [signed on stone].
- Date
- [1872]
- Creator
- Brittain, T. J., artist.
- Notes
- Ulysses S. Grant, wearing a skirt and a cloak with hood, and holding a basket with a bottle labeled "Philadelphia Cordial," approaches Uncle Sam, who is sitting at a desk. Grant asks for an extension of his lease on the White House, but Uncle Sam declines, saying, "... I've given the lease to 'Honest Horace Greeley' who will take better care of the place than you have." Horace Greeley walks off to the left holding the lease.
- "American News Co., sole agents for supplying the trade."
- Names and Subjects
- Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Greeley, Horace,--1811-1872--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1872.
- Presidential candidates--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
- Prints shelf.
- United States--Politics and government--1849-1877.
- Taylor & Co.,--publisher.
- American News Company,--distributor.
- United States--New York (State)--New York.
- ID
- 338
- Barcode
- B4998422
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph ; 26.7 x 38.2 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:04:51
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5138 x 3223
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 338
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""A popular verdict" / T.J. Brittain, del. [signed on stone].". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-338/wcl000410. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 13, 2024.