Visual Materials

Disturbing a Martins nest

Description: Image of a satire on the administration of United States President Martin Van Buren (at right) referencing his alliance with political strategist Amos Kendall against Senator Nathaniel P. Tallmadge; Kendall (left) and Van Buren are at a table strewn with "discharge" papers; Kendall is seated below a painting of Andrew Jackson titled "Glory," and reads the "Globe" newspaper; Van Buren sits below a portrait of "Globe" editor Francis Preston Blair; Tallmadge watches from behind a curtain at center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1838-1839
Call number: priJLC_POL_002631
Creator: Last, Jay T

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