Visual Materials
The presidential fishing party of 1848
- Description
- Image of a political cartoon illustrating the United States presidential election campaign of 1848; candidates (left to right) Martin Van Buren, John Hale, Lewis Cass, and Zachary Taylor fish from opposing banks of a river filled with fish bearing the names of the states; on a firm rock marked "Constitution," stands Taylor at right with fish swarming about his line, most of them hooked on its multiple leaders, "Ohio" being prominent in the center; it rains on the left bank (in contrast to Taylor's sunny bank), where the other candidates stand; directly across from Taylor is Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren, standing on "Free Soil" and fishing with a pole whose line has broken and only the fish "New York" swims with his broken tackle toward Taylor's line; behind Van Buren is a cabbage patch; further upstream stand Democrat Lewis Cass and Liberty party candidate John Hale, who commiserate on their poor catch.
- Date
- ©1848
- Call number
- priJLC_POL_002647
