Lithograph
- Title:
- The Rejected Minister
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1975.515
- Creator:
- Unknown; Anstice, Henry
Publisher - Date:
- 1836
- Description:
- Lithograph, The Rejected Minister, unknown artist, published by Henry Anstice, 1836. Lithograph on paper. Andrew Jackson carrying Martin Van Buren on his back at center. Jackson struggling, reaches out and holds a pilaster flanking a door that reads "CAPITOL" on transom. Jackson says, "No Matty by the Eternal, you'll sink me with you." Van Buren says, "Thus only can I reach the Throne." Price tag "$18000." on Van Buren's coattail. Title lower center: "The rejected Minister, / We never can make him President, / without first making him Vice-president. / [ ]vide webb." Lithograph appears to have been folded and mailed; on the reverse there is a round postmark with red ink, and handwritten in ink: "Addressed to Mr. Jno W Stark / Boston". To the left of that, "22/3/66". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.25 W-11.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Jackson, Andrew, Van Buren, Martin, Cartoons, Political cartoons
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