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Presidential barn door reel "The widow takes the cake" : Sulphur Bitters. Compliments of A.P.Ordway and Co., Boston, Mass. Use "Sulphur Bitters."
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Contributor(s)
A.P. Ordway & Co., publisher.
Title
Presidential
barn
door
reel
"The
widow
takes
the
cake
" :
Sulphur
Bitters
.
Compliments
of
A.P.Ordway
and
Co.
,
Boston
,
Mass
.
Use
"
Sulphur
Bitters.
"
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=412991
Date
[1884]
Publisher
Boston
:
[Published
by]
A.P.Ordway
and
Co
.
Physical Description
1
print
:
chromolithograph
;
image
16.2
x
22.6
cm.
,
sheet
18.1
x
23.3
cm
.
Summary
Benjamin
F
.
Butler
,
dressed
in
women's
clothes
,
dances
on a
barn
door
with
Samuel
Jones
Tilden
who
is
visibly
fatigued
.
Three
other
sweating
contenders
,
John
Griffin
Carlisle
,
Winfield
Scott
Hancock
, and
Samuel
Jackson
Randall
, are
seated
on a
bench
at the
right
.
Behind
them are a
fiddler
and a
man
playing
the
bagpipes
. A
man
wearing
a
top
hat
and
tails
stands
in the
doorway
of a
barn
holding
the "
presidential
cake
"
decorated
with a
large
armchair
. The
figure
in the
top
hat
has been
identified
in
graphite
in the
left
hand
margin
as
[John]
"
Kelly
-
N.Y
.
Boss
" a
member
of
Tammany
Hall
. This
political
cartoon
was
used
as an
advertisement
for
Sulphur
Bitters
. On the
verso
are
various
endorsements
for
Sulphur
Bitters
sold
by
A.P
.
Ordway
and
Co
. The
cartoon
refers
to the
presidential
election
of
1884
when
Benjamin
F
.
Butler
was the
presidential
candidate
for the
National
(Greenback)
Party
and the
Anti-Monopoly
Party
.
Purchased
1930
.
Subject(s)
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893--Caricatures and cartoons.
Carlisle, John Griffin, 1835-1910--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886--Caricatures and cartoons.
Kelly, John, 1821-1886--Caricatures and cartoons.
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890--Caricatures and cartoons.
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886--Caricatures and cartoons.
Elections--United States--1884--Caricatures and cartoons.
Political satire, American--19th century--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Advertisements--Bitters--United States--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--United States--1880-1890.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) AA UMS Po.u.s.(no.7)
Source
9632.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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