Print comments on the issue of the annexation of Texas by the United States in the 1844 U.S. Presidential election. President Tyler is depicted uncomfortably astride a Democratic "Tex-ass" with Democratic candidate James Polk who has annoyed Tyler by ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
H.R. Robinson, 142 Nassau Street, E.W.C. (signed on stone, E. Clay)
Subject (Geographic):
United States, United States., Texas, and Texas.
Subject (Name):
Polk, James K. 1795-1849 (James Knox),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Tyler, John, 1790-1862, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Equal Rights Party (N.Y.), Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.), Whig Party (U.S.), and Democratic Party (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Presidents, Election, Caricatures and cartoons, History, Animals, Symbolic aspects, Public buildings, and Annexation to the United States
Subject: View of the Classical style Brooklyn City Hall, flying an American flag. Another Classical style building sits behind it, while people walk along the street and others ride on horseback. The scene is set within a simple ivy border
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 421: Partially hand-colored.
Publisher:
Charles Magnus
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State), New York., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York, and Brooklyn.
Subject (Name):
Brooklyn City Hall (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Public buildings, Buildings, structures, etc, and Buildings
