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An Interesting Family,Martin Van Buren,Marsupial,Smirking,Francis Preston Blair

Title: An interesting family
Related Names:
Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Printed & pubd. by H.R. Robinson, 1840.
Summary: A caricature of Martin Van Buren as an opossum. The marsupial, with a smirking Van Buren's head, rises on its hindquarters and displays in its pouch three of its 'young.' They are administration insiders (left to right): Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Calhoun, and Washington 'Globe' editor Francis Preston Blair.
Notes:
Drawn by Edward Williams Clay?
Printed & pubd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N.Y.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 63.
Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1840-52.
Subjects:
Benton, Thomas Hart,--1782-1858.
Blair, Francis Preston,--1791-1876.
Calhoun, John C.--(John Caldwell),--1782-1850.
Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862.
Caricatures--1840.
Lithographs--1840.
Bookmark /2008661387/
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