Cock of the walk,Whig Candidate,Zachary Taylor,Presidential Election,1848

Title: Cock of the walk
Related Names:
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911.
Abel & Durang.
Date Created/Published: Philadelphia : Published by Able [i.e., Peter E. Abel] & Durang, 1848.
Summary: The title refers to Whig candidate Zachary Taylor as the probable victor in the 1848 presidential contest. Taylor is portrayed as a victorious fighting cock, standing over his dead opponent, another cock with the head of Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor crows, 'Cru-e-ruk-ruk-ru have you any more of the kind on hand?' Feathers are strewn about in the foreground; a lake or river and large mountains appear in the distance. Nearby lies a second defeated cock, Free Soil party candidate Martin Van Buren. At the far right a fourth rooster, Liberty party candidate John Hale, flees, exclaiming, 'I'm off in time!' Hale's flight may symbolize the candidate's exit from the campaign, which was prompted by Van Buren's nomination by a coalition of Liberty party abolitionists, Barnburner Democrats, and antislavery Whigs in August 1848.
Notes:
Probably drawn by E.F. Durang.
Published by Able [i.e., Peter E. Abel] & Durang Philadelphia.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 94.
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 1848-45.
Subjects:
Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866.
Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850.
Van Buren, John,--1810-1866.
Free Soil Party (U.S.)--1840-1850.
Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850.
Lithographs--1840-1850.
Political cartoons--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2008661507/
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