Loco Foco Persecution,Custom House,Versus Caricatures,1838,Robinson,Moore,Hoyt

Title: Loco Foco persecution, or custom house, versus caricatures
Related Names:
Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820.
Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, 1838.
Summary: A satire on the publisher's own troubles with the Democratic establishment in New York. In his print shop Henry R. Robinson is confronted by an unidentified man (center, arms crossed) who says, 'I am determined this d---d Whig concern shall be shut up till after the Election.' The man may be city surveyor and inspector Eli Moore. Robinson, standing with his back to a stove and holding a purse marked '$141,' thumbs his nose and retorts, 'Does Jesse Hoyt [Democratic strongman and collector of the port] know you're out?' The Custom House was the center of Democratic political control in New York. Robinson, a Whig, apparently ran afoul of the Democrats by his caricatures of Governor William L. Marcy. Marcy had recently been widely criticized for his handling of the Bamber case (see 'Executive Mercy/Marcy and the Bambers,' no. 1838-5). Two newsboys on the left ask, 'Have you got any more of the Bamber Caricatures?' and 'I want some more of your Whig Caricatures.' Two men stand at the right, waiting to serve a notice of 'Distress for Rent in Arrear.' One of them says, 'I'm afraid we sha'nt get our Rent.' A shop clerk watches from behind the counter.
Notes:
Drawn by 'HD' (Henry Dacre?) or Edward Williams Clay.
Mention of the Bamber caricatures and recently appointed Collector Jesse Hoyt places 'Loco Foco Persecution' in late 1838 or early 1839. Attribution to HD is based on the print's stylistic similarity to his 'Specie Claws' (no. 1838-14), although the main figures seem to be drawn by a superior hand (possibly E.W. Clay).
Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St: 11 1/2 Wall & 38 Chatham St. N.Y.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 51.
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 1838-8.
Subjects:
Bamber, John.
Hoyt, Jesse.
Marcy, William L.--(William Learned),--1786-1857.
Moore, Eli.
Robinson, Henry R.,--d 1850.
Caricatures--1830-1840.
Political elections--1830-1840.
New York (N.Y.)--1830-1840.
Lithographs--1830-1840.
Political cartoons--1830-1840.
Bookmark /2008661320/
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