Political game of brag,Shew of hands,1848,Presidential Election,Buchanan,Cass

Title: Political game of brag. Shew of hands
Related Names:
Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
Donnelly, Andrew.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Andrew Donnelly, 1848.
Summary: The artist resorts to the familiar metaphor of a card game for the presidential stakes in his rendition of the 1848 contest. The major contenders play a game of 'brag' (an early form of poker). Around the table sit six players (left to right): South Carolina senator John Calhoun, Democratic presidential nominee Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, Whig candidate Zachary Taylor, Secretary of State James Buchanan, and President James K. Polk. In the center of the table is the 'Presidential Ante.' Displaying three aces, former Mexican War general Taylor exclaims, 'Three bullets, Clay! Still at my old trade! whenever bullets are to be met I am sure to have a hand with them!' Clay, who holds three low cards behind his back, replies, 'I tried my old bluffing game with a contented hand & nothing to brag with but a hand full of hearts! I'm not sorry however that old Zach has won!' Seated to the left Cass laments, 'Three braggers, Calhoun, would'n't carry me through!' Calhoun, looking over Cass's shoulder agrees, 'No, Cass, the Ante is too high for you! You'll have to play for smaller Stakes!' At the far right end of the table, Polk exclaims, 'My knave hand, Buchanan, has lost me the game! I may as well slope!' Buchanan replies, 'By Jove! Polk, Old Zack's got the documents! three natties!' The satire probably appeared shortly after the June Whig convention, at which Taylor was nominated over Henry Clay, and before the emergence of strong third-party candidate Martin Van Buren.
Notes:
Published by Andrew Donnelly. Sold wholesale and retail at the Book-stand Wall Street, near the N.Y. Custom House.
Signed with monogram: C (Edward Williams Clay).
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Davison, no. 200.
Weitenkampf, p. 96.
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 1848-30.
Subjects:
Buchanan, James,--1791-1868.
Calhoun, John C.--(John Caldwell),--1782-1850.
Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866.
Clay, Henry,--1777-1852.
Polk, James K.--(James Knox),--1795-1849.
Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850.
Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850.
Lithographs--1840-1850.
Political cartoons--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2008661492/
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