Whitelaw Reid,Benjamin Harrison,1892,Columbia,South Carolina,Massachusetts

Title: Harrison and Reid, and the people
Creator(s): Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist
Date Created/Published: 1892 Oct. 15 [publication date]
Summary: The drawing shows Columbia, the female figure of America, in a feathered crown, standing before a throne atop a pedestal leaning on a fasces. Two of its rods are labeled 'S.C.' and 'Mass.,' and are tied together with a ribbon marked 'Union.' To her right is an eagle behind a shield decorated with stars and stripes. She is flanked by portrait medallions of encumbent Benjamin Harrison and his running mate, Whitelaw Reid. In the foreground hands wave hats representative of various special interests.
Notes:
An earlier version of this image was published in Harpers Bazaar, Nov. 10, 1876. It was updated by Nast to serve as a tribute to Harrison and Reid.
No copyright information found with item.
Signed, lower right: Th: Nast.
Title inscribed above and below image.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1119)
After abandoning the Republican party in the two previous elections, Nast once again lent his support in the 1892 Presidential race. In return for endorsing the Republican ticket in his paper Nast's Weekly, Republican committee members guaranteed Nast a circulation of 100,000 copies. Although Nast implies in this image that Harrison and Reid were popular with special interest groups, most laborers, foreigners, and common people had grown tired of the high tariffs of the Republican administration and did not support Harrison's reelection. Harrison lost by a wide margin to former President Grover Cleveland.
Published in: Nast's Weekly, October 15, 1892.
Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 'The Great Game of Politics,' 1972.
Subjects:
Harrison, Benjamin,--1833-1901.
Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912.
Columbia (Symbolic character)--1890-1900.
Presidential elections--United States--1890-1900.
Special interests--United States--1890-1900.
Drawings--American--1890-1900.
Editorial cartoons--American--1890-1900.
Periodical illustrations--American--1890-1900.
Bookmark /2009617074/
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