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EN_01168112_9043
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A peep at the future' A Whig fantasy on the supposed outcome of the 1844 election. Here Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen occupy the White House. They watch from a window as John Tyler plays a hand organ and leads a group of minstrels outside, asking 'A few Pennies Gentlemen for the poor Virginny minstrels!' On the top of the organ are three tiny rats, perhaps a reference to the resignation of Tyler's cabinet or a comment on the president's betrayal of Whig interests during his tenure.
2015-03-22
EAST NEWS
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World History Archive
WHA_051_0043
1,24MB
31cm x 21cm by 300dpi
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