Artifacts
Title
Files
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Creator Role
artist; publisher
Description
The cartoon depicts Abraham Lincoln uncomfortably straddling a rail labeled "Republican Platform" carried by a black man (left) and abolitionist editor of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley (right).
Description Source
Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001703953/ (accessed June 7, 2018)
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
1860
Measurement
13 1/2 X 18 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
ink on paper
Inscription
Verso, at bottom: Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern Distc. of N.Y. / THE RAIL CANDIDATE. / Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. N.Y.
Subjects
African Americans; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Presidents--United States--Election--1860
Work Type
Lithograph
Class
Cartoons
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
4484
Digital ID
FVW_04484
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.