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THE OLD BULL DOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK by Currier & Ives - 1864

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THE OLD BULL DOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK by Currier & Ives - 1864

THE OLD BULL DOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK

by Currier & Ives

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New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St., 1864. Lithograph broadside, 17-1/2" x 13-1/2". Minor blank corner wear. A scarce and imaginative political satire. Near Fine.

"An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a bulldog wearing a collar labeled 'Lieut. General' and epaulets, sits pugnaciously on the tracks of the 'Weldon Railroad,' a Confederate supply route. He looks to Republican presidential incumbent Abraham Lincoln and boasts, 'I'm bound to take it.' Grant refers to the city of Richmond, here represented by a doghouse, in which cowers Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Davis, flanked by his own generals Lee (left) and Beauregard, remarks, 'You aint got this kennel yet old fellow!' Several other dogs hide behind the house.
"At far left a dwarf-like McClellan asks the president, '. . . don't you think you had better call the old dog off now. I'm afraid he'll hurt those other dogs, if he catches hold of them.' Lincoln answers, 'Why little Mac thats the same pack of curs, that chased you aboard of the Gunboat two years ago, they are pretty nearly used up now. I think its best to give the old bull dog full swing to go in and finish them!' Lincoln refers to McClellan's failure to counterattack during the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862... In contrast, Grant aggressively advanced his army toward Richmond, hoping to force a decisive battle" [Reilly].
Weitenkampf 142. Reilly 1864-18. OCLC 191120049 [4- AAS, Peabody-Essex, Clements, UNC], 1038098143 [1- Boston Public Lib.] as of September 2018.
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  • Publisher Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St.
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1864
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THE OLD BULL DOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK

THE OLD BULL DOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK

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New York: Currier & Ives, 1864.. Lithograph, 12 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches. Light foxing and edge wear. Very good. An uncommon Currier & Ives lithograph about Grant's siege of Richmond at the end of the Civil War, satirizing the presidential ambitions and courage of George McClellan and highlighting the growing reputation and national standing of Ulysses S. Grant. Published in October 1864, just a few weeks before Lincoln and McClellan would face off in the 1864 election, it depicts Ulysses S. Grant in the form of a bulldog (one of the first of many caricatures of the future president) staring down the Weldon Rail Road tracks - the main supply route for the Confederates at Richmond. The tracks run into a doghouse with the word "Richmond" on it, where General Robert E. Lee, President Jefferson Davis, and General P.G.T. Beauregard cower with their tails tucked between their legs. Grant says, "I'm bound to take it," while Davis responds, "You ain't got this kennel yet old fellow!" A miniature McClellan is… Read More
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