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Title: Whig bazaar
Alternative Title: Wig bazar.
Creator: Robinson, Henry R., -1850, printer
Robinson, Henry R., -1850, publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1837
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of a political cartoon showing United States President Martin Van Buren shopping for wigs (in a play on words of the Whig party); the clerk tells Van Buren that the wigs are not made for his type but offers him some "conservative oil" while a devil representing the Loco Focos (the radical faction of the New York Democrats) offers him an "uncontaminated" wig that is visibly full of bugs; wigs on stands labeled "'76" are lined up on the counter with additional stock in boxes on the floor.
The letter "h" in "Whig" has been crossed out in each occurrence on the print to underscore the wordplay between "wig" and "Whig." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1837 by H.R. Robinson in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."--text, bottom center margin. "Publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtlandt St. N. York."--text, bottom center margin. "Never mind him, that young man in black will serve your turn!"--text, top left of image. "I have a great turn for a Whig, can you fit me with one?"--text (over Van Buren), top center of image. "Can't do it Sir! Your head was never made for one of ours, but we can recommend you some conservative oil!_"--text, top right of image. "Here Matty, is an uncontaminated Loco Foco scratch for you._"--text, top right of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 32.07 x 42.55 cm (12 5/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_POL_004007
491472
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4239
Language: English
Subject: Devil--Pictorial works
Presidents--United States--Pictorial works
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862--Pictorial works
Wigs--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Political cartoons. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Politics & Social Issues
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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