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Summary
David Claypoole Johnston: Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here.
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Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here. |
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| Description |
English: The caricature appeared in the Niles Weekly Register (see Hezekiah Niles) on January 5 and 12, 1828, regarding the "Corrupt Bargain" accusations made my presidentail candidate Andrew Jackson against Secretary of State Henry clay in 1824. Secretary Clay is shown restraining a seated, uniformed General Jackson and sewing up his mouth. From Clay's pocket protrudes a slip of paper reading, "cure for calumny." Below the image is a quote from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," ". . . Clay might stop a hole, to keep the wind away." On the wall behind him are the words "Plain sewing done here." |
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| Date | 1834 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | lithograph mounted on wove paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 21.5 cm (8.4 in); width: 17 cm (6.6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. |
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PC/US - 1834.J635, no. 1 (A size) [P&P]; LC-DIG-ds-00856 (digital file from original item); LC-USZ62-1563 (b&w film copy neg.); LC-USZ62-92612 (b&w film copy neg.) |
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| References | Remini, Robert. V. 1993. Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union. W. W. Norton & Company, New York. p. 320-321 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Library of Congress | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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