Sujet
Satire on presidential election of 1852
Légende
The great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) over the Union Course' Satire on the presidential election of 1852, showing Winfield Scott, Daniel Webster, and Franklin Pierce competing in a footrace before a crowd of onlookers for a $100,000 prize (the four-year salary for a president) and "pickings." In the lead is Webster, who exclaims, "I can beat you both, and "walk in" at that although you had a hundred yards the start of me!!" Denied the Whig nomination in June, Webster was later persuaded to run as an independent candidate.
Date
1852
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP18A15_255
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,0Mo (4,5Mo) / 47,2cm x 31,8cm / 5580 x 3758 (300dpi)