Stephen Finding "His Mother"
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 9 7/16 in. × 13 in. (24 × 33 cm) Sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 15/16 in. (34.2 × 45.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
Accession Number
52.632.198
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Stephen Finding "His Mother"** *Currier & Ives (after Louis Maurer), 1860* Lithograph, 9 7/16 × 13 in. (24 × 33 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952 This vibrant hand-colored lithograph by the prolific New York firm Currier & Ives captures a moment of sharp political satire during the tense 1860 U.S. presidential election. Featuring Stephen Arnold Douglas—the Democratic senator known as the "Little Giant" for his stature and ambitions—the title playfully mocks his political maneuvers amid rising sectional divides over slavery. Produced by artist Louis Maurer, ...