The Chicago Platform and Candidate
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 9 5/8 × 15 3/8 in. (24.5 × 39 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 × 17 13/16 in. (34.4 × 45.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
Accession Number
52.632.220
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Art Historical Context
Created in 1864 by the renowned firm Currier & Ives, this lithograph titled *The Chicago Platform and Candidate* offers a sharp satirical glimpse into one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history. Published as a hand-colored print, it captures the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago year, where General George B. McClellan emerged as the party’s nominee to challenge Abraham Lincoln. The work draws in prominent political figures of the era, including Jefferson Davis and Clement Vallandigham, to lampoon the Democratic platform’s perceived sympathies toward the...
About the Artist
Fernando Wood|Louis Maurer|General George B. McClellan|Jefferson Davis|Clement Laird Vallandigham|Currier & Ives (American|American, born Germany| |American|American|American) · 1812 |1832 | |1808 |1820 |1857 –1881 |1932 | |1889 |1871 |1907
American, 1812–1881|American (born Germany), Biebrich 1832–1932 New York|American, Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania 1826-1885 Orange, New Jersey|American, Fairview, Kentucky 1808–1889 New Orleans, Louisiana|American, 1820–1871|American, active New York, 1857–1907