The National Game. Three "Outs" and One "Run" – Abraham Winning the Ball
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 10 in. × 13 11/16 in. (25.4 × 34.7 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 18 1/16 in. (34.3 × 45.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
Accession Number
52.632.183
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1860, as the United States teetered on brink of civil war, Currier & Ives, the era's premier printmakers, captured the drama of the presidential election in this vibrant hand-colored lithograph, *The National Game. Three "Outs" and One "" – Abraham Winning the Ball*. Created by Louis Maurer, depicts the contest as a baseball match: Abraham Lincoln, the Republican tallboy, triumphantly slides home with the winning run, while his rivals—Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell—are humorously struck out as the "three outs." Measuring about 10 by 13 inches, this affordable print ...