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(PRESIDENTS--1828 CAMPAIGN.) Imbert, Anthony; lithographer. A New Map of the United States with the Addiional [sic] Territories

(PRESIDENTS--1828 CAMPAIGN.) Imbert, Anthony; lithographer. A New Map of the United States with the Addiional [sic] Territories on an Improved Plan, Exhibiting a View of the Rocky Mountains Surveyed by a Company of Winebago Indians in 1828. Lithograph, 12 x 15 inches; 2-inch repaired tear affecting image, edges reinforced on verso with paper tape, right edge worn with mount remnant on recto. New York, [1828?]

  • Notes: "One of the most interesting cartoons in our history . . . remarkable in that it was probably the first one lithographed. . . . The alligator represents the Jacksonian Democracy of the West, and the tortoise the Eastern Whig party of Adams"--Murrell, History of American Graphic Humor, I:110-113. No prior auction records found.
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