Political Cartoon, "The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track," 1864

Artifact

Print (Visual work)

Date Made

1864

Subject Date

1864

Creators

Currier & Ives 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

Keywords

United States, Virginia, Richmond 

Lithographs 

Political cartoons 

Prints (Visual works) 

Anthropomorphism 

Civil wars 

Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862 

Presidential campaigns 

Presidential candidates 

Presidential elections 

United States presidents 

American Civil War, 1861-1865 

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 

Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury 

United States. Army 

Collection Title

Print Collection 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

26.93.40

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Lithography

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 in

Width: 12.875 in

Inscriptions

below scene: Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1864, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. / McClellan Lincoln Lee Davis Beauregard Grant at bottom: THE OLD BULL DOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK. / Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. N.Y.