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| Keywords: 1824 Footrace byDClaypooleJohnston LibraryOfCongress.jpg A foot-race 1824 By D C Johnston A figurative portrayal of the presidential race of 1824 A crowd of cheering citizens watch as candidates left to right John Quincy Adams William Crawford and Andrew Jackson stride toward the finish Henry Clay has dropped from the race and stands hand on head on the far right saying D--n it I cant save my distance--so I may as well draw up He is consoled by a man in riding clothes Well dont distress yourself--there'll be some scrubbing by by then you'll have a chance Assorted comments come from the crowd reflecting various sectional and partisan views A Westerner with stovepipe hat and powder horn Hurra for our Jacks- son Former President John Adams Hurra for our son Jack Two men in coachmen's livery That inne-track fellow Crawford goes so well; that I think he must have got the better of the bots boss and Like enough; but betwixt you I--I dont think he'll ever get the better of the Quinsy A ragged Irishman Blast my eyes if I dont venter a small horn of rotgut on that bald filly in the middle Adams A Frenchman Ah hah Mon's Neddy I tink dat kick on de back of you side is worse den have no dinner de fourt of july In the left background is a platform and an inaugural scene the Presidential Chair with a purse 1824 engraving by David Claypoole Johnston via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp print at http //www loc gov/item/2008661728/ 1824 creator David Claypoole Johnston 1824 cartoons Caricatures of Andrew Jackson Caricatures of John Quincy Adams David Claypoole Johnston William Crawford Caricatures of Henry Clay United States presidential election 1824 PD-old-100 | ||||
