A Massachusetts baby show

A Massachusetts baby show

Item Information

Title:
A Massachusetts baby show
Description:
Babies with the heads of prominent men. P. T. Barnum in center. Henry Wilson is "the wise baby" with garments ("Know-Nothing," "Free-Soil") to suit any change in the political atmosphere, Charles Sumner is the "baby without a backbone."
Date:
[1854?]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Political cartoons
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Americana Collection
Subjects:
Infants
Abolitionists
Politicians
Entertainers
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905
Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1819-1892
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; 14 x 21 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880wb11r
Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
J. Curtis Lith.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Summary from: Political caricature in the United States.
Accession #:
11_03_000156