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Image Title: For President Of The People, Zachary Taylor, 1846

Creator: Rogers, J. L.,

Date: 1846.

Summary: Print shows a campaign banner for Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor. Although Taylor was not formally nominated by the Whigs until June 1848 he had already begun to attract a following in 1846. Here a half-length portrait of Taylor, in civilian dress, head in profile and arms folded across his chest, appears in a wreath formed by two oak branches. Below the portrait is a couplet reflecting the candidate's still independent status: About party creeds let party zealots fight / He cant be wrong whose life is in the right.

Notes: The same lithograph appears on a sheet music cover in the Library's collection (LOT 10615-15; LC-USZ62-89292). Impressions of both the single print and the music cover were registered as copyright deposits on September 15, 1847.

Subjects: Banners, campaign
Taylor, Zachary, as presidential candidate
Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850

Original Media: Lithograph

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