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Image Title: Millard Fillmore, American Candidate For President Of The United States, 1856

Creator: Baker & Godwin.,

Date: 1856.

Summary: A large woodcut proof for a campaign banner or poster for the Native American party's 1856 presidential candidate. A bust portrait of Millard Fillmore appears in a roundel, flanked by allegorical figures of Justice (left) and Liberty (right). Both figures wear classical gowns and tiaras. Justice holds a large sword and scales, Liberty a staff and Phrygian cap and the Constitution. Atop the roundel perches an eagle, with American flags on either side. Below are a document "The Union" (left) and bundled fasces (right).

Subjects: Banners, campaign
Constitution (pictured)
Fasces (symbol)
Fillmore, Millard
Justice (personified)
Liberty (personified)
Nativism

Original Media: Woodcut print

Collections: Cartoon Prints, American » more info...
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