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• Collection: Cartoon Prints, American

• Title: The times
• Related Names:
     Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
     Robinson, Henry R., -1850.
• Date Created/Published: New York : Printed & published by H.R. Robinson, 1837.
• Medium: 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 32.7 x 48.4 cm. (image)
• Summary: A commentary on the depressed state of the American economy, particularly in New York, during the financial panic of 1837. Again, the blame is laid on the treasury policies of Andrew Jackson, whose hat, spectacles, and clay pipe with the word "Glory" appear in the sky overhead. Clay illustrates some of the effects of the depression in a fanciful street scene, with emphasis on the plight of the working class. A panorama of offices, rooming houses, and shops reflects the hard times. The Customs House, carrying a sign "All Bonds must be paid in Specie," is idle. In contrast, the Mechanics Bank next door, which displays a sign "No specie payments made here," is mobbed by frantic customers. Principal figures are (from left to right): a mother with infant (sprawled on a straw mat), an intoxicated Bowery tough, a militiaman (seated, smoking), a banker or landlord encountering a begging widow with child, a barefoot sailor, a driver or husbandman, a Scotch mason (seated on the ground), and a carpenter. These are in contrast to the prosperous attorney "Peter Pillage," who is collected by an elegant carriage at the far right. In the background are a river, Bridewell debtors prison, and an almshouse. A punctured balloon marked "Safety Fund" falls from the sky. The print was issued in July 1837. A flag flying on the left has the sarcastic words, "July 4th 1837 61st Anniversary of our Independence."
• Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-04507 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-8844 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-USZC4-12948 (color film copy transparency)
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  
• Call Number: PC/US - 1837.C619, no. 11 (B size) [P&P]
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
• Notes:
  • Entered . . . 1837 by H.R. Robinson.
  • Printed & published by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt Street New York.
  • Signed: Clay fec. (Edward Williams Clay).
  • The Library's impression was deposited for copyright on July 8.
  • Title appears as it is written on the item.
  • Davison, no. 98.
  • Munsing, p. 37-38.
  • Murrell, p. 150.
  • Weitenkampf, p. 48-49.
  • Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
  • Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1837-8.
• Subjects:
  • Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845.
  • Bridewell Prison (N.Y.)--1830-1840.
  • Banking--1830-1840.
  • Depressions--United States--1830-1840.
  • Economic policy--1830-1840.
  • Employment--1830-1840.
  • Militias--1830-1840.
  • Safety Fund.
• Format:
  • Lithographs--1830-1840.
  • Political cartoons--1830-1840.
• Collections:
  • Cartoon Prints, American
• Part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
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• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
• Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-04507 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-8844 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-USZC4-12948 (color film copy transparency)
• Call Number: PC/US - 1837.C619, no. 11 (B size) [P&P]
• Medium: 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 32.7 x 48.4 cm. (image)

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• Call Number: PC/US - 1837.C619, no. 11 (B size) [P&P]
• Medium: 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 32.7 x 48.4 cm. (image)

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