Grand National Whig banner. Onward Abstract: A Whig election banner almost identical to Currier's Grand, National, Democratic Banner (no. 1844-13). Currier is known to have produced at least three Whig banners for the 1844 election. This example features oval portraits, framed in laurel, of Whig presidential and vice-presidential candidates Henry Clay (left) and Theodore M. Frelinghuysen (right). The Nation's Choice For President & Vice President is inscribed on a banderole below the portraits. An eagle and several American flags appear in a burst of light above the portraits, as does the camp


Grand National Whig banner. Onward Abstract: A Whig election banner almost identical to Currier's Grand, National, Democratic Banner (no. 1844-13). Currier is known to have produced at least three Whig banners for the 1844 election. This example features oval portraits, framed in laurel, of Whig presidential and vice-presidential candidates Henry Clay (left) and Theodore M. Frelinghuysen (right). The Nation's Choice For President & Vice President is inscribed on a banderole below the portraits. An eagle and several American flags appear in a burst of light above the portraits, as does the campaign slogan Justice to Harry of the West.


Size: 3818px × 5237px
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License: Licensed
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