$21,330
Framed William Henry Harrison Presidential Campaign Banner, made by W. Howard of Roseville, Ohio, c. July 4, 1840, paint on linen, signed and dated "1840 E.W.H. Roseville O." u.l., with ink inscription on paper above describing the image portrayed: "Battle of Tippecanoe 1811. Express Rider with the news ['Harrison has Whipt the British & Indians'] and the Irish Schoolmaster's exclamation 'Boys do you hear that?' This banner carried in the procession at the Great Harrison Barbeque in Zanesville Ohio July 4th 1840," (imperfections), 24 1/2 x 26 1/2 in., in a later carved and gilded molded wood frame. Note: This banner is an example from what is considered by historians to be the first modern presidential campaign. Vying for election in the 1840 were William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's nominee, and President Martin Van Buren. The campaign implemented slogans, paraphernalia, songs, parades, barbecues, and image-making. The image being projected for Harrison was that of a war hero and "the log cabin and hard cider candidate," a rustic frontiersman of the common people. The war hero image refers to his experience at the Battle of Tippecanoe, a battle which occurred twenty-eight years earlier in 1811, and Harrison's military victory over a group of Shawnee Indians at a river in Indiana called Tippecanoe; and a victory over the British allied with the Indians at the Battle of the Thames, in Canada, in the War of 1812. But in fact, after the Battle of Tippecanoe, H Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-02-15
