![[LINCOLN, Abraham]. CURRIER & IVES, publishers. "The Great Exhibition of 1860", a lithographic political cartoon. New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. 1 page (13¼ x 17 5/8 in.), margins a bit soiled, light stain to lower right-hand quadrant.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/NYR/2006_NYR_01720_0069_000(010312).jpg?w=1)
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[LINCOLN, Abraham]. CURRIER & IVES, publishers. "The Great Exhibition of 1860", a lithographic political cartoon. New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. 1 page (13¼ x 17 5/8 in.), margins a bit soiled, light stain to lower right-hand quadrant.
LINCOLN RIDES THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The artist comments forcefully on Lincoln's conciliatory pre-election statements on the subject of slavery. A strange tableau is exhibited: at the left, Lincoln, in bow tie and vest, holds "reins" and attempts to ride a wooden rail labeled "Republican Platform." Lincoln's lips, though, are padlocked, so he can only mutter "Mum." At the extreme left, Lincoln faces Horace Greeley, dressed as a street organ grinder, his organ labeled "New York Tribune," whose speech balloon reads: "Now caper about on your rail, Lincoln, while I play the 'Slieve gammon polka'...and other choice airs...." At the back center is an odd standing figure of William H. Seward, in suit-jacket and a voluminous skirt, holding in his arms a crying African-American child. Seward is saying "It's no use, trying to keep me and 'Irrepressible' infant [slavery] in the background, for we are really the head and front of this party...."
LINCOLN RIDES THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The artist comments forcefully on Lincoln's conciliatory pre-election statements on the subject of slavery. A strange tableau is exhibited: at the left, Lincoln, in bow tie and vest, holds "reins" and attempts to ride a wooden rail labeled "Republican Platform." Lincoln's lips, though, are padlocked, so he can only mutter "Mum." At the extreme left, Lincoln faces Horace Greeley, dressed as a street organ grinder, his organ labeled "New York Tribune," whose speech balloon reads: "Now caper about on your rail, Lincoln, while I play the 'Slieve gammon polka'...and other choice airs...." At the back center is an odd standing figure of William H. Seward, in suit-jacket and a voluminous skirt, holding in his arms a crying African-American child. Seward is saying "It's no use, trying to keep me and 'Irrepressible' infant [slavery] in the background, for we are really the head and front of this party...."