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The "If" Candidate for the Presidency
- Creator:
- J. Gibson
- Location:
- New York, NY
- Origin Date:
- 1864
- Materials:
- paper, print, graphite
- Measurements:
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0697
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This is a lithograph featuring a dog with the head of Union General George B. McClellan, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1864. The dog stands on a dirt road next to a street sign indicating, "Richmond 10 miles". Further down the road, a playful fox is running along, and even further in the distance a coach is faintly visible. The coach is labeled "Slow Coach / Six Miles A Day!" In the lower margin, the following text appears below the title: " 'If he had not been interfered with'. -- IF THE DOG had not stopped, he would have caught the fox!!! 'Your if is the only Peace-maker; much virtue in if.' Major General Touchstone, in As You Like It, act.V, sc.IV." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
