"Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman", April 1836
Billiards cartoon: Harrison, under a portrait of Washington, makes a stroke while Webster and Clay bet on him; Van Buren, with Jackson at the table's far end under a portrait of Napoleon, is told he is finished. Tells: a founder's portrait set over one candidate and a conqueror's over the other's patron, and prominent backers announcing 'Harrison wins the game'.
- Date
- April 1836
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- H. R. Robinson, New York (print publisher; LOC attributes the artwork to Edward Williams Clay)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Jackson Administration
- Leader
- Andrew Jackson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1836 US Election
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain: published 1836, US; LOC rights note: "No known restrictions on publication."
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Text on the object
[Balloon, Harrison] Now for a six stroke. [Balloon, Webster] Now's your chance Harrison. There is a tide in the affairs of men as Shakespear says. [Balloon, Clay] I'll go a cool Hundred Harrison wins the game [Balloon, sixth man] I'll bet a cookie he dont make the hazzard [Balloon, Van Buren] He's more likely to hole himself General! [Balloon, Jackson] By the Eternal! Martin if Harrison holes you and gets a spot ball on the deep red it is all day with you Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836, by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States of the Southern District of New York GRAND MATCH BETWEEN THE KINDERHOOK PONEY AND THE OHIO PLOUGHMAN Published April 1836, by the proprietor H.R. Robinson, 48 Cortland St New-York
Read from the 1,536-px master scan; the copyright line is small and read at 3x magnification.
