Content note: 1868 print with a Native American caricature of Tammany. This object is shown as it was published. Why
The Great American Tanner
Pro-Grant cartoon. Grant, in a tanner's apron, says he will 'finish' Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair 'early in November'; a figure in Native American dress labelled Tammany holds Seymour, and a second group of Confederate officers (Lee, Pemberton, Buckner) say Grant has already 'tanned' their hides. The Democratic ticket is pictured alongside Tammany Hall and former Confederate commanders.
- Date
- 1868
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Currier & Ives (sketch by Thomas Worth)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Andrew Johnson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- 1868 US Election
- Techniques
- Name-callingTransfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1868; over 150 years old); LOC records no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
