"The poor soldier & his ticket for soup" (Yankee Notions lithograph, 1852)
Winfield Scott, in a tattered uniform and leaning on a crutch, holds out his cap to Columbia at the door of the Capitol while Brother Jonathan says 'He's come for his Ticket for--Soup!!' and the White House in the background is relabelled 'SOUP HOUSE'. Tell for name-calling: the soup jibe and the relabelled White House stand in for any argument about Scott's record.
- Date
- 1852
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Office of Yankee Notions, 98 Nassau St., New York (lithographed by Thomas W. Strong; drawn by John L. Magee)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Fillmore Administration
- Leader
- Millard Fillmore
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1852 US Election
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain: published 1852, US; LOC rights: "No known restrictions on publication."
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Text on the object
[Sign on building at left:] WHITE HOUSE SOUP HOUSE [Speech box, Jonathan:] He's come for his Ticket for--Soup!! [Speech box, Columbia:] Jonathan? what does that old fellow want. [Sign over doorway:] CAPITOL [On the liberty cap:] LIBERTY [Names under the figures:] Scott Jonathan Columbia [Title:] THE POOR SOLDIER & HIS TICKET FOR SOUP. [Imprint:] Pub. at the office of Yankee Notions 98 Nassau St. N.Y.
Read from a 640 px derivative. The small lithographer's credit at lower left ('Strong Lith.') and the printer's address at lower right (98 Nassau St. N.Y.) are tiny and only partly legible; they match the LOC notes. The 'WHITE HOUSE' line on the building is struck through or overprinted by the 'SOUP HOUSE' line below it and is hard to read.
