Splitting the party - the entering wedge
Anti-Greeley lithograph signed J. Cameron and published by Currier & Ives. Grant stands on a rock labelled 'Republican Party'; Carl Schurz swings a mallet marked 'Cincinnati nomination' at Greeley, wedged in a split in the rock between bags labelled 'Free Trade' and 'Protection'. Tammany figures (Hall, Sweeny, Tweed, Hoffman) kneel at left and Dana, Sumner, Trumbull and Gratz Brown crouch at right, with speech balloons such as 'Any thing to beat Grant'.
- Date
- 1872
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Currier & Ives (publisher); John Cameron (artist)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Grant Administration
- Leader
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- 1872 US Election
- Techniques
- TransferName-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 1872; LOC rights advisory: no known restrictions)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print







