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| Keywords: Polk Dallas campaign banner.jpg One of several campaign banners Nathaniel Currier is known to have produced for the Democrats in 1844 It features two laurel-wreathed oval portraits of Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates James K Polk left and George M Dallas right The print imitates the hanging drapes and tassels of cloth banners aspiring to a trompe l'oeil effect In the center above the portraits appear an eagle and several American flags Below the portraits are acanthus cornucopias similar to those in the Grand National Whig Prize Banner Badge no 1844-9 The campaign slogan Polk The Young Hickory Dallas And Victory appears in a rising sun above the eagle Nathaniel Currier also produced a nearly identical banner for opposition candidates Clay and Frelinghuysen no 1844-12 Judging from its copyright date the Whig banner appeared in April while the Democratic banner was not deposited for copyright until June 26 after that party's late-May national convention Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/ppmsca 07682 1844 Nathaniel Currier firm PD published in U S prior to 1923 LOC-image ppmsca 07682 PD-100 PD-US 1844 in art Politics of the United States Banners James Knox Polk in art United States in the 1840s George Dallas | ||||
