Cornell University Library Digital Collections
The Bird to Bet On!
- Title:
- The Bird to Bet On!
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Publisher:
- Currier & Ives (1857-1907)
- Political Figure:
- Hancock, Winfield Scott, American (1824-1886), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- 1880
- Election Date:
- 1880
- ID Number:
- 2214.CA0016
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214CA0016.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- Prints
- Materials/Techniques:
- Lithograph
- Subject:
- Political cartoons
Portraits
Hancock, Winfield Scott
Animals
Roosters
Hands
Politics
Symbols
Promotional materials
Rebuses
Cockfighting
- Measurement:
- 40.005 x 31.75 (Print) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Print shows Winfield Hancock's head mounted atop the body of a rooster. The print is a rebus for Hancock's name (hand + cock)
the rooster was also the symbol used for the Democratic Party at the time. References: Gale number 0589
dated variant on Conningham number 526.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
