(PRESIDENTS 1844 CAMPAIGN) Clay Edward Williams; artist The

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(PRESIDENTS--1844 CAMPAIGN.) Clay, Edward Williams; artist. The Man Wot Drives the Constitution. Lithograph, 14 x 21 inches; marginal dampstaining just entering image, moderate wear including short tears and a small chip, moderate foxing, one short cello tape stain on verso. New York: John Childs, 1844

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Whig candidate Henry Clay leads the Constitution carriage to Washington, leaving the broken-down ex-presidential animals Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and John Tyler to die alongside Salt River. Van Buren blames his fate on Jackson's obsession with Texas: "Confound that old fool with his annexation! He has got me floored as well as himself." Weitenkampf, page 80; not in Reilly. None traced at auction, one in OCLC (at the American Antiquarian Society).